HEADQUARTERS C. S. FORCES,
Camp near Jacksonville, March 17, 1863.
Colonel HIGGINSON, Commanding at Jacksonville:
I hereby notify you
to remove the women and children from Jacksonville within twenty-four hours
from this time. After that time they will remain in the town on your
responsibility. If the safe return of teams is guaranteed I will to-day send to
the brick-yard church or to the town for all women and children who may wish to
come within our lines.
I have the honor to
be, respectfully,
A. H. McCORMICK,
Lieut· Col.,
Comdg. C. S. Forces, Camp near Jacksonville.
SOURCE: The
War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and
Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 14 (Serial No. 20), p. 839
