Feb 27, 2003 - Sale 1961

Sale 1961 - Lot 269

Price Realized: $ 518
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(MILITARY.) Confederate States of America. General Orders, No. 138. 2 pages, 8vo; with integral blank leaf. Richmond, 24 October 1863

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Details the circumstances under which male slaves could be impressed into the service of the military. Many slaves working close to Union lines used the opportunity to flee.