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Posted on 10/12/2022 4:42:46 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
WASHINGTON, Saturday, Oct. 11 -- 10 P.M.
Gen. McClellan telegraphed to the War Office to-day that not one of the rebels in Pennsylvania should return into Virginia.
CARLISLE, Saturday, Oct. 11.
From the most reliable sources I learn that the cavalry under command of STEWART reached Chambersburgh about 6 o'clock Friday evening. They crossed the Potomac below Hancock, some 40 miles off, proceeding by the way of Mercersburgh and Campbellstown to Chambersburgh.
About eight hundred entered the town, the residue remaining a mile outside. A portion of the latter divided -- one part going toward Greencastle, taking with them their artillery; the other remaining in camp near by all night.
A person directly from William sport to-day, says that we lost sixty men in the action which occurred near Hancock, when the rebels crossed the river Cox's Brigade, or part of it, were the force probably engaged, as they were ordered in that direction several days ago.
During the night and in the morning they helped themselves to boots, shoes, and clothing, which they said they much needed, out of warehouse stores, giving, in some instances, Confederate notes in payment.
This morning at 8 o'clock they set fire to all the buildings of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company, which were utterly consumed, with four second class engines -- all the other engines of the Company having been run off for safety.
Two warehouses, containing military stores belonging to the State, and placed there on the occasion of the former rebel raid, were also consumed.
The burning of these buildings, which contained shells, will account for the supposition which arose that firing had been heard near Chambersburgh.
The conflagration being completed, the three bodies of cavalry reunited and took the road south towards Gettysburgh, apparently on their
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That quote aged like milk.
The Raid into Pennsylvania: Gen. McClellan Promises that not a Rebel Shall Return into Virginia – 2-3
The Battle at Perryville, Ky.: Gen. Buell’s Report to Gen. Halleck – 3-4
The War in Missouri: Gen. Jim Lane’s Negro Brigade Attempt a Raid into Missouri – 4
News from Washington: Our Special Washington Dispatches – 4-5
Patriotic Work for Women – 5
Editorial: The Onward Movement in the Southwest – 5-6
Editorial: Barbarism of the Rebels – The Emancipation Proclamation – 6
Editorial: Triumphs of American Skill – 6-7
The Canardia Granda-Flora: Interesting History of the Plant – 7
This was an important promise by McClellan - since he failed to keep it, Lincoln got fed up and replaced him as General of the Army of the Potomac.
"Gen. Jim Lane's Negro Brigade" was not a brigade, not even a regiment, though it will become a full regiment in 1863.
As of "today" it's not yet mustered, at most a Union battalion of six companies, will become the first colored unit to see combat, a year before the 54th Massachusetts.
The First Kansas Colored Infantry Regiment will suffer 344 died during the war, more than any other Kansas unit.
It was an interesting month. A couple of instances are recorded where rebs forced local merchants to trade their well-worn hats and other clothing items for newer models.
Their commanding officers forced them to return and either trade back or pay them the fair market value for the difference.
Quite the contrast to how Sherman's army treated the civilians in Georgia the following year.
Several ideas were proposed in the Confederate congress to punish the Union for Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
But "Fair market value" paid in Confederate currency was becoming increasingly a bad joke:
If McClellan were alive today he would paraded around on mass media as an “expert”.
;-)
The parole basically consisted of surrendering their arms, giving their name and other identification information to their captors and signing a document pledging not to take up arms again under penalty of death by firing squad. They would then get a travel document to return home and, were possible, rail transportation to the front.
Both sides honored the paroles at first. But, among other things, it became an honorable way to desert.
But “Fair market value” paid in Confederate currency was becoming increasingly a bad joke:
Confederate money is back but we call them Bidenbucks.
LOL! Right.
When I was a boy a monthly income of $200 per month was considered pretty good for a young guy.
Today's equivalent is roughly $5,000 per month, meaning the US dollar has lost 96% of its value over the years.
Not all of that is Democrats' fault, but Democrat Presidents Carter and Biden have presided over the highest inflation rates since 1960.
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