7 20 8856 https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/f6c2ad2099404a6d05fa9c7c2fe472c7.pdf 8585fd453334aa19dc7aea21fa94db75 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs High School yearbooks Subject The topic of the resource School yearbooks -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) -- Yearbooks. Description An account of the resource A collection of yearbooks for Council Bluffs High School. These books were published annually to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of the school. The years 1897-1920 are covered in this collection. The school was renamed to Abraham Lincoln High School around 1921. Please refer to the "Abraham Lincoln High School yearbooks" collection for yearbooks after 1920. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Senior Class Book 1903 Subject The topic of the resource School yearbooks -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) -- Yearbooks. Description An account of the resource 1903 Yearbook (Annual) of the Council Bluffs High School. Volume 5. 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Language A language of the resource English Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. 1903 Council Bluffs High School Yearbook 1903 Annual CBHS Council Bluffs High School schools Yearbook https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/76b8512a88f932d42df73bc4ccc98c9e.pdf 04b1cb2973132c753a7bf103787464b4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs High School yearbooks Subject The topic of the resource School yearbooks -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) -- Yearbooks. Description An account of the resource A collection of yearbooks for Council Bluffs High School. These books were published annually to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of the school. The years 1897-1920 are covered in this collection. The school was renamed to Abraham Lincoln High School around 1921. Please refer to the "Abraham Lincoln High School yearbooks" collection for yearbooks after 1920. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Council Bluffs High School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1897-1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Council Bluffs High School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1904 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Special Collections 373 C-C83 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. 1904 Council Bluffs High School Yearbook 1904 Annual CBHS Council Bluffs High School schools Yearbook https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/0201e9312b3019a7c46f91a316883aa8.pdf 4a2c4b4c588444ed033f1e93dba589ee Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs High School yearbooks Subject The topic of the resource School yearbooks -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs. Council Bluffs High School (Council Bluffs, Iowa) -- Yearbooks. Description An account of the resource A collection of yearbooks for Council Bluffs High School. These books were published annually to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of the school. The years 1897-1920 are covered in this collection. The school was renamed to Abraham Lincoln High School around 1921. Please refer to the "Abraham Lincoln High School yearbooks" collection for yearbooks after 1920. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Council Bluffs High School Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1897-1920 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Council Bluffs High School Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1905 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Special Collections 373 C-C83 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Alternative Title An alternative name for the resource. The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific. 1905 Council Bluffs High School Yearbook 1905 Annual CBHS Council Bluffs High School schools Yearbook https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/557b37d6cc547bf9877cb2cf83ff7658.pdf 52207e2794019a7a84558a0d55f6daf0 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs City Directories Description An account of the resource Historic Polk city directories of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1868- Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Book Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1888-89 City Directory Description An account of the resource D. C. Dunbar & Co. Council Bluffs City Directory for the years 1888-89. Comprising an accurate alphabetical list of residents, a classified business directory, a guide to streets, lists of city, county, state, and federal officers, the city churches, schools, societies, etc. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1888-1889 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 659.1 C-C832 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Subject The topic of the resource Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- Directories. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource D. C. Dunbar & Co. 1888 1889 addresses buildings businesses directory houses https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/7b7b9f453752cebf1be2dc0d16aaf6c0.pdf 7d15f1859f19ee3ff9ba8b2ddfc92579 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs City Directories Description An account of the resource Historic Polk city directories of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1868- Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Book Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1869 Bushnell's City Directory Description An account of the resource Bushnell's Business and Resident Directory of Council Bluffs, 1869. Containing an epitome of the early history of the state, county, and city; a list of county and city officers; a street and business and resident directory; a brief description of the counties and towns adjoining, with lists of the leading firms of the principal places; a map of the city and railroads, and a postoffice directory of the state. May 15th, 1869. Jos. P. Bushnell, compiler and publisher. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daily Nonpareil Book and Job Office Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1869-05-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 659.1 C-C832 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Subject The topic of the resource Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- Directories. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Language A language of the resource English 1869 addresses buildings businesses directory houses https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/650c86366e0cfc20a7e7c790cf920691.jpg 9c460b57e8e8bb5be9557e753fa36a00 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Subject The topic of the resource News, events and people of Council Bluffs and Southwest Iowa. Description An account of the resource Newspaper clippings and photographs from the Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Photograph Physical Dimensions The actual physical size of the original image 16 cm x 21 cm Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Manawa Firefighters Are 'Just Civic-Minded' Men - Strictly Volunteers Subject The topic of the resource Local news Description An account of the resource SCUBA Outfit . . . is demonstrated by Larry Harrison (left) and Robert Vanbibber. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daily Nonpareil Book and Job Office Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Daily Nonpareil July 23, 1967 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1967-07-23 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Black and white photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Manawa_Fire_Dept_07_23_1967_001.jpg Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource The Council Bluffs Public Library is unaware of any claim of copyright in the images in the collection. 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Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs City Directories Description An account of the resource Historic Polk city directories of Council Bluffs, Iowa. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1868- Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Book Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 1880-81 Wolfe's City Directory Subject The topic of the resource Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- Directories. Description An account of the resource Wolfe's Council Bluffs City Directory, 1880-81. Containing a brief historical sketch of the city; a complete alphabetical list of all private citizens; a list of the city, county, state, district and federal officials; churches, literary and benevolent societies, educational institutions, fire department, banks, railroads, manufactures and incorporated companies; a list of the newly named streets, new house-numbering system, ward boundaries, and a complete classified business directory of all the firms doing business in the city, together with other valuable information useful to citizens and to strangers visiting the city, etc., etc. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1880-1881 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 659.1 C-C832 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Daily Republican Printing House 1880 1881 addresses buildings businesses directory houses https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/39f68f77850c86cbc5b678d9ae403fc9.pdf b971c287c1cb45d8900ab05eed4df794 https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/086e4fd2de6d67856cc3acba98a84c81.pdf 798127fe4761364ed8c2c46f43c704a3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Grenville Dodge Collection Description An account of the resource Documents, letters, papers, and other materials related to General Grenville M. Dodge and family. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871. (copy) Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916. Description An account of the resource Vol 1 of 5 (and Index) - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871 :written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes. 5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Original copy held by The State Historical Society of Iowa; 600 East Locust St. Des Moines, IA 50139; 515-281-6200  <a href="https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/permalink/f/16lhqqj/01IOWA_ALMA21441255600002771" target="_blank" title="Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871" rel="noreferrer noopener">Link to original</a> civil war Dodge Family Dodge House Grenville M. Dodge railroads Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/0284d25924d368e14559baecb9eaabf3.pdf b28abdc7cd727cbc8ed6355562add57f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Grenville Dodge Collection Description An account of the resource Documents, letters, papers, and other materials related to General Grenville M. Dodge and family. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Book Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871. (copy) Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916. Description An account of the resource Vol 2 of 5 - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831-1871 : written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes. 5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Original copy held by The State Historical Society of Iowa; 600 East Locust St. Des Moines, IA 50139; 515-281-6200  <a href="https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/permalink/f/16lhqqj/01IOWA_ALMA21441255600002771" target="_blank" title="Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831-1871" rel="noreferrer noopener">Link to original</a> civil war Dodge Family Dodge House Grenville M. Dodge railroads Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/1e992b427fbe58d7858c1ebe5834bf37.pdf 914b924cb2164dcefd2caefde44ddd3a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Grenville Dodge Collection Description An account of the resource Documents, letters, papers, and other materials related to General Grenville M. Dodge and family. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871. (copy) Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Description An account of the resource Vol 3 of 5 - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831-1871 : written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes. 5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Special Collections B D643z Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Original copy held by The State Historical Society of Iowa; 600 East Locust St. Des Moines, IA 50139; 515-281-6200  <a href="https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/permalink/f/16lhqqj/01IOWA_ALMA21441255600002771" target="_blank" title="Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871" rel="noreferrer noopener">Link to original</a> civil war Dodge Family Dodge House Grenville M. Dodge railroads Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/bcd75c1ddf98637d2b262efd2e10df99.pdf 8f0c64b2c1ee1ecc8a039814b9e88f13 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Grenville Dodge Collection Description An account of the resource Documents, letters, papers, and other materials related to General Grenville M. Dodge and family. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Original Format The type of object, such as painting, sculpture, paper, photo, and additional data Document Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871. (copy) Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Description An account of the resource Vol 4 of 5 - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871 : written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes. 5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Document Type The nature or genre of the resource Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Special Collections B D6643z Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Council Bluffs, Iowa Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Educational use only, no other permissions given. U.S. and international copyright laws may protect this item. Commercial use or distribution is not permitted without prior permission of the copyright holder. Language A language of the resource English Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Original copy held by The State Historical Society of Iowa; 600 East Locust St. Des Moines, IA 50139; 515-281-6200 <a href="https://search.lib.uiowa.edu/permalink/f/16lhqqj/01IOWA_ALMA21441255600002771" target="_blank" title="Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871" rel="noreferrer noopener">Link to original</a> civil war Dodge Family Dodge House Grenville M. Dodge railroads Union Pacific Railroad https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/6acb9e1accd6f53795476bf96b65fd5b.pdf 8fa16357dc155eac388dab4bb1f2738d PDF Text Text V J'. li/' • ■;a i4: ■ ^ IJ^ta, GhronolOf3icnlly arranged, ' W' W: - ■.J'.W..''' ^ .ij:sX , .wy^j V ' • . , . for ready reference, in the preparation of>,n ' " Biography of GREKVILLE MELLEW DODGE. Preaiiient of sundry Rialroad dn Construction Coapanies, late. Chief Engineer of the Union Pacific Railroad Company, Member of Congress, Major-Genera in the Vl-r for the Preservation of the Union,' t ■' . ■ Ac, &c, &c. , The ^ar Perj od. Book III. We see from the letters of Genrral and Mrs. Dodge to their friends at hone, that the close of 106B found the Commandant of the i ' , \ . District of Corinth, handicapped ns^he w^r, hy a verv debilitatine* •' 1 ) r ■ illness, engaged in a determined and vigorous effort to checkmate ' the greatest of the Confederate Cavalry Leaders, in one of his • • most daring ftnd brilliantly designed enterprises,. With what sTiccess t>'is effort was crowned, ill appear as this compi-lation proceeds. .. Memoranda from Gen. Dodge's Pocket D'.ary for January 1QG.'5: "if ,««, iK , ..I ' January, iboo. Thursday 1. Capt. Carnicheal attacks Forrest at Cliftonour loss ri. Marched lirith "nd t-ivlsion towards Clifton. Fr'iday 2. Returned from Owl Creek. Forest crossed the river at Clifton. /j. M. Phillips to" GenV'Dodge", ■ Council" Bluffs, li lt is a long time since I have heard fron you but still evo-y movement of yours is of great interest to me. It seems as thoTigh this war would never come to a close, but still I am loth to give u p the Old Ship, but it seems as though xl leaked I badly at the present time; by the paper if looks as though you were getting in close corners but l" "have" "ho fe'ars for you: but if they will give you men and means, that you v;ill come out all right. What do you think of things? Have we got to I'ill them all off before they will give up? If so, let us have men enough, and those we can put confidence in, and put the thing ► through, if it takes every man between 18 & 45 to do it. If they draft me I shall try to get in one of your com panies so a s to see you. Think I could fig' t pretty well it this time, or at least would do my best to put down the Rebellion.^ 'iTiere is A. nle? See Lettie every day; she is as smart as a steel trap. I see by the paper that G. E. Spencer is on your staff. I have a feill against him for #12 2.91 with interest Cor one yfor, or more; have written him several times, but he don't reply to me ^t all ; takes no notice of me. As I am Jmiuary, 1863. . .settling u _ v;ith N. F. if you think there is any chance for us to get it, or have v.e got to call it lost?, ''"isk you would in ,>"• form me, as am making out statement to settle by. • ^ To den. Dodge fro. '■is Brother, Council Bluffs, 3;- I . I herewith enclose your and Annie s accounts to J n. 1st, r- • . 1863, just as they arpear on my Ledger. Look them over and if any explanations v;anted concerning any of the items, write me. I have commenced back to about the time you left, 1st Aug. 1861. The entries for "Lettie", was money drawn by Mother to make pur chases &c. for her. She I suppose has written Annie about them at different times; she knov;s what it was for, I do not. Gen. Dodge, Jan. 1st, directs his 2> M. Cajot.. Vri,ng, to issue captured lumber to officers and soldiers for the purpose o.f tem porary barracks, horse-sheds, &c. and also furnish' all necessahy materials, such as nails, d'or-hingf s, screws, glass &c. &:t., for erecting such buildings, therebGy saving to the Government the ex pense of furnishing a Ip rge lot of new tents, VThich would ptherwise necessarily be required. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Grant, Corinth ,3:- I have thehonor to re'^iort that the cotton mentioned in tJ^e en closed coram\jnication was seized and sold by my orders at "Public ■ " ■ ' •' . Sale", The funds taken and accounted for on iproper return, 'they ' B41789 January, 1863. • being used for secret service. The Quarter Kester Dept., being-un able to furnish me funds, and it being indespensable to have them at this place, a large number of men bfin employed in the service, many of them men who will not take vouchers that are to go through several hands, and publicaly sold, thus making know their name and business. The raonej'- is disbursed under my direct supervision, and the vouchers retained by me to be forwarded at the proper time. Gen. Dodge, Jan. 6. pursuant to directions from Gen. Halleck, forbids the further issue of paroles to Confederate Officers He also directs a strong patrol each day and night, to be made over the entire distance, so as to include all the bridges, and the heavy trestles near your Camp will be guarded at all times along the line of thr M. & 0, R.. R, belowjbconinth and Bethel.- Gen. Grant to Gen. Dodge, Grants HdQuarters, 7:- Ara now sending reinforcements, to -you, will it not be practicable for you .when you get them to drive Roddy to the north bank of the ri^er and desti oy his boats? - Gerr. Dodge to Col. Burke, Tuscumbia, 10:- Clothing issued to contrabands must be deducted from their wages same as from soldiers, and taken up same. Gen. Dodge to the Cmmmanding Officer on board of Transport Means, Corinth, 10:- If you consider It practicable and saf<^, on your return, I desire you Jamiarjr, 1863. to sink, burn and destroy, all flat-boats that lie on the east side of the river, ^lose at Savannah and below for a few miles, lyin^^ on this side of the river, are in the Union raens hands, and they will not be destroyed. All ojbhers endeavor .to f:et out of the river. Geii,. Dodge to the Commanding Officer on board of Transport Means, Corinth, 10: Proceed to Hamburg .where I will have teams by tomorrow, (Jan. 11, by noon. Trains will leave here by daylig]Tt tomorrow morning under jCuli escort. The cavalry at Pittsburg Landing waiting for you will proceed to guard the boat, until the arrival of the trains from this place. Gen. Dodge to Col. Lowe, Corinth, 10:- I am unr^er great obligations to you for your response to my call Had gun boats come up the river at the time I sent, or had Gen. Davies allowed even a transport with piece or two of artillery to come, and destroyed the flats, we should have captured the rebel force on*^ this si' e of the river, as it was ihey had several hard knocks, and then escaped. I would not allow transports to come up for a time without artillery on board, or without a convoy, with eifchfer considered it safe. • • We want mostly forage and a suppl' of vegetables, a s we are all out of both. I will-keep cavalry at Plttsbu? g Landing, and Hamburg, to notify me of the arrival of the bo-ts, also if I know of ganger I will use my best endeavors to communicate-it to the boats. Jamiary, 1863, I am very anxious to [^et a cun boat to Florence to use up the steaners said to be there, and to destroy the flats. There is nothing new here. There is or was a piece of artillery at Clifton, Please instruct the boats to destroy all communication ^ across the river, by' burning or sinking all fl-ts that lie on the east side. Those on the west side are mostly in our hands. Gen. Dodge to Co.mianding Officer Stewarts Cavalry, Corinth, 10:- I have sent messengers from here to the transport that lies to night at Savannah, to proceed to Hambiorg. Y-u will, on the arrival of that bort at Pittsburg, proceed on up and aid in guarding the boat, while embarking■the stores, and transporting them'here, you will keep ^ scouts out to the south, to got d'e notice of any apporach of the enemy. Gen, Lodge to Col. Chetlain, Corinth, 11:- You will immediately send ten'teains from each Post regiment, under proper escort, to report to commanding officer of escort to the train vhich went last night to Hamburg for commissary stores, and forage, ' Gen, Dodge to Col. Baldwin, Corinth 11:- A force of rebel cavlary mafd© their appearance about 9 o' clock A, M. today near Campbells Mill on Ohrmbers Creek, v/hich is some four or five miles south of Hamburg. I have cavalry after them, but you must be very vigilent and see that t' ey catch no straggling teams Jnnuary, 1863. : .-'i nor cone on your force unawares. • • • Gen. Dodge to Comdg. Officer, 2nd & 3rd Brigade, Corinth 12:- '''■ ' The Inspector General reports that the ravine running between the camps of the 7th & 50th Ills. Regts. of the 3d Brigade, and of the 12th Ills & 81st Ohio of the 2nd Brigade is ir a very filthy condition You will attend to this matter and-have men set to work at once and have-it thoroughly policed. " " ' ' ' ' Press Correspondence, Corinth 12: (6 D. R. 31); • ' Dixi( e is waxing warm. The war-cloud is lowering, thicken ing, blackening-the muttering of ent-up wrathful thunders already reaches our ears, the vivid glare of lightnings, fierce and terrific, a -rousing ordinary vigilance to vigilant activity, is now visiblc-and we anticipate that the "frightful stohm Of war" will soon envelope us with all its appalling grandeur and fury. It may seem strahge to you, but in the very, air we breathe we fancy we smell a fight. Wo always did believe, and today more, than ever, that "Coming events cast their ^iMloWs, before. " Ah, but will they, not leave some dad traces behlndt ' i ' Trying to starve us out* • ■ • • Whether we Will fight here or elsewhere, circumstances and time alone oan determine. One thing is now evident. The rebels are afraid of the "big mouthed bull-dogs" protecting the Corinthians, antl have been trying to starve us out. ' Repeatedly did they cut the Railroad between this point and Coltunbua, Ky., and by so doing our supplies January, 18C3. • ' from the north were stopped, T' eir object was to compel us to evacuate our fortications and fight aga4nst superior mirabers, or make us surrender the town altog.-ther for want of food. Biit United States Grant was equal to.the emergency. AH the troops and animals in tovm v/ere prom">tly placed on half ratiens. Then foraging on an extensive scale was authorlz:ed. And to crown all, the rebels that were so very anxious to have a "Paiir Fight" were Grant-ed it, and for their pains were well ^whipped. Forrfst and hiss mounted kangaroos will hardly get over it. Many we. know did not get through it. .These are dedd lying by it, - And tomorrow, after an interval of three weeks, full rations are to be issued to us again. Hunger and hard times will soon be for^ gotten or if remembered it will be with" pride, We'-still hold Corinth, Grant, Dodge and Corinth. Need we say that Majcr, General U. S. Grant, coinnandihg this depart ment, and Brigadier General G, K, Dodge, co.nanding this district, as v.eU as the position we occupy are invincible? This would be superfluous All have been tried- Grant at Shiloh, Dodge at Pea Ridge and Corinth, at a late battle be-ring its name and addin| to its glory. We hazard nothing in declaring that Corinth is probably the mott secure ly fortified town in the Union, As the troops here constitute the left wing of Grant's whole army, it la necessary that the position be invulnerable. Our native State ia well represented here. .-Kn } JnrAiary, 1863. The 27th, 39th, 63d, and 81st Ohio regiments of Infantry and the 5th, Ohio Cavalry, are now in town. The 22nd, Ohio, Col. VTood of Portsmouth, commanding is hard a.t work repairing the Haiiroad between Jackson and Columbus, but is expected to return here in due season. General Dodge, our izimediate commander, is honored and beloved by all. He won the stars in his shoulder straps, as v/ell as our esteem, by gallantry and noble demeanor, under.heavy fire, and is worthy. Supplies arid Forward Movements. Supplies are now sent to this point from Cairo by way of Memphis, Grand Junction and Jackson.^ But l^st Saturday a transport loaded • with soldiers' rations came up the Tennessee river to Pittsburg Landin.g. The next day the first Brigade, as an escort for teams and wagons despatched for provisions, marched^ dov/n and arrivdd there just in time to prevent a regiment of rebel guerrillas from capturing the boat and stores, Yesterdav the wagons loaded with ratiosis and the Brigade, elated with success, returned in safety to town. As soon, . howev r, as the Railroad between Jackson and Columbus is repaired 8H it will be in a few days- our supplies will come direct and in :. abundance. The recent disgraceful surrender of Holly Sprn^s, and the immense loss of stores there, compelled Ge'i, Grant and his eager army to de sist pursuing the enemy and fall back to that point. No cormionder could have done otherwise. The shameful conduct of Col. Robert C. Murphy, commandant of that port, who permitted the surprised, and caused Jpmiary, 1863. * i • the surrender v/ithout making an;" show of resista-nce, -is strikingly in contrast with" those who reposed imp-licit confidence -in his ability and patriotism. He ought to be and no doubt will be justly punished. YJe wish it to be distinctly understood that he is- not even "the most "distant relative." IVc disclaim thenan- much more than any relationship that might be supposed to exist. A large portion of Gen. Grant's'presBnt force will be sent for ward to co-operate with Gen. Sherman for the possession of Viksburg "immediately, to make success doubly certain. As a base of operations, Vicksburg cannot be estimated too highly.- To gain it is to make the capture of the capital and the subjgation of the entire state easy and irrevocable. You may be sure that the hero ofBonelson and the Western army #111 not Be idle. The restoration of transportation will be the signal for the Dixieites to contine the process of e vacuation. Strategy don't bother u . Miscellaneous. Col, Au^ist Mersy of "the 9th Illinois, A Crimean officer of dis tinction, commanding our Brl'jSjAd^, now occupies the beautiful mansion here which Beautegard and his staff u; ed ax their headquarters one year ago; and General Dodge now inhabits the palatial residence which was occupied by Bragg nine motnths since. What mighty changes have " been wr ught in so short a period. Both of these stately structures are-magnificent beyond description. We never stood within more costly walls. ■. ft, Jenuarjr 1863. ^ . What's most needed here nov; for our comfort is a Paymaster with plenty of "greenbacks". Five hundred and forty men of this command were promised, .when they enlisted, "one month's pay". Many of these hav large families de ending upon them for support. They have been soldiers for five months, and yet not paid. VJill the proud Govennment of which we boast, so a buse those who are periling life to sus tain its integrity.? y'here is its integrity? Starved loved ones write here to fond fathers and to kind brother ipploringly "Send us some money or v/e must beg." V'e have been strong men "bowed down" with grief, after reading suoh an a ppeal. And no wonder. Now these men do not still ask for a "month" pay in advance but they do ask. the Government to., advance them five months' pay v.hich is actually due, and we- don't blame them. Do You? We want Gov. Todd to read this letter and we are confident that hd will use his influce to have the 81st Ohio paid without further dela^. Send him a paper, marked. Hark I The Division brass band has Just now "broke out", and its sweet strains are filling the air wit'- thrillin notes. Btit do you ask what it is playing? "Home, Sweet Home." We lay aside our pen to ' ■ ■ so ,t listen to its music. Copy of pr^ss dispatch and heading. Forrest heai?d from agalnl • :! . t' • T M.'t" " f • f' Gen. Dodge after him. Cairo, Jan. 13:- Gen. Dodge intercepted Col. Forrest in his retreat at Monterey /K Januarj'' 1863. * ' ' : f and captured 100 men and four cannon. The rebel force seem to be completely scattered. Six hundred of them'are now prisoners here. Gen, Dodye to Col. Hoffman, Corinth, 13:-f The following named enlis;ted men of my command havebeen captured and paroled by the enemy, and sent v/ithin my lines. I i^espectfully' request that they maj^ be speedily exchanged. " Gen. Dodge to Gen. Grant, Corinth 13:- I respectfully request that John Lattjr Co. "K", 57th 111. Regt. Vols, be honorably discharged as he has been commissioned and mustered into service as 1st Lieut, of the llississippi Independent Cavlj'-, known as Mississippi Scouts. Gen. Dodge to Col. Mersy, Corinth 14:- It. is reported to these Head Quar%ere that the Sutler's Teams of the 2Rnd Ohio are being fed out of the grain issued to the' Government trains; also that-the Q. M, of that Regiment has one or two horses taker while otit foraging, which he has not accounted for, and is kee ing more ' orsrs than the late order allows. You will arrest the guilty parties and have the horses turned over to Capt. Wing, and see that no mire grain is issued to sutler's teams. Gen, Dodge to Gen. Smith, Corinth, 14:- You will hold your division ready to move by cars, to relieve the division of Bri*^. Gen. I. F . Quinby, on the Memphis and Charleston R. R. near Mem phis. You wilj leave all lyagons and animals except those belonging to the Artillery, and to officers entiled to be Jairanry, 1663. , ■ ^ • mounted. Camp ?.r.d Grrrison er/uippf^e will-be taken by rail, more specific instructions will be given as soon as cars can be had. Copjjr of press dispatch and heading. •• ■ ■ i From the Tennessee River (Man) The Scene of Operations. (jff 0 ■ ■ • Port Henry, Jan. 16:- The steamer James Means, which left this post last Friday morning, loaded with coimnissrry and qaartei-'inasters' stores, for Gen. Dodge's army at Corinth, has just returned. The captain reports that they arrived at Pittsburg Landing on Sunday morning, and met there a Captain from Gen. Bodge's army, and found that there were two co.nipands of rebels encamped v.ithin two miles, one above and the,other below there, and another large commandacross the river. Early ip the morning troops to guard the trains arrived just in time to save their capture, and as the guard amounted to only 14(J0 ' men, and there was 2,600 rebels in the neighborhood, the Captain ( was fearful that the. train wou d be attacked and captured before It reached Corinth. . , t . ~ There are large numbers of rebel troop*, fOn both sides af thd river. Col, Rhoddy is enmm'-ed close to Si^vannnh, with 2500 of then and they had sent for and were to recflve on Monday, twelve pieces of artillery to blocka4f» the river. * ■ .' r ~ ' -rfV ' Jannnry 1863. • ' ' The Captain thinks it was only by chance that he 2°"'^ through safe-. Tlie-' we're taken by rurprif e, as they did not expect a boat ' ' up so soon, and v/ere not prepared to make an attack. Forrest crossed near Clifton. He drove his horses across the river and crossed his men and eight pieces of artillery on rafts and flat-boats. He says no-boats can go up now, unless accompanied by two or three gunboats without being cRpttired.' ■' ' I s. . . Correspondence of the ^^epublican. Fort Ilioraan, 16:- Gen. Dodge's supplies b4ing cut off by the destruction^of the railroad, and his coiiimand Peduced to half rations, he sent one of his Lieutenants through from Corinth to this post on horsebdck, v> i th a letter to Col. Lowe, reqiiesting him to relieve hi i, if possible, by sending him supplies by transport beats under protection of gunboats. The steamer James Means having just finished"unloading commissa ry stores for this command, vras at once put under orders for Pittsbur' Landing, and Quartermaster Smith with his usual promptness dhd efficiency, had her loaded Rhd in complete readiness for the trip in four or five hours. Beamifefle Colonel Lowe telegraphed for a gunboat, confidently expecting that In an emergency "i'l'ke the present, the necessary protection would be afforded at once. ' ' But after waiting in vain many hours for a gunboat to co'nvoy the I ( • r . means. Colonel Loi e put dome infantry sharp shooters ^nd a' small pOPtion of Etenbeck(s battery on board, and cent her on her perilous expedition. Some rebels were soerh'a t various places, but in eveip; January, 186?. • ' « V y m t i I instauce thry were apparently reeking locations fxirther from the " rivrr, where it is more healthy. The" doubtless mistook- the Means for a giinboat, and l\rving x^nderstpod that gunboats v«ould not leave the rivrr, they concluded thit they w.ould.' T>-e"Means ran. the block ade safelji', andgreat-was the^ re ioicing then she reached Fittsburr • •* Landing. Men, horses and mules were suffering for food. The steamer Raymond is now here> loaded with further supplies for Corinth,' and, , has ^wo'barges loaded with forage apd provisions for same-co. .nand,> " ( 5 ■■ j ^ but she is waiting for a gunboat without knowing-when it will comei'* ' . ' There should be some «ut)iority reposed omewhere .to control and require co-operation between"tjho land end river forces. "Taking mine ease in mine inn" v/as being practically enjoyed by some rebel officers et a hotel- at Waverly., yesterday, when a scouting party from Col. Lowe's command) including your correspondent, rode into said village dtirlng a blinding, pelting sleet and snow storm, ^ like so 5iany flying'Lutchuien, smrrpunded the principal hotel, and" hived Major H, T. Qlawton, Captain Pfc H. Randle, Captain and Quartermaster J, N. RicKmanjr Lirutenant J. S. Churchill, Otptaip D. S. FinSon, Captain John Ross, Captain E. F. Bradley and privates T. B, Parish, A. G. Pottijohn G G. Baker, J, T, Palmer, and 0. W. Swon, . ' They were completely nwrprised. A sleet and snow storm, Such a s the oldest inhabitant never-witnessed in Tennessee before, w" aS* raging > at the time. The creeks were too ful to.be forded safely, . the surroundings satisfied thfa* doubtless, that on adCh a da y he ^one January, 1863. v/ould venture abroad. So they "kicked off their boots, thrust their" feet into slippers, and stretched the^aaelves before the' inn fire." not dreaming of an enem^' nearer than Fort Heirnan, distant nearly f-ifty miles, '•^'hey, with others, nUmberiha ninety in all, were sent to Cairo this morning, en route Tor Vicksburg for exchange. The Tennessee River'has nov; at least fifteen feet in th-e channel, nand rising at the rate' of three or four inches per hour- so now where are the gun-boats? Unfortxuiately, when most wanted in this rivein, they could not be obtained. Gen. Hamilton to Gen. Dodge, lITemphi'S, 16:- A train loaded with forage will leave here tomorrow morning for Corinth. Additional supplies will be furnished by succeeding trains. On the arrival of the train, I deslrte one regiment of Mowers Brigade to be put on board with its camp eciuipage and foUr days rations, for transportation to Germantown, where on its arrival, the coffijiahding officer will report to Col. Boomrr, 26th.Mo. t'omd'g. Brigade. Mowers Brigade will have its headquahters'n t Oermantownj Pullers an^' Buckland's brigades, as fast as they calk bk brought by reil, will be wtationed along the road between Germantown and Memphis. Buckland I being nearest to Memphis. . < ' . . , . ' * I desire you to take auch measures as are necessarjr to secure at least forty days rations at Corinth, and to keep that amount of supplies on hand conatarttly. Ano qual supply of forage ought to be kept- but a portion of th# fonage ahouftd be in the country January, 1863 . between Corinth and Jackson. • f I have directed the company known as the "Hatchie Scouts to report to you for duty. Ar their homes are in and around Corinth their familiarity with that region will render them of more service 9 there than here. : If the company can be increased to fifty men, it cai be of much service about Pocohontas, and on th Hatchie river, in chasing out the guerrilla bands that infest that neighborhood. . , .. I , Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune, Corinth 18:- ' ■ . I A . ' . . . ' . w . Sixty Miles beyond the Lines, j ^ On December 13th, 1862, an expedition under command of Colonel Agustus Mercy of the 9th Illinois infantry, coimnanding 2nd brigade, Dodge's division, was started from thin place with orders t.o go south to Tupelo, or as far as practicable, on the Mobile and Ohio Railroad, and destroy the bridges ^d public property and . lay misbhief,^enerally. r.The command consisted of the tth Illinois under Lieut. Col. Phillips, the 81st Ohio Infantry under Major Prank Evans, one sec tion of 1st Mi souri Light Artillery under Gapt. Tannrath, one com pany of cavalry under Cnptain Ford, and a small detachment of Ten nessee scouts, in all, less than 12,00|^ men. . T^e staried with five days rations in light marching order without tents, and yith only sufficient transportation to carry ammunition and provisions. With this small force we went sixty miles into the very bowels of 1*' ';t IV ,,. I, .V , ■ V' January 1863. * . . rebeldon, and after the first ten miles we were entirely isolated from our forces at Corinth, for we had partisan rangers and guer rillas on oiir roar, 'on each flank, and'we knew nothing of the force in front. This extreme uncertainty of what was before us, with the precaution in our marching orders to be-very careful and not be cut off in the rear, gave lively interest to the expedition. The March. The first day wo took up our line of march on the west side of the Mobile and Ohio railooad, throu'h i^ienzo, and after marching 23 miles we canlped on the plantation of the notorious rebel, Cick Smith, At this place our soldiers were shocked at the audacitj'^ of the pigs and chickens. This is out of the range of our foraging trains, an i the pigs walked through the camp with a contented grunt which as tonished o\xr men, and the chickens would look up and crow right in their facba. But t' ey paid dear for their indiscretion, for after the dark shadows of evening had enshrouded the camp, the stiilness of night"was frequently broken by the feint, expiring squeak of an un- , r • r • "suspecting shanghai, or the distant squeal of a dying porker, " Aired t' e'next morning it was very evident that the few remaining "had learned wisdom by experience, for now and then a lonely pig was seen Scampering to the* higl^st'hill or lowest valley, and one or two bereaved chickens might be seen looking down with suspicion from the highest limb of the tallest tree. ■•'A The second day we p* seed through Blackland and Carrollville Jpnuarjf, 1863, . . ^ towards Guntown, and abcxit noon a small party of our cavalry who hfid been sent around by way of Boonville, were driven in.by Harris' rebel cavalry, but when we advanced on them they "skedaddled", showing great proficiency in the skill with which they performed that maneuvre, We marched about twenty miles and encamped betv/een Carrollville _ and Guntown, and about three miles to the right of Baldwin. We had taken Seventeen prisoners. It was reported here that a large rebel force had been passing Bihrough Guntown for two days, supposed to be reinforcements for Pemberton from Bragg's army. One of the officers came to Col. Mersy and inquired v/hat we should do, for we had passed through Guntown. The Colonel's reply was, "We have only to whip or get whipped." H'.e officer, knowing how difficult it was to convince theOolonel on the point of getting whipped, replied, "Well, if that's the case, we all prefer to whip". To th4s the Colonel said, v/i th considerablf satisfaction in. the officer's conclusion, p nd with his pe culiar German accent, "Dat is de tin;, dat is ds tiny." • ^ But w© found no rebels at Guntown, for those who had been th( re were very suddenly convinced that a flying trip south would be good for their health, and they also had a fine opiysrtunity of practicing their favorite military movement, called "skedaddle." Tlie postmaster had not got out of town yet with the mail, so we took them both into custody, and compelled thr postmaster to.act as guide to Saltillo, where we arrived during a yery heavy rain. But here the news got ahead of us, and we learned.that. they had called in their pickets, and Jr^r.iisry, 1 863. • ' '' ' left, ebout daylight, under the commond of Genera 1 Panic,'still going through with their favdrite evolution, skedac'dle, towards Tupelo. ' We pushed forward as fast as possible, but finding that the artil lery arid transportationt would be detained by bad rodds and broken bridges, we sent the cavalry ahead to Tupelo, where they found but a siadll garrison, all of whom were taken prisoners, the main body hav ing' joined General Panic's forces as they went through, and had gone South. They al-so got a large mail here, and the ProvoSt Marshrl' and telegraph operator of Saltillo, The^- destroyed the railroad bridges, depot, and considerable public propert-. • ' After fully accomplishing the object of the expedition, we started back toward Corinth, -on the east side of the railroad, through ^ ' Marietta and Jacinto, with about seventy prisoners. We took this road back in the first place,' to avoi(J the bridges, which we supposed would he destroyed in our rear'goirig down; and secondly, to meet Rhoddy's rebel forces, who swere tJiought to be-in this vicirity. We reached Corinth about noon on the seventh day after leaving, hav ing marched about 130 miles, through heavy rains, bad roads and bridges destroyed, with but five days rations, which w. re nearly consumed in four ditys, which-left us'nearly i^-ree days with nothing to eat ex cept what we got along the way in i hurried march. We foimd a per fect panic amdnff the people. It had repohtfed that we burnt all the houses and desti^oyed all the prdperty i dnd thhy erned'quite as tonished When passed them undisturbed. ' , ' ( , U.ll'M Ji TS January, 1863. . ■ ■ ."■■ ^ A peep into the mail bags sliows the very significant fact that *■' the people are very suspicious of the Confederate money, and are try ing to exchange it for property. This suspicion is quiie general among the people, Pear of the Slave population. \ .• The Southern Republic of Columbus, Miss., has the following: T' Our Slavesr- We have seen for a long time a dispotion on the ^ part of our slaves to be .r.ore independent, and to exercise a disposi tion to do as they please, '".'e wish to call attention to this matter and to warn their ov/ners, that they must keep a more strict v/atch upon them. They are running about at all hours of the day or night, while many have already left for parts unknown. They are getting lazy end shiftless, and we know many that have left good homes, ehere they were, hired, because they had to got up in the morning ari'hour before dny, and they wohia' stand i t, And-their masters and mis-^ tresses aistained them in it. If this course is parsued long they _ would not only-ruin theih slaves but themselves. Now, if ever, in such times as we are passing through, a strong curb,should be put upon our slaVe ^jopnlation and if it is not done the owners will be alone tks blame for any evil which may arise from a lack of disoipline. We belief© that some h-ve been tampered with, but we con as yet trace it t<j ho «ource. re call attention 'to thi; , because we cwivaAdar It a duty, and hbpe ur warning will be heeded. . January, 1863. : T. Confederate Lyin . The follov/ing heads the telegraph dispatches of several Southem Papers: • , Saltillo, Miss., Nov. 23, 1862. . On Sunday, the 23d regiment of new Abolition recruits at Corinth today refused to obey marching orders for Grand Junction. A force comprising t®o regiments then tried to coerce them, when a severe fight ensued. A great number were killed on both sides. It is said the troops at ^lenza wasre ordering up to. aid in quelling the revolt, but that the fight ceased before their-arrival. As Col. Mersey passed throufji S41tlllo, on his expedition to Tupelo, he took the originator of the above dispatch prisoner. w^s a Lieutenant and telegraph operator at that place; and when he was ahked why he telegra hed such things, he replied: 'Oh, I heard somebody tell it and I knew it ould suit our folks." .> Destitution of, the South. A Richmond soldier-correspondent of the'Southern Register, pubished at Milledgeville, Georgia, in speaking Of an effort of the citizens of.Richmond to furnish clothing for soldiers, remarks; "The people were slow t move; like Thomas of old, they required to be shown the bleeding feet of the suffering soldiars hefore they would 4 believe. This painf. 1 proof wa® furnished by the Brigade of Gen. Evans la;t Thursday when many of thf mfn marched through the city in a snow storm, in bare feet and tattered garments. The President Jr-.nuary, ircg. , made o donation to the committee appointed to solicit subscriptions, and expressed his gratification that the people were thus aiding the government ir the great dut^r of providing for its troops. , Mj , Secretary Memminger has taken his place on '.he contrary, re fused to give anything, saying the v.hoie movement was a reflection on the government. The gallant sons of his own .state had just passed through the ice-covered streets of the capital,barefooted an in rags, and yet he declined to give on cent toward their relief, lest the government be accued of neglecting its array. Mr. Memmenge has taken his place in history; let him keep it. On our last day *s march we were in high glee, and all were very glad to get feack to Corinth after a week's ab ence, expecting to re ceive full rations and plenty of letters from our kind friends at • » home. But these hopes were doomed to disappointment, for when we reached Corinth we found, it nearly deserted, and we were still in the • * P Southern Confederacy. While we were south trying to discomfuddlc the rebels, they were serving u.s the same trick. Forrest has destroyed the railroad between here and Columbus, Kentucky, and we had no . ore communications with the United States. General ^odge had gone far Forrest with nearly all the .forces here, and we found ourselves v/ith luit one brigade to defend the place. Colonel Mersey as.sumed command, and he soon ascertained that we had but about five day's rations on hand, with a prospect that it would be at least three weeks before the road would be opened so that wr eould get more. So that instead January, 1863. ' ■ of the anticipated feast on hard crackers, heans and bacon, after our long fast, wr v/ere pvit on half rations, ■ Gen. Dodge to his brother, Corinth, 16th-- I am very much --vorn down. Tlie contintxal movement of troops and the enemy in my front has kept me up night and day. I now have a large army (two divisions have reinforced me) the largest command by far of any of the Btig. Generals. My success in beating off the §nemy in his last raid, has added to ra y reputation as an officer. I keep cool,* massed my troops, and marched against the" enemy, taking the field myself, And they retreated. My cavalry is badly cut up r- « • * but have generally whipped. Gra t is going to invest Viuksburg and shovel then out* Just what I advised from the first. If we go at ^ them by regular approaches, Vicksburg will fall. My command have b en on half rations for a long time, and have had to forage for my animals. Not n thing is left fbr thirty miles around, ^ Grant evidently intends to keep me here though I prefer to go to Vicksburg. I am Anxious to heve father come and see me; will pay his expenses. • ^ - '■ I see no chance for fte to get back^to Iowa while the war lasts, and I am confident it will last one or two years longer, unless the , northern rebels fcfrce us to give* up. The nrmy is all right, and we will neot Vith more substantial success the coming year, than ever. I have fortified this place so it cannot be taken except by a large army. ^ ' f. - * January, 1863. Gen. Dodge to Col. Klioddy, Corinth, 17:- I herewith send by hand of one of your men, a list of prisoners • • in my hands, whom I desire to exchange for any men of this command in • • ' ■ your hands. If it meets yo\ir approb alion please return the men • • «hom you exchange under flag of truce, to Giendale, with the exchange papers signed, a nd I will deliver the prisondrs in my hands Flag at that place. It is represented to me that your command,has been burning the r • ■ houses and turning out the families of Aiabamians who, have enlisted in the U. S. Service, I desire to knov/ if this is done by your order or by your sanction. They also report the hanging of one Union man, v/hose sons are in this army, and the shooting of others, for ng other reasons than their sentiments. Southern families are fleeing to these lines for protection from these cruelties and depredations, some of Worn I find di not sympathise, with our cause, but are dr v en out merely upon suspicion, or because some relatiye has joined this » • army. If you propose to drive out of your line all Union men and their familie?, I desire to know the fact, . , I ' Gen. Dodge to Col. Sweeny, Corinth, 18:- You will relieve, with details.from your command, the pickets of the 8th division, and continue to ij>icket your old ground to the left of the H. & 0. . R. (10 ER 130) Gen. Dodge to Gen. Smith, Corinth, 18:- , On the arrival of the 1st train, one regiment of Mower's brigade Jnnupry, 1863. » vdll be put on board, with its camp and garrison equipage, and four days rations for transportation to Germantovvn. 7;hei*<on its arrival the commanding officer will report to Col. Boomer 26th Mo. Infantry Coradg. Brigade. Mowers brigade will have its headquarters at Gernantown . ' Pullers and Buckland' s Irigades as fast as they can be brought by rail, will be stationed along the road between Germantown and Memphis, Buckland*s brigade being nearest Memphis. ' ' '■ /\rt ^ ' Gen. Dodge to Captain Sawyer, Corinth, 19:- J i ■ By the instructions I have received, I'see that'it'is understood that I should, get a considerable amornt of supplies ahead; Up to this time I have been unable to get one pound of forage from Memphis, although Gen. Grant assured me positive instruct ons had been given at Memphis to supply me first of all. I have subsisted off of the country tw ; nfonths and for thirty miles in all directsions have c m- ^ pletely cleaned the country. Now it is imnossible for me to get T out, the streams being all full and bridges all gone. Should'I be cut off from Memphis my animals must starve. There is very little for age along the R. R. between here and Jackson; what there is I m^ght be able to get, could I obtain cars. I desire thrt the General's attention be called to this matter, I have used every exertion in ;My power, I have some five thousand animals to feed. " I respectfully request that positive instructions be given the staff officers at Memphi?, to supply me. Trains come , • - ■ -H". ■ ' ■r' January', 1863. here daily .empty. - By the aid .Of Lt. Col. Hawkins and the Tennessee river, I have got about 200,000. rations ahead. The draft upon them now, (the divi ions that came here being without) has, reduced them materially. I have sent staff officers to Memphis,'to urge forward forage. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hamilton^ Corinth, 19:- As you may not be fully advised of th position and inovements of the enemy in my front, end as tliigre appears to be a different dispo sition of the troops at this place than at first Intended, it'becomes my duty to inform you. It Sertainly appears to me, if there was a necessity for strengthing this point, that necessity has not been removed, by the change of our base of operations, as it leaves this point more exposSd than ever. In my immediate front, south, a■heavy body of Cavalry and mounted Infantry has been .'lately posted, while at the same time a consideraO able force of raw troops have beien cohcentrated'at Columbus. Tliey had commenced repairing the R, R. to Baldwin, but the high water has made them .desist. I Imow that the End Tenn., 4th Miss., 26th Miss., 23nd, Miss and more regiments have lately come bver to this road on the east. Bragg has sent to Rhoddy three regiments of Infqntry and one more battery, giving him a reppectable force. Iheir cavalry only move In bodies of;500 to 1000 men, while I am unable to oppose any January, 1863. check to them, my cavrlr.y alL told, not amounting to 400 effective men, 150 of them being Alabomians. It is hard therefore to penetrate their lines, and dangerous even to send a' forage train out" Wi.thout at least t®o regiments as a guard. The garrison here mi^ht be large nough if I had a certainty of securing " reinforcements when threatened; but a-line of cominunication parallel to our. base is easily cut. Everything indi'ate.s to me that a diver.sion will be made in this direction as soon as the/ move is made by the river, and I feel confident that it is not the foliby to expose too mdch their flank. I have so far succeeded in'obtaining pretty correct information of all movements of the enemy, but their lines are now so c7L0se it is now very hard to.do so. I states these facts, and am wtll3/ng to abide by the better judg ment of my .superiors If they. donsi.der the force here .^oif ficicnt, I will ende.avor to use it to the best of my ability, but my judgment tells me it is too small. The fortifications are nearly compleded but Jfhey contemplate more men to defend theaitha I have at my dis posal, In garriooning my out osts and guarding the R". R. whtbh are vei y esaential to the safety of thiB-" pl,a.ce, it leaves a very small garri son for Corinth. No doubt I should be able to successfully draw in these troops. The present stage of water, should it contirtiae, mny prove a better protection than troops. Gen. Dodgo to Capt. Wing, Corinth, 20L- ■ "' You are hereby perttjitted to purchase from officers in this Dist. Janaary, 10G3. , . t, and officers^ are. permitted to-sail to you for the use and benefit of the Gnvti hfiy prlva" p serviceable horses they may have in excess of those reqixired for their present use, to meet the present exigency and until a supply is furnished at the Post, proV^ided the privce- is no greater than the maximum limits from Col. Kobt. Allen, Chf, Q. M. Gen. Dodge to his father, Corinth, 21:- . . It is two weeks since I have heard a word from outside this state, - I have not#'cut through the rebel lines and will now hear from America again. My little army that has marched 130 miles in five days, fight ing the rebels everyday, is as good as new if they only had some thing to eat. '"e are living on hog and hominey and the gleanings of the country that has been foraged off for over a year, One car'not go beyond the picket lines without being fired at. Forrest attack ed us in the rear and ."Van Dorn in the flnnh, breaking up the 1!. R. an4 took a large number of prisoners, Tfhen he reached my district he got whippe.d, I drove the whole force nort}- over a hundred miles; turned east and whipped Rhoddy, t^ien south and broke' up their dommunications and tore up ■thei;r» R, foj. ^ hundred miles and then slip ped back into my fortified post, . . * Yesterday my cavalry fought well Knd drove most of the force across the Tenn River. Grant has had to fal back;, only keep his oommunications open and has changed his line; and is now attack Any them in.rear of-Vickaburg. We drote them South as far as Greh January, lOoo. ada, stripped their country and t^e pp their" R* R. I have taken 500 prisoners in all, and whipped them in two straight Tights. You ought to have seen the 2nd Iowa advance on their battery under a perfect storm of shell; do not know how"many men I have lost, but not many, takin all the fights together. I have proected my whole District so-far, they ^ot even tearing up a single bridge. Prom Jackson to Columbus they have had fun; tore up the R.R. thus cutting the line of supply. In taking Holly Springs thS^y get an im mense quantity of stofes and 1000 prisoners. I sunpdse"Grant.has lost 2000 prisoners in all his fights, biit has taken 4000,' Before this raid was started Pemberton's army was'meltlng away^'by surrenders and desertion. If Grant succeeds in his flanh Movement and gets i in their rear, it .will udo them up in Mississippi. I wish you "a happy New Year; so far it is a sorry one for the soldier boys here, who have made long marches on quarter rations. No pe son in the north knows what sfferlng a soldier endures, I have been suffering of late by loss of sleep, my nerves strung to highest pitch, some portion of my command fighting every .day, and my anxiety to hold every point in my district safe, as it ifi important in'furthering Grant's movement, ■ ■ j • * ' i ■: ' , v ■ g Dea^i^Mrs. D.- ' 5 • . yM. i I thahk y<ni indeed for your grMit kihdfti^fes'. The" ' ' articles aife so acceptable, I weighed.the stlg^ir- 37 lbs. Enclosed is the prAce your Orderly told me - viz. 20 cts. per lb. . i'i i' January 1863. I would gladly have given two or,three times that'prici M"' sincere thanks to Mrs» S. if she has arrived. I hope we will meet again. •t Evdr your friend. Washington, Jan, 21, 1863, Brig. Gen, G. M. Dodge, , it::.!":.) ■ rfr • Gen. Grant's army, >■ -v . • (via) Cairo,^ 111, mi : jt'X' Dear General: Yours of thf 12th is received. The matter of T tiTrV ' which you complain is certainly very pernicious and annoying. The - question is whether we-shall not increase and aggravate the.evil merely by attempting to suppress it by ordinary means more than by let ting it aloT^.e, I do, not wont to ceie another performance like .'that of Mahony, carried out, viz; arrestiu; a mieerable devil and then-dis charging him without jDunishment or indic.tment, so that he mav wear a crown of martyrdom in plioqe of. the fool's cap which best becomos him. I would suggest, however, jrou officers have a remedy in your own hands; exclude those traltoroup prints fi*bm' your lines, and punish every man who brings them into your camps'or military-districts. There are loyal men enough at home to take care of all the trait ors at home. As to the pernicious influence In your am:.-, you are ' surely competent to counteract it If you use th power which is in disputably in your hands. ^ Xours truly. ♦ ♦ A J, W. Grimes. January, 18G3. . Gen. Dodge to Col. Breckenridge, Corinth 21, The company V^at-remains must watch all approaches to the river. If the force you state is back of Clifton, leave Caj)t. Keep to watch that approach and get- men across the river to ascertain the fact. It may be only a few guerrillas, or it may be a heavy force of mounted men. You must ascertain-that fact immediately by spys, &c. Also endesvor to ascertain i'f Rhoddy has any steamboat that he is repair ing in Cypress c-reek. If there are only a few guerrillas across the river, one company can watch it by moving up' and down every few days. T.i-ey must keep on the move all the time. Gen. Dodge to Governor Yates, Corinth, 21 )( 10 D R 134). Lt. Col. Morrell is very anxious to fill his regiment - Th6 ^ Yates Sharp Shooters. . ' If it is poBSible it would be of great benefit td the service so to do. • 0' ' • • ' , • " , Gen. Dodge to Gen. Ross, Corinth, 22: '' ' ' The following (received from Gen. Hamilton) Gen. Grant orders that you retqin Pxxllers Brigade at Corin^Ch; ise yotthG^n judgment as to mode of sending artillery horses. Gen. G. E.'^mith will take oomaend of the other two brigade. Gen. Ross have resigned. Mowers brigade tdkes post of Gerraantown, and will be moved entire befo.e any other troops are move^ Instructions will be given for Buckland's Brigade. Gen. Dodge to Col. Rice, Corinth, -22:- - n.. - r You will proceed to Hanburg, in command of three regiments of January, 1863, infantry, one battery and. Stewarts battalion of Cavalry, and the ' horses of Capt. Richardson's battery, as guard to the train under • charge of Capt, Wing. Unload the steamer Raymond, being as expedi tious in unloading as possible, that it may return immediately. Strong pickets and gmrds must be kept out and every precaution taken that no siidden attack is made on your train. A small force of cav alry will be sent<y Pittsburg to notify the boat of your position and to have it proceed imiaedlately to Hamburg. Rhoddy's force as far as near as I can 1 arn,. is at the mouth of Bear Geeek, with a portion at Red Sulpher Springs. They no doubt will endeavor to cut 4 Off a portion of the train, it must therefore be kept together-well closed up, and well protected. Any movement of the enony will be immediately reporte d at these head Quarters. Ope company of the West Tennessee Cavalry is at A4amsville. " *■ \ Gen. Dodge to Col. Rice, Corinth, 22-- ■ » k Two Gunboats, are oonvo ying the transport if the gunboats should conclude to keep on up, and should want a large force to accompany them on the transport, you can send one regiment or more, as the case may require; and^if they need mere rations, take those sent up to us.. . Hsve a cans Itation with the cemnandi r of gunboats, and sec if . they are to run up the river. _ Gen. Dodge commandi.cg officer of gunboats, Corinth 22;- i aradesirous that the.flats should be destroyed as high up as January, 1863. " , , Florence to prevent the crossing of the river by the enemy. There have been rumors of an old boat being repaired a-t Cypress Creek said to be up the creek some distance, and that they vvisre endeavoring to make a gunboat of here with railroad iron. I have been -nable to obtain any reliable information in the matter. " Cbl. Rhoddy has five pieces of artillery at luscumbia, v/ith about two thousand men scattered from-Tuscumbia to Eastport. There is also a battery of artillery thirty miles back of the river at TTanesboro, and one regiment of cavalry our miles back of Clifton, on Eli'ioU's farm. This is all the force that can reach the river to kiolest you. If you conclude to go up the river, and desire more force to accompany you. Col. Rice in charge of the escort, is authorized to furnish what men are required. ' H. D. Downey to Gen. Dodge, Iowa City, 22:- • My friend, John S. Reid, a most excellent entleman in all re- * spectn, (fcsires to dor feome'thing fur* himself in your department. He has learned fro.. Dr. Huff that the hides of all the beef cattle killed for the use of the army at and WoAh Corinth, are thrown away as offal, and'he desires your permission to take- them. You know all about this, and if he haS been correctly informed as-to the diapoalition of the^hldes, I hope you will give him the privilege of taking for himself what the government drems of no value. You #111 find'Mr. Held a courteous and worthy gentleman. P. P. Reed to Gen. Dodge, Moline, 22; It is so long since I have heard from you I thought 1 would write January 1863. you, I ara drapyin-along here as usual, Power hreaks, V.'nterpowef* law^iits, V'ater. power difficulties.of. a J kinds that, you can conceive of, until I hav-- "become completely disheartened and worn oiit, I am not intending to leave here at present with my family, but I certainly must do something to take ray mind off from-Brooding ovnr this difficulty. .1 clinnot"endure,it dry longer, I must do something else to take ray mind off from these difficulties. Mr. Davenport is here with me now on a visit, and v/e have been talking about the purchase, of cotton in the vicinity whrre you are. I have concluded to write you and learn from you what the facili ties ,are near -you' for getting cotton, and whether it i"S Consistent wit" your duties to givr us aid in doing so by giving information or otherwise,; If,your letter Is favorable, Mr, and myself v^ill l-,e down and see >you and se^ what ''Oan be fdonb. ^ Mr. Dey staid i^ith us last night, and"#«ih6?a''e ^good visit and talked much about you. .' o - - < ■ With twees and*all expdrts®® since I catee"here it ha made me a good deal poorer thaft I was when I come. ; , . , Now my friend, if you can,help me out of my gloom, by aiding me to d . something In your region,' In the Way I speak of, and help the pxirse a little thereby it would glfve me great ' leasure. I o n think of "no-pedslon that I can appeal to in lore entire confidence in the world thfcn.yau. -r:^. JamiRrym 1863, Peter A. Dcy to Gen. Dodce, lowr. City, 23:- ■ My friend, Mr. I. 7. Morrie.on and a Mr. Raid of this City - froin some infomation, the particulars of uhich you will gather from a letter of Mr. Downey that accompanies this, wish to spend seme tine in the .. vicinity of yCur jiost, and, to accomplish their purposes, rent such passes'as will be necessary, of which you can j\idge more reqdily than I. My acquaintance with Mr, Reid is slight, .Mr, Morrison is a gentleman in every'reepect worthj^ of confidence , and I feel warran ted in saying to you that any confidence placed in them will never .be abused. • You are aware that I would ask from you neither for mfself or my friends, man. anything inconsistent with ■ , youhduties ■ • as an officer, or a | J. Morrison _to Gen. Dodfe, Iowa City, 23:-, We do noT^knov; of apytthtng unreasonable in otir request, neither . the government nor indivi'Juals $ec5m to be taking advantage of what we propose to turn to account. I assure you that if you deem it consistent with ydur duties to grant this permission you vrill have no cause for regret. Gfn. Dodge to Col. Rice, Corinth, 23:- Anothor train will lenve here in the morriing s'tronglj"- guarded. As I before directed, give all the assistance you can to the gun-boats, and send all the force neooosary; and if possible slip up 'ori Tuscumbia and get the battery at that place. Unless Rhoddy should get i;" •■■' ,. "'-v ' .1-'; ': ■■;■%' ■< v,'s. ,.- notice of your approach you can do a rood deal of damage to him, and perhaps capture some of his force. I would put all the infantry I could aboard the boats. You can go in command of your forces if you deem best; but leave a good officer in charge of the train, ' * • - • • I do not think Rhoddy can cross Yellow Creek to molest air train. Gen. Dodge, to Captain Kimba 11, Corinth, 23:- trains are on the move,. One has before this re orted. Another 7/ill leave here in the morning, of 100 wa^ns;i and two regiments, as guard The hay will, of course, be left on the Raymond to protect her. All the transportation I have ^yillebe kept running until the stores are safely removed. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Smith, Corinth 25*- The medical director of the district, reports the hospital of the 93d "^nd (Corinth House) as in a very filthy condition. Have your officers attend to this and call the surgeons to account. Gen. Dodge to senior officer in charge of escort, to train for Hamburg, Corinth 23;- You will proceed with the trai)> as made up b Capt. J. K. ?:iny,A.Q. M. without delay to Hamburg, and laod it from the boats lying at that place and return as expeditiously as possible. It is reported that a small body of cavalry are at Red Sulpher Springs, some 8 ,.iiles south of Hamburg, building a bridge across Januarjr, 1863. Yellow Creek for the pvirpose of cronsins ^'hodd3^'s force. This fact can be ascertained from the other train. Gen. Dodge to Col. Mizner, Corinth, 24:- I had a thorough investigation made of the matter noticdd in your letter and find that the goods came here on the R. R. free of charge, without being billed in any way; that the station agent delivered them as he says, to a Lieyt, of your regiment; that he told the Lieut, he would not be responsible for them, but a guard was put over them, who guarded them some six hours, when they were taken a waj' by this Lieut. Lieut. Flausberg says, he saw the goods here but knows nothing further of the matter except to telegraph to you &c. It is so long ago, it is impossible to trace them up. i'he R. R. Co.deny their respons bility, and under the orders I have no authority in such cases* over them. Lieiit. Flausberg says he left them with the Co. knew they c arrived here b^it took no further care in the matter, supposing they were safe in their hands, and would be delivered to yo ■. This is as t 9 ■ near as I en get at the matter. The proper place to apply for pay is to the . Supt. to idiom the agents are only responsible. Mc. Victor the agent here, I have al ways considered a reliable man, and have no doubt he delivered them to aome person, n^o claimed them; whether rightly, or not, I cannot tell. T' IP- ■m' : ' January, 1863, Gen. Dodge to Col, Rice, Corinth, 24:- . A force of Shoddy's men is reported tonight at Red 4 ■ ■ 9 4 4 Sulpher Sprinis, and that they ore building a bridge over Yellow 1 ■ » Cree to endeavor to cross to attack the train. You had better send cavalry in that direction. As I-before v?rote I want the gun- • • 4 boats and transport protected by hay, loaded byvtroops to proceed up ^to Florence, as far up as possible, to destroy all flats and ferries, seize all conj^raband goods, and endavor to route all forces on the river, I suspect that there is. a large amount of rebel stores at Florence and opposite. Should Roddy^move down this wgty, -you might be able to take Tuscurabia and perhaps get some of the artillery, It will not do, however, to risk too much- in going too far inaand, unless you are certain what force you are likely to meet. If one gimbo t could be left to guard the, stores, the trans- ^ port and other gunboats could leave as soon as trans, ort is unloaded, . , The trains that I t eturn will be heavily guarded the one that goe out in the mopning by^two regiments; but you can^use your own Judg-* ment in this mat'er, afer consultation with the commander^of gunboats and act in accordance with what ho and you may deem-best for the service. , , , v . Gen, Dodge to Gen. Smith, Corinth 24: The officera.^r wagqij anaster left in charg e of the trains of your regiments^ and bat,ter4.Qs that leave here, will . eport with their trains to Cnpt, J, K, ?'ing, who will assign their camping ground, and take charge of them, un il it is decided whether they are to be turned f. 'J !■ January, 1863. over to go to the division, -"'■■I Gen. Dodge to Col, Burke, Corinth 24. You vd 11 have Frank Hall and Jack Iligden, 5t,h Ohio Cavalry, Co. "K arrested, and charges prefereed against them for Stealing a tent. ~ Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hamilton. * ' f I have the honor to submit a statement of a fev/ of the out rages committed upon citizens of -Alabama by the confederate troops. 7.Tiile all the leaders from the President dov/n, are boasting of their carrying 'on this war in accordance with the lav's that govern * ^ ' f nations, in such cases, and are charging upon our troops' all kinds of depredations and outrages, I think a few simple facts must out them to blush, and make these parties, and our press and people who are ^ seconding -the efforts of Davis, to cast stigma upon us, ashamed of work they a re doing. ' I Will merely state what I know to be true. Abe Crmda and Mr. Mitchell were hung two weeks Ago, for being Union Men; they lived in the Hacklebor settlement, Marion Co.. Alabama, Mr. Hallwerk and daughter, of saate courity, wore both shot for same cause, the latter Instantly killed, the former is yet alive but will probably die. Peter Lewis and three of his neighbors, were hunted down by 100 , bloodhounds and captured. ' The houses of Messrs. Palmer, ^'^esley, Williams fi^nd the three V'ightmanB,and some 30 others, were burnst over their heads, the women and Chi-ldren ttimed out of dobrs, and the community notified that if they ^ January 1863. . ," allowed then to go into other houses, or fed or harbored then in any manner, that they wpuld be served the same.. -Hi-. Peterson, living at the head of Bull Mountain, was shot etc. I am nov; feeding some 100 of these families, who ith their women and children, some grey-haired old men, and even cripples on crutches, were driven out, and made their way he^'e through thewoods and by ways, without food or shelter All this was done for the simple reason tjiat they were Union men, or that they had brothers or relatives in our army. The statements of these people are almost beyond belief, did v;e not have the evidence before us. I am informed by them that there are hundreds of loyal men and women in the woods of Alabama, waiting for an opportunity to es Gen. Dodge to Gen. McPherson, Cor inth 24:- I have the honor to acknowledge yours of Jan. l<i; it came to hand last night, which v.ill explain my delay in answering . My reports will be sent hereafter promptly, and all movements of the enemy that • % will be of interest sent as recjuested. I There is no good wagon road from Pocahontas on north side of the ft.P. There are wood roads, and nei^borhood roads, that cross all the streams by fords, but are impassible at this season of the year. This road runs north-east from Pocahontas, crorsing the Tuscumbta by Pord, and Morris* creek at Kosin's Brige; thence runs south-east to Chewalla, crossln g the Cypress and Indian b^r fords, and bridges. It is soraetwhat out of the way, but can be travelled. It is about 24 miles Jcnuarj^, 1863, by this route. The main Pocahontas road from here which runs south of R. R. from ChewRlla,-and follows state line, is nearer; and a very good road crosses Tuscumbia at Burnt Rddge, and Hatchie at Davis Bridge. . ' . I would much rather acc6i{lj)ahy the corps to Vicksburg and take part in shovelling but that stronghold than stay here, but must, t sup pose, bide my time, . r .r . ; - . r - • . ^ '■ ♦ > j» „ Gen. Dodge to Capt. Wing, Corinth, 25. ^ J ' k f , . Send out teams enough in the ..orning to bring what is left at he landing; you can ascertain from the last train how many it will take. Both trains will repott in the morning, and if more teams re port than are needed, keep back those fteast able togo. I thi;k they will be the ones thrt come in last knight, as they made the o trip in two days. Four regiments will report as escort instead of three. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Smith, Corinth, 26:- : r ■ Buckland's Brigade will move as fast as cars arrive, and take post along the roed, west of Mower's, relieving Quinby's division. Gen. Dodge to Senior officer in charge of ' , * ' ' escort to train, Corinth, 26:- You will proceed to Hamburg Lending with 100 teema and two reg iments of infantry as escort, arxJ brin the balance of the stores, and forage remaining at th-^t place. Gen. Dodge to Col. Rice Corinth, 26:- ^ The ; cout in from Savannah, : eportw a part of Rhoddy'a and Baxter' January, 1863. forces at that place, .with four rifled guns behind.a small earth-work on face of. the Bluff. Their estimated force is three to five hun dred men, an infantry force, equal or superior to this, had better be., landed just below the tov.n, and that attack made by land and river at the same time. There are plenty of guides watching the river fr m this side,, v/ho can direct the landing places and also pilot the land force. You no doubt have full information, and, being on the ground, must be governed in your ac.tion as the case may require. . The. movement up the river may dr^iy,,them off. - lihe,;infantry can be moved on transports and barges. fioJ . Press Dispatch and headings. , -Mores Rebel Barbarities. Men and women shot down for, loyalty to the Union - One Hundred blood hounds used to hunt dov/n loyal people - Hundreds of fami lies driven out to perish of starvation. - . Washington, March 5, 1863. The folloWlngfha# b#en forwarded to the headquarters of the army; (^en follows letter of Jan. 9A' , see p. 40) .. Gen. Tuttlc- to Gm. Dodgi., Cairo, 87;- . Nothing new from the Kast. All a mistake about a battle, as there has no movdraent taken place yet. Hooker not .wounded. Not!-ing new from ary wh ere. In the new list of promations Frank Herron is the only Iowa man for MnJ, Gen. Crooker and Williamson are busy working Cor Brigadier. Don't that beatT . <"ras Jnnuary, 1863. Gen, Dodge to Col. Rice, Corinth 27:- The first train that arrives I sha 1 turn hack again, i am anx ious to have iftfantry go up the river, and if the gunboat has not gone you had better hold it until the train turns back. The stores are safe under charge of a gunboat, iratil the other train arrives. It may be necessarj' to go donn v/ith the boats as far as Savannah, and take thcct force by land and water at the same tine. I learn that Rhdddy has gone ar:ajr from the river, fearing the move to Tuscumbia. "■ By ^he train that returns I 'shall send three regiments, so that you can take another along to Savannah or Tuscumbia, if pou should need them. The report I get" from Savannah is, that they have a battery, and about four hundred men. At Tuscumbia and Florence ahe some cotton mills being used by" the rebels. They may be so far iiland that you cannot reach them. I expect. Tthod^y has taken his artillery away • ♦ I from Tuscfimbia. Gen. Dodge tO Col. Rhoddy, Corinth 27, i Yours dated the 24th arrived today. The exchange will be^made by Capt. Spencer, as stated"in my letter; by the exchange of'men in person, not by exchange of paroled men-. I have held your men hero prepared to deliver them at the place agreed upon by Capt, Spencer and Kirkman. ' " I have no cuthorlty t6 make exchange except when delivery is made of person exchanged. As you deny all knowledge of the outrages committed, I will state Jnnuary, 1865. a fe'.v facts known to rae, that' you "be able to detect the guilty pShties. . Abe Canada and Mr. Mitche• of Marion Co. were hung- said to live in Hickelboro settlement. Mb. Hallwork aVid daughter of same county were shot, the latter killed, the former yet alive- or was i^ien last heard from. Mr, Peterson shot near Bull Motintain- and several pthers of whom I have the names. ^ The houses of Messrs. Pl'litarl^ Wesley, Williams, and others, were burned and the families turned out of door's. If these'people, have donS anythin " to merit this"', you should'"know it*;" but if' ii is done wantonly, and Without cause, 1 am satisfied that you a s well a s my self, wil xise every means to bring the guilty parties to punishment, I do not hold up this ccrmy as guiltless, and free from wrong, but I do hold thAt'we use every endeavor to carj^ On this war in accordance -with the rules and laws bf civllizet'' nations, and that we have used more leniency toward a people who have rebelled, against the b'st Oovernment in the world, than anv other wivllfzed nation would h ove done; and though you quote the Spirit of 76, I wiways thought thnt our forefathers fought against the same tyrany and same foi m of Govern ment you are trying to Inaugurate, * ' You are willin ■ to hazard the lives and property of your peo.-le, and a government that not one of you a ver'had a Just cause of com plaint against, lo'ljerpetuai e a 80Cir.i inntltion that no man in the north ever Intended to interfere with, and which the north guaranteed . iintfftili' *1^1 k Ik January, 1863. , - to you by additional claus'e to the conntitution; . and which was re spected until it was used by you as one of hhe main causes and sup ports of thts war. . ■ , There has been some mi sunder stand.ing in relatio;- to the R R- from here to luk 9, and- Capt. Moreland sends ^throats here of tearing up the track, and even wen-t so far as to take up one rail, but replaced it again. The agreement in relatior to the road was, that it shoul be held as in our lines, and should not be interfered with so long as we si;pplied the hospital at luka^,, VJe take wood from it, and often go over it for lumber, &c; privileges w]-ich wf have by the agrement, an_ undoubted right to. We also carry over it armed guards, to pro tect us against the attacks of unaut} orlzed persons. The better way would be, when the running of the road is consider ed, cont rary to the agreement made by your authorities, that I should be notified of that fact, an not allow one of your Captains to threat en to destroy it, unless we run under a flag of truce- which as yet never was mentioned or agreed upon by either of us. This is the surgeon of luka will bear me out in. The road and lute as agreed upon was in our lines, to be used for all purposes required by us, so long as we fed and provided for youf sick and wounded. . , , *1 _ Gen. Dodge to Col. Rreckenridge^ Corinth, 28:- There are reports of a .^pl-oe croosing at Clifton, and be' / Ing now at White Oak, report Ool. Stanford. If gunboats do J<?niiary 1865. , * ■. not get by, you will give them all the necessary aid. You had better hurry v;ith your coTniwand over to Bolivar, as soon as possible. Send me word if the unboats com6 back, and about'the. foreB,^at White Oak, Cor. Cim Gazette, Corinth, 28:- . The Ohio Brigade,, irtiich consists of the 27th.,'39th snd 69th Ohio, has been transferred to. Dodge'g Division. This will do much toward reliciving the divisio of its preponderance of Illi nois troops. • < , Col. J. A. Williamson tb Gen. Dodge before Vicksbu:'g, 28:- Your kind letter of the Sth'ftnst-. has Just been received. Letters come to us very slowly. There Were several reasons why I did not va?ite to you immediately after the battle of Vicksburg.* 1st. - I was not able to do much for some time, and had no facilities for writing, if I had been able to. 2nd - I heard that you were a prisoner in the hands of the rebels, and did not know any thing ibo the contrary, until afew days ago, whan I saw an acccunt »f ycmr capturing some of Forrest's men. : . - ^ ^ ■ . , . . ■ 5 , I could not tell now of all the hard; hlpw that the" *»ef|inient has , endured since leaving Helena, tt ne ver can be told so as to" be real ized. ♦ You have heard;many exagerated accounts of the battle of Vicksburg, and the papt taken in it by the 4th, thoijgh the factk were bad enough God knows. After bllng under fire all day until about threeo o'clock# I recelvid-an order to charge the enemies entrenchments right in face of a battery that was planted above them. I never had seen January, 1863. tie cround over which I was to pass, or v.ere any directions given' me as to. the exact point I should make the attack. I was only told to go forward aiid that I would be supported by other regiments. Of course I did not want tC be told a second time, but ordered the'Regt. forward at a double quick., Gen. Thayer going at my side or I at his as the case may be. After getting under the enemies f-ire I learned ibhat I had not previously known vis. that there v/as immediately in front a narrow deep swamp, that could only.be crocs- ■cd by. the flank which I was" compelled to do, witii a. direct fire in front and a cross ftre from the batteries on the right and left, as soon as the head of the column crossed I filed the right and brought for ward into line, add hhrn we were enfiladed by vhat was before, and were sod exposed until we-gained the 1st line, of intrench ents and passed some dtstance beyond them. Here the discovery was made that we were not supported, and Gen. Thayer said, "My God what is to ► be done" knowing that it was tjertaincfestruction to a large p^rt of the regiment to fall back, and that it could not be but little worse to stay, I said to him that I would ho'id the position I then had. _until reinforcements came up, or until It was rendered certain that they were ntf comii g. I held the place abo^Jt half an hour until I cou-ld spo rrone of our troops on either flank On our rear, and no hope of suppoi t then came tJie perilous task of getting out. I gave the order te fall back, and got the Regt. off In good order. ^:hen 1 got back I found-that the 30th Iowa, which was to follow, had been ordered to the support of somebody else on the ric^ht, and the balance of the rogimentB v/hich. were to follow, lying on their bellies timber, I and my regiment had apprently been forgotten by every one except. Gen, Tjna.yer, who was weeping like a child, on account of Ger. Morgan having ordered away the 1st Regt. that was to suppo. t me, and halting therbalance of the brigade^ which I imagine however was not • hard to halt. I • Gen. Thaywr is a brave man, and I be .ieve that if his arrange ments had hot been interfered with, that we would hav gone entirely through the enemies lines and carried the hill. , , . > There was gross mismanagement some place about Gen» Thayer, but none on his part. .. . r Our loss was 7 killed and 105 wounded. Lieut, Miller of Co. G. was killed, Capt. Stitt and Lieut, Pitzer were wounded. I received three slight wounds besides several shots passing through my clothing which did ma no injury. The officers and men behaved like vet- v erans, and houj.