General Orders by Townsend (71 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 1865, seven pieces in all, in report cover, missing General Orders Numbers 22 and 24. Many organizational changes and extensions of existing commands: No. 21. Establishing Departments of Kentucky, Cumberland, Mississippi, the Gulf; No. 23. Establishing the Department of the Missouri; No. 25. Repairs to General Hospital, Sales of Forage and Straw; No. 26. Advertising and Printing; No. 27. Restoration of Major Davidson to the Service; No. 28. Assignment of Gen. Granger to 13th Corps and Gen. A. J. Smith to 16th Corps; No. 29. Directive to Increase the Efficiency of the Medical Corps of the Army, Legislation prohibiting officers from interfering in elections in the states, resolution to cause the name of Daniel Collett, Jr, who died of wounds. to be entered upon the rolls as a First Lieutenant of the 40th Regiment of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry.

Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book chronicles military promotions and appointments made by the United States government from February 8, 1863, until June 1864. It provides a detailed overview of the leadership changes within the Union Army during a critical period of the American Civil War. The author meticulously lists promotions, appointments, and reassignments across various military branches, including the Adjutant General's Department, the Inspector General's Department, the Provost Marshal General's Office, and several others. This comprehensive record serves as a valuable resource for historians, researchers, and anyone interested in the intricacies of military organization and command during this pivotal era. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Caption title. 2pp. [on folded sheet, p. 3-4 blank]. Toned and lightly creased at top margins. Very good. Dated: War Department - Adjutant General's Office, Washington, July 26, 1866. p. 2 signed [in print]: E. D. Townsend. A few months after George Washington's death, Congress authorized Adams to suspend further appointments of Generals in the United States Army. The following Act reverses that suspension and allows Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant to be named the first Army General in 66 years. [Grant was promoted to Lieutenant General by Lincoln just two years earlier under a similar act which revived the grade of Lieutenant General, Feb. 29, 1864]. There are at least two states we have seen; [A] p. 1. last line ends with "Colonel", p. 2. first line begins with "of cavalry". [B] p. 1. last line ends with "it", p. 2. first line begins with "is hereby". Offered here is [A]. Not in OCLC. OCLC: 10858808 finds a 16 page speech by Richard Yates of Illinois regarding this bill, dated, July 18, 1866.

Wraps. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. 7 pages. A rare account of several Civil War Courts Martials (all accused being found guilty), generally for Desertion, with one case of murder of a superior officer. Accused included Patrick Berrian of the 16th Massachusetts Volunteers; Robert Bartmann, 1st New Jersey Volunteers; Edward Brandingham, 6th US Cavalry; Andrew Bans, 82nd Illinois Volunteers; William H.N. Annis, 3rd Vermont Volunteers.

Letter. Condition: Very good. First Edition. Handbill, with two small file holes at left margin for filing. Very bright, lower edge shows thin margin of tone and softening. Canby's new command will include Departments of Arkansas and the Gulf.

Paperback. Handbill. Small 8vo. 4pp. Foldout chart. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge (not affecting text). A bright and handsome General Order, issued 1 July 1864, whose cover page briefly notes that it concerns "the cost of clothing and camp and garrison equipage for the Army of the United States. with the allowance of clothing to each soldier during his enlistment, and his proportion for each year." The remaining numbered pages consist of a detailed chart itemizing every last item of clothing and camp equipment and their cost for every type of soldier. The wide foldout chart is titled "TABLE specifying the money value of Clothing allowed to the Army of the United States" and continues this fascinating elaboration of items and their cost to the soldier. Scarce and unusual.

