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The Daily Dispatch: March 26, 1864., [Electronic resource], Two extracts from revolutionary History. (search)
Two extracts from revolutionary History.
The war carried on by Great Britain against the colonies during the Revolution was waged for subjugation.
The present war, waged by the Yankees against independent States, is for the same object.
The original manuscript order book of Lord Cornwallis is in the possession of a gentleman near Fayetteville, N. C., and the following extracts from it are published to show the difference between the conduct of the Commanding Generals of the British army in the seventeenth and the Yankee army in the nineteenth centuries:
Headq'rs Cantear's Plantation,2d Feb'y, 1781.
Orders--Lord Cornwallis is highly displeased that several houses were set on fire during the march this day — a disgrace to the army — and that he will punish with the utmost severity any person or persons who shall be found guilty of committing so disgraceful an outrage.
His lordship requests the commanding officers of corps will endeavor to find out the persons who set fi