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That night the troops encamped on the river bank, and the next morning
the division passed through Sharpsburg and camped upon that bloody field
of the year before. Three days were consumed here, when the division once more
got in motion and passed through Hagerstown, where the Maryland boys were
most hospitably received by those friendly to the cause, and the delightful family
of Doctor McGill were particularly cordial in their attentions to them.

Greencastle, Pennsylvania, was reached next day. At last the enemy's
country was invaded, and if its inhabitants expected no mercy at the hands of the
invading army, never were a people more agreeably surprised.

On June 21 General Lee issued the following order :

HEADQUARTERS ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, June 21, 1863.

General Orders No. 72.

While in the enemy's country, the following regulations for procuring supplies will be
strictly observed, and any violation promptly and vigorously punished.

No. 1. No private property shall be injured or destroyed by any person belonging
to or connected with the army, or taken, except by the officers hereinafter designated.

No. 2. The chiefs of the commissary, quartermaster, ordnance and medical departments
of the army will make requisitions upon the local authorities or inhabitants for the necessary
supplies for their respective departments, designating the places and times of delivery. All
persons complying with such requisitions shall be paid the market price for the articles
furnished, if they so desire, and the officer making such payments shall take duplicate
receipts for the same, specifying the name of the person paid, and the quantity, kind and price
of the property, one of which receipts shall be at once forwarded to the chief of the depart-
ment to which such officer is attached.

No. 3. Should the authorities or inhabitants neglect or refuse to comply to such
requisitions, the supplies required will be taken from the nearest inhabitant so refusing, by
the order and under the directions of the respective chiefs of the department named.

No. 4. When any command is detached from the main body, the chiefs of the several
departments of such command will procure supplies for the same, and such other stores as
they may be ordered to provide, in the manner and subject to the provisions herein
prescribed, reporting their action to the heads of their respective departments, to which they
will forward duplicates of all vouchers given or received.

No. 5. All persons who shall decline to receive payment for property furnished on
requisitions, and all from whom it shall be necessary to take stores and supplies, shall be
furnished by the officer receiving or taking the same with a receipt specifying the kind and
quantity of the property received or taken, as the case may be, the name of the person from
whom it was received or taken, the command for the use of which it was intended, and the