(MILITARY) General Orders 141 entirely hand written addresse

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HANDWRITTEN CONFEDERATE GENERAL ORDER (MILITARY.) General Orders 141, entirely hand-written, addressed to His Excellency M.L. Bonham, Gov. of the State of S.C. : "By Order of General Beauregard, appointing Major Edward Willis to supervise the collection of Negro Labor to work on the fortifications." Single leaf of blue stationery "Head Quarters Department of South Carolina, Ga. & Fla. Charleston S.C. July 15th, 1863." Charleston, July 15th, 1863

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The fortification of Charleston was key to the war in South Carolina. The labor force was for the most part made up of slaves impressed from the various plantations in the region. Following a great deal of concern about the use of Negro labor, General Beauregard appointed Edward Willis as a general overseer of the labor force.