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To: MEGoody; Non-Sequitur
The Confederate military employed the "Articles of War" from 1806, and "Regulations for the Army of The Confederate States, 1863."

The only difference between the union & confederate versions was the substitution of "Confederate" for "United".

31 posted on 08/19/2002 11:31:15 AM PDT by 4CJ
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To: 4ConservativeJustices
WAR DEPARTMENT, C.S.A, Richmond, November 22, 1861.
John Letcher, Governor of Virginia:
SIR:
Will not your convention do something to protect your own people against atrocious crimes committed on their persons and property? There are in the Army, unfortunately, some desperate characters - men gathered from the outskirts and purlieus of large cities - who take advantage of the absence of the civil authorities to commit crimes, even murder, rape, and highway robbery, on the peaceful citizens in the neighborhood of the armies. For these offenses the punishment should be inflicted by the civil authorities (...) There are murderers now in insecure custody at Manassas who cannot be tried for want of a court there, and who will escape the just penalty of their crimes. The crimes committed by these men are not military offenses. If a soldier, rambling through the country, murders a farmer or violates the honor of his wife or daughter, courts-martial cannot properly take cognizance of the offense, nor is it allowable to establish military commissions or tribunals in our own country. I appeal to Virginia legislators for protection to Virginians, and this appeal will, I know, be responded to by prompt and efficient action.
I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
J.P. Benjamin, Secretary of War

Looks like the Articles of War meant about as much to the confederate leadership as the confederate constitution did.

32 posted on 08/19/2002 12:13:32 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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