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  2. General Order No. 11 (1862) - Wikipedia

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    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 .

  3. Military history of Jewish Americans - Wikipedia

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    In 1862, Union General Ulysses Grant issued his infamous General Order No. 11, ordering the expulsion of all Jews "as a class" from those states under his jurisdiction: Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi. Major Raphael J. Moses, a Georgia businessman and later a state representative, before the war was commissary officer of Georgia.

  4. John Aaron Rawlins - Wikipedia

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    During the Vicksburg Campaign, on December 17, 1862, Grant issued General Order No. 11 expelling Jews, as a class, from Grant's military district. Grant was upset over an illegal cotton trade that he believed funded the Confederate Army. Grant blamed Jewish traders for breaking Treasury Department regulations.

  5. Holly Springs Raid - Wikipedia

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    The raids delayed implementation of Grant's General Orders No. 11, saving many Jews from possible expulsion. It took 11 days for the order to reach Paducah, Kentucky, after which local Jewish leaders appealed directly to President Abraham Lincoln. At Lincoln's insistence, General-in-Chief Henry Halleck ordered Grant to revoke General Order No ...

  6. The Jewish Confederates - Wikipedia

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    They refuse to accept proven historical facts such as General Ulysses S. Grant's General Order No. 11, expelling the Jews from the areas of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky under his control ("which was not an isolated event") and Lee's written response to a captain turning down a Jewish soldier's request for religious leave that he (the ...

  7. History of the Jews in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Jews, as a class violating every regulation of trade established by the Treasury Department and also department orders, are hereby expelled ... within twenty-four hours from the receipt of this order. Jews appealed to President Abraham Lincoln, who immediately ordered General Grant to rescind the order. Sarna notes that there was a "surge ...

  8. General Order No. 11 - Wikipedia

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    General Order No. 11 may refer to: General Order No. 11 (1862) , General Ulysses S. Grant's order during the American Civil War that all Jews in his district be expelled. General Order No. 11 (1863) , Brigadier General Ewing's order that civilians living in several counties of Missouri be expelled and their lands burned.

  9. Michael Boorda - Wikipedia

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    In the Navy, the Combat Distinguishing Device, or "V" device, is worn on a ribbon to denote a specific decoration was awarded for heroism in or direct exposure to combat. [18] Photographs of Boorda in uniform showed him wearing the "V" devices on his Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal ribbons in ...