General orders no. 6, 1863 Feb. 2.

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General orders no. 6, 1863 Feb. 2.

General orders of General Thomas W. Sherman, issued from the headquarters of the Defenses of New Orleans, La., announcing the appointment of Lieutenant W.B. Pearsall of the 4th Wisconsin Volunteers as his aide-de-camp.

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