General orders no. 105, 1864 Aug. 1.

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General orders no. 105, 1864 Aug. 1.

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General order of General Nathaniel Banks from the headquarters of the Department of the Gulf of the U.S. Army, issued by George B. Drake, assistant adjutant general. The orders stipulate that all Black troops mustered into the U.S. Army will receive the same uniform, clothing, arms, rations, and other provisions alloted to other soldiers, and that Black volunteers will be granted the same amount of bounty as white volunteers. The order further decrees that Black soldiers who were free in 1861 and mustered into military service are entitled to any pay, bounty, and clothing allowed by law to free persons at the time of their enlistment.

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