- have fought as long as one was left. The regiment was under fire all day at Arkansas Post, when an other charge wan ordered, but iimnediately countermanded^ as the en«ny ran up the white flag, just at the moment the regimerit was ready to charge. If we had mode the last charge, 1 ut fev/ would havo beerj ^ > left, as the enemies entrenchments and rifle posts were well formed, and we would have been compe lied to pas over a ver^ levels open piece of ground to reach them. , ,, . . ^ x,r: - 7V--T January, 1863. V.'r y/era here now- in the advance, rnust take the part In the very firs fightin, that is done. Our camp is on the Louisiana side, in full view of the city. Fe are workin^ almost day and night, in building roads and levees. The canal v^ ich we are working on, v;iil never amount to ahythin, ; for the reason, that if a sufficient rise should take place to wash it out, it v/ould wash the whole army away, as there is not a spot v/ithin 50 miles that does not overflow, escept Vicksburg. I have not more-than 300 hundred men for duty, th§ whole armj^ is but'little better than a hospital. I fear that I have lost my own health, I have not seen a well day in three months,-and haVe lost •SO pounds of flesh, but I sh'll never give it up while 1 ban walk. It is rumored that Oen. Orant arrived here today; Crocker is here, speaks highly of you, and also says, that Gov. Kirkwood has been urging my appointment as Brig. Gen. this is all news to me, as I no^ fifSfirfMitlon in that way. If you should be referred to I hope that my dd'ndiitTt has 4>ee such as will meet with your approval, and receive your endoi'ijeiiieht / - * I saw Col. Benton here ft day or t)i>oago, -in search of his regi ment, which he had In some mfvnner lost the track of. Ben. Blair seeVae to have corps of correspondents helne for 'his speciU. latidation, md that of a few St. Loriis men. Merit is not the secret of success newpaper corre8ponden*ta are th6 IftVers by Dtfiich men are lifted Into office. I have nothing here to rely on, except ^ the offlcail report of my superior officer^ who knows that I was ^ / January, 1863. • f fartherest in and last out, and I have no doubt but that he has or will say so in Ms report. Col. Wyman was_the first man killed or hit in his Regt. he was not treated well by Steel, or he would have had a bi igade. Can't you come here? I have met your friend Col. Ransom of the 11th Ills, and am well pleased with him. ^ Jan. 30th. Since writing my letter yesterday, (which I have not had a chance to send off ) I have been shown Gen. Thayer's official report and allowed to make the following extract from it. After mentioning my name six times, he says: "yhe conduct of the noble 4th both of ficers and men, throughout this terrible ordeal, is worthy of the highest praise. They pressed steadily and firmly forward, there was no flinching, they entered the enemies works in splendid style. Col. . illiamson marched at the head of his colxunn, and by, his coolness and heroic courage, won my unqualified adm^lration. He is de serving the favorable consideration of his /government.. He was-struck by three balls, but not severely w^gded, and remained on the field the balance of the day." I send you th. above ejtlraot so thai If you have had any doubts as to hoa ywr old reg*iasnt vould bs led In battle, that they my be cleared up. I kn.,w that I deserve as much priase as any other Col. .- for the pert I, took In tho battle, butowtne. to a lack of acquaint ance Tilth correapondenta, or a am t of pollUoal Influence, 1 do ::ot suppose that I have been mentloi ed. i only care to stand well with January, 1863. my Iowa friencis, and shall loo!; to you to assist me a little in that respect. *. r •» I . ■ Gen. Dodge to Gen. Halleck, Corinth 29:- The different companies of mounted'Alabamians and Mississlpians, enlisted by orders of dlffdrent Dist. Commanders, need a regimental organization and the author!tyof the Gen. in Chief to place them upon the proper footing. They have already done some good rervice, and now under the reign of" terror being inaugurated in Alabama, Hiss, and e-ven Georgia, t?'ey hre coming here ih large numbers, designing to join these companies, and form others. 1 r espectfully request, that aii.thority be given ne, with the approval of the Department Com mander, to form the companies already made into battali no and enlist and officer the men coming in, into additional companies, the regiment to be known as the Alabam. Alabam. ''e have to feed these men..en. and their families. They pre willing and anxious to go into ser vice, ahd by placing our own men over them, they cai be made an eff icient regiment. BUt to avoid all difficulty hereafter,' 1 desire that the order for the safne shall come from the proper aiithority. Gen. Dodge to Col. Bane, Corinth'30;- You will place Col, c. D. Baldwin under arrest on charges for which he is to be tried at the present general Court Martial. ^ Gen. Dodge to Gen. Grant, Corinth 30:- * • I respectfully fequest that the furtda raised h'ere from the sale of contraband cotton, and from the funds dollected by thr Provost ^ Jnnuary, 18G3. Martial General of tliie district, under existing orders, be turned over to me, to be used as a secret serfice fund. The general is aware that I cannot procure funds from .-th' quarter-. iastc r of the dis trict, or department, for that purpose, and he must also be av/are, that it is impossible to obtain competent men for such service, un less they are well paid in cash. By. personal attention to this mat ter I have collected a corns qf rather.efficient men, and unless I can have funds to use I cannot hold them together. These men work , for money, most of them, and run great risks. I consider it for^ • ^ the benefit of the service that they be retained, and that such authority be given me, that my use of this money may not be a "V'"^ cause of trouble hereafter. - iiBv E. r. Burroughs to Doctor McUahon, near Vdcksburg. ^ "Well Dr. I forgot to dOf.any fighting for you, or one else but myself, though I gave them the best I had, on my own hook. But see, here, you told me never go be shot in the back-; now that may occur to the bast of men, and they su?e often shot by their own men, accidentally or carelessly. Whenwe ware in battle qe wore as liable to be shot in the back as any where, for thay had range of us in every direction - roar as w,oll as front. Then when we fallback, they had as good a chance at tjs as when we went in. Well, after Gen, _ Shemna-n oonoluded not- go to Vlckaburg we started up the river to hunt smaller game, and took Post Arkanras. Our regiment was not engaged in that fuss, thou^ we were under flre,andf within Jprunry, 1863. • of the enemy's "rtlllery all dey, and had the engagement last ed 15 minntes longer^ we, with the 9th Iowa and 13th Illinois, would "have chafged bayonets on the breastworks of the rebels. Gen. Thayer had received the order thotightlt has not reached the co „r.nnds of reg iments. So for once the 4th was in luc^^l. though I believe I v,-ould rqther be in a deceng fight every ?/ebk, than to go through the hard ships w have to endure on these transports. Not that Government does not makd us as*domfortable'as possible, but the necessity of crowding Majry In so amall a place, mak^s "it hath^r tough, ' When we arrived here-there were a gre^t many ixnfit for dtxtj''; no. we are in a much better condition- better proba^bly than would suppose we could be- for you being acuainted Irith 'this climate and coiintry, know just as v>ell'wbat* we have to encoulfMaK as I could tell* you by writing -a dosen sheets of foblscap. Let be assure' you that our regiitiefit compares favorably, as t'egKrds health, with anj'^ other that has endured; the same hardships^ aft'tl 1 6onsidor'mysel f as good as the bost in the regiment, for which I am Indebted to you; and as yoti 'Were will ing ing to received, in psymeiit, "goAdf fighting", 1 am satisfied to spend the life you and Gen. Dod^e saved for me in "fighting. And as for myself, *1 waild fight them till" h--l^fW2e over, be fore I would see thte Union diBfid''ved. Ibere are some In the army who have always had mama to warm her aprUn and wrap u their fin- • gers when they wore -cold, who «re somewhat discouraged. Yet, if these same individuals were idiacharged ta day, thry would all be 3 January, li;.63. « back in the army before six months passed. The weather has been wet since we came here. Our living thou^ not so good as at Helena, cannot be compallned of; plenty such a.s it is, good enough '.hat there is of it- ■teegetable diet is.v/h"t we lack. Dr. I never I'ecrlved a letter from you, 'though I heard 3''ou sent one to Washington for me. . Now you did not think I would ratiier fight in the.eastern army than where I am. No, no, the.Western army will do for me to tie to, and our. v/estern Generals are gopd enough ^ „to command me; ray reputation I will stake v/ith men of the same inr terest as myself; and like Ruth of old, I- exdlrin; "Where thouygoest, I will go; where thou diest, I will die." Newspaper Clippings (CDR,35): An Iowa General at work. . Gen. G. M. Dodge, now in command at Corinth, having previously j)rohibited horse raci.ng as being demoralizing to the a'n^r lias determined to stop the practice of gambling, aS; will be seen from the follow ing- order: . ♦ ; , . . Headquarters Diet., Corinth, Corinth, Miss., Feb.- 1st, 18G3. ^ • OeneraJ. Order No, 14 . All ^nbling of nn^ kind or description is hereby proBibited in this district. . . ■ 1. Any citizen detailed in gambling wl.th c, ithe®' citizen or sold ier, Till be placed tn work on the fortification, with ball and chain Febrmry, IGCS. * ■ ' attached to hia leg, and hlr. /loney Feized. ' II. Any officer detected gambling, eithe r v/ith other officers or with fcen, will be rported to the War Department for dismissal from the servicB. III. Any soldier detdcted in gambling, his money will be seized; if a non-commissioned officer, he will-be reduced to the ranks; if a private he will be placed to work on the fortifications. The CO-.manding officers of brigades and regiments, Provost Mar shals and Police officers, are especially instructed to use every ef fort to carry out the provisions of this order. By order of Brig. Gen.'G, M. Dodge-. Geo. E."Spencer Captain and ' . A. Gen. A correspondent of the Pawk-eye, writing fromCorinth-, Mississippi gives the following substantial compliment to Gen. G. I'. Dodge: "Gen. Dodge is k very aciivo man and universally liked by'the officers and men in his district. It is impossible for the fe nemy to get withkn leas' than fifty miles of him i^ithout his knowing all abotit it. His system of espit^nage and scooting is the most perfect in the west. We do not know what his politics are (nor do v/e care) but we certainly consider him ftri officer and a gentleman, and bespeak for him a future if he lives. The Fourth Iowa - The description WP the fighting at Vlcksburg, in o\ar columns this morning, pays' aiiotheh tribute to the gallantry .of ^ Iowa volunteers- this time It in the 4th regiment of Infantry which Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1863 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/ab7b7e2923046ac902d9cb8e40908f5d.pdf 68d3444ac69d8292127f53af5edc4bfa PDF Text Text February, 18e3. * ' « " i"" attached to hir, lec> noney F^eized. II. Any offlcsr detected gambling, eithe r with other officers or with fcen, will be rported to the War Department for dismissal from the servicB. < III. Any soldier detdcted in gambling, his money will be seized; if a non-commissioned officer, he will'be reduced to the ranks; if a private he v^ill be placed to work on the fortifications. '' The CO -.manding officers of brigades and regiments, Provost Mar shals and Police officers, are especially instructed to use every ef fort to carry out the provisions of this order. By order of BPig, Gen.'G, M. Dodge. . . , 1 Oeo. E."Spencer ' ^ Captain and " . A. Gen. A correspondent of the Hawk-eye, writing fro.aCorinth-, Mississippi gives the following substantial compliment to Qeri. G. . Dodge: "Gen. Dodge la a. very adlve man and universally liked by" the officers and men in his district. It is impossible for thte fenemy to get v/ithkn less than fifty miles of him without his knowing ell about it. His system of espi'onage and scooting is the most perfect in the west. We do not know what his politics are (nor do we care) hut we certainly consider him an officer and a gentleman, and bespeak for him a future if he lives. The Fourth Iowa - The description WT the fighting at Vlcksburg, in our Columns this morning, fjaya another tribute to the gallantry .of ^ Iowa volunteers- this time It is the 4th regiment of Infantry which Februarj'-, 18G3. has achieved fane, and added another to the chaplete of honor which are hereafter to be the £p.ory of the State»_ This regiinent is from 'the western part of the state. It was originally comnanded by Col onel now Brig. General, Grenvile H. Dodge. We regret to say that the name of its present Colonel, has escaped oxir memory. The gal lantry of-Its conduct leads to the belief that he worthily succeeds to its command. The loss of the regiment in killed, and wotinded, though less, than at first reported, is enough to shov; thit it occupied a position) of danger and did all its duty. That is enough - Hawkeye. .The vNoble Fourth Iowa.,'* . s The Brigade Commander in his official rerort, xnakes the follow ing mention of the 4th Iowa Infantry at the Battle of VicksbTirg: ''The conduct of the jiotake 4th Iowa, both officers and men, throughout this terrible ordeal is worthy of the highest praise. They, pressed . teadily ant^ firmly forwardghere was no flinohing - they entered the enemy's works in splendid style. Colonel Villiamson marched at the bead of hj.r, -ool^jipnt^ and by his coolness and heroic courage won ,ray unqualified ;admiratibon; he tfl deserving .the favora^e oonsider&tion of his Government; he was struok by three balls but fMH fieriously wounded, and remaint ed on the field the balance of the dey-.* Merited Praise. We have been permitted to see a private letter from Corinth, v/ritton by ^»)ngeon E. P. Davis, of the 39th Infantry. He pays the follorltig trlttitr to certain Indies Who have Shown h February,- 1863. prac'ical intereat in the well-being of the sick'soldiers in hospi tal at Corinth. He says - "I'ts. Gen. Dodge has beenver'y!^ ki-nd in sendin railk and delicacies to us. Mrs. Col. Bane whose husband cOiT.::a!ids -our btigade, and Mrs. Linton have done much to comfort our'sick. They visit our hospital and by their presence and considerate kindness, ther cheer the al- '.c most despairing patientfe. God bless them. It would be a blessing '' if there were more such wamen here. They are of priceless value. They a-re Angers- of Mercy whose manifold kindnesses are doing more to inspire our poor sick soldiers v/ith hope and confidence, than any •TDther instrumentality," . ■ T ♦ .1 , ' A Soldier's Letter. ^ Correspondence of the State Register. d ."'u: f •, Headquarters, r9th lowa Infy, * * ' ^ ' - Corinth, Miss., Feb. 7, 1863. Under the skillful direction of Gen. Dadge, this' place Is being made a very Gibraltdr - He is making the large number of contrabands here "usefxil as well as ornamenti.1, ** by keeping them constantly employed in con: true ting substantial f ortificatltkle, and already, eight thou sand men could successfully resist, ahfl hold the place against thirty thousand rebels. Gen. Dodge is certainly one of the most competent officers in the service, and should be mftOie a Ma-jor General, There are now about nine, thcmncnd troops here, principally from the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and Iowa. The low-regiments aside from our own, are the veteran 2d and 7th Infantry. February, 1863. , , . „ • 1 > General Dodge. - A friend writing of the movements of General G. M. Dodge, in command at Corinth, says;_ "Henhas had some portion of his forces continually on the move, and engaged every da^. He has kept the _rebels clear of- his district, and whipped them handsomely in two stand up fights " , ■ Gen. B. M. Dodge, to Col. Hoffman, Corinth, 1st:- ,I herewith forward roll of prisoners, in accordance with the in structions in your, communication of Jan. 1863. I give all partic ulars as far as I have them. The enemy.are in the habit of paroling them and sendi^tg- them north, withou; living up to thr Dix-Hlll Car tel and we have no mode of preventing them. The men accept the pa role aid r.ake for home. Gen. Dodge to Dr. Roberts, C. S. A., Corinth 2. (10DR151) Your two,communications of Jan. 29th and 31st have been,received. The accounts of subsistence obtained by you will be paid upon-the proper vouchers being presented, ^lanka have.been forwarded by Dr. Stewart. 4 ♦ . fl/ I, of course, disapprove of the, actions of the man, or men, infriile under flag of trued, who,,t«|ok Mrs. .Jerkin's meat, and if the men can • be identified, . they will e^irereXy,punished, I send by Dr. Stewart full pay for all «b mage a she may ha^e received. At the time it was taken we were foraging for our meat, itfiich no doubt induced the men to take heria, not considering what duty they were on. I have en deavored to far as possrible to take from.Uiose best able to spare it«. • February, 1863. If they Buffer they must chnrge the blame wherre it lies- r.pon those who break our comnunications - as irr all such cases we live off of the cotmtry. The damage they do \xB is more than compensated for by the amount of forage and rubsistance we obtain from the cit izens and thus the entire damages fall upon their own friends, in stead of upon our' armjr. ' ' r ' . . . Gen. Dodge to Capt. Cameron, P. K. G. Corinth 8, (10DR152) " All money collected* for fines, permits, and sale of od ntraband property, will be held by you until decisislon is made by Gen, Grant on ray n-pplication to him, to have the f-nds of this district used in pay ing -secret service men, there being no other means of meeting ther demands. « • • • . ^4 . h- . .1 ' Gen, Dodge to Gen, Hamilton,* Corinth St- (iODRlSS) : 't'haT It is well known that this garrison is different in many respects from-others on the road, there being no-citizens here, and none allowed to enter the lines for any purpose; hence the freight charged on goods, comes out of officer# and men. At the freights charges na> officer can mak^ both ends'meet at-thi( end of the iionth, and I d ; not see- the policy of forcing an officer i#ho happens to be stajbioned 100 iailes inland, to pay doubll^ for ever^hing that Ian officer does who happens to be stationed at memphis. I therefore request that the frithgt on goods for officers dnd soldiers* use com ing to this place, be placed at a fair rate. The road I understand February, 1863. is run for the benefit of the Government, and mostly by soldiers. So far as goods intended for citizens are concerned, I should- like to see a tariff placed upon them that would prohibit them, hut it is certainly a greet injustice to force our officers to pay this tariff and it should be irame'diately stopped. Gen. Dodge to Senior officer in charge of E.scort, Corinth 2. * You will proceed with j''our commarki to Col*. Davenp-ort's mill, which is on Glendale and Jacinto road about two miles north of Jacinto, and laod the train with lumber. ' • ' I- • ^ • . i' The command consists of three regiments of Infantry and two"^ hundred wagons. • ^ Gen. Dodge to Gen. Gra.nt, Corirth 7 (10 DrlSB^ . r I think the copies of orders and ooramuni cat ions sent to- Col. Phillips, the commandinf officer of the 'reiment, justified him in taking mea: sures to bring the man here, that he may be puni hed if , guilty, I enclose copies of charges, &c. Council Bluffs, Jan. 23, 1803. Dear Gren and Annie: ' I have received letters, and I can assure you I was glad enough to hear from you, for it seems a long time since r have heard from you. Mother »n<i Father have both received 'letters lately. Those rebel letters were rich. Should Judge tho e would be some fun in getting a chance at a rebel mail bag, should enjoy it I know. Does it seem possible thattthere are such poor Ignorant human beings? I was perfectly thunder-struck. Thank God I was Februar;^, 1863. brought up where I could attend school, and learn to read v/rite and ppell, if I had never learned more, I am pot at all surprised that you are anxious for Lettlc to improve every mo ent, after looking over such letters as those. What a victory was ours at Murfreesboro. Rbsencrans has won im perishable honors. But when w thinjc of the many, lives sacrificed, it Is heart-rending. Oh this war - will i,t never end? I judge from what I read you have beea haying pretty warm times in your papt of the couhtry. I would like to have been where I could have witness ed that last, graat battle in safety. I was out last night very late to a party; therefore, tomorrow being Sunday, will lay this aside now and finish then. So good night. Mother is amusing Lpttip by pinging, .v/hi.ch is fun for all; you can judge of her voice. , . ^ ^ Monday Morn. I . f » I laid this aside yeaterdeiy with, tbe intention of finishing it last night, but did not have a chance, as Mr. Morse, Mr. Rendrie and Pannie Cook were Ml here In the evening after church; Mother)wrote you yesterday, and I concluded to wait so as to send my photograph, as I nm going up this afternoon to have sane taken. Hope to succeed t well. Nate has had some taken of Camp Dodge which are excellent. Will also send you one of those. • * Friday Eve. ^ . ^ ^ „whole weeH has ^*nd your letter has not gone yet, I February, 1863. . " C , v;ent up thie afternoon to get luy photographs > but those that I got v/ere not good, not as good looking ks I flatter myself to be, so will wait and see if I cannot get better ones. Nate received a letter from you today. Father will go down as soon as ossible, Fannie has been here all the week. I have come out in the world as an actress. Have been acting in chardes, for the last two or three weeks. Last nighty acted at Mrs. Everett's, for the Episcopal society. Next Tuesday evening we are to have a masquerade at Mrs. Pusey's, for the Sanitary Society, aia^going to a ct as Mrs. Partington, and Mr. Morse is to-be my.sone "Ike". Fan Cook is Dinah, Hendrie, Sambo. I have not much news to write. Mrs. John Bal dv/in has com pany tonight, am invited. Nate is going, I annot. Pan and I have • other engagements. Answer soon. • - • ' ■ ■ - Truly yours, - Jule. , . , Private Diary, Mem. February 2t- , h ' Lst, u. Z, Infantry went tp Memphis. ♦ ^ Hon. John A. Kasflon to Gen. Dodge, Washington, 3d;- My heart is full of the thoughts which your letter suggests I am powerless. The administration undoubtedly lacks efficiency but with out change in the cabinet, I know of no way to improve it, '-ibis the • • • President seems unwilling to make, stant .n is not adequate to^the War Department, but the President does not .«eem willin to remove him. There is also grpa,t^ dissatisfaction with Ralleok. T think 1-hls party reactionary movement in the north is trasient. Februarjf, 1863. . • . It is the swingln,3 hack of the pendulum of the clock, and it will swing back agdin, afteh a little. Every soldier v/riting home should make his voice heat d agains-t these cowardly traitors firing at the backs of our troops^ ' * I have hoped from week" to week for time to write you of all these matters, but my labors here have pressed me very much,- and lately I have been di shearteneil about public affairs, Lincoln does not un derstand and appreciate the cliaracter of men sufficiently to-get the "right men in the right place. Hence he is liable to be imposed'upon. ^ They are making a great cry in democratic circles in the west, about throwing off NewEngland, • and reconstructing without her,-v.hich is the most vicious fo m of• secessi on, not oven showing the consent ^ of the seceder. They are just now pushing a bill through Congress to raise an army of negroes, t doubt the policy of further legisla tion on that subject, thinklnp"the power previously granted suffi- ► dent. But ^od knows I vd.ll stand up to anything that will help loyal men against the disloyal, I may reasonably hope for a more potential voice after the 4th "March next. B. P. Morley to Oen. Dodgei Florence, 3:- You ftffe 'no doubt As busy as a bee, but I wish to hoar from you, • I hbpe- your health Is or betteh than ever, for you and your command are entitled to to best of blessings beststwod ujjon men fe y ' their"Choator, while thus engaged inactive protection and support ^ of the best Government in the world. If you and your soldiers could February, 1863. . . hear the wishes and prayers that are offered up to the Almighty by the mothers and daughters of your command, you would^feel that a triumphant victory had, or would soon prevail in our cherished and beloved country, v ^ Gen. Dodge to Hon. Caleb Baldv/in, Corinth 5;- This army corps is in excellent condition and ready for the heavy work not far ahead of us. I have a large, coimand now, and an import ant one, with fights ,enou(^ to suit any one. If things looked as bright in our rear as they do in air front, we should have no , j-■ cause to comp '.ain, but we cannot divine, on see the pobicy ruling loyal men in the North just nqv;. I do hope no more men will be cast inbc prison to be let loose to howl, without either charge, indict ment or trial,. Is i,t possible that v/hen victory is in our reach we are to be sold out and disgraced?, TThat are we coming to, and idnat can this army think., vdien we see leading men in the North spejpd days, a weeks, and even months denouncing bhitS war-, this army, and bolster ing up the enemy in evej^' , conceivable way. Tlieir entire stock of denunci.ation comes frcan the fact that aome rebel's negro-will fire a shot in defenr e. of our cauae, our country and'flag. They have not one word to say in favor or defense of the beat, bravest and most united army the world ever saw -.who have fought battle after battle, and have retained every foot of ground they have won, and who tod^y have their baso in the very center of the enemy*s country - not one v,«?d against ^barbarities used against iis# although negroes ■ Febniar;-, 180."^. and Indian s have shot at us on almost rvery field, "nd are todajr in all their ranks. Nor have they one tear to shed for the thousands of brave, noble men who have fall'bn in support of a government the northern traitors would turn over to rebels, to the disgrace and ruin of twenty millions of people. Not one word do they utter in favor of the men v7ho have stood up for years, and fought battle after -battle against a foe who have met us with a-savage ferocity and cruel ty hardly excelled by the cannibals, and who today say to every officer in this ahmy - Should yWu*chance to fall ^nto our hands, we will hand you over"'to a d'ommunity to 'be dealt «iith, that are today chas ing their owH citizens into thCir army, or out of their lines with b-lood~ho\inds. Our soldiers see and hear all this, and say - Is it po sible that justnow, when, by a combined effort, with' the moral support that wo have a right to expeTct from the North, and when we are on the eve of cmash'ing out this rebellion which Is tottering and tumbling from its own Iniquitous weight, thqat these traitors at home will come and prop it up, and give it such ca id and comfrot, that two hundred thousand'more lives must be lost before it falls? I say it unhesitatingly "nd the voice of the army will support it, if it was not for- the aid the rebels receive, and that prom ised from the Nohth, cdnnected lirith the traitorous effort to demoral ize, disorganize, and our army^ the rebellion w ould be done for in ninety days, ' - '■ ' ' • * These men in the N^rth have pr.:mised the rebels if they will hold out three months longer, that they will so divide the north, and draw Pebriia? y, 1863. . sucli support from the army, th^t we \ii\l agree to any peace the rebels may dictate; and on that e rerment the rebels are today dragging men into their army, by chains- conscripting .every one, old and young . that is not oncrutches, to meet our armies moving south; and these traitors North are carrying out theb part of the agreement .by sowing distruct, dissatisfactinn, and dissention in our army, to the best of their ability, and openly declare it shall not be filled up: in fact telling us we can go on until we get so weak that the rebels can crush us. They . send through the.rebwl lines the Chicagp Times, Cincinnati Enquirer, and other treasonable .sheets, which are extensively copicjd from in .their. .".Orders", and by their press to keep up the wan in . spirits of their peo.nle, and a soldier cannot go out of our lines into theirs, but what smme treanonalbe article copied from Northern papers is flirted in his face .tq prove their ultimate, success. . It was only a few days ago that one of their officers, high incommand near here, said that to divide the N rth was their last and ■ ' r> • only hope - that there was ,n perfect understanding with thesq northern traitors, and even said to the Missouri soldiers when they returned home the north would treat them with more respect than they wc)uld the "Lincoln hordes." and when asked by the loyal man, if the Southern men or press ofiould uphold the Union catise, as this Northern press upholds theirs, "Tiat would be dohe, he answered "Fhy hang, them .of Course, We don't allow any Union sentiments in our lines." Is it ,a wonder this army sends up a cry of indignation and de- Fdbmiarjr, 1863. . • • mands that open treason shall not take possession of their homes, and that they shall not be disgraced by acts committed by those left be hind? There is a pent up. volcano down here, and no matter what our fate, I know what prejudices and what determination the army will carr y back against these men, and if they Imew how carefully every l^reasonable letter, v/ritten here from the N^rth is circulated and laid up for fixture settlement they would send it to r different market from the army. The different t nes they sing on the Negro - Constitution - Admin istration and the War, - no matter how plausible or what oily tongue puts them forth, they do not weigh a feather against* the principles that nature has instilled into the loyal soldier, and v/hich rebel ^ bullets have made doubly dear. They may influence a cov/ard, or a soldier forced into the army against his will, or one who will get out at all hazards, but that noble band who flocked to our colors, and have stood by them through many a battle, and can count his com rades' graves in a dozen rebel states, they pass by li!:e the wind. Thank God they have not as yet moved us one iota- nothing but chagrin and indignation has gone forth from the soldier:. I hope it will cause the iristigators 6f it t stop and think. ' I f you want our spiti aroused, come dov/n here and listen to this devilish dry frcra the north and 6ee how the army feels over it. Notice the riirolutions passed by the Illinois officers. '^hat" meet ing was composed of nearly every officer of the Illinois regiments February, 1863. ^ • . t • 'l here, and was led by prominent Ceinocrats. hearty endorsement « the resolutions received from the soldiers and all, would astonish * • • • ^ you. It will not dp to meet these men with the charge that they are soldiers - machined - and do the biddin/ of Lincoln. They obey mil itary orders, but rben it comes to civil policy they are,as out spoken as any one. We want - d hfi': . , ; f nv<i" M- »■! r • , ' } 1. A /conscript Law; . .j , , . _ 2, A Law defining Treason. 3 . .Better disciplin, and the enforcement of sentences of death on deserters. 4. A general raking of the North for deserters- their return and punishment. 5, No promotions; no appointment except of officers who have their hearts in the war. 7., And, lastly, every man who is living off of the Government', should be made to s\ipport the war by word and actia)n. If he will npt, and is luke-warm from fear of the copperheads, have him removed, and put a disabled soldier in his place, who has a rebel bullet in his body, and you will have a war moa. If we are to be a divided North, for God's sake don't feed, s up port and uphold men by Government influence and money, w^o are opposed to us, I am in earnest In this metter and do not want to go home dis graced by a set of men who were always traitors, but only now allowed vrtifr.'vj ''-s February, 1863. • ' '' ^ • to spit it out^^ * Joseph'M. Crown to Gen. Dodre, St. Louis, 5:- • i'' • ' Tell Annie I have her box from Mfs. Pegram. I have not been abld to get the monej''*on your voucher yet. Gen. Dodge to his brother, Corinth 6:- Gen. Van Dom is marching on me. I shall'whip him if he stands a fight. I move on him tonight. Correspondence, l!issouri Democrat; Corinth 6:- If this winter is a fair speciment of winters in the "Sunny South" heaven preserve us from witnessing many of them, for scarcely a day has passed for over two months on which we have not had'more or less rain. It rains, d rizziles, sleets and snows at will, but always 4 commences and ends with rair. The season here properly would be divided into the wet dnd dry. The summers, long, fieryand parching, the winters, dark dismal and damp; dark with ever lorering clouds; 'dismal with tinfathomable mud, and rather d(U!lp by an unceasing fall of rain. All the troops at this point have just received two montfts'pdy, and the suttlers are reaping a "greenback* harvest. Prom the earliest strpakings of day, until the shadows night have'brought ' I ■ arotind the unwanted sound of tattoo, the "soger boy" may be sben making his da ly purchases of ginger snapps, peanuts, or the other thousand and one artilces which are temptingly exposed to his ardent gazo. ^ February'-, 18C3. . , ■- ' -v Although soldiers carry on a war of extermination against all eatable things, tobacco is preeminently the greatest sufferer. Each regiment chews whole cords of ^t, and the number of five cent cigars smoked is miraculous. The only key to the mystery is a knowledge of the aristocratic proclivities of the soldier. No matter whether his purse is heavy or light, as long as he has a solitary five-^center, ■ or credit for a check, on all agreeable occasions he will sport his regular cigar. Corinth has the name of being a-very sickly place, on account of the'great mortality of the rebels while occupying it; but as ofiir army has been very healthy thus far, it was probably owing to their filthIness, unhealthy food,- and gen^eral disregard of the laws of health, than'to any actual unhealtviness of the locality. The wretched condition of the roads will effectiv-^ly prevent ac tive .niiitary operations in this vicinity, for eomd weeks at least, Nev/spaper clippingsj In a letter, from Oen. G. M. Dodge^ in einother column, reference is made to a meeting of the officers of hie Division at Corinth, The following is the preamble and resclutiona adopted at this meeting. We give the document without comment—it speakS' foritaelf» Iowa officers nd soldiers have many times individually expressed these sentiments in private letters, but now that they lave given a more tangible expression to their opinions, their voice will not be difregarded: <» Til / February, 1863, Whereas, The Iov;a officers at the garriso.- of Corinth, have no ticed with deep regret, a disposition to embarrass the Government in its attempt to suppress'this rebellibn, on the part of its citizens, & THiereas, We are deeply and solemnly impressed that it is the duty of this gdneration to establish beyond a doubt'the a thoritjr of our Government; and Whereas, We have embarked in this Struggle for that purpose; be it therefore *- Resolved, That the sacrifices we have made to suppress this most causeless and wicked rebellion, have had the effect of endearing the. Government to us, end at this moment we love the unity of our nation and the honor of our flag with an ardor and enthusiasm never fe-lt be fore and no party prejudices, affinities ©r considerations can ai- ~ienate us from our Government. Resolved, ThAt we are in favor of prosecuring the war with in creased energy and force until there shall not be an armed traitor to dispute the rightful authority of- the Government, Reeolved, That we witness with Intense delight the constancy and' patriotism of the gr^at body of the people of our &tatb as man ifested by their unflinching devotion to the Oovemment during this'" unparalleled striirgle for national existence. , -f- ■ i'l Resolved, That knowing the hefcirt of Iowa as truly rbyai. We'regret to'be compelled to acknowlodge that there are traitors''upon its soil, and that we hold in grerter contempt a cowardly traitor' in our 7r Februarjr, 18G3. rear than we do a manljr foe in our front, who dares to meet us on the battle-field. That it is the duty af all loyal men to avoid and de spise all enemies to*, our Government, as our fore-fathers did Ben- ^ ■ .. edict Arnold. . • Resolved, That in this crisis there can bo but two classes of -mwn, "Patriots and Traitors," and as defenders of our flag and coiintry, v/e will now and hereafter refuse to suppo-rt,; susta n-, or fellow-, •ship witha ny man, who, in this great struggle, is not emphatically and tmly royal. Resolved, '•'■hnt the course tkken 'by the Dubuque Herald, Keokuk Constitution, Davenport Democrat a d News, and other kindred and nihor sheets, throughout the Gtate, meets with our unqualified disappro bation, and we denounce their teachings 48 disloyal and revolutionary in their tendencies. < r Resolved that we regard the teachiiigs of the so c^ed Peace Men of Iowa, as not tending t^o stop the war, but only to prolon, dt, and that we will hold them responsible for the lives of all loyal sol diers sacrificed by reason of such disloyal conduct. The meeting was large and enthusiastic, and was addrqssed by Col. *8 leaver, liice, Cummings, Col. Bane of the 50th Illinois, and others. • * »♦ A._ J. Davis, Capt. Co. A, 2nd Iowa. Chnl rman. G. L. Godfrey, Adjt. 2nd I,owr. G. C. Tichenor, Adjt. 39th Iowa. . Secretaries. Februarjr, 18C3. Newspaper Clippings, v:e are per.iiitcd to publish the following prCvn^e letter from Gen. Dodge received by a citi7,6n of this place: A Noble Letter. At the request of a Ihutnber'-of our subscribers, we print today, from the weekly Nonpareil, the iPoliowing noble letter from the gal- ~ lent Gen. Dodge. It is a letter ^ich will do to read several times over. It is written by a man who has a right to ,speak out plainly; by one v/h has periled his life on the battle field, fighting for the Union. • Compared with his utterart'ces, how de'spisably mean appears " the miserable twaddle about 'peace, Which wc'^nOw hear go much.' The men who talk about surrender to the rebels,' on the".r own terns, and such is the real meaning Of their cowardly declarations, have nover raised a hand, or made a single sacrifice to sustain the Union c,ause. On the other hand, the men. Who, like Gen. bodge, are Igtying down their lives in defence of that cause, not only demand -that the war should be contined until the rebellion in crushed but they ask also to be sustained by the voice and the hearts of a loyal peopTJe at home . Who ie o craven, do cowardly as not to be willin to res pond to thii call? The voice of the -Wrmy, Is for the Unlo^T at' all hazards, and for the prosecution of the war until its flag floats once more in triumph everywh©,i*e njver our broad I'^-nd, Let a similar spirit pervade the isfrfls of tflfe people at home, and then this contest in which our Government is eng»ged,' will be gloirioiieiy n-nd -speedily ended. (See ;. 65). • " " • * ft February, 1868. i ..'V \i. - Letter from Gen. Dodge. . rr-a " • *' W^ari'lng to Northern Tories, ■ ■» - " . Belov/ we give a letter from General ^odge, bur former townsmen, who has won by his good sword o-high place among our military com manders. It ir'refreshing to have such eehtimcnts at this time from such a source. Its scathirg'remarks will make the copper heads fraternity wince. The action of the western troops in r elation to the sece ssion sympathizers at home, is quite sevehe on that class of northern rebels. Now for the-letter: - (See p. 65). Another Voice of Warning. Brig. Gen. Gronville M. lodge, a Massachusetts man by birth but appointed from Iowa, in a private _letter to a friend 'in South Danvers, which is published' in the Wizard indignantly denounced the cc-perhead movement.. The following -is the major portion of t he letter, ^-^ich is dated at Corinth, Mies., Feb. 6; (See p. 65); . - • . Another Protest from the Army against ' Northern Copperheads. ' . The^ Council Bluffs Nonpareil publishes a lengthy letter from Gon, Dodge, now in coiamand at Corinth, Miss., and well knoTO as one of the most energetic and successful of our Iowa General,s,. written to a cit izen of Council Bluffs, without any thought of its publication. We present r few extracts as furnishing.another contribution to the in - dignant protests now being so earnestly made by our Iowa soldiers, agalBfct the copperheads of the north: (See p. 65)^ Februnry, 1803. . \' , White v/oraen end Childre- Him+,ed Doto by Blood-hounds. Gen. Dodce ^t Corinth, ISlse., has forv/orded to the Headquarters of the array, a statameni Of some of the late outrages on Union men in Alabama, committed b;r the rebels. He gives only what he knov;s to be true, but these instances are sufficient to render the authoiis of the atrocities detested and abhorred whevrevef* justice and mercy are revered. He states that Abe Canada and Mr» Mitchell were hung two . ' weeks ago for being Union men." ^They lived in the Hachlebon settle ment, Marion Col; Ala, Mr, Hnllwork and his daughter, of the same coun ty were both shot from the same cause. " The letter TVan instantly killed; the former is still alive but will' probably die, Peter Lewis and three of his neighbdref-Welhe .hunted doVn by blood houiids and cap- ^ tuTed. The houses of Jffessrs-. Palme'r, Welsby, Williams, and the ' Wlghtnjans, a.nd of some thirty dthers', were' burned ""over theih heads. The women and children were turned out of doors, and the* commnnlty ' were notified that if they allowed tbom to go into other houses, or fed or harbored them in any n»hn«r,'they would be served the same way Mr. Peterson living at the'hbfed. or Bull ITcKintaiA, was shot. Gen. •^odgc is now feeding some hundreds of these fnmilies,' who, with their woraen and children,. some grey haired man, and even cripples on crutches,, were driven out and found their way to his camp 'through the woods and -hyways, without food or shaiter. All this wen done fOr the simple reason that they were Union meh, or that the-" had brothers or rela tions in our army. And he has bean info'i^dd by them thbt there'are still hundreds of loyal men and women in the woods of Alabama, wait- ^ February, irC3. ■ ing for f*n oportunity to escape. . . The Philadelphia Ledger gives some interesting facts in regard to tlie use of bloodhounds in hunting down the victims of rebel cruel ty. One fine summer!s Sunday afternoon, says the Ledger,as a steam boat was stooping at a Landing on the Mississippi.to take in w od, the passengers.were surprised to see two or three young, athletic negroes,- perched up in a tree like monkeys, and about as many blood hounds dnc'emeath, barking and yelpinc and jumping up in vain ende vros to seize.the frightened negroes. .The overs eer was standing by encouraging the dogs, and several by-standers were looking on enjoy ing' the sport. It was only the owner of some bloodhounds training his dogs to keep them in practise,-so as to be able to hunt down the runaways, who often secrete themselves in the woods. It was thought fine sport and useflj too, in its way, , ten years ago. • I But now the, aame hounds are being made use of all through Alabama and Mississippl ■ .ve have no d 'Ubt of others..of the,Southern States, to hunt'down white men hiding.!." the woods to escape the fierce con scription act, which is now seizing about every man under sixty years of age able to carry a gun. Nor is this the worst. It is found that those camped out. fere» supplied , with food brought them by their children, who go out apparently to play in the woods, and then slip off and.carry proviaions* to their fahhoi's. To meet this exigengy bloodhounds are now employed to follow these little children on their pious errands and the other d.ay, a beautiful little girl was thus chas- 'iiTr February, 1863. ed and tMs overtaken in the woods," and there torn in pieces, alone and unaided, by the trained bloodhouds of Jefferson Davis. Nor is this a solitary case. It appears that mny white men, women and children are thus now sacrificed in'order to carry out the conscrip tion act in all its terrors. Gen. Grant to Gon. Halieck, Nashville 2:- Gen. Dodge reports thAt on the 2efch Ult. Our forces under Col. Phillips drove i^hoddy to the south side of the Terjiessee river, cap tured all his trains consisting of over 20 mule teams, 200 head of cattle, 600 head of sheep, and about I'OO head of horses and mules, and destroyed a factory and mills which had largely sxipplied him. A Soldier's letter. ^ Correspondence of the State Register. t Headquarters, 29th Ioto Infy. ' ■ Corinth, Miss., Feb. 7, 1863. (See Soldier's letter). D. C. Bloomer to Gen. ftodge. Council BHuffs, 9:- Master hoseph Lewis writes me'thai'iie has left Spoor's Battery, with which he has been for the last year and a half,-and hereafter will live with you. • ' I now drop you a line to say thAt I hope you will lool' a little to his welfare, when you can do so conveniently. T'e feel-some in terest in him as he Is the brother of oiir Adopted childrnn. Be writes me that he thi ks he can make something in selling papers on the railroads and in camps. ' ' ^ February, 18G3. Gen. Dodge to his brother, Corinth, 10:- The rebels are whipped and done for. If anything saves them it will be northern dissentions, upon which they place their hope. I have had some hopes ol getting a leave of absence to settle up my business affairs, but they are bound to keep_me here,not how ever for the lack of General officers; but when they find one v/ho fills the place to which he is assigned well, thoj'' do not care to reI lieve him. , If Congress adjourns without a ssing a conscript law, it ^dll a terrible blow to us. It is the .only means to be depended upon to . keep our arm^' full, , , . . The army is.becoming better disciplined every day. To are now carrying out the death penalty for desertion, and taking more a ctive measures for their arrest, Lettie is with me. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Grant, Corinth 7:- .a - I think the copies of orders and coramiinicatiorfs sent Col. Phillips the Cpmmanding officer of the regiment,, justi fied him in taking measures to bring the men here thAt he. may be pimighed if guilty . I enclose copies of charges, 9cc, To Gen. Dodge from hivS brother. Council Bouffs, 0:- Yours of ICth Jan. duly received, father does not seem to get things in.a fi^ to leave yet. I on anxious to .hnve.hit^ go .and pay you n visit oven if he ig not gone more tHan three or ^four weeks. He is now tryln to get ,a supply of 7/ood on hand; is hauling from Pebruar", 1863. from five acree of timber vrbich we bought one mile ont of town. Tben be will have to £0 to'the liillcl-orn to arrange matters there, I will ro out to the Elkhorn with him,'and trjf and put things in shape so he can leave. When the boats get to running, during the spring or summer, I shall have Lettie and Mother go down and sec you. I am very busy, and not able to keep my work up, this is the buriast time with me. It is pretty muchcbcided on part of Judge Baldwin a 6 well a s in ray own mind, that we will go into businesstogether about the 1st of Sept. or Oct. next. The more we think and talk over the matter 'he more favorably ve think of it, and believe it will be for our mutiinl benefit, I am satisfied it vill be for my interest. The Republicans are iinanlmous all over the stqte for him to be a candidate again. He will decide fully on the matter before April term. I was garnished some time ago for Pegram. It.was aimed at a note of $350 in my hands made payable to and endorsed by Pegram, handed'me by Pegram to collect, he receiving a receipt in name of Gommonit. It came up at Dlst. Court l^st week. The parties who gar- ; ished me set up fraud between Pegram and Gammons; that Pegram left note In'daJnmons name to defraud his creditors, brought record of transfers of his property to Gammons and others'to prove fraud » and with the feeling against Pegram there is here, gained their case. I could not recollect distinctly about giving the receipt, and could not testify positively on that point, but, from what evl- Pehrrxarj*, 1863, dence I'could furnish on that point, the'jury decided they heliev ed my receipt was out for the note but decided there was fraud be tween Pe(ii^ain and Gammons and so a judgment was rendered agamst me in the matter, with an order r • from court . that I be secured , ,, by an indemnfyinr bond against my receipt. The jury had no evidence to justify such a verdict of fraiid , but the feeling against Pegram is so strong, they presumed it and bea.t him. I suppose Pegram will plane me in the matter, but I could not help it. VHien Pegram vias here he was too smart for them, now he is av/gy they will beat him at anything, and I have no doubt declare all his conveyances void, I seldom see John T, He, hor/cver, came in a fewy days ago, and I ma de inquiries of him about B. P & Co, matters. That Omaha land six it has been again dddided in your favor, end steps are being taken to take patent up. Your box of drafting Instrument is found at last; was left in Clinton's office when we moved there three or four ye'ars ago. John Famer wants to know if there would be any show to collect Beresheim's account against Spencer if he should go down there . iTarner recommended Spencer to Beresheim and has had to take • « up the account. It is all wrong for Spencer to treat his creditors 80 if he is able to pay. Gen. Dodge to Superior officer in charge of escort, Corinth, 0, (10DR157): You will proceed in command of thrre regiments of infantry and - : i . . " February, ]8G;5. '■ I , . '"V . detachment of crvplr:- ar escort to train, for lumber, by way of Glendale to Davenpoi-t's Mills. ir • Gen. Dodge to Capt, Cameron, Corinth 18, (ICDrlSS): ' .. . . . . You will sell on the best possible terms the cotton in your hands and. the four bales in Capt. J. r. ^ring's, the cotton to" be (delivered to buyers at Memphis or Columbus, on opening of the road, JJ..- . I - ■ ■ -y ■ ■ at OTir expense. . ■ ' ■ r u ■■ ■ , • The proceeds will be delivered to these headquarters to be ' ' /- ■ » . fc . .. .. . • used as a secret service fund. '' ' ^ ■ • • , • . ► . • ' . Gen. Dodge to Liexxt. Fogan, Corinth 12, (10DF1C8)C ■ ' j The report of amrnmltion on hand shows only about 50 pounds to • • ' • . the man for the command as a reserve. I desire you to immediately procure at least 300 pounds, as a reserve for th s garrison. « Gen. Dodge to Superior officer in charge of train, Corinth, 13 You wilT proceed in command of three regiments of infantry and a squad of cavalry as escort to train (Cavai.ry to b e furnished At Glendale) to the mills two miles south of Brownsville (Dr. Farvey I I . . , think , is the name of the ovmer ) and load the train with lumber, ♦ ' • .. . ■ . Gen. Dodge to Col, Sweeney, Corinth 14:- You will have the ground in front of the 52nd Ills, and in fron f, , *■ ' of the GG'th Ind, thoroughly policed and sinks dug at the proper dis- ^ ' * - • .S ' ■ ■ , . , . . • tance from the regiment. . ■ Dispatch to Misa curi Democrat Memphis, Feb. 11, via Cairo, Feb. 13i- The advance of the re bels in Miss, is understood to be at and around Okalona. They are Fel^ruary, 18G3. . , , * * 1 repairing the rn ilroad destroyed by General Qrant, but the, i-nclemency of the, weathei* very rrach retarded their iiovements. The bulletin learns by way of Tuscumbia that the rebels :r.oved a very large portion of their army from Vii-ginia to Vicksburg. They. i; have also taken from Mobile ai l the garrison, except, a few thoiisand _-for police duty. • • T] e railroad from Meridian to Selma, Aia,, _is completed, and '■aily running between those points. It is very useful to. the rebels, enabling theoi to rapidly concentrate their forces at Vicksburg. The hospital established hy the rebels,at lulca.is shortly to be abandoned. Only seventy Confederate wounded are in the hospital. The others have recovered and-been exchanged pr parolled. When Jeff Davis tuadertook to inforce the conscription iif'E^.t Tennessee, about four-fifths of the- loyj^l men of that section es caped through the mountains to Kentucky where they, joinr d the Union ar®y, A similar attempt in northern Alabama and Mississippi la nor driving Union men away from their families and forcing them to take up arms agninst the kingdom of Jeff Davis, . , There is a perfect reign of terror in northern Alabama and northt ern Mi oissippi,, and-the Union aJ*®iGS are doily receiving recruits, who gl,aci].y, .#nllst.>to support the Union and Constitution. Advices have been reoeived from Mississippi and Alabama to last Friday, The newsis interesting. Van Com with a cavalry force of 3000, crossed the Tennessee .1 'u ' February, 1863. ' ' • river at Eantport about a week aao, and was supposed to bo movinc on bo get a convrnient position to cut Rosecran's communications. The precise destination was \inknown, but it is not iraprobable that his H0ve';nents v/ill be closely watched, and that he \^i].l not find another Murphy to sleep at his post and permit a triumph. Rhoddy another rebel operator at Tuscumbi?,with a command esti mated "at aboxit 900- the remainder having been sent torreinforce Bragg is c mimitting the usual amount of depredations. * The most perfect reign of terror the v/orld has ever seen is new being experienced b y thf unfortunate residents of north Alabama and Mississippi. In the latter state, the legislatiire recently enacted a law embracing all conscript men not included in the Confederate act, which includes all from eighteen to forty years of age, and. that recently passed, takes all from forty to sixty" years of ago. The territory has been laid off into districts of 80 miles, and a recruiting Colonel appointed for each district. A thousand Col onels have been appointed to inforce the conscript and militia act in north Alabama. There are many Union men in Ibhat section of the state, and millions of property belongihg to them. The efforts to force them into the confederate ranks, has driven himdreds of them to the woods"Where they continue to hide and suffer rather than be taked as conscripts. This induced a novel hunt for them. Guerrillas and blood-hounds have been put upon their track, and many a pdor vic tim has been smelt out in this way. Not long since, a young girl, February, 1863. • ' carrj'-ins food to her father,* who was hiding in a cave, was attacked by ore*of these blood-hounds and torn to pieces. It is estimated that not less than one thousand Union men from Mississippi and Ala bama have made their way to Corinth, There Gen. Dodge made all possible provisions for them. Gen. Dodge sent-out arid brought in families of persecuted and ddwn-trodden Union meh, and has established a sort of encampment, or home, for all their families at Ptirdy, where they are likely to be free from persecutions. At Corinth a regiment is forming of Union men from Alabam.a and Mississippi. There are already six full companies. Capt. J. C. Came ron, the Protest MarshaT'of the Uistrict of Corinth, is to be Colonel of this J'egiment. Col. M. M. Crocker to Gen. Dodge, Lake Providence, La., 13th:- After spending ten days encamped opposite Vickshurg v/e* were or dered to this place, whioh ty the way is a most delightful situation, " - . .. . • for what urpose 1 am unable to say. 1 hear of you frequently. < I saw Geo. Ghant thiA morning aftd asked him if you were not to be ord-ered to the front, he said thai j'ou were a pood man for any place, but that you cOuM not be spared from Corinth. This division, you perhaps know la in McP»-erson's army corps, the 17th, I'believe, com posed of MdArthur'e, Logan's and Qulnbie's. As far as I can judge it is in much better condition than any other portion of the'army down hdre. Indeed I do not thinV ^hat crowd'of poorly cared for, poorly drillwd, dlflCOUragOd-and sick fellows that I saw in the mud opposite mr^'' \ V-' ' v" ,' . February, 1865. , 7 < Vickaburg, can properly be called an army.. No-enthusiasm, no disci pline, no pride, not anything that leads to-success in fighting. I was greatly disappiinted,-and I confess greatly discouraged, the men are ( as good as any, but there is something v/rong and I faar it is the > officers. I saw Ool. Vvilliamson, he was not.lookirjg well, had not -- 1 fully recovered from his v.otxnds received at the storming of the i works at Vicksburg. I did not see your old regiment. I am,satis- •• fied that the authorities at TJashington made a great mistake- in- not ' brigading the troops, from each state, and-pitting them in'divisions together to be commanded by their own officers, for after a.ll public opinion at home is the tilbvinal most -feared, and if we command men from our own state we are more interested to take care of them. • I have not heard much from any body, and nothin/; recently from Washington. I see from the newspapers that the invincible Herron has been nominated for Maj. Oen. I. called ©on,-Grant's attention to that, and told him that if you-had been sent to the front when you desired to be, it would be. you ins^ad of Herrcn, he said it v/puld all be right soon, what he mea^t, I don't know. I may do Herron in justice, but I look upon all the fuss and feathers- big telegrams, terrible battles, ^c, of the southwestewi- campaign, as'an'infemal humbug, gotten especially for the purpose »of promoting a few very great squirts. , I do Aot know how my matter : tands, -nor do I oare much* Governor Grimes wrote me Dec. 3nd that I was. ||gg»oi|tnted B. G. the S©th of .Nov. February, 18G3, I have not heard, from him since, but have heard from other sources fehat it was a mistake, at any rate I have lately seoi my name published on the list with that of Bussy and Williams, at which of course I feel greatly complimented. I shall stay down here ui^i," this campAign is finished., and if in the meai time I am not fxi^shed myself, I shall resign, and try my hand at something else. I received a letter from Tuttle toda3',his health he says is bad, I am sorry to hCcar it, for I hoped to see him down here. Hansom is t in our division, commands the 2nd brigade, he is a glorious good fellov/. Do find time to write me a few lines, if not more. Col, A. L. Chetlain to Gen. Codge, Corinth, 13:- I have just received from Maj, Gen. Hosecrans a very handsome in- ' * !; ' '' '* * dorsement for promotion, which I will forward to Washington immcdiately, I have bean advised to arm myself with all the recommendations I can get. You can do me a great favor at this time. If you can do it consistently, I respectfully ask that you give me a few lines addressed to the President in regard to jny promotion to forward with • • • Gen. Rosecran's paper. t You know what I am and whAt I can do, though I have never had thg good fortune to serve rnder you dn action. Pardon me for troubling you with ghis matter. « » T. Goodfellow to Gen. Dodge, ^t, Louis, 13:- The oause of my being here is owing tp the fact Februarnr, 1863 ' f. i that I was absent on the 18th of last Auipist, Col. V/miamson sent me in charge of sick to General Hospital; and from place to place I v.'as ordered with then till l'reached here. I took sick and did not get in time for the muster. I left here on the 5th, and reported on the " . '' ' t" 29th, and in the muster he gave me no benefit of h'ls own order. I was before a court of inquiry, and the verdict was favorable, but the papers were lost, and in Dec. I appeared before another court, but having lost some of my testimony, the decision v;as against me, but I laiew nothinr of it till at White River after being at Vicksburg. i , ' • : . \ . . . ■ . The regiment and 1st fowa battery, drew up petitions to the President to restore me. Gen. Curtis also gave the papers a strong endorsement and claimed the decision of the first court. 7 " * ' The paners v/eee sent to Harlan, and I Yiope to be reinstated soon, I can and will prove the action of the first coiu't. t' P. A. Wheeler to Gen. Dodge, near Vicksburg, 15:- »• ' » * , ^ ^ General i received some papers from Washington a few days ago, { ' « f and among them there was one for you which I enclose in this and will send it by Col, Nutt, for Jilm to mail to you. We are now in camp opposite Vicksburg, in sight of the city, and every day they fire at us across the riVey, doing us no damage. We > * , r ' have the gunboats lying helow the city, they ran down in the night under a heavy fire frou the rebel batteries, but received no damage. The health of the 4th* is jjood, and qll feeling well. Col. will1 ' • iamron is In oommand of our brigade, Gen. Thaycr being on Court Marshal^|^ February, 1863. , ■; Dr. Robbins and Shav/ are v/ell, and doing their whole duty. Dr. Bailey has been very siok but is getting bettdr now.. , \7© have had_ the sraall-pox in our regiment. Col. Nutt tells us that Col. Kinsman as got into severe trou ble, .being under arrest for disobedience of orders. The General conuoanding sent an order to Col. Kinsman to take tv/o companies, and perform some duty. Kinsman refused to obey the .order inwriting, and when he • was ordered • under arrest he tried to • make- a speech to ^ his ' men to have them back him up, and for that he was pu in close arrest, . • , Nutt says it v/ill go hard with him. Some time ago I ^sent my papei s to 'Washington for promotion, in the Quarter master Department. They were sent, to Wilsoia . I wish I you would do me the favor of helping me in the matter, by writing to him and Kanson urging them to have me jwomoted to the rank of Captain in the <;Riarter-master'o jtlepartment,- Gfn. Dodge to Col. Mersey, Corinth 16, (10DR160) ' - _ The« 22nd Ohio detachment now here, will proceed to Tj enton. Transportation has been furnished Col., Wood. /, ; Gen. _Dodge to Capt. Adams, .Corinth 16, (10DR160) You will report with your entire command to Col. Cornyn, 10th Mo. Cavalry for instructions. y ' Gen. Dodge to Col. Comyn, Corinth 17, (10DR160) You will prooeed in command of- all the cavalry of this district viz, 10th Mo., Stewart. Batv 5th Ohio and 2'd' Alabama towards Tuscumbia, Pebrunry, 1863. • - • ' and endeavor to fall upon Van Dorn'^-rear, or any force he may have .left on this side. It is rerouted that there is one company of con ^ scripts at the rail road crossing of Bear creek. -^Iso that-one hat- ' tery and one company of cavalry -re-at Tuscumbia, Van Dorn-c rossed -- his forces at Florence,'Bainsbridge and Land's ferry. Yoii will endeav or to ascert'ai.: whether the' enemy h-ve placed an engine on the road between Tuscumbia and Decatur; and also to co-operate with the gun boats now cmming up the river. Destroy ail means of crossing. Capt. Harrison with his scouts will report to for duty. During the trip you will conmunicate with me daily,- or wii'enever" necessary,'"by messen ger to Qlenville', and also telegraph from there. A captured rebel pass: HeadQuarters Cavalry, 17th Feb." 1863.t ''' ' Guards and Pickets, 'will pass Dr^. Shaw ih all directions until' otherwise ordered. By order of Ma^, Gen. Jos, vkiBhlhr Ch'f. of Cavijlry E. S. Binfor'd, A.'A.^Gen. ' • ' • Approvedj^y oJ^er Gen. -E. Van I-orn M. M. Kimmel, 1/g.j. and A. A.G Approved, By Command, Oen.« Bragg. W. Clair Kyyo, Asst. Insp. Gen. Potert H.> Reed to Gen. Dodge, -Moline, 17th • ■ . .You must perm t me to rethind you of t'Wat r raid'to you a year ago. I might have been mistaken then,'but hbUr" I must BAy ' that you ahouid tfeke-ycfcJh the a-rm^, long enough to re cruit your health' lie* y<Af eWn do sd, fsk" I fear yoU'will be com pelled to dU so when it is too late to db At eucbewsfully-. ' i . ^ February, 1863. « Take your wife and come and make us a good long visit, and w will make you as comfortable as we can. Don't fail to do this. You have at Corinth a young man from this place, by the name of Pitts Wood. Re is in the Iowa 2nd regiment, Co. C. He is ■ ■nv/cll and his parents are very anxious he should get a furlou/^ and come home and recruit awhile. He is rather slender and has been in the army from about the beginning of the war, and is a gallant boy. He had a brother killed at Murfreesboro. Thh. name of. the one killed v/as. Wellington Wood, and as brave a boy as Illinois had. * " • Please find a notice of his death inclosed. The body v/as brought home last week, and buried with military honors, here in Molire. The parents of these boys are relatives of. mine, I hope you will take the trouble to look into the case of Pitts Wood and re lieve the minds of his parents,. .Their hearts are crushed. I tell you truth when I say their /son that is- dead, was the pride of this, part of the country, a noble boy. Col, J. A. Williamson to J^en. Dodge, near Vick sburg, 17:- Since writing you last noghting of any intorest h^s transpired, excepting that the gun-boat Indianola ran past Vl-cksburg, and is • - • now below looking after the rebel transports reported ta be in Red River. , , It rains vail the tive here, which makes our ©amp. and stay here de- • « plorable in the ejcti'emr. We are camped or a low bottom, -which is almoat-like a lake^ Our tent# are pitched on the higheat points. February, 18G3. and alon/^ the ditches, yet the water is niore than a foot deep in many of them this morning, and we hnv© no dry ground to move to. If the rain continues a day or tv/o more, I do not know what v/ill become of us, nnlc*ss Ve go on board the transports 'ahd go upto Lake--' Providence, v/hero the ground is said to be several feet above the water. Gen McArthur's divirion is now there-. '^he n'ew regiments from lov/a" are suffering dreadfully from sicimess The 24th Col. V^. Smith has about 225" men for duty, and more than 400 sick, The 30*th Col. Abbott' has'i79 for duty'and 653 sick. The 31st Col. Smith has 201 for duty, and more than 500 sick. Th.is is frighfful and an army in this plight is in poor condition to ^ take any v/el'l fortified town or'point. ' ' The old reginier^S arc in better condition. The 4th has 437 dor d\ity an'd 106 sick, the Oth a'botft the same. li #ould he useless to tell you how badly tbi* whole army'is situated as regards a c^mp, it can only be realized by seeing it*. ^ • ' ^ te are throwing shells from the morters into,-or- towards Vicksp •burg, at the rate of four or five an hour. Lieut.- Iracjt is very sick and has resigned. I think it doubtful whether ho lives to return home, or until his resignation is accept ed, or acted upon, as it takes from tfn to fifteen days to get -a paper throUEjh the long mill hoJ^. GMh'. Sheimrn seems to be',aH almost unsunnOtuiptable barrier to papers reaching this head-quarter. I take some pride In sayning that the 4th isln as good fighting ^ r-ZM ^ it February, 1803. cohdition today, as pny regi!tt«nt in this amy, and has neail^^ as many Doh't you think that'north-western Arh.ansas has been a famous place for. making" Major Generals? Herron and Blunt are, I am in formed, both renominated, t ' Ger, Dodge to Col, Chetlain, Corinth 18, (lODrlBl) You will cause aid: negroes perambulating the streets of Corinth, who have no ostensible business, to be arrested and turned over to Cor. L . M. Chase, in charge of contraband caip. Private Diary Hem: Col. Cornyn, with 10th Mo. 5^th Ohio, Alabama and Stewarts Cavalry, left for Tuscumbia today, HOC men and four mountain howitzers. Gen, Dodge to Ger.. Kamilton, Corinth 10, (10Drl61); I perceive by the endorsement made On one or two resignations, returned, "Ihat you require the officer to settle his Indebtedness for stores bought of the oomminsady. The reason of this not being done, is that many officers are without the means, not having heen paid for over six m mths, and on that account Gen, Grant has decided that_by stating the amorrnt due and to whom due, it should riot be any bar to the acceptance of the resignation, .he, placing tiie amount u p on the -|*esd.gnation to be- deducted by the prfymaster. I reslijiiotfu^y request ins^WicVions whether under tic circum stances these resignations can go forward as they farmerly did, or whitlltr all _inKtoblradiriaaB wtist'b/i oancelipd before they can be accepted. February, 1863. Gen. Dod^e to Senior officer i n charf;e of eecort to train (10D!?1'62) Corinth 19: You will proceed i charge of two rogitoeiiits of Infcntry, as es cort to train for lumber, two miles south of Burnsville," (Br. Harvey I think is the name of owner), "ou will transport all lumber to the R. R. at Biirnsvlllo, where cars will be sent to take it. to'Corinth. , Gen. Dodge to his brother, Corinth 19th:- The unanimous voice against a compromise peace, which is going up from the armjs ia having its effect. Ihe peace party begin-to-s eethat Jeff Bavie gives them no ho e, and the democratic party dare not take the responsibility, . . " The following is the credit given the 4th Io*a infantry, by the commanding officer Of the brigade in.the vicksburg fight. . ■ ' "The conduct of the noblf 4th Iowa, both officers and en; throughout the terrible orde-^l is worthy of the highest praise. They pressed steadily and firmly forward, thera was no flinching, they entered the^enetnies works in splendid style. Col. -^yilliamson marchod at the he«,d of hlq column, and hy ie coolness and heroic courage, won my unqualified ad.niration. He la deserving the favorable con sideration of his Oovemment, he was struck b'y three balls but not severely wounded, and rainalned on the field the balance of the day." _ This is wll right; they rm^mr will flinch. No regiment in the army stands better, Geo, E. Spencer, A. A. G, to Capt, Harn, Corinth 21:- The General Commanding directs me to send the following answer to Fcbruarj', 1863. , • your very insulting note by flag of truce. It would not be answered did we not consider the source from wMcb- it emanates, arid overlook its terms, on the ground that nothingelse could be expected. Xour command has been considrred by us to belong to the C. .S. A., bi^it as you are so touchy on-thp g orrilla question, v/e begin to doubt it;- and as you r ov/n people and press de_- nounce y,ou as mounted robbers, I do not. know -hov/ you could complain if you shoTxld be treated, as' the la ws of' war (in such cases) direct. _ -The Dix-'^ill carte.l as agree- d upon saysr, prisoners of vmr should be aent to ^icksburg, Jame s River, or some point which the co?.Hnanding officers may agree upon; therefore to pi role men and, sand them into our lines at pny other poiht, is in direct violation of the agreement and is not recognized by either party. I have no answer to make to your slurs on'negro teBt.imony,c and. treatment of prisoner Si ;.Men who run down their own-citizens with bloodhounds, and shoot p? isoners for looking through prison bars, and hang men for.their sentiraentd, can * never justly plead ^bad treatiwut frpm any, party. : Ycxir source of information must be much more reliable th^n the * • testimoney of negroes, eis the men you speak of, and all others I have taken belenging.to any arm of the^rebel service, have been treated as prisoners of war. Oiimore, Shambler, and Chaves were .sent to . • ' Vicksburg, a day or two after being taken, _-to be. exchanged, as the DixOHil cartel designates; and there is v/here we send all our pris.oners of war. Gen. Dodge to Officer in command of gun-boats, Corinth 21:,- An expedition left here three days ago, to strike Van Corn's rear February, 18G3. "ri.,' ' on Turcumbia, and must be there by this time. He is crossing his force at Florence, Bainsbrigde, 10 miles above, and Tombs Ferry, still above that, on common flats and horse-boats. At B'ainsbridge the old "Dunbar" lies, but, I think, not' fit for use. . *"'v The expedition that left here was cavalry, and v/as ordered to cc-operate v?itb you if you left that point before they' left. It is very desirable to destoy all means of crossing the river, and if 'possible to destroy the cotton mill at Florence and this side Any aid I can give you vAill be cheerfully done, and if you will com municate to toe yoUr time' of moving, and points, I will send mer,r?on- » ' gers to my cavalry. 'f ' ^ • Gen. Dodge to officer in oobimand of Mbtihted Cavalry, Corinth PI, (10D?M«4): - ^ You will prooeefl to Ha:i;burg, anG communicate with the transports if there are any; ascertain what they are loaded'with, and protect them while they lie there. If gunboats accoffipahy them, deliver the accompanying despatch t® them, and send Mok Immediately by messen- • ger any Ooramunication they have for me. Also report, yourself, iJy messenger thenie orders &c. " ^ . • Great care will be taken in 'prdtecting the transports if they are without donvoy. ' Private '^inry Mem. 20;- ; : -y* • r 122 111. Inft. reported hdre and' BdH'ignea to Col. Mersey* o February, 1863. _ : Private Diary Mem. ri:- , - • , . Maj. Gen. Hmilton arrived. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hamilton, Corinth 22, (10DR164) • • • I have the honor to forward herein the reports from 1st brigade 8th division, of the part taken by it in the battle of Parker's Cross- - Roads, Tenn. . To Gon.^and Mrs. Dodge from his mother.. Council Bluffs, 22:- We have not heard from you b;*- letter for a long time, and are so anxious, thinking you are sick or cut off and surrounded by the reb- * els. ,1 have not written for some weeks, for want of time,. In the State Register that Nate got at the post-office today, I see an ac count of the sufferings of the Union families, and that you are giv ing them protection within your lines. I v/ish a lar co\ild be passed to exchange them for northern traitors and have them put in the front of the rebel ai?my. It would clear a good number from this place. Julia. has spent most of her time this winter in raising money for ^the sick and wounded soldiers; firat of the winter they introduced charadoatlnto the aid socieiles to get a good number to come, for every dim' helps to make a dollar. Then masquerades in the evening. They met at llrs. Pusey'e; they took in 4^5» Julia personated Mrs, Partington, and Mr. Mor«e, Ike. They took their? parts well. Laat Tuesday evening, a fair and festival in Palmer and Ross' hall took in over two hundrad dollars. The young, gentlemen and ladies got it up in two weeks. Miss Eockwood, Mies. Rockwood, Miss Cook and February, 1863, ' " ' ' Julln were the head managers. It v;as a "compl-ete success? the admis sion was 50 cents, with a nice supper, ice cream and oysters 10 cents extra. They had two ring cakes. Mr. Conant gave one worth- $5 and young Robinson the jeweller, gavr one v7orth $3. A boy drew the '$3 dollar one. I took Lettie with mo, and Nate bought a'ticket for her. THien her name was cllaed to come and take her slice-of cake, she pressed through the crow®, came back with her piece saying "I have not got thO ring but thfcn the cake is just as good." Let enjoyed every moment. She went out to supper with me, and when asked if we would have iCe cream, before I could answer, she said, "Yes, she would have one saucer or more." She looked very pretty, dressed in her garibaldi that I finished that day- that reA merino you sent her. "ifate has just cbme and warts me to go to meeting to hear the nini:ter from Omaha preach a war sermon, " ^ Thursday eve. This letter has laid by for wai^t of time, and now 1 have got Lettie safe in" bed, I will take my pen and make an effort to scribble a few more lines. It is nine o 'clock. Lettie is saying, "Good nijji't, I am sorr:'- that I have bother^ed you so today; will be n -good girl tomorrow." • This week has been ■ tor my. A'ii'ttle sriow' baiae 1-ast niglt and i have had to confine Lettie rather t oo elofrely in the house to ouit her, BO she has Cut bp and teased me' not a little; but 1 can bear that rather tlnn have her sick. iTie lung fever is very prevalent with children now, but Lettie has not so far-had a bad cold this winter, February, 1863, , ^ for I look after her so closely that she is out but a little v;hile at -a tine. . ' ^ had the best sermon on Sunday evening thtt I hav- listened to for a long time. The northern traitors came in for their_ share. Glad was I to hear them put down as the lowest being on earth. Can you think, of any thing so despisable as a northern traitor? I can hardly treat them civilly. Jvidge, Baldwin-has received a let ter from G. IT. thfit will be published. I am so anxious to get hold of it for it wilJ. dO"i(ie good to read a letter that smacks of worm wood and gall-the only drink they, could'have during theirlives if theyhad their d'-es, , • A wbek ago tonight there,was a great wedding at Billy-Robinsons .M-^.ggie Lafferty to Capt, Hopper, there were seventy invites sent o-Qlt, mostly seoesh--! should Judge by the songs that Mrs. Grimes sung, oecesh in wviry respect. Mra. Maynard yas quite indignant and they had a time of it, bwi Mrs.- R. said she-and Billy owned the house and ilrs. Grim«s should nWt leave; but. if I had been one of the party, I would _ have left in quick tlm©', for 1 should think I was imposed Upon; • There is ii large partyiat-Bayties* tonight. Three hundred crrfis sent out. ive/ybody and their folks have go^e. Some will go to- ..liight thnt never gifl4 i^ito «o grand an affair .before. Nate and Julia have gone but I hav^ not been to a party .since the war begun, nor shall I until we have the rebels aitbdued, and peace restored on good and honorable terms, , . » February, 1863, Julia's health is very poor, and she will keep on the go; she is now under the doctor's care. He says she must take care, of her self; wants her to have change of climate. Would like to have h"Or go* south. I would like to have her come and see you. If I could make* out for her to go. He is decided that she mufet not sit and sew, but wants her to be out doors, and to wakk eVery day. ' Private biary Mem. 22:- . Capt. Spencer v/ith 150-men went to Hamburg. 5. gunboats went up to Florence. Col Cornyn's force attacked Tusoumbia, too^ the plhce, 200 prisoners, one piece of artillery, large amownl of st-ores, arms (fee Gen. Dodge to Col. Weaver, Corinth 23, (10DR167): You will proceed by cars tomorrow morning at rix o'clock to the point T/her e the Jacinto and Red Sulpher Sprln/^. rbad crosses the R, r, two miles this-side of Brownsville, and iinmedi; tely-proceed down Yeliww Creek toirard the ^enn. rlY«r, kepplpg. mean the valley as possible, and take position so as to cover the approach from the east totards Red and White Sulpher "Springs. Cross the Yellow Creek, by Billlng*3 Ford and Scrogg's Bridge, and endeavor to out off and cap ture any bodies of rebels in that vicinity and co-operate with Capt. Spencer in the capturing or the companlba of rebel cnvalr -at Red and White Sulpher Springs. I'he force advancing from her will be mount ed a rd will endeavor to driVe them towards you. Should you hear any firing move iranediateiy in that direction and in a manner to cut off the rebel's retreat from the springf.after this has been accompliBhed, and the two forces are connected, you will return to . . . - V Februar3'-, 18C3, Corinth by the shortest route. A few cavalry from Glendale will re port to you before you leave the cars, ^en you pass Glendale coinmunicate with Col. Worrell. After leaving the cars send them in to Burnsville for lumber, a d if it is necessary to commxinicate with me send'messengers to Glendale, end then telegraphjCapt. Spencer will ' endeavor to reach Red and^hite Sulpher Springs in the afternoon. Private ^iary Mem. S3rf" ' Troops at Burnsville bringing in lumber. Very rainj^. Gen. Dodge- to Brigade Commanders, Corinth 24:(10DR164) Y'qU will ascertain from estch of the regiments in your command whether any reduction for necks and shanks ia made by the contractor fui'nir.hing fres}: beef to the garrison, and report the same immediate ly to these h ead-quarters'. • ■ Gen. Dodge to Gon. Grant, Corinth 24, (10DR165); There are some.natters south of this, that may be of interest to pt rhaps I may be excused for communicating th6m'direct. They^^i^e been sent, most' them, to iimnecli"te commanders. The scputs'pmsted at Mobile, Meridian end Jackson have sent in long reports, and the Sub stance of tW«tt that^can be reifed upon are about as followa 4 , • . /'""'^t. N©'troops haVe come to Pemberton^n army since Smith's 10,000 Joined him abotit Christmas. 2rd. All tr lOpo frcTid Mobile \tp that road, and from Grenada have gon-e to Vioksburg and Port Hudson, leaving a few thousand at Mobile February, 1863. • ■ Gorae six thousand at Meridian, and ten regim. nts at Jackson; a-nd about , three regiments of militia at Grenada. A portion that left Grenada are posted on Black river, - ^ Everything in the shape of- cavalry, even to the partisqn rangers as- loo dov.-n as Port Hudson, joined Van ^orn in his move to Tennessee; leaving perhaps a regiment or two ,orth of Grenada, a-few at, Okalona and a few companies just south of me_., - • ' Everything in the shape- of government property has been taken from the country bordering, the.Yri'-oo. and- ad*jcent .streams, and at all prominent- points suchas Jackson, Grenada, • At Jackson the foundries are-running, and a cotton mill or two, and perhaps g government ahoe and clothing shSp; but'every preparation is being made to tnke them away, west MjLssissippl is being entirely stripped of stock, provieions and forage, ^c; everything indicates that they are getting ready for'a quick move. In the last ten days, some 3»000 negfoes have been pressed and put to v/ork at Columbus, Mirs.> and one or two points near Meridian, while the great stock of cars an<I .en^lJtos at Meridian,'are being tak en east and south, it ftMpoars to be Mie opinion of the scouts that the enemy are making preparntione tx)'thke up ii^® Tombigbee, for the next poaitioni and nay that it is openly tal-ked there, that gun-boats will go up the Big ^loclf, Y.hore th^i'r army will have t4) take ^position to save Selma and Mobile. The trains go loaded from Vleksburg daU'y diaoharg February, 18G3. ed soldierf--; they say that they avero^^e twelve cars a day. Last week, ten heavy steam boats engines, and the prow to a ram v.ent up the road to Jackson, said to be placed in some boat on the Yazoo. Deserters and conscripts are flocking into my lines daily, and so far as the above statements are concerned they corroborate them. T'-^e raking of the .whole state of Mississippi for stock and provisions is as vigorously carried on as it was by Bragg in Tennessee. Van ^orn took about 8000 mounted men, and two batteries away with hi .. Re is now at Columbii5«, Tenn. with yrheeler and Forest. Bragg has tak en eve;''ythin that is movable, a d that his array does not really need, south of-the Tennessee. He has put the R. R. in order from ■» . . Decatur to 'luscximbia-boiight up all the corn in the valley, and got ■_^ady to move it by c nrs to Decatur and by boat to Bridgeport just as I struck Tuscurabla; my forces are on their wage to Decatur now Tfhitsh will Gtop that game. • » . 1 still hav< men at Meridian, Goliunbus, MobiLe and Jackson; while * . » ■ . one has gone on to Vicksburg, and will try to get to you.^ Every on. sends up same reports, and you have got the substance of them in this. llisse little items may all be known to you; but as they came so directly to me, I be^-ieve it Is m3r duty to send them. Ger. Dodge to Capt, King, Corinth 24, (10DP1C7): You will stop nil pay on horses belong to men in camp, who arc not reported in sick list bj? the surgeon of the botallion. This '■; February, 1865. of coixrso do- n not include the properly detailed men. Corrr sponclence Mier.ourl Democrat, Corinth 24, (GDR37) Rain. ' fTt.e most interestinc topic of conversation at the present timb relates to the weather. It is seriously thought the Atlantic is * • * • ( I changing its waters and is setting at defiance all laws of gravitation by passing overliead and letting copious draughts upon us half drovmed Corinthians, which sets very hard with us, as many of us have a natural aversion to water, Tnily the gates of heaven have opened upon us. Everything is flooddd On Tliursday and friday last w had two days of sunshine; but such weather seemed to be preparato ry to a grand demonstration of the "mighty waters" on Saturday, which ( I thinl:, fully satisfied the most ardent admirere of the "cold v/ater KJ, : ■ • uystem". The almost dally rains and the bad condition of the roads of course retards military operotions to a very great extent. Notv.1 thfetanding these very great difficulties a cavalry * expedition started out with ten d ays rations a few days ago. They have gone in the direction of '•'•usciunhla. They will no doubt make A good report • T w Tlie mails. "Whnt is the matter with the mails" is the universal inquiry. The train runs through from Memphis here the sWie day; and yet let ters very seldom reach this place from "the states" short of two weeks, and more f•equently do not come at all. There is no excuse for this. It la a duty the Oovemniert owes the brave soldiers who are fighting j Fcbruarv, 1063. for itn vory exlstcncG to furnish . every f&cilit*" for the transmission _of news from "loved ones at homrs". Thr present miserahle arrange ment creates great dissatisfaction among all concerned, and ;• eflects - great discredit upon the authorites.who are responsible for such a course. The general impression prevails, as there are so many letr ters missing, there is som ;thing, praounting to a criminal v;rong some where, -The mall managers should look into this business, to s,av.e themselves from suspicion, if they are innocent. Last summer, let ters wm e almost regularly, r.eooiv.9,d within four daj^s from the states; nov/, if at all, seldom v/lthin two weeks, 'Ve receive by express, p.a- (pors within, throe days; and v/h.y should letters be as many recks, and very uncertain at that? Tlio American soldier is entitled to respect nnd consideration by his Government, and in no way can that respect and consideration be shown than in ministering to his intellectual wants and feelings,. Nothing is more- demoralizing to,, the army than the reckle«0..and wanton, dlsragard paid their feelings in almost iWholly withholding m^il communication with friends at home. Suprior intelligence mPkes the American citizen indomitable on the field of battle; deprive him of Uils, and you rob him of his manhood, , ' f. " Corinth and its defeneea„ t • • ^ But few of the native -inhabitants are now remaining in Corinth; they have mostly migrated south. Nearly every building d.eft stand- _lng,- except the store rooms, are used by the military. Before the war it contained neny taptefiil private residences and grounds; but - - • « February', 18G3, » thu two arnies have robbed it of its once celebrated beauty, its grandeur has departed. It will renain for northern hands to re build what so\xthern treason has been the means of destroying. Such will be the case not only with Corinth, but thr^ughoxit the whole south, "The Union as it was", is an utter impossibility, Ue could not have it so if we would. The war will, from its very nature,-^produce a ' , ; • social revdlution in the south. The south will eventually beoomo "Northernized" by it; it has already commenced in the great state of h'nissairl; a revolution in public esntiment- "a Northernized feeling", "if you please, has been produced there by the effects of the war, Irought on by practical southerui Abolitionists, which the most sanguine north-^ ern Abolitionist could hot have hoped for short of half a century otherwise. This revolution, or-Northemization of feeling will spread until the whole south will become its most ardent converts, An<4" thoBe are now living v/ho will see the da-y when the greatest antlelrwery men will be found in the states that once were the greateat advocates of the system,- ' ' • * ' ' ' ''' Impregnability of ^orlnth. It is safe, I think, to state that Corinth is made impregnable against any force the enemy will be likely to send against it. They would dfind a different state of defenees from last October, Fort Robineit would prove even r.iore -disast ous to them than then. And, Messrs. Editors, such an occurrance as the evacuation of Vic^aburg, and a moVa Ijy the" rebels here on their way further North Is, February, 18G3. I t};inkj very probable. HealtU of the troops. i:. r The health of the troops here is very good. The most of them have become accustomed to the climate and the water, v;hich at first operate pretty severely upon most new recruits. "Necessity thn Mother of Invention." • , . * » - It takes some time to learn t > become, .a good soldier. The "boys have improved greatly upon their taxed .ingenuity of. the .winter of 1861-62. Now they lave their tents stroched upo^^'^lfcckades about * * four feet high; dirt is thrown up around the stockades, v/hich. makes it quite comfortable, A small, fire-place, with a grotesque chimney of quite primativr structure, is usually arranged to each tent. The tenta so ■" rranged are more healthy. t^5j^ barracks. in thr ee their frail abodes, the boya nightly talk over their anticipated joya in returnin once more to their happy homes. And-. .heniso. s, not at all times of the strictest orthodox , are nightly showered upoVi delinquent mail agents and postmaetore. The good people of the "States" could Bin no wise bestow greater blessings upon our soldiers than to fVir- . nlsh th^ the mails rrgulat ly, if Government cannot do it, let it for thr nalce-of good morals and Christianity, be.done by private en- . terprise. The early lesson of piety taught at the Sabbath schools are whoily neutralized by the absence of the mails, nth this excep- ,^tlon the boys are in good spirits, but complain.greatly and wonder that treason should be allowed in the north to go unwhi ped of justice. February, 1863. ' They think ver strange that they should be required to sacrifice their lives, if necessary, in the attempt to nut down the rebellion in the south, whilst the Northern ally to the Southern traitor is allowed, with out restraint. Under the specious pretext of "freedom of speech and freedom of the press,*" to render aid and comfort to the enemy. Par better would it be fo*r loyalty in the North to place a gun in the hands of every'Northern sjnnpathizer with treason, and start to the enemy's camp to do less harmful fighting against us. B\it few of them would go. They are arrant cowards ail of them, •'•hey hope to atone Tor their cowardice by trying to make the war and those engagdd in it unpopular at home. Examine, Messrs. Editors, and you wrll find the class of men who oppose thfs wkr most consummate cowards, all of them. You need ^ "hare no fear, 'bhey will rise up and rebel in the north. They possess in the highest degree the qualities for the traitor but not for the rebel, ibe la-tter requires courage, which they are devoid.bf. Cotton. • But little if fehy cttton is coming* in at tbls point; nearly all within reach has been bought in; the very b^d condition cf the roads pre-Vents what little "is left from coming'^ in. Ihe price paid is near ly equal to New York prices. A Icrge quantity id awaiting shipment along the line between thi'" and Memphis. Transportation is'very dif- • » ' ficult on account*of the small number of cars or the road. This could be easily obviated by resuming navigation in the Tennessee river, Pebri;ary, 1863. and instead, as heretofore, of making Hamburc the port of entry, run up to Eastport, nearly". t\^nty miles further. The distance from Ham burg to Corinth ir-about '22 rai-les, over a verj'^ bad-sv/arripp road . Prom Eastport to Iuk4>. but eight miles, and over a connaritively good road". Prom luka goodb could be shipped to this place by rail. At present all" goods are shipped .to Memphis, and thence by the slow "i': process of the railroad to this "place. There" may bd weighty rea sons, unknown to the writer, for the present course pursued, but in-'t the absence of such, the reopening of navigation on the Tennessee would seem to-be palpable, ''•> Military nuthorites St.Corinth: t'"t' ■ To state that there is more true, genuine worth and merit among the military officers at Corinth, with less ostentatious display and less of that mo t abominable of all pertaining to the military- "West Point red tapelsm" than at any military post within my knowl edge, is bestowing nd greater praise thdn.ihey are justly entitled Brig. Gen. 0, M. Dodge, ^ ' . . . cbramanding, i^ho is from,Iowa, (Bt not of the "Agustus Caesar" stock) is beloved by his entire command; a fine Officer- vigilant, induistrioua, energetic and brave. No rebel-hordes will surprise his garrison or gain adaittdsion within his encircled warth-works even with the re liable odds of "five* to oneS reversed I haVe not this pleasure of * the Oeneral's personal acquaintance, but will take the liberty to rc- February, I860. mind him that if he continues much longer .tt) go round on foot visit ing his different departments, and that tooV without hj.s staff with him, he will lose caste with his fellow-brigadiers. Such acts are unpardonable among most brigadiers. The GenerAl, h'o./ever, may still cling t.i the old-fashioned notion that it Is well, even for a briga-, dier to have the confidence ^d esteem, not only of his field officer. ^ ^ . . . . +>, T fci -he.