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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08523.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Items relating to Gettysburg troops sent to quell New York draft riots |
| Title | Circular coordinating transportation to New York City |
| Date | 3 August 1863 |
| Author | French, William Henry (1815-1881) |
| Document Type | Military document |
| Content Description | Official copy signed clerically by W[illiam].F.A. Torbert as adjutant and Albert Ordway and countersigned by J.H. Chase. Orders all troops being sent to New York to report to Warrenton for transportation to that city. The regiments affected are the 2nd and 12th New Hampshire, 20th Indiana, and 1st Massachusetts. Copy made 16 December 1863. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Mobs and Riots Draft Riots Conscription |
| People | Torbert, W.F.A. (fl. 1863) Ordway, Albert (1843-1897) Chase, J. H. (fl. 1863) French, William Henry (1815-1881) |
| Place written | Warrenton, Virginia |
| Theme | African Americans; Law; The American Civil War |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |