, 1862-08-11
the WAR For THE Union.
IMPORTANT REBEL WAR
BULLETIN.
RETALIATION PROPOSED AND
ENJ0INED.
InBehalf ofan "InoHenaiye People" !"

WAsH1se7os, August 9.-Tbe Richmond
D;x3,afca OF Monday, the 4sh. sayF:
stA day Of r.tr1batiou is at hand for the out
RACES which have long characterized the cou-
1alt 6. :ts= ee:.s r the HroaAcntlan Of the
war.
'.EIcnKoE11, August /, 1863.
GENERAL ORDER Nc. 54.-rhe following
orders are publiahed Tor the information aad
obser vance OF all concerned:
Whereas, BY general order, dated ed July,
1862, and issued BY the Secretary Of War uf
the United States, under the order Of the
President Of the United States, the military
commanders ct that gcTeruuent withia tie
States Of vlfginia. South CaxoIlna, Georgia,
Flori6a, Alabama, mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas and Arkansas, are directed To seize and
Use my property, real OF personal, belonging
to the iahabiton:s Of this confAEracy, which
may be necessary or conven&nt for their
several commands: aud no PRECISION is made
for any compensation to the og8ners Of such
private property seized and apbropriated by
The military commanders Of tnA enemy
o ~ gsnt11 b. FEET SET fons eo@ On
rand;ng the forces Of the enemy In Northern
Vi5giuia, it IS ordered that oil 6nm anders OF
any army corps, divisions, brigades and de-
tached commanders will proceed Immediately
70 arrest all disloyGl male citizens Within their
limits or witbin reach Ct their respective com-
mands. Such as are willing to take tue oati,
OF allegiance TO the United States, and will
furnish sufficient surety Of is observance,
shall be permitted to remain 4t their homes
and pursue ip good faith their accustomed
| ducted South beyond the extI*me picacts OF
this army, and be notified tnatif found again
| in the rear, they will be considered as spies
and tubjs cted to the extreme r1gor Of military
law. Ii any person having taken the oath as
above specified te found to leye violated it,
| be eha]1 be Shot and bis property seized and
appropriated to the public use-
| WtEreas, BY an order issued:on the 18th Of
July, 1sG2, BY Brig. Gen. A.. Stein ~ehr, J.
William Steadman, 3 cavalry officer Of his
brjgsde, has been ordered to arIsst five Of the
most prominent citizens Of Page county, Va,
to be held as hostages and to suffer death in
the event Of any Of the soldiers Of said Stein
! wehr bling shot By stbUshWhackers," By
whichterm is meant the citizei.s Of the confed
erac} wto have taken up arms to defend their
homes ard families.
W1aert as, Il results from the above or
| the United States, not content With unjust
and aggressive warfare hitherto waged with
savage cruelty against an iuo11epElEe people,
ard exasperated by the fnilu1e, of their etiors=
10 euhlugate them. have, now determined te
violate alt the rules and Hsages Of war, and
to convert hostIli7ies, hitherto waged against
armed forces, into ceulpaigl OF robbery ard
Dlurder0gain6t unarmed citizens and peaceful
r1llers Of the soil.
Whereas, This government, bound by ths
thus driven 10 the necessity Of adopting euct
just measures Of retrbu;ion and retaliation a!
shall seem adequate to repfcss and puuist
these barbarit!es; and whereas the orders
above recited hive only been published ard
made hloWn. to this government since TIN
OF prisoners Of var, which cartel il
SO iar as it provides for an exch2as
Of prisoners hereafter captured, would neye
have been signed or agreed to by the govern
nent, if the intention TO change this war iatt
| system Of indi=criMinate murder and rob
berry had been made kno IN to it, and whersa
t 8 just regar6 to humanity forbide thaE the re
preston of crime which tie government i
Tins compelled to enforce should be unnsces
! saai]y extended to retaliation on the enlistt'
men il the army Ct The limited States, "
may be unwilling instruments OF the saEsq55
cruelty Of fEe1r commanders, SO long as tnes
). is lope that the excesses cf-che army may b
checked or prevented by raf1bution on th
.~fSccHr.!ss sioneG hessss the power +
i+avtid guilty action BIZ zeIusirg Service unde
, the preparation Of such Infamous barbal
tiles.
Therefore, it is ordered that Major Gen
| Pope. BSigadjef Gen. Steinwehr and I'll con
missioned officers serving uuder thsir respet
, tive commands, be. and they arc hereby e.
rreesly and specially declared to be not er
| titled to lie considered Us soldiers, an
| therefore no. entitled to the bencie Of the ca
tel for the parole Of fnlure prisoners of va
: Ordered, further, that in the event Of til
| t capture of Maj. Gen. Pope or Brig. Ger
| / S1Glnwchr Or any commissioned officer servtu
: under them, the captive taken shall be held
close conflnem mt as long as the orders aforI
! said shall continue in force and uurepeale
:, by tho competent military authority OF Il
l l::GniteG SsaieF, sud that ln the event Of I'll
-rnfo RI
at this confederacy, by virtue or ucder pr
text of one Of the orders hereinbefore +
cited, it shall be the duty of the commanaiu
/ general Of the forces Of this confederacy
J cause Immediately to be lung, out. Of tt
! commissioned officers, prisoners IS aforesal
, nnmber equal to The number OF our o =
, | ci1izt MS titus murdered by the enemy.
{signed} S. CoorEn, 4. A. G.
e OUR EXCLUSIVE POSTSCRIPT.
EBy Grapevine Telegraph to the Chicago Tribune
! RICHMOND, ~ August 1, 1852.
= GENERAL ORDER No. 55.-Be it furth
' oItttred, that in the event that Major Gene'
! Don Carlos Buell. fall into the hands Of al
d Of our pickets, they are enjo4ned 10 treat hi
E with courtesy and delIcscy, and forward hi
i else In the limits of this Eonfrderacy be n
# desire to go. 1t is expressly desired that. th
v order be observed BY all tt1d Or fll1e officer
i lon-co commissioned officers and :priYates, t
= l. SAID I1A]cf 0enS1al DDu VaI1f1S Hue4 laFl4Ss {
= come entitled by Virtue Of 1aan3 kindness
= and protection received at bis hands By o
"pnarn,ed cltiztns and peaceful tlllere Of
: : soil, to anlextent We prZe and thus desire:
: appreciate. We desire especially to resso
= hin to the plac: lie now: occupies, in +
event of lis capture By our forces, for
70 feel assured that few other officers cor
More happily {1or us) unite ugor and gent
ness, IT, latter exclusively for the said al
armed ti1lels," their zig}5ers and women fol
4. While day of retribution is ut band for t
:. outrages which laye long characterized t
81 Conduct Of tile enemy in the prosecution
this war, We desire entirely to exempt Ma
General Don Carlos Buell. ....: =.
= IREMAnKs.-We do nor1Irouch j. Order
:. IS IS above, for We cannot lea, that it Y
published in the Richmond Dfxoo II, that '
y; liable exfhsnge not reaenisg ons tAbfe j
- now, bntt II the: :chiva1ry have not stall
appreciation Of the amenities q: wHrt,re
d. cording to Don Carlos, We shall. expect
-. document in form as above as an early dag,
there; is no. such thing ~ gratitude left
a, Dixie.-Eps. TRlB.l !:
# # FROM GEaERAti- :HUtTER
E E COMMAND. i; T. i: =.