[Collection related to substitution in the Confederate Army] [Decimalized .01-.05]

Various [Collection related to substitution in the Confederate Army] [Decimalized .01-.05]

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Collection includes five documents and envelopes mainly pertaining to substitution in the Confederate Army. Included is a printed Confederate broadside signed by Judah Philip Benjamin, Acting Confederate Secretary of War, which features the rules and regulations that must be followed in providing a suitable substitute for the Confederate Army.

GLC#
GLC06371
Type
Header Record
Date
circa 1861-1865
Author/Creator
Various
Title
[Collection related to substitution in the Confederate Army] [Decimalized .01-.05]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
5 items
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War
Civil War
Military History
Confederate States of America

Showing 5 of 5 records

Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to his wife

4 March 1862

Hurst, Logan, fl. 1861

Describes aspects of the Confederate States Army including the fact that there are many men [possibly referring to officers] who are in "fine humors with themselves & their uniforms" while men in the ranks huddle together without such comforts. Also...

GLC06371.01
Collection Item
Manuscript document signed

[Affidavit certifying Timothy White as a substitute for Logan Hurst]

5 May 1862

Hurst, Logan, fl. 1861

Signed by Timothy White and LeRoy Edwards. Other endorsements include that of J. E. Smith, Surgeon Pacs and V.O Cassell of the Jackson Light Artillery. Officially relieves Logan Hurst of service to the Confederate States Army after having found a...

GLC06371.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Logan Hurst

13 December 1865

Wallace, George T., fl. 1865

Regarding debt laws and pay loss.

GLC06371.03
Collection Item
Manuscript document

[Special orders No. 320]

2 September 1864

Winston, A.C., fl. 1861

Commanded by Brigadier General [Benjamin?] Huger, signed S. S. Anomias, Liet. Col. and acting Adjutant General. A partially printed (conditional) discharge for Confederate soldier A.C. Winston, provided he can find a substitute.

GLC06371.04
Collection Item
Document

[Regulations concerning substitutes in the army]

20 October 1861

Benjamin, Judah Philip, 1811-1884

From Acting Secretary of War Benjamin. Unsigned printed small broadsheet on blue paper. Lists five requirements for obtaining discharge when a non-commissioned officer or a soldier finds a substitute. They are: soldier seeking to leave needs...

GLC06371.05