Lot
1889 
Confederacy, 1864 (Jun. 28) U.S. Military Registered Enemies of State Evacuation Order, printed notice from Headquarters Provost Marshal General Department of the Gulf reading "By Direction of the Major General Commanding, all Registered Enemies of the United States will be immediately report themselves to Major H.M. Porter, Provost Marshal of the Parish of Orleans, at his office, No. 67 Carondelet street, for transportation beyond military lines." from T.E. Chickering, Colonel and Asst. Provost Marshal Gen., entered mails with U.S. 2¢ black (73) tied by "New Orleans, La. Jul 2 '64" double-circle duplex to local addressee Celestine Reynes; couple small perf flaws, Very Fine. Estimate $1,000 - 1,500.
A REMARKABLE ORIGINAL EXAMPLE OF THE 1864 U.S. MILITARY ORDERS FOR EVACUATION OF REGISTERED ENEMIES.
In December 1862, Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks sailed from New York with a large force of raw recruits to replace Maj. Gen. Benjamin Butler at New Orleans, Louisiana, as commander of the Department of the Gulf. He ordered the deportation of all registered enemies of the United States residing in New Orleans (primarily those who refused to take the oath of allegiance). More than 700 families were forced to leave under miserable conditions. By the summer of 1864, the Provost Marshal General estimated that only 778 still remained in New Orleans. Banks ordered that these be deported on June 23 and, but according to the Picayune others were still leaving the Department as late as mid-October 1864.
Realized: $2,600