First edition. First Edition. Original Three-Quarter Leather. No pagination [860pp.] This volume records 113 General Orders issued in 1876 and 208 General Court Martial Orders issued in 1876. Records include charges, plea, findings, and sentences. Moderate wear to corners. Light wear to edges and ends of spine. Text block clean and tight. Very good.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Scarce in the trade in any state or condition, this being a batch of several extremely scarce General Orders drafted for and from the Adjutant General's Office, War Department of the United States. Generally sound, clean, unmarked appearance, with light chipping to a few edges, and with faint remains in pen of when received. Hole-punched edges to a few General Orders. Preserved well in a plastic sleeve on card-stock mount. General Orders: No. 97 (E.D. Townsend, March 12, 1864, received April 17th, 1864, new command of Major General Lewis Wallace, U.S. Volunteers, news of Fort Delaware, one page); No. 162 (E.D. Townsend, April 14, 1864, news of the Cavalry Bureau and one Colonel Ekin, one page on twice-fold leaf); No. 120 (March 24, 1864, regarding rules for payment o fclaims in Department of Missouri, two pages, received April 21st, 1864); No. 132 (E.D. Townsend, March 31, 1864, forms and accounts and returns for the service of the Ordnance Department, four pages); No. 131 (March 31, 1864, rescision of General Orders, No. 75, series of 1862, two pages); No. 124 (E.D. Townsend, rules for procuring fuel with which to navigate up and down the Mississippi, one page); No. 129 (March 30, 1864, E.D. Townsend, how to correspond officially, one page); No. 126 (March 29, 1864, E.D. Townsend, new staff of Lieutenant General Grant, the appointments of C.B. Comstock, Babcock, Duff, Rowley and Badeau, his aide-de-camp, one page); No. 158 (E.D. Townsend, for the Public--No. 44, an act for redefining the roles of pay and emoluments for certain officers, from July 17th, 1862, two pages on one folded sheet.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

First edition. First Edition. 12mo. Original Three-quarter Leather with marbled Boards. No General Pagination, each case individually paginated. A record of 62 court-martial orders for the year 1873, with a 2-page Index, and a brief synopses of each case. Most noteworthy is General Court-Martial Orders No. 32 records the case against a group of Modoc Indian captives, including Captain Jack, Schonchis, Black Jim, Boston Charley, Barncho, alias One Eyed Jim, and Sloluck, alias Cok, for "Murder, in violation of the laws of war." The charges were that when the Modoc met with the Peace Commission, under flag of truce, "and treacherously disregarding the obligations imposed by said truce under the laws of war, willfully, feloniously, and of malice aforethought, kill and murder said Brigadier General Canby. All this at or near the Lava Beds, so-called, situated near Tule Lake, in the State of California, on or about the 11th day of April, 1873." the same charges were also made for the killing of Eleazur Thomas. Additionally, separate charges were made for the attempted murder of Commissioner A. B. Meacham, as well as the arttempted murder of L. S. Dyer. All were found guilty and were sentenced "To be hanged by the neck until dead, at such time and place as the proper authority shall direct.". Subsequently, and contained herein, General Court-Martial Orders No. 34. states that President U. S. Grant has modified the sentences of Barncho, alias One Eyed Jim, Sloluck, alias Cok, changing their sentence to life in prison, in Alcatraz, instead of death by hanging. Captain Jack, Schonchis, Black Jim, and Boston Charley were all hung at Fort Klamath on October 3, 1873. The other 60 cases involve theft, embezzlement, assault, desertion, intoxication, and various violations of the standards of military conduct. An interesting look at military discipline in the decade following the Civil War. General Canby was the highest-ranking officer ever killed in the Indian Wars. Moderate general rubbing to edges, corners, and boards. Very good.

16mo. Self-cover. 8pp. Near fine. Binding traces at gutter (not affecting text). This lengthy and fascinating General Order chronicles the Fort Snelling court martial trial of Captain James Starkey of the 1st Minnesota Mounted Rangers, charged with "Making false muster," "Willingly signing muster rolls containing false musters," "Making false return to his superior officer of the state of his Company" and "Conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman." Each charge is elaborated in great detail. Starkey was found guilty of most of the charges and sentenced "To be cashiered, and to be forever disqualified from holding any office of trust or profit under the Government of the United States" -- this latter sentence commuted by President Lincoln, who always believed in giving someone a second chance. Signed in type at the conclusion by Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. General Orders were usually made in modest quantities for distribution to the various army commands, where the company clerks would collect them (hence the occasional file holes). A great many were destroyed during the course of the war, and original examples of most survive in surprisingly few copies.

