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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09269 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1863 |
| Title | Letter from Thomas E. G. Ransom to James B. McPherson regarding poor discipline of troops and disloyalty to the Union |
| Date | 28 August 1863 |
| Author | Ransom, Thomas Edwin Greenfield (1834-1864) |
| Recipient | McPherson, James Birdseye |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | To Gen. James B. McPherson, reporting on disloyalty of W. W. Shaw, who plans to ship cotton, and attacks Col. B. G. Farrar of the 30th Missouri: "...his men and officers can not be trusted in the country alone. They pillage and plunder and destroy beyond any men I have ever commanded and will not follow or obey my orders in this respect.... the officers...seem to have a very poor appreciation of the rights of citizens- non combatants-and very little respect for private property." Ransom died in October 1864 from wounds suffered at the Battle of Sabine Station the previous April. |
| Subjects | Union Forces Civil Rights Treason Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Military History Cotton Crime Mobs and Riots Soldiers and Civilians Wartime Pillaging and Destruction Battle of Sabine Station |
| People | Ransom, Thomas Edwin Greenfield (1834-1864) McPherson, James Birdseye (1828-1864) |
| Place written | Natchez |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Merchants & Commerce; Naval & Maritime |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Comrade |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Western Theater |
| Civil War: Unit | 6th Div. XVII Corps |