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: 93
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CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.-UNION.
federate authority to deliver them to and I have no authority to send a
flag of truce to hunt for them. Until very lately it has been very dif-
ficult to decide where our lines are. My assistants are engaged in
endeavoring to take a census. It is evident that with the refugees
crowding upon us the task was temporarily impossible. We are hurry-
ing them away under the instructions that came down from Major-
General Sherman, and we could not tell who actually were " residing
within the jurisdiction of each l)rovost-marshal." I intend to have a
perfect nominal list of every adult person belonging within my lines. I
have been in the service since April 16, 1861, from Washington to Saint
Augustine, Fla., in each State, and have [never] seen a population more
entirely quiet, under all the circumstances. My chief anxieties, outside
of the regular military supervision of the district, are about the out-
siders-the men who get passes from the North and come down here
to buy or cover up property, or in some way defraud the Government. I
have organized no military commission yet, having no criminals, except
half a dozen marauding negroes, who need that discipline. As soon as
I find three officers who can be spared for a few days I will detail them
as a commission. Smithville is perfectly quiet and orderly; all take
the oath and behave themselves. Captain Sheppard, commanding post
makes everybody work at something or other and has put the place in
very good order. I shall have to enlarge the garrison a little, if the
hospital is to go there, and throw up light intrenchments outside of
the village.
Third. Section V and the requirements concerning commercial inter-
course: I can say unhesitatingly that the provisions of Section V have
been rigidly enforced, according to my best knowledge and ability.
Small traders within the town were permitted to open their shops and
sell -their stocks on hand, lawfully held in accordance with orders.
Under the late orders of Lieutenant-General Grant I have forbidden
the carrying out of any supplies whatever and endeavored to keep
everything within our lines. Where those lines are, on the north and
northwest, up toward Black River, it was difficult to say for a time.
I now call the Northeast River my line of actual occupation in that
direction. As to permission to bring goods here for sale, every case
has been rigidly scrutinized and the professional opinions of the Treas-
ury agents taken and all their regulations complied with. Some appli-
cations were made to and approved by Major-Generals Schofleldpnd
Terry that I had no record. In consultation.with the Treasury agents I
endeavored to estimate the necessary trade and governed myself by
that estimate. Finding that some previous applicants were bringing
in their stocks I cut off all grants. If, in consequence of the army's
moving, or its inability to get these goods up for its use, the market
should be a little overstocked, the loyal people of the district would
have the benefit of a falling market. I think we can prevent any aid
and comfort to the rebels. As a specimen of the temper of certain
people I inclose a copy * of an application from J. D. Bellamy, which
explains itself. Bellamy was a rabid secessionist here and tyrannized
over all suspected of Unionism. He ran away, but only to get under
the feet of General Sherman's forces. From a neighboring county he
sends in this appeal. I have answered verbally that having for four
years been making his bed, he now must lie on it for awhile. I have
no time to take him within the lines.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JOS. R. HAWLEY,
Brig. Gen., Comdg., and Prov. M]ar. Gen., Dist. of Wilmington.
*Not found.9a
CaP. LIX.]
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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/m1/93/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.