CIVIL War Corinth Mississippi 1862 Early Union Occupation Order
The strategic Civil War City of Corinth, Mississippi was located at the crossroads of the Confederacy's main railroad lines, and repeatedly fought over during the War. Following the Siege of Corinth by Major General Halleck's Union Forces and the strategic Confederate, the Union Army occupied the City. An early Occupation General Order issued by Command of Major General Halleck at HQ Department of the Mississippi, Corinth, Miss, June 23, 1862, with trials including a 1st Indiana Artilleryman for attempting to rape the wife of a peaceful citizen at Batesville, Arkansas, and sentencing him to prison at hard labor the the duration of the War.
The Order also details the trials of various Northern Missouri guerillas for burning The North Missouri Railroad, and a St Louis man for violating the Oath of Allegiance to the US, proclaiming himself a secessionist and promoting attacks on US soldiers - their "throats to be cut" etc.. 8pp 8 x 5 ptd. Left margin with glue stains,, minor 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 commander, 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 ΒΌ" 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 19. Century including Civil War era were printed on an 8 x 5 sheet of quality rag paper. NOTE: Any repair to a paper item is listed. I use only museum curator approved archival repair tape. All items are unconditionally guaranteed to be authentic and in the condition as described.