CIVIL War Confederate General Order Army Promotions 1863
The Confederate Army (as well as the Union Army) suffered for political appointments of incompetent officers to high ranks. An Original Civil War Confederate States Adjutant General Order issued at Richmond, March 12, 1863 restoring order to the Army by prohibiting disbanding of regiments without authority of the War Department. The Order also addresses the detaching of generals and colonels, and requires all military appointments be made by the President with advise and consent of the Senate. 2pp 8 x 5 printed with.
General & Special Orders were issued to communicate commands and information to the Army. Each order, issued in writing by a command, was then printed for distribution to each unit, either at an army department headquarter or by commanders at local headquarters in the field on portable printing presses operated by soldiers. The orders were then issued to regiments, 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 or cut slits in the left margin and stringing on ΒΌ" 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 19. Century including Civil War era were printed on an 8 x 5 sheet of quality rag paper. Mike Brackin Civil War Americana.General Orders and other imprints. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described. PLEASE READ DETAILS OF THE ITEM DESCRIPTION. I TRY TO DESCRIBE ALL ITEMS ACCURATELY.