CIVIL War Lew Wallace Promotion Union Army General Order
Lew Wallace of Crawfordsville, Indiana was a notable Civil War commander winning promotion for the Battle of Monocacy, but is best remembered as the postwar author of "Ben Hur: A Tale of the Christ" and as Governor of New Mexico where he met with Billy the Kid and tried to negotiate his pardon. An original Civil War Union Army General Order issued by the War Dept, Washington, March 12, 1864, promoting Major General Lew Wallace to command of the 8th Army Corp at the onset of Grant's Virginia Campaign of 1864.
1p 8 x 5 ptd. Light Age spots and 2 punch holes in left margin, 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 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.
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