The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-02-23
BEAUREGARD ON SHERMAN


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Not Civilized warfare but Murder Prison
ersof war Marched OVcrn h"nd supposed
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NEW ORLEANS Fen. d. 1873.
NV DEAR SIR: | regret to fnd from
youi letter OF inquiry that Gen. Sher-
man seeks to establish one OF those
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which characterized his campaign through
GEORGIA and South Carolina by the easily
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feputed SANDER To "h'ch YOU eau my ot'eu''""'
namely. that in mis- employment Of Confederate
uri.orer4 dnttnp thnt canpaign to search for
and dig UP torredoes' he acted " only III retalia-
tIon " for like employment of Federal prisoners
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Of what he writes and spoiks was notorious
before the appearance Of his Memoirs.
Ir,.cu con recall M orcnsior ,vbep Federal
prisoners were or could have been employed as
alleged by that General, even had 1t bet leglti-
mate and not a shocking inbumanity to do so
that Is to say, don't believe Con. sherman can
spccfy, witl date, any place that came into the
possession of the Conftderntes during the war
whore torredoes were planted, which they had
to remove either by resort to the use OF Fcder al
prisoners or any other means lhcre certainly
WIS never suoh a place or occasion In the
ue""ftnent "h'ch commanded.
| lrtcOllcct distinctly, however, learning imme-
| di.tely after the I'm of Savannah that Gen.
! ca -, II, l., 4, $500, 49,. -,
to this extraordinary Use In his aDprOach to that
citv "a also after tho cau,urs Of Fnrt Nc Aliister
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"nu theieuI"h haue' lf"uEh any chi'i 81
81 II, Col G.. W. Brent. a rcunieition on our
| G mini isary Il Prisoner OF War. Con. Windcr,
employed ~ retaliation 'ould tho occasion
occur. ! furtner recolloct that Gen. Wnder
| answered hat under his ms ructiOus from the
Confederate War Department he could not
comply; also, that IN his belief prisoners coul !
not rsh'iulL be 50 ompl yed. -,
| time did 50 cmuluy his prisoners stands of
record at page 1874, vol. =, II his Memoirs:
ON she n december 1854, As rode alon- found
the column iurneJ oni 81 Inc man rsaG march n :
throu thc nclls Close ~ Of the corner, of the
| frnrH was CUP OF men standing around hancsomc
!Ouns one,r who foot ihd n,cn ~ an TO p c"s ny
iv , ~, te ,es 81 bs brr "y , sf"r ~ tbs
slE n E MN ,"e c' .i ,s A., 10 ,sr NJ, h. ts
had cSp kax TIC horse rU ana , e,
III wi OF the fc h from OF his legs. saw tho
tcrrti. wound sud nisde fnll inquiry Into the acis.
iheit hai ucch NO rS t"ucl ~ lha p.ll, ~ l,Lt 70
yS S-Tnng 81 IN, tos , nau
Gna hem nv Len 'E pr,d~n "n Tis sas n"t WAY bit
murder snd ii IN dc me verv angry. immediately or.
defrd Loo OF rebel prlsod.rs brought fr the
provost gusrd. wit picks end SHADES anu mpds then
iftd ~ 9f 90. a. alt hA te r1ai 80 g % t<pode or
qiyo'rd n oriir nd coma Ia Gy help ln i,ns 4
thar fsppin Al einlry along me road where II was
snp osc sunkcn tofpcdoes might expioae at each
ECU. out they found no other until near Fort
Mica lis or.
Here We have his own confession that he
pushod "A IN ,ss of I'm. r,ncd IN ~, nris0ners OF
'tr. ahead of MS column t.sxulode torpcdoes
which ne appre :. ndtd were uiaccd In the sp-
,ro chcs 10 "A strongly fortified POSITION, ms
| ntili,y 10 CORY which he gre .tiy doubted, a.
unv he seen from hif Nenuirs.
lie does no, there pretend that he acted In re-
! tllis ion al all. ont because 10 sputh. he wrs
nsY that me OF his officers nd ncon ia /,
wounded 10y tofped0 which had been PLANTED
| IN lis u IN without ewing wanting of dan.
GER" Sue,y his own narrative. win It's painful
lryity, giycs ~ bad hde 1, the affair as ten