General Orders Number 1: "An ACT providing for the granting of Bounty & Furloughs to Privates & Non-commissioned Officers in the Provisional Army."
by [Confederate Imprint]. COOPER, S. [Samuel Cooper], Secretary of War
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- first
- Condition
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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Richmond, [Virginia]: Adjutant & Inspector General's Office, January 1, 1862. First Edition. 8vo, single sheet folded to form 4 pages. Addendum in manuscript appended at the bottom of page 4. Parrish & Willingham/ Confederate Imprints 2429.
Old folds, moderate edge wear (including short tears), foxed & age toned, couple of small old ink stains, otherwise Good or better.
"The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That a bounty of fifty dollars be and the same is hereby granted to all Privates, Musicians and Non-commissioned Officers in the Provisional Army, who shall serve continuously for three years, or for the war."
The manuscript annotation expands the directive to accommodate transportation expenses:
"Note,
The commutation (?) of the soldiers (sic) transportation is to be estimated by ascertaining as accurately as possible the actual cost of his transportation to the place of enlistment or enrollment and back.
Rail Road rates 2 cents per mile, Stage & Steamboat rates to be ascertained by evidence as far as possible."
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- Title
- General Orders Number 1: "An ACT providing for the granting of Bounty & Furloughs to Privates & Non-commissioned Officers in the Provisional Army."
- Author
- [Confederate Imprint]. COOPER, S. [Samuel Cooper], Secretary of War
- Format/Binding
- Bifolium
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Adjutant & Inspector General's Office
- Place of Publication
- Richmond, [Virginia]
- Date Published
- January 1, 1862
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Civil War, Confederate,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Civil War; Virginia;
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