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Grant Proclamation Sparks Civil War Era Order
A dense wartime dispatch reproduces General Grant’s orders forbidding slave owners to entice enslaved people away, detailing registration and employment rules for fugitives, plus property seizure guidelines and officer responsibilities to enforce the policy across camps. It includes a rebel reply warning of retaliation if property is harmed and urges adherence to humane conduct.
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DePanr Mest Oy
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Congress
Quartermaster's
Cringer's
Army. Ltd
Grant
John A, Baylins
U. 8
Tegard
Owens
Missouri
G. R
Prinas’ de Joinville
Duc d'Aumale
Lave
England
Hey
Savace
Moxney
Paris
Robert
AE Vhartrad
Jude
Porter
Chickahominy
Paria
Richmond
Netrin
Talso
Chickahomny
Jagison
Lee
Hill
Longstreet
Cook
Meagher
Bin
Pavis
Sykes
Toonly
Starz
EW. Hughes
Democratic State Central
Pennsyliania
Philadelphia
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Wew State Central Committee
Pensylvania
Honista
USA
Tion
United States
Jérusalem
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