Army of the Cumberland military orders, 1864.

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Army of the Cumberland military orders, 1864.

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Bound file of handwritten and printed military orders pertaining to the Army of the Cumberland during the Atlanta campaign in the Civil War. Compiled by the 19th United States Infantry, a unit of the 14th Army Corps, Army of the Cumberland, the file consists principally of general, special, and field orders from the headquarters of General William T. Sherman and the 14th Army Corps, the Department of the Cumberland, and the Adjutant General's Office, War Department, Washington, D.C. The orders are written from various field headquarters such as Chattanooga, Tenn., Atlanta, Ga., Lookout Mountain, Ga., and Nashville, Tenn., by command of Generals William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, Richard W. Johnson, John H. King, and John M. Palmer. Included in the file are a circular, dated Sept. 2, 1864, from Brigadier General William P. Carlin congratulating the 2nd and 3rd Brigades for their part in the Battle of Jonesboro, and a copy of an order, dated Sept. 8, 1864, from the Department of the Cumberland conveying congratulatory messages from President Abraham Lincoln and General Ulysses S. Grant to General William T. Sherman after the capture of Atlanta.

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