Fessenden denounced slave-catching in our army, and referred to a recent case in which fugitives came to our lines with most valuable information as to rebel movements, and were ordered out of camp into the clutches of their hunters.
Julian highlights the moral dilemma of slave-catching within the Union army during the Civil War.
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