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I must say this is the first time I ever heard of national honor being sustained by such methods.
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gutenberg.orgGrenville Dodge: “I must say this is the first time I ever heard of national honor being sustained by such methods.”
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Dodge expresses skepticism about the idea that national honor can be upheld through investigations of military actions.
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They evidently have no desire to learn about these things, but want some excuse for attacking our Army, hoping thereby to bring dishonor upon our country before the world.
There is an element in this country that already has no use for the soldier of the Civil War.
We were always careful that no cruelties were committed by enlisted men, but whatever was done was by the order of an officer.
It is the duty of every companion here, as well as of every good citizen, to enter his protest against these unjust attacks.
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