[WhiskeyPapa]

On January 11, 1861 one such visit was paid to a farm in southern Tennessee. Brothers William and Thomas Sanders and neighbor LeRoy Moore, all three of them civilian farmers, had been named as confederate friendly on union lists. Troops were dispatched there for information on nearby confederate forces with orders to execute the men if they refused. The confederate forces in the area were small in number and were being sought for execution themselves - not for any crime, but for simply being confederates and for skirmishing with the supply lines.

Sherman had no control over Milroy's operations. This does appear to be new information. We'll see if it holds up.

Walt

[GOPcapitalist]

Sherman had no control over Milroy's operations.

Sure he did. Milroy was an underling of the attachment Sherman sent to guard his supply lines by Thomas. You said Sherman's orders and his men. Sherman's supply lines were being patrolled by his orders and those patrolling it were ordered there by him as his men.

This does appear to be new information. We'll see if it holds up.

Check it out if you like. I gave you all the sources. And as I said, I'll gladly transcribe the documents once I get them from the national archives.