ST. LOUIS, March 31. – Gen. Curtis issued the following special
order dated Headquarters Army of the South West, March 26: “Charley Morton, Hamilton Kannada and Alfando
Lewis, colored men formerly slaves employed in the rebel service and taken as
contrabands of war, are hereby confiscated, and not being needed in public
service, are permitted to pass the pickets of this command northward without
let or hindrance, and are forever emancipated from service of masters who
allowed them to aid in efforts to break up the Government and laws of our
country.”
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, April 5, 1862, p. 4
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