. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . POST IIOSIIIAL AND WAIiOX-SHCIl AT KAXAWllA ERIDUE. FROM A PIIOTOGEAPH. 142 MCCLELLAN IN IVEST I^ GAULEY BRIDGE &V1CINITY. might aid the enemy. This seemedunsatisfactoiy, and they intimated thatthey expected to be taken into mymess, and to be announced as volun-teer aides with militaiy rank. They■were told that militaiy position orrank could only be given by authoritymuch higher than mine, and that theycould be more honestly independentif free from personal o
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . POST IIOSIIIAL AND WAIiOX-SHCIl AT KAXAWllA ERIDUE. FROM A PIIOTOGEAPH. 142 MCCLELLAN IN IVEST I^ GAULEY BRIDGE &V1CINITY. might aid the enemy. This seemedunsatisfactoiy, and they intimated thatthey expected to be taken into mymess, and to be announced as volun-teer aides with militaiy rank. They■were told that militaiy position orrank could only be given by authoritymuch higher than mine, and that theycould be more honestly independentif free from personal obligation andfrom temptation to repay favors withflattery. My onlj* purpose was to putthe matter upon the foundation ofpublic right and of mutual self-re-spect. The day before we reachedGauley Bridge they opened the matteragain to my adjutant-general, l>ut wereinformed that I had decided it upona principle by which I meant to abide. Their reply was, Very well; GreneralCox thinks he can get along without us. We will show him. TVe will writehim down ! They left the cami) the same evening and wrote letters to thekpapers, describing the army as a rabble of ruffians, bui-ning houses, ravishingwomen, robbing and destrojing
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