Letter

CANBY, Brigadier General, A to William H. Seward, February 3, 1864

Author

CANBY, Brigadier General, A

Recipient

William H. Seward

Date

February 3, 1864

Type

Letter

Language

English

General Canby to Mr. Seward.

War Department, Washington City, February 3, 1864.

Sir: The Secretary of War instructs me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d instant, communicating the copy of a note of the 23d ultimo, from Lord Lyons, relative to an order issued by Major General Dix for the appointment of a military commission to investigate the cases of persons arrested and detained at Forts Layfayette and Warren other than prisoners of war and convicts, and, in reply to the questions submitted in the note of Lord Lyons, to say that persons brought before the commission will be tried for violation of the laws of war, and that every facility of defence will be afforded them, with the privilege of counsel, witnesses, &c.

I have the honor to be your obedient servant,

EDWARD R. S. CANBY, Brigadier General, A. A. G.

The Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.

Topics

19th Century Civil War Diplomacy

Sources

FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth View original source ↗

U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to Foreign Affairs, Accompanying the Annual Message of the President to the Second Session Thirty-eighth.