U.S. Army District of Vicksburg general orders no. 7, 1864 May 18.

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U.S. Army District of Vicksburg general orders no. 7, 1864 May 18.

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Orders of Major General H.W. Slocum pertaining to regiments of African American troops in the U.S. Army. Responding to reports of the murder of a resident of Vicksburg by black soldiers, Slocum stresses how destructive such incidents may be to the army's efforts to pacify the citizenry of the city and in particular to fledgling efforts to incorporate African Americans into the ranks of the army. He writes that while the soldier should be held strictly accountable for his actions, the citizens of Vicksburg whose actions may have goaded the soldier to violence must be punished as well. Military order is countersigned by H.C. Rodgers, Assistant Adjutant General.

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Rodgers, H. C.

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United States. Army. District of Vicksburg.

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Born in rural Onondaga County, N.Y., Henry Warner Slocum attended Cazenovia Seminary and worked as a teacher before obtaining an appointment to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he was the roommate of Philip Sheridan. At the outbreak of the Civil War, Slocum was appointed colonel of the 27th New York Infantry, which was a two-year regiment mustered in at Elmira, New York. In 1862, Slocum was appointed major general of volunteers, the second youngest man in the Army to achie...

Slocum, Henry Warner, 1826-1894

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Slocum was born in Delphi, a hamlet in Onondaga County, New York. His father was Matthew B. Slocum, and his mother was Mary Ostrander. He was the sixth of eleven children. He attended the State Normal School in Albany and the Cazenovia Seminary in Madison County. At the age of 16, he received a Public School Teacher's Certificate from the County Superintendent of Schools, and worked occasionally as a teacher for the next five years. On the recommendation of Congressman Daniel F. Gott (Onondag...