General Orders, No. 28.
Washington, DC: Adjutant General's Office, War Department, 22 January 1864. Handbill. 12mo. Near fine. Faint age toning; file holes at left margin, not affecting text. Item #38345
A bold and handsome General Order recording that "By direction of the President of the United States, Major General W.S. Rosecrans... is appointed to the command of the Department of Missouri." Also notes that General Schofield, whom Rosecrans was replacing, is to report for duty to General Grant in Chattanooga. Signed at the conclusion in type by Assistant Adjutant General E.D. Townsend. Accompanied by a striking Civil War-era 6" X 9" heavy stock steel-engraved head-and-shoulders portrait of Hooker in uniform. Near fine.
Price: $95.00