CIVIL WAR VICTORY ORDER BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG & PORT HUDSON 1864 For Sale

An original Civil War US War Department General Order issued at Washington, Feb 1, 1864 publishing Public Resolutions by Congress, thanking Major General Nathaniel P Banks & his command for the victory at Port Hudson, a Resolution thanking General Burnside & his men for their gallantry & endurance, and a Resolution thanking Generals Joseph Hooker, George G Meade & Oliver O Howard & the Army of the Potomac for saving Washington & Baltimore from the advance of rebel army of General Robert E Lee & defeat of the rebel forces at Gettysburg & for driving them beyond the Rappahannock River. 2pp 8 x 5\" ptd. 2 punch holes in left margin, margin wear, Overall VG. I obtained this Order with the papers of Captain George L Faxon who served in Louisiana 1862-66 including with the 38th Massachusetts at the Siege of Port Hudson, and comes w hs service info.

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