Item #24836 General Orders, No. 259. GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR, E. D TOWNSEND.

General Orders, No. 259.

(GENERAL ORDERS -- CIVIL WAR). TOWNSEND, E.D.

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. Item #24836

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