Letter
Jas: A. Hardie to Ambrose E. Burnside, December 15, 1862
HEADQUARTERS LEFT GRAND DIVISION,
December 15, 1862.
December 15, 1862—10 a. m.
Major-General BURNSIDE, Commanding, &e.:
GENERAL: Although most of our wounded are now in our possession, General Meade is certain that more than 100, perhaps 200 or 300, of our wounded from his division are within the enemy’s lines, but without care or attention, being near and both within and without the enemy’s lines of picket sentinels. Why not ask for a flag of truce for a couple of hours in Reynolds’ front, to bring in the wounded? Franklin reeommends it. Please reply soon.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAS: A. HARDIE,
Brigadier-General.
HEADQUARTERS CENTER GRAND DIviSioN,
Fredericksburg, Va., December 15, 1862.
Brigadier-General.
HEADQUARTERS CENTER GRAND DIviSioN,
Fredericksburg, Va., December 15, 1862.
Lieutenant-Colonel Richmond,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac :
Application has been made to me for authority to bury the dead which
have been left on the field between the picket lines of the armies. As
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac :
Application has been made to me for authority to bury the dead which
have been left on the field between the picket lines of the armies. As
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Summary: Brigadier General Jas. A. Hardie requests Major General Burnside to authorize a flag of truce to retrieve and care for wounded soldiers stranded near enemy lines after the Battle of Fredericksburg.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 21
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