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Military Impressment of Negroes for the Defence of Ge Military Impressment of Negroes for the Defenc

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Military Impressment of Negroes for the Defence of Ge Military Impressment of Negroes for the Defenc
<B>Military Impressment of Negroes for the Defence of Georgia Form 1863.</B></I> This fascinating unused form for its stated purpose was used on the back as an estate reconciliation for a deceased lady during the Civil War who owned slaves. This accounts partially for this rare form's survival. As the Civil War continued, the South drew more and more on the impressment of slaves to build defensive works. There is a scene in <I>Gone With the Wind,</B></I> where Scarlett O'Hara encounters one of her slaves marching out with other impressed slaves to help prepare the defenses of Atlanta. The impressed slaves must have felt the irony of the situation as they helped shore up the very society that oppressed them. <B>Extremely Fine,</B></I> some edge aging.