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Pages in category "General orders" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. * General order; 0–9.
Order as a broadside Order as printed in the Daily Picayune newspaper, New Orleans Cartoon from Harper's Weekly, 12 July 1862. General Order No. 28 was a military decree made by Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler during the American Civil War. [1] Following the Battle of New Orleans, Butler established himself as military commander of that city on May 1 ...
Issued General Order No. 11 on May 5, 1868 designating Decoration Day as May 30. It ultimately became a national holiday and today is known as Memorial Day, the final Monday in the month of May. Ambrose Everett Burnside: 1871 1873 Rhode Island: Charles Devens: 1873 1875 Massachusetts: John Frederick Hartranft: 1875 1877 Pennsylvania
A general order, in military and paramilitary organizations, is a published directive, originated by a commander and binding upon all personnel under his or her command. Its purpose is to enforce a policy or procedure that is not otherwise addressed in applicable service regulations, military law , or public law .
The General Board of the United States Navy was an advisory body of the United States Navy, somewhat akin to a naval general staff. The General Board was established by general order 544, issued on March 13, 1900 by Secretary of the Navy John Davis Long. The order was officially recognized by Congress in 1916. [1] The General Board was ...
Orders to Sentry is the official title of a set of rules governing sentry (guard or watch) duty in the United States Armed Forces.While any guard posting has rules that may go without saying ("Stay awake," for instance), these orders are carefully detailed and particularly stressed in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard.
Granger delivered to Galveston General Orders, No.3 and No.4 on June 19th 1865. General Order No.3 informed all Texans that, "in accordance with a Proclamation from the Executive of the United States, all slaves were free." This day became known as Juneteenth among the newly freed slaves. The corps was discontinued for the final time July 20, 1865.
General Order No. 11 was a controversial Union Army order issued by Major-General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862 during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. The order expelled all Jews from Grant's military district, comprising areas of Tennessee , Mississippi , and Kentucky .