1862 CIVIL WAR Volunteer Force Militia Military Slaves SOLDIER PROVENANCE

  

1862 CIVIL WAR Volunteer Force Militia Military Slaves SOLDIER PROVENANCE. A general guide-book for volunteer militia published by the United States military during the Civil War. This work,' General Orders Affecting the Volunteer Force', is a compilation of orders pertaining to logistics, travel plans, clothing, pay, weapons, and certain army rules. It features letters a section on the prominent role of slaves and black Americans in the American military.

Collation: Complete with all pages; 2 parts in 1 tome. General Orders 1861 - xvi, 60.

General Orders 1862 - LVI, 158. Provenance: Handwritten - Lester S. Civil War officer in the Union Army, Assistant Quartermaster General of New York, and a Montana merchant and politician in Bozeman, Montana. Willson enlisted in Company A, Sixtieth New York Volunteers, August, 1861, quickly rising through the ranks. On March 12, 1867, he was brevetted brigadier-general of volunteers for gallant and meritorious services under General Sherman, resulting in the fall of Atlanta, Georgia. Greene credited him with being a most faithful and intelligent officer, and of his regiment (60th New York Volunteers) Greene has said, It was one of the best in the service. 7in X 5in (17.5cm x 12.5cm).