September 22, 2011
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 9/22/2011
War-date Confederate imprint, "A Bill To be entitled An Act for the organization of the Bureau of Conscription, and the appointment of officers in said Bureau" 3pp. octavo, 1864, and reads in part: "...The Congress of the Confederate States of America do enact, That the Bureau of Conscription, in connection with the War Department, shall be charged with the execution of such duties as may be assigned to it by the Secretary of War, under the acts of Congress to provide further for the public defense, and to organize forces to serve during the war, and shall consist of a Chief of the Bureau, with the rank of a brigadier general in the provisional army, of two assistants, one with the rank of lieutenant colonel, and the other with the rank of major, and such subordinates, with the rank of captain, not exceeding four, as the wants of the service may require, and three inspectors, with the rank of colonel..." More. "Rebel Archives" stamp, VG.
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