Ambrose E. Burnside to John G. Parke, August 14, 1863

General PARKE: Glad to hear of your arrival. Concentrate your force at this place, and shall leave orders for you. How are you? A. E. BURNSIDE, Major-General.

CINCINNATI, August 14, 1863. Major-General BURNSIDE, Camp Nelson, Ky. :

Arrived this eS Colonel Bowen will go to Lexington this evening. Does General Potter’s division come through Cincinnati, or will it go through Louisville ? General Ferrero is now in Louisville. The great scarcity of boats at Vicksburg has been much vexation. The strength of the corpsis very materially weakened by the campaign. The sudden-death of General Welsh is a very severe

shock to us all. JNO. G. PARKE, Major-General.

Camp NELSON, Ky., August 14, 1863. Major-General PARKE: I have concluded to have the Ninth Corps all concentrated at Cincinnati. Please give orders accordingly. A. E. BURNSIDE, Major-General.

GENERAL FIELD ORDERS, ) HDQRS. ARMY OF THE Ohio, In the Field, Camp Nelson, Ky., No. 2. August 14, 1863.

f. The general commanding calls upon all members of his command to remember that the present campaign takes them through a friendly territory, and that humanity and the best interests of the service require that the peaceable inhabitants be treated with kindness, and that every protection be given by the soldiers to them and to their property.

I. I. Officers will enforce the strictest discipline to prevent straggling, any ill treatment to citizens, depredations, or willful destruction of private property, and each officer will be held strictly resels for offenses of such nature committed by men under his command.

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III. No prisoners will be liberated on parole, but will be conducted under guard to the authorities appointed to receive them.

I. V. It must also be distinctly understood that this war is conducted for national objects, and that any desire which may exist on the part of soldiers to avenge their private wrongs must yield toa

roper observance of the well-established usages of civilized warare.

V. Prisoners of war, particularly the wounded, will be treated with every consideration consistent with their safe-keeping, and any ill treatment or insults offered to them will be severely punished.

V. I. Whenever regimental evening dress parades are held, it shall be the duty of the commanding officer to see that the chaplain, or some proper person in his absence, holds some short religious service, such as the reading of a portion of the Scriptures, with appropriate prayers for the protection and assistance of Diving Providence.

By order of Major-General Burnside : .