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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09219 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Emergency proclamation empowering agents to seize slaves for military labor |
| Date | 27 August 1863 |
| Author | Beauregard, Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Emergency proclamation empowering agents to seize slaves for military labor. "I must rely on my Countrymen...in the speedy discharge of this duty. Planters may be assured, that the true way to serve their own interests is to do what they can to enable me to hold Charleston. |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Military History Confederate States of America |
| People | Beauregard, Gustave Toutant (1818-1893) |
| Place written | Charleston, South Carolina |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Slavery & Abolition; Government & Politics; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | From the wartime papers of South Carolina Governors Francis W. Pickens and Milledge L. Bonham. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |