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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.10.074 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Joseph M. Maitland |
| Title | Order of picket guard |
| Date | ca. 1863 |
| Author | Mast, Elhanan M. (fl. 1837-1865) |
| Recipient | Horn, T. B. Van |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Document titled, "Order of Piquet Guard." Lists 15 rules such as, "3. Contraband Negroes not allowed inside lines. 4. Wagons must not go beyond Stations for wood." The document is unsigned, however on the back there is a note written in pencil by Elhanan M. Mast, Lieutenant Colonel, to Captain T. B. Van Horn from Stones River, Tennessee. Mast discusses his command and his tent. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces African American History Contrabands Transportation |
| People | Mast, Elhanan M. (fl. 1837-1865) Horn, T. B. Van (fl. 1863) |
| Place written | Stones River, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Comrade |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |