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(CONFEDERATE CONGRESS ORGANIZES NITRE AND MINING BUREAU)

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(CONFEDERATE CONGRESS ORGANIZES NITRE AND MINING BUREAU)
War-date printed circular of Confederate General Orders No. 85, 2pp. 8vo., Richmond, June 16, 1863 concerning "An Act To Establish A Nitre And Mining Bureau", in part: "…an act for the organization of a corps of officers for working of nitre caves…". Low supplies, as a result of the North's blockade, forced the South to produce its own gunpowder by the order of Inspector General Samuel Cooper. Minor spotting, else very good.