From: "Joy Stalnaker" <[email protected]> > According to an official "Regimental Letters and Orders Book" for the 15th > that I found at the National Archives, Colonel Mulligan, commander of the > First Brigade, Railroad Division (troops stationed along the B&O west of > Cumberland), issued an order that Adjutant James F. Cosgrove would inspect > the Fifteenth on December 1st "to meet the view of the President > expressed in his late proclamation." WHAT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S LATE > PROCLAMATION? The only thing I can find is a preview of the Emancipation > Procolamation that he issued in late November. Doe anyone have any clues? ------------------------ Could very well be the EP but in what year did this happen? ------------------------ > > Does anyone have a copy of or can direct me to a copy of the Articles of > War for Civil War times/ ------------------------ On line at http://www.usregulars.com/Articles_of_War.html Bookwise they are included in "Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States, 1861", reprint 1980 Nat'l Historical Society, Harrisburg PA; out-of-print but I've a copy. They're also in reprints by Stackpole of "Customs of Service for Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers" by August V. Kautz and "The 1863 Laws of War", and AFAIK these are in print. Dennis

Michael and Dennis: Thanks for the responses. I truly appreciate it. Whoops! I left out the date. I KNOW better than that. Here's the entry that I transcribed from the Regimental and Letters book. Colonel Mulligan was in command of the First Brigade, Railroad Division under Kelly. Nov 28, 1862 - GO 6 - by order Mulligan 15th would be inspected by Adj Jas F. Cosgrove at 10 am on Dec 1, 1862 - "to meet the view of the President expressed in his late proclamations." I found another site for Lincoln. It's www.historyplace/lincoln/index.html According to the timeline: Sept 22, 1862 - The president issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves. I was wondering if there was a later "proclamation" other than the EP on Jan 1, 1863, or not? And, I'm wondering what Cosgrove's inspection would have to do with that. Any suggestions? Michael - thanks for your responses re the Articles of War, Army Regulations, etc. I'm sure I'll be back to the list with more questions as they arise. Joy That was December 1, 1862. The EP was exactly a month later. The At 10:12 PM 05/18/2006, Dennis J. Francis wrote: >From: "Joy Stalnaker" <[email protected]> > >>According to an official "Regimental Letters and Orders Book" for the >>15th that I found at the National Archives, Colonel Mulligan, commander >>of the First Brigade, Railroad Division (troops stationed along the B&O >>west of Cumberland), issued an order that Adjutant James F. Cosgrove >>would inspect the Fifteenth on December 1st "to meet the view of the >>President expressed in his late proclamation." WHAT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S >>LATE PROCLAMATION? The only thing I can find is a preview of the >>Emancipation Procolamation that he issued in late November. Doe anyone >>have any clues? >------------------------ >Could very well be the EP but in what year did this happen? >------------------------ >> >>Does anyone have a copy of or can direct me to a copy of the Articles of >>War for Civil War times/ >------------------------ >On line at http://www.usregulars.com/Articles_of_War.html > >Bookwise they are included in "Revised Regulations for the Army of the >United States, 1861", reprint 1980 Nat'l Historical Society, Harrisburg >PA; out-of-print but I've a copy. >They're also in reprints by Stackpole of "Customs of Service for >Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers" by August V. Kautz and "The 1863 >Laws of War", and AFAIK these are in print. > >Dennis > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] >and in the text area of the message, type only the word >unsubscribe

John Philip Adams 125 Red Bud Lane Baytown, Texas 77520 -----Original Message----- From: Joy Stalnaker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 7:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [CIVIL-WAR] 15th WV Infantry (Union) Michael and Dennis: Thanks for the responses. I truly appreciate it. Whoops! I left out the date. I KNOW better than that. Here's the entry that I transcribed from the Regimental and Letters book. Colonel Mulligan was in command of the First Brigade, Railroad Division under Kelly. Nov 28, 1862 - GO 6 - by order Mulligan 15th would be inspected by Adj Jas F. Cosgrove at 10 am on Dec 1, 1862 - "to meet the view of the President expressed in his late proclamations." I found another site for Lincoln. It's www.historyplace/lincoln/index.html According to the timeline: Sept 22, 1862 - The president issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation freeing the slaves. I was wondering if there was a later "proclamation" other than the EP on Jan 1, 1863, or not? And, I'm wondering what Cosgrove's inspection would have to do with that. Any suggestions? Michael - thanks for your responses re the Articles of War, Army Regulations, etc. I'm sure I'll be back to the list with more questions as they arise. Joy That was December 1, 1862. The EP was exactly a month later. The At 10:12 PM 05/18/2006, Dennis J. Francis wrote: >From: "Joy Stalnaker" <[email protected]> > >>According to an official "Regimental Letters and Orders Book" for the >>15th that I found at the National Archives, Colonel Mulligan, commander >>of the First Brigade, Railroad Division (troops stationed along the B&O >>west of Cumberland), issued an order that Adjutant James F. Cosgrove >>would inspect the Fifteenth on December 1st "to meet the view of the >>President expressed in his late proclamation." WHAT WAS THE PRESIDENT'S >>LATE PROCLAMATION? The only thing I can find is a preview of the >>Emancipation Procolamation that he issued in late November. Doe anyone >>have any clues? >------------------------ >Could very well be the EP but in what year did this happen? >------------------------ >> >>Does anyone have a copy of or can direct me to a copy of the Articles of >>War for Civil War times/ >------------------------ >On line at http://www.usregulars.com/Articles_of_War.html > >Bookwise they are included in "Revised Regulations for the Army of the >United States, 1861", reprint 1980 Nat'l Historical Society, Harrisburg >PA; out-of-print but I've a copy. >They're also in reprints by Stackpole of "Customs of Service for >Non-Commissioned Officers and Soldiers" by August V. Kautz and "The 1863 >Laws of War", and AFAIK these are in print. > >Dennis > > >==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from list mode, email [email protected] >and in the text area of the message, type only the word >unsubscribe ==== CIVIL-WAR Mailing List ==== To search our list archives since 1996, go to http://searches2.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl and enter Civil-War in the list name