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Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863 to Peter B. Rathbone

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04703.11 Author/Creator: Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863 Place Written: New Orleans, Louisiana Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 14 July 1863 Pagination: 6 p. : Order a Copy

Writing from the Marine Hospital, Dederer, with the New York Volunteer Regiment notes the success of Grant at Vicksburg. His opinion of pardoning rebel soldiers: "Gen'l Butler is the damned'st Scoundrel in the whole Federal Army, but it needs such a man to deal with these pretended senior men; men who just as soon as our backs are turned render all the possible aid and comfort to these small armies or bands of Guerrillas. I would not allow so many of them to take the oath, as but few of them regard it as all binding, and it only furnishes them with a cloak by which they hide their disloyalty."

Dederer, N. A., fl. 1862-1863
Rathbone, Peter B., fl. 1862-1863

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