General Orders, No. 11 1865

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General Orders, No. 11 1865

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General Orders, No. 11, 1865, wereissued by General Gordon Granger as commander of the U. S. Army’s Department ofTexas and concern Texas citizens’ possession of archival material during theReconstruction era.

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United States. Army. Department of Texas

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Major General Gordon Granger issued General Orders No. 11 on July 22, 1865 from his Galveston Headquarters, just over a month into his command of the Department of Texas. The Orders required Texas citizens to declare and turn over to the occupying Federal Army all state-owned books, archives, and records held in their possession during the Civil War. From the guide to the General Orders, No. 11 80-31., 1865, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austi...

Granger, Gordon, 1822-1876

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Major General Gordon Granger issued General Orders No. 11 on July 22, 1865 from his Galveston Headquarters, just over a month into his command of the Department of Texas. The Orders required Texas citizens to declare and turn over to the occupying Federal Army all state-owned books, archives, and records held in their possession during the Civil War. From the guide to the General Orders, No. 11 80-31., 1865, (Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas at Austi...