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Lot of Confederate Documents and Manuscripts

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Militaria Start Price:75.00 USD Estimated At:300.00 - 400.00 USD
Lot of Confederate Documents and Manuscripts
<B>Lot of Confederate Documents and Manuscripts</B></I> consisting of approximately 12 items of various types and varieties including the following: <BR><B>James Z. George</B></I>- 1862 Document Signed, a partly printed Requisition for Forage. <BR><B>Cobb's Legion</B></I>- 1862 partly printed pay document for a captain ($140.00 month) <BR><B>Special Orders</B></I>- Manuscript, No. 12 of the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, January 16, 1865. Assigns A. P. Barton to the Engineer Dept. due to being an "expert & indispensable." <BR><B>General Order</B></I>- Manuscript, No. 5 issued by Maj Gen Gustavus W. Smith, Goldsboro, NC, January 23, 1863 to Major Boggs in Franklin, VA. An order pardoning all enlisted men from "<I>...absence without leave who voluntarily return to their respective commands...</B></I>" Those not returning "<I>...shall be charged with desertion and tried...if found guilty they will be sentenced to death...</B></I>" The Confederacy was having trouble in retaining their troops even at the midpoint of the war. <BR>Generally fine condition. Should be viewed.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Small (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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