To Have Rebelled
Against The Stars And Stripes Seems To A Northern Man To Be A Crime
Putting The Criminal
Altogether out of all courts - a crime which
should have armed the hands of all men against him, as the
Hands of
all men are armed at a dog that is mad, or a tiger that has escaped
from its keeper. It is singular that such a people, a people that
has founded itself on rebellion, should have such a horror of
rebellion; but, as far as my observation may have enabled me to read
their feelings rightly, I do believe that it has been as sincere as
it is irrational.
We were out riding early on the morning of the second day of our
sojourn in the camp, and met the division of General Mitchell, a
detachment of General Buell's army, which had been in camp between
the Green River and Louisville, going forward to the bridge which
was then being prepared for their passage. This division consisted
of about 12,000 men, and the road was crowded throughout the whole
day with them and their wagons. We first passed a regiment of
cavalry, which appeared to be endless. Their cavalry regiments are,
in general, more numerous than those of the infantry, and on this
occasion we saw, I believe, about 1200 men pass by us. Their horses
were strong and serviceable, and the men were stout and in good
health; but the general appearance of everything about them was
rough and dirty.
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