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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.45 (search)
t, to hang an equal number of Custer's men in retaliation for those executed by him. (Signed,) R. E. Lee, General. （Second endorsement.) November 14, 1864. Adjutant General: General Lee's instructions are cordially approved. In addition, if our citizens are found exposed on any captured train, signal vengeance should be taken on all conductors and officers found on it and every male passenger of the enemy's country as prisoners. So instruct. J. A. Seddon, Secretary. November 11, 1864. Major-General P. H. Sheridan, Commanding United States Forces in the Valley. General,—Some time in the month of September, during my absence from my command, six of my men who had been captured by your forces were hung and shot in the streets of Front Royal by the order and in the immediate presence of Brigadier-General Custer. Since then another, captured by a Colonel Powell on a plundering expedition into Rappahannock, was also hung. A label affixed to the coat of one of the m