Larry Purtell
Little Meadows, PA, USA
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 | | Pennsylvania and the Rebel Invasion. | | Posted on: 7/26/2010 11:10:18 AM |
Pennsylvania and the Rebel Invasion.
Published: July 26, 1863
NEW-YORK, Friday, July 24, 1863.
To the Editor of the New-York Times:
Some controversy being had upon the subject of the conduct of the inhabitants of the Pennsylvania border toward our troops who went forth to defend them, let me say that I have it from the lips of one of the members of the Seventy-first regiment, a gentleman in every respect, that it is absolutely true that the citizens of Harrisburgh charged $1 50 for a loaf of bread, $1 for a candle, 50 cents for a canteen full of water, and for other articles of necessity in like proprotion. It is hardly necessary to add that the members of said regiment left that city, and shook off the dust off their feet against it with feelings of a very decided character.
Justice to your correspondent demands that these facts be made public. The record is sufficiently scandalous, but let those who were the cause of complaint bear the burden. FIAT JUSTITIA.
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