The Anderson House This one is tricky because both sides have valid points I need to hunt down references to support it but I undestand the Southern argument that the house was in such a commanding position that it really was not suitable as a hospital and putting a hospital flag on it to prevent if from being used that way was unacceptable On the other hand the lack of attention to defending it suggests that Mulligan s intentions were that it would be sufficiently in the rear that it would be a good site My personal interpretation is that he or someone before him miscalculated and assumed that there would not be any force chosing to place itself between there and the river At any rate I see both sides as having merit Similarly when it was taken the Federals who retook it had been instructed to consider those holding it in violation of the Laws of War The MSG inside didn t just up and surrender they were overwhelmed and compelled to surrender after inflicting considerable casualties Again both points of view have some validity Interestingly those who executed the men in the hospital don t seem to have been singled out and executed by the MSG following the battle That is the sort of outcome I would have expected if the MSG commanders felt strongly in the right on this