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cers: Headq'rs Army and Dist. Of N. C., Newbern, N. C., Feb. 20th, 1864. Maj.-Gen. Pickett, Confederate Army, Petersburg: General: Soon after your retreat from Newbern I had the honor to address you respecting 53 loyal North Carolinians who had fallen into your hands. They having been duly enlisted into the 2d North Carolina regiment, I ask for them the treatment of prisoners of war. Your attention is called to the enclosed slip, cut from the Fayetteville Observer, of Feb. 8th, 1864, setting forth that some of the prisoners taken near Newbern have been executed, which I hope will prove unfounded: "Traitors Executed.--Among the prisoners captured by our forces near Newbern were several deserters from our army. We learn by an officer just from the spot that two of these have already been executed, and others are undergoing trial." Having reported this matter to higher authority I am instructed to notify you that if the members of the North Carolina regime