Order
C. D. Douglas to P. B. Johnson, March 22, 1862
GENERAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS,
March 22, 1862.
No. 2. Fort Anderson, March 22, 1862.
All officers, guides, and men of this command are strictly prohibited from killing or wounding any Indian unless in self-defense, in action, or by order of a superior officer. Any disobedience of this order will subject the offender to immediate arrest and trial by court-martial at Fort Humboldt, the penalty being death. All whites residing in the Fort Anderson Military District who shall wantonly kill or maim any Indian will be prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law, military and civil.
By order of C. D. Douglas, captain commanding:
P. B. JOHNSON,
Second Lieutenant and Post Adjutant.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN California,
No. dl; } Los Angeles, Cal., March 23, 1862.
Second Lieutenant and Post Adjutant.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN California,
No. dl; } Los Angeles, Cal., March 23, 1862.
I. Colonel Bowie, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, will order
Company B, of his regiment, to take up its line of march for Camp
Wright, Cal., on Monday, the 24th instant. The company will be prepared for field service, agreeabiy to General Orders, No. 3, current
series, and to a letter of instructions dated the 20th instant, both from
Company B, of his regiment, to take up its line of march for Camp
Wright, Cal., on Monday, the 24th instant. The company will be prepared for field service, agreeabiy to General Orders, No. 3, current
series, and to a letter of instructions dated the 20th instant, both from
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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