Bonny Blue Flag
1st Lieutenant
- Joined
- Jun 21, 2008
- Location
- Grand Prairie, Texas
This order has six sections, some of them lengthy. Therefore, each section will be a seperate thread. ***threads merged 11/25/1017: Lnwlf***
In the field, Savannah, Georgia, January 16, 1865
Special Field Orders, No. 15
1. The islands from Charleston, south, the abandonded rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. Johns River, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negros now made free by the acts of war and the proclamation of the President of the United States.
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Source:
pbs.org
American Experience
Reconstruction / The Second Civil War
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Section 2 will follow as a new thread.
--BBF
In the field, Savannah, Georgia, January 16, 1865
Special Field Orders, No. 15
1. The islands from Charleston, south, the abandonded rice fields along the rivers for thirty miles back from the sea, and the country bordering the St. Johns River, Florida, are reserved and set apart for the settlement of the negros now made free by the acts of war and the proclamation of the President of the United States.
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Source:
pbs.org
American Experience
Reconstruction / The Second Civil War
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Section 2 will follow as a new thread.
--BBF
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