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columns, under Kilpatrick, Dahlgren and Custer, about the last of February, 1864, having Richmond for its objective, with the intention to sack and burn the city and kill the prominent Confederate officials.
The history of the expedition is familiar.
I did not come into personal contact with it in any way, and it cannot therefore be said to fall within the domain of reminiscence.
If, however, the generally-accepted version of the famous “Dahlgren orders” be correct,--which would seem to be beyond question,--then it would be mild characterization to term them “infamous!”
It is a pleasure in this connection to note that General Lee's adjutant general has put on record the statement that “The disclaimer of General Meade was most candid and emphatic.”
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