General Order Number 18, issued by General Joseph E. Johnston.
The order deals with the cessation of hostilities at the end of the Civil War: "...the officers and men of this army are to bind themselves not to take up arms against the United States untill [sic] properly released from that obligation and shall receive guarantees from the United States offic...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Summary: | The order deals with the cessation of hostilities at the end of the Civil War: "...the officers and men of this army are to bind themselves not to take up arms against the United States untill [sic] properly released from that obligation and shall receive guarantees from the United States officers against molestation by the United States authorities so long as they observe that obligation, and the laws in force where they reside." A transcription is included. |
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