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Domestic News
December 20, 1861
Bellows Falls Times
Bellows Falls, Windham County, Vermont
What is this article about?
Gen. Heintzelman detained Virginians in Alexandria who sought to recover fugitive slaves, refusing to allow them to act as slave catchers within military lines and preventing their return home.
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Full Text
Gen. Heintzelman has within the past few weeks added to the population of Alexandria several Virginians whose desire to recover fugitive slaves outran their discretion. When they presented themselves at his headquarters in search of their lost bondsmen, he informed them that the soldiers of the national army were not slave catchers, and when, satisfied that he meant what he said, they essayed to return to their farms, he declared that he could not permit civilians to go beyond or to remain within his lines. One of them has, in consequence, been a month in Alexandria waiting for the army to advance to the other side of his plantation.
What sub-type of article is it?
Slave Related
Military
What keywords are associated?
Fugitive Slaves
Slave Catchers
Gen Heintzelman
Alexandria Detention
Civil War Military Lines
What entities or persons were involved?
Gen. Heintzelman
Where did it happen?
Alexandria
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Alexandria
Event Date
Within The Past Few Weeks
Key Persons
Gen. Heintzelman
Outcome
one of them has been a month in alexandria waiting for the army to advance to the other side of his plantation.
Event Details
Gen. Heintzelman informed Virginians seeking fugitive slaves that soldiers were not slave catchers and detained them within his lines, preventing their return to farms.