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- GLC#
- GLC06628.05
- Type
- Books & pamphlets
- Date
- October 1861
- Title
- [General orders no. 29 regarding countersign signals]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 7 p. : Height: 28 cm, Width: 22.4 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- Reconstruction
Issued by S. William and John Jones as Assistant Adjutant Generals at the headquarters of the Army of the Potomac. Includes specific instructions on both day and night countersign signals. Includes an unsigned handwritten note on the last page stating that this circular is to remain confidential, and that its contents are not to be made public. The note is missing text due to a large tear.
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