General Order Number 6

Creator:
Garnett, R. S., Adjutant General
Scope and content:

Written from Richmond, Virginia. Order appoints Lieutenant Colonel Henry Heth and Major James R. Crenshaw acting Quartermaster General and Acting Commissary General, respectively.

Language:
English
Other descriptive data:

Hd Qrs Va Forces
Richmond, Va
April 29, 1861

General Orders
No. 6

Lieutenant Colonel Henry Heth, Va Volunteers, and Major James R. Crenshaw, Va Volunteers, are announced respectively as acting quartermaster general and acting commissary general of subsistence of the Forces in the field, subordinate officers in these departments will refer to them before making their purchases + contracts, unless the circumstances of the case prevents.

By Command of Major Genl Lee,
R. S. Garnett
Adjutant General

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