vereignty; and that he was possessed with a feeling that he
had landed in some strange land, among a people of different
civilization and peculiar institutions.

On the 13th of November, 1861, Major-Gen. John A. Dix, upon taking
possession of the counties of Accomac and Northampton, Va., issued the
following proclamation:

"The military forces of the United States are about to enter your
counties as a part of the Union. They will go among you as
friends, and with the earnest hope that they may not, by your own
acts, be compelled to become your enemies. They will invade no
right of person or property. On the contrary, your laws, your
institutions, your usages, will be scrupulously respected. There
need be no fear that the quietude of any fireside will be
disturbed, unless the disturbance is caused by yourselves.

"Special directions have been given not to interfere with the
condition of any person held to domestic servitude; and, in order
that there may be no ground for mistake or pretext for
misrepresentation, commanders of regiments or corps have been
instructed not to permit such persons to come within their
lines."[78]

Gen. Halleck, while in command of the Union forces in Missouri, issued
his "Order No. 3." as follows:

"It has been represented that important information, respecting
the number and condition of our forces, is conveyed to the enemy
by means of fugitive slaves who are admitted within our lines. In
order to remedy this evil, it is directed that no such person be
hereafter permitted to enter the lines of any camp, or of any
forces on the march, and that any now within such lines be
immediately excluded therefrom."

On the 23d of February, 1862, in "Order No. 13," he referred to the
slave question as follows:

"It does not belong to the military to decide upon the relation
of master and slave. Such questions must be settled by the civil
courts. No fugitive slaves will, therefore, be admitted within
our lines or camps, except when specially ordered by the general
commanding."

On the 18th of February, 1862, Major-Gen. A. E. Burnside issued a
proclamation in which he said to the people:

"The Government asks only that its authority may be recognized;
and we repeat, in no manner or way does it desire to interfere
with your laws, constitutionally establis