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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05081 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | General Order No. 4 regarding the patriotic loyalty of women to the Union |
| Date | 24 February 1865 |
| Author | Shrader, William W. (fl. 1865) |
| Document Type | Broadside |
| Content Description | Issued by the command of Colonel Arthur A. Smith. Signed by William W. Shrader, Assistant Adjutant General. States "as long as the cradle, the nursery, and the hearth-stone are schools where rebellion and treason are taught-- as long as the plastic mind of the youth of this country is moulded and shaped by rebel hands, so long will the elements of discord, rebellion and treason remain." Orders Tennessee women to take an oath of loyalty to the United States Government before the provost Marshal within twenty days. Confirms that those unable or unwilling to take the oath will be reported to authorities. The printer of this document is unknown. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Military Law Confederate States of America Women's History Oath Children and Family Education Union Forces Treason Rebellion Reconstruction Patriotism |
| People | Shrader, William W. (fl. 1865) Smith, Arthur A. (fl. 1865) |
| Place written | Clarksville, Tennessee |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Women in American History; Reconstruction |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |