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Special Orders Received — Issuances
June 1865–Apr. 1869
African American history · place not specified
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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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