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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00267.234 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Report from Benjamin F. Wade on conduct of the war |
| Date | 1862 |
| Author | Wade, Benjamin Franklin (1800-1878) |
| Document Type | Government document; Military document; Pamphlet |
| Content Description | Senate report from the "joint committee on the conduct of the present war" regarding Confederate indiscretions at Manassas. Committee was directed to "Collect evidence with regard to the barbarous treatment by the rebels, at Manassas, of the remains of officers and soldiers...and... whether the Indian savages have been employed by the rebels, in their military service." Contains the witness testimony of soldiers, surgeons, and officials, describing numerous atrocities committed by rebels against dead and wounded soldiers. Wade's summary states "Inhumanity to the living has been the leading trait of the rebel leaders; but it was reserved for your committee to disclose as a concerted system their insults to the wounded, and their mutilation and desecration of the gallant dead." Says no information has yet been gathered on whether the Indians are fighting with the Confederates. The battle mentioned is First Manassas or First Bull Run. |
| Subjects | First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) American Indian History Civil War Military History Atrocity Confederate States of America Battle Injury or Wound Death Congress Union Forces |
| People | Wade, Benjamin Franklin (1800-1878) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | Benjamin F. Wade was an Ohio Senator. He was chair of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Theater of War | Main Eastern Theater |