t for revenge against their people, their masters, who have ever treated them with kindness and humanity.
Now, they do this by the most extravagant falsehoods concerning the conduct of our men, under Forrest, at Fort Pillow.
Thus exciting those ill-fated blacks (whom they have robbed of homes such as they never can give them,) with imaginary wrongs and outrages, and making them drunk with liquor, they hound them on to the attack of the Southern soldiers — to attack the men commanded by Robert E. Lee, the soldier without reproach, and the Christian gentleman without stain and without dishonor.
In the whole history of this war not one act of unnecessary harshness even can be charged to this peerless commander.--His humanity is overflowing, and his desire to spare the effusion of blood has lost him many advantages which he permitted, for that sentiment, unavailed to pass by. He governs an army of heroes — a braver or more chivalrous body of men were never ranged in line of battle.
Ag
