General Order Number 6, 1861

Creator:

Garnett, R. S., Adjutant General

Language:

English

Scope and content:

Written from Richmond, Virginia. Order appoints Lieutenant Colonel Henry Heth and Major James R. Crenshaw acting Quartermaster General and Acting Commissary General, respectively.

Other descriptive data:

Hd Qrs Va Forces

General Orders

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Heth, Va Volunteers, and Major James R. Crenshaw, Va Volunteers, are announced respectively as acting quartermaster general and acting commissary general of subsistence of the Forces in the field, subordinate officers in these departments will refer to them before making their purchases + contracts, unless the circumstances of the case prevents.

By Command of Major Genl Lee,

Subjects:

United States—History—Civil War, 1861-1865
Orders (military records)
Correspondence

Names:

Garnett, R. S., Adjutant General

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