HARRISBURG, May 26 – The following dispatch has been received by the Governor from a reliable source. It is proper the people should know the facts,
CHAMBERSBURG, PA May 26
To Governor Curtin
We have examined a dozen stragglers from the Maryland First, of Gen. Banks column, to-day. The testimony is concurrent as to the brutal treatment of our sick and wounded prisoners. A number of Pennsylvanians who were since at Winchester are hid in the wheat fields on Gen. Banks’ route of retreat. Many were mercilessly butchered.
– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, May 31, 1862, p. 4
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