GDG- a rebel soldier shall be executed

[Fred Johanson]

Appaerently not.  A recent article in _North and South_ shows that no
quarter for the USCT was standard procedure for Confederate troops.  Ft.
Pillow was matched by Poison Springs, Ar, Olustee, Fl, the Crater, and
elsewhere.  The only incident missed that I could think of was the
massacre of memebers of the 4th Div, IX Corps, north of the Rapidan by
NC cavalry attacking the USA trains hurrying to catch up with the AoP
moving on Spottsylvanis.


-----Original Message-----
From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of Robert Lawrence
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 9:50 AM
To: GDG
Subject: RE: GDG- a rebel soldier shall be executed

Esteemed GDG Member Contributes:


Was this ever actually carried out??? 

<<-----Original Message-----
<<From: gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com
<<[mailto:gettysburg-bounces at arthes.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Lawrence
<<Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 8:40 AM
<<To: gettysburg at gdg.org
<<Subject: GDG- a rebel soldier shall be executed << <<Esteemed GDG
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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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