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9 May 1862 to 13 May 1862

Original paper slip text:9–13 May 1862.

Hilton Head, SC

Original paper slip text:Hilton Head, S. C.

United States Army, Department of the South, General Order 11, declaring martial law and emancipation in Georgia, Florida, and South Carolina; with a MS note by
Charles Francis Adams

Original paper slip text:CFA2

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on the circumstances under which he read this order to the troops
2 p.

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