[CIVIL WAR - MILITARIA]. General Orders Nos. 202-400.
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[CIVIL WAR - MILITARIA]. General Orders Nos. 202-400. Washington, DC: War Department, 1863.
8vo. Series of bound General Orders. (Occasional tears.) One quarter calf gilt with brown cloth boards, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettering in 3 (scuffing to extremities and spine). Provenance: H. H. Hine (penciled ownership notation, name gilt to spine).
Includes consecutively numbered General Orders issued by the War Department. Includes General Order No. 323 which authorized each enlisted cook "two under-cooks of African descent, who shall receive for their full compensation ten dollars per month and one ration per day."
Hine was possibly Henry H. Hine who enlisted on 1 December 1861 and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant into Co. D of the 2nd Colorado Infantry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant and transferred to Co. M of the 1st Colorado Cavalry on 14 April 1863 before being dismissed don 3 May 1864.
[With:] FALLON, John T. List of Synonyms of Organizations in the Volunteer Service of the United States During the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, and '65. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885.
8vo. Tables and charts. One-quarter calf with marbled boards, smooth spine (joints cracked, scuffs).
FIRST EDITION book that provides valuable details on the various names used by regiments during the Civil War. Notably, the book lists the consolidations and name changes of the many Colored Troop regiments.
Property from the Estate of Henry G. Lamont, Racine, Wisconsin
8vo. Series of bound General Orders. (Occasional tears.) One quarter calf gilt with brown cloth boards, spine in 5 compartments with 4 raised bands, gilt-lettering in 3 (scuffing to extremities and spine). Provenance: H. H. Hine (penciled ownership notation, name gilt to spine).
Includes consecutively numbered General Orders issued by the War Department. Includes General Order No. 323 which authorized each enlisted cook "two under-cooks of African descent, who shall receive for their full compensation ten dollars per month and one ration per day."
Hine was possibly Henry H. Hine who enlisted on 1 December 1861 and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant into Co. D of the 2nd Colorado Infantry. He was promoted to 1st lieutenant and transferred to Co. M of the 1st Colorado Cavalry on 14 April 1863 before being dismissed don 3 May 1864.
[With:] FALLON, John T. List of Synonyms of Organizations in the Volunteer Service of the United States During the Years 1861, '62, '63, '64, and '65. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1885.
8vo. Tables and charts. One-quarter calf with marbled boards, smooth spine (joints cracked, scuffs).
FIRST EDITION book that provides valuable details on the various names used by regiments during the Civil War. Notably, the book lists the consolidations and name changes of the many Colored Troop regiments.
Property from the Estate of Henry G. Lamont, Racine, Wisconsin
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[CIVIL WAR - MILITARIA]. General Orders Nos. 202-400.
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