(CIVIL WAR) General order number 143 establishing the Bureau

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(CIVIL WAR.) General order number 143, establishing the Bureau of Colored Troops. 2 printed pages, 7 x 4 1/2 inches, on one sheet, issued by Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, and signed in type by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General; disbound, minimal dampstaining on top edge. Washington, 22 May 1863

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This nine-point order sets the parameters for recruiting the new regiments of African-American soldiers in the United States Army, including an oversight bureau, three roving inspectors, boards to interview officers, and recruiters. It also allows for African-American corporals and sergeants to be "entitled to promotion to higher rank if they prove themselves equal to it"--an honor that was only rarely permitted in practice. This copy comes from the order book kept by Major George B. Way.