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U.S. War Department General Orders

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08646.08 Author/Creator: U.S. War Department Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Book Date: 1866 Pagination: 1 v. : unpaginated ; 18.5 x 13.1 cm. Order a Copy

Published by the War Department and printed by the Government Printing Office. Orders are for 1866, but the book was published in 1867. Name on spine: "Col. E. C. Mason." Contains 75 page Index of General Orders at the front of the book. Orders No. 1-100 for the year are printed; several are very long. Shelf ware at edges of cover and spine.

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