Order

Colonel Lippitt, April 9, 1862

ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT,

No.4. $ Fort Humboldt, April 9, 1862. I. Every Indian captured in this district during the present war

who has been engaged in hostilities against the whites, present or

absent, will be hanged on the spot, women and children in all cases being spared. * * * * * * *

By order of Colonel Lippitt:

JOHN HANNA, JR.,
Acting Assistint Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