Letter

N. G. Evans to Brigadier- General, January 28, 1862

Author

N. G. Evans

Recipient

Brigadier- General

Date

January 28, 1862

Type

Letter

Adams Run, S. C., January 28, 1862.

CAPTAIN:

Inclosed I have the honor to submit the report of Col. P. F. Stevens, Holcombe Legion, commanding the expedition to Edisto Island. The negro men captured I have now under guard at this place. The women and children I have sent to the workhouse in Charleston. As five of the negroes have confessed themselves as being the party that attacked my pickets on Jehossee Island, I would respectfully ask instructions as to their disposition, as it is unsafe to return them to their owners unless they be obligated to submit them to a trial for their lives, and in case of acquittal to be removed from this district.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Brigadier- General.
Oapt. T. A. WASHINGTON,
Assistant Adjutant- General, Coosawhatchie, S. C.
[Inelosure.]

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Adams Run, S. C.. Summary: Brigadier General N. G. Evans reports the capture and detention of African Americans involved in an attack on Union pickets and requests guidance on their legal disposition and potential trial.

Topics

1862 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 6 View original source ↗