Showing posts with label William H. C. Whiting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label William H. C. Whiting. Show all posts

Friday, August 28, 2015

August 1861,
the toll of disease

"General Walker (Shot-Pouch) fears [Union General George B.] McClellan will take advantage of our army being prostrated by disease to attack us. One good of Bull Run: it has made them make haste cautiously.
In [General William H. C.] Whiting's command 400 out of 1700 are unfit for service."