Brigands

M E Wolf

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The brigand is, in military language, the soldier who detaches himself from his troop or command and commits robbery, murder, and other crimes, and subjects himself to the awful punishment of death, even at the hands of his own Government, but more surely at those of the enemy.

REFERENCE:
O.R.-- SERIES I--VOLUME XXXIV/2 [S# 62]
UNION CORRESPONDENCE, ORDERS, AND RETURNS RELATING TO OPERATIONS IN LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI STATES AND TERRITORIES, FROM JANUARY 1, 1864, TO MARCH 31, 1864.--#3
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS,
Batesville, Ark., January 12, 1864.
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GENERAL ORDERS No. 6.
HDQRS. DIST. NORTHEASTERN ARKANSAS,
Batesville, Ark., January 11, 1864.
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Article III
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By order of R. R. Livingston, Colonel First Nebraska Cavalry, commanding district:
H. C. FILLEBROWN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
 

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