One hundred fifty years ago, on August 19, 1864, the Union orders everyone between 18 and 45 to join the militia: GENERAL ORDERS No. 28. HDQRS. DISTRICT OF LITTLE ROCK, Little Rock, Ark., August 19, 1864. I. Pursuant to General Orders, No. 31, headquarters Military Division of West Mississippi, and General Orders, No. 63, headquarters Department of Arkansas, all able-bodied males between the ages of eighteen and forty-five within the District of Little Rock will be immediately enrolled in the service, in the militia. II. The respective commanders of the posts of Little Rock, Devalls Bluff, Lewisburg, Pine Bluff, and Brownsville are charged with carrying out the provisions of General Orders, No. 31, above referred to, within the limits of their posts and neighboring country. III. Each post commander will appoint a special commission, to consist of two line and one medical officer, to hear and determine all claims for exemption from military service on account of alienage or physical disability. He will also appoint a suitable officer to command the militia and to take general control of them as enrolled. IV. The militia as fast as enrolled will be assigned into companies of maximum infantry strength. Company officers will be recommended by post commanders for appointment at these headquarters, and post commanders will give warrants to non-commissioned officers on recommendations, by elections of the companies. V. Maj. George R. French, district provost-marshal, is charged with general direction of enrollment, and will watch that the organizations are pushed forward as rapidly as possible. By command of Brig. Gen. E. A. Carr: C. H. DYER, Assistant Adjutant-General.
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