General Orders No 253 War Department Adjutant Generals Office Washington July 31 1863 The

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Broadside handbill, 6 7/8 x 4 3/8 inches, text in one long paragraph; signed in type By order of the Secretary of War: / E.D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General. Very Good. General orders announcing the conviction of Private George W. Johnson, Co D, 4th Regt. Delaware Volunteers for the murder of James Holland, a black man, and his sentence, to be hanged by the neck until he is dead. Item #47555

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