Holding up mail delivery.

[Rebforever]

Looking at this OR there seems to be a "halt mail" order. Wasn't there some kind of agreement to not bother mail delivery North and South during the War for Southern Independence?

HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CORPS, August 28, 1863.

Brigadier-General KILPATRICK,

Commanding Third Cav. Div., Hartwood Church:

The major-general commanding the army directs that no communication whatever be held between your pickets and the enemy's.

The general commanding also understands that there was a rebel mail captured by some of our command a few days ago and was never sent in.

He directs hereafter that anything of that kind that is captured be forwarded at once.

[C. ROSS SMITH,]

Lieutenant-Colonel, and Chief of Staff.

https://ehistory.osu.edu/books/official-records/049/0106

 

[trice]

I don't think so, or at least I never heard of any such arrangement. US Postmaster Blair cut off delivery of mail to the seceding states in 1861.

 

[Tom Elmore]

On the contrary, I would imagine enemy mail could offer valuable intelligence.

 

[Mrs. V]

When I saw this post, I immediatly thought of my cat Eli the Bitey. he's been responsible for more held mail than any picket..(I have to keep him inside when the mail is delivered, as he chases, and will attack the mailman given the chance. He once held the mailman from delivering mail to the house of "his" dog...he stood on the stood and hissed and spat at the mailman!)...eventually I had to sign a paper promising to keep Eli inside..and the mail carrier subs all have a "attack cat" warning flag in thier carrier bags. oh yeah, the cat at the time was all of 8 lbs..now he is more like 10lbs..