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The Daily Dispatch: July 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], article 7 (search)
[for the Richmond Dispatch.]badges for our soldiers. Mr. Editor:--We have read in the newspapers more than one recommendation to our troops to wear a badge of a particular description, designating the part of the person on which it should be worn, in order to distinguish one another in a melee with the enemy. Now it is obvious, upon very little reflection, that a badge which becomes known to the enemy, either by being published in a paper, or by any other means of communication, must expose those who adopt it to infinite danger. We remember, many years ago, hearing one who had been an actor upon the particular occasion, speak of this device as having been adopted by one of two violent political parties, between which a collision of a very hostile character was apprehended.--It so happened, that a spy obtained possession of one of its badges, and sent it, with a description of the manner in which it was to be worn, to the opposing party. The latter unscrupulously resorted to th