Order
Unknown to Military commanders in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, February 12, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE,
February 12, 1864.
No. 20. Richmond, February 12, 1864.
The first paragraph of General Orders, No. 138, 1863, is modified by the omission of the words ”in States in which provisions have not been made on this subject” (impressment of slaves); and clause 7 of the same order is so far modified as to allow the rate of compensation for slaves impressed under the act of 26th of March, 1863, to be established by appraisers appointed under that act; provided the price thus fixed does not exceed the sum prescribed by the law of the State in which such slaves are impressed.
S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Indian Territory, 1861. Summary: Confederate authorities modify General Orders to regulate slave impressment compensation in Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, and Indian Territory, allowing appraisers to set prices within state law limits.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 3
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