DIX, Major General, New York to Edwin M. Stanton, November 22, 1864

Major General Dix to Mr. Stanton.

Sir: I have the following reliable information: There are about forty rebels in Marysburg, Prince Edward’s county, Canada, on the north side of Lake Ontario, and northwest of Oswego. They drill regularly about three times a week, and are armed with revolvers. They board with the farmers in the neighborhood, seem to have plenty of money, and say they belong to John Morgan’s corps. These organizations for hostile purposes, on Canadian soil, are so plainly in violation of all the obligations of neutrality, that I cannot doubt the willingness of the Canadian authorities to put an end to them on proper notice.

There are some indications of retaliation on the part of our citizens along the frontier, on account of the outrages on the Detroit river and at St. Albans; and I think the publication of my report in regard to the former would have a salutary influence on both sides of the line.

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,