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 HEADQUARTERS, 
 
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 N s OF TI1K (_'ONFtfl>Kli ' 
 
 0m figt% try, LS-65. 
 
 fn eniennp upoi iln eampniu. about to open lit* C^-enyi-fii-iii- 
 Chi ured thai the soldierw 
 
 home 1 In- hardships and daubers of the 
 tion ta losftoiid to theValls of honor ai 
 With the libeWy transmitted by their I 
 
 id the spiril to defend n. 
 Tin choice between war and abject suhmfosion is before them. 
 To siufh a propoeal, brave men \i ins in their hands ran 
 
 ir answer. 
 W#'\ eannot barter manhood tor peace, nor the 1 »f soit-tc<>v- 
 
 ei ument On life or pi operty. 
 
 But justice to them requires a sterner admonition to those who 
 abandoned their comrades in the hour of peril. 
 * A last oppoviui is offered il em to wine out the disgrace and 
 >e the pimi i oi their crilBc 
 
 By authority of the President of the Confederate State's, a par- 
 dou is announced to sitcji deserters and men improper!) absent as 
 shall return t<> the commands to which they belong within the 
 sliortesi possible time, no'l exceeding twenty i the issue of 
 
 this order, ai the headquarters of the department in which tli 
 may be. 
 Tim-, may b< , tnted h\ ruption of foninhinientiona, may report within 
 
 time «pe< itiod to tin' enrolling "ft' or. or othei on duty, to be forwarded 
 
 I miction bio. and Upon presenting a certificate from such officer showing com- 
 pliaiutc with this requirement. «il| rec< pardon hereby i»1 
 
 Those who have deserted to tlie service of tli v, or who have deserted after having 
 
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 witlmul authority after the publ of this ene- 
 
 Nor doe.- ! in o'i Ion extend to ol hi 1 offe 1 
 
 w it-hout ion. 
 
 By ■ 1 . • ■ • \ ill ,,. ■iti'il. 
 
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 without leave, shall «ne{i pitnishmeni a- the ( im- 
 
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