Brigadier General Davis Tillson to Major General Oliver O. Howard, Augusta, Georgia, April 7, 1866

    Source citation
    Reprinted in Edward McPherson (ed.), A Handbook of Politics for 1868 (Washington, DC: Philp and Solomons, 1868), 17.
    Author (from)
    Davis Tillson
    Type
    Letter
    Date Certainty
    Exact
    Transcriber
    John Osborne, Dickinson College
    Transcription date
    The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
    Augusta, Ga.,
    April 7, 1866
     
    Maj. Gen. O.O. Howard:
    Does the President's recent proclamation remove martial law in this State?  If so, Gen. Brannan does not feel authorized to arrest parties who have committed outrages on freed people or refulgees.
    Please answer by telegraph.
    DAVIS TILLSON
    Brig. Gen. of Vols
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