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*Later Gorman was appointed Brigadier General. The story of the whipping reached the United States Senate and he was in a fair way to fail of confirmation. The story had gotten into the papers. But Gorman got the Chaplain to write a flat denial of it to the New York Tribune. Not long afterwards his church made a Bishop of him and we got rid of him. He was a useless old dude any way. | |||
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18 Monday Oct. 7th I was on guard to day and may I never have such guard duty to do again. Three negroes were arrested for selling Whiskey. Two of them were tied up to a post and kept standing in one position for four hours. They were then stripped and one received ten the other twenty lashes on their bare backs. Jake Chaffee another solder of Co. B. and myself were ordered to stand and shoot them in case they should attempt to run. But I made up my mind that I would sooner shoot the infernal Tyrant who ordered in than harm one hair of those poor ignorant creatures. This tyrant was Old Gorman * "Oh why has man the will and power to make his fellow mourn" It rained again to day and a disagreeable time I had of it.
- Later Gorman was appointed Brigadier General. The story of the whipping reached the United States Senate and he was in a fair way to fail of confirmation. The story had gotten into the papers. But Gorman got the Chaplain to write a flat denial of it to the New York Tribune. Not long afterwards his church made a Bishop of him and we got rid of him. He was a useless old dude any way.