General Order No. 11 (1862)
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title:
General Order No. 11 (1862)
text:
General Order No. 11 was a controversial Union Army order issued by Major-General Ulysses S. Grant on December 17, 1862 during the Vicksburg campaign of the American Civil War. The order expelled all Jews from Grant's military district, comprising areas of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. Grant issued the order in an effort to reduce corruption among Union Army personnel and stop the illicit trade in Southern-produced cotton, which he perceived as being run "mostly by Jews and other unprinc
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Anti-Jewish military decree during the American Civil War
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Order_No._11_(1862)
date created:
2004-08-14T18:48:28Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T18:07:30Z
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