12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge, not affecting text. Titled "Exchange of Prisoners of War," this General Order consists of Townsend's report of a prisoner exchange arranged between Generals William T. Sherman and John Bell Hood that took place in Rough and Ready, Georgia, on September 19, 22, 28 and 30, 1864. "United States prisoners received -- 146 commissioned officers. 212 non-commissioned officers. 770 privates. In all equivalent to 2,047 privates. Confederate prisoners received -- 128 commissioned officers. 225 non-commissioned officers. 979 privates. In all equivalent to 2,045 privates." How these numbers add up to 2,047 and 2,045 privates is beyond us -- must be the Old Math. Accompanied by a fine modern (circa 1960) glossy 8" X 10" photograph, a superbly done reprint of the well-known head-and-shoulders portrait of John Bell Hood in Confederate uniform. Verso bears red inkstamped "From the / Abraham Lincoln Book Shop / Collection." A superb pair.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1864 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 6 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 6 Volume No. 128 United States. Adjutant-General's Office,Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865. Proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction,Townsend, E. D. (Edward Davis), 1817-1893,United States. President (1861-1865 : Lincoln),United States. War Dept.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1862 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 54 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 54 Volume no. 181 Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1862 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 18 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

Condition: Fair. Handbill, small sheet, 7¾ x 5 inches. Soiled at bottom. From General Orders, War Department, by order of the Secretary of War, E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjudant General, official : W.T. Hartz, Assistant Adjudant General, during the Civil War. Conditions under which all Rebel prisoners delivered at City Point, up to the 20th of April, were exchanged. Document soiled at bottom.

Washington, DC: War Department, 1864 November 14. 16mo. Handbill. Very good. Four-punched at left edge, not affecting text. Townsend announces the resignation of Major General George B. McClellan on November 8 -- though not stated, just after losing the presidential race to Lincoln -- and the appointment of Philip H. Sheridan as Major General: "That for the personal gallantry, military skill, and just confidence in the courage and patriotism of his troops. on the 19th day of October, at Cedar Run, whereby. his routed army was reorganized, a great national disaster averted, and a brilliant victory achieved over the rebels for the third time in pitched battle within thirty days." The acceptance of McClellan's resignation without comment or praise over a job well done speaks volumes about the much-disliked commander's lackluster performance.

Washington, DC: War Department, 1864 September 21. 12mo. Handbill. Near fine. Four-punched at left edge, not affecting text. Townsend announces the President's permanent appointment of Major General Philip H. Sheridan "to the command of the Middle Military Division, consisting of the Middle Department, the Departments of Washington, of the Susquehanna, and of West Virginia." Handsome and clean.

Washington, DC: War Department, 1864 December 2. 12mo. Handbill. Very good. Four-punched at left edge, not affecting text. Townsend announces the Secretary of War's appointment of Major General Grenville M. Dodge "to the command of the Department of Missouri" and of Major General William S. Rosecrans "being relieved" of same and ordered to "repair to Cincinnati, Ohio" to await further orders -- which never came. Very attractive. General appointed -- general relieved!

Disbound. Condition: Very Good. CIVIL WAR - General Orders No. 116, March 23, 1864, 18pp. Non-commissioned officers & privates, declared unfit for duty. Gives name, rank & company. Signed in print. Disbound. VG.

