"McClellan waged war like a gentleman; and if blackguards are to be allowed to carry fire and sword through the land they will soon find it is a game that two can play at, and matters will become horribly embittered." "We shall never do that," Vincent said.

"Our generals are all gentlemen, and Lee and Jackson and many others are true Christians as well as true soldiers, and I am sure they will never countenance that on our side, whatever the Northerners may do.

We are ready to fight the hordes of Yankees and their hired soldiers as often as they advance against us, but I am sure that none of us would fire a homestead or ill-treat defenseless men and women.

It is a scandal that such brutalities are committed by the ruffians who call themselves Southerners.

The guerrillas in Missouri and Tennessee are equally bad, whether on our side or the other, and if I were the President I would send down a couple of regiments, and hunt down the fellows who bring dishonor on our cause.