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30 December 1861: “The Troops are reminded that the 57th Article of War makes punishable with death the giving intelligence to the enemy directly or indirectly.”

Posted on 30 Dec ’11 by dcbh

Item description: General orders No. 98, dated 30 December 1861, from the Headquarters of the Department of Northern Virginia concerning the dissemination of intelligence.

Item citation: From folder 18 of the William Nelson Pendleton Papers, #1466, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

This entry was posted in Southern Historical Collection and tagged correspondence, general orders, intelligence, Thomas G. Rhett. Bookmark the permalink.
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