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Collection Reference Number GLC06271
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to the 1860s 
Title Printed General Orders no. 52 regarding the citizenship of Indians and "half-breeds"
Date 18 July 1863
Author Whiting, William (1813-1873)  
Document Type Government document; Military document
Content Description Circular letter. "Indians and half-breeds are not citizens of the U. S. within the meaning of the enrollment act."
Subjects Civil War  Military History  Union Forces  Conscription  American Indian History  
People Whiting, William (1813-1873)  
Place written s.l.
Theme The American Civil War; Native 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