Additional article of war approved March 13,
1862.
ARTICLE 102. All officers or persons in the military or
naval service of the United States are prohibited from employing any of the
forces under their respective commands for the purpose of returning fugitives
from service or labor who may have escaped from any persons to whom such service
or labor is claimed to be due; and any officer who shall be found guilty by a
court-martial of violating this article shall be dismissed from the service.
SECTION 2. That this act shall take effect from and after
its passage.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series II, Volume
1 (Serial No. 114), p. 810
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