Mast, Elhanan M., fl. 1837-1865 [Order of picket guard]

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GLC#
GLC03523.10.074-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
circa 1863
Author/Creator
Mast, Elhanan M., fl. 1837-1865
Title
[Order of picket guard]
Place Written
Stones River, Tennessee
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 29.6 cm, Width: 19 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Document titled, "Order of Piquet Guard." Lists 15 rules such as, "3. Contraband Negroes not allowed inside lines. 4. Wagons must not go beyond Stations for wood." The document is unsigned, however on the back there is a note written in pencil by Elhanan M. Mast, Lieutenant Colonel, to Captain T. B. Van Horn from Stones River, Tennessee. Mast discusses his command and his tent.

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