to Stockton Bates

Allison, William A., fl. 1861-1865 to Stockton Bates

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GLC#
GLC03523.23.32-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
14 March 1864
Author/Creator
Allison, William A., fl. 1861-1865
Title
to Stockton Bates
Place Written
Brandy Station, Virginia
Pagination
4 p. : Height: 19.3 cm, Width: 23.3 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Complains about recent useless parades and reviews, preliminary to reorganization of the army into three corps, similar to Lee's army, under Sedgwick, Hancock, and a third General. Notes malcontent, particularly with the Army of the Potomac. Kilpatrick's men have ravaged the countryside, stealing, burning, and shooting horses. "I am not one of those who thinks that our armies should destroy indiscriminately. Such destruction does not tend to subdue rebels, it enrages them the more."

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