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" The Government of the United States will give the same protection to all its soldiers ; and if the enemy shall sell or enslave any one because of his color, the offence shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. "
History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry ... - Page 97
by Luis Fenollosa Emilio - 1894 - 452 pages
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The Annual Register

Edmund Burke - History - 1864 - 776 pages
...sold them as slaves. In consequence of this, President Lincoln proclaimed on the 30th of July, that " if the enemy shall sell or enslave any one because of his colour, the offence shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our posses1 One...
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Annual Report (or Report) of the Secretary of War, Part 3

United States. War Department - 1865 - 908 pages
...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...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...
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General Orders Affecting the Volunteer Force

United States. Adjutant-General's Office - 1864 - 282 pages
...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...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...
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The United States Service Magazine, Volume 1

Military art and science - 1864 - 690 pages
...against the civilization of the age. The GoTernment of the United States will give the same protection to all its soldiers ; and if the enemy shall sell...punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. It if therefore ordered that for every soldier of the United States killed in violation...
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General Orders

United States. War Department - 1864 - 304 pages
...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...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...
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General Orders Affecting the Volunteer Force: Adjutant General's Office, 1863

United States. War Department - 1864 - 284 pages
...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...color, the offence shall be punished by retaliation \ipan the enemy's prisoners in our possession. It is therefore ordered, that for every soldier of the...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...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 any one because of his color, the offense shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. It is therefore...
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General orders ... 1861,1862 & 1863, adapted for the use of the ..., Volume 2

United States dept. of war - 1864 - 804 pages
...the age. The Government of the United States will give the same protection to all its soldiers; nd if the enemy shall sell or enslave any one because of his color, the offence shall be unished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. It is therefore ordered, that...
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The Political History of the United States of America, During the Great ...

Edward McPherson - Confederate States of America - 1864 - 462 pages
...against the civilization of the age. The Government of the United Statea will give the same protection to all its soldiers ; and if the enemy shall sell or enslave any one because of hia color, the offence shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession....
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The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the ..., Volume 2

Horace Greeley - Slavery - 1866 - 842 pages
...the age. "The Government of the United States will give the same protection to all its sol diers ; e offense shall be punished by retaliation npon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. " It is therefore...
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