{"id":13245,"date":"2021-12-01T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dotcw.com\/?p=4518"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:41:28","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T17:41:28","slug":"william-howard-russell-209","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/william-howard-russell-209\/","title":{"rendered":"A Captain under arrest.\u2014William Howard Russell\u2019s Diary."},"content":{"rendered":"

December 1st.<\/em>\u2013A mixed party of American officers and English went to-day to the post at Great Falls, about sixteen or seventeen miles up the Potomac, and were well repaid by the charming scenery, and by a visit to an American military station in a state of nature. The captain in command told us over a drink that he was under arrest, because he had refused to do duty as lieutenant of the guard, he being a captain. “But I have written to McClellan about it,” said he, “<\/em>and I’m d\u2013d if I stay under arrest more than three days longer.” He was not aware that the General’s brother, who is a captain on his staff, was sitting beside him at the time. This worthy centurion further informed us he had shot a man dead a short time before for disobeying his orders. “That he did,” said his sympathising and enthusiastic orderly, “and there’s the weapon that done it.” The captain was a boot and shoe maker by trade, and had travelled across the isthmus before the railway was made to get orders for his boots. A hard, determined, fierce “sutor,” as near a savage as might be.<\/p>\n

“And what will you do, captain,” asked I, “if they keep you in arrest?”<\/p>\n

“Fight for it, sir. I’ll go straight away into Pennsylvania with my company, and we’ll whip any two companies they can send to stop us.”<\/p>\n

Mr. Sumner paid me a visit on my return from our excursion, and seems to think everything is in the best possible state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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