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Hancock under fire for burning coats and cold soldiers
An officer's diary entry and Dr Hutchins correspondence recount the 1864 burning of great coats and dress coats by Hancock's orders, leaving soldiers on picket in freezing conditions. The letter argues Hancock was brutal, contrasting his comfort with his men's suffering, and calls for action against him.
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Boys In Blue
Hancock
Army
The
Chronicle
C. B. Hutchins
Bradbury
Hutchins
Examiner
Maine Battery
Sheridan
Grant
Petersburg
Five Forks
James River
Richmond
Sherman
City Point
Stevenson
Winchester
Love
116Th New York
Harper’s Ferry
John M. Sizer
19Th Corps
Duncan
Walker
Washington
Cumberland
Emory
War Department
Democratic National Committee
Andi- Hancock
New York
Chicago Tribune
Red River
Colonel Love
Red River Valley
Brussels
Strasburgh
Libby
Andersonvile
Phil
Turkeycock
Nineteenth Corps