-more securely accomplished but-of his men. • And in no way. can this oe- m ., nstentatious display, , • than to study their welfare and avoid all-O® i^^oT-q-iare not to be gained by ■ The esteem and respect''of "merican soiaiei => nd le required, tinselry and display; something more son". "The one-armed discinlinaridhi'Col. fiween /» vsp is in command of the 1st. Is here, and is always in fighting order; the Mexican war. Brigade. The Colonel is an old veteiraii _ and Bane* Two fighting Doctors,■Colonels Corny « few ass8 .ago with his hqrd Colonel C, of your city, arrived a Ition, and has already go-e working regiment of cavalry, in fin® cona * on a hunt. •« commandinc.the 3d brigade. Col. M. M. Bane of the fCth Illinois . .. if need be, to lose his lost his right arm at'^itloh, and is fill traitors, both left in thq prosecution Of the wa,r tr®®don 1 ts a patriot every inqh South and north are destroyed. • The Colon® lontality within our of him, and is in favor o-f "usfeig eveny ^pctruction of slavery power to crusTi thr rebellion, even to the ^ ^ ^ wg heen a Demotfrat of the V rough out the south. The Colonel has a^* February, 1863. • . 'a •otrictest sect, but he haenb fellowship'With his brother "Peace Democrats" of Illinois. It did one's heart good to listen last night to his eloquent and soul-stirring sentiments in behalf of our country , at the meeting, the prbeeedings of whic' ^re given belov/, and the scathing rebuke he administered to the "butternuts" throughout the h Nort^ , and especially of his own state. He denounced them as a set of cowardly miscreants, with not"the magnanimity of the southern-re bels he was in deadly conflict w;th. It would be well to send the Colonel oh S missionary tour to II linois. He could with that left arm of his and his earnest eloquence together make many converts to loyalty ' - ' -Meetihg of the officers of the Iowa regiments. The following proceedings of the officers of the Iov;a regiments at this bost, at a meeting last nl^t, will be read with interest by every loyal heart throu^out the Morth. The writer attended the meet ing; he was struC- with-the perfect unanimity that - revai led through out the whole proceedings, Butone feeling animated every speakerand that was a determination anB'desire to continue thr War until rebeldom is utterly routed; and their utmost detestation of Northern sympathiers with treason. Officwrn Who had been horn and bred in the old line Democ rat party gave utterance to the strongest Anit-slavery sentiments. Space will.hot permit to give even an'outline of many patriotic npeeolieB made. . . the " Butternuts" of the North count on-sympathy from Demo- ifc'. February, 1863, f cratic soldiers who are in the service, they count without their host. Price John has had the sagacity t6 forsee the gathering storm of the bayonets, and has take his course accordingly. Said an officer to me the other '.ay,-"The people of the North, or rather the "peace party", know not what it is talking about in tryinr to make peace befo e the rebels are conquered. It could not be d.one. The army world not submit to it. It could not be disbanded under such disgrace." •It might be well for those making "peace offerings" to think of th i s. But to the proceedings of the mee ting. • ! -M. - • According to previous notice the officers of the 2d, 7th and 39th Iowa regiments met at the Seminary building on Monday evening, 23d insti, for the purpose of taking action in regard to recent doings of rebel S3nnpat! izers in Iowa and other loyal states. On motion of Col. J; R, reaver, Cppt. J. S. Davis was walled to the chair, and Adjutant Godfrey and G. Tich^nor were appointed secretaries After the object of the-meeting had been stated by the President on motion of Gol. J, B. Weaver, a commJiWtee of two from each regiment was appointed to prep^e resolutions^! :.fhe fpllowing was the committee selected: Gol. J. B. reaver and Capt. T7. p. Holmes, 2d Iowa,- »--f.• Maj. McMullen and Capt. C. P. Conn, 7th Iowa. • '' Col. H. J. B. Dummings and Cppt, W H, Dykeman, 39th Iowa. .-■w r I mm Pebroiary, IE063. ^ ; • . ,m On motion of Colorei Gummings, the'officers of othen ' regiments were- invited to participate in tho''del iterations of the meeting. During the absence-: of the committee, the meeting was addressed by Caf>tain Reiniger, Dr. Wood ,• Lieutenart Fred Mott and Major IJ. 'B. How ard, all abounding in*patriotic enthusiasm, and perfect unison of feeling. The following preamble and resblixtions were reported by the Com mittee, which were unanimously adopted, a fter some-eloquent and soulstirring remarks thereon" were made by Colonels Weaver of the 2d Iowa; Bane of the 50th Illinois, and Rice, of the 7th Iowa regiment, in which each-wais w-ill'ing-to point the bayonet south to put down the rebellion, or north to put dbwh treason. They had no. fear of the "Cowardly miscreante of the Nor'th risilWg in rebellion'!"'tin y are notfighting men. Col. Weaver &tated that, v?ith the 2d Iowa, he could en force the conscription- act In eV«f*3^ northern state. Each one was ' feetjuently cheehedf throuf^out his remarks. - The f dllowinpg offered by Adjutant Tichenor, was uhahimously adopted, Resolved, That the 'i^eSolutidns'adoptetJ by this meetiftg be road on dress parade to each of the Iowa' regiments at this post, and a Vote takerf tiiebeoh'jf the result ©if* such Vote to be 'Teturn'id to the Secretaries of this meeting. Thi« i-8 Hb'it should be; It is Reference paid the cittizen sol diery they are justly entitled to; each- one has an interest in the preservation of the tTnion. It is too 00 "mmon for many officers to undervalue their interest ah<!^ aervices in this corteat. Too gr'eat nHrr>T'- February, 1863. •' ' efforts have been made by those, in high military authority to cast odium upon the brave defenders-of their country. General Order No. 37 issued in your city on the. 14th of February, = 1862, will not : oon be forgotten by the troops then in Missouri. , llV.i ■ • ■ ■ . • , Spectator, • -.-rf , - P. S. I have overlooked the following patriotic^ letter froom Gen. Dodge to,the meeting. It has the true ring: , . Headquarters District of Corinth, : * ' .Department of the Tennessee, Corinth, Miss., Feb. 23, 1863. Col. J. B. Teaver,>8d Iowa Infantry: _ • Sir: Under the- present state of my health it' is not pru dent for me to. ccmply with your invitation, I trust no one doubtS'how I stand on the mabters. you have underc«nslderation. • ► > . . So long as our Government has that great object in view- the re servation of the Union- I ahlill give it all the aid in my power, andsupport it without an if-no matter what policy it may. see fit to adopt in bringing, about sucoeaefull]| tlfit end. Iowa of ficere and aojLdiers, 11^ all true(pa.triots,^ I know will do the same. I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,- ' ' ' G. N. Dodge, Brigadier General. . m Night, 24th- I have Just learned the. resolutions were adopted with out a dissenting, voice by the regiments, (Iowa). Pebruarj^, 1803. Special Despatch to the Missouri Democrat, CairoV Feb. Zl" Your correspondent at Corinth sends the following despatch: - - - ■ * Corinth, Feb. 25:- An expedition sent from this place by Gten. Dod gf attacked the rebels at Tiisctimbia on th .22nd inst. cpturing two hundred prisoners, one piece of artillery, a large ammunition end provision train, completely r uting the enemy investing the town, with nil the corainissary t stores, etc* The federal forces were under coimand of Colonel Cornyn, the fighting doctor, of Shiloh celebrity!^ and consisted of the 10th Miss^ri Cavalry nnd other Western: troopgji ^ . Gen, Dodge'to Col'* Sweeny, Corinth 85, (10D8168): y , ■ You will proceed with ttie.force hereafter ordered on the JacinOo and Norman bridge (across Bear Greek) road, until you ^et Col, Co rnyn, and give him what aid'he may need in getting in his train. Messengers-have been sent to Col Cornyn but; it will be best to commu nicate with him by messengers, so as not t«»have to march'your infantry apy farther than is actually nepessary. Pour-guards have been sent to you, and a few mountedpen will join you between here and Jacinto, from Camp Davies. Col. Cornyn has a large train. Any messengers you may meet coming from him with dlapatchee^ step- them the dispatches to ascer tain Col. SCornyn's position and then forwar d them here. If you di verge pny-from the rou%#<aMl|ryiioned> notify me by messenger. t The route designated, is the one we suppose Col, Cornyn will re- /' February 1853. • . turn on, should you ascertain differently, you will take the best and most direct route to meet him. Make all possible- diripatch in going out, that the roads and the condition of your men vill allow and take : your time for returning. ' ' " - ■ • '' * Private Diahy,- Mem. 25:- : Captain Spencer left with 150-mounted Infantry and Col, Weaver " with 2nd Iowa, to attack-enemy at White Sulpher Springs. Messenger ar-*J rived from Cornyn. Col. Sweeney-left with tWo regiments to reinforce' Col. Cornyn. ■ ' If*. ' ■> n Gen, Dodge to his brother, Corinth 26:- vtao" "ofCtt, b—, I lio.ve mp^e one-of the" most successf-:ul raids yet. Went into Alabama and captured the ehemies stores, T6ok artlllery, prisoners, mule8^ horses, &c. Also a large government wilgon trainj and whipped the enemy at tuscurabla. It was a 300 mile raidi through the enemies , country. My cavalry swam rivers and crossed mountains by bye-paths arid got into Alabama before the enemy got notice. We thenciishdd • . ^ down and toOk everything clean before Have been out t»o woaks-!! ' r»- and am still in Alab^a cutting right and left. ' ' * - b I have tv/o brigades out now on an Important expedltibn, aid ."thesy will have hard fightlngi • I am very strict with the sutlers and they growl a gbod deal, Int not the first on^^ has dared tO btiy fiie.' ' ' I wl-Sh you would get eomfe one to attend to youi- busihess, and come down here.- February, 1865. . i . Ira M. Gifford to Gen. Dodge, Davenport, lovi'a, . , I talce this liberty upon the request of a father who hes a naturd ■> ' .. . .. >., • concern for his son. Felix Spelletich of this city is a v.ery highly respected and very worthy nan. Re left his. native couhtrj'- (HuhgarjO with Kcssuth. In Himgary he held the office of Secretary of State;,, he is a man of influence, intellegence and wealth. His son.Stephen is in Co. C. 2nd Iowa Infantry. , . ^ , In my many visits to the, army, .1 have endeavored to see this young soldiers, and report to his father. I have always found him. attentive to his duties. His comrades speak in f avorable terms of Jiim. In his behalf Idesire only to add the wish, of his generous fa ther; that if you consider it consi.etent with j^'our sens of propriety, you wxruld at your convenience have the young ^man called to your prescnc, and in yoxir own better judgment instruct a_nd enc.ourage him in the line of his duty, Jjot'^ as citizen and soldier. I'he future has many bright spots for him, but much depends upon the habits and character formed in hts youth. Private Dlnr.^-, Mem. 2G;- Raining all day. Col. S\7eeny returned to J.aclnto. - < By order Oen, Dodge to Captain Tiedemeui, Corinth 27:- wi.-.i move his camp of contrabands as soon as the seryico will permit to the contrband corrftl east of town. - • . . • - w Oon. Dodge to John A. Kaseon, Corinth 27sSae that Crocker goes throiigh. We most n t lose him. ' ■ "Tyn; Pebriiarj'-, 1863. . ■ T Show this to the delecation. There* is not an officer but backs him. To Gen. Dodge fr&n his brotlisr. Council Bluffs, S8:- /• * I telegraphed you today to send me $1000 believing B. could in vest it, or at least a portion of it in the coming tax sales here to a good advantage. Where you purchase good lots and lands, and do not invest so largely as to make it burdensome to keep' taxes up on that which remains each year unredeaoBsd, it is the 'safest and best paying thing I know of Where you get good propeVty a good share of it is unvariably redeemed a'nd to that remaining on your hands at the end o'f theee years "you have a title, which ^11 the lawyers soy cannot be disputed or set aside. That mill which I bid in for Annie and myself, will also prove a good thing if I am not mistaken. Next fail just before 0. and P. " ■ ; ■ ■ • ' ■ ' ■ .-y ■ ■ ^ pay interest on mdrtgaged to Powell's agent, (i^owell holds bo h mortgages''now)' 1 shall notify him I hold a mo'rtgage deed and also county certificates, and believe Powell will ord"er the Interest to be applied • > r in taking them up. " * ' . I - .. , , I r . ■ ' • At the city sale I shall bid in" good lots if I have an opporunlty. The taxes n~r^ so light t3:ls year it will he a small' matter. ' ■ * I r It may be my purchases at all the sales will not exceed $500. UnciGT* nioflij fovoi^ftblG cf fcximntfincGS no*^ invGst ovgt* ^XOOO* The alxindent Issue of pf^per money by Government and banke, wit its stepdy depreciation- now to near 50^ discount for gold, causes ^ s >,,. February, 18G3. feeling "of insecurity among; the h^oldersr of it, mo-re especially among ^ the coBKervative classes or peace perty, which you are av.are Is a. pretty extensive organization. This security causes men to invest . their cxirrency in one thing and another. I hear men in NewiYorJc, who has a sur Itis of gr.eenbacks, are inverting on cloths &s. also in real estate " Here .it shows itself by parties burring up and holdi ng company warrants. IT the war continues and^ our■ debt isscreasps, -mak ; : ing it necessary .for our Government 'to-continue issuingyTreasury notes-, you will see real esjrate (including wild -lan.ds) changing hands at good figures. Everything which currency buys is steadily on the rise, and v/ill continue go.ifig-up-until we cruslj -the rebellion. If the' rebellion outlasts the credit of the Government and it s issues, end ye have to iieturn to-specie bfkedsi, thei eraslj whioli-^i-l take place will exceed that of '57. I don' t look arything so bad, but shall not be surprised to see it take two or-three dollars of treasury .notes tq buy one dollar of coin. In short If would sooner invest money in good securities than hold it, .Buying and awlliijg ccwnty* wa.rrants I f ind the ino®t profltorble businaas I do. 1 always find a juarieeV .when I want to sell, besides contirually us ing them in tax-paying btTsiness, fUnd the warraJitB all the ttsw drawln»T interest. While I cannot fall to naalee - money in handling them# I do n t "Consider^it w favorable investment to bi#y up a lot upon one county and let them lie any length of tlme- February, ir>C3. » "1157 'Vi '.f. r-. . (not conRidering the cnrronc3' matter), for heretofore one year's v ^ orders'Will be Sa^^S, £)0c and next year dcfwn to 70 or 50o• ajid'down to 35. The'rabney 1r made in buying and sell-ing, and nol. in'buj'ihg and holding. 1 might have made it -profitable to have paid you ten per c^'"" for more of you-r money had I not been oveh cautioue. My experience with iB. P. and company and B. and D.- i'n connection r^ith reverse of *57, I fear, has ruined me for making much monei". The Judge wants ' to quit the supreme bench, an'd connect himself with me in busine'ss. -I "1 rave heretofo'2^ d iscour'aged tlu; n alter, -and advised him to hang on to his $SEOC salary. They, all want him to run again but he is not inclined to do it, but rather to do Claw and coliectibn busine'ss -here in connection with my business. ^ ' For severAl hemiulohs I think favorably of if, my principle one is I have correspondents and business than ,I can conveniently at tend to. I work day and even np and find it very inconvenient' tb '' leave home for a day, cannot do it v/ithout loss. My-bus^in^sa con stantly increases, especially my c orresrondents in the tax paylhg"' business. Haytfdrd saye my mall is the largest which goes thi^ough ' ' his office (at'thlc season). My deposits also increase. -Last statement 'flSth Inst.) bhowa la'deposit of- Jt8500, Still my profits' are not 80 Very large, for thb reason 1 suppose I have very little cash capital of my own to wdrk dh, my profits being prinaipally from tax part of It, and without thd Judge would make with his practice as much as 1 am now making (provided we had no more capital), it wouIkI Pebruf.ry, 1863. . . •: , do no good .for ur to form a partnerrhip. He however thin s he could get a profitable law business. Each of us would use $1000 to liv.e on out of the cojicem;. afcr leasts 3. rshould; the rJudge thi ks his' sheep will ke.ep hira. *#'■ One favorable view of it is the Judgo is well 1-yiown all over the Statue as a man of integrity, and all, including'myself, would have corfidenoa in him. I believe we could take thrO- lead, here in the bank ing aixi col 1 e(Ttlnfe bu.siness, and as far as. the tax busJLness is concerned I am ahrad of any body west of Des Hfeines.' " <- • It iwil'l be ,-a grea't nell^ef- to me fo have a partner; a's for a clerk whd)m I .could trust, I don*t know of one hereafouts whom I could trust that I could aff.ord to hire. Young men of any 'account here have all gone into the servio©^ . t ■ : ; k • I 'hRV« r©o©4.Tro<3^ lette^ns'frO'd youp two, I think, since I wrote. Yours of the SBth of pec., spesLkin; of B. P. and company mntterc, and of money you deeired invest 'was only received yesterday. I have received one from Annie add will try and write ■ her nex,t month. Lettie and father, 0. K. Mother not very smart., JulJta completely run down, takes no care of herself, looking badly and I doh't believe will last © great while, Private Diary Mem. 27s- k''oin x'f » ■ . A Capt. Haaamond '^ttirned with part tf* mounted infantry. Broitght in one Captain, one Lientenant and two privates prisoners. Fair dhy. Private Diary Mem, RSs- February, 1863. .' Pair day. Road to Coliizcbus and Memphis washed away, no through trains. i ' . • ► . From letters of Gen. Grant, Jan. and Feb. 1863. To Gen. Sullivan 2nd; Dodge is no|K out after Forrest. To Gen. Dodge 3i'd:- You can exercise 3'-our judgement about when to recall your cavalry. I have.sent a regiment of cavalr:' to Sullivan. To Gfen. Dodge, 4th;- I ala not informed that the force at Pontatoc is yet moving. Think it* is' not .loving. If I ascertain that there is a combined mov'ment of Rho dy'.s forces and the force said to be at Pontatoc I will send a division to you. If I learn, as it is how re ported that Vicksburg Is ours I can send you a divisions, anyway, ' t My latest advices from Vicksburg direct are -of the 29th, > ' ^ There has tTien been desperate fighting. Sherman had iosf about 3000 men killed and wountled, but had carried the ■enefiiy''s rifle pits and won n fort .of .nine guns. I h&ar from a citizen that the - ■' Grenada Appeal of the Slst says that the Yankees had t^ossession of Vicksburg. To Gen. Dodge. I instructed 5ULlivan to send ycai'all the forage he ccAild. 7. To Gen. Dodge 4th;- Pour hundred thovisand rations have been sent to you. ^^irst train will pnobably -roiibh you today, having arrived at Jaekflon. lawt night. RatlOna will be forwarded to you a.s rapidly as porjjible. To Gen, H m ilton, 4thT- Dodge-aays. alSo that he understands February, 18G3. «... • t . a division of rebels will be at Jacintp toinorrov; ni^ht. Rhoddy is at Tdscumbia, Probably thej' will join the raid. To Gen. Sullivan, 4th:- If ■ossible send I^odge forage promptly. - ; ■ To Ggn. .^odge, 4:- .Scout just in from Pontotoc, .Found out nothing reliable but report said TTan Dom had gone East. ''.Tas getting up all the cavalry and partizen rangers he could. He evidently means mischief. To Gen. Dodge, 5:- The following dispatch is just received frlm the general-ln-chief at Thrashing ton: "No officers, prisoners of war, will be released on parole until further orders." To Gen. Dodge.,. 6:- You will therefore tetain it (the 58th Illinois) until further orders. To Gen. Dodge, 7:- , .You.will please, expedite the returns ^ for the present month so that they may be received at this office as early as possible after being due. To Gen. Dodge, 7:- Is the detachjnent. of the 2nd Mich, battery at Corinth? . . . TjO Capt, Ross, Grand Junction, Term., 8:- You will proceed with your ,;nen to Corinth, Miss,, and report to Brig. Gen. 0 ] ■ Dodge, where the detachment .of your battery nqw is. To Go . KcPherson, 12:- The following dispatch just roCeived from Gen. Bodge. , "S«QUt8 from the south-west report a heavy body of cavalry makinc ncr th towards you. Reports say another rail- January, 1863, - ■ < . road raid. I get'tMs from Pontotoc an' Ripley. Have erit scout to Pontotoc, To Gen. McPherson, 13:- Have yc^ any'spare borses or mules with your Army Corps? Gen. Dodge being deficient^.in cavalry wishes to mount a cegimeht of infantry and where he is, is a poor place for picking up stock'. To Gen. Dodge, 13:- 1 have no cavalrj^ that can be spared to send To Gen. Dodge, Pfr- The Ma jor general commanding "directs me to call your special attention to the case of Columbus Munn of the 9th. Ill, Inf. Vo'ls. , and to say, from information" received here, he should be released and retur ed to duty at the hbspital at Jackson. Surgeon E. D. Pittor of the latter place, can give full pa"rticulars of this case. To Gen. odge, Feb. 26, (from* before Vi4ksburg), The • provost marshal in your dfatiMot will turn over to you a*ll moneys collected by thaoi under existing orders taking your receipt therefore which they will forward td'the Pr*ovdat mah^al general 'in settlement of their "account in'lieu'of money, and which Vou will account for as secret service funds. Any additio'nal funds you may recjuire can be obtianed by requisition on the Provost iTa'rsha'l General, * All sales of cotton confiscated should be made by Capt. Eddy at Memphis, Term,* and properly accounted for by h'ira. To Gen. Hulburg, 27i- I was a good deal disappointed that Gen. January, 18G3. Hamilton should Jiave countemanded the order, for .the expedition which you had fitted uut for the purpose of cuttihr the road ehst from-Vickeburg, particularlj on ^uch .fllAsy ground.. Fe do not expect that Miss. Central, and Mobile and, Ohio roads .to be left entirely unprotected and the number of troops shown to be there by Gen. Dodge's dispatch is as fmi as could be ©xppcted. at any time. . . . ! - Frankfort^ Ala,, Feb. 27th, 1863; ' - ; t Received of Maj. 7. Lusk^ lCth.Mo. Cav. $55,00. in payment for watch j3tolen by^.men of re£giment, Mary Chisholm. . •. ^headquarters 10th Mo, Cav, Ai-seumbia- Ala., Feb. 26, 1863. Received of Maj, W. H. Lusk one hundred and fifty dollars (^|;150,00) for provisions taken and used for the benefit of the soldiers of the U. S. A. , and paid on account of thB extreme old ag6 jf the-party from whoii taken. Paid ont of t^e money, collectdd, under t e confiscation act of Congffss. '.Gillington Chisholm, '.Received of Maj* W. H. Lusk, 10th Mo. Cav., three hundred dollars for forage taken'' for the use of horses afid mnles used in the service of the U. R* Government. Frankfort Ala. Feb. 27th, 1863. Pemelia Roed. Headquarters 10th Mo, Cav. Tuacumbia, Feb. 251th, 186#^. Received of M j, w. H. Lusk two hundred.and fifty dollars ($250.00^• for provisions t^ken-end used for the benefit of the soldiers of the U. 8. A» and paitd a* account of the Extreme age of the pajfi-y from whom taken. Paid out of money Collected under the confiscatdion act of Ctmgress. Mrs. F. R* Pybas. February, 1863 Frankfort Ala. Feb. 27, 1863. Received of Maj. W. H. Luck lOth lio. Cav. Ten dollars for rations for prisoners of <7ar. Joel Mooey. Received of Maj. t. h.. Lusk 10th Mo. Cav. #20.00 for cooking and furnishing rations-for prisoners. Frankfort, Ala., Feb. 27,- 1862. Eliza Reeves. • Received of W. H. Lusk Maj. 10th Mo. Cav. onr hundred dollS^^tor provi sions for the use of soldiers in Federal army of United States. Frankfort Ala., Feb. 28, 1863. G.C.. T^ing, . Paid Mr. Rogers' #260 .00 for a fliul^,'he being a jjoyel aan. Gen. Grant to Geru Bailee , January 2} Herewith I enclose you reports of 6en» Dodge and Col. Mersey, of the 9th 111. Infantry of our edition from Corinth:on the Mbileiand Ohio road. o Gen. Grant to Gen. Thomas, J nuary 10, (From Nashville) Thefollowing dispatch-^ Just received from Gen. Dodge (relating to Rhoddy). Gen. Grant to Gen. Halleck, January 29;-' Despatch of aist asking by what authority the. 8th,. 12th and.13th Iowa regiments wa^»e sent to Davenport is just received. These regiments with the 58th ill, regi ment fonnedv^hg* was oalled the Union brigade, numbering less than 400 men for duty*' The 68th 111, was.ordered back for re-organization by the secretary of VTar. This left but a .very small organization for duty and from it* mixed character of but little service. ' I authorized'- Gen. Dodge therefore a* soon as he could dispense with them to ♦ ♦ send thera back to the state for ro-organlzati m, the saa^ lls had . .1 , •• been by the 58th Gen. H"1l February, 1863. he 58th 111. lciSPBqiJM.\i:l3awiri#) 1 j|^g|iissary by Gen« oJPKllfit wmfDhc."^ I wmm msii> • cartel* ''W riftiWi^xchhngeB ,r 1W>«4«t^T^lMN(be.Ge!P^arily by Gen< • •! rntm ■HMIil •iBfccmRPWl GMOTlffkTtkl'a24lfeiiMMMMii*£l Dodge. Jonuar:" 20th, 1863. Asks that authqj^Wplliawgivje^i -to oodsqIj^^IHi jj^gl AWaftgl»il1 iliWWtrf>iMMf|^i»i»!l|^3tiC MfLasns^rlnAM^^Aton^nrt^a^ll^c^ji^g^es, iiiiiiMpiaiii itfii tn ■Ooarthitp subsistence » Chief cs>ls«iMI«# iBWHr*** I « Clf t (|lg! R. S. of the army Feb. 14t.44lMiM-4ll cotton to be used as secret service money. »• ml iMiMftbi giiii im. mmrntm^nm M .■■! - riih°fn*ffi ftiff''titii>iP'iryiii!iiiiiiii^iffirftf February, 1863. Christmas, &o. Gen. Graht to Gen. Hamilton, January, Ist, 1863, Dodge says that a scout brings in the news that Rosencrans has had a fight and whipped the enemy badly. Vlcksburg is not taken. Gen. DodgQ*a Sister to his wife. Council Bluffs, March 1st: This is a dreadful day.. Mud knee deep and wind blow ing a perfect hurricane. I ventured out to Sabb.ath School and church and was glad enough to come home. Council Bluffs has been quite gay lately* a great many have given • iparties. Mr. Baylis has given the greatest- one of the season so far. 1 attended, there were three hundred and thirty six persons took sup- ^ per so you can judge of the number there. The supper was splendid, flad dancing of course. I enjoyed it much, but it used nie xjp complete ly. I have not been worth a cent. Everybody was there. I presume she will go down in the course of two or three weeks, and I gueas I shall go with her. The doctor has given orders to leave here and go scuth as soon as Spring opens, for my health. I have been miserable the last month, have been going a great deal, think that may be the cause of it in part. . Nate wants me to say to you that he has received th© pi^pers that have been sent, Mag Lafferty wae nairrled last week to Capt. Hopper* 5urke is soojj to be mahried to Cad Younger. Awful times getting married up here. Ant Olive had the Congregational society last Friday evening, it S February, 1865. «lMl was a bad evening but several wePQ there. .. ^ cry V - ,,J j Ml %4 You know Mrs, McDonald out in ^he county- Her husband died last MMIIlf July* and flhe was married to young Sylvester, a fellow that teaches school there. Short and quick work she made of it, I think. iM Dodge's mother to his wife, Council Bluffs, March 1st. IMWMt I I received a letter from you Lettie yesterday. I had mailed '®ue the day before to you. Dear Dsttie's countenance lit up with joy as you spoke of her sister wanting to see her, with the rest of you; IMW now I don't think Lettie has had One hour of homesickness Since she In has been with us, but she has looked forward to Spring that she would * 000 you ad how she often speaks of going down to see you; wants me to 80 with her. I told her today I did not think I should make out to, but Jule would. She hung her head saying, "I want your photograph to take with mo."; so I shiH have it taken for her. . ^ She is lying on the lounge with her kitten, waiting for me to «IIHir .put her to bed. Thi? month has been a stormy month, awful walking, MMt 1 have had to confine Lettie in so much that she gets out of patience almost tires me out to continue to amuse her to keep her in. Hon. John A. Kasson to Gen. Dodge, Washington, March 2 SO long as the two California Lawyers, Stanton and Halleck, are dHHi I at the head of military affairs, let U8 put out tr^^t in Ctod. ' ■''$01^ I have thi mornljag ascertained from Stanton in person, that HMf ieTOcKer and Mathies are nominated to be Brigadiers, among others; and February, 1863, that they adhere to Herron for Major Generl, in view of his victory 'in thesouthwest, In answer to my representations he said "May be so but Herron has be^n so fortunate as to distinguish himself more than Dodge. We may make mistaKOS, but this is settled now," fit' I had before written an earnest letter to the President, and left it with his secretary, protesting that your ranking position should be kept, asking that both might bo promoted if possible; if not that Vour name should not be superseded, but should have the preference it 'was entitled to. Grimes agreed with ®s» and Herron*s Promotion was "not give over you by request of our delegation, but by stanton and •• ^Halleck. The President I think has loft the matter ontfreiy to them, Met I learned these facts this morninS» and propos® to ggg (jrimes to ^ ^ ' day, but nothing can change the determination I am satisfied. Private Diary Uem, March 2: f# at. Fair. Capt Spencer went on raid with 150 mounted Infantry. •IP* Received dispatch from Kasson, Herron Maj. Gen.; Corcker Brig. Gen, •••*- March 3rd: Col, Cornyn's Commad returned; 200 prisoners, one piece of pu'tlllery, and heavy train; three hundred mules and horses; 6o bales "• of cotton, |7,000 in money, asc, M Cten. Dodge to Capt# Dodds, Corinth S,'(10DR169) fe The unservioeable stock here that we are unable to feed and that ^ is dying on ou:hands, wia be taken to Henderson Station Tenn,, fed iMi and disposed of for ossh to the citizens of that county to the best advantage to Government, and as speedily as possible. Before being ^ >t «»<•<■ ilarch, 1863. ^ sold, they will be branded "C". _ ' , £1 Tai HiJiMtX dAij* Gen. Dodge to Commanding officer expedition to Red Sulphur Springs Corinth, 4; (10DR169): You will proceed in charge of the train to Red Sulphur Springs, and take the furniture, bedding, crockery &c at that place belonging to Cox & Co., now in charge of Mr. Marvin, leaving Mr. Marvin such as he may need for his own use. It will be carefully packed as pos sible, and the whole of it on your return turned over to Capt. J. K. Wing, Q. M. A. Great care will be taken that no unauthorized depreda tions are committed by the men. Capt. Cameron win be sent with the command* and has verbal instructions from me, and is also well ac quainted with the locality &c. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Corinth 4, (10DR170) : , ' 'HIC ' I have the honor to submit the following information gained from the scouts returned from Alabama, and from a Confederate officer who was confined in theAtlanta prison on charge of high treason. He made his escape the 7th of February. He reports 81 of our offi cers confined there,among them- General Willich, 'Col, Williams, Lt. Col. Stewart, 2nd Ind. Cavy. Lt. Col. Shacker, 32d Infty. Lt. Col Dunn Lt. Col. 42d Ills., Maj. Warren 5th Ka. &c. &c. There are no troops on the railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga, and only about five hundred at Atlanta. At this place they have six months provision on hand for the entire western army. . . *c, At Mobile there are about 5000 men under feackner; in the harbor, March, 1863. five iron clad g\m-boats, two wooden gun-hoats, and two building. In Charleston harbor they have three iron-clads and two floating batteries, with two other iron-clads waiting for the machinery which was in the Princes Royal captured by our fleet, r, * In Savannah three iron-clads or rams. On the Yazoo river, they have one powerful ram, which they are pushing to completion, the prow I and engine came up from Mobile. The Sander's fleet in Europe is steel clad, one of them ia launched and was to be ready in February. Sandershas gone to Europe to attend to getting them out to sea. All the cavalry, partisan rangers, &c. in the states of Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, and Tennessee are ordered to report to Gen. Van Dom in Tennessee. The couts say, this cavalry is going across the ( Tennessee above Decatur daily, taking with them all the goods, horses and mules that they can find, that it is estimated that Johnson's cavalry force will amount to 25000. Newsoaper Clippings; (6DR36) Prom Corinth: James F. Brooks, son of Dr. Brooks, and a soliier , I*" - in the 39th Infantry writes from Corinth under data of March 4th. XnO . . . . We quote the following: "Yesterday a scouting party went out under the command of Geo, W. Spencer, Adjutant General. Theytook five days' rations. Yesterday evenging the 10th Missouri rnd another regiment of cavalry came in from a five days' scout. