1864 Gideon Welles As Navy Secretary, Gen. Order 29 No Alcoholic Beverages Aboard Union Navy Ships! - Mar 30, 2024 | Early American History Auctions In Va
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1864 Gideon Welles as Navy Secretary, Gen. Order 29 No Alcoholic Beverages Aboard Union Navy Ships!
1864 Gideon Welles as Navy Secretary, Gen. Order 29 No Alcoholic Beverages Aboard Union Navy Ships!
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1864 Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles General Order No. 29 - No Alcoholic Beverages Aboard Union Navy Ships!
February 1, 1864-Dated Civil War Period, Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles Navy Department Printed General Order No. 29, Alcoholic Beverages Banned Aboard Union Navy Ships, Choice Crisp Mint.
Union Navy Department Printed General Order measuring 8.5" x 5.5", 1 page, issued by Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, in printed text. This Order to prevent alcoholic beverages on board Navy ships, reading in part: "Wines, ales, and other liquors not prohibited by law on board vessels of the Navy". This along with a series of other orders, clearly made it obvious that the government would no longer tolerate alcohol of any type on or near any military vessel.

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1864 Gideon Welles as Navy Secretary, Gen. Order 29 No Alcoholic Beverages Aboard Union Navy Ships!

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