| From the Savannah Morning News |
| |
| January 1, 1862 |
| |
| Notice |
| Confederate States of America |
| Headquarters Military Dept. of Georgia |
| Savannah, Dec.31, 1861 |
| |
|
Special Order No 396 |
| From and after the third day
of January, 1862, no persons, either civilian or soldier, will be
permitted to enter or go out of the city of Savannah, by the several
Railroads or other routes, without a pass from the proper authorities. |
| Civilians will be required to
have passes from the civil authorities of the cities whence they come,
or from the clerks of the several county Courts, or Justices of the
Inferior Court. |
| Soldiers will be required to
have passes from their commanding officers, showing their rank and the
companies and the regiment to which they belong. |
| Passengers by the railroads,
getting on the cars at any way stations, will be required to have their
passes countersigned by the Railroad Agents at each station; and all
passengers by such roads will be required to exhibit their passes, on
the arrival of the trains, to officers who will be stationed there for
that purpose, before leaving the cars. |
| By order of |
| Brigadier General A. R. Lawton |
| Robert B. Elliott, Lieut. and A. D. C. |
| Republican, Macon Telegraph,
Augusta Constitutionalist, and Milledgeville Federal Union insert three
times, and send bill to Gen. Lawton |
|