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[CIVIL WAR] -- [LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870).]. General Orders No. 3. Richmond: Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, February 6, 1865.
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[CIVIL WAR] -- [LEE, Robert E. (1807-1870).]. General Orders No. 3. Richmond: Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, February 6, 1865.

8vo (195 x 127 mm). Bifolium, including integral blank, printed on recto of first leaf only. (A few stains.) Provenance: Rebel Archives, Record Division and Department (stamp).

Confederate imprint recording the appointment of Robert E. Lee as the General in Chief of the Armies of the Confederate States issued and signed in type by General Samuel Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector General of the Confederate Army. In part: "The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That there shall be appointed...an officer, who shall be known and designated as 'General in Chief,' who...shall have command of the military forces...and will be obeyed and respected accordingly."

Property from the Collection of Dr. Brant Mittler
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