The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 39, In Three Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 27
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
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ducah, Cairo, and Columbus will, until further orders, exercise a sound
discretionl in permitting supplies to be landed at these posts, for the
purpose merely of relicvinlg the ;aibslute necessities of the citizens.
They will be held accountable for a careful and intelligent execution of
this order.
By coInmand( of Brig. Gell. 11. :Prince:
J. H. ODLIN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
GENERAL ORDERS, HIIQRS. I)ISTRICT OF KENTUCKY,
N o. 42. Lexington, May 14, 1864.
It having been brought to the notice of the general commanding that
in some parts of this district attempts have been made to prevent the
enlistment of persons desiring to enter the service of the United States,
the following extract from the proclamation of the President of the
United States, of September 25, 1862, is republished for the information
of all concerned:
That during the existing rebellion, and as a necessary measure for suppressing the
same, all rebels and insurgents, their aiders and abettors, wilhin the United States,
and all persons discouragillg volunteer enlistments, resisting militia drafts, or guilty
of any disloyal practice, affordillg aid and collfort to rebels against the authority of
the United States, shall he sill)ject to martial law and liable to trial and punishment
by courts-martial or military colnllllission.
Provost-marshals and (lde)mty l)rovost-marshals throughout this dis-
trict will arrest amld prefer charges against any person violating the
above law, and will send all persomis so arrested under guard to these
headquarters to be tried by a court-martial.
By command of Brigadier-General Burbridge:
J. BATES DICKSON,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant- Generaj.
GENERAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DISTRICT OF WEST TENNESSEE,
No. 4. Memphis, Tenn., May 14, 1864.
The abuses existing on the Mississippi River render the interference
of the military power ilmperative. Boats are cleared almost daily from
Memphis with clearances fbr any landing l)lace they may choose, and
that without any thirty er restriction than a clause in their clearance that
they will not violate the law of the United States. Boats thus cleared,
loaded to the guards with, a variety of merchandise, proceed down the
river, sometimes landing on the shore, sometimes rounding to and
anchoring out, and communicating with the shore with small boats.
They open trade with a ll classes of people, excel)t loyal ones. They
negotiate with rebel chieftialls and guerrillas for the bringing in of cot-
ton and taking out of supplies. They invite rebel officers and soldiers
on board, and (rilnk and hobnob together.
Some boats, I am assured(, have been out forty or fifty (lays from their
clearances from Memphis, repllenishling their supplies from time to time
from other boats proceeding up) or down the river, running into every
creek, bayou, and lagoon where Confiderate trade can be carried on.
Even the farce of landing under the guns of a gun-boat is seldom coinm-
plied with. The revenue aids on board of each, with very few excep-
tions, are known to be of bad character, and many of them are proved
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 39, In Three Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1892; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154636/m1/27/: accessed March 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.