Van Wyck, C.H., fl. 1865 General Orders No, 3

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GLC#
GLC09325
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
15 July 1865
Author/Creator
Van Wyck, C.H., fl. 1865
Title
General Orders No, 3
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
1 p. :
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Brig. Gen. commanding Military District of Western South Carolina during the Southern Occupation period, orders equal rights for the newly freed black population. Recounts incidents of abuse of freedmen and threatens punishment if such acts continue: "Like offences will be severely punished some very wicked men by disregarding the rights of the freedmen render necessary the presence of military power to prevent that which they ought not do however obnoxious it may be, every man is free and must be treated as such you cannot expect the sudden change in your system of labor to work smoothly."

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