Union General Order No. 192, December 24, 1862
date: label: date made
content: 1862-12-24
name: label: printer
content: Army of the Potomac
label: author
content: Richmond, Lewis
notes: label: Description
content: This Union General Order No. 192, with address <I>Camp near Falmouth, Va.,</I> was probably printed on a portable press in the field. It was prepared for Asst. Adj. Gen. Lewis Richmond of the Union Army of the Potomac in December 1862 and issued by command of Major General Burnside to Major Wood of the 17th Infantry of the Army of the Potomac and Captain Welton of the 19th Infantry of the Army of the Potomac.
label: Description
content: The prospectus for the Cooley Press lists Major General Burnside as having purchased a Cooley press by July 1862. Both Union and Confederate general orders were printed using similar type fonts and formats.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: made in army camp
content: United States: Virginia, Falmouth
topic: label: used
content: Civil War
label: used
content: Printing
label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: related event
content: Civil War
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Military
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content: Civil War Field Printing
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0186.01
label: accession number
content: 2007.0186
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0186.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: military order
label: Object Name
content: paper (sheet)
label: Object Name
content: sheet (paper)
label: Object Type
content: Letterpress
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 21.7 cm x 13.9 cm; 8 9/16 in x 5 1/2 in