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- GLC#
- GLC08664
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 24 March 1864
- Author/Creator
- Harris, Thomas H., fl. 1864-1865
- Title
- [General order no. 31 regarding the designation of African American troops]
- Place Written
- Memphis, Tennessee
- Pagination
- 2 p. : Height: 19.7 cm, Width: 12.5 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Lists numerical designations for troops of African descent. Issued by Thomas H. Harris, Lieutenant Colonel and Assistant Adjutant General, by order of Major General Stephen Augustus Hurlbut. Established by the order of Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant General of the United States Army. Issued from headquarters of the 16th Army Corps.
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