Raynors HCA 2019-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 2/21/2019
Broadside, “Head Quarters Dept’sS W VA. & East Tenn., Dublin [Virginia], September 5, 1864, General Orders, issued by General John Echols, 12” x 10-½”. In large part, “Frequent complaints having reached these Head Quarters of depredations having been committed upon the property of citizens of South Western Va. and East Tennessee, and of the willful and unnecessary waste of the substance of the country by the straggling squads of men connected with the various command in this Department, the immediate attention of all Commanding Officers is directed thereto; and they are hereby ordered to bring all offenders in this respect to speedy and certain punishment. Officers are responsible for the conduct of their men and they will be held to such responsibility. All citizens, whose property is depredated upon, or whose rights are violated in any way by either the officers or men in this Department, are requested to make complaint thereof to the Head Quarters, stating the names of the offenders, and the commands to which they belong, in order that the cases may be promptly investigated and punishment speedily inflicted and restitution made.”
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