Sunday, January 27, 2013

January 26 - Tennessee Civil War Notes

26, General Orders, No. 10 issued, Memphis, relative to spies, punishment, contraband


GENERAL ORDERS, No. 10., HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE TENNESSEE, Memphis, Tenn., January 26, 1863.


I. It being a violation of the provisions of the Dix-Hill cartel to parole prisoners at any other points than those designated in said cartel except by agreement between the generals commanding the opposing forces no paroles hereafter given to Federal soldiers in violation of such provisions of said cartel will be respected.


II. Officers or soldiers who by straggling from their commands are captured and paroled will at once be arrested and brought to trial before a court-martial.


III. Guerrillas or Southern soldiers caught in the uniforms of Federal soldiers will not be treated as organized bodies of the enemy but will be closely confined and held for the action of the War Department. Those caught within the lines of the Federal Army in such uniforms or in citizen's dress will be treated as spies.


IV. Officers, soldiers and citizens are prohibited from purchasing horses, mules or military clothing from anyone connected with the Army without special authority. In order that improper and dishonest appropriation of captured property may be prevented commanding officers will exercise vigilance in enforcing this order and report every violation of it, to the end that offenders may be summarily punished.


V. Steam-boats are prohibited from carrying stock of any description North without permits granted by division or army corps commanders or the provost-marshal-general, and violations of this restriction will be punished at the discretion of a military commission.


By order of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant:


OR, Ser. II, Vol. 5, p. 216.

 

 

26, Special Orders, No. 26, relative to assessment of Confederate sympathizers to support Union refugees in Giles County


SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 26. HDQRS. LEFT WING, 16TH ARMY CORPS, Pulaski, Tenn., January 26, 1864.


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IV. In compliance with General Orders, No. 4, current series, 1863, headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi, the following-named citizens of Giles County, Tenn., will be assessed, and the amounts set opposite their names collected from them, respectively, for the support of Union refugees coming within the lines of this command:
Thomas Martin ............................................... $250
Dr. Battle ......................................................... 100
Charles Abernathy ............................................ 250
Robert Dickson ................................................. 250
J. H. Newbell..................................................... 100
J. M. Morris ...................................................... 100
David Reynolds ................................................. 250
B. Abernathy .................................................... 200
Thomas D. Bailey ............................................. 200
Col. J. B. Weaver, Second Regt. Iowa Infantry Volunteers, commanding post at Pulaski, Tenn., is hereby charged with the execution of this order.


By order of Brig. Gen. G. M. Dodge:

 

OR, Ser. I, Vol. 32, pt. II, pp. 228-229.

 

 

26, "Big Raid by the Mackerel Brigade." A juvenile gang in Memphis


Some of the members of this celebrated gang of pilferers and thieves made a raid on Saturday and Sunday nights, on the store of S. P. C. Clark & Co., and D. O. Gibson, north side of the square. They broke the windows and took out good of considerable value. They broke the windows and took out goods. They levied quite a contribution on Clark's splendid stock of hats, abstracting goods to the value of one hundred dollars, besides putting him to considerable expense repairing the damage done to the windows. It is time that band of petty thieves was broken up.

 
Memphis Bulletin, January 26, 1864.



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