GDG- a rebel soldier shall be executed

[Robert Lawrence]

Was this ever actually carried out??? 

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<<Subject: GDG- a rebel soldier shall be executed
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<<Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:
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<<Order of Retaliation [1]
<<Executive Mansion, Washington D.C July 30. 1863
<<
<<It is the duty of every government to give protection to its 
<<citizens, of whatever class, color, or condition, and 
<<especially to those who are duly organized as soldiers in the 
<<public service. The law of nations and the usages and customs 
<<of war as carried on by civilized powers, permit no 
<<distinction as to color in the treatment of prisoners of war 
<<as public enemies. To sell or enslave any captured person, on 
<<account of his color, and for no offence against the laws of 
<<war, is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the 
<<civilization of the age.
<<
<<The government of the United States will give the same 
<<protection to all its soldiers, and if the enemy shall sell 
<<or enslave anyone because of his color, the offense shall be 
<<punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession.
<<
<<It is therefore ordered that for every soldier of the United 
<<States killed in violation of the laws of war, a rebel 
<<soldier shall be executed; and for every one enslaved by the 
<<enemy or sold into slavery, a rebel soldier shall be placed 
<<at hard labor on the public works and continued at such labor 
<<until the other shall be released and receive the treatment 
<<due to a prisoner of war
<<
<<ABRAHAM LINCOLN
<<Annotation
<<
<<[1]   DS, DNA WR RG 94, Adjutant General, Letters Received, P 
<<518. This 
<<order, drafted by the War Department and signed by Lincoln, 
<<was issued by the Adjutant General's Office on July 31, 1863, 
<<as General Orders No. 25
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