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- GLC#
- GLC08890
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- 28 June 1865
- Author/Creator
- Halsted, George B., fl. 1865
- Title
- [General orders disbanding the Army of the Potomac]
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 20.6 cm, Width: 12.8 cm
- Primary time period
- Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
- Sub-Era
- The American Civil War
Halsted, Assistant Adjutant General for the Army of the Potomac, announces that the Army of the Potomac "ceases to exist." Cites the names of division and brigade commanders. Gives in instructions for post-disbandment procedures. Signed at Head Quarters of the 5th Army Corps near Washington, D.C.
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