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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR.) Edward W. Hinks. General Orders No. 15, authorizing equal pay for African-American troops. Head Quarters, 3d Division, 18th Corps d'Armee, Camp Hamilton, VA, 1 May 1864 Letterpress handbill, 7¾ x 5 inches, signed in type by Brigadier General Hinks and his adjutant Solon A. Carter; minimal wear. In this eloquent message to his soldiers, General Hinks informs them that they will now be paid the same as white troops: "Soldiers of the Republic! At last justice has been awarded you by the representatives of the nation in Congress, and you stand before the law upon an equality with your heretofore more favored fellow soldiers of the North. . . . The General Commanding congratulates you upon this indication of national appreciation of your worth as soldiers, and recognition of your rights as men."