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of fic ial ly rep ort ed that your fo ra gin g pa rti eswere mu rde redaft er cap ture ,and you go on to sa y that you had 'or der eda sim ila r numb er of pris oners' in your hand s'to be dis pos edof in like mann er. ' That is to sa y, you ha ve ord ere d a num ber of Confeder ate sol die rs to be 'murder ed ' . . . In ref ere nceto the state ­ ment you made reg ardin gthe dea th of your for agers ,I have onl y to say tha t I know no thi ngof it, that no ord ers (w er e) give n by me au tho riz ing the ki lli ng of pri son ersaf te rcaptur e. . . "I n con clu sio n,I have on ly to reques t tha t wh ene ver you ha ve any of my me n 'di spo sedof ' or 'murd ere d,'for the terms appe ar to be syn onymou swith you , you wil l let me he ar of it, in ord er that I ma y kno w what ac tio n to take in the ma tter . In the me an tim eI shall ho ld fif ty- sixof you r men as ho sta ge sfor thos e you have ord ere d to be ex ecu ted . "I am your s," (S ig ne d) Wad eHam pto n Lie ute nan t Ge ne ral Gen era l Be auregard and the Con fede rate Con gre ss sus tai ned Gen eral Hamp ton 'sde­ cision . Fo rtuna tely ,Gen eral She rman di d not car ry out hi s thre at. ial y te ging ties red , e r er ' s ed er.' , d ate rs ered' . . nce - ding ers, ing e) n t rizing l g ers a e .. l sion, l t ver sed P ered,' y ous , l . ti e l -six ges d ted. s,'' ned) W e pton t a t r l l rate Co es i e l to 's - . t nately, G l a

For ce, C. T . A." and is dat ed Feb . 24,18 65 , a week afte r the Fed era l occ upati on of Columbi a : 8 "G en er al : It is offi ciallyrep orte d to me that our for ag ing par ties are murde red aft er cap ture and lab elle d 'Death to Al l Forage rs.' (Th ere is) one ins tan ce of a lieuten ant andsev en men ne ar Chester- vill e, and ano ther of twen ty nea r a rav ine eig ht y rods from the ma in roa d, about thre e mi les from Fea ste rvi lle. I have ordereda sim ilar num berof pri son ersin our han ds to be dis pos ed of in lik e m a n n er.. "I me rely asse rt our wa r rig ht to for age , and my reso lve to protect an y for age rsto the ext ent of lif e for lif e. " / am , wi th re sp ect, your ob ed ient ser vant," 9 (S ig ne d) W .T . Sh erm an Majo r Ge nera l,U .S .A . General Hamp ton 'srep ly, equally tart, is not qu ite as cour teo us: 10 "Gen era l (S he rm an ): Yo ur communi­ cat ion of the 24th inst ant rea che d me tod ay. In it you stat e that it ha s been g Cf . o p. ci t. 'Emp hasisadde d. 1 0 C f. o p. ci t. ." and . 4, , l ion ia: 8 eral: of icially t d to me ing ties re ll l rs.' ce t and • , i y i road, l t rville. ers s e an er ... l ge, l rs . I , t ect, i t servant," ed) . . er an j r l, . .A. to 's l , l i teous: 10 eral r an): ni- i d . B / i . 9 E asis 10 C . i . c ,

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No Roomin Inn A Ne gr owalked int o a hig h-t one dchurch in Georgia an d ask ed the rec tor : "S ir ,ma y I join you r ch ur ch ?" "My goo d ma n," rep lied the dip lomaticmin iste r,"whe redo you liv e? " "On the oth er sid e of the tra cks ,"answer ed the Ne gr o. "T hendon 't you thi nk ,"sa id the min iste r,"th at it would be wis e for you to joi n a chu rch in you r own ne igh bo rh oo d? " Th e Ne gro ins isted tha t the hig h-to ned chu rch wa sthe chur ch of hi s choic e, so the min iste rsta lled him with : "Well , sup pos eyou go hom e and pray about thi s imp orta ntste p." Home the Neg ro wen t an d pra yed . A week late r he came back to the rect or and sa id :"S ir, I wen t home and pra yed to the Lord , as you told me. I ask ed Hi m how I cou ld ge t int o thi s chu rch , and He app ear edto me and sa id, 'Why do you ask Me how to ge t int o that chur ch? Wh y, man, for 20 ye ar sI'v e bee n try ing to get int o that chu rch and I haven 't suc cee dedyet .'" o o ed : "Sir, c ?" , li l atic i r, re " ,'' ed o. n ," i r, orho d?" ned as t c i e, i r l : "Well, se e t '' ro y . e i : " i , , . l , ed i , ch? , , s i 't

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