Wade, B.F., 1800-1878 Conduct of the war
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.234 Author/Creator: Wade, B.F., 1800-1878 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Pamphlet Date: 1862 Pagination: 40 p. : Height: 22.5 cm, Width: 14.5 cm Order a Copy
Senate report from the "joint committee on the conduct of the present war" regarding Confederate indiscretions at Manassas. Committee was directed to "Collect evidence with regard to the barbarous treatment by the rebels, at Manassas, of the remains of officers and soldiers...and... whether the Indian savages have been employed by the rebels, in their military service." Contains the witness testimony of soldiers, surgeons, and officials, describing numerous atrocities committed by rebels against dead and wounded soldiers. Wade's summary states "Inhumanity to the living has been the leading trait of the rebel leaders; but it was reserved for your committee to disclose as a concerted system their insults to the wounded, and their mutilation and desecration of the gallant dead." Says no information has yet been gathered on whether the Indians are fighting with the Confederates. The battle mentioned is First Manassas or First Bull Run.
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