1862

Beaufort, South Carolina (fall 1862):

• Regimental Order, No. 207 (rules for the preservation of health), First Lieutenant W. H. R. Hangen, Regimental Adjutant, by command of Colonel T. H. Good, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Beaufort, South Carolina (12 September 1862); and
• Special Order, No. 60 (one-year anniversary of the regiment’s service), Colonel Tilghman H. Good, Commanding, 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Headquarters, Beaufort, South Carolina (20 September 1862)

1863

Fort Taylor, Key West, Florida, Fort Jefferson, Dry Tortugas, Florida and Fort Myers, Florida (March-June 1863):

• General Orders, No. 100: Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field (“The Lieber Code”), by President Abraham Lincoln, Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Forces, Washington, D.C., to all U.S. troops (24 April 1863);
• General Orders, No. 191 (procedures for the recruitment and reenlistment of “Veteran Volunteers”), E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C. (25 June 1863);
• General Orders, No. 216 (procedures for the recruitment and reenlistment of “Veteran Volunteers”), E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C. (July 1863);
• General Orders, No. 305 (amendment of paragraph VIII, General Orders, No. 191), E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C. (11 September 1863);
• General Orders, No. 323 (enlistment and pay of “under-cooks of African descent”), E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C. (28 September 1863);
• General Orders, No. 359 (clarification of General Orders, No. 191 and 305), E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C. (6 November 1863); and
• General Orders, No. 376 (furloughs for “Veteran Volunteers” as reward for reenlistment), E. D. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant General, War Department, Washington, D.C. (21 November 1863)

1864

Red River Campaign (March-June 1864):

• Special Orders, No. 39, Richard B. Irwin, Assistant Adjutant General, by command of Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks, Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, Louisiana (13 February 1864);
• Special Orders, No.48, Wickham Hoffman, Assistant Adjutant General, by command of Major-General Franklin, Headquarters, 19th Army Corps and U.S. Forces, Franklin, Louisiana (18 February 1864); and
• Communications from Richard B. Irwin, Assistant Adjutant General, by command of Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks, to Major-General Franklin, Commanding, 19th Army Corps, Franklin, Louisiana, Headquarters, Department of the Gulf, New Orleans, Louisiana (19 February 1864)

Shenandoah Valley Campaign (fall 1864):

• General Orders, No. 12 (authorization for 19th Army Corps regiments to inscribe the names of their most important battles on their respective regimental colors), Peter French, Acting Assistant Adjutant General, by command of Major-General William H. Emory, 19th Army Corps, Camp Russell, Virginia (22 November 1864)

1865

Defense of Washington, D.C. (April-May 1865):

• General Orders, No. 66 (regarding the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln), War Department, Adjutant General’s Office, by command of Edwin Stanton, Secretary of War, Washington, D.C., to all U.S. troops (16 April 1865);
• General Orders, No. 15 (commendation of the 47th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry), Brigadier-General William Dwight, Commandung, 19th Army Corps, Headquarters, Savannah, Georgia (20 July 1865)