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Arkansas (Arkansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.9
d them as hostages to the end that they should be murdered in cold blood should any of his soldiers be killed by unknown persons, whom he designated as bushwackers. On the very day of the signing of the cartel for the exchange of prisoners between the Federal and Confederate authorities (July 22, 1862), the Federal Secretary of War, by order of Mr. Lincoln, issued an order to the military commanders in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas, directing them to seize and use any property belonging to the inhabitants of the Confederacy, which might be necessary or convenient for their several commands, and no provision was made for any compensation to the owners of private property thus seized and appropriated. This order was such a flagrant violation of the rules of civilized warfare—those adopted by the Federal government itself, as hereinbefore quoted—that the Confederate government sought to prevent it being carried into e
York, Pa. (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 1.9
istorical Papers, at pages 226 and 232, are shocking and disgraceful beyond description. Now, contrast with all these orders and all this conduct on the part of the Federal officers and soldiers, the address of General Early to the people of York, Pa., when our army invaded that State in the Gettysburg campaign; or, better still, the order of General Robert E. Lee to his army on that march. We will let that order speak for itself. Here it is: General orders no. 73. headquarters A. N.te property. That is barbarous. * * (See 2 Sherman's Mem., page 129.) No soldier in the Confederate army understood better than General Early the rules of civilized warfare, or was more opposed to vandalism in every form. His conduct at York, Pa., before referred to, and his address to the people of that town, show this in the most satisfactory manner. He says: I have abstained from burning the railroad buildings and carshops in your town because, after examination, I am satisfie
W. H. Hurkamp (search for this): chapter 1.9
ement on the first edition, and that he is now preparing an edition for use in High Schools and Colleges. We are also informed that the Rev. Henry Alexander White, D. D., of Washington and Lee University, has in press a history of the United States. Judging from Dr. White's Life of General Lee, we shall be disappointed if his book is not a good one. We hail the advent of these works by Southern authors with the greatest interest and pleasure, and we feel satisfied that they are the natural and logical outcome of the efforts made by these Confederate Camps to have the Truth taught to our children. As we said in our last report, so we repeat here: We ask for nothing more, and will be satisfied with nothing less. Fiat justicia ruat coelum. George L. Christian, Chairman. R. T. Barton, Carter R. Bishop, R. A. Brock, Rev. B. D. Tucker, John W. Daniel, James Mann, R. S. B. Smith, T. H. Edwards, W. H. Hurkamp, John W. Fulton, M. W. Hazlewood, Micajah woods, Thomas Ellett, Secretary.
Adam Harper (search for this): chapter 1.9
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
R. H. Milroy (search for this): chapter 1.9
ir 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 yearsGeneral 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 certain robberies which havailure 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 carre you notice, and upon any one failing to do so, you will burn their houses and shoot the men. By order of Brigadier-General R. H. Milroy. H. Kellog, Captain Commanding Post. Could the most brutal savagery of any age exceed the unreasoning cr
Robert Anderson (search for this): chapter 1.9
ot the men. By order of Brigadier-General R. H. Milroy. H. Kellog, Captain Commanding Post. Could the most brutal savagery of any age exceed the unreasoning cruelty of this order. (See 1 So. His. Society Papers, p. 231.) General Sherman's conduct. But we must go on. In the earlier part of the war, General William T. Sherman knew and recognized the rules adopted by his government for the conduct of its armies in the field; and so, on September 29, 1861, he wrote to General Robert Anderson, at Louisville, Ky., saying, among other things: I am sorry to report, that in spite of my orders and entreaties, our troops are committing depredations that will ruin our cause. Horses and wagons have been seized, cattle, sheep, hogs, chickens taken by our men, some of whom wander for miles around. I am doing, and have done, all in my power to stop this, but the men are badly disciplined and give little heed to my orders or those of their own regimental officers. (See S
W. P. Hamilton (search for this): chapter 1.9
matize the Burgesses of Virginia, and Sir Henry Clinton passionately denounced the patriotic women of New York. At the base of every statue which gratitude has erected to patriotism in America you will find Rebel written. The springing shaft at Bunker Hill, the modest shaft which tells where Warren fell, * * * the fortresses which line our coasts, the name of our country's capital, the very streets of our cities—all proclaim America's boundless debt to rebels; not only to rebels who, like Hamilton and Warren, gave their first love and service to the young Republic, but rebels who, like Franklin and Washington, broke their oath of allegiance to become rebels. And so, we say, let them call us what they may, the justice of our cause precludes fear on our part as to the final verdict of history. We can commit the principles for which we fought; we can confide the story of our deeds; we can consign the heritage of heroism we have bequeathed the world to posterity with the confident ex
Horace Greeley (search for this): chapter 1.9
d you will have to go first or last, it is desirable that nothing should be left to invite the enemy to return. Take all provisions, forage and stock wanted for the use of your command; such as cannot be consumed destroy.* * * And, says Mr. Horace Greeley: This order Sheridan, in returning down the Valley, executed to the letter. Whatever of grain and forage had escaped appropriation by one or another of the armies which had so frequently chased each other up and down this narrow but fert caused the author to be outlawed by our government and denominated the beast, but Lord Palmerston, in the British House of Commons, took occasion to be astonished to blush and to proclaim his deepest indignation at the tenor of that order. （2 Greeley, p. 100.) But we are sick of these recitals, and must conclude our report, already longer than we intended it should be. We, therefore, only allude to the orders found on the person of Dahlgren, to burn, sack and destroy the city of Richmond,
R. S. B. Smith (search for this): chapter 1.9
vement on the first edition, and that he is now preparing an edition for use in High Schools and Colleges. We are also informed that the Rev. Henry Alexander White, D. D., of Washington and Lee University, has in press a history of the United States. Judging from Dr. White's Life of General Lee, we shall be disappointed if his book is not a good one. We hail the advent of these works by Southern authors with the greatest interest and pleasure, and we feel satisfied that they are the natural and logical outcome of the efforts made by these Confederate Camps to have the Truth taught to our children. As we said in our last report, so we repeat here: We ask for nothing more, and will be satisfied with nothing less. Fiat justicia ruat coelum. George L. Christian, Chairman. R. T. Barton, Carter R. Bishop, R. A. Brock, Rev. B. D. Tucker, John W. Daniel, James Mann, R. S. B. Smith, T. H. Edwards, W. H. Hurkamp, John W. Fulton, M. W. Hazlewood, Micajah woods, Thomas Ellett, Secretary.
Abraham Lincoln (search for this): chapter 1.9
and educated soldier, recognized these principles from the beginning, and acted on them. On July 7, 1862, he wrote to Mr. Lincoln from Harrison's Landing, saying, among other things: This rebellion has assumed the character of a war; as such ld seem, stimulated in an opposite course by his suggestions, we find that in two weeks from the date of his letter to Mr. Lincoln, just quoted—viz: on July 20, 1862—that General John Pope, commandng the Army of Virginia, issued the following order:f prisoners between the Federal and Confederate authorities (July 22, 1862), the Federal Secretary of War, by order of Mr. Lincoln, issued an order to the military commanders in Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louist it be distinctly borne in mind, that the order of the Federal Secretary of War was issued by order of the President, Mr. Lincoln, and if he ever rebuked Pope or Steinwehr, or any of the others, to whom we shall hereafter refer, for their outrages
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