Summary:
Confederate General Jubal Early writes Secretary of War James Seddon in November, 1864, to ask that counsel be sent to Staunton, VA, to help move legal cases involving habeas corpus to the Court of Appeals.

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Hon. J. A. SEDDON:

NEW MARKET,

November 27, 1864.
(Received 28th.)

If writ of habeas corpus is not suspended immediately Judge Thompson will discharge all my recruits. Please send counsel to Staunton to attend cases and carry them to Court of Appeals or remove them to Confederate courts.

J. A. EARLY,
Lieut.-Gen.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 1, Volume 43, Serial No. 91, Pages 924, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.