Handbills. 12mo. Very good to near fine. One is 4-punched at left edge (not affecting text). Unusual gathering of three Wisconsin-related "General Orders" issued in 1862, 1863 and 1864, all issued from the Adjutant General's Office at the War Department in Washington, DC, as follows: General Orders, No. 217 (30 December 1862), 1p, Notes three miscellaneous actions for three individual servicemen, the last of which involves 2d Lieutenant Samuel B. Morse of the 7th Wisconsin Volunteers, who resigned before the order dismissing him. General Orders, No. 11 (10 January 1863), 1p, dismissing Colonel R.C. Murphy of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteers from the Army "for allowing his command to be surprised at Holly Springs, Mississippi, without having taken proper steps to protect his post, or repulse the enemy, and his troops having been found in bed at the time of attack." General Orders, No. 211 (15 June 1864), 1p, text of a Congressional resolution "tendering the thanks of Congress to Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Bailey, of the 4th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers. for distinguished services in the recent campaign on the Red River, by which the gunboat flotilla under Rear Admiral David D. Porter was rescued from imminent peril." General Orders were usually made in modest quantities for distribution to the various army commands, where the company clerks would collect them (hence the occasional file holes). A great many were destroyed during the course of the war, and original examples of most survive in surprisingly few copies.

Condition: Very good. - A 7-1/4 inches high by 4-5/8 inches wide broadsheet General Order issued as a "resolution of Congress" authorizing Lieutenant General W.T. Sherman "to use the most efficient means his judgment will approve, to reclaim from peonage the women and children of the Navajo Indians, now held in slavery in the territory adjacent to their homes, and the reservation on which the Navajo Indians have been confined." The resolution adapted by Congress on July 27, 1868 was distributed as a general order by "Command of General Grant" and signed in print by E.D. Townsend, as Assistant Adjutant General. Removed from a bound collection in the distant past, the broadsheet is lightly chipped with stab marks along the left edge. Very good. Throughout the American Southwest and, in this case New Mexico, Spanish settlers and their ancestors pursued a flourishing slave trade from the 16th though the 19th centuries. Captive Native Americans, who became known as "Genizaros" were sold as slaves to Hispanic families. This practice went on even after the United States came to govern New Mexico. Having abolished slavery through the 13th Amendment in 1865, Congress then passed the "Peonage Act" in 1867 when it became known that New Mexicans still owned hundreds, maybe thousands, of these "Genizaros", consisting mostly of Navajo women and children.RARE.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1863 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 102 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 102 Volume no. 316 Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1865 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 94 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 94 Language: English.

The War Department's General Orders transmitting the Act which established the Freedmen's Bureau, and announcing the selection of General O.O. Howard as its Commissioner. While the act providing for the creation of the Bureau was passed on March 3, these orders from May 12 provide for physical premises and staff, and thus mark the actual beginning of operations. Signed in type by E.D. Townsend as Assistant Adjutant General. The establishing act forwarded herein charges the bureau with the management of all "abandoned" Confederate lands and empowers Commissioner Howard with "the authority to set apart, for the use of loyal refugees and freedmen, such tracts of land within the insurrectionary States as shall have been abandoned, or to which the United States shall have acquired title by confiscation or sale, or otherwise; and to every male citizen, whether refugee or freedman as aforesaid, there shall be assigned not more than forty acres of such land." Unfortunately for the intended beneficiaries of this provision, President Johnson's blanket pardons meant that most of the abandoned or confiscated lands were soon returned to their original owners, and the freedmen and refugees who were granted lands were frequently ousted by government evictions, violent local resistance, or both. A scarce and important document, marking the official beginnings of the Freedmen's Bureau. An alternate version, printed on a single sheet, was issued contemporaneously with this three-page leaflet and is similarly uncommon. Single folded sheet. Staple holes in left margin, faint vertical crease. Near fine.

Washington: War Department, 1864 October 1. Handbill. 12mo. Very good. File holes at left edge, not affecting text. "Regulations in respect to the distribution of election tickets and proxies in the Army," which spells out the rules and regulations for soldiers to vote in absentia -- including the warning: "Any officer or private who may wantonly destroy tickets, or prevent their proper distribution among legal voters, interfere with the freedom of election, or make any false or fraudulent return, will be deemed guilty of an offense against good order and military discipline." Obviously issued on the eve of the presidential election. Signed in type by E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1863 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. Pages: 294 As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 294 Volume nos. 6-382 Language: English.