2004-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2004
Autograph Document Signed, "F. Gaillard A.A.A. Genl" 1p. folio, Head Quarters Department Northern Virginia, December 30, 1861, being his copy of General Orders No. 98, and reds in part: "…The troops are reminded that the 57 Article of War makes punishable with death the giving of intelligence to the enemy directly or indirectly, any letter inteded for publication or even not guarded against publication, falls within the law, if it contains the sort of information that the enemy would purchase with money or by armed reconnosance, such as position of guards, distribution of corps, character of works, state of material or numbers or plans of movement…The General commanding prefers, however, to appeal byond the law, to the patriotism of the army…Professional correspondents of newspapers will be absolutely excluded from our camps, as it is notorious that the enemy have been habitually arriving at valuable information through their indescretions…" Fine.
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