CONFEDERATE STATES WAR DEPARTMENT PRINTED PASS WITH OATH OF ALLEGIANCE — RICHMOND, JUNE 24, 1863

CONFEDERATE STATES WAR DEPARTMENT PRINTED PASS WITH OATH OF ALLEGIANCE — RICHMOND, JUNE 24, 1863

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Printed form completed in manuscript, recto and verso, issued by the Confederate States War Department, Provost Marshal's Office, Richmond, dated June 24, 1863. The recto grants permission to G.W. Helton to visit a destination rendered in manuscript and only partially legible (possibly "Marion, S.C."), "upon honor not to communicate in writing or verbally, for publication, any fact ascertained, which, if known to the enemy, might be injurious to the Confederate States of America" and further "subject to the discretion of the military authorities." The pass is countersigned with an illegible flourish over the printed title "Provost Marshal." The verso carries the companion printed oath of allegiance, completed for Helton, swearing to "bear true faith and yield obedience to the Confederate States of America" and to "serve them honestly and faithfully against their enemies," Richmond, June 24, 1863.

Such combined pass-and-oath forms were issued out of the Richmond passport office under War Department/Provost Marshal authority to civilians whose travel required prior clearance and a formal pledge of loyalty — a bureaucratic pairing meant to control movement, guard against espionage, and restrict any communication of intelligence to Union forces.

CONDITION: Period folds throughout with some separation along fold lines; irregular/trimmed upper edges with minor paper loss not affecting text; scattered foxing and soiling; docketing/ink notations to verso margin. Sound and legible overall. Approx. 4 1/2 x 2 3/4 in.   [ss] [ph:L]

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