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HEADQUARTERS CONSCRIPTION SERVICE, June 6, 1864
Macon, Ga., June 6, 1864. Respectfully forwarded to Col. John 8. Preston, superintendent Bureau of Conscription. There can be no doubt of the truth of the statement of the within…
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HEADQUARTERS CAMP COOPER, May 2, 1864
Macon, Ga., May 2, 1864. Respectfully forwarded to Colonel Browne. The statement made in the extract appended to the within letter is no doubt true. Many men between eighteen and…
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GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERALâS OFFICE, March 29, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 29, 1864. No. 40. Richmond, March 29, 1864. I. The enlistment of deserters is a serious evil in the service. The attention…
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R. E. Lee, March 26, 1864
March 26, 1864. March 26, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War, Richmond: Sir: I have the honor to suggest that in my opinion a plan might be adopted…
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GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERALâS OFFICE, March 23, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 23, 1864. No. 38. Richmond, March 23, 1864. I. The second and third paragraphs of General Orders, No. 8, Adjutant and Inspector…
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QUARTERMASTER-GENERALâS OFFICE, April 9, 1864
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, April 9, 1864. April 9, 1864. Respectfully returned to the Secretary of War, whose attention is invited to the inclosed report of Lieutenant-Colonel Sims. A. R. LAWTON, Quartermaster-…
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QUARTERMASTER-GENERALâS OFFICE, March 29, 1864
QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 29, 1864. March 29, 1864. Respectfully forwarded to Lieutenant-Colonel Sims. By order of Quartermaster-General: W. F. ALEXANDER, Major and Assistant to the Quartermaster- General.
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GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERALâS OFFICE, March 15, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 15, 1864. No. 33. Richmond, March 15, 1864. I. The Bureau of Conscription will proceed to enroll all persons between the ages…
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GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERALâS OFFICE, March 11, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 11, 1864. No. 32. Richmond, March 11, 1864. I. The act of Congress relative to the employment of free negroes and slaves…
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GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERALâS OFFICE, March 10, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 10, 1864. No. 31. Richmond, March 10, 1864. I. The following act of Congress, ‘‘for the suspension of the writ of habeas…