Title: General orders
Description: Defines circumstances under which insurgent enemies are entitled to benefits of the President's Proclamation of amnesty and reconstruction, issued December 8, 1863.
Subjects: Sources, Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877), Views on reconstruction, History, Martial law, Habeas corpus, Armed Forces, Draft, Recruiting, enlistment, Blockade, Port of Brownsville (Tex.), Harbors, Blockades, United States, United States. Army, Pay, allowances, Regulations, Military Bounties, Voluntary Military service, Insurgency, Amnesty, Promotions, Registers, Organization, Appointments and retirements, United States. Army. Military Division of the Mississippi, African American Participation, Military leadership
Places: United States
People: Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865