To Commanders of the different Corps constituting Indian Expedition:
Sirs: In military as well as civil affairs great and violent wrongs need speedy and certain remedies. The time had arrived, in my judgment, in the history of this expedition when the greatest wrong ever perpetrated upon any troops was about
Footnote 366: [(return)]
Consider, for example, Blunt's orders of July 14 [Official Records, vol. xiii, 472].
Footnote 367: [(return)]
Blunt to Weer, July 3, 1862, ibid., 461.
Footnote 368: [(return)]
Weer to Moonlight, July 2, 1862, ibid.
Footnote 369: [(return)]
As such the Indian agents regarded it. See their communication on the subject, July 19, 1862, ibid., 478.
Footnote 370: [(return)]
ibid., 475-476.
Footnote 371: [(return)]
Ibid., 484-485.
to fall with crushing weight upon the noble men composing the command. Some one must act, and that at once, or starvation and capture were the imminent hazards that looked us in the face.