Headquarters of the
Army, WASHINGTON, April 27th, 1861
Brig. Gen. B. F. BUTLER
THE undersigned, General-in-Chief of the Army, has received
from the President of the U. States the following communication:
“To the Commanding General of the
Army of the United States
“You are engaged in repressing an
insurrection against the laws of the United States. If at any point on or in
the vicinity of the military line which is now used between the City of
Philadelphia, via Perryville, Annapolis City, and Annapolis Junction, you find
resistance which renders it necessary to suspend the writ of Habeas Corpus for
the public safety, you personally, or through the Officer in command at the
point where the resistance occurs, are authorized to suspend that Writ.”
ABRAHAM
LINCOLN
IN accordance with the foregoing warrant the undersigned
devolves on Major General Patterson commanding the Department of Pennsylvania,
Delaware & Maryland; Brig. General Butler commanding the Department of
Annapolis; and Col. Mansfield commanding the Washington Department, a like
authority, each within the limits of his command, to execute in all proper
cases the instructions of the President.
WINFIELD SCOTT
SOURCE: Jessie Ames Marshall, Editor, Private and
Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler During the Period of the
Civil War, Volume 1: April 1860 – June 1862, p. 51
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