Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906 [Draft letter regarding recent conflict between soldiers and citizens]

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GLC#
GLC01931
Type
Letters
Date
circa 1864
Author/Creator
Wheeler, Joseph, 1836-1906
Title
[Draft letter regarding recent conflict between soldiers and citizens]
Place Written
s.l.
Pagination
3 p. : Height: 22.4 cm, Width: 17.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Creator and circa year previously inferred. Reports that the previous day, Colonel Dibrill had informed Wheeler's adjutant that a man near Dibrill's camp had two hundred bushels of corn that he refused to sell. Wheeler instructed Dibrill to take some of the corn, and a fight ensued. One soldier was wounded from a shot, and the citizens guarding the corn finally surrendered. Wheeler ordered the citizens arrested, and is investigating the incident. Remarks, "I exceedingly regret this occurrence as my command was getting along remarkably well and all the citizens in the neighborhood of their camps were expressing themselves as delighted with their conduct."

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