Wallace, Samuel B., fl. 1865 General Orders no. 87

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GLC#
GLC06979.06-View header record
Type
Documents
Date
2 April 1865
Author/Creator
Wallace, Samuel B., fl. 1865
Title
General Orders no. 87
Place Written
Baltimore, Maryland
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 20.1 cm, Width: 13.6 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

re: prisoners of war, specifically a change in policy from "Prisoners of War (rebels) paroled to return to their homes to await exchange, will not be permited to remain in this Department unless their former residence is within it's limits" to " thet the rebel officers who surrendered to General Grant have no homes within the loyal States, and have no right to come to places which were their homes prior to their going into the rebellion"

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