The daily Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1862-1863, 1862-07-21
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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF VIRGINIA, !
WASHINGTON, July Is. {
GENERAL ORDER NO. Z.

GENERAL ORDER NO. z.
The people of the Valley o. the Sbenan-
doah, and throughout the region of opera
tions of this army, living along the lines of
railroad and telegraph and along routes of
travel in the rear of the Q aited States forces,
are notified that they will be held RESPONSE
BILE for any injury done the track, line, or
road, or for any attacks upon trains or strag-
Cling soldiers, by bands of guerrillas in
their peighborhood. No privileges or i'm
munities of war apply TO lawless bands
of individuals not forming part OF the or
| ganized forces of the enemy, nor wearing
the gsrb OF soldiers, " ho, seeking and OBJ
tanning safety on the prelext of being peace
full citiZaDs, steal out in the rear of the
army attack and murder straggliog soldiers.
modest teams of supplies, destroy railroads,
telegraph lines, aud bridges and commit
outragcs disgraceful to civilized people and
revolving to humanity. Evil disposed per-
sons in the rear of our armies who do not
themselves engage directly in these lawless
acts encourage by refusing to interfere to
give any information by which such acts
can be prevented, or the perpetrators pun
ished. Safety of the life and property of
all persons living in the rear of our advanc-
ing army depend upon the maintenance of
peace and Quiet among themselves, and
upon the unmolesIed movements through
their midst of all pertaining 10 the military
service. They are to understand distinctly
that the security of travel is their only
warrant of personal safety. 1t is, there
fore, ordered that whenever a railroad,
wagon road, or telegraph is injured by
parties of guerrllas, the citizens living
within Eve miles of the spot shall be
turned out en- masse to repair the dam
ages, and shall, besides, pay the United
States, in money in properly, to be COL
lected by military force, the full amount of
the pay and subsistence of the whole force
necessary to coerce the performance OF the
work during the time occupied in COM
pleting it. If a soldier, or legitimate fol-
lower of the army be fred upon from any
house, the house shall BE- RACED 90 the
ground and the inhabitants sent prisoners
to the Headquarters of this army. If such
an outrage occur at any place distant from
settlements, the people within Eve miles
around shall be held accountable and made
to pay an indemnify sufficient for the case,
and any person detected in such outrages,
either during the act or at any time after
ward, shall be- shot, without waiting civil |
process No such acts can Influence the |
result of this war, and they can only lead |
to heavy affection to the population to no |
purpose. II is, therefore, erjoined upon all |
persons both for the security of their prop |
erty and the safety of their own persons, |
that they act vigorously and cordially to-
gether to prevent the preparation of snch |
outrages. While it is the wish of the Cen
eral commanding this army that all peacea-
bly, disposed persons who remain at their /
homes, and pursue their accustomed ayoca-
lions shall be subjected to no improper bur-
den of war, yet their own safety must of /
necessity, depend upon the strict preserva-
ton of peace and order among themselves,
and they are 10 understand that nothing
will deter him from enforcing promptly,
and TO the full extent every provision of
this order.
By command of Major-General Pope.
[Sigued] GEO. d. RUGGLES, Col.