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ARKANSAS CIVIL WAR GENERAL FRED STEELE CAMDEN EXPEDITION COMMAND ORDER:
$165.00
General Frederick Steele was placed in command of the 1864 Arkansas Camden Expedition- to march from Little Rock to Shreveport, Louisiana, join NP Banks Expedition and invade & occupy the Red River Valley & Texas, March 1864. An original War Department General Order, issued at Washington, DC January 6, 1864 announces the President has placed Major General Frederick Steele in command of the Department of Arkansas, excepting Fort Smith, his command to be subject to the orders of Major General U.S. Grant. 1p 8 x 5\" ptd. Edge stain, minor edge wear, 4 punch holes on left margin, Overall VG.General & Special Orders were issued tocommunicate commands and information to the Army. Each order, issued in writingby a commander, was then printed for distribution to each unit, either at anarmy department headquarter or by commanders at local headquarters, sometimesin the field on portable printing presses. The orders were then issued toregiments, often to be read aloud to the troops. General Orders were printed as issued withdate & location; at the end of a year the regimental adjutant mightretain them loose or simply string bind them by punching holes and stringing on¼” red cloth string tape (the source of the old expression \"government redtape\"). Sometimes an officer or HQ clerk might take a group of orders to alocal print shop or bookbinder and have an accumulation bound with leather orcloth covers. Usually, American Military Orders of the 19thcentury including Civil War era were printed on an 8 x 5” sheet of quality ragpaper.
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