War of the Rebellion: from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies and Navies
    

Intercourse and Martial Law

HDQRS. TROOPS CONFEDERATE STATES,
Near Pensacola, Fla., April 20, 1861.

GENERAL ORDERS
NO. 24.

I. All intercourse hereafter with Santa Rosa Island, Fort Pickens, or the United States fleet, is strictly prohibited.

II. Martial law is declared to exist and will be rigidly enforced on all territory within five miles of the lines of this army.

By command of Brigadier-General Bragg:

ROBERT C. WOOD, JR.
Assistant Adjutant-General.

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