Agreed, Laurie! The entire government was the "enemy" - not just a few men....
Gene as far as we can tell and this was verified by General William H. Payne, General Bradley C. Johnson as well as Lt. Benjamin Palmer and a couple of other Mosby Rangers - Lew's orders were from the Confederate Hierarchy. It was not specified just WHO posted the orders -
"The Past is a foreign country...they do things differently there" - L. P. Hartley