Raynor HCA 2013-07
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2013
War-date Confederate broadside issued “By command of Major-Gen. Bragg.” 1pp. 6”x10”, Head Quarters, 2nd Grand Division, Army of the Mississippi, Bethel, Tennessee, March 16, 1862, being General Orders No. 9, and reads “With a degree of mortification and humiliation he has never before felt, the Major-General Commanding has to denounce acts of pillage, plunder, and destruction of the private property of our own citizens, by a portion of the troops of this command, which bring disgrace upon our own arms, and, if not checked, will assuredly entail disaster upon our cause. Men capable of such acts may swell our numbers, but will never add strength to our armies. They would do us less harm by serving in the ranks of the enemy, and, if not prepare to abandon the viscious habits they have unfortunately contracted, had better lay down their arms and retire. Gallant men, not thus demoralized, stand ready to use them, and will do so with that firm reliance on an overruling Providence which a consciousness of right can alone give. The first step towards achieving success is to deserve it. Commanders of all grades will be held responsible for the suppression of this great crime. Full compensation will, in all instances, be made from the pay of the offenders; and where this fails in its object, summary punishment will be inflicted. The General will not hesitate to order the death-penalty where it may be necessary, and will approve its execution by subordinates where milder measures fail...” Docketed on verso. Fine condition.
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