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- GLC#
- GLC03603.327-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 October 1864
- Author/Creator
- Smith, Edward W., fl. 1864
- Title
- General Orders 134
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 1 p. :
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
The order informs that the Union soldiers who were prisoners of the Confederate Army have been relieved of their duties in the trenches and orders that the Confederate soldiers being held as prisoners of war by the Union are withdrawn from their retaliatory duties. The order further states that prisoners of war wishing to take the Oath of Allegiance should be allowed to travel North and do so.
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