Excerpt from Major-General D. E. Sickles' Report to the General-in-Chief of the Army: Relating to the Issue Made by the Civil Authorities With the Commanding General of the Second Military District, in the Execution of the Acts of Congress for the Government of the Rebel States
General - 1 have the honor, in compliance with your instructions dated the ilth instant, to report the facts and considerations bearing upon the question'which has arisen in North Carolina between the ci\ il unl military authority; m 3 report embraces, in accordance with Your desire. The interpretation given by me to paragraph II of General Orders No. 10; also, references to the Acts of' Congress. From which is derived the anthortv exercised. In the promulgation of the militarv orders in question; and a statement of some of the reasons justif'ring them. And if this communication shall appear to be more voluminous and elaborate than the occasion seems to require, my excuse will he found, I trust, in the desire to omit nothing you might deem essential to the most exact re\ iew of all that has been done.
The refusal of the. Marshal for the District. Of North Iarolina to give. Any information about the process of the United States Courts in his hands, has prevented final action in the matter for the want of reliable official data. Although for the same reason this: repert has been de layed. No doubt is entert-ine<.l as to the substantial aceuraev of' the information derived from other source nd herewith communicated, in relation to the process the Marsha demands shall be executed.
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