Description: The Union War Effort required huge influxes of gold bullion on gold steamers from the California and Nevada Gold Fields, much of which came by fast mail steamers to New Orleans initially, where Profit minded Northerners and Southerners purchased gold and used it as a medium of exchange for Louisiana cotton, providing a flow of gold into the Trans-Mississippi Confederacy, desperate for specie as the Rebel Grayback currency became more depreciated. The Federal Government, by restricting this gold flow was able to maintain gold backing for US notes and starve the Confederacy of funding. An original Civil War General Order, issued at HQ Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, Louisiana, ( at The NO Customs House ) June 18, 1864. By Command of Major General Banks all shipments of gold to the Port of New Orleans must be deposited in the US Treasury (also at the Customs House), until claimants can provide proof the gold will not be used to contravene US laws. 1p 8 x 5" ptd/ink. The order has 2 punch holes in the left margin. Edge wear, age stains, Overall VG. The order is ink signed by Major Charles B Gaskill as AAAG Gaskill, a Niagara New York native rose from private, 44th New York Volunteers , was wounded at Malvern Hill, Virginia, a POW until exchanged, then Colonel of he 81st US Colored Troop. Postwar Gaskill was a pioneer in the development of Niagara Falls power production. Comes w service info. General & Special Orders were issued to communicate commands and information to the Army. Each order, issued in writing by a command, was then printed for distribution to each unit, either at an army department headquarter or by commanders at local headquarters in the field on portable printing presses operated by soldiers. The orders were then issued to regiments, to be read aloud to the troops. General Orders were printed as issued with date & location; at the end of a year the regimental adjutant might retain them loose or simply string bind them by punching holes or cut slits in the left margin and stringing on ¼” red cloth string tape (the source of the old expression "government red tape"). Sometimes an officer or HQ clerk might take a group of orders to a local print shop or bookbinder and have an accumulation bound with leather or cloth covers. Usually, American Military Orders of the 19th century including Civil War era were printed on an 8 x 5” sheet of quality rag paper. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE If you would like to Add Me as a Seller You Follow, Go to the Seller Information Bar on the Middle Right Side of the Page and click ‘Follow This Seller”
Price: 145 USD
Location: Angier, North Carolina
End Time: 2024-11-14T21:02:20.000Z
Shipping Cost: 12 USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
Original/Reproduction: Original
Theme: Militaria
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
