HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT
WEST TENNESSEE,
FORT DONELSON, Tenn.,
Feb. 27.
General Order No. 7 –
Extract.}
Tennessee having, by her rebellion, ignored all the laws of
the United States, no courts will be allowed to act under State authority, but
all cases coming within the reach of the military arm will be adjudicated by
the authorities the government has established within the State.
Martial law is, therefore, declared to exist over West
Tennessee; and whenever a sufficient
number of citizens return to their allegiance to maintain law and order over
the territory, the military restriction here indicated will be removed.
By order of Major
General U. S. Grant,
JOHN A. RAWLINS,
Assist. Adjt. Gen.
FORBIDDING THE SALE
OF LIQUOR
HEADQUARTERS 2D DIVISION,
DIST. OF WEST TENN.,
CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.,
Feb. 24.
General Order No.
11.}
The sale of any [spirituous] or intoxicating liquors in any
quantity is prohibited. Should any one
violate this order he will be placed under guard for trial by court martial,
and his liquor seized and held for hospital purposes.
By order of Brigadier
Genera. C. F. Smith,
THOS. J. NEWSHAM,
Assist. Adjt. Gen.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye,
Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 15, 1862, p. 1
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