In this letter, dated August 5, 1864, Lieutenant-Commander Thomas H. Eastman, US Navy fleet captain, writes to Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Edward Hooker, US Navy, commanding First Division, about plundering committed during the Draper Raid.
U. S. S. Ella, August 5, 1864.
Sir: You will endeavor to ascertain the particulars with regard to the entering of houses during the last raid under Colonel Draper and yourself.
The commander desires to know if any sailors or officers behaved improperly toward unarmed or unprotected women, or if anything was stolen from women by your men.
Respectfully,
T. H. Eastman, Fleet Captain.
“Report of Acting Volunteer Lieutenant Hooker” (September 1, 1864)
“Report of Col. Alonzo G. Draper, Thirty-sixth U. S. Colored Troops” (June 22, 1864)Letter from Jonathan S. Braxton to T. O. Chestney (July 5, 1864)
Letter from Robert E. Lee to James A. Seddon (June 26, 1864)
Letter from Robert E. Lee to Richard S. Ewell (July 13, 1864)“From the South: Horrible Crime of Negro Soldiers,” New York Evening Express (August 9, 1864)
Letter from Richard S. Ewell to Robert E. Lee (July 11, 1864)
