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The document consists of an index of the subjects of the general orders and the 1862 orders issued by the Adjutant General, listed chronologically. Included is a printing of General Order 139, dated September 24, 1862, President Lincoln’s Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, informing that slaves in rebelling States will be freed effective January 1, 1863.

Adjutant General: GENERAL ORDERS AFFECTING THE VOLUNTEER FORCE. ADJUTANT GENERAL’S OFFICE. 1862. Washington: 1863. 12mo. pp. 158. A couple of inconspicuous institutional stamps and withdrawal, light wear. With the signature and compliments slip of Albert Harrison Hoyt, Paymaster of the U.S. Army during the War and later an accomplished antiquarian. First Edition.

Inventory # 21395 $750