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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 offense shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. "
The Life of John A. Andrew: Governor of Massachusetts, 1861-1865 - Page 86
by Henry Greenleaf Pearson - 1904
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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 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...sell or enslave any one because of his color, the offence shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. "It is therefore...
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The History, Civil, Political and Military, of the Southern ..., Volume 4

Orville James Victor - United States - 1861 - 598 pages
...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 iU soldiers, and if the enemy shall sell or enslavo anyone becunsc of his color, the offense shall...
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General Orders Affecting the Volunteer Force

United States. Adjutant-General's Office - 1864 - 282 pages
...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...sell or enslave any one because of his color, the offence shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. It is therefore...
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General Orders

United States. War Department - 1864 - 304 pages
...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...sell or enslave any one because of his color, the offence shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. It is therefore...
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Life of Abraham Lincoln: Presenting His Early History, Political Career, and ...

Joseph Hartwell Barrett - 1864 - 544 pages
...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...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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The United States Service Magazine, Volume 1

Military art and science - 1864 - 690 pages
...of war. is a relapse into barbarism and a crime against the civilization of the age. The GoTernment of the United States will give the same protection...sell or enslave any one because of his color, the offence shall be punished by retaliation upon the enemy's prisoners in our possession. It if therefore...
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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
...into barbarism, and a crime against the civilization of the age. The Government of the United Statea will give the same protection to all its soldiers...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 ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA

1864 - 878 pages
...against the laws of war, is • relapse into barbarism, and a crime against the civilization of the age. The Government of the United States will give the...protection to all its soldiers, and if the enemy shall iell or onslare any one because of his color, the oflence shall be punished by retaliation upon the...
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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
...against the laws of war, is a relapse into barbarism, and a crime gainst the civilization of 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...
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