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Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 4: the call for troops. (search)
fired, and then other shots, and one man in the front section fell dead. Thereupon the officer in command gave the order to fire. Then, when the way was partially cleared, the movement was increased to quick step. Up to this time the mob evidently thought that the troops had no pistols and no ammunition in their guns. The firing finally became general. Six of our men were killed and thirty were wounded. The band, which was in the rear, had been cut off when the troops arrived at Camden station. The first intimation that Colonel Jones received of trouble of any sort was by a man reporting to a government official who stood beside him, that there was trouble with the troops. The next report was that the troops were firing upon the citizens; and immediately the head of the attacked column appeared at the station. The first inclination in Colonel Jones' mind was to form his men and march out into the square adjoining the station, which was now filled with an infuriated mob, a