The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc. Page: 80
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80 OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., 8. GA., AND E. FLA. [CH". LIX.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WILMINGTON,
Wilmington, N. C., April 1, 1865.
Brevet Brigadier-General ABBOTT,
Commanding Post at Wilmington:
SIR: The brigadier-general commanding has read with satisfaction
your report of your examination of the plantations at Fort Anderson
and vicinity and he renews the instructions given verbally concerning
the removal thither of all the surplus negro population at Wilmington,
as follows: You will continue to remove thither all negroes who do not
find sufficient employment to maintain themselves elsewhere within
the limits of your command from time to time as refugees accumulate.
He wishes you to recommend, if you know any such person, a man
suitable to take charge of the whole until such time as the Govern-
ment shall be able to send a superintendent of contrabands. You will
detail from your command a capable sergeant and ten good men to
remain at or near Fort Anderson and supervise the distribution of
rations. Let them be instructed to take up a secure position, keep a
good lookout, and keep a boat at their control. They can use some of
the negroes as pickets at any time when they are suspicious, and the
negroes can easily establish communication with neighboring planta-
tions and Union men, so that warning may be given. Permit those
negroes who have arms to retain them, unless they are clearly Govern-
ment property. Not less than ten days' rations should be sent down at
a time. If seed corn is needed it can be furnished from certain stores
seized. Encourage all to plant as much as they can attend to. Upon
your requisition the medical department and the Sanitary Commission
will furnish a limited supply of medical stores. The senior medical
officer here will be instructed to send a surgeon to visit the colony as
often as there may be convenient opportunity. One of the resident
physicians under contract would be the best.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. LEWIS MOORE,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF BEAUFORT,
April 1, 1865.
Col. NICHOLAS W. DAY,
Commanding Post, Morehead City:
General Palmer directs me to inform you that several attempts have
been made here to-day by unknown persons to burn up the public store-
house. The commissary warehouse, the forage house, and the railroad
bridge were set on fire, but fortunately little damage was done. There
is "a Bourbon among us," so be on your guard at your end of the line.
Please communicate this to General Easton and other officers in charge
of Government stores, as timely information may prevent disaster.
Respectfully, yours,
J. A. JUDSON,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
In the Field, Goldsborough, N. C., April 1, 1865.
General TERRY, Faison's Depot:
Dispatch received. We must now begin to shape events looking to a
forward movement. All stores not needed by you prior to April10 should
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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 47, In Three Parts. Part 3, Correspondence, etc., book, 1895; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth154639/m1/80/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.