Winston-Morgan County AlArchives Military Records.....Sheats, Charles Christopher December 9, 1863 Civilwar ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/al/alfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Kenneth Sheats csheats@upperspace.net December 7, 2005, 8:34 pm Official Records Of The War Of Rebellion FROM THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE CIVIL WAR -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------- 366 KY., SW. VA., TENN., MISS., N. ALA., AND N. GA. (CHAP. XLIII) HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND, CHATTANOOGA, DECEMBER 9, 1863. BRIG. GEN. GEORGE CROOK, HUNTSVILLE, ALA.: YOU WILL ARREST WILLIAM McDOWELL, A VIOLENT REBEL AND HOLD HIM AS A HOSTAGE FOR CHRISTOPHER SHEETS, A UNION MAN, ARRESTED FOR HIS LOYALTY TO THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AND NOW CONFINED BY THE REBELS IN A LOATHSOME JAIL IN SOUTHERN ALABAMA. YOU WILL TREAT MR. McDOWELL IN THE SAME MANNER THAT THE REBELS TREAT MR. SHEETS, AND NOTIFY THE COMMANDER OF THE NEAREST REBEL FORCE THAT SUCH ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN. BY COMMAND OF MAJOR-GENERAL THOMAS: WM. D. WHIPPLE, ASSISTANT ADJUTANT- GENERAL File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/al/winston/military/civilwar/other/sheats145gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/alfiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb