The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1901-10-27

E tuta oIueIFlEO1IlS lie :,
6 ties. al once sent commsinlc 1,'l 3, 8 -
6 THE General Commanding the Unsted
States Army at shington, -. IN w men,
referring to these orders Of Pope civ
the Federal War Department, he sai'u'
Some or the military authorities u
the United States, seem to suEpose thal
s their end will be better attained "a
savage war, IN which no quarter IS U
be gwen and no age or sex will be spar
ed, than by such hostilities as are alone
recognized to be in modern times. we
find ourselves driven by our enemies by
steady progress towards q practice which
we abhor, and which we are vainly strug-
Cling to avoid. -.
He then says:
Under these circumstances. this Gov
eminent has issued the accompanying
general order Chat of August l, 1902,
which am directed by the President to
transmit to you. recognizing =Major-Gen-
eral Pope and his commissioned officers
to be in d position which they have chos-
en- for themselves-that OF robbers and
ururderers-and not that of public enc
mics, entitled, if captured, to be treated
as prisoners OF war.
At this day. it may be safely said that
there are few, any either at the North
or in tn South, who willtquestion citl.er
that General Lee knew the rules Of civil.
lZcd Warfare. OF lIdL WOLiIO LILY W 0s-
nounced those who were guilty Of violat-
ing these rules as robbers and murder
ers'' had they not been justly entitled to
this distinctions. And let it be distinctly
borne in mind, that the order of the Fed
real Secretary OF War was issued by
order of the President, Mr.. Lincoln, and
il he ever rebulled Pope or Steinwehr.
or any of the others. to whom we shall
hereafter refer for their outrages and
O ~,
ord. as far as we can find it, is silent on
that subject.
GENERAL MILROY'S ORDER
On. tho 2Sth November, 1862. General r.
II. Nilroy had an order sent to Mr.. Adam
Harper, a man 81 years old and a Grip
ple-one who had served as a soldier in
the war of 1872, and who was a son OF
a Revolutionary soldier Who haG served
throughout that war-which was as fol-
lows:
MIR. Adam Harper:
"Sir-In consequence of certain rob-
berries which have been committed on
Union citizens OF this county by bands of
glierillas YOU are hereby asses sec 20
the amount (s2S5) two hundred and eighty
five dollars. to make good their losses;
and upon Your failure to comply with
The above assessment by the. Sth day of
December. the following orGer has been
issued to me by General r. II. Nllroy:
You are to burn their houses, stlze
ALI their cattle. and shoot them gu
will be sure that you strictly carry cut
this order. You will inform the inhapl-
tants for ten or fifteen miles around
YOUR camp, on all the roads approaching
the town upon which the enemy may ar
proach, that they must dash III ana SiNe
you notice and upon any one failing 10
do SO you will burn their houses ana
shoot the men.
"I3y order Of Brigadier-General r. II.
Miroy.
"H. Kellog,
captain Comma afi1S lost.
Could the most hruta! savagery Of any
aee exceed the tinreasoning cruelty OF Ems
order? (See South. His. Society Papers,
p. 231.)
GENERAL SHERMhN'S EOND.-fT
But we must so on. In the aa.is2r
rart of the war. General William i.
Sherman knew and recognized the rEies
adopted by his Government for the con-
duct OF its armies in the field; and SO.
on September 60 1861, he wrote TO Cen
eral Robert Anderson, at Louisville, i>y.'
saying among other things:
II am sorry to report that. III spite III
my orders and entreaties. our troops are
committing depredations that Will rum
our cause. Horses and wagons nave
been seized. cattle. sheep, hogs "hlchehs
taken by our men, some OF Whom Ntshder
for miles around. ! am DONG ana hhNc
done all in my power to stop this. rNt
the men are BADLY disciplined ana SiEe
little heed to my orders or those Of Their
own regimental officers
(See Sherman's Raid by Boyntonti rage
80
Later on General Sherman SAID War
is hell If we could record mere al
the testimony in our possession from the
neople of Georgia and South Carolina
who had the misfortune to I'VE along me
line OF his famous march to the sea,
during nearly the whole length of which.
he was warning against, and doact'atlns
on women, children, 2r"al-s. oid
men and other non-co1.batants Gs
to which he wrote IN ms lele-
gram to Grant, Il can make
this march and make Georgia noWi'
Bovnton, page 1870. it would snow 'nat
he certainly contributed all III MS JoWer
to make war hell. as ne s"rIed IL
and has Justly earned the Gisrln. ION -
1,ei,,r called the ruling gan;us of It's
c.'n. ilon.
INFAMOUS MARCH.
We will first let General sherman him
self Tell what was done by him ana ms
men on thu famous, or rather, infamous.
march. He says Of it in his Official re-
port:
eve consumed the corn and fodder in
the region. of country thirty miles on
either side Of a. line from Atlanta to Sa-
yannah; also the sweet potatoes, hogs,
sheen and poultry, and carried off more
than ten thousand horses and mules.
estimate the damage done to the State
OF Georgia at one hundred million dol
lars. at least twenty millions of which
eilured to our benefit, and the remainder
MAS simply waste and destruction
But we will introduce other witnesses,
ana these some of his own soldiers who
accon,ranied him Oh his march. Captain
Daniel Oakley, Of the Second Regiment,
sachusetts Volunteers, in Battles and
Leaders, says this:
at was sad to see the wallton destruc-
ton OF property which was the work of
.bummers who were maraudng through
the country, committing every sort OF
outrage There was no restraint except
with the column or the regular foraginS
oarties. The country was necessarily
left to take care OF itself and become
a bowling waste. The Coffee Coolers,
of the Army of the Potomac We're arch
angels compared TO our .bummers.' who
often fell to the tender 1nercies OF Wheel
er,s cavalry! and were never heard OF
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