Record Data
Source citation
“A Pretty Severe Order,” Shreveport (LA) News, March 11, 1862, p. 2: 1.
Newspaper: Publication
Shreveport News
Newspaper: Headline
A Pretty Severe Order
Newspaper: Page(s)
2
Newspaper: Column
1
Type
Newspaper
Date Certainty
Exact
Transcriber
Don Sailer, Dickinson College
Transcription date
Transcription
The following text is presented here in complete form, as it originally appeared in print. Spelling and typographical errors have been preserved as in the original.
A Pretty Severe Order. - The Richmond Examiner learns that Gen. E. Johnson has published a very severe but admirable general order, in relation to the conduct of our troops in battle. Before going into battle every captain will call the roll of his company, and coming out of action will again call the roll, and every man missing, who is not dead, wounded, or absent on leave, will be court-martialed for cowardice. Carrying the wounded from the field in the midst of an action is also prohibited, and every man going to the rear on any pretence whatever, will be shot by the file officers. This looks like business.
