CIVIL WAR GENERAL JOHN POPE ARMY OF VIRGINIA COMMAND ORDER 1862 For Sale
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CIVIL WAR GENERAL JOHN POPE ARMY OF VIRGINIA COMMAND ORDER 1862: $125.00
General John Pope was a notable Frontier Army officer prewar, and served with distinction in the Western theater of the Civil War. In 1862 he was commanded to form the Army of Virginia . An original Civil War Union Army War Department General Order, issued Washington, DC, Aug 12, 1862, by Order of the President creating the Army of Virginia with command of the Army assigned to General John Pope , the Army to consist of three Army Corps comprised of the forces under Generals Fremont, Banks & McDowell. 1p 8 x 5". w punch holes (the order was originally issued and bound in the field by a regimental adjutant with red cloth string (the origin of the expression "government red tape" ). VG.
