(MILITARY RECONSTRUCTION) EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA Gen

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(MILITARY--RECONSTRUCTION.) EASTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. General Orders No 50, regarding the behavior of the formally hostile inhabitants and the newly freed slaves. Small 4to sheet, 9-1/2 x 6-3/4 inches, printed on one side only. New Orleans, 4 September 1865

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An interesting and revealing General Order asking for regular reports regarding the loyalty and behavior of the defeated population of New Orleans as well as this, concerning the colored population: 'These Reports will also state how far the colored population are carrying out the views of the Government in bonding to constant employment and industry, and laying the groundwork for their future welfare, or how far they are disposed to idle and dissolute." Signed in type by Brevet Major General T.W. Sherman. (not W.T.)