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Whiting, Jasper S. (fl. 1861-1862) Copy of General Orders No. 20

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00572.35.03 Author/Creator: Whiting, Jasper S. (fl. 1861-1862) Place Written: Virginia Type: Manuscript signed Date: 3 February 1862 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 24.8 x 20.4 cm. Order a Copy

Copy of orders from Acting Assistant Adjutant General A.P. Mason by command of General Johnston. Information on recruiting to fill companies. Advises each company should have 125 rank and file who will be compensated with $50 bounty upon joining. Signed official by Jasper S. Whiting as Major and Assistant Adjutant General. Written from the Headquarters of the Department of Northern Virginia.

Whiting, Jasper S., fl. 1861-1862

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