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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 5. (ed. Frank Moore) 5 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1862., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 28, 1862., [Electronic resource], article 9 (search)
ared that he would respect private property. But his men failed to do it, and he failed to make them do it when his attention was called to their misdemeanors. The soldiery stole horses by the wholesale. It is a low estimate to say that Marion county had 250 horses stolen. They wanted shoes and took $150 worth from Edmonds & Brother. Indeed, whenever they wanted anything they went and took it — sometimes proffering Confederate scrip as pay. They took the express wagon and pressed Uncle Ben. Spalding's buggy into service. Indeed, they did anything but respect private property. His men were respectful to ladies, and not generally insulting to citizens. They seemed to be of that class to which we apply the term "sporting gentlemen." Although the men profess to be Kentuckians. I found that they had men from all the Southern States with them. A vast minority of them were Kentuckians. He at first refused to parole the citizen and Home Guard prisoners, denouncing them as guerr