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15th Pennsylvania Cavalry papers, January 1863
A folder of documents relating to the activities of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry during January 1863. Included are several Special Orders from General Mitchell. He addresses the fate of the mutineers now captured in Nashville, TN. He also gives directives to "procure and employ negroes" f...
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| Collection: | Charles Malone Betts papers (#1889) |
| Date: | 1863-01-01/1863-01-31 |
| Box Number: | Box 1 |
| Folder Number: | Folder 26 |
| Format: | Electronic |
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| Copyright: | Please contact Historical Society of Pennsylvania Rights and Reproductions (rnr@hsp.org) |
| Online Access: | https://digitallibrary.hsp.org/index.php/Detail/objects/13191 |
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A folder of documents relating to the activities of the 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry during January 1863. Included are several Special Orders from General Mitchell. He addresses the fate of the mutineers now captured in Nashville, TN. He also gives directives to "procure and employ negroes" for work in the union army camps as cooks, teamsters, laborers. He gives special instructions for how the army should forcibly extract slaves from rebel owners and officially compensate loyal slaveowners for their property. |
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