Hello everyone: I am listed on the Civil War site as being interested in the 15th WV Volunteer Infantry and the 3rd West Virginia Infantry/6th West Virginia Vets Volunteer Cavalry. That is correct, except I have a different e-mail. My address is now [email protected] For nearly a dozen years I have collected data on the 15th WV with the goal of writing a history of the regiment. Actually, I had about 130 pages of it written. . . then my husband died. The next thing I developed writer's block as far as that book was concerned. I'm glad to say I'm over my blue funk and back writing the book - and that leads me to my reason for joining the list. I've discovered I have some questions which even the "mighty Google" doesn't help me find. I'm hoping some of you can lend some help. My first question: 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? My second question: Does anyone have a copy of or can direct me to a copy of the Articles of War for Civil War times/ Thanks for any help. Joy Gilchrist-Stalnaker