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Maj. Gen. R. Taylor Commanding District of Louisiana: GENERAL: In answer to the communication of Brigadier-General Hebert, of the 6th instant, asking what disposition should be made of negro slaves taken in arms, I am directed by Lieutenant-General Smith to say no quarter should be shown them. If taken prisoners, however, they should be turned over to the executive authorities of the States in which they may be captured, in obedience to the proclamation of the President of the Confederate States, sections 3 and 4, published to the Army in General Orders, No. 111, Adjutant and Inspector General's Office, series of 1862. Should negroes thus taken be executed by the military authorities capturing them it would certainly provoke retaliation. By turning them over to the civil authorities to be tried by the laws of the state, no exception can be taken. I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant, S. S. Anderson"

Hold it just a moment there, Walt. In the interest of consistency, I desire to invoke your own "standards" of proof that this document ever existed. I accordingly request that you provide multiple photographs of the handwritten original, a link to at least one website citing it, the location it may be found in the national archives, and a professionally or academically written source citing it...OH WAIT! It'll have to be all that and more since I provided you with each and every one of those things for Milroy's murder lists and you STILL claimed that it was insufficient. Let's see. What should I add?

How about a carbon dating test of the original document itself, just to show it is not a forgery. And since those can be faked, I will also require that you provide at least two independent verifications of that carbon dating test. The handwriting could also be forged, so I demand that you hire a handwriting expert to authenticate it against an authentic document from S.S. Anderson. I require that his consulting be done in the presence of at least four witnesses, two of whom are members of the SCV and the other two of your choice to ensure balance. Oh, and of course you will have to find it on usenet, aol, and google, then prove to me that it was posted there by a legitimate source and isn't really spam. And did I mention that I expect you to hand deliver the document to me for personal inspection? Otherwise, Walt, per your own standards, I have no choice but to reject your claim as unsubstantiated and your document as unproven.

Hold it just a moment there, Walt. In the interest of consistency, I desire to invoke your own "standards" of proof that this document ever existed.

How about this:

Okay, this is not exactly what you asked for, but I did a search on:

taylor smith hebert anderson louisiana civil war

And I came up with 379 hits. Some have nothing at all to do with the ACW, and some do.

When I searched on the principal names of your source on Yahoo and Google, I got none, zero, nada, hits.

The letter I use appears in "The South vs the South" by Dr. William Freehling.

That's -Doctor Freehling- to you.

Walt