Henry W. Halleck to Quincy A. Gillmore, August 11, 1863
Brig. Gen. Q. A. GILLMORE, Morris Island, S. C.:
GENERAL: Your letter of the 7th instant, complaining of newspaper publications of your operations, ae which information, very injurious to you and valuable to the rebels, is indirectly conveyed to the enemy, is just received. Colonel Jackson will be immediately arrested and punished.
To prevent a recurrence of the evil complained of, the Secretary of War directs that you arrest all newspaper correspondents in your command and keep them in confinement at Hilton Head until your operations against Charleston are concluded. He also directs that you take possession of the mails, and open all letters suspected of conveying military information intended for publication.
He also authorizes you to impose upon the writers of such letters such punishments as the nature of the case may require.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
General-in-Chief.
* See Operations on Morris Island, Part I, p. 199.
42 Ss. 0. AND G. A. COASTS, AND IN MID. AND E. FLA, —(Cuap. X. L.
No. 474. { Inthe Field, Morris Island, S. C., Aug. 12, 1863.
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