Subject: Military orders

Two-page document, Circular No. 40, from the Ordnance Office, War Department, Washington, dated August 1, 1864. It details orders and instructions issued to Ordnance officers in July 1864 by Brig. Gen. Geo. D. Ramsay, Chief of Ordnance. Specifically, it mentions the reassignment of Capt. A. Mordecai (Alfred Mordecai, Jr.) from duty with the 10th Corps to Watervliet Arsenal. The document also includes biographical information about Capt. Mordecai and his father, Major Alfred Mordecai, highlighting the latter's decision to retire from the U.S. Army in 1861 to avoid fighting on either side of the Civil War.

Single-page circular General Order No. 15, issued by the War Department in Washington, D.C., on January 19, 1863. The order dismisses Assistant Surgeon A. J. Baxter from the U.S. Army and revokes the muster-out of Additional Paymaster Joseph A. Nunes. The order was received at the Brigade on January 31, 1863. The circular measures approximately 5" x 7 1/2".

General Order No. 1 from Headquarters, 1st Brigade, Vogeles Division; 10th Army Corps, dated June 19, 1863, issued on Folky Island, South Carolina. The order gives H. S. Putnam command. The document is signed by Joseph Abbott, a newspaper editor and described as a "notorious carpetbagger." Vogel is identified as a Jewish Civil War leader.

Newspaper clipping from the New York Times, November 30, 1868, featuring a series of three reprinted letters from the Israelite regarding General Grant's Order No. 11. The letters include correspondence between Rabbi Adolph Moses and General Grant (September 3, 1868), Grant's response to Senator Morris (September 14, 1868), and Morris's transmission of the letters to Isaac Mayer Wise (November 15, 1868), prior to their publication.

Manuscript field order issued by Major General Jacob Dolson Cox, commanding the 23rd Army Corps, on May 7, 1865, from Greensboro, North Carolina. Written and signed by Cox's Assistant Adjutant General, Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Cox, it directs division commanders to turn over all pack animals to the Chief Quartermaster. The order includes facsimile signatures of L. A. Gratz and J. H. Stevenson. The document is written on a single-page letter sheet and features manuscript docketing on the reverse.

Newspaper clipping from The New York Herald, dated January 5, 1863, featuring the first verbatim New York City printing of General Order No. 11. This order, issued on December 17, 1862, by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, expelled all Jews from his military department. The article presents the order as a matter-of-fact war report without editorial comment. Noteworthy is that President Abraham Lincoln revoked the order on January 4, 1863, the day before this newspaper's publication. The clipping also contains news from Murfreesboro, details of the Battle of Vicksburg, a map of Vicksburg and Rebel batteries, the sinking of the Monitor, Jeb Stuart's raid on Dumfries, and reactions to the Emancipation Proclamation. Additional notes from Dr. Sarna discuss the dissemination of information surrounding the order and its revocation.

Manuscript field order issued by Major General John Schofield, commanding the Union Department of North Carolina/Army of the Ohio. Written and signed by Schofield's Assistant Adjutant General, Captain J. H. Stevenson, and issued to division commanders. The order directs the Army of the Ohio to prepare to march at 6 A.M. on April 26, 1865. The single-page document, dated April 24, 1865, from "Head Quarters Dept. of North Carolina / Army of the Ohio / Raleigh, N.C." includes a facsimile signature of L. A. Gratz, Acting Assistant Adjutant General for the Third Division. Reverse side contains manuscript docketing summarizing the content.