ARKANSAS CIVIL WAR GENERAL FRED STEELE CAMDEN EXPEDITION COMMAND ORDER

Description: 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 to communicate commands and information to the Army. Each order, issued in writing by a commander, was then printed for distribution to each unit, either at an army department headquarter or by commanders at local headquarters, sometimes in the field on portable printing presses. The orders were then issued to regiments, often to be read aloud to the troops. General Orders were printed as issued with date & location; at the end of a year the regimental adjutant might retain them loose or simply string bind them by punching holes and stringing on ¼” red cloth string tape (the source of the old expression "government red tape"). Sometimes an officer or HQ clerk might take a group of orders to a local print shop or bookbinder and have an accumulation bound with leather or cloth covers. Usually, American Military Orders of the 19th century including Civil War era were printed on an 8 x 5” sheet of quality rag paper.Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints and badges. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 41 years.PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER CIVIL WAR AND EARLY AMERICAN MILITARIA LISTINGS.I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn.My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries.NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape.All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described..I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance Mike Brackin

Price: 165 USD

Location: Angier, North Carolina

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