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Box 5

 Container

Contains 1 Collection or Record:

C.S.A. War Dept. Communication from the Secretary, stating that the records of his office do not contain any authority to raise troops of conscript age, except in localities where the operation of the conscript law has been suspended;, January 28, 1864

 File — Box: 5, Folder: C1296
Identifier: 228130
Scope and Contents From the Collection: The collection consists of 16 boxes of books and papers, mostly from the 1860s, all of which were readily available to the public in the Confederacy at the time. The collection includes state and C.S.A. laws, ordinances, and regulations, military manuals, political dissertations, school books, novels, maps, tracts, and sermons. Also included are works related to the Confederacy such as histories of the war and autobiographies. Most are originals, any photocopies are noted as such in this...
Dates: January 28, 1864