General order no. 1, circa 1862.

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General order no. 1, circa 1862.

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General order of Colonel James W. McMillan of the U.S. Army, Department of the Gulf, issued by Mark A. Latham, assistant adjutant general, in Baton Rouge, La. The order states that commanders of regiments batteries and companies of cavalry and surgeons must immediately expel "all negroes without their lines" except servants of officers, and that all African American women currently quartered in army camps or buildings must also be removed.

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United States. Army. Department of the Gulf (1862-1865)

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