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Special Orders Received — Issuances

June 1865–Apr. 1869

African American history · place not specified

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Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

The unbound special orders received, June 1865–April 1869, are arranged chronologically. They are either printed or manuscript copies of extracts of special orders issued by Bureau headquarters, the War Department, the Department of Arkansas, the Subdistrict of Arkansas, and other Army commands, relating to the assignment, transfer, relief, and discharge of officers as Bureau agents and to the transfer or muster out of Army units in Arkansas. Some relate to procedures for handling property and money. Most of the orders are dated 1865 or 1866.

Collection
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869
Archival grouping
Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869 / Series 1: General Records / 1.5: Issuances
Catalog date
June 1865–Apr. 1869
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Catalog reference: NMAAHC.FB.M979, File 1.5.3

Collection: Records of the Assistant Commissioner for the State of Arkansas Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1869

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