[Celtic Cross]

Foraging in enemy country is not necessarily thieving. The confederates foraged in union territory too, FYI.

[equalitybeforethelaw]

“Foraging in enemy country is not necessarily thieving. The confederates foraged in union territory too, FYI.”

I believe if you do your research you will find that the Confederate Armies operating in the east (PA and MD) were scrupulous in issuing chits for supplies sequestered. You will not find the Confederate Army burning barns, homes and looting the family of all precious metals. That distinction was earned by the Union Army in the coastal Carolinas, Shenendoah, and Georgia. It was in fact a direct order to do so by Union Generals. Once again, it is what it was.

[Pyro7480]

Yes. Should the descendants of families of Maryland and southern Pennsylvania ask reparations for Confederate “foraging”?

[fatboy]

Celtic Cross said: Foraging in enemy country is not necessarily thieving. The confederates foraged in union territory too, FYI.

Exactly right. And if anyone disagrees, ask this simple question: What was Heth's division doing on the Chambersburg Pike west of Gettysburg, June 30, 1863?

In his own words "On the morning of June 30, I ordered Brigadier-General Pettigrew to take his brigade to Gettysburg, search the town for army supplies (shoes especially), and return the same day.General Heth CSA