p. 114 | Drunkenness in the Army

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Sep 6, 1864

Drunkenness in the Army

An army correspondent speaking of drunkenness in the army, says: It is no secret that Gen. Ledlie, who has been recently relieved, is a very intemperate man; so much so that the soldiers complain bitterly that they should be led to slaughter to appease his whisky courage. There are other division commanders, one from Pennsylvania, whom I would particularly mention, whose drunkenness is so notorious that his troops expect to find him intoxicated on every occasion. His orderly is frequently obliged to take his horse by the rein and turn him away from the purpose of hurling himself madly into the hands of the enemy.—Sel.