Order
Colonel Lippitt, April 9, 1862
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT,
April 9, 1862.
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.
Acting Assistint Adjutant-General.
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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