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Group of original US Army general orders, Dept of the East, HQ New York City, for 1869, w approx 120 ptd orders & circulars, many are multipage courtmartials for regular army soldiers & officers incl Ordnance Major Buffington for challenging a fellow officer to a duel, calling him a coward & liar fopr searching arsenal workers tool chests, also CMs at Forts McHenry, Delaware, Hamiltion, Carlisle Barracks etc. Some soldiers convicted of desertion are sentenced to be branded on the hip! One order is ink sgd by General Thomas Vincent. Acomplete, bound set, w leather spine, each order 8 x 5", some w ink notations, w index. Spine worn, cover loose. |
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