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The Daily Dispatch: August 17, 1863., [Electronic resource], Negro troops turned over to State authorities. (search)
Negro troops turned over to State authorities.
In the assault on battery Wagner, on the 18th ult., twenty-four negro soldiers, belonging to the 54th Massachusetts regiment, were captured by our troops.
The following letter, published in the Charleston Mercury, will explain itself:
Hdq's Dep't of S. C., Ga., and Fla., Charleston, S. C., Aug. 12, 1863. Col. R. B. Rhett, Jr., Editor of Mercury:
In the Mercury of this date you appear to have written under a misapprehension of the facts connected with the present status of the negroes captured in arms on Morris and James Islands, which permit me to state as follows:
"The Proclamation of the President, dated December 24th, 1862, directed that all negro slaves captured in arms should beat once delivered to the Executive authorities of the respective States to which they belong, to be dealt with according to the laws of said States."
An informal application was made by the State authorities for the negroes capture