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General Order Major of General William W. Loring. Head Quarters, Department of Western Virginia.
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A proclamation by Confederate Major General Loring asserting the soundness of Confederate currency and encouraging citizens to use it in trade and accept it in payment for Confederate army supplies.
September 24, 1862
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General Order of Major General William W. Loring. Head Quarters, Department of Western Virginia, Charlston Virginia
September 17, 1862
Proclamation of amnesty by Confederate Major General Loring, offering "Christian charity" to citizens who have been armed by the Union if they surrender their arms.
Map exhibiting part of the operations of the army of Virginia under the command of Major General John Pope
circa 1862
This map consists of four separate panels. The first illustrates the Battle of Cedar Mountain on August 9, 1862, where the 3rd Wisconsin Infantry fought. The other three panels illustrate the battl...
Henry W. Halleck
circa 1860-1869
Engraved quarter-length carte-de-visite portrait of Major General Henry Wager Halleck. In November 1861, President Lincoln appointed Halleck as a Major General and transferred him to St. Louis, Mis...
Henry W. Halleck
circa 1860-1869
Engraved vignetted carte-de-visite portrait Major General Henry Wager Halleck. In November 1861, President Lincoln appointed Halleck as a Major General and transferred him to St. Louis, Missouri as...
Official Plan of the Siege of Yorktown, Va.
1862
This map illustrates the official plan for the siege of Yorktown, Virginia, and indicates the headquarters of Generals McClellan, Porter, Woodbury, and Heintzelman, Confederate and Union batteries,...
General Pope's order on the death of Major Stansbury
Apr 18, 1863
