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(CONFEDERATE CONGRESS IS LENIENT ON DESERTION): War-date printed circular of Confederate General...

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(CONFEDERATE CONGRESS IS LENIENT ON DESERTION): War-date printed circular of Confederate General...
(CONFEDERATE CONGRESS IS LENIENT ON DESERTION): War-date printed circular of Confederate General Orders No. 106, 1p. 8vo., Richmond, July 30, 1863 concerning the case of a certain Pvt. Toole of the 3rd Georgia Infantry for cowardice, in part: "...abandon[ed] his company and regiment, then on picket duty, and [ran] way while the enemy was bombarding the town of Fredericksburg, on the 11th December 1862...". Also, listed is the charge of desertion for another private in the 16th Tennessee Infantry while serving with the Army of Tennessee. Both men were sentenced to be shot, but the order was rescinded. Very good. $50-100