Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1864-03-11
STANTON, VA, FRIDAY, MARCH II, 1864

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TON, VA, FRIDAY, m
Inpoa1AHT-cO ONbANCe.
The following eorr.spsadsaes bss~ssn
nAjes Gsasrsl Pickett aad Major Gsnersl
Peel, Of the finkSs ssr,iss, has {Allea In
TO our haads. and - would ell sspesial q
.snsion Of the sffhy 70 the threat made b.
,hit mad Peck to hang certain Conssdcr4as
oMcors 10 his hands = retaliation Sot the u.
esusion ofdesersors captured lighting assia5s
their eoior5:
Hpo'ns AsMii AND D1sr on N o.. j
Newbsfn n. G., Feb II 1864.
Nal. Gen. Pickett, Dept. Of VI. aal N. G..
Confederate Army, Petersburg.
General Asvs the honor IS saclos5 :
slip cut ftsm the Richmond 'ExAhiner'' u
Feb. slh. 1854. 1tis ssyled .,tho advaase
on NsNbesn, and appears to have been e.
.racisd frsm the Petersburg "Register." :
paper published il lhs city who're your had
qusrtsrs Gro located.
Your attention is particularly Invited 70
the, paragraph which ststes "shst Colonel
Shaw ~ shot lesl b. negro soldier from
ihe other aide Of the river, which he ~
Spandine vith pontoon bridge and that
tho negro eas WEIGHED, followed, tsksa,
and hanged alssr The action q Thomas
Wills"
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The Government Of The United sle>ss has
wisely seen IL to snlis, many thousand col
ofed holdiers 70 did in pultise down the rev.
6lusioh. Ind hse placed them on the footing.
In al respscts, y her white troops.
The orders Of the President % this sub
ject are 50 just, full and clear. shas I On.
close copy for your Information.
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Believing that this atrocisy has been per-
petrassd without your kaswlegs. and that
you vill take prompt stops 70 disavow this
violation Of she usaRes Of war. and to bring
tho offenders to justice. l shall refrain from
executing teb5l ssldiet Until I ltssp pour
setion IL tie pfeni5ss
an. very respectfully.
Yeuf obedisns sSrvsnt.
| (Siened. Joas Pac1. Mi. Gen.
(E1lfast)
RnApo'ns DEPARTMENT. % N. G, !
February is. 1864.
GeAesal. Your communication Of the
llth 81 February is received. have the
honor to state. 10 reply. that the paragraph
from . newspapsr elsloaed therein, . not
only without loundation in fact, but %
ridiculous thas I should scarcely have sup
posed il worthy confederation. But would
respectfully inform you thas. he'd I have
caught any negro Who Mad killed siths o.
Ger, soldier Or cisisea Of the ConfederAss
Ss4sei. / should have caused him to b i'm
nediately executed. 70 your shreat sx-
pressed in the following extract from your
communication believing that tAa
asroc;ty lss been psrpetrsted Without your
knowledge, snd shst you gill take prompt
steps to disavow this violstion Of the usagel
Of var. aud 70 bring the offenders 70 justice.
shall refrain from executing . rsbsl-sol-
der until I learn your SETON in the prsni-
sss''-I have merely TO ny thaA [ have in
my hands, and subject 70 ny order. captured
in tfis recent operations ID this depetmsat,
some four hundred and hhy (450) officers
and men Of the U. 8. Army and for every
man yos hang will hang zen (l0) Of the
US. A.
Am, General. very respectfully.
Your ob't servaat.
(SignedJ g. +. PIcksr1,
| Major General Cong.
Maj. Gen. JONI PIcx, u. 3. A.
HpoI's: AMY AND DIsr o. n. c.. |
NIwsARs, N. G.. 18th Fsb'ry. 1864.
Major General Pickett. Department vir'
ginia and North Caroline, Confederate Ar
my:
6Sncral-I have the honor to enclose I
list Of fifty three soldiers Of the United Ssate
Government who are supposed to hav . fall
On into your hands 10 your late hasty -
treat from before Newborn. They sre 10y
d and true North Csrsoliniass, and duly
enlisted in the I'd North Carolina Infantry
ask for them the same treatment, in u
respect, IL you will nste cut 70 other pris
onsrs Of wxr.
an very respectfully,
| Your ob't serv't,
(Signed) JouS PscK, Major Gen /.
(Herc follows LIST Of my three name
I-which We omit.)
| H1ADo'Rs. DEPARTMENT N. c.,
Ps7zRsBnRs. Va, Feb. II, 1854.
General--Your communication Of tn
18th instant is ct hand / have the homo
to state, in reply, that you have made
slight mistake in regard to numbers
Three hundred and twenty-five haviaf
fallen into (our) your hands, in (osr) you
lsts hxsty retreat from before Newbern,
instead Of the lisa Of afty three, with which
you have so kindly furnished me, and whiel
will enable me to bring to justice many VIII
have, up to this time, escaped their just de
serts. | herewith return yen the samss q
those who have been tried and convicted b
court martial for descrtion from the Confed
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