Mason Orders taken by Chilton Civil War Document 191

Two Paragraph version of the Order, Written by A.P. Mason

The two paragraph version of the order, written in A.P. Mason's hand, is in the possession of the National Archives. It, along with Chilton's letterbook copy (ten paragraphs) was held by the Adjutant General's office in Richmond until Petersburg fell. At that point the Adjutant General, Samuel Cooper, had these documents along with his entire office files placed in a wagon train and sent to Goldsboro NC where they were captured by Sherman advancing from South Carolina.

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Source of Command Directive

Collected by Joseph Ryan from the National Archives

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About the author: Joe Ryan is a Los Angeles trial lawyer who has traveled the route of the Army of Northern Virginia, from Richmond to Gettysburg several times.