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The Daily Dispatch: August 19, 1862., [Electronic resource], The law of retaliation. (search)
ield, without being shown to the President or Secretary of War. I learn to-day, for the first time, that said letter had been received, and hasten to reply. No authentic information has been received in relation to the execution of either John Owen or Mumford, but measures will be immediately taken to ascertain the facts of those alleged executions, of which you will be duly informed. I need hardly assure you, General, that so far as the United States authorities are concerned this cMajor-General McClellan as to the truth of alleged murders committed on our citizens by officers of the U. States army. The cases of Wm. B. Mumford, reported to have been murdered at New Orleans, by order of Major-General B. F. Butler, and Colonel John Owen, reported to have been murdered in Missouri, by order of Major-General Pope, were those referred to. I had the honor to be informed by Major-General McClellan that he had referred these inquiries to his Government for a reply. No answer ha