CHAPTER XII.

FORAGING.

Strictly Prohibited at First—Two Reasons Why—The Right and Wrong of It—Innocent Sufferers—Unauthorized Foragers—The Destitution of Some Families—The Family Turnout—Wantonness at Fredericksburg—Authorized Foragers—Their Plunder—Foraging at Wilcox’s Farm—Tobacco Foragers—The Cavalry in Their Rôle—The Infantry—Incidents—Risks Assumed by Foragers—Union Versus Confederate Soldier as a Forager 231