American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents

16 1/4 x 15 1/16 in. printed broadside (separations along old folds, short marginal tears); framed to 21 1/8 x 17 1/4 in. (not examined out of frame). Signed in type by Major General [Nathaniel] Banks and Major R. Morris Copeland. 

A broadside issued by order of General Banks for his troops stationed in the vicinity of Winchester, informing them that they "will not be allowed to leave their respective camps without passes." It continues by cautioning troops against looting, encouraging citizens to continue "their ordinary vocations", assuring the public that "no arrests of persons or seizures of property will be made without orders from Head Quarters or from the Provost Marshall." The announcements end with a prohibition against "any person who shall, directly or indirectly, furnish intoxicating liquors to the troops."