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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08523.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Items relating to Gettysburg troops sent to quell New York draft riots |
| Title | Extract of Special Orders, No. 202 |
| Date | 30 July 1863 |
| Author | Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Partially printed document countersigned by W.F.A. Torbert with the clerical signature of S. Williams. Orders the senior officer accompanying troops to New York to telegraph the number of soldiers to the Chief Quartermaster General so he may provide adequate transportation. Written on Third Army Corps letterhead. "Third Army Corps" has been struck and replaced with "Army of the Potomac." |
| Subjects | Slavery Civil War Military History Union Forces Mobs and Riots Draft Riots Conscription |
| People | Torbert, W.F.A. (fl. 1863) Meade, George Gordon (1815-1872) |
| Place written | Warrenton, Virginia |
| Theme | African Americans; Law; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |