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U.S. War Department General Orders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08646.07 Author/Creator: U.S. War Department Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Book Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 v. : unpaginated ; 18.3 x 12.7 cm. Order a Copy

Printed by Government Printing Office. General Orders for 1865, but published in 1866.

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