June 17, 1863, Galveston Weekly News
Our exchanges frequently record romantic incidents connected with the war, but we have seen none better than the following, which we clip from the Nashville Dispatch:
Headquarters Dep’t of Cumberland, }
April 17th, 1863. }
General:–The General commanding directs me to call your attention to a flagrant outrage committed in your command, a person having been admitted inside your lines without a pass and in violation of orders. The case is one which calls for your personal attention and the General commanding directs that you deal with the offending party, or parties, according to law.
The medical director reports that an orderly sergeant in Brigadier General __________’s division was to day delivered of a baby, which is in violation of all military law and of the army regulations. No such case has been known since the days of Jupiter.
You will apply the proper punishment in this case, and a remedy to prevent the repetition of the act.
The above, says the Dispatch, is a copy of a genuine letter, emanating from the headquarters of that rigid disciplinarian Gen. Rosencranz.