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: 94
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94 OPERATIONS IN N. C., S. C.; S. GA., AND E. FLA. [cA. LII.
NORTHEAST, April 3, 1865.
Capt. E. LEWIS MOORE:
The telegraph wire was cut above Magnolia in three places last
evening by some of rebel General Wheeler's squad. Our troops were
out under arms. They are reported 1,100 strong the other side of
Neuse River.
Very respectfully,
JAMES A. WILSON,
Lieutenant, Commanding Post.
P. S.-The wire is working through all right now.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF WILMINGTON,
Wilmington, N. C., April 3, 1865.
Bvt. Brig. Gen. J. C. ABBOTT,
Commanding Post at Wilmington:
GENERAL: The brigadier-general commanding directs that you so
instruct the commanding officers of the different outposts that com-
munication with the country beyond the lines shall cease altogether.
All passes heretofore granted to go and return are revoked. In case
any parties desire to come in to stay they must be detained until their
case can be reported at these headquarters. Bearers of information or
persons delegated to communicate with the military authorities must
explain the nature of their business and wait till it can be communi-
cated to these headquarters.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient,
E. LEWIS MOORE,
Captain and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS CITY OF CHARLESTON,
Charleston, S. C., April 3, 1865.
GEORGE D. CRAGIN, Esq.,
President Produce Exchange, New York City:
SIR: I desire to represent to the members of your exchange the
present destitute condition of the inhabitants of this city. When the
city was being evacuated by the rebels there was saved from the incen-
diaries a sufficient amount of rice to sustain the people then here for a
period of about two months. Since that time the influx from the
interior has been and continues to be very great, and the rice is rap-
idly consumed. The quantity for distribution will not hold out to May
1, proximo. There is no passing day but that aid is solicited from me
by persons who formerly were in the best circumstances, while appeals
from that class who have heretofore only sustained themselves by their
various occupations are yet more frequent and pressing. I have
already received from a few of the merchants who have recently estab-
lished their houses in this city a small amount of money. It has all
been distributed to such as I considered to be tp most needy or
deserving. Unless aid and money, food and clothing, is sent to these
people from the North, the suffering and destitution will be incalcu-
lable. The armies passing through the interior have, of necessity,
either consumed or destroyed the wealth, the produce, and the very
sustenance of the country. I therefore respectfully ask from your
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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/m1/94/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.