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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) STANTON, EDWIN M. Secretary of War.
Headquarters, Army of the Potomac, Camp near Harrison’s Landing, VA,
August 9th, 1862. GENERAL ORDERS NO 154.
Single 8vo sheet, printed on both
sides; with signatures and the “endorsements” of various officers written on both sides. (WGC)
Harrison’s Landing, VA, 1862
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A VERY IMPORTANT GENERAL ORDER
,
PRINTED ON A
FIELD PRESS
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General Order No. 154 authorized and com-
manded all of the armies in Virginia, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas
and Arkansas, “to seize and use of any property, real or per-
sonal which may be necessary or convenient,” and also: “That
military and naval commanders shall employ as laborers, with
and from such states so many persons of African descent as
can be advantageously used for military or naval purposes;
giving them reasonable wages for their labor.” The Third sec-
tion mandates that accurate records be kept of both personal
and real property seized and from whom it had been seized.
It also says stated that while property may be destroyed for
military purposes, “none shall be destroyed in wantonness or
malice.”
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(MILITARY—CIVIL WAR.) NAVAL.
The original manuscript General
order No. 7 together with the printed order.
The first, a small folio sheet folded to
form four 4to pages, printed on one side only; the second, a small 8vo sheet, printed on
one side. Signed by the Flag Officer, S.F. Dupont. (WGC)
Flag Ship Wabash, Port Royal Harbor, Feb.1, 1862
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An important order regarding the requisitioning of food etc from the Negroes remaining on the
local plantations. “The commanding officers of the vessels attached to this squadron, will give
special attention to all intercourse between the men under their command and the various plan-
tations in their vicinity. No stock or provisions of any kind must be taken without paying a fair
price for the same to the negroes (sic).” The pillaging of the abandoned plantations, and the
theft of personal property was a real problem for the commanders of the conquering forces.
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