Letter
N. G. Evans to Oapt. T. A. Washington, January 28, 1862
HEADQUARTERS THIRD MILITARY DISTRICT,
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,
N. G. EVANS,
Brigadier-General.
Oapt. T. A. Washington,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Coosawhatchie, S. C.
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 Black individuals following a military expedition and requests guidance on handling those accused of attacking Union pickets in 1862 South Carolina.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 6
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