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General Order No. 219 announcing Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Taylor's death, 29 Jun 1864

 Item — Box: 1, Folder: 5, item: 8
Identifier: 8

Scope and Contents

Printed pamphlet with General Order No. 219 issued by order of Assistant Adjutant General E. D. Townsend of the War Department, announcing to the army the death of Brig. Gen. Joseph P. Taylor. Contains the details of his funeral services and issues orders for the Subsistence Department to wear "the prescribed badge of mourning for thirty days" and provides schedule of "eleven minute-guns" salute.

Dates

  • Creation: 29 Jun 1864

Full Extent

From the Collection: 1.50 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Repository Details

Part of the Eastern Kentucky University Libraries, Research Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository

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