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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04219.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1865 |
| Title | General Order No. 21 regarding the education of African American troops |
| Date | 2 June 1865 |
| Author | Gardner, W. W. (fl. 1865) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Issued by W. W. Gardner as Assistant Adjutant General based on the orders of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Stone. Orders that school will be held instead of company drills. States that classes will be taught by men within each company, and that soldiers may buy their books individually, or the company commander will purchase the books from the company fund. Declares "the surest and only step to a respectable life as Freemen, is intelligence. The best way to win the respect of all and to render themselves worthy of the right which Freemen confers, is for every man to acquire the best Education he can. Let it be deemed a disgrace for any man in the Reg't. to leave the Service without at least, knowing how to read." Created in Smeedsville, the original name of Dickson, Tennessee. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History African American History African American Troops Union Forces Education Soldier's Pay Freemen Book Selling |
| People | Gardner, W. W. (fl. 1865) Stone, Henry (fl. 1865) |
| Place written | Dickson, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Education; Banking & Economics |
| 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 |