The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1864-12-30


passed between the two opposing cavalry com.
muudcrs General KilpltrIcf, OF tho American
army, aud General Wheeler Of the R.1cl
simy
WHEELER TO NILrATWICE.
HAuquNkIIEs CAVALRY COEps, WAYNEs-
uOHoJ On, December ,, 1861 General j. hu-
patrick, Commanding Clyary, Un.tgu States
Army General Your letter Of yosterdty was
| received to-day. assure you Captain Horton
has and will receive every attention watch eau
be bestowed upon a wounded soldier. | Am
pleased % inform You that ho was doing well aud
out OF pain 20, last accounts.
Since the commencement Of this sad war
have USED uutirlug uNurtiOus 10 maintain in my
soldiers principles Of ClIYs.ry and true >OlIierly
honor; tucy have been taught O. dCsni,C aud
/ spuu the cl"ard'y instincts which induce low
/ en- to iIighteu, abuse, and rob deieuseless
/ women and children.
You ul.Udc 81 old associations aud promise to
/ return any kindness 10 Captain Horton. | havo
only to ask, for the sake Of these d associations
for your own sake, agd for the sake of the insti.
tuition where military honor was taught, that you
| will offer some protection TO the families neccs-
saIiy left duieuSee ess, and not leaYC them at tho
mercy OF brutal so.dicry.
! by % doinc not only will other advantages be
gained, but your name Will stand before the
world IN much more enNiape light. lC Is use
less for me to recount the atrocities committed
suffice Il 10 say that the history Of no war; how
/ ever tarharous, can tel of atrocities equal 10
those daily and hourly committed by your COM
mand Respectfully, General, your oOedon, ser
want, ). W. WHEELER,
Malor-GeneraI c. S. A.
WAYTsroRoUGH, Ga, December 6, lS6L-
/ Gen, raj Wheeler Dear Sir.--Capiain Horton,
| Of the Yankee Cavalry, died last night at my
| housc, and Mr., Michael De Lacy, Company b,
| 10Th Ohio Cavalry, United States Volunteers,
/ who was LETT as nurse is still as my house await
| ing orders from you. Yours,
EDmuNp BrvE.
/ HEAnaUARrERs CAVALRY CoRrs, Seventeen
/ Miles from Savannah, December II, lSJi-Gen-
/ ergl ]. KiIpatr.Ck, Commanding Cavalry United
, States Army.-General: Since writing the letter
/ herewith transmitted, / have received the in
closed note from DR.. Byne, announcing the death
| of Captain Horton. | have directed that CJrpO.
raj Lacy be sent ~ me that he may be transmit.
ted safely to your lines. l shall not consider hin
/ 4 prisoner of war, as he was not captured In
action. l also send herewith q book containing
writing by yourself, which presume you must
value, and which must nave been left by accident
at a house where you spent the night.
! While writing you, take the opportunity 10
suggest that we adopt system for exchanging
prisoners belonging TO our respective commands.
il certainly would aid us in retaining from
prison our friends, and would enable us boh to
! do great deal towards alleYauug the suiltrings
Of our officers and soldiers who are nov in
prison, or who may hereafter become prisoners
| OF war.
Should you assent TO this proposition | Will
| obtain the release Of such officers and men Of
your command as we have in prison. aud will
( send you o list Of the officers and men | desire
released.
will also agree upon the release of any Of my
officers and men, to release on similar parole u
| like number Of officers and men Of your com
| mand.
| Believing you will think, as l do, that oyery
I commanding officers duty Is 20 take advantage Of
every opportunity which presents itself to benc-
fit the condition of his men, trust 70 receive a
| favorableIespCnse. Respectfully, General, your
obedienJ servant D. w. " WHEELER
Major General c. S. A.
GENERAL EUPATuCK's REPLY.
HEADQUARTERS CAVALRY CoMHAND, RING's
| BRIDGE, Ga. Tuesday, December 10, 1864 -
/ Major General Wheeler, Commanding Cavalry
! Camp, q. S. .A.:-HOar communications OF De-
cember and IL have just been received In
reference 70 the depredations committed by my
command while marching through your country,
Twill simply say that the same Complaints have
been made by the citizens OF Georgia against
officers and men OF your own command, and call
your attention tO Governor Browns message on
that subject.
! II YOU cannot control your own men while
they are among their friends, You cannot expect
me % prevent nv men from committing depre-
dations upon their known eiemies--a people who
have BETRAYED them In the past, ana for whom
they have now no sympathy. Do not understand
by this that / have allowed my men 70 commit
depredatons along my line Of march. Such has
not been the case. An order has been issued 90
my command, authorizing and instructing my
officers 20 shoot upon the spot any soldier who
shall be caught committing any outrage.
War is terrible, and the people Of Georgia are
now being made 20 feel this in all its force. Had
the people Of the Confederate States, and espe
cially those Of South, Carolina, ever known and
felt what the people Of Georgia know and fee
now, no hostile sho. would ever have struck Tho
sacred walls of Sumter. / am willing and ready
now, as know my Government always has been
10 enter az once into any fair exchange Of prison
ers. ] will consult with Major. General Sherman
on the subject, and give you his decision at thu
earliest possible moment. Thanking you, Gene
raj, for your kind attention 10 one Of my officers
and for returning to me book highly priced,
am, very respectfully, your obedient servant
q. KILPkTRICK Brigadler. General U. s. A.