"Butcher" Burbridge
"Whenever an unarmed Union citizen is murdered, four guerrillas will be selected from the prison and publicly shot to death at the most convenient place near the scene of the outrages." - Order 59, Gen. Stephen G. Burbridge, USA, July 16, 1864.
Story about the incident in the Victora, TX newspaper the Victoria Advocate, Dec 9th, 1876
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