General Orders of the War Department, Embracing the Years 1861, 1862 & 1863: Adapted Specially for the Use of the Army and Navy of the United States. Chronologically Arranged ... with a Full Alphabetical Index, Volume 1 |
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... is published for the information of the Army : WAR DEPARTMENT , March 1 ,
1861 . By the direction of the PRESIDENT of the United States , it is ordered that
Brigadier General David E . Twiggs , Major General by brevet , be , and is hereby
...
... is published for the information of the Army : WAR DEPARTMENT , March 1 ,
1861 . By the direction of the PRESIDENT of the United States , it is ordered that
Brigadier General David E . Twiggs , Major General by brevet , be , and is hereby
...
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A military Department , to be taken from the Department of the East , and called
the Department of Washington , is hereby constituted , to consist of the State of
Maryland , and the District of Columbia according to its original boundary .
A military Department , to be taken from the Department of the East , and called
the Department of Washington , is hereby constituted , to consist of the State of
Maryland , and the District of Columbia according to its original boundary .
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... required by the act concerning the disbursement of public moncy , " approved
January 31 , 1823 , the President directs that he be dismissed from the Army of
the United States . He is accordingly hereby dropped from the Rolls of the Army .
... required by the act concerning the disbursement of public moncy , " approved
January 31 , 1823 , the President directs that he be dismissed from the Army of
the United States . He is accordingly hereby dropped from the Rolls of the Army .
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... millions of men , hereby advise the Colonels of the different regiments to have
this order read to - morrow to their respective commands , and suggests that the
colors of the republic be craped in mourning in honor of the illustrious dead .
... millions of men , hereby advise the Colonels of the different regiments to have
this order read to - morrow to their respective commands , and suggests that the
colors of the republic be craped in mourning in honor of the illustrious dead .
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The Superintendency of the General Recruiting Service of the Western
Department is hereby abolished , and Licut . Col . Burbank , Thirteenth Infantry ,
wi ' l repair to Jefferson Barracks , Mo . , and superintend the recruiting of his
regiment .
The Superintendency of the General Recruiting Service of the Western
Department is hereby abolished , and Licut . Col . Burbank , Thirteenth Infantry ,
wi ' l repair to Jefferson Barracks , Mo . , and superintend the recruiting of his
regiment .
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Page 227 - ... many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth, as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed, it is of infinite moment that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national union to your collective and individual happiness...
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Page 228 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
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