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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The monument to Mosby's men. (search)
who were hung and shot in the Shenandoah campaign in 1864, when they were prisoners of war, Major Richards says: We now know it to have been in strict compliance with an official order from the commaere taken prisoners; these were captured by a Captain Blazer (who was soon after annihilated by Richards) and sent to a Northern prison. Their names are given in Scott's Partisan Life, page 290. If Sis written on the human heart—the great law of nature — the law of humanity. I am sure that Major Richards would not have obeyed an order of mine to do a cruel act; if he had he would have been none ended. The following is General Rosser's answer: Charlottesville, November 23, 1899. Major E. A. Richards, Louisville, Ky.: my dear Major,—I saw a great deal of Custer while I was constructing record, seems to me to be conclusive, and the future historian must exonerate General Custer from the responsibility of the Front Royal tragedy. E. A. Richards. Louisville, Ky., November 30,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Colonel Mosby Indicts Custer for the hanging. (search)
oyal, and I dissent from some historical statements in Major Richards' address. I do not agree with him that our men were h who acts from revenge simply obeys his own impulses. Major Richards says the orders were a dead letter after I retaliated,upport such a conclusion. In his letter in The Times, Major Richards says that Sheridan's dispatches about hanging our men ly furnish report as soon as received. Exit Blazer. Richards commanded in the Blazer fight. I was not there. As an a would not have admitted that they ever hung anybody. Major Richards refers to Grant's order to destroy subsistence for an men in prison weakened us as much as to hang them. Major Richards complains of the debasing epithets Sheridan applied tod or ill— Our fatal shadows that walk by us still. Major Richards further says that there was scarcely a family in all t didn't try it. As for our lieutenant-colonel, who, as Major Richards says, married in that section, I think that, if Sherid
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 27. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index. (search)
E.. 273. Petersburg. Battles before, in 1865, 28. Phillips, Wendell, 368. Pickett, General G E., 143, 208. Poindexter, Charles, 334. Point Pleasant, Battle of, 171. Pollard Mrs. Rose, 335. Poore, Ben Perley, 368. Porter, Commodore D., 144. Powell, Colonel, Wm. H. Preston, Wm., 295. Price, Dr. Henry M., 38. Purcell Battery, Gallantry of, at Cedar Run, 89. Quincey, Josiah, 65. Ramseur, General S. D., killed, 7. Reprisal or retaliation in war, 270, 314. Richards, Major E. A., Address of, 253. Richmond, Did General Lee counsel its abandonment? 290. Richmond City, gunboat, 221. Rich Mountain campaign in 1861, 38. Rockbridge county, Roster of Company C, 1st Virginia cavalry, from, 377. Rodes, General R E., killed, 5 Ropes, John Codman, historian, 83. Rosser, General T. L., 283. Sailor's Creek, Battle of, 324. Sanders, Palmer, killed, 141. Scott, Colonel W. C., 44. Secession, Right of, 61, 114; advocated by Massachusetts, 65; by t