The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 3.: Searching Inside

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... for the assassination of enemies as relapses into barbarism. SECTION X.-Insurrection--Civil war-Rebellion. 149... to be the legitimate government. The term is also sometimes applied to war of rebellion, when the rebellious provinces... government, in a war of rebellion, distinguishes between the loyal citizen in the revolted portion... armed resistance, or it may have greater ends in view. 150. Civil war is war between two or more... or portions of the state are contiguous to those containing the seat of government. 151. The term rebellion

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... for so doing from this Department. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War. GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT... of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That, during the present rebellion... in force and said rebellion continue. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: A PROCLAMATION. Whereas... not be suspended unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it, and whereas..., a rebellion was existing on the third day of March, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, which rebellion is still

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... to the rebellion. This is necessary to prevent persons who can prove their loyalty from buying the slaves of rebels... time since the beginning of the rebellion belonged to a person who has been in or given aid.... Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Your dispatch was received at twenty minutes past nine..., 1863. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Your telegram is received and the subject shall have..., President of Village. PRESTON KING. BUFFALO, November 12, 1863. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War : Your

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.... When Congress assembled a year ago the war had already lasted nearly twenty months, and there had been... many conflicts on both land and sea, with varying results. The rebellion had been pressed back... into the war service. The policy of emancipation and of employing black soldiers gave to the future a new... emancipation in any State, and for a long time it had been hoped that the rebellion could be suppressed without... of the Mississippi the country dominated by the rebellion is divided into distinct parts, with no practical

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.... On hand at the beginning of the rebellion. ...-...- 10, 930 4, 320 574 586 .. Purchased since.... Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. Pounds. On hand at the beginning of the rebellion .. ... 1, 110.... Frictionsmall-arms. ammuni- caps. primers. tion. On hand at the beginning of the rebellion....... 8..., Brigadier-General and Chief of Ordnance. WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE, Washington, D. C., October 27... of the Secretary of War, please find inclosed herewith Circular No. 1, announcing the recruiting stations

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..., or has furnished aid and comfort to the rebellion. Third. That officers commanding recruiting camps..., that such claimant shall not have been engaged in the rebellion or furnished aid and comfort to the rebels. Fourth... of the Secretary of War: E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. CIRCULAR.] WAR DEPT., ADJUTANT-GENERAL... of the army in which the organization is serving, and not to include those absent as prisoners of war

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... by your order of 9th of February than at any time since commencement of the rebellion. Three regiments... UNION AUTHORITIES. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., March 31, 1863. Capt. J. A. POTTER... of cavalry as State or home guards in Illinois countermanded. By order of the Secretary of War: W. SCOTT....) GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL'S OFFICE, No. 82. Washington, April 1... drafts to fill up regiments and batteries to the proper complements. By order of the Secretary of War: E

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... and necessary war measure for suppressing said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our... State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United... then be in rebellion against the United States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day..., are not then in rebellion against the United States." Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States... of actual armed rebellion against the authority and Government of the United States, and as a fit

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... of the rebellion. I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant, JOHN A. DIX, Major- General..., Secretary of War. HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE EAST, New York City, July 30, 1863. His Excellency HORATIO... not ask the War Department to put at my disposal for the purpose troops in the service of the United... considerable number from the field without prolonging the war and giving aid and encouragement to the enemies.... MADISON, WIs., July 30, 1863. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War: It has been talked positively

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... and approved by a military board, to be convened for that purpose by the Secretary of War. SEC. 18... and Articles of War. They may be mounted upon horses, the property of the United States, and shall serve in any... be appointed in this corps may, after the rebellion, be restored to their respective regiments or corps... the present rebellion, the President of the United States, whenever, in his judgment, the public safety may... by the President shall remain in force and said rebellion continue. SEC. 2. And be it further enacted

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... exigencies of the war. Of this additional force Maine is expected to furnish her quota, and she... that the present rebellion shall be suppressed, and that the Union which it was designed to destroy shall... already been made. Two years ago rebellion was bold, defiant, and apparently successful in half... by their valor, and to bring the war to a successful and speedy termination, more men are now wanted. Will those... they have resolved to suppress the rebellion, with united hearts to provide the means necessary

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... engaged in rebellion against the Government of the United States, or who has in any way given or shall... be awarded for the services of any slave who has at any time during the present rebellion belonged to any... person who has been in rebellion or given aid or comfort to the enemies of the Government. Third. All... of War, after examination by a board of officers now in session in Saint Louis. Applications... character, will be approved by the commanding general and forwarded to the War Department. XVI. The surgeon

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...) of the War of the Rebellion, so far as the same may be ready for publication, during the fiscal year; "... of the War of the Rebellion shall be distributed as follows: One thousand copies to the Executive Departments... of war, and (so far as the military authorities were concerned) to state or political prisoners... of the first and second series. It will set forth the annual and special reports of the Secretary of War... of the Secretary of War, of 10,000 copies of a compilation of the Official Records (Union and Confederate

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... 96 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. as prisoners of war; the said list to contain... of War a list of such as are imprisoned by the order or authority of the President, acting through... the Department of War. And in all cases where a grand jury, having attended any of said courts having... to the present rebellion or the supporters thereof: And provided, also, That the judge or court before whom.... And in case the said Secretaries of State and War shall for any reason refuse or omit to furnish the said list

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... in suppressing the rebellion. This application to the National Government results from the refusal of certain... CORRESPONDENCE, ETC. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., November 20, 1863. The following "'... into effect. * EDWIN M. STANTON,. Secretary of War. ROOMS OF THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR COLORED VOLUNTEERS..., 32 Pine Street, New York, November 20, 1863. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington: SIR...- Resolved, That General W. K. Strong, late of the U. S. Army, be requested to telegraph to the War

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... and effectual suppression of the rebellion. I have hitherto acted on this principle, and I feel that in my late... M. STANTON, Secretary of War. WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., November 24, 1863. General WILLIAM.... STANTON, Secretary of War. (Same to General Spinola, Brooklyn.) PENNSYLVANIA, EXECUTIVE CHAMBER... from the beginning of this war has been that men have been more readily raised through that agency than

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... for the suppression of the rebellion. The great and constantly increasing colored population thrown upon the care... UNION AUTHORITIES. 73 WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 16, 1863. ROBERT DALE... of this Department in the progress of the war, in the absence of any legislative provision for their protection... in the present war, should be carefully and maturely considered and reported. With these purposes in view, you... to be placed in the library of the War Department) as may be necessary in the course of your investigations

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..., 915. Warner, Mr., 69, 72. War of the Rebellion. Publication of official records, 1039. War... 1252 INDEX. War Department, U. S.-Continued. Political or state prisoners, 95-97. Stanton, E. M...., Secretary of War, 1199. Trade and intercourse, 115. Tucker, J., Assistant Secretary of War, 1199. Watson,P.... H.,Assistant Secretary of War, 1199. Wolcott,C. P.,Assistant Secretary of War, 1199. Wardwell, David K., 611...-Rebels. Status under the laws of war, 157. Treatment, etc., 159. Warren, Gouverneur K., 295. War-Traitors. Laws

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... in service to put an end to this rebellion. I have sent the regiment upon an expedition to the coast.... Infantry. BEAUFORT, S. C., January 25, 1863. Hon. EDWIN M. STANTON, Secretary of War : DEAR SIR: I have..., WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, January 26, 1863. Ordered, That Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts

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... large, from the fact that many of their men had left the State and joined the rebellion. I think... of having the records of the State and the War Department agree, the respective Governors were asked... lists of all the soldiers Kentucky has furnished the General Government during the present war. Third