| Author | United States. Adjutant-General's Office.
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| Title | General orders. No. 252 / War Department, Adjutant General's Office.
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| Published | [Washington : Adjutant General's Office, 1863]
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| Description | 1 sheet ; 19 x 13 cm. (in frame 17 x 22 cm.)
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| General Note | Caption title.
"Washington, July 31, 1863."
Presents a presidential order concerning a policy for treatment of Confederate soldiers based on the enemy's treatment of Union soldiers.
General order signed: E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.
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| Subjects | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Prisoners and prisons.
United States. Army -- African American troops.
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| Other Authors | Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893.
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| Organizations | United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln)
United States. War Dept.
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| | WRHS Research Library: UB 502 A1 1863 no. 252 Vault
mq237036: Rare book room, LC class, restricted access [status: NON-CIRCULATING] |
| [Record 143059] |
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