Description: An original Civil War Army of the Potomac General Order, May 23, 1862 , issued during the Peninsula Campaign, at the Union headquarters "Camp near Coal Harbor, Va": General George McClellan orders units to be assigned for the protection of brigade trains, gives troops marching for the front precedence over other units, also assigns a brigade surgeon to examine every straggler and provide an ambulance ride or to place under armed arrest if the straggler is a malingerer. A rare original Cold Harbor Union Army field press printed campaign order with the misspelling of Cold Harbor as "Coal Harbor" . 1p 8 x 5" ptd. Small cuts and age darkened edges, overall VG. 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, 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 or cut slits in the left margin 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. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE If you would like to Add Me as a Seller You Follow, Go to the Seller Information Bar on the Middle Right Side of the Page and click ‘Follow This Seller”
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Location: Angier, North Carolina
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