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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Memoir of Jane Claudia Johnson. (search)
ereafter refer, for their outrages and cruelties to the Southern people, the record, as far as we can find it, is silent on that subject. General Milroy's order. On the 28th of November, 1862, General R. H. Milroy had an order sent to Mr. Adam Harper, a man 82 years old, and a cripple, one who had served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and who was a son of a revolutionary soldier, who had served throughout that war, which was as follows: Mr. Adam Harper: Sir,—In consequence of cerMr. Adam Harper: Sir,—In consequence of certain robberies which have been committed on Union citizens of this county, by bands of guerrillas, you are hereby assessed to the amount of($285.00) two hundred and eighty-five dollars, to make good their losses, and upon your failure to comply with the above assessment by the 8th day of December the following order has been issued to me by General R. H. Milroy: You are to burn their houses, seize all their cattle and shoot them. You will be sure that you strictly carry out this order. Yo
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 29. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Report of the history Committee (search)
ereafter refer, for their outrages and cruelties to the Southern people, the record, as far as we can find it, is silent on that subject. General Milroy's order. On the 28th of November, 1862, General R. H. Milroy had an order sent to Mr. Adam Harper, a man 82 years old, and a cripple, one who had served as a soldier in the war of 1812, and who was a son of a revolutionary soldier, who had served throughout that war, which was as follows: Mr. Adam Harper: Sir,—In consequence of cerMr. Adam Harper: Sir,—In consequence of certain robberies which have been committed on Union citizens of this county, by bands of guerrillas, you are hereby assessed to the amount of($285.00) two hundred and eighty-five dollars, to make good their losses, and upon your failure to comply with the above assessment by the 8th day of December the following order has been issued to me by General R. H. Milroy: You are to burn their houses, seize all their cattle and shoot them. You will be sure that you strictly carry out this order. Yo