GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERALâS OFFICE, September 15, 1864
No. 72. Richmond, Va., September 15, 1864. Private letters or communications relative to military marches and operations are frequently mischievous in design, and their publication generally injurious to the military service. They are, therefore, strictly forbidden; and any officer or soldier, or other person serving with the armies of the Confederate States in the field, who shall be found guilty of making such communication for publication, or placing the writing beyond his control, so that it finds its way to the press before one month after the termination of the campaign to which it relates, shall be punished, according to the degree of his offense, by the sentence of a court-martial. By order: S. COOPER, Adjutant and Inspector General.