September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
Broadside, "Punishment of Guerillas." 1p. octavo, May 11, 1865, Washington, issued "By Command of Lieut. General Grant." and reads in part: "...All the forces of the enemy east of the Mississippi river having been duly surrendered by their proper Commanding Officers to the Armies of the United States, under agreements of parole and disbandment, and there being now no authorized troops of the enemy east of the Mississippi river this is - Ordered, That from and after the first day of June, 1865, and all persons found in arms against the United States, or who may commit acts of hostility against it, east of the Mississippi river, will be regarded as guerrillas, and punished with death. The strict enforcement and execution of this order is especially enjoined upon the Commanding Officers of all United States forces within the territorial limits to which it applies..." VG.
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