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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book VII:—politics. (search)
o make the inoffensive population responsible for the acts of partisans who were found in their neighborhood. This odious system was especially applied by General Von Steinwehr in Virginia, who made it a practice to seize hostages in every village near which his troops had met with any partisans, threatening to shoot them if the Ch proceedings, the Richmond government was greatly enraged, and on the 1st of August, 1862, General Lee was instructed to inform his adversaries that if Pope, Von Steinwehr and the officers who followed their directions were captured, they should be detained in view of possible reprisals. Von Steinwehr's orders were neither revokVon Steinwehr's orders were neither revoked nor again enforced, the hostages who had been seized by the Federals were promptly released, and the regular exchange of prisoners suffered no delay. We have stated that private property was generally respected by the armies of both parties. If this was the case on the part of the military, and if the latter did not often ab
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 2. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 8 (search)
al Burns, 4 regiments. 3d Brigade, Brigadier-general Dana, 4 regiments. 3d Division, Brigadier-general Blenker. Artillery. 3 Volunteer batteries, 18 guns. 1st Brigade, Brigadier-general Stahel, 4 regiments. 2d Brigade, Brigadier-general Von Steinwehr, 4 regiments. 3d Brigade, Colonel Schimmelpfennig, 4 regiments. 3d corps, Brigadier-general Heintzelman. Cavalry. Colonel Averill, 1 regiment. 1st Division, Brigadier-general F. Porter. Artillery. 1 Regular battery, 6 's corps became once more the first, Banks' the Fiftn and Siegel's the Eleventh. Major-General Pope. 1st corps, Siegel (formerly the army of the mountain). 1st Division, Schenck. 1st Brigade, McLean; 2d Brigade, Stahel. 2d Division, Von Steinwehr. 1st Brigade, Bohlen. 3d Division, Schurz. 1st Brigade, Krysanowsky; 2d Brigade, Schimmelpfennig; Milroy's Brigade. 2d corps, Banks. 1st Division, Williams. 1st Brigade, Crawford; 2d Brigade, Gordon; 3d Brigade, Gorman. 2d Divis