Civil War, Naval Background Checks, 1863

Civil War Union DocumentsCivil War Union Naval Process of Accepting Seamen

February 24, 1863, Navy Department General Order No. 6, Complete Records, Mint.
8.5" x 5.5", 2 pages. The Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, which reinstates the awareness of section 16 of an Act, that needs to be followed. Such act includes, "That each commanding officer shall, whenever a man enters on board, cause an accurate entry to be made in the ship's books of his name, the date, place, and term of his enlistment, the place or vessel from which he was received on board, his rating, and his descriptive list, to include his age, place of birth, citizenship, with such remarks as may be necessary; and shall, before sailing, transmit to the Secretary of the Navy a complete list or muster roll of the treated men under his command."