Title	Receipt for rifle from Virgie B. Choat
Description	Receipt to Virgie B. Choat for one rifle valued at $16.00, reading, "In obedience to General order No. 1 issued by the Governor and Commander in Chief in accordance with a recent act of the Tennessee Legislature, I have proceeded to have valued the arms of the 101st Regiment in Compliance with the law." Signed by Colonel W. P. Kendrick of the 101st Regiment, Tennessee Militia.
Historical note	General orders are published directives issued by a commander, binding upon all personnel under his command to affect policies or procedures unique to a unit's situation and not addressed by service regulations. General orders have the force of law within the unit where they are issued. In this case the "commander" is the governor of the state, "commander in chief" of the state's militia. The order involves the requisition and assessment of private arms for military service.
Date	1861 December 31
Creator	Tennessee -- Adjutant-General's Office
Collection name	Manuscript Files
Subjects - LCSH	United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Receipts; Rifles; Tennessee -- Adjutant-General's Office
Accession number	1999-091-07
Owning institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	35066
Digital type	TEXT
Digital format	TIFF
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