Author: (GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR)
Title: General Orders, No. 76
Description: Washington, DC: War Department, Adjutant General's Office, 1864 February 26. Handbill. 12mo (5" X 7¼"). Very good. Several punch holes along left margin, not affecting text; bit of age toning. Announces that "The President directs that the sentences of all deserters, who have been condemned by Court Martial to death, and that have not been otherwise acted upon by him, be mitigated to imprisonment during the war, at the Dry Tortugas, Florida.." Also announces that "The Commanding Generals.. are authorized in special cases to restore to duty deserters under sentence, when in their judgment the service will be thereby benefited." Signed in type at the conclusion by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. Clean and nice. .

Keywords: Civil War Ephemera


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