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: 92
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92 OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C., S. GA., AND E. FLA. [CWA. LIX.
WILMINGTON, April 3, 1865-11.20 a. m.
Lieut. Col. J. A. CAMPBELL,
Assistant Adjutant- General:
The orders were received at 9.30 this morning. The batteries have
not left yet. I will report the moment they start. I think that some
light battery will be needed here.
J. R. HAWLEY,
Brigadier- General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WILMINGTON,
Wilmington, N. C., April 3, 1865.
Lieut. Col. J. A. CAMPBELL,
Ass88istant Adjutant-General, Department of North Carolina:
SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt, at 9.30 a. m. yes-
terday, of your communication of March 24, in which the major-general
commanding directs me to report the number who have taken the oath,
the number sent beyond the lines or tried by military commission, and
generally as to carrying out General Orders, No. 8, and particularly
Section V. I regret exceedingly that the dispatch, as well as others of
the same date, ordering off two batteries, should have been so much
delayed. The orders to the batteries were instantly attended to, and
the other dispatch would have been answered yesterday had I not at
the moment of receiving it been starting down the river (for the first
time since I have been in command) with Doctors Hand and Cuyler, to
examine sites for a hospital.
First, the number that have taken the oath of allegiance: Lieutenant-
Colonel Jordan, One hundred aud fourth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, before
leaving reported thathebhad administered the oathto 131; Lieut. Col. J. F.
Randlett, my assistant provost-marshal at this post, has administered the
oath to deserters,337; to citizens and refugees, 1,366; Captain Sheppard,
assistant provost-marshal, Smithville, 230; Major Prince, assistant pro-
vost-marshal at Fort Fisher, 18; total, 2,082. When it is considered
that so large a proportion of the male population was sent away or
forced away by the rebels, it is evident that a very great majority of
the males above twenty-one have taken the oath. The trouble has been
notqo induce them to do it, but to resist the pressure, that there might
be a little opportunity to discriminate and avoid being imposed upon.
Moreover, I have not desired to press any person to do it. Itis desirable
to have it done "cheerfully and voluntarily" by those only who "desire
in good faith to aid in restoring the national authority." At the same
time careful attention has been paid to the President's amnesty proc-
lamation, as directed in Order No. 8, just quoted; so that it is not by
any means decisive against a man that he has been actively engaged
in the rebellion, if he satisfy us in accordance with the order. There
may be two or three instances in which we have been deceived. I have
my eye on two men, one of whom, formerly a Confederate officer but for
a year out of the service, remarked privately to a friend that he did
not consider the oath as binding any longer than the Federal troops
occupied the place. If I can make sure that such is his spirit I shall
put him under arrest. Can I send such a man North to be confined as a
State prisoner? He ought not to be sent over the lines to help the
rebels, though his health is feeble.
Second, sending over the lines or trying by military commission:
There are five or six whom I shall very soon send over the lines; that
is, set outside my pickets on the Brunswick side, for there is no Con.
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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/m1/92/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.