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Permission to publish material from Confederate Broadside Against Aiding Deserters must be obtained from Special Collections, Virginia Tech.
Collection is open for research.
Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Confederate Broadside Against Aiding Deserters, Ms2011-047, Special Collections, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va.
Collection purchased by Special Collections in December 2010.
The processing, arrangement, and description of the Confederate Broadside Against Aiding Deserters was completed in May 2011.
This collection consists of a Confederate broadside containing General Orders No. 6, issued October 29, 1863, by Major General Sam Jones. It concerns the provision of aid for deserters, be it in the form of purchasing military items from deserters or enticing soldiers to desert. In addition to warning against such assistance or enticement, the orders describe the punishment for those who have engaged in such acts.