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haversacks, canteens, blankets, overcoats, indiarubber cloths, muskets, equipments, and all the debris of a routed army.
A report subsequently made by a Committee of the Federal Congress, of which Senator Wade was chairman, gave a most preposterous account of “Rebel atrocities” committed upon the dead and wounded of the Federal army after the battle.
I am able to say, from my personal knowledge, that its statements are false, and the Federal surgeons, left with the wounded, could bear testimony to their falsehood.
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