June 10, 1863, Savannah Republican (Georgia)
The following rules are enforced by the officers of the Unites States Government, in regard to letters offered for transmission under flag of truce by way of City Point:
1. No letter must exceed one page of a letter sheet, or relate to an other than purely domestic matters.
2. Every letter must be signed with the writer’s name in full.
3. All letters must be sent with fie cents postage enclosed, if to go to Richmond, and ten cents if beyond.
4. All letters must be enclosed to the commanding general of the department of Virginia, at Fortress Monroe. No letter sent to any other address will be forwarded.
“All letters sent to Fortress Monroe without a strict compliance with these rules, except for prisoners of war, will be transmitted to the dead letter office.”
Equivalent rules will be applied by General Winder, to all letters sent from the South to Fortress Monroe, for parties in the U. States.