Provost Marshal General's Office

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1863-03-03

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1866-08-28

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"Provost Marshal General's Office" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/O00017412, (accessed April 18, 2024).

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Created in March 1863 upon passage of the Enroll Act of March 3, 1863. Responsible for the enrollment of drafted soldiers, enlistment of volunteers, arrest of deserters, compilation of statistics on recruits, and reporting of U.S. Army Casualties. Resided within the War Department of the United States Government. Led by the Provost Marshal General. Civil War-era Provost Marshal General: James Barnet Fry (1863-1866).

Records of the Provost Marshal General's Bureau, accessed April 8, 2022, https://www.archives.gov/research/guide-fed-records/groups/110.html.
Michael Brown, William Drake, and Terry Kelley, History of the Provost Marshal General of the Army, accessed April 8, 2022, https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/287488.pdf.

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