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The Daily Dispatch: June 15, 1861., [Electronic resource], Federal outrages in Alexandria. (search)
aped from the vicinity of the "vandals" now occupying Alexandria, I cannot forbear giving you a few items with regard to their conduct and actions there, hoping. it will not prove uninteresting. Soon after the Federal troops took possession, Col. Wilcox, who by the death of Ellsworth was left commander of the whole forces, issued a famous proclamation, offering protection to all private property belonging to peaceful citizens, and declaring his intention only to be the "putting down of all un was sacred from their intrusion — stores were broken into and valuable property stolen. People actually buried their silver, their flags and arms, rather than let them fall into the hands of these ruffians Finally they became so lawless that Col. Wilcox thought it advisable to move them out of town. Accordingly. they were encamped on "Shuter's Hill," a beautiful grove about a mile from Alexandria, and the property of Mr. Robert Ashby. The Colonel coolly invited Mrs. A. to leave her house an