Anonymous Civil War order, circa 1864.

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Anonymous Civil War order, circa 1864.

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Draft copy of an order from Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, U. S. Army, requesting that the 9th Connecticut and the 14th Maine regiments together with a section of the Thompson's Battery be sent to St. Charles, Ark., to rid the area of Confederate soldiers.

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