Summary:
W. H. C. Whiting writes from Staunton to Secretary of War Randolph in June, 1862, to ask if he can put to death Union soldiers captured liberating slaves.

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Hon. G. W. RANDOLPH, Secretary of War:

STAUNTON, VA.,

June 17, 1862.

Am I authorized by law of Virginia or Confederate States of America to hang or shoot by drum head court martial marauding parties of the enemy captured kidnapping negroes? Also to put to death prisoners taken with counterfeit Confederate money in their possession?

W. H. C. WHITING.

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Bibliographic Information : Letter Reproduced from The War of The Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series 2, Volume 4, Serial No. 117, Pages 776, Broadfoot Publishing Company, Wilmington, NC, 1997.