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1863 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/65fc2f829292b0457cac9b71665b28c6.pdf 1a16f9efc413ec5b53176496dec90b88 PDF Text Text Pebrnary, 1063. Christmas, &c. r . . .» . ... ^ Gen. Grant to Gen. Hamilton, Janua^y, Ist, 1863. Dodge says that a scout brings in the news that Rosencrans has had a fight and whipped the enemy badly. Vickshurg iS not taken. Gen. Dodge's Sister to his wife. Council Bluffs, March let: This is a dreadful day., uud knee deep and wind blow ing a perfect hurricane. I ventured out to Sabb.ath School and church and was glad enough to come home. Council Bluffs has been quite gay lately, a great many have given parties. Mr. Baylts has given the greatest one of the season so far. I attended, there wore three hundred and thirty six persons took sup- — per so you cen judgo of the number there. The supper was splendid. Had dancing of course. I enjoyed it much, but it used me up complete ly. I have not been worth a cent. Everybody v;as there, I presiuHe she will go down in the course of two or three weeks, and I guess I shall go with her. The doctor has given me orders to leave here and go scuth as soon as Sprmg opens, for my health. I have been miserable the last month, have been going a great deal^ think that may be the cause of it in part. Nate wants me to say to you that he has received the papers that have been sent. Mag Lafferty was married last week to Capt. Hopper, Burke is 300^ to be married to Cad Younger. Awful times getting married up here. Ant Qiive had the Congregational society last Friday evening, it S UlNt in •'5 »«was a bad evening but several were there* " ®| WfifiXf Tfrt? *ai5| 4 You know Mrs, McDonal^i county- Her husband died last July, and ahe was marrie^i young Sylvester, a fellow that teaches school there. Short and of it, I think, hn Gen. Dodge's motber to his wife. Council Bluffs, March 1st. Irt I received a letter froni you for Lettie yesterday. I had mailed one the day before to you. Dear Lettie's countenance lit up with joy as you spoke of her sister wHnting to soo her, with the rest of you; now I don't think Lettie bas had one hour of homesickness dince she has been with us, but she has looked forward to Spring that she would see you ad how she often speaks of going '^^wn to see you; wants me to go with her. I told her today I did not think I should make out to, but Jule would. She hung her head saying, "I want your photograph to take with me."; so I shill have it taken for her. She is lying on the lounge with her kitten, waiting for me to .put her to bed, Thi^ month has been a stormy month, awful walking, I have had to confine Lettie in so much that she gets out of patience ■ j^nd almost tires ma out to continue to amuse her to keep her in. Hon. John A. Kasson to Gen. Dodge, Washington, March 2 so long as the two California Lawyers, Stanton and Halleck, are tat the head of military affairs, let us put oujb truwt in Ood. I have thi morning ascertained from Stanton in porson, that and Mathlea are nominate^ to be Brigadiers, among others; and February# 1863. that they adhere to Herron for Major Goherl# 1^^ view of his victory - in thesouthwest, in answer to my representations he said "May be so but Herron has been so fortunate as to distinguish hiitiSGlf more than Dodge. We may make mistakes, but this is settled now," 'C I had before written an earnest letter to the-President, and left ••W'^it with his secretary, protesting that your ranking position should ' be kept, asking that both might be promoted if possiblej if not that •W. your name should not be superseded, but should have the preference it -was entitled to. Grimes agreed with me, and Herron*s promotion was not give over you by request of our delegation, but by Stanton and Halleck. The President I think has left the matter entirely to them, 1,1-J Hii I learned these facts this morning, and propose to see Grimes to " ^ day, but nothing can change the determination I am satisfied. Private Diary Mem, March 2; • Fair. Capt Spencer went on raid with 150 mounted Infantry. Received dispatch from Kasson, Herron Maj, Gen,; Corcker Brig, Gen, March 3rd: Col. Cornyn*B Commad returned; 200 prisoners, one piece of •"^firtillery, and heavy train; three hundred mulos and horses; 60 bales 'of cotton, 17,000 in money, in Gen. Dodge to Capt. Dodds, Corinth 3, (10DR169) , The unserviceable stock here that wo are unable to feed and that dying on oui hands, wl 1 b« taken to Henderson Station Tenn,, fed ^ f«^d disposed Of for cash to the citizens of that county to the best jtdvsntage to Oovern^nt, and as speedily as poasible. Before being M ■arch, 1863. tmm sold, they will be branded "C". Gen. Dodge to Commanding officer expedition to Red Sulphur Springs Corinth, 4; (10DR169); } 1|T(' You will proceed in charge of the train to Red Sulphur Springs, and take the furniture, bedding, crockery &o at that place belonging to Cox & Co., now in charge of Mr. Marvin, leaving Mr. Marvin such as he may need for his own use. It will be carefuHy packed as pos sible, and the whole of it on your return turned over to Capt. J. K. Wing, Q. M. A. Great care will be taken that no unauthorized depreda tions are committed by the men. Capt. Cameron win be sent with the command, and has verbal instructions from me, and is also well ac- ^ ^ quainted with the locality &o. _ Gen. Dodge to Gen. Corinth 4, (10DR170) : HHP I have the honor to submit the following information gained from the scouts returned from Alabama, and from a Confederate officer who was confined in theAtlanta prison on charge of high treason. He made his escape the 7th of February. He reports 81 of our offiJi cers confined there,among them- General Willich, '^Col. Williams, • f' V Lt. Col. Stewart, 2nd Ind. Cavy. Lt. Col. Shacker, 32d Infty. Lt. Col .Dunn Lt. Col. 42d Ills., Maj. Warren 5th Ka. &c. &c» There are no troops on the railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga, suid only about 0 § mite five hundred at Atlanta. At this place they hav© six months provision pn hand for the entire western army. -j At Mobile theree are about 5000 men under ^ckner; in the harbor, — — X-J fT 1 RI.31 ■ C«! March* 1S63. .mi •wi'^ •I . five iron clad gun-boats, two wooden gun-boats, and two building. In Charleston harbor they have three iron-clads and two floating batteries, with two other iron-clads waiting for the machinery which was in the Princes Royal captured by our fleet. In Savannah three iron-clads or rams. On the Yazoo river, they Ki : have one powerful ram, which they are pushing to completion, the prow and engine came up from Mobile. The Sander's fleet in Europe is steel clad, one of them ia launched and was to be ready In February. H' gandershas gone to Europe to attend to getting them out to sea. All the cavalry, partisan rangers, in the states of Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, and Tennessee are ordered to report to Gen. Van Dom in Tennessee. The ocouts say, this cavalry is going across the ( Tennessee above Decatur daily, taking with them all the goods, horses and mules that they can find, that it is estimated that Johnson's cavalry force will amount to 25000. Newsoaper Clippings; (6DR36) " *** Prom Corinth: James F. Brooks, son of Dr. Brooks, and a solUer in the 39th Infantry writes from Corinth under date ©f March 4th. We quote ^he following: Ml W "Yesterday a scouting party went out under the command of Geo. E. ^"""spencer. Adjutant General. Theytook five days' rations. Yesterday avenging the lOth Missouri "nd another regiment of cavalry came in from a five days* scout. They took about,1«Q00,000 dollars' worth «MMK property, 60 bales of oottow, 100 head of horses and mules, 108 February, 1863. contra^®"^®» 140 prisoners, 15 yoke of oxen, and about $3000 in gold. The contrabands said they never saw a Union soldier before. They said there ^ large number of n groes in the country who were very anx ious to come within the Federal lines." jajnes writes that Maior J» Griffiths has not receovered yet from his serious illness. He has become greatly emaciated^. It is thought, however, that he will recover. ' li# MNT ^ , Words of Cheer. in our account of the late Union demonstration at Tipton, we stat ed that a patriotic and highly encourasing letter from Hon. J. A. Kasson, read at the evening meeting* following extract from that letter as published in the Tiptop Advertiser will be read with interest; "in our conquests and victories west of the Alleghanies, niiat state claims a prouder remembrance than our own? Besides our first General, Curtis, there are Dodge, who forced loud praises from the lips of the enemy at Pea Ridge, who never lost a battle, a post or a aklrmishi whose youth carried with it the valor of a c fl veteran; Tuttie, Lauman# Vandevere, Crocker, and McKean, who like the others, won their silver stars upon the battlefield; and hundreds Of others, officers and privates, whose prudence and courage equally de serve the tribute of hoio®8®* , m Bmt «l I Xjww Rebel Barbarities.,^^ «ii ehot down for loyalty to the Onion- One hundred 132^ March, 1863. ' ''bloodhounds used to hiint down loyal ^ople- Hundreds of families W»' *C^"^iveu out to perish of starvation. -MM " Washington, March 6,"'l863f* . .. j The follow!;:g has been forwarded to the headquarters of the army: «lfl liH See page ^ tMpM# ; (Jen. Dodge to Col. Mersey, Corinth 5, (lODrl7l) :* You will turn over to the Provost Marshal, Capt. P. A. Tyler, 81st Ohio infy. now under arrest. The Provost Marshal will place him in 'SmSb by himself. - -Ml ■Ml .V .V ."i j. Baldwin to Gen. Dodge, CoTincil Bluffs , 5:- ^ ' Nathan tells me that you think our debts can be settled with land^ I have made every effort in my power to settle in that way, but find ^ it impossible to even get a proposition from our creditors to take •■'land on any terms. *'• I send you a list of bills payable as made out by "Wyman".' wm willing to entertain any proposition you make In regard to set- ••••lllng these old debts. I am anxious to have them settled. * ^ . W. Robbins to Gen. Dodge, Camp Opposite Vicksburg, 5: lying here in sight of Vicksburg* and have ^ been since the 1st of February, not doing much, with a great many men sick and suffering from the scurvy, caused by being crowded together 80 long on transports. The river has beenr wV^PCgfff la now some eight feet higher than the ground We'^O^ftmpaci on. If the levee should break we would soon March, 1863. he lander water. The soldiers have been working night and day on the ditch for the last few days. They have done near y all the work on t viitll the water in the river falls. I understand it is the intention to let the water into it in a few days, but until ) it is made deeper, there will not be water sufficient to float any1X1$^ thing but a flat-boat or raft. i«Ml an. We are building a ten gun fort at the mouth, and it is reported ^p^i^that we have some on hundred lbs. parrot guns to place in it. We will need them to silence the rebel battery opposite before we can safely run any craft through the canal. last three days the rebels have been throwing shells at I Ili9i4lt work on the canal. I do not think any one has lgl llftv been hurt by them yet, although they have g^ruck all around them. Some of their solid shot entered the south Qf -the canal and passing up made great splashing of the water* rebels evidently have got ^11, the range perfectly, and their guns *ill have to be dismounted before we can take any boats through. There is not one of the new Iowa regiments, that have more than ^ two hundred and fifty men for duty. Some do not have nearly as many as that, and they are the most disheartened set you ever saw. They go for peace on any ter-s, if they can only get home, or out of the #« ' ermy. p (xm ^ I am eomewhftt tired of the kind of soldiering such as we have had for the last two months* Ws have not been paid for six months, and re March 1863. •H# Mi** Uim t we have seen a great deal harder time than ever before7*""* ~ "« I do not hear from Lettie but seldom, the letters are sent but do not reach me, snd I cannot help being very anxious abon-t jjjy family, sit uated as they are, so I think I shall try and get my resignation ao— 'cepted. I have been waiting ^be capture of Vickaburg, but it may be a long time before w® succeed in doing that, though I am still ^ confident of success, not ohiy taking this place, but in the final subjection of the rebels, uhless the copperheads become too strong at home. The 4th are getting along pretty well. We have suffered some ij, from Sicknes , but not near as much as many others. The Chaplain ^ returned about a week ago reinstated. He was taken sick inmediately •"^is now quite sick, confined to his bed for the last six weeks, with no '^prospect of his getting better as long as he remans here. My hea th is good. I can't get sick enough to get a surgeon's cer- • ^-tificate. That is going to be the trouble in getting a resignation accepted, • w f ^n, OTnat to Gen, Define befon<i Vicksburg I'arch 6th:- ■ •• '" Release from arrest. Private Columbus Munn, Co. K. 9th ill. Inf. • <tala. «nd order him to report to those headquarters without delay. Dodge to Colonel Rio., Corinth 7, $10DR171); Yon being the Senior officer will eesung command of the pogt of NMl mt ' •' -J- J- 1 bclM mj tp lk9tXJ ^ •; March 1863* »'tMU « Bethel, with the troops that are left there by Col» Sanford, The 43d Ohio Infty. will report there from Boliver. The instruction to the guard at 8 and 16 mile tanks will be turned over by the companies leaving here, and great vigilence must be used in guarding the road 0)1 from 8 mile tank to Bethel. A small out-post will be kept at Purdy. You will also keep scouts on the Tennessee river from Clifton to pittsburg Landing, it being part of your duty to watch all movements ^ .of the enemy in direction. You will endeavor to get copies of all maps relating to the coun- ^ try surrounding that place,^d,„the names of reliable men, with heir residentce. § ti* Hpm ] , Private l>iary Mem. 4th: ^ f:- Col. Sweeney's command returned from-Jacinto, Maj. Fe.. Burnsville. Mrs. i'odge and Joseph went to St. ^ou^^jl^ IMMIt 4 Private Diary Mem. 5:- i M llf igfiii Comyn turned over captured property. ^ iM 9$ mm tlv Private Diary Mem. 7 - ^ mmm ltm r 1 tm f Capt. Spencer returned from scout to Bear m T} Private Diary Mem. 7:-^ ^ 9$ 0mm 001 Harrloon went to St. Louis, 9 *0009000000^0001 09 Private Diary Mem. 8:* ,0m0 <009$ 000909 1 '•m fcm Received letter from Kasson jand ^^^000 00009 0 , Inv&te Diary Mem. 9* ^1^ 0900 90009m 900 00990 .mm* .3l«rote. E., ■)>«'« >"<1 Crocker. ^ „ mtmm » ^ «»«HM ^jOSL 'Mi'. March, 1863. .0m it# «fT Ml# Gen.- Dodge to Gen, Hamilton Corinth 8» ) (10DR172) The scouts in from the south give the position of the troops in my immediate front as follows: U0I Two companies of Guerillas in Porks of Hatchie scattered. At Jumpertown four hundred. Pontotoc, Col. Faulkner with 600. Two com panies at Ripley with Haws. Warren near Brownsville. 26th Miss Inf. "mounted at Tupelo. Baxter and conscripts at Okolona about 1,000 strong, and then nothing until reach ColTombus where there are a tew regiments of conscripts and mailtia; at Enterprise a few men of same sort, and Meridian the ajune sort also. I have every reason to believe that most of Van Dorn'g bagS^S® transportation is on the road at Okalona and below, a^d with the General's permission, I pro- ^ pose to fit up an oxpddltion qj. cavalry to sweep out the entire crowd and push as f^r south as will permit. If the 3d Michigan cavalry iq j. start with a respectable force, and follow up with a supportij^g force of infantry for the cavalry to fall back upon and if at the gjune time a cavalry force could push to the Mississippi Central R. R. to koap any force from flanking me, I may be able to reach Meridian. It will take a week or ten days to fit up the expedition. I want Cavalry* amms and equipments at Memphis end I should like them. - A large force has* cb^ i^ack into the Tuscumbia valley, and re ports are current that the euemy are- mounting several regiments south of us. It appears to that ia our time to Strike south. March 1863. . ;' tSi' C. H. McNally to Gen. Dodge, Port Halleck, Ky., 9:- •IMNHli I received your telegraph yesterday, but as Capt. Hov;land my senior, is now in command, I handed it to him to act upon. ft The squadron was ready to embark for Memphis on board the steamboat Bostona No. 2., when an order from Gen. Hurlbut was received this morn . inc orderin*^. them to remain here. Let me assxire you. General, that it has been my ost earnest and constant desire, and is so still, to join you at any risk. I have spared no paias to obey your orders, as well as Gen, Grant's, to report at once to your headquarters, but ^ conflicting orders from Gen's, Davies and Hamilton, have actually kept me and my men here rotting, actualy rotting. I have, it is true, . but 60 men, but they are old cavalry soldiers of from ten to fifteen '' ttf t ^ ' have served with me during this period. Both they and myself have been prisoners of war for fifteen months, until exchanged last October, and my earnest dedire is to get into the ^ field on active service, and make up for lost time. "t Gen. Dodge to Col. Bane, Corinth 10, (10DR173): . You will detail two companies of the 50th 111. Infy, tinder compe- » I I * * w • ^ tent officers to relieve the two companies of 18th Mo. Infty. at & 8 mile tank. , t. ^ Gen, Dodge to Lieut. Barnes, Corinth 10th, (10DR173): Mt-Ib; , Will proceed to Mempl is and file copies of ill my telegraph dia* patches for months of Nov. Dec. and Jan. and up to the 17th of Feb. Mr. W, L. Grass, chief clerk telegraph office, is requested to give • • . ( ^ 94 mm . .i jMMM* March, 1863. •• * /i%^« C va* i* ^ Lieut, Barnes the necessary facilities for complying with this order. Gen, Hamilton to Gen. Dodge, La Grange 10:- Letter received; will aid you all I can in proposed movement. If all is quiet will send 3d Mich, and make diversions from here. H fdt «i Gen. Dodge to Col. Hillyer, Corinth 10:- * ^ < i There is required five thousand (5000) dollars for use in secret I service corps employed at these headquarters, by order of Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant. ■ General Grant's instruction are to ca 1 onyou when necessary. t' There is now no income here. Trading and cotton permits having been all issued. r •i' ■ I .I fitf Please deliver the amount to Lieut, j, w. Barnes A. D.C, and I wilJ return receipts. ■ M ttm tMMtf MMif tfwrrt Endorsements. » „ . . . .. A. - ^ ^ « I' m. .. No. 1, Office Pro. Mar. Gen. Memphis, March 13, 1863. Respectfully referred to Maj. Gen. Hurlbut for instructions. Wm. S, Hillyer Pro. Mar. Gen, ^ No, 2. Gen. Dodge having received from Pro. Marshal |22.91, It seems proper that he should render some strong reason tdiy he should ask this additional sum. If Gen. Dodg® will report that the fund has beenexpended and how, and that this amount ifi necessary for public services, it will be permitted, otherwise not. To avoid any loss to public Col. Hillyer wil^ send j^2,000. S. A. ' rr. Hurlbut. 4. — Ca lai—' .■ , . < . ^ ^ J. W. See to (Jen. Dodge, Tarrytown, t". I waa measenfer in the telegraph office at Rolla Harrison) 140 ... . March 1863. all the time that you were there. Hy father is Capt. and A. C. S. in Sprngfield. I am going to school at this place., private Diary Mem. 10:- kI ft mJflS Occupied Post of Bethel, Col. Rice of 7th 111. in ccmmand. 43d. Ohio and Ross' battery with 11th and 15th Cav. , . > Gen. Dodge to Col, Webster, Corinth 11, (10dR165)j- ^ < The bearer of this, Mrs. Tucker, was the wife of a R. R. employe, ■; Who died the 8th of December 1862. She wishes to consult you as to means of obtaining the pay due her husband. She will tell her own . story. If you can assist her, you will oblige. Gen. Dodge to Capt. Wing, Corinth, 13th:- p. mwill have all the transportation of this command except enough (t to do the camp duty, report to you at hald past six o*clock tomorrow morning with three days* rations, to hatil in a lot of lumber about fifteen (15) miles from this place. Escort will report at the same time. Place it under charge of proper officer, who will see that it *■ jpil is properly loaded. , --f tfV ImCH . Dodge to Senior officer in command escort to train, , I , Corinth IS, (lODRm) : ,4,^ You will proceed in command of the regiments of infantry, as es cort to train for lumber, to a mill about 17 miles distant from this ^mi|r|lf^place, on the Sulpher Spring road, in the vicihity of Walkers. !• ^ load the traj . with lumber and return. private Disry Men. 13:- , Col, Myers and Lady, Capt. Wllliasis and Mrs. Smith visited me today. j»ti- ' V March 1863« ■* ••••• Private Diary Mem'4%^* '»-** mt* «•» Uf Sent six 30-lb. parrotts to Grant, Mrs. D. arrivT^^'frnin St". Louis. Six 8 in. howitzers arrived from Vicksburg. ' JbSA • Gen. Dodge to commanding oTficer at 8- mile tanks, KM# w Corinth, 14, (IODRI75) : ^ The road will be patrolled day and night at different " iiourS 'at night, and ir day time before regular trains run over it. The telegraph line wiH he watched, and if cut, blown down or Injured in any way, you will immediateIj' endeavor to repair itj if you cannot do so report the break at the telegraph office in Corinth, as quickly as possible. Hhere breaks or damage to road occurs, signal men will he put out each side of break to stop all trains, and the fact will be reported here. ^ od Ji _ , Gen. Dodge to Capt. Prime, Corinth 15, )(IODR175). ^ I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of yours of March 9th. ^ should be very glad to get the contrabands; able bodied men are very scarce here, and all our works need a large amountof dressing • up and repairing. Ditches cave in, and in many placed become filled up; which, as soon as heavy rains are over, I shall irmedialely repair; otherwise the works stands well, and have settled without much bulge from bottom, as is liable in such earth.' ' Gen. Dodge to Col. J. W; Puller, Commanding Brigade, Corinth 16 You will relieve tomorrow hoBaing, five (6) posts on the left of Col. Sweeney's picket line. ^ ' YaiMMt ww ' > i %iM0 wwaJLAHM' eewiSfli itl* March 1863. Gen, Dodge to Col. Mersy, Coringh 15, (lODRlvS) you will relieve tomorrow morning, five (5) posts on the right of Col,..^.. M. Bane's picket line. Hpfl -jc'' Dodge to Col. Bane, Corinth 161' ^ fcl^i relieve tomorrow morning, four (4) posts on the right of Col, Sweeney's picket line. Col. Mersy will relieve five (5) posts on your right, .in,- o i***" i' Private Diary Mem. 16 i" jifent to La Grange to see Gen. Hamiltdti"»l , < Private Diary Mem. 17 ileturned from La Grange. . Dodge to Maj. Vincent, War Dept. Corinth 18, ) {IX5DR177) ^. 1 have the honor to herewith return the enclosed paper in rela- «in> ■ tion to Frank C. BUrdick with accompanying papers as directed. jThe 1st Alabama cavalry are being raised under orders of Maj, Gen. .^sGrant and five (6 ) companies have been mUStered iB^O SePVlce by Cap. Hi;* Parrand 11th U, S. Infy,, mustering officer of the district. I found Capt. Burdick in command of the first company, when I took j command, and have no doubt his statement is correct. .1 rospoctfuliy request that his application be granted as he has ^ taken great interest in raising the regiment, and placed in pa*o a jif, class of men who were formerly a burden tiQ jthe Government, jyp Private Diary Mem, 18:- •' "* t*r| j) 1 • 111. Cav, had skirmiah with Street's command. ®he nuBHi wound ed. ^he Lieut, and five prisoners taken. 4A a I k ^ ^ l' r vv', ' ,■ ..•••".vf .•; »/ March 1863. *9Km «PW^ Newspaper Clipping.' vMI ## iJPJ® !• 4J|||I« aili n* Col. Cornyn's Raid." *»flf Rebel account of the Famous Union Expedition to Florence;'^ The Huntsville Advocate, of "the 11s, contains aletter from ^ j Tuscumbia, giving the particulars of what it cals the "late raid of gip f'the Abolition hell hounds into North Alabama," > It says; "Early on Sunday morninS* 22d February, five Yankee gun-boats came up the Tennessee riverJ they did not land at Tuscum bia landing, but proceeded on up to Florence, Here two of them land ed and destroyed the ferryboat; the other three went on up to Bainbridge at foot of Muscle Shoales, and destroyed the ferryboat at i* hhat place. he Confederate States steamer Dunbar had been lyaing at . ' 'Sainbridge for some time,but had taken advantage the highwater, and gone over the shoales where the gunboats coul'^ not follow, . About three o'clock the gunboats all went down th® J^tver, without •• making any attempt to land, or showing any warlil^:® disposition, ex cept-giving three cannon shot at a party-of little boys on t is side 4-of the rlven^ ♦ - Late in the evening, when the oxoit®®®ht caused by the gunboats had in a great measure sublsded, the rattle Of SlQ&ll HriHS GUld tihO loping of horeea, announced the arrival of the Yankee cavalry. There was at-this time about thirty of Baxter's bai taliion in town; about sixteen of them were quietly finding their horses, and getting their '•••''tettpper at tihelr barracks on Main Streep) th« bakance were scattered ' over town. At the first alarm, thage sixteen men got into line. eti44 March, 1863. 4^9^ Baker, (Baxter being absent) telling them to stand firm, that it took more than one Yankee to stampede his men. The advtmce guard of the Tankess, about sixty men, cahrged upon these sixteen men; our boys gave a yell and galloped to meet them; the Yankeds turned and fled as fast as their horses qo^ld carry them; our boys pursued them back a mile, \intll they met the main body of the enemy, consisting of the 10th Miss uri, 5th Ohio, two battalions of Illinos,one company of Mississippi and one of Alabama cavalry, with a battery of moimted howitzers, in all about 1200 men; some estimate them at 800,^. The enemy fired several volleys, and charged in turn our boys falling back slowly until they were about to be flanked, when they retreated hastily into town; here they made a short stand, killing the orderly of the Yankee Commander, and one or two others* "By this time I ^^e Yankees, guided by renegade Alabaminas, had got the remaining boys nearly surroimded; but they made a -desperate effort,, and broke through the enemyfs ranks and escaped. We lost six men taken prisoners, but not one man was killed or wound ed on our side. It was now dusk, and the enemy did not pursue beyond the suLurbs of the town. The wagons, tents and camp equipage of Baxter's battalion were saved, having been sent out in the morning when the gunboats appeared." , ii , cr j The letter then gives a dreadful accoTint of outrages committeed r^apon fences, shrubbery, acc. and says: "You have had Mitchel and Turchin with youi oempared with Cornjrn (Col. P. M. Cornyn), 10th l^ssour March, 1863. ^"Cavalry), and his set, they were angels." liliii The letter proceeds: ^ •SliRJT ■ "Here is a fac simile of several writs that were served upon citizens of the town and nelghhorh ood: ' .::.A i *''* "Headquarters 1st Brigade, Maj. E. F. Blair's Division, Tus- ^*^cumbia, Alabam, February 23, 1863. '' "Edict 1st. "The United States Government, having ordered assessments to be made upon the wealthy citizens of the states now in rebellion against said Government, ^ have ordered an assessment ' upon your property to amount of dollirsi payable immediately "You are therefore,, commanded to ply over to iJaj. H.Lusk, pay ^^'"^'^master of this brigade, the above sum, or the same will be collected from you at the sacrifice of your property. Florence M. Cornyn. Col 10th Missouri Cavalry, Commending Brigade. • •1^'^ The lowest assessment that I have heard of under this edict was *^^^1500, the highest |5,000. One gentleitian» Mr. Wm. Warren, for failing to pay his aasessment was carried off, ' * iiqiQ inexpressible relief, the scoundrels' left town on Wed- ^'^xiesday afternoon, ■'aklng with them aboftt fifty bales of cotton, all the mules and horMC they could find, and about as many n- groes as they could force off, abdut sixty in all* They took the plantation teams to haul their cotton. Owing to the bad roads they left four teen bales of <§6tton between town «tid tfW^'^ountain, and I ^derstand they were compelled to leave tooeh more fuK^'Wier on, which lib®y burnt. March, 1863, • "The enemy came through Frankfort, to which place they came on ••#11 the Pulton road. By this means they were "to Sct here without having warning, as nobody dreamed of thei^ coming that roundabout way. Nearly every person they met or saw they brought along with them Some of them were compelled to walk thinty miles. When they arrived i a«v here, they had a hundred citizen prisoners. These, together with the M Citizens they got in town made a big show. No doubt the official remi- cord of the oxpedition will mention having captured 150 prisoners, not ten of whom will be Confederate soldiers, "As they subsisted whooly on the country, "our loss is enormous. Our farmers say they will not try to. make crops in- the valley this year, unless protection is given them. Tj^ere are immense quantities •■#9 Of corn in this valley, enough to feed a very large cavalry force all ■••• othe year round. All the Yankees have to do is to come and get It." M, M. Crocker to Gen. Dodge, Lake Providence La., 19:- ttN .1 have delayed writing for several days until I should hear from g •! •Washington, as future course depended somewhat upon the result there. We have Just heard of my confirmation, and.I am going in a day or two down to Vicksburg to see Gen. Grant, when I intend to have •|gt"80pe conversation with him about matters suggested in your letter. You may rely upon my doing every thing in my power. I feel so grateful to you, for the interest that yoxi have^anlfested. In my pro motion, and the servioe that you havp rendered me,, that I could stim the bayous from here to vicksburg to dA you a favor. *hon I return from there l will write you fully. March, 1863. ^ mmt As far as I can see military matters here are at a stand still, mp wf ■ more troops can be brought down, all the schemes about shutes ggM'Cut off, and canals, seem to be humbugs, gotten up for the Purpose of ing time and distracting attention from the real game; 'but seme ns thing may happen soon. I wish you were here. If I did not know that Herron*a glory acquired in Missouri was a 4—(j humbug, more or less, I would feel better satisfied; but J am ... not mistaken, I know the men who did the puffing, and have some slight acquaintance with the Commander of the Department. «10WKO.* Pof^ring that I may lose Kasson's letter I enclose it to you, ^llgH Gen. Dodge to Gen, Hamilton, Corinth 19, (10DR178) ; : Sometime in December 1862, Capt, McNally w ith two companies of ^ ir the 3d U. S. Cavalry, ^as ordered to join m here, and from some case •.." they were unalbe to reach here until Gen. Hurlbut a few days ago order ©d thepi to remain at Columbus. I. have received a letter from Capt. Mhr Ho Nally; he desires to come forward, and as hie stroes, &o. have al ready reached this place, I respectfully request that he be sent to ms • «4 Gen. Dodge to Col. Comyn, Corinth 19, (10DR178 ); ^ ilMI ei f is reported that, the oavlary are using the lumber turned over .•I)to them for sheds for their horses, in putting Up house©» ^0* This •• cannot be allowed the lumber must be used for shelter for the horses ,only. ' / K «l6l I Dodge to Maj. Stone, Corinth X9> (iodri79) B flW*' It. l8 not ooneidered a desirable plan to put men ' V ^ March 1863, .rrr^t r^-—' houses, excppt when their tents hpve been so worn that they are leak- ■ ■ ^ - „ - • ing» and do not afford proper shelter, c i dtslHtMMiMi iMMt'i'VO Private Diary Mem. 19:- Lieut. Col. Sheldon fought and defeated hiJfl. Our loss some 10, enemy 25. Capt. Spencer left for Bear Creek ■■ ^ - v*-. t>vst.|.p -t .■' .. .. ■ ■ 'i-u; in command of 300 cavalry. Private Diary Mem. 20:- __ Wrote J. T, Baldwin, «t «# Gen. Dodge to Col. ®omyn, Corinth 20, Ti6dR179) = You can turn the officers oi your command now under arrest, over to Capt. Van Seller if you desire. Have the charges made out immediate H ' ly, 30 that they may be brought to trial. ■ . ' K Gen. Dodge to W. W, Scanlan, Corinth 21, (10bR179): It is reported to these headquarters, that you have openely made charges of corruption, and swindling of Government, against officers / of this command. You will immediately send in the charges, designsting the officers and wttneaaess against them. It# ttlP From South Danvors Wizard, (6DR39)/ ^ ^ g General Dodrge. iMtJimil Avw' - - r ' Extract from a letter dated Council Bluffs, Meu^ohlSd, 1863. "Gen. M. Dodge la stin at Corinth as successful as ever-has a large cor^iad, which fights on a small scale almost every day-has Is^tely mdde one of the biggest cavalry raids of th® war- went 300 ajjLles right into the heart of the enemy's forces, and all the way in mm March 1863. - irrt r? t their territory. It was made throu^ drenching rains. They swam streams, crossed mountains by paths, and dashed dovm among the enemy before they were aware of it- captured more prisoners than they could take care of, several hundred horses and mules, and destroyed a large ammunition train- also a train of commissary stores- and carried back with them over 200 prisoners, as many negroes, horses, mules and sev eral thousands of dollars in gold." Gen. Dodge to Col. Cornyn, Corinth 23, (10DR180): You will detail two companies of cavalry from your commad to be ready at ei^t (8) o'clock tomorrow morning, to accompany Capt, Harri son of Scouts, to Kossuth. Capt. Harrison will report at the camp at that time, care will be taken that no unauthorized depredations are committed hy the troops. Gen. Dodge to Dr. Stewart, Corinth 24, )(10DR180): Send in all the Government property at luka, and abandon th^ ^ hospital. If you find they are disposed to interfere with the removal of the property I will send a force to protect you# Private Diary, Mem. SirWood train taken by SqI. stret two miles north of Grand Junction. Captured lot of prisoners near Bethel# 41 S mi fr ^ Private Diary Mem. 22:- CaptAin Spencer sent in 18 prisoners and ^oraS'S^ipmenta. Had skirmish with Warren. Bethel cavalry tooic tl priaoners at Pocihontas belonging to Street, t u.J la iiaed mitU m MArch 1863 • " 'Hf ifc-tfiaiJ' Phillips ^odge. South Danvers, 24:- ^ However hard it might be for me to excuse myself, the neglect has not arisen from a lack of interest in the cause, for my mind has been largely occupied with the affiars of the country, and the noble men who are risking their lives for its preservation, and my cnHstant prayerhas been that you may be carried safely and victorioualy through the dangers which beset you , and that the country may come out of this conflict, piirified from the veils which are 3# X!^ threatening to sweep away its very foundation. If this nation fails in its struggle for existence, it will be through the influence of Northern traitors; at least, such has been my ^ •V' opinion from the commencement of the wa?*; but it will not fail, copperhead treason at the north thAt seemed so formidable at li^one time, and have given so much support to the rebels, has come fijlljf to its strength and is now waning; while the loyal citizens are beImg ginning to lift up their heads, and believe that the rebellion has «iNlf passed its zenith. ,111 I havo watched your course with great interest, and have been •» Wdt very much gratified with it. It has exceeded anything we had a right to expect from a person of your age and experience in war. .te,' " t'SElhh to make me think that the rij#>t spirit is of more oonse- ^ quenoe than experience. I have been particularly pleased withthe M ,fci, recent letter of yours published in the Nonpareil. It has the right It aMM ring to it. It dh? .. W goo« to.read so« stirring ^ words ^ 1) calculated 4^." to March 1863. p - eounteract the deleterious inflhenoe exerted hy cowardly hearts at H • the North over loyal minds. SWiMNm' ^ There seems to me to be truth in your remarks, that did the en- *tire free states, unconditionally support the Government, the rebellHJI 'iong would be done for In the time you name; and had the north possessed for years past the spirit you manifest, this rebellion would never have occurred; It was the expectancy of northern aid that emboldened *'the rebels to strike at the Government."'' I have at times been very anxious In some way to join the army of my country, but when I came to look at the matter in a reasonable manner, it has seemed clerrly my duty to remain at home. My age would prevent my seiving as a private to much purpose, and I have not the military talent or experience to fit mo for any other situation * " in the anny, and so I have thought it best to remain at home, and do ^ "what I can to aid the soldiers and provide for their families. tory good care has been taken of them thus far in this toim, and I hope that its patriotic interest in them will hold out to the end. I am willing, I think, to work and contribute of my means * last dollar if neaessary, to suetaiA tW Government in thl,3 effort to presofve its own existence and if it comes to that I am wining assist in any capacity in which I can b® of use to the Government. Mil} t Tour letter has had a wide circulation in this vicinity, I procuredits publication in the South Danvers Wizard. It was copied, in part o whole, from that paper inlor^ Bostoh Journal and the Salem M March 1863. papers. It was read at the inauguration of the Union Club at Meohanis ^ . ^all in Salem, by the Hon. S. H. Phillips; the hall was literally crammfull» and the reading of it produced a universal and most enthusit . astic applause. I don t doubt we have had some traitors among our officers and io"\ privates, more, probably, who were not made of the right stuff to be ^l^.of much use to the Government; but I do believe that had the people at home* conducted themselves as well as the officers and privates in the army* the rebellion would have been put down long ere this, 1 I^rniahed in town for the war, about 500 men, which iS more than our quota, and could if necessary send nearly as many more. We have raised money in various ways for the soldiers to the amount of about three thousand dollars, A ladies Soldiers Aid Society has been established, which has done considerable for the comfort of the sicK and wounded soldiers in the hospitals. , Your friends and relatives in this vicinity are well. Your grand mother Phillips is in her 89th year, and is still as bright and smart as ever. Aunt Lydia i* deeply interested in national affairs, and stands firmly by the Government, My family are well and all feel a great interest in your welfare, and wish to be remembered to yourself and Mrs. Dodge, M. B. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, Was ington 24:*» -o I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of yotir; letter of the 9th inst. addressed to Mr, Kasaon, he being In Conn, stumping for the March 1363. .CMC MNNC Republican ticket, fll!^wTll return ofi the 30th inst. ■4NMI Xi Presuming upon the cordial relations exsiting between yourself -lej.. and brother Herbert , and the affection and admiration he holds for you and shared by myself, I beg you to accept my best regards, with U the assurance that every Iowa man in Was ington feels that the rule Ml tWhich has obtained in this war, viz; that merit must stand aside for •-ftrtMOPitism, has been applied in the case of the second MaJ. Generalnl ejp>tej^ip from lowa. * „ Gen. Dodge to Gen. Deitzler, Corinth 25:- tCI •I 1^? -Lieut, Gill Reader, A. D,c. on my staff iias been relieved, andl 1 • •KSntl^e pleasure in recommending him to you. While he has been with me as been prompt and faithful in perfomring his duty, and is CMf^'very well posted in the Adjutants office, having for a great portion ^ ' of his time been my acting Asst. Adjt. gen, ' He leaves with my hearty-jjood wishes for his future success, and trust; if he desires it, will see fit to give him a staff appointmant. toe leH III M W »''■^-^rivate Diary Mem. 26: MMMti MMtf tnM .mm m • Qen. Hamilton relieved from his dbinaiAnd of left wing leth'^A^y Cofps tiMMC Dodge to Col. Meray, Corinth 25, (10DR180:- ' You will take all the mules of the 9th Ills., 'except two teams tfor camp duty. Whatever la lacking you will take from your brigade complete the'WountinC of the'9th liia, infantry. l«i. Gen.' Dodge to Beef Contractor#* Corinth 25, ) (lODRisi > F You will Immedlatelf ramove your slaughter yard out on the Dan March 1863. ville road, to the crossing of Clear Creek. The place will he des ignated by Capt. Irwin Inspector General. ^ Gen. Dodge to Capt, Wing, Corinth 25, (lODRlBl) will issue to Lt. Col. Phillips, 9th IHs. Infantry, 60 mulesj should you have to take any out of the teams yo^ will do so, as the division train will he in, in a few days, from which you can replace Dodge to Col. Chetlain, Corinth 25, (10DR182); ^ . You will detail a sufficient number of men from the 12th Ills. Infy, to drain and thoroughly clean out the ditch at the west end of their camp. ^ Gen, Dodge to Gen, Hurlbut, Corinth 26, (10DR182)t ^ mb:- - The enemy has taken up the line of Bear Creek again, and have PVm . . . thornw a force into Tuacumhia and Florence, in all about 4000 with two batteries under command of Brig, Gen. S.A. Wood. They no doubt are a force of ohservation, and I can move on them and drive them out: tinless this is done they will take out immense quan- .tities of forage *ith which th® valley abounds. If it meets the .Gen's, approval, as soon as the streams and ponds will admit, I will H ' ^arch upon them with all my cavalry, and sufficient infantry and ar tillery to insure success of the expedition. _ , ij1!9 mttfm Private Diary Mem. 26^7 , Mai, Howard wont to Alton wi;^ 3^ prisoners. Gunboats went up ■■ ■ -v-- t W • !■ ■■ m" W jm^ihe river to Florenof| ^ ^ jv ■ ■ -U ,^^•• March, 1863. -* Private Diary -m: Vt: - » * ••"W •« •# <iWM •<«» Gen. Sullivan relieved from his "cSSffiand^ofjac^son,*' Gen. Dodge to Col. Cornyn, Corinth 27, (10DR183): ^ ' You will send one Lieutn and 20 men to report to commanding ofi'icer at Smith's bridge, for duty Immediately. • Gen, Dodge to Dr. Marsh, Corinth 28, (l©DrlB3) : ADlAlTtii ®n accordance with the decision of the Surgeon General, ambulanc es are under the control of the surgoon who is held responsible for their use, in accordance with existing order. Gen, Dodge to Capt, Van Seller, Corinth 27, (10DR183) : Bring Allen, Walker and Edwards, Mississippi citizens, before | Capt* Hawes Judge Advocate, and have their depositions tkken in case of U. S, vs. Reed Co. "C" 50th Ills. Infy, and then order them to leave this department for violation of orders €uid army regulations in pur chasing from a soldier, commissary stores. Gen. Tuttie to Gen, Dodge, Memphis, 27th:- % m I am now on my way to the front. Don't know what kind of a com mand I will get yet, but I tell you what I want and am going to try for, that is for myself and Crocker to have each an Iowa Division, and to have you co mmand both, I will take the responsibility to represent to Gen, Grant that it will be desirable with you. If the thing can be accompliahed I want to get the 2nd and7th with me when you are relieved, and give Col. Rice a good brigade. Will you speak to blm and Col, UMiTer of the matter? I write in a great hurry, will March 1863. write you again as soon as I see Gen. Grant. Gen Oglesby is with me going down for duty, I think I can work it so as to get him out to ..Corinth in your place if the other is likely to go off. ^ ft Gen, Hurlbut was going to send me to your command, but I told him I would rather go to the front. From what you have told me I takd it for granted that your feelings are the same. I want to be under you as my immediate commanding officer, if possible. X liVtf ••d Write me at Yoxmg's point as soon as you get this. We leave im mediately on steamer "Dove". fee* Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth 28, (10DR184) : ^ I herewith rsturn the conunimica-tion of c. w. McNany with the following explanation/ While I was on the march after Forrest, I passed the man's farm, and his family supposing It was Forrest's command, came out to the fence and commenced cheering for jeff Davis, Forrest and the southern confederaoy. Whether the grown people cheered or not I could not say; they, at any rate, stood by anicountenanced It; and they did not stop until we rode up to the house and made ourM . selves known. I Inmedlately took the property as receipts show, and It has been properly accounted for to the A. M. McMcHany we found at Hlfflin; o n our approach he endeavored to escape with others, but ati- the cavalry caught him. Ha afterwards visited Corinth with some Dnlon men, and stated to me that he took the oath because he was or- »n. d.red to, and for the purpose jf saving his property; that Ws^eymMRMt path lea were with the ^ W AS, March 1863. •at <M The Union men with him said that he was an honorable man, but 1 *'^that he was a noted rebel. Children never cheer for governments of ' » I, ' men who are enemies without their fathers and mothers are enemies too, S-k atd t-j^nd if we were to take the testimony of good Union men, Mr. McHany is just as good a rebel today as ffeff Davis is; and had he been in my ^district he would'have been ordered to the Southern Confederacy. I despise a mah who cloaks his principles under the oath; and they are far more dagerous to us than a rebel in arms. I believe McHany has been dealt too leniently with, and under our laws his entire property would be subject to confiscation. It*is false that* any person cheered for Lincoln. I was present during the entire time. Saw and ^ heard everything. - "jt Gen. Dodge to Captain Prime, Corinth 28, (10DR185): ^ suggest the propriety of sowing grass seed on the ""^batteries and entrenchments stu-rouhding Corinth. I believe with care, and a little labor, grass seed could be made to grow, thereby renderIng more safe and preventing the wearing of the earth. * If you dso® proper and will send the seed, I will see that it is *** properly put in an d cared for, Dodge to Col« Hoffman, Corinth 29, (10DR185):"T l« """" Th e rebels captured about Dec. 27th; 1862, Jack Kauffman,^a citiaen * "^ef Hardin Co. Tenn., and have him confined in prison at Tullahonia. I desiro to have him exchanged; he is a Union man and haS rendered valuable seryic® to our Government. If in the exchange of citizens A ^ March, 1863. ^i;-you c?.n effect his, it will be granting a favor to his family* and Tender great benefit to the service. They are not aware who he really ,i s, and for that reason I desire to get him out of their hands; they jppj^^hold him merely as a dangerous Union man* yul ^ Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corip^h 30, (10DR186)s , The works at Bethel were badly planned, the main work built on a side hill, while the surrounding country commands it. -.■ To avoid this an outwork was built some two hundred yards from twwV- KM*' - the main work, and when I took command I occupied the main works in wich the barracks were built, placing one section of the battery v.hich is — protected by two regfliments of Infantry in it; and, to prevent the 0' ^ enemy by a sudden dash occupying the outwork, I placed one section of artillery in it rupported by one company of infantry, and camped the cavalry in its rear; thus the forces are only 200 yards apar^, and .