JULY 23, 1862:
General John Pope U.S.A., head of the newly-created Army of
Virginia, in continuing his peculiar policy of malice toward all with charity for
none, intensifies the alienation of the population of northern Virginia by
announcing that all resident civilians will be held responsible and duly
punished for any damage to railroads or
telegraph lines committed by Confederate agents.
He also announces that any male who refuses to swear loyalty
to the Union will be exiled to the Confederacy, and if found to have returned
without permission, will be summarily shot or hanged as a spy.
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