Yankee Chaplain Caught Looting

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Brev. Brig. Gen'l
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Laurinburg NC
“Many years after the war, Dr. Joseph G.D. Hamilton happened to run across Hoke and his son-in-law at a restaurant in Raleigh. As the men sat together on the porch before dinner, Hoke rested quietly, gazing off in the distance.

In a tone designed not to arouse the reticent old soldier, Hamilton began to relate a newspaper story about an event that had occurred after the surrender of Plymouth. A Federal chaplain who had been denied officer’s privileges and “his” library called on Hoke, who responded favorably to his pleas.

After the chaplain left, the general noticed two large wooden boxes. When he enquired about the contents, a soldier responded, “They are the books of that Yankee chaplain.”

Hoke noticed that the top of one of the boxes was broken, so he removed a book. It bore the bookplate of Josiah Collins of nearby Somerset Place in Washington County. When the boxes were torn open, it was seen that all the books were likewise marked.

The chaplain was immediately summoned to Hoke’s headquarters, where the general dressed him down and stripped him of all privileges.”

Daniel W. Barefoot, Robert F. Hoke, Lee's Modest General, p. 153.
 
Heck it's said that the one partisan killed at Lawrence in 1863 had been a Baptist Minister before joining the "fight" he did his of looting and tiplins the tipling caused him to stay behind and that got him killed. Guess not all Men of God are equal.
 
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