^i^oth sections of the battery I consi.lor well supported. I also be lieve that no enemy could approach the place without due w g. when the force would occupy the works on ihe hill bringing both de fii'-' - - tachments. , r.iW* Gen. Dodge to Oen. Hurlbut, Coriuth 30# (10DR186) •' ^^,The pos'tion of the enemy has somewhat changed in the last week. Their line now stretches from the mouth of Bear Creek on Tennessee ^ g river around through Verona to Pontotoc'and then westward to connect i with the roving bands near the Central Miss. R. R* Brig. Oen. S. A. Wood of rebel army# commands in north Alabama, having his headquarters at Florence on this side of the river, his forces all conimanded by Col. Rammon of 16th Ala. , and the entire cominand amotints to about 4,000 men, mounted and being mounted, with two batteries, vigilently guard1*-' ing the li^e of Bear Creek; and they are putting their men in condition for a raid. Next is Coli Barteau's brigade of cavalry at Verona. He has lately been reinforced by cavalry, and infantry has relieved his 4 % ,. r men at Okalona, guarding the R* R. and other points. His pickets extend this side of Baldwin, and west of him is stretched out Hamond Faulkner. At i* He also is making arrangements for a raid; while, on east side of river, E *■* Cox, Rhoddy and a small part of Van. Dorn's force is in Harden, Wayne and other counties, where they are collecting together stores. They a?e also securing number of flats in Horse Creek &hd Duck river, and are ^ ready, when the opportunity offers, to cross, is my impression that Cox, Woods and Barteau are all fixing to make a simultaneous raid on our communications and posts; they, however, cannot move with out my knowledge- and I believe it is practicable for me to move on them and break them up. If I had one more regiment of cavalry, I could move east or southiSupported with infantry and artillery, brealB up all their plans > and whip them badly shiuld they deem pru- «i ' dent to give me battle. If I should move south I can push infantry . and artillery to Pcntotoc, and then use my cavalry in breaking up the #0 force south, destroy their R, R. and, I believe, also break the R. R. in rear of Grenada, It is certainly best for ua to stop this contemplated raid, and the most effectual way is to make one'bft,them* If the March, 1863. .ewf it" H If General coxild, at the same time, send down and threaten Grenada with a cavalry brigade, it would insure our success, and put them back a long time, I respectfully request that you will call the General's ^0-attention to this matter, ^ . As soon as streams fall, and the regiments that are now moxmting are fully equipped they will move; in the mean time, I will endeavor j to keep fully posted. Scouts have come in from Jackson and Meridian R, R. but there is no news of importance. They have a considerable force on the Yazoo, a few militia at Grenada, while most of Vicksburg is camped on the Big Black or the R. R. leading to it, and all within striking distance of Vicksbrug. To Gen, Dodge from his brother, Council Bluffs 11, ; vob . If I had conveyed property without actual consider ation for th© purpose of preventing its being sacrificed mand it ei should be levied upon, I would compromise and not fight it-for to ••rI fight it and got beaten leaves a bad record; a man must look out for his character as well as for his interests in such matters. The facts and circumstances atte =ing each case would generally point out to theparty what would be his best course. ^0 In this place, and I su ppose in this section of the country, it is customary to have property in the wife'a name. To such an extent is km At carried that solvent men huy and^sell real estate in their wife's Pnname. Douglas for instance fit •: more, you make, while in » «on®y. i° .. Bf 1G]| March 1863« ® is next to it, and be content with small returns from it, if such ''is the result and when you come out you have something to work with. If you do not live thorugh it your family has something to live upon and very likely the interest and annual income of it would keep them. Real estate I would not touch except through tax titles, which I consider as safe an investment as I know of, and one which gives good returns; but judicious selections of lands and lots must Mttdj " be made, or a person better let it alone, ■ • • "Ii ' ' I had, say $200 worth of city tax certificates covering some very j * good lots and a great many in outside additions. They were being constantly redeemed; but to look after them at city sales and at ^ company sales I fotmd very troublesome, and I traded them all off ^ M. last winter; as yet I have only invested $73 in that way for Annie, The past winter my tax business &c has crowded me very l^s' alose; work enough before me all the time to keep me busy; no time to look outside of my business, for a good investment or anything else. My profita in Jan, and Peb, were large; my tax business seemed ■t •1 SMdi to be crowMed into those two months. My business increased largely over last year and my deposits as per statement March Ist are upwards of $10,000, That however is far ebove the average, I am very care ful and cautious and moving along prosperously. If I had had a partner a year ago to have relieved me from a part of the cares and labor of my business (a clerk don't* fill the place), I could have 1 I Siade money for you as well a9 myself,'and could have been with you a part 16^ March 1863. (Man fal>f» time. You know so little about my business, it is impossible ' Judge correctly of the advantages an d disadvantages of a partner. This same matter was talked of when I first started in • 1860; have had it in view ever since, and have had but one opinion Jk -# < - ijt about it; could I talk to you about the matter, you would be of the same opinion; it could not be otherwise. I will simply mention one ^ view of the matter you do not proVably think of, which is of some importance to you and every one else who has money in niy hands. In case of my death there is no one person who could take my business as I leave it, and carry it along or clear It up satisfactorily, not knowing anything about it before hand-same in case of severe illness. I The Judge has already declined the JUdgeship; is asked to run for •voO Governor. Is being pressed very strongly to accept one or the other, i® immovable; has his reasons for declinging both, aside from his 4lfg anticipation of going into business with me. I have never urged him eSllf » matter last mentioned; but, on the contrary, represented my business, 4c. in an inferior light. He has done his own thinking, I mine; Ijj-i we both arrive at same conclusion. It is a matter in the future, and ffVa-f possibly may never occur, you will treat it as confidential, as I do f h not want any one here to know such a thing is contemplated. I last week sold my office where I now am, for near f700 to R. L. Douglas, and purchased the property adjoining Post Office for |llOO of Jake Wiikina, now occupied by bim as beer ship,--22 feet front runI :..ning back tp alley. Building about Jike one I now occupy. The loca- March, 1863. i^ition is one of fhe best in town, and I can today sell'out* i'or several ii i hundred dollars bonus, so I guess I made a good swap, shill move Ckl there in May, You can send me what spare funds you have, say $1000 or more. I mi' can maJce use of it so as to pay you ten per cent, and will invest it 9mo • if I have the right kind of opportunity. I shall have more leisure •''♦ from this time on, and will endeavor to hxmt up something that is de •1 ♦sirable* Julia and Lettie will go to Corintli as soon as they hear in re- * ply to letters written hbout it. Father cannot go now; we could not -Spare him, " not an ijo Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 13:- ^ giotfio ' John D, Lockwood will probably accompany Julia and Lettie to Corinth. He goes to see you and the army, and for benefit of his health '^tit my solicitation.- I wish you would enclose a pass over R. R, to ^ his address, care Gen. Tyttle Cairo, it of advantage to him, ••• ' • and perhaps prevent delay that he might otherwise be subjected to. hm «nfr There are but few who feel more interest in your welfare, and ^ prosperity than Lockwood and Deming, Both very patriotic, and have supported the war liberally; are valualbe friends to me here, and I hope if he reaches there you will make his visit a pleasant one. Lt. Sample on Tuttle's staff Is an old and intimate friend of ' Lockwooda. 'They will leave'in a week or two. First boat from St. Joe expected tomori;>oir.' it will be impossible for me to leave at d •i Harchi 1863. g|, present; could not even leave for a day. I want to visit you very .... To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs 22:- Your letter of 0th enclosing pass for Julia received several « days ago, Julia, Lettie and Lockwood will leave in first boat after 6th of April. Biss Lockwood will go with them as far as St, Louis, wYou will see by circular in Nonpareil that mother is President .j of Sanitary Commission here. Her election, as well as Miss Lockwood's was unanimous. Miss, L. is very active and efficient in aiding sol- «'iil-- - ^ ^ diers families here, and in gett ng up festivals, &c. to obtain money to send to sanitary commission to be used for benefit of soldiers in hospitals. So few young ladies here take any part in such matters, or have a thought for the brave fellow who are trying to save for . them a Bipwpf Qoverninent, except it be to denounce them or ridicule mil itheir efforts, that when one does her duty in defiance of the wishes ■•I Uhv threats of the church of which she is a member (Presbyterian), f "f^added to the opposition of the nionerous secesh sympathizers, to say ggg Ij-inothing of the local jealousies for which this place is famous, she ,do8erveB the praise of all loyal men and womep, and will get it. I think we shall be able to send quite a lot of vegetables from Jmi hi point to the sanitary commission. I yesterday got ten men in ^ town tO'contribute ten bushels of potatoes each -100 Imshels in all. A$iw iWi 1 contributed ten b^hels of onions, worth here |2,50 per bushel, *^| have stirred them up In Harrisin county, and we shall receive several .6tM •HiMi March, 1863. loads from the friends* there. In most of the settlements In this county I think they will make up several loads and send in. Some portions of this county are very loyal. Big Settlement, for in stance* notice resolutions passed at union meeting held there. Fetler is the only secesh in the township. • this war is not near its end, and I do not think it so-we cannot now realize the value of the recent conscription law. That one act may yet be the means of saving our Government. I think and hipe have a beneficial influence over the torftes at home. 'Leniency to rebels either in the front or"rear while they oppose us rtl *di 'wT-i vrsm~1' in force, is bad policy. . I see Salen Gazette has an accounl of your report on "Rebel Bar- -'C Oen. Dodge(s mother to his wif^^ Council Bluffs 24:- Tuesday evening, 9 o'clock, have juat got Lettie into bed; she put arms around my neck and gave me one hearty kiss saying, "What will you ml oJ do when I go doim to Corinth, for a little girl to pnt to bed?" I asked her if she thought she would come and live with me again; she answered so affectionately, "I do think I shall but I Go want to 'see my pa» ^ ®nG sister; then I will bo back again-" *** Mr. Lockwood thinks of going with theni. He thodSht he could not leave Before the 6th or 6th ofApril, but he told JuXia today he might get away next weak. I am glad that she can hu^e some Man with \er; and his sister 'will'go as far as St. Louis. That will make it ^ bariti al IMS es" in it. Wol ) ^ klXs At • Xssr^ March 186S. ,gf|| pleasant for them. I am disappointed that I cannot go, but shall have to give that up for the present; should G. M. remain at Corinth I iCu. _ ^and not come home, I shall come if possible when Julia returns. Ihy cannot you come and spend a few weeks with us in the summer? ( nC I have just laid aside the evening paper, and the news is encouraging; should it prove true that Farragut had safely made the passage lai with his whole fleet, I am almost firm in the belief that this war is near its end. Let us have peace that will he honorable in every ► m ry ' respect to the north. Won't the copperheads lower their sails? We have a batch of them here that I would like to have down in the rebel 110 army. They are rebels at heart and they would be of no use in our ar my. Just teike them where they belong. . i I had a letter from G, M. last week; we know that his time just tim'- 1* be all taken up but it is cheering to get a letter when he has a few ijf ^ spare moments that he can devote in writing us. Julia and Nate have gone to Miss Lucy Lock" ood's to a small party. 11? She has spent the day out today and is engaged tomorrow and next • (lay, so that she has but llltle time at home. m t Geo. E. Ford to Gen, Dodge, Bhiladelphia, 26:- ^ Not hearing from you since George left your command, 1 wish to have a few pleasant moments in communicating with you. I suppore you are aware that George consulted me by telegraph, it !•? ^ respecting his leaving the^jposition your kindness had placed him in as your A. D, 0. answer advising him to remain with you and March, 1863. nov to accept the command of his company, ' — , .^.1 .J.L ^1* ■ , . ij. »« ^ .f ,. ^.' After receiving the petition that had been sent to him by the men (which he forwarded to me), and his noble letter written to me on receipt of my telegram, I was satisfied that he had done right in re- ,, turning to his company, and leaving the pleasant position with which yQ^ honored him. George not having informed me of your views In the matter of his retura, and fearing you may not have fully understood his feelings and sentiments, I take the liberty of enclosgH' Ing extracts hig letters written to me, on that occasion, iRhich I I have no doubt will interest you, and will certainly vindicate George in the course he pursued. ' ^ I" letter dated'August 26th, 1862, the date of h'is'telegram, 'requesting my advise, he writes, "I came into the company a private, I have been with them constantly until our arriaval at Helena, I have been with them and shared their hardships, their dangers and their privations, and now I return to remain with the gallant 4th until iti"! peace or death shall relieve me of my command. I regret to leave Gen. Dodge, for'he is one of a thousand, but I go, "not because I love Caesar le'ss, but Rome more," my conscience ^ '^'clearly tells me that I should share my destiny with t^.at of my com pany." IM George^s letter dated the 27th August, on receipt of my •^•Vtelegram he writes: "I have no idea of the motive that prompted you ftJI jtfT ^ ' 'to urge my refusal of the commission, further than you thought it for \ ®y good, I can fully appreciate your solictude for my welfare, and, ® T ^ lb March, 1863. I faar, can never fully repay you for it. But I feel that niy first duty Is what I owe my country, I have sworn to support her to the ; best of my ability, and I feel that I would b© recreant to my oath should I remain here in a comfortable position, knowing at the same time that my company nesds my services, "I know there is no on- that have a greater influence oer the men IHj,,.'than I have. There is not a man who would not follow me into the ratlin jaws of death, and I will venture to a ssert that there is not one that would not be willing to sacrifice his life to save mine, and now. Pa would you desert men like these, on the very eve of an impor- ^ hnow very well you would not. Imagine my feelings Would get into an action and Co/. B. would fail in their duty, owing to the incapability ©f its comniander When I felt oonsoloua that had i have been with them, they would have -overed themeiivee with glory, instead of dlegraoe. Could I return to you at ^^the end of the war feeling that I had done my duty? No sir, I could never hold my head up amona men again, i could never drive off that ^ . guilty feeling, and conscience would night and day hies, "perjurer" in my ear. j- d -t' :,. I leave for my company the early part of-next week, and tn^-T future my address win t>e, Capt. o. E. E. Co. B, ttlj.loia Infy army of the South-west, via Helena Art." better than,I,# if fleorge'a eubsequent actions have susj the noble aqntisents of hts letters. ^ He has our. constant ¥*- •— - March 1863. prayers for Divine protection, and has certainly escaped in the *a- ^(•rious positiona of danger in which he has been exposed, in a wonder- , ful manner. , The poiltion of the rebels is certainly becoming desperate, and I look forward to the next three months to complete the downfall of OMI » base conspiracy and wicked rebellion. I fully believe that the down-trodden black race will yet occupy an important position in the subjtigation of their proud despot masters and that our heavoniy Father, who hears the prayers of those who call upon him in time of trouble, has heard these people, and in the course of the won-ierful .events now transpiring these people will by their fijl; conduct, and the aid we shall reooive, vindicate their claims to man-^ estabiioh their rights citizenship, |r; To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 30:-"^* Ptt Julia and Lettie leave today hy packet to St, Joej thence by rail ko Hannibal and packet to St. Louis. They will go from there in company with Mr, Brown who telegraphed me he would leave the 5th, 1 Lockwood was unable to go. Denning i^ftnts to go East. Judge Baldwin goes With them on his way to Davenport; others go all the'way to ^t. Louis, Lettie is in good trim; has left orders about having her l*^arden fixed, and thinks she will not be gone a great while. Your letter ig being extensively copied in Eastern papers; BosJournal, Ao. have published 1^* Baskell writes me It was read by jr ' I Stephen H. PhUlipg' at a monster union Weitllng In Mechanic's Hall, an^ Marbh, 1863. ^ * * brought down the houso at almost every sentence. Sends his respects to you and would like to have you write him. Haskell of Salem, ■O ' Phillips, of Davers, and Plymton (Collector of Dist)of Boston have fil r written me that your letter will do much good in that section. ^ I hope you will send me flOOO o more; can make good use of it. Will make everything secure so you would meet with no delay in obtain- • • • ing money on certificates in case of death. I entered into written agreement to connect myself in business with Judge Baldwin on the 1st Sept, The pressure at Davenport to have him accept the Governorship or IW f' ^ Judgeship will be very strong, and he wanted to have it in a shape to ^ prevent his changing his mind. We xinderstand each other, and know whatwe are going to do. It cannot be otherwsise than beneficial to me Wilkins is out of my building and I shall move over in a few •w- , weeks, Samuel L, Freeborn to Gen, Dodge, Str. Belle Creole, Tala- , it 1 j;0 1 hatcha river, 3ltSir: You will doubtless think it impertinent in me for writing to . . . . . . . . . you, but knowing you to be a soldier and a soldier's friend, and be ing my former commanding officer, I take the liberty of writing to you hoping it will meet your approval/ Iowa is at Vicksburg yet, I have not been with the regiment since las t Doc. I am Governor's aid, and have been up the Cumberland river for three months. We are on our way to Yazoo city, ^ere are fity boats in the fleet and move according to orders from Gen'# Grant, The ! LLi- . .. . . , . on The brave old 4th w March, 1863. tiS 0 " ' . " I >•;- boats are almost wrecked, in two days more we will be down as far as « Greenwood, the rebels have a battery at that point that will stop our • _.V#. advance till it is taken, B. R. Pegrara came as far as Memphis, his boat was release d and sent back to St, Louis, I saw Frank Davenport in Memphis, he said he was going on to Corinth, and has arrived ere this. My best wishes to Mrs, Dodge and Frank, X-.x m*ii $mi mut nt Brief of the Ligon case: I, Charles Wamble Judge of the court of probate, for said county. hereby certify that James W, Ligon of said county is the guardian of the following named children, minors. I further certify that to my own knowledge said J, W Ligon as such administrator and ^ «« ei / guardian received the sum of thirty two hundred and two dollars. That said J, W, Ligon is a citizen of said cotinty ^ose general character is that of an honest upright peaceable man whose words and acts may be relied on as correct. Headquarters District of Corinth, liepartment of the Tenn, OJ Corinth Miss., Apr. 1st, 1863. Received of Brig, Gen, G. M, Dodge one ~0<i ( , sack of coin taken by Col, Cornyn from my safe containing $367.95 in ' gold and silver coin, $1210 C, S. A, currency. The entire amoung being money belonging to minor heirs and myself, J, W, Ligon. [ i ms mL. ' Gen, Dodge to Gen, Hurlbut, Corinth April i, (lODyiS?): •wrt leirX - I have not a battery that can move all its guns for the want of horses, eud more or less of my cavalry are dismovmted, ^ince the 1st of i^vember 1862 up to the present time, no stock of any kind has^ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1863 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/c1ebfed0441d2707e361084f0b58e91c.pdf 1af97749a430b27adf0f7581597e4fae PDF Text Text March, 1863« C . . ^11 ■ K • .f frmC'". " boats are almost wrecked, in two days more we will be down as far as Greenwood, the rebels have a battery at that point that will stop our •w»d advance till it is taken. B, R. Pegram came as far as Memphis, his boat was release d and sent back to St. Louis. I saw Frank Davenport in Memphis, he said he was going on to Corinth, and has arrived ere this. My best wishes to Mrs. Dodge and Frank. ' ' Brief of the Ligon case: I, Charles Wamble Judge of the court of probate, for said county, '»o ■ hereby certify that James W. Ligon of said county is the guardian of the following named children, minors. I further certify *o ■ . that to my own knowledge said J. W Ligon as such administrator and f m guardian has received the sxim of thirty two hundred and two dollars. That said J. W, Ligon is a citizen of said county idiose pjeneral character is that of an honest upright peaceable man whose words and acts may be relied on as correct. Headquarters District of Corinth, tienartment of the Tenn. ' OJ Corinth Miss., Apr, Ist, 1863. Received of Brig. Gen. G. M. Dodge one sack of coin taken by Col. Cornyn from my safe containing $367.95 in gold and silver coin. $1210 C. S. A. currency. The entire amoung ^ ^ being money belonging to minor heirs and myself. J. W. Ligon. .. _ Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth April 1, (lODyiB?): tPVl . I have not a battery that can move all its guns for the want of Iti .. horses, and more or less of my cavalry are dismounted. Smce the Ist of M^veinber 1862 iip to the present time, no stock of any kind has^ April 1863. .1^1 ,m«|A r ,been furnished us, except 33 broken down horses,. You can readily perT ceived the condition we must be in, and as requisition after requisi- ,- tion has been forwarded without any response, i know of no other way „ than to bring the matter to the notice of the General. We require 150 artillery horses and 300 cavalry horses. ; » G.M. Bailey to Gen. Dodge, Washington 2:- loi JUiw awf ^ I am ordered to the field, and will have to use a borrowed horse until I am able to buy a horse which will be eome time, -ml. ^ I went to see the Secretary of War this morning and asked to be transfered to your department. He told me if you wanted me that it would be necessary for you to apply for my transfer, and then he would I issue a special order discharging me, and appoint me in the capacity you ^jr^t mo to servo. General if you think I will suit you as a clerk, or in ^^any other capacity, please get me transfered,. ,w«., Gen. Dodge to Capt. Fitch, Corinth 3, (lODRlSS); When you return if you have transportation, I will put infantry on your boats at any point you may designate, and if my cavalry are here will move up to Tuscurabia in connection with you and clear the 1# 04place out. e^eip : M ''her. are abont 2000 rebels at Tusoumlba, with one battery, also a foroo of from 1000 to 2000 at Plorenoe with anotherbattery eaia , me to be one or two large guns. »o doubt elth a little notice they can dr.. *ulte a force there, and If I ■»<"» "P ">13 sldo. ae shall have to keep them from oroeslng to relnforoe. It Is posdlble my cavalry April, 1863. .SMt may be ordered out. I f so, I will fia^ish you with what infantry you '1 may need. I will cheerfully co-operate with you at any time, and I de sire you to communicate with me any information you may obtain Tihile op erating on this river. At any time you should need a force to help you will forward it. <• OU Gen. Dodge to Gen. Wood, Gorinth 3:-(10DR189) ;• •0*^ Your communication of April 1st, by flag of truce, arrived at ray lines today; and in answer I have to say that James Neil is held by us asa prisoner of war, and treated as such. How you obtained su(&h information I am unable to sur ise, "as there is no foundation in fact for it. Your threat to hang two men for one, is given its proper i.'3X weight. Our Government never hangs men without good and sufficient i<U 19 •cause. (I wish I could say the same of yours), and when it decides upon hanging men the threats of Confederate officers coxint nothing. We have no fears of the old story of retaliation.- Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth 3, (10DR190): have the honor herewith to submit a statement in relation t6 the capture of John Beall, CeSi^"E'* 6(3 Ills. Vols. Infty. It appears that these officers while out in oOTi"mand of a *otachment- at the town of Rienza failed to mak'e the necessary arrangements to guard against sup prise, scattered their command,took off their arms, and went from one half to three quarters 0^% toils a*ay from their command to get dinner and Whiia 'thaj:^ WWre taW prUoners by a fltrag&liug gUerrlULaa^ It Wi. ' "c el > y'^iaeum imtui o." ^ BIi April, 1863. ^ , was no fault of theirs that the whole command was not captured and such gross neglect of duty should he summarily punished. I there- . fore recommend that they he dismissed from the servico. They are 1 prisoners in the hands of the enemy, i'MiM Geo, E. Spencer to Col. Chetlain, Corinth 4, (10 DR190): 11 ctf 3 Brig. Gen. G. Dodge directs me to say to you that you will cause the firm of T. H. Davis & Co. to stop the sale of all intoxicating liquors under the extreme penalty of the law. I*' The General also direct® that you instruct the Post Provost Marshal to Use the utmost vigilance in detecting any violation of t«. • Geo. E. Spencer to Capt. Van Sellers, Corinth 4, (10DR191) tJUm BriK. Gen. 0. M. Dodge Comd'g. instructs me to say to you:That Of •Tjt yoxi will take all men intoxicated, and keep them to work on the for .tlfications, until they reveal the parties from whom they obtained the liouor. The General directs that you cause the arrest of all tttelseiirT ^ ^ parsons intoxicated on the street. To Mrs. Dodge from her sister Lettie, St. Louis, 4: Joseph left a letter of yours to him for me to read, 4«if ^ ^ enclosed to me. Sorry indeed to hear of Ocean's poor health, surely ha has not a sufficient reason for heing in the army __ if leaving it would prolong his health, it seems to me a duty for him to attend to it that ho gets out. I would have him, fame and ialth ore as nothing to life and hoalt; and if patriotism-perhaps . t . iw . A—v 1^ his li#e ITT ■ —loq ta m m M.V- rt-» ' i, April, 1863. ftf t». f ■ . iJLlm tr: to ttc iMUK: iwAai Urn 1 can be preserved the country will be more benefited than if %e yielded it up* I would talk to him like a even if he did "bah"; for I don't like to hear of Ocean's being sick Tlhat is the matter with Lettie? I suppose of course you thought I had no room, else you would hot have recommended the Olive Street house to a sick child. I shall tell Joseph to bring them up if he will. I am living up in north St. Louis', on ninth between Spring an Wright, For the last two or three days Sallie has been here; she has long wanted orders from you to stay with me until you come, but I have never said anything about it, knwwing Ida was alone. She has asked me twice to take her before, as Ida doe's not get along with r _ her very well. But I would not, and told her so; but it was only for Ida. Last night she urged me so hard "not to hdve her go back to Mrs. Brown," that I told her if she did not want to she need not, and that I would write and have you say where she should stay, today. Bhe has never wanted to stay with Ida, but I have told her repeatedly lihe ought to try to get along well and be a good girl, and she has, I told Sallie twice if she left Ida I would'not take her because I A - did not wish Ida left alone, but it would perhaps be better for Ida, and Sallei too if I did. At least you had bet ter send directitoa/ to Sallie, it will please and satisfy her. She is a smart girl, and with the exception of the one time I spoke to you about, has done very well with me. - Qea. Dodgo to Col, Bane, ,/^Corinth '-orinth 5,B, iiuimxvxj i ^ Institute a coxuct of Inquiry to ascertain who tore down or par- April 1863. ^ a. In* '^Tially destroyed the building just east of the encampment of the S9th jl^ I Iowa Infty, ig reported to have been done by the 122nd Ills. Infty iIqI^i ^d 39th lowa Infty. I desire if possible to fasten it on the men; if not, on their regiments; as such unauthorized depredations cannot hmks. allowed, , •1 iiia-.:. ' ^h, Hamilton to Gen. Dodge, Momphis 1:- " . ' _*• I'eceived your letter on my return from Vicksburg. My im ti: pression is you had better stay where you are* means _|l^^ improbable that Vicksburg will yet have to be taken by an advance wt: Corinth down the M. & 0. R. R. I have resigned my commission as Haj. Gen. and start for home today. It is brought about by family ^ ,reasons, and because I was assigned to a division when Mcji'herson my rtju- ih command of a corps. I am entitled to the corps by rank and by services, he has no claim to it whatever. Ml ' Everything Vicksburg is just where it was three months since. Every plan has failed and something new must be tried./ f '-*11 jj^tjji, I Gen, Tuttle to Gen, Dodge, Yo\ing8s Point 5:- ti j'-- arrived here in due time, and em now in command of what was the division, formerly Ross's, afterwards Gen. Jno. E. Smith. There is now two brigades of four regiments each. Gen. Grant has ordered five more Iowa roginients to Join me, which will make 13 regiments in all. •fO<h» I only Iowa troops now in the Division is your old battery. 1 tried to accom pliah what I wrote you about at Memphis; but he ^ could not do ae desired for the reason that it would require too much 9m JiwrntrnmO im ■■■nin to iem mdi t< A pril, 1863. »mm Prearranging of troops. He assured me that when he gets his army suf .ficiently together, that he will organize as suggested. He spoke in tfla ;ijigh terms of you. I suggested that you otight to be Ipr omoted, which he readily assented to* 1 The Iowa regiments that I am to get are, the 8th; 12th, 33nd 34and V ' 36th. The 14th is to relieve the*35th at Cairo, as the regiment is jsmall and I understand Shaw don't want to take the field with it. ^ I have two good brigades here now, 4000 men for duty. The other '■* brigade will have "000 for duty, which will make the strongest divi- •• sion here, ^cknessof troops here -is very much exaggerated. I have my troops now digging a canal through on this side of the river that »- intersects a bayou a mile from the river, that empties into Miss. ^ river 15 miles below Vicksburg, the Intention it to only pass through flatobats and very light drauglit steamers, and after marching the men down by land, ferry them across the river. It looks like it might be a success; I think there will be no fight here very soon, but circtuastances may change things 'soon. 'There are other things taking place that I would like to tell you of, hut for fear of accidents ' Budh as rebels getting hold of mail &c, it Von*t do to put on paper. •wit • ilM but I will say that somd fine morning they may be very much astonlBhed. . ^,1 , ^ Sen. anith is to coflffltrad my Iowa brlgad^f^e is now tip^io'see about " I :faxfw ) I , ooJ •"■«»» rs^i IturlB^/tbrinlih 5, (lOMlSgTi ^ By the act of CongrosB and Department orders, negroes are allowed m in April, 1863. n'' 7^- .zmt - to a certain number, as cpmpan;^ cooks. The Chief Quartermaster of the departniant refuses to pay them t« proper Q, M. rolls and vouchers, ana Bays in a circular which I enclose that they will be paid on company rolls by the paymaster. The paymaster refuses to pay,saying he has no authority to pay them., I; desire to know the proper method of takI jing up^ these men and who. is the proper, person to. pay them. It . xl wprks great injustice to these men, ^ Gen. Dodge to Capt. Van Sellers, Corinth 9, .(10DR192): .rjjj# You will have all prisoners in the guard house subject to fatigue jjm duty, immediately renort to Lt. Col, Hurlbut 57th Ills. Infty for duty. Send spade with each man; also furnish sufficient guard. j ^ ' Horace ^erett to Gen. Dodge, Council Bluffs 7:- Some time since, I understood Col, Redfield to say that you had g. several companies of negro troops at Corinth, under your command, and that their discipline was hi^ly creditable. On repeating it here, Mr, Clinton denied my statement Intoto, and doewo that you have an^ negro troops, and that you have no faith in their good qualities. Not wishto be misled on such an important subject, and not desiring to B%(i9ii8lead others, i will be much obliged if you v/ill give the facts, whether or no you have any bleck troops, aj^ their condition and their efficledby. ^ . While absent from home, l read your letter to the Nonpareil, and tuma very much pleased with Its tone. We could almost make you Govenor on the strength of it. OTiero is evidently a •m mS 1T9 OQI a .oisiirc'r^ ol .V: :?>.■-l^' ■ , f;'V ^Lmt April, 1863. •'" 'vailing in the State, Union-organizations are quietly but'energeticaily being made, and very soon, we will be ready to enforce the oath, X'* Gen. Dodge to Commanding Officer Confederate Forces, 4^** Corinth 10, (10DR193) ; ■ - Xloi You have two Federal soldiers, viz; John R. Runnian, Co, E,, 12th 111, Infty and Geo, White Co, E, I2th Ills, Infty, prisoners, I send Capt, Geo, E, Spencer, A.A.G. to- your lines, with a proposition to exchange them. He has with him a list of Confederate soldiers of your •'-command held by me as prisoners, which, if you accept the proposition to exchange,- you can select from. The place and mode of delivery will be agreed upon by Capt. Spencer, Gen, Dodge to Gen, Ellet, Corinth 10, {10DR193); ' I am instructed by Maj. Gen, Hurlbut that your command has been or- ^'^dered up the Tennessee by MaJ, Gen, Hurlbut to report to me. As soon as you arrive at Hamburg,*report by messenger your strength, condition, ^ and the amount of rations you have aboard, as I may desire to place more on your boats. Also inform me if. at the present stage of water you can go over Colbert Shoals, The enemy have a small force in Hardin and Wayne counties, under Col, Cox; and at Florence a battery made of pig iron, mounting two guns, also one opposite of seme kind, and considerable force of enemy supporting it. ."Idh s i ii ■ . * Communicate with me immediately, and>hold yourself rhaUy to co-op Srith a contemplated movement from here, dW', "iw omm -o»4 iiiuu Dodge to Gen, Webster, Corinth 10^, ' oin ^ lo pfovieions are sold from this command to citizens ex0-1 IflO ^rll 186S. cept to families of Union soldiers. The lines are kept closed, an' ,I do not see the policy of even charging sutlers enormous freights, as it all comes out of the soldier. Nor can I see the reason why an * officer or soldier stationed at Corinth, should have to pay 100 per . cent more for goodd in Corinth than in Memphis. Gen, Webster must be 1^^aware that the frichgts alone almost prohibit the use of anything .^l^teQught outside of commissary department. i have given no permits to j,bring goods through free except for provisions into the hands of Capt, Carpenter, C. S. and take the precaution that the goods are shipped to him and these goods are sold only to hospital officers, and are taken up ^ l.^on his returns samd as all Government property. By this method we oht .,tain o\;ir supplies at less than half the price charged by merchants and others. % have no way of getting any vegetables or produce except from St. Louis, and the risk of bringing them here is so great ^ .that no one will engage in it except under the arrangment made with C.S. -mm •iff . Private Diary Mem, ^ Julia and Lettie arrived. jff 10» Capt. Gpencer started with flag of truce to Tuscumbia, S. W, ,^to 13. Bridge betv/een Decatur and Tuscumbia, ^ ^ ^ II- 5fth Ohio cavalry had a skirmish at Jumpertpwn; took six prlsonars, horses and arms. .eW* Council Bluffs 11;- - ^ ^ . SLjm tied up so I dare not move a peg, and every move- "^i rmtrn iimmKr ^ATZ'.T-^ ( - .-L April, 1865. tmi iHm ment I make is watched. 'I would like to sell our Denver ' house and pay the Deble Work and Moon claim which amounts to about I ^ $1700, The list of ourindebtedness that I sent you was made by ** "Wyman under your direction, - I have not heard from Durant since he returned from Denver. Tou know he was to make a return, ^he property that he got cost us and ijf was worth at least $14,000 and our indebtedness was but little over $7000. He paid $700 out to Rider and the drivers, and has made no return of the balance. He got 800 sacks of flour which gold for a little over $10,000. He got 40 J^oke of cat tie and 19 Wagons and all the fixings, which if he takes all to satisfy his ds^t, will be a heavy sacfifice. I have settled a great many of our debts, and in no instance have I sacrificed a cent. I have always made what cost us a dollar pay a dollar, and in some instances more. I ajn satisfied that Pegram made great sacrifices the last summer he wag in Denver. Nothing of particular interest going on here. The demovrats at the state convention will kdopt resolutions ii^ favor of prosecuting the war, which will cause a split, the coppgpj^aads will not go it. The republicans are urging Caie to run for Governor, he thinks he can't stand the expense. Dr. M, W. Robbins to Gen. Dod'ge Greenville 12<; Our divisions landed at this point on the 4th. Hade throe days march on the route to Rolling fork, where most of us sup posed we were going. About two P. M. of the third day cur advance cam^^ April, 1863, in sight of Ferguson's band, who fired on our men with their artillery. ^ We had two batteries with us, Langraber's flying artillery and the jith Ohio. These were sent forward in line of battle, but a few shell from the flying battery made the rebels skedaddle, and we went into cimp. The next morning we turned back burning all the corn and mills along our route on both sides of Deer Creek. The rebels followed us pretty closely, picking up afew of our men who ere straggling, one of whom they burnt. They caught him setting fire to a corn crib, and threw him in. We took all the mules and horses we could find, with any quantity of niggers who would follow us. The burning of the mills , and corn was by Gen. Steel's order, and the negroes were told they could do as they pleased stay at home or go with us. though as there were a great many women and children Gen. Steel and Wagner advised . them not to come as the boats could not take them on. Day before yesterday, the day we got back, the rebels came up iwith our rear guard and killed one of them. Our force were crossing bridg» which we had built on our down trip across Black Bayou, about ■ half of our force had crossed when the bridge gave way and had to be rebuilt, thus dividing our force, but I suppose there were not omany of the rebels as they kept at a respectful distance. Twice they ventured within range of our batteries when a few shots scattered bridge was soon rebuilt and all reached the place safely lWj.th, the exception of two men killed, and a few str agglers picked up. I We found part of our transports had returned to Young's Point, ».\1 April, 1863, * and we are wiating for't'hem I suppose. I can hardly guess the object ^ of this expedition. We went as far as Gen, Grant's orders were that ' we should, and we nearly ruined a portion of the richest and best country in the south, ' I think that the Tazoo pass expedition is a total failure. It is 'returning and going down the river. All of our canals have failed; '^"twenty dredge boats would not keep th e one opposite Vicksburg clear 'of sand, I see no way of taking Vicksburg, but by attacking it in ' front, or getting a sufficient fleet below, to cross' our troops and ' njWf •" attack from below. Or an army of twentj"^ five or thirty thousand men with pontoon trains, could be marched down the same road that we went I . as the road is good as far down as the jtinction of Deer Creek and Sunflower, and probably'to Tazoo City, forage and subsistence in great abundance, and only a hundred miles from this place to Yazoo City, or wait for the rebels to evacuate Vicksburg which they will not do as long as theycan obtain supplies. As the river aboveand 9 "below is pretty well blockaded, if the forage and subsistence was deetroyed in Deer creek and Sunflower valley, I think it would puzzle the butternuts to subsist in army long in Vicksburg, « We have had no news from the N^rth for some time, and have no idea of what is going on. j r • f /-# 1 •* 9 * •> 'A-fc,' -. Col. Burton wished me to write that if any new" regimente going * ■ - to be raised in Iowa, he wolil(i have the command of one, I suppose he wishes you to assist hi®* April, * ' 1863. .gjif ,iJWk ^ *NWr"W^P?» • The old ,4th is all right, pretty healthy and in good spirits, Capt, Pike has resigned. 4m X I -tv Private Diary Mem, 13:- ?.t? p.: X Received pay of Mr, Wilson up to March 1st, 63: Mtd# 14; Cavalry attacked Glendale and was repulsed, «4grfl jtq Correspondence of Hawk-Eye, Corinth 5:- ,;<it §,1^ ^ Since Col. Cornyn's raid into Tusoumbia, military matters have been very quiet in oxir district. The garrison is now busily engaged in building barracks and lev- .jf, eling up the earthworks which have become somewhat delapidated by the . action of the '•''Inter's rain, Th tents occupied by the troops are to be sent to Vicksburg* . . ^ . gg I Gen Dodge is mounting his infantry as fast as he can get horses and mules to do it with. All the native Alabama and Mississippi Reggtjjiments now forming are mounted. The 9th Illinois Infantry are all ^ counted on mules. It is a very funny sight to see them on company and battallo n drill, with the long ears and biy heads bobbing. The j 9th is one of the best drilled infantry regiments in the servic , and have already acquired a tolerable knowledge of cavalry tactics. Col, Comyn, of the 10th Missouri, is chief of cavalry. His regiment has four mountain howitzers attached, which they always take with them, comyn is a dashing go-a-head man, €und hates the rebels IHgl worse than he does the d-1. Like Gen. Sweeney, his old and intimate I, friend, he believe# in hitting the enemy whenever and wherever foimd. April, 1863. and of repeating the doae. Gen. Dodge will, probably; send these two officers on a very important mission shortly, • • The weather is still quite cool and- the spring backward, we should think for the sunny south. Gen. Dodge has recently issued an order encouraging the citizens of this District "in their agricultuaral pursuits, promising protection as far as possible. Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazetts, Corinth 13;-.' 'Wei gQjjjQ thunder from the point of the Bayonet. ^ I have just seen a copy of resolutions adopted without the knowl- '^'^edge or connivance of any commissioned officers, by the non-commis sioned officers and privates of C. B. of the -Slst Ohio. They are sent to their county papers for publication. They were instigated by i ■**' some remarks made by the copperhead editor of one of their papers, upon the manner in which some resolutions of the regiment were voted on by the soldiers, intimating that the resolutions were gotten up by a few "bread-and-butter patriots", and passed by the regiment "at the !»» , point of the bayonet. Now these soldiers were not willing to rest tmder a charge of such cowardice, and they have spoken their minds freely without the inteferenoe or knowledge of any "bread-and butter patriots," They say that they voted heartily for the resolutions of a" . the regiment condemning Capt. Lyler*s disloyal letter, because they iii-- thought such action was ri^t and necefa^ary. They expressed extrem«(^ lilagust for treason ererywhere, but mora*Especially in the army and Aprll» 1863, t g»,-at home, They do not approve every act of the Administration, hut yet they deem it proper to give the Chief Magistrate the warmest co-oper ation so long as he shall honestly keep to the one great work of vindiaating the nation's dignity and restoring the laws. And they think right to reserve the settlemtn of minor questions, of mere politi cal differences, for tlie hallot-bax after the war. There is no use of trying to falsify the feeling of the rank and file toward copper heads. Here are genuine resolutions, which express the feeling of ^the men those who wield the hayonet and are hy that, if nothing more a thousand fold more worthj' of honor than the most respectahle stay- ^ , at-;iome Copperhead in the North, I A Flag of Truce goes 15 miles through the Enemy's Lines.-, „ This evening Capt. Spencer returned from Tuscumhia, whither he wKfl ^ ' ' ' *[^|t with a flag of truce. At Bear Creek he met the first rehel pick ets. They manifested a little curiosity upon the Captain's approach with his small escort, hut allowed him to ride into the streaih before halting him. Then they required that only two should advance, and make known the object of the truce party, Capt, Spencer took one man with him, and advancing, informed the wondering Butternuts that he was the hearer of dispatched to Gen, Wood, from the United States authorities at Corinth, This information was unexpected and the pick ets did not know what to do about it. One suggested that he he perpn mitted to proceed, but another proposed that they should send to their jk ^ Captain for instructions. This appearing to he the safer plan, was adopt< .'V-y ■ April, 1863. ,ft*# i«d •and in due course of time, their Captain, one Moreland, made his -1BH0--" appearance. Ascertainin' that a part of Capt. Spencer's business Id iras in reference to the exchange of prisoners, and the rebel . jIr|4CI captain being greatly interest in obtaining the release of prisoner now in Corinth, he was so greatly rejoiced by the Captain I WMI n promise to secur® therelaaee of the prisoner in QXiestion, If he i! I might be allowed to attend to his business with all possible ^0 dlispptch, that he not only allowed him to proceed, but also generously offered to accompany him. He first, however, told the 'Captain that Gen. Rhoddy was the man to see and not Gen. Wodd. Pleased with the prospect "of visiting Rhoddy's headquarters, ^ Captain Spencer rode fearlessly along with his accomodating rebel escort dispensing at times, as much hospitality from the store on , 'hand, as he thought to be serviceabre. Boldly without being challenged the Yankee bemd, escorted by the well know Captain -Moreland, rode through camps passed pickets, and even reached the out- ^ ""skirts of Tuscumbia, when a Lieutenant of the last camp they had ' passed, overto'ok the 'party and prevented their going any further If ' much to the disgust of the Yankees, who would gladly have been esc corted thus to Johnson's Head-quarters, ' The business off Cppt. Spe cer was, however, made know, and the I ' commfiuidant of the post of Tuecumiba, Col, Gaines met the party and administered a stem rebuke to the kind-intentioned rebel Capt ^ who was aatonisfi&fd'^to thinfTSie iiad committed a blunder. Capt. Spenci April, 1863. was taken back seven iniles, where he remained all night, and receivedan answer from Geh. Rhoddy in the morning, he returned to CorSnth reaching here this evening. • Rebel . i»<»t n. Gen, Dodge is i'^ debted to the Kindness of Capt, Morelanl, "for much ^valuable informati®'^ in reference to the condition of affairs in the country passed over. It is certain that between Bear Creek and Tuscumbia, and at the latter place and Florence, there are six thousand rebel troops, mostly cavalry, with from nine to fifteen pieces of artxiiery, tiliei>y, .; -o.o -i. : j' ^ j , ^ .;.,Xr 'ffl ef o Southern p£^P®r3. - » • CWWf a Capt, Spencor obtained copies of the Chattanooga Rebel and Jack- •fltS son, MiSS*> Appeal* containing news from the attack on Charleston as late as ten o*clook P. M. April athi which you have already received by telegraph. They contain little else of interest. An editorial in the Appeal thinks the point of danger to the Southern Confederacy lies in Tennessee. Tl\e "wily Rosecrans" as they call him, is evidently the greatest thorn in the flesh which troubles them at present. Hitll' . At Port Hudson on the 7th, our lower fleet had opened fire, lying if. out of range of the rebel batteries* firing slowly without effect. IMQ J The Bath paper mills, in South Carolina* near August, Georgia. destroyed by fire on the Second. The were the largest in the -•t iSouthern Confederacy, and the loss aeriously effect newspaper ' ^ publishers. The Charleston Courier ^ reduced to a tri-woekly issue j -■ i; /. :'f iJ I.I . I-.- ' (^>l4 V April, 1863. , •"«»« «iPVP -fctvlo.and its last issue could not promise another for want of paper, fl' £■• ; Mrs. Gen, Bragg was convalescent. ^ r -mmttm Hf Fifth Ohio Cavalry Skirmish-. - --f Day befogs yesterday, a small force of the Fifth Ohio Cavalry UpAfft' attacked the, rebel outpost at Jumperville, some twenty miles southwest fLftf Of Corinth, and routed the rebels, killing and wounding a nximber and -awT cppturing ei^t or ten prisoners. The fifth Ohio had two wounded. I^lglliu;;^;' . Activxty~Somotiling to be done. §c'Although there is the appearance of the most perfect quiet at Cor inth, yet there is great activity displayed by Gen. Dodge. His scouts are penetrating in every direction, and he is constantly gaining in- | of veaue not only to himself, but to other commanders who ^ are closer to the enemy. Something of interest may be. expected soon. Gen. podge to T. J, Raines, C. S. Corinth 13: (10DR195): eX liit'jCj jjy Q^minand is so situated here that to supply it with vegetables, •"^Vroduce, ale Sec. necessary for the hospitals and officers, at a resonablo rate, it has to be done by Capt. Carpenter, C. S.He employs *' three men, or makes arrangements with them, by which they agree to * bring him all the vegetables produce and ale that he requires, besides "''^that sent hy Commissary Department, and turn it over to him at cost **■ and twenty five percent. This enables him to issue it at about one •^quarter, and always less than One half, the price it can be bought or ^obtained for in any other way. ^ei« man carry with them proper pato show their authority in •Atter, The goods are shipped 4 April, 1863. Capt. Carpenter, C. S*, and .1 have instructed them to report to you with a list of the goods they desire to ship, and obtain an order, or request, when necessary, so as to have them sdnt througli at Government Mlli ^ rates, and that no delay may behad, by failure to get permits, or on ^ . account of the stringent rules at the Custom House, ^ , The aid you have heretofore given these men has been of great benefit in getting the goods through without delay, and has been a God-send to our sick. Gen, Dodge to Gen, Oglesby, Corinth 13, (10DR197); I suppose you were apprised of the proposed movements in conneoc • • tion with Gen, ^oseorans. It was planned some time ago, when but few -*T troops were at Tusctunbia, Now we shall meet about 6000 of the enem and eleven pieoes of artillery. It is agree d that Roseorans shall have a force at Eastport, by steam, of 1500 men, while I join with fivr or six thousand, and that we attack the enemy at Tuscumbia and Florence defeat them, and then rush a column of cavalry to Decatur, and into Georgia to cut the rail road, Rosecrans* Cavalry is to go to Georgia while I hold line of Tennessee river. They are to return m through the mountains to this place. At the same time a movement will ^ I be made south, by Gen, Hurlbut, and also one in front of Roseorans, Matters and forces have so changed since the plan tas formed that a part of it may be impossible. The enemy are moving continaullay towards Roseorans* right, and also on to my left, and have made exten- •• . «=> » alve arrangements for oiX)sslng the Tennessee River, I have plaeed April, 1863. scouts on their telegraph and railroad lines, and they will cut and * destroy as far as they can. This may dis concert them. I also prottfUMcr. to fall upon the force at Bear Creek, tal<e their out-posts and secure the crossings. They no doubt will malte a determinate stand on both, Lit'tle and Bear ireek. If everjrthing works well I shall have the line of Big Bear tomorrow. I take 4000 infantry, 1500 mounted ^ infantry and cavalry, and twleve pieces of artillery,/ I shall endeavor to communicate with dispatchs sent to Col. Pullor, whom I leave in command will be forwarded. -oo:—0 , X Gen. Dodge to Capt. Tiedman, Corinth 14, (10DR198): wet % r'■ . You will prepare to move with your corps Wednesday morning, at i day-light, men armed and equipped; also three days rations in haverIln sacks a full supply of spades, axes and pick-axes, rope, spikes and bridge tools will be taken in wagons. Ho camp and garrison equipage will be allowed, Gen. Dodge to Major Stone, Corinth le, (10DR198): Three batteries will prepare to move at s';nrise Wednesday morning. < / Thov will take three days ration s in haweraacks, and illve in wfig IXiw 9tr-' ^ ens; also two days* forage (com or oats), No can?) and garrison equipage will be taken. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Ellet, Corinth 14, (10DR198)f^ LUtiUi-fir-:- Hhen you arrive at Pittsburg Landing, move on up to mouth of Big dear Creek at Eastport or Chickadaus, where X shall be on Thursday T . k' ted " April, 1863. ^ t with my foroos. I desire you to oo-operate with me In the movement ^ „ on Tuscumbla, and will oonoult ylth you at one of those places. Gen. Dodge to Col. Straight of Gen. Roseorane' Army, Ooranth 14: ^•^.tomorrow (^fednesday) morning. It Is probable that I shall bo delay ^ ad at Bear Greek on account of water, and I Judge it would be better _ for you to land above the mouth of that oreek. where I shall oommunicate with you. • i . 1 . ^ Gen. Dodge to Ool. Sweeney, "orlnth 14, (10DR199): ^ „ Your brigade will prepare to move on Wednesday morning 15th Inst. arsunrise, with three days ratlona In haversacks, forty rounds of amu- ^ nltlon in cartridge boxes and sixty Bounds in wagons, alsoflve days rations of bread, coffee, sugar and salt. One wagon will be al- ^ , lowed for ammunition, and two for rations. Ho camp and garrison equl- : P®8a will be allowed, except spades and axes, a full supply of which \ jWiii taken. nufif , , ^ Brigade Commanders will cause an Inspection of their comman s made, and see that the above Instructions are fully compiled ^ ^^with. (Similar instructions sent to'Ool. Comyn, Col. «ersy and Col. Bane) He M. Hotle to Gen. Dodge, Des Moiuea 14:-' I understand that some copperheads havd ^rlttsn to men moJtliMM m: ^ In your district, urging thera to desert &§, Can ydU send me any ^ l it 9lmm 1^ 'f ^vw%iyo*ml# ■ipftiaaiMMS Jbi'^rrv^- MdIM 4Nl# April* 1863. SMU .(Jta# letters of that kind? Please have some man look this up, and send mo information and letters by 10th May, that I may have them indicted hy ax Grand Jury of U. S. Circuit Court. Correspondence of Missouri Democrat, Council Bluffs, 15: The late election in "your city "The Great Free Heart", of Missouri is cheering to every good and loyal man, and renders as4.4 • , surance floubley sure, that come what may-let this or that many g' up or go down, the edict has gone forth from the people in the language of the immortal Jackson, the "Union'must and shall be preserved." There is no other solution of the question- the administration must tm Jc and shall be maintained in its efforts to suporess the rebellion, prej^ serve the union and perpetuate Republican Institutions, The men of the "slope" have contributed largely of thier bone and A muscle to this war. The noble and now veteran 4th Iowa Infantry of Which the gallant Brigadier-General G. M. bodge was Colonel, now com manded by J. A. Williamson, and the 29th regiment*, commanded by Col. Thomas H. Burton Jr. was recruited from this county, and we are proud of them, and accept them as worthy and true representatives of Iowa prowess, valor and endurance. We also contributed a company for the 6th Iowa watalry. Col. D* S. Wilson, assigned to duty at Sioux City, HHHP O- .under Qen, John Cook for frontier service. ♦ There are other n^es of which Just and honorable mention ^ould be made and it is meet that they ould be rwaembered. I refer to tJw .ctlve mwibers of the awvitwy Oommlsslons throughout tb^ April, 1863. .''.fRI # Uiq' frifi state. These Commissions are managed and controled by noble womenifi'-tlorthy descendants of the "Women of the Revolution", and in whose hearts ts an inherent love of liberty, right justice and the cause of truth; in them the oppressed,find unswerving advocates, true and never failing friends. Prominent among these of this place, of whom just ,and honorable mention should be made here; prominent for heroic de- ■votion to duty, and the impulses of patriotic and worthy motives, stand the names of Miss Sue C. Lockwood, Mrs. A. L. Doming and Mrs. Frank Street. The early dawn, the evening shade, all seasons and con dition of weather and time, are alike to them in their heavenly and patriotic career of ministering to the comfort and alleviating the sickness and distress of our heroic soldiers, whom sickness, the perils of battle, and the changes and chances of war have deprived of ^%i|i©ans and health. aniwr*® honor to them. May others go and do likewise. e#Hl MMMll ^odge to Col. Fuller, Corinth 15, (10DR201) j. , yg Ic ■ The troops and out-posts within this command will be placed sub ject to your orders. Vt , fug g^l: All official returns and commttnl cat ions that require to go forjtHr^rd from District headquarters, will go forward through my headquartero, emd will be examined and acted upon by you. Any important move- -ments of the enemy, and dispatches from our own corps or from Roseol%i crans, will be forwarded to me by messenger. -Vted Strict watch will be kept on Tennessee river by the Bethel command tl80 to the south and south east of me. The cavalry at Camp Davies April, 1863. .C»CX •XXl# $■( *^-ii±l-l be kept a c^ive in making demonstration south, and watching the movements in that direction. The command is distributed as follows: " "' Col. Rice in conijnand from 16 mile Tank to Henderson; Col. Miller at liwar! Qhevyalla and at Smith's bridge; Col. Burke at Camp Davies; and Lt. v ■' Col. Morrill at Glendale. " . i . You will also P Oglesby'posted of reoorts of scouts, and 'liny information that may be of Importance; and also keep me fully •' posted by the messenger. •HO* hOM Gen* Dodge to his brother, Corinth 3<- ' tern i^iQ has gone to St. Louis. My tr-oops arS just arriving '' ■ home from their Alabama raid leaded down with heavy trrins of the ^ "'*■ ' enemies stores, captured at Tuscumbia; also 200 prisoners and one ^ niece of artillery. It was made through drenching rains; they swam creeks and rivefS, built bridges marching 300 miles in 12 days right into the heart of the enemies country. It-was a boldand successful expedition. They fought quite a battle at Tuscumbia, taking the place irith its stores. Gen. Bragg crossed the Tennessee river to meet my forces but we wo^e too quick for him. ' - I was recommouded by Gen. Hallec^ for promotion long time ago, but aup ose it was pnt aside for some political preferences. I don't o«iroa never ask'ed it therefore can do withdut it. We all feel good L "*^%ver the conscript law, last night when the news reached here the f ^ ; boys were wild with "^foy;" It will give tul' a chance to grant furloughs ViMmmso ^ bravo boys ^ve been from homt moro than' a I worked ^ ' —. -. . - ^ hard •ti / 4 \ iiMMi' dJ.JuW ihMi dtwmi tifii 0$ 0%Xn April, 1863. , r IrfrtA to get that clause inserted for I have some feeling for an enlisted ••rl man. I believe it will be very beneficial to our army if judiciously used, and add to its discipline and effectiveness, Julia can come down and see us while Annie is here, it will bo pleasant for her, llfit' My troops are in excellent condition, and seem to be the best disa ciplined of any in Grant's army. I should go into any fight with them with perfect confidence that they would win. It is the Old Guard of the Army of the Tennessee, so called, they having participated in all the battles and always won fame. It is the Division Gen, Grant ^ first commanded, and their banners are inscribed with "Belmont", "Fort -•IT • . , Henry", "Fort Donelson", "Bhiloh", "Corinth 2nd", "Island No. 10","parker's Cross Roads", "Monteray" - "Tuscumbia", Their ranks have been thinned by battles, but enough remains to hold aloft the-old banner and carry it through this war victorious. Gen. Dodge to his brother, Corinth March 27:- Our armies are in good condition, and we shAll certainly go form . ward to success. No one has any idea of the condition of the rebels they have got their last man in and are now conscripting the negroes for teamsters, cooks, laborers, • ^ Gen, Dodge to his brother, April 9th:- * '■ ' Tvai T We look for Julia tonight, just received a dispatch that she is on the train, ^ ^ • r _ Gen, Dodge to his brother, Corinth April 10:- 1|<!l M UrtlJ 'w ; • fullai and Lettie arrived last night. Lettie has been all over April, 1863. r tm fl»U' Corinth, and Ella is tickled to see her, they are having grand times together, I expect to make a move from here next week and att ack the enemy In my front, shall be gone some time. From the General's wife to his brother, Corinth 18:- Ocean is away on an expedition to dislodge the rebels in North Alabama. Private Diary Mem. 15:- ta t > Moved out with 2nd Division^ Camped at Brownsville, Built bridge • , ' • » v; "• ,. across the Yellow Creek. ^mmrnrn** M 16:- Moved forward and camped at Cook's. Enemy on Bear Creek. 17:- Made crossing at Bear Creek and fought enemy to Bethel Sta tion; lost 100 men and one piece of artillery, Capt. Cameron killed, mi*- » Rode to front, and brought un Sweeny. ' 18:- Capt. Spencer, Lt., Titchenor and Capt. Goudy arrived. Moved to front at Crane Creek and then returned to Bear Creek, Engineer corps built bridge. 19;- Laying at Bear Creek waiting for forces. Col. Straight and Col. Ellet arrived at camp. Boats could not go over shoales. Col, Strai^t lost 200 mules. Charles 0, Dewey to Gen. Dodge, 19: - ^11^ I avail myself of the privllodge you gave me some time since, of •1 calling upon you when I desired assistance. Prom the time that te proposed measure of raising a negro voltinteer force was first brought to my notice', I have'been debating in my fevo - t " t » el#i<*.i. ■ csj*. \'.V V', -v. ■ AvlS ■V,- t o. . f r -r •• •- . • #>*V: ^ !: ::• April, 1863. own mind whether or not it were a proper nove; whether it could meet tils , 1 success, and whether it would be for the advantage of the counMy mind is made up. Ajt. Gen. TJiomas is here now organizing negr b' . regiments. He accepts applications for positions, through Corps com manders. He has not got to our corps yet, which is dov-n at Carthage Si crossing the river, I came from near there today. Now General can you not give me a recommendation to Generii Tliomas, which will secure me the position of colonel on Lieutenant Colonel of negro volunteers? I am ambitious to do all I..can for my country, and I can see an here which is not ^presented where i am now. Col. Kinsman told mo a month ago, that if I would take the position of Colonel in these CkrteJ that he would make the effort to secure it for me. My mind was not then made up, and I did not assent. The Colonel is absenC now at Washington. Now, General, i want one of these regiments. I t'iiltnnmii i assist in solving the problem} whether or not the negro is ca- • . pable of freedom, I want to Justif;^^ the action of my country to the world and to her enemies. But perhaps you are authorized to organize 5^ regiments where you are, then you would have it in. your power to grant my request, the.14th Division, I3th Army Corps, Gen, Carr is our Division Commander. A portion of this corps has crossed the river at r' j^,_3vCarthage. Our Division will cross soon... ^ Gen. Dodge to his wife. In the field, hei»e##e Got your letter. PonH fretj jt am all rl^t^ e]^d^anxli^^.to move; April, 1863. .-.CPf ."".CPf I but am waiting for the other side, Vmean to get"" into Tuscumbia -.i4f9T< -Thursday night. Will prbbably skirmish from here to Little Bear, and then fight there. Capt. Spencer wants you to send forward* his letters; : -Vm ©< also news papers, every chance. Gen. Oglesby will be there soon. You write as though you were all scared, but v;e are in good t»^ spirits here., except fcr the loss of one gun. We don't like thtt e-wma" much, though it could not be very well helped. 1 was sorry to fall ' back, but there was no help as Rosecrans delayed too long. tm Private Diary Mem. 20:- ■3'; r»: bib' 0Mii "■ Col. Fuller started for Corinth, '^flad a fight at Dixon's Station. I •jBWU 1 Enemy left five killed on road. ' in t tMlJi . " 21:- Col. Puller arrived with brigade.'"ITery fainyi -Dispatches came up. Marine-brigade went doim to land at Savannah, 1 .fJ ' Newspaper Clippings. ' (6dr41); * ' al O"" Cincinnati, April 21:- The Commercial's Murfreesboro correspondent '■ ^says: A dispatch from Gen, Hurlbut at Memphis reports that Gen. Dodge ' if SflllIks'commanding at Corinth, attacked the enemy and drove them from Bear Creek to crane Creek. Our loss is one htmdred killed and woxinded. Rebel loss not stated. •uio al Vicksburg-dispatches contain nothing new. Important news expectie in a day or two, ' . Memphis, april 23:- the l!*«bSfl8 lirtder the doftimand of Gen. Wood were attacked by Brigi<Gen* Dodge—a part of the command of Maj, Gen. Hurlbut MNMRM c,'at» Bear cfmelt* and driven confusedly to Cane Greek, Gen, Dodge now oocupisa IBeaver Greek, April, 1863. 1*4 Private Mary Mem. 22:_- . tOOfM t«» K* Col. Straight arrived with command. ^ ^ 23: Moved out on Tuscuir.hia road and met enemy at Rock Cut, and fought him hack to Little Bear. Skrinish very short. Geo. M. Bailey to Gen. Dodge, 23:- I received my distcharge this afternoon, and will arrange my af- ^jfairs so as to start as soon as possible, and I will go to Greenfield where I will wait to hear from you. I have nothing to show my right • I to go to Corinth so I suppose it will be necessary to have it from you. If you direct to Greenfield, Indiana, it will reach me. •t'l- , . They would not allow me transportation for myself or horse, so that I will have to go at my own expense; also sell my horse before ■ i I . jgoing, which I am afraid will be hard to do. ^ " Will you allow me to visit my parents a short time before reportPrivate Diary Mem. 22;- ing for duty? From "Vanity Fair", New Tbrk (6DR40) : _ .•/•rfVAX, "Vanity fair , «ew xox-n lOlftwrrr is something good from the west; there is an om^ of success —. in it; it is dated from Murfreesboro, April 21, and we hope it is true Dodge, commandiing at Corinth, has routed the enemy, after severe action, driving them from Bear Creek to Crane Creek." ^ After the failure of so many dodges to outflank the foe, it is .jp, gratifying to know thatone General Dodp has been attended with suc- . r xm' to " imnaj umitm tlmm Private, Diary Mem. orff Bade crossing of Little Bear, lot onomy ft Toocumbla. Drove him April, 1863. .^1 through add beyond the town. Sent Col. Phillips to Florence. He bombar aed the town. ■ JUlieU . Newspaper Clippings. (6DR44) to i'*?' The Operations 'in Northern Alabama! Our Big Bear Creek Correspondence*. !• Iff IXtff Headquarters, General Dodge's Division, 9i Iftff f fftti i4i^i fff of On field of battle. Big Bear Creek, Ala. i April 17, 1863. General Dodge's Expedition Towards Tuscumbia- Fight on Bi^ Bear Cree'k- Colonel James C. Cameron, of the First Union Alabama 'Cavalry, ' Kilied-Plenty of Skrimishlng- Concerning the strength and condition *bf the enemy, &c, &c. On Wednesday last, at ten A. M., General o. M. Dodge, commanding ^ district of Corinth, at the head of a considerable force of cavalry, infantry and artillery, set out from Corinth with a view to visit Tuscumbia, and as far beyond as pnudence and necessity would dictate. " n The expedition was designed more for observation and dmmonstration than actual engagement of the enemyj yet, where an advantage was certain, to seize it of course was involved in the plan. -Gen. Dodge's fitness for operations of this kind is most prominent, and the exper- * ■ ience of several former incursions into this country, secures him the • * i confidence of all engaged. Thus far, notwithstanding the severe en gagement of today, the expedition has been eminently successful. The first opposition which we encountered* wio'lftt a small outpost xl;i tvotH L.' le eiffll April, 1863. .T.Wt. of the enemy near Glendale, about ten miles east of Corinth, on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, Here a brisk skirmish ensued, in aao'so ''^ich otir force lost one man wounded. What loss was suffered by hhe ^^^^ennmy is not known. The day before a small detachment of the enemy -»ir> ^ d^sh into that placd, burning several bales of cotton in store there, and committing some depredations upon other property. In a short time the Union Alabama cavalry, under Co]. Cameron, formed and ^ ^ drove the enemy out of the town. Driving the enemy before them, our advance pushed forward, followed by the main column. Arriving at Burnsville, seventeen miles from Corinth, at four P. M, the column 'v., halted Cor the night. The march of Thursday was without speciil excitement. U pon reach- ^^^Ing luka, at noon. Colonel Cornyn commanding cavalry brigade, issued - the following amusing order to the citizens of the town,- Edict No. 2. -fx . . -v. - # Camp Close After Rhoddy, April .16, 1863. 9 *'lu ^ -f* The citizens of luka, loyal and disloyal, will furnish forthwith corn bread for the patriotic heroes of this command. This order will ^^1^ be obeyed immediately as ^he heroes are hungry. Porence M. Cornyn. ^ ' .X Com-anding brigade. paving secured the desired rejpfeshment and repose, the cavalry 1^ and column again sat forward, and crossed into Alabama during the afternoon, camping last night at Cook*s, one ^lile from Great Bear Creek. Hero the enemy again appeaeed on the other side of the stream, he be- April, 1863, .'Ji^.ing in force, andhrving evidently made dispositions to contest our passage of the stream. . . • i It being late in the afternoon. Gen. Dodge determined not to cross last night, but matured his plans in order to-make an early commencement of the engagement this morning. During the night occasional pic- « Jtet firing was heard, without, however, material damage to either party. AiM ^ At sunrise this morning the troops were called out and put in readW'iness to force the passage of the creek, which, from the size of the stream, was no ordinary undertaking, even-in the face of a very small force. The configuration of the prospective battle field, and theatre of the subsequent running fight, which extended nine miles beyond the ^ creek, was an alternation of high hills and deep ravines, the former being densely overgrown with oakd and other trees, while the latter were a network of wild'grape and other vines, alike entangling to .'3 foot or mounted men. Th e expansive openings with v/hich this country is interspersed did not appear for several miles beyond the stream. Upon reaching these the attacking party stands upon an equal foot- " ing with the attacked, whereas previously all the odds were decidedly against him. Having once gained these positions the General has every facility o bringing to beiir all the Instmiments of his command. <*19i A This much accomplished, ind the ultimate condition of affairs could •^^not but bd fuvorabic*"'fn l?egard to the Big Bear Creek, nothing could -ehf 9. « tU #Ma iMidic acid §m mmm «iU edMrii April, 1863. a be more inapt than its classification among this inferior orded of streams. In width it .is fully sixty yards, and not fordable. It is more of a river than many of those of Mississippi recently made nav- -a^■.lsable with the loss of chlmnies, steamoipes, guards, ^q., of many Valuable steamboats. As a military prOpOsitiOH it Is Of great defeil" • ' aive strength. The land bordering the stream, as well as that of this -•u entire section, is composed of gravel of various coarsemess, and in j numerous places huge rocks are seen jutting above the surface. It 'Was on such ground, and that chosen by the enemy, that the first se vere contest betv/een our troops and the enemy oocured. '•lit The engagement opened at about nine in the morning. For several ^ Ti" hours previously General Dodge was busily engaged reconnoitering the ground and making ajudicious disposal of his troops. During all this . time the enemy was plainly visible, moving about and taking position; ^ong the trees and rocks along the creek they had a heavy line of skirmishers, which were to contest the approach to the creek. In the rear, upon a ridge, were men in line, dismounted, and their artillery in park, were in position to sweep the ascent from the stream bridge, upon the approach of our forces, was destroyed. It was, therefore, necessary that this should be rebuilt before a ^♦crossing could be effected. The place of crossing by the old bridge t was covered by artillery and riflemen, in order to drive out the eni4| gineers, if an attempt were made to throw a l^bidge across. At nine o'clock, after great effort on the part of the enemy to April, 1863. .«MI{ draw our fire, they were suddenly surprised in their hold approaches hy a Volley of jusketry and round of shell- The musket firins kept Up but a few hours, when the artillery continued the engagement shelling the positions commanding the only point suitable for bridg- -iwli* ing. After several hours more of firing the .rebels suiieniy withdrew. mUlt Colonel Florence M. Cornyn, commanding cavalry, in a short time ■"* succeeded in throwing over a toniporary bridge for his own men, it be ing completed upon the arrival of the infantry and artillery. The Colonel immediately pushed forward, pursued the flying enemy, overtook him and skirmished for nine miles. ' As soon as the bridge was completed the body of the troops cross- * ed and advanced two miles. Here Gen- Dodge established his headquar- ^ ters, with the intention of remaining over night, liMtitt Uq sooner were the preparations for cairp completed than a courier came galloping in from the front, bringing information from Col. Cornyn that the enemy had made another stand, and unless reinforcements were brought up he could not hold his ground. Immediately Cen- Dodge accom paned by Capt, Chas» E. Ferrand and Major G. H; Stone rode to the front a distance of nine miles, in the reiaarkabiy short space of thirty-five minutes. ' Survej'ing the situation. Gen. Dodge at once ordered forward the ** third brigade, under Col. Bane. His troops though greatly fatigued after the severe fighting end marching of the day, upon receiving the ■ 0 * order to forward leVup a shout of satisfaction, plunged into the - April, 1863. r creek and crossed as hastily as possible, not being willing to lose time by waiting to cross the bridge. With astonishing rapidity the troops pushed ahead. Before the arrival of the Third brigade, the rebels by a dexterous movement of their men, got close up to our arillcry, and charged suc cessfully, capturing and taking off the field one pieces of Capt. Ben jamin Tannarah*s battery, 1 First Missouri Light Artillery. Another place of the same battery was upon the verge of capture, when Lieut. Bruner with commendable presence of mind, had his men tumble it into 'J a railroad cut near by. The rebels subsequently succeeded in taking but not securing it. In this affray the battery lost two men killed, seven wotinded and twelve captured. Col. Cornyn now fell back about a mile and a half, to await their arrival of the reinforcements sent on from the creek. In a short time the brigade came up, and was immedi ately deployed in relief of Col. Cornyn*s men, who now took a respite of an hour. At the expiration of this time'the battle was renewed with in- * creased vigor on our part. By successive approached the artllleryi supported by infantry and cavalry* closed upon the enemy and opened at close range. After considerable firing of all arms. Col. Cornyn m#) rp. ordered a charge of cavalry upon the enemy. This gallant feat was headed by Col. James C. Camreon, followed by one hundred and fifty of his Union Alabama Cavalry. This hazardous undertaking was executed in the face of artillery ambuscaded infantry, but, neverI. :'- I ftlodlXXI s « • • « V ^ XT" April, 1863. ^ ^ ^ theless was eminently successful, notwithstanding the ineffective weapons in the hands of the men, they having long muskets, without baynnets. Upon drawing, near to the enemy, a volley was fired by our men, and they then dashed forward club-mustket fashion, driving the enemy at all points, until they were seen scampering for cover in every direction, and barely escpped with their artillery. One of the two pieces cantured earlier in the engagement was now retaken. « We have to lament in this exploit the death of its leader. Colonel Cameron. He was savaff^/'ounded in the side by a charge of buckshot and died a few hours later. Colonel Cameron was a young man, not be- • ^jjing more than twenty tv.o years of age. He set out in the war as a ^ ^captain in the Yates Sharpshooters,_and participated in all th gen -it e^^el engagements of the Army of the West, Upon the raising of ,j. Union Alabama regiment last 'Vinter, he had tendered him the command of it, which he accepted, and due to his efforts and energy is the marked efficiency of the corps. The Colonel's body was interred in . the garden adlolning the house of Mr. Goodloe, this bding the most cont yenlent to the field. It will probably be exhumed and taken to Ccrdtinth, thence to Ottawa, Illinois upon our return. The death of Col. Cameron has spread a gloom over his followers; for he was beloved and had the confidence of all. Captain Palrfield will probably be his •• Bucoessor. f • ' f i « , During ^ Colonel Bane with hi. co«-md, th. 7th lUinols Infantry was filed April, 1863. along the ridge under cover 6'f the timber, on the right of the road, I. * . ' and the 50th Illinois in a somewhat similar position on th left. Sa , Both regiments were within musket range of the road, and placed ■•►a?,/? so as to sweep it. Colonel Cornyn now fell back, deceiving the enemy by contesting his ddvanoe. Unaware of the snare set for them, the rebels advanced every assurance of driving our force into the creek. They were, however, doomed to speedy disappointment, but not with the sanguinary consequences which would inevitable have been the case if r • • the plan had been completely successful. As it was just as the head ■ •ii''- t of the ememy's pursuing column penetrated the road, lying between our two regiments, a soldier imprxidently prematurely discharged his piece, and the report of the musket very naturally brought the enemy to a •'i. realization of some ruse for their capture. He hesitated, and in haste reversed his direction. However, before the column had time ' i ' , to make its escape, a volley was poured into them by the 7th Illinois, ^ resulting in emntying forty saddles. P*' ' .. The Partial success of the ruse, however, had an astonishing ret- •fs? regressive effect. The enemy broke and fled through the brush, rallying beyond Kane Creek, with his pickets staioned Anthis side. ^ Gen. Dodge now established his headquarters upon the field, and ^ colonels Bane and Cornyn with their troops went into camp. The conduct of the series of admirable rovements and dispositions - of today were under the personal aupervision of Gen. Dodge* , ai -.j- • t iiiii 1. • Aptil, 1863. .. „ 0 3*9''' ^ ' ■■)" 'Mi *.-! » ' ! speotive parts taken by Gen. Sweeny, Col. Bane and Col. Cornyn were mar ked and every particular worthy of the merit of those most excellent officers. To them was the execution of the details of the engagement entrusted; and they did their part most nobly.' The men, during the entire day, and more especially during the uncertainty of the afternoon's fight, behaved themselves heroically, ard when pressed by out numbering forces, sullenly fell back, inch by inch, battling the en emy continually. Though jaded by long marching and incessant skirmishing, upon the appearance of Col. Bane's command, feeling assured iMto; Of succor in case of a reverse, they again threw themselves upon the enemy and checked his progress until the disposition of the reinforce-^ ments was completed. Then simultaneously both worn and fresh troops continued the attack, which ended in the moat complete discomfiture of the enemy. The enemy who thus determinedly*disputed the passage of Big Bear creek by our forces, numbered abouC 6000 men, with five pieces of ar tillery. This ntunber was made up of parts of several commands which were sent here to reinforce the moment the strength of our army was known. Permanently the Partisan Rangers, under Col, P.D.Rhoddy, hold this country and the beautiful valley of Tuscumbia, the head of which begins where we now stand. Hhoddy's force numbers about' QOOO men when all called in. The accessory commands sent here for the occasion were those of Colonel Hanna, Colonal Gaines, Colonel Edmonson, Major ^ ulien. Major Bill Johnson, Captain Dick Johnson, bpptain Morelsuid I April, 1863. . 'JOi eiSH# and others. The ^artillery was sent over by Van Dorn* • 'tftlXt*# The arms of these men were of multifarious patterns, from the single barrelled shotgun up to a musket. The latter, however, were subject to some slight, modification, adapting them more fully to moun ted service. This modification was the shortning of the barrel, by cutting off six inches or more. The abbreviation rneders them quite ^ serviceabl on horseback but materially shortens their range. To the fact of superiority of weapons, as much as military skill on the part of our leaders, is due the great disproportion of losses between us. - - . . While we lost but nine killed and wouneded, the enemy acknowledges •awla , a loss of one hundred. The nunier of graves here and their appearing fresh upon the surface are convincing proofs ©f this fact. As the result of our success upon this field the enemy have fatllen »t . back to Cane Creek, several miles further on. In the morning, after a night'8 rest, the General proposes to advance upon the enemy again. In CS®P Buzzard Roost Creek, April 18, 1863. This morning General ^odge started out at a Very early hour with ^ the advance. Proceeding thuee miles, the enemy's out-post appeared In sight, A brisk skirmish ensued, #iich ended inforcing the enemy I on the other side of Kane creek, A desultory fire, with no effect ,now commenced, lasting several hours. At length the enemy gave way , , and crossed Buzzard Roost creek, takihg up a new position here. Our , forces immediately advanced. It being night, our men rested on their A arms, awaiting daylight in order to resume the offensive. During the ir. > April, 1863. earlier part of the evening, up to the present, frequent firing e'between the pickets has been going on. Headquarters, April 19, 1863. "Cmott of ^ During the night Lieutenant Pitch, of the gunboats on the Tennessee ("arrived at headquarters. He reported from the Fleet Commander ' to Gen. Dodge that the co-operation of the gunboats in this movement along the river was impossible, owing to the low stage of the water. This, however, did not change the determination of the General to push 1 r' *■ ahead as far as possible and safe. Accordingly, Gen, Dodge ordered the cavalry under Col, Cornyn to advance upon the enemy, whose pickets stood but a few miles ahead. Before noon li© came upon them, and immediately deployed several companies as skirmishers. In this affair the enemy lost five killed. Our loss was one man slightly wuunded. X, Headquarters, Rock Cut, April 23, 1863, For several day s, up to the present, the army has been inactive, awaiting the arrival 6f Col. Streight's command, which was expected to overtakd us on Monday last. They came during the night. ' This morning Q«n. Dodge again ordered an advance of his entire force. At one o'clock in the afternoon tWi arrived at the entrance of ^ a mountain gorg® considerable size, lying between two parallel ridges. The enemy here occupied a strong position, covered by irremC Clarities, i^ich were greatly in their favor. Nothing but artillery •4i s' could dislodge them. Accordingly, Gen, Sweeney, with hi- command, was ordered on the flanks of the batteried occupying positions "the 41 April, 1863. .f.fWr ^ ridges, while Ih® artillery held the centre. As soon as the arrangemi'.- ments were completed the firing commenced, and lasted three hours. At the expiration of this time the rebels withdrew beyond Little Bear creek, making ano^^^er stand. Light parties were immediately pushed forward and at on®® engaged and drove them hack upon Tuscurabia. Gen Dodge now madeJdi® headquarters on the east side of the stream, ft IT DiahvT,Ji a •a*®#! Headquarters, Dodge's Division, raitil Ala., April 24, 1863. This morning General Dodge again set his column in motion, deter mined to occupy place during the day. The cavalry went forward * - early in the morning, so as to reach Spring Creek immediately north rt' of the town, in 9®®son to engage the enemy prior to the arrival of the infantry* in order to feel the positions and strength of the en emy. The land bordering the creek being open, it was found that the ifwTll nilI I 1 1, had posted himself in the town. The Seventh Kansas, commonly known as the JaylJawkers, were ordered to charge into the town. No iltSi aooher were ihe orders given than the entire regiment dashed into the creek, and rode into the town in splendid style. As they were ascend ing the hill a volley of jusketry was fired at them without effect. •Mlp-: . The rebels now took to their horses and rode away on the Florence road, closely pursued by the cavalry. Upon the success of the flratt " party the remainder of Col. Comyn's command at once followed, and the I 'I town was formerly oocupiad, the enemy having wisely determined to se- "Wl'lect a position more lultable to their mode of fighting. Colonel Cor- April, 1863. -«^rt(nyn kept his cavalry in pursuit, and is now pursuing with a proha- • bility of overtaking them before night. The hedd of the main column is now about entering the town. ■ . ^ ' I't is reported that large reinforcements have reached the enemy, and the prospects of a battle the most severe of the expedition, are positive. Gen. Dodge will give battle if they see fit to stand. A dispatch for Corinth is about to leave. It is therefore nec es'sary to close here. What may transpire withinthe next twelve hours ! is \ancertain; but it is more than probable a most determined resistance to our further advance is now at hand. This has been the tut utmo at limits of all former raids in this direction. I may safely assert that we will penetrate some distance beyond before we return. A good fight is what Gen. Dodge now looks for and desires. - Its im£i J. M. Brown to Mrs. Dodge, St. Louis, 84:- " I have the nerws of the General's contest with the rebels. It was more severe* than I at first anticipated; they must have been in strong force. Please inform me of any further events in that command that will interest me. t mi 4 Q'tnl • 0 -«» isi Capt. J. K. Wing to Gen. Dodge, Corinth 25:-'*'^ wiU fiii C-f ' Please accept this "Bridle" as a slight testimonial of^y esteem 'for you as an officer and as a man. '' If* ydii ttitVa' already technically earned the two "stars" I pre- 'diot with much confidence that the merited victory is just before and will be realized. With ny prayers for your safety and success. April, 1863. »8^Jt To Gen. Dodge from his brother, Council Bluffsj 27: - •?, I have under separate cover acknowledg© receipt of Annie's last reinittance of $1500 and returned my certificate of deposit, have alao given her statement of her money in my hands. I mcved into my now office last week, am not yet, quite settled, f . It seems to be the iiniversal expression that I have the,best of- ^Tice in town. Have two rooms, each about 19 ft. square. It has cost ■0 J . mo about $200 or $250 to fit it up. Am satisfied it will prove a profitable move for me, one depositor has already left the "State Bank** and opened an account with me. I stand considerably in fear of I ■ .fire. It is a row of wooden buildings from Baldwin's brick up. Have Insured in the "Atena" for $600 which will let me out. Do not '*®f*'thlnk the buring of a farm building would even injure my safe, to .say nothing of its contents. You have probably heard of the great *?fire in Denver by which a large section of the business portion of town was burned u_p in throe hours. B. P. & Go's building went < with the rost. Campbell who oc^pied it lost all ho was worth $7000. Daniels who married Hattie ifamsey, lost $5000 more than hd was i^orth. Jim Jackson will probably lose not less than $ 15000; had •^sold his building a few weeks prior to fire, for $4000. For one item he lost 1400 sackq of flour. Baldwin was about selling B.P.& Go. property there for $1000 to A. J. Williams, intended to turn proceeds on Debbie Work-ln^ U; judgment, which is troubling him greatly. ^ U#ll| fhi Jghiladelphla or Pittsburg claim you ask ^about is in Redioka Aprilf 1863. hands in Omaha. He is going to sell Pegram's property, pay it, so •J « - Baldwin tells me. "• *1'- ; -X» Spencer is not doing right by John Phillