Description: Crawfish Springs, Georgia, the Plantation of James Gordon, owner of Lee & Gordon Mills was the Union Army HQ and a field hospital during the Battle of Chickamauga. An original Union Army General Order issued at Headquarters Dept of the Cumberland, Crawfish Springs, Geo, September 17, 1863, announcing General Morton takes command of the Army Engineers. This field order was printed at Crawfish Springs as the Battle of Chickamauga began. Postwar, the Town of Chickamauga grew up around the plantation. Today Crawfish Springs Park is a beautiful, actiive freshwater spring with verdant aquatic vegetation, nestled in the popular & historic town of Chickamauga of lovely antebellum homes, Civil War monuments and the site of plantation the home of Cherokee Chief John Ross. The original Lee & Gordon Mill survives as a National Historic Monument. This 1p 8 x 5" ptd order has age stains & edge wear, Overall VG. General & Special Orders were issued to communicate commands and information to the Army. Each order, issued in writing by a command, was then printed for distribution to each unit, either at an army department headquarter or by commanders at local headquarters, sometimes in the field on portable printing presses. The orders were then issued to regiments, often to be read aloud to the troops. General Orders were printed as issued with date & location; at the end of a year the regimental adjutant might retain them loose or simply string bind them by punching holes and stringing on ¼” red cloth string tape (the source of the old expression "government red tape"). Sometimes an officer or HQ clerk might take a group of orders to a local print shop or bookbinder and have an accumulation bound with leather or cloth covers. Usually, American Military Orders of the 19th century including Civil War era were printed on an 8 x 5” sheet of quality rag paper. Welcome to my Ebay Auctions and Ebay Store. I am a specialist in early American Military & Historical items, especially American Civil War ephemera- letters, military & historic documents including broadsides, commissions, General Orders and other imprints. I have been collecting and selling original American Civil War & US Military memorabilia for 35 years My customers have included some of the leading names in collecting and selling American History items, as well was as a wide range of novice & advanced collectors in addition to some 30 US federal, state, public and private university & municipal museums and libraries. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described. I am a longtime member of the Company of Military Historians, the New England Antique Arms Association, the Ephemera Society of America & the Civil War Veterans Historical Assn. I SELL ONLY ORIGINAL ITEMS, AND HAVE BEEN A PROFESSIONAL FULL TIME SELLER OF ANTIQUE HISTORICAL ITEMS SINCE 1980. PLEASE SEE MY EBAY STORE FOR OTHER LISTINGS. PLEASE READ DETAILS OF THE ITEM DESCRIPTION. I TRY TO DESCRIBE ALL ITEMS ACCURATELY U.S. SHIPPING ONLY I ship only USPS priority mail with insurance Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE If you would like to Add Me as a Seller You Follow, Go to the Seller Information Bar on the Middle Right Side of the Page and click ‘Follow This Seller”
Price: 135 USD
Location: Angier, North Carolina
End Time: 2023-12-21T20:59:39.000Z
Shipping Cost: 12 USD
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