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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 3. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 116 (search)
cordingly. I shall put as few restrictions upon the ordinary business of the people as possible, and will give as free ingress and egress to and from Romney as the safety of my troops will admit. Citizens who have fled, under the erroneous belief that they would be imprisoned or killed, are invited to return to their homes and families, assured that they shall be protected whenever they can give evidence that they will be loyal, peaceful, and quiet citizens. Every reasonable facility will be given the people to seek a market on the railroad for their surplus produce, and to obtain supplies of merchandise, groceries, &c. All persons who have taken up arms against the Government are required to lay them down, return to their homes, and take an oath of allegiance to support the Government of the United States; by so doing they will receive all the protection due to an American citizen. B. F. Kelley, Brigadier-General. Benj. F. Hawkes, Assist. Adj.-Gen. Romney, Va., Oct. 28, 1861.