2005-11
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/31/2005
Confederate Document, 26p. octavo, Adjutant and Inspector General’s Office, Richmond, Virginia, October 3, 1863, being General Orders No. 131,and reads in part: “...Difficulties in procuring the medals and badges of distinction, having delayed their presentation by teh President, as authorized by the act of congress, approved Oct. 13, 1862, to the officers, non-commissioned officers and privates of the armies of the Confederate States, conspicious for courage and good conduct on the field of battle - To avoid postponing the grateful recongnition of their valor until it can be made in the enduring form provided by that act - It is ordered, I. That the names of thosw how have been or may hereafter be reported as worthy of this distinction, be inscribed on a ROLL OF HONOR...” Followed by a list of names that should appear on said ‘Roll’ in the battles of Murfreesboro, Chancellorsville and Gettsyburg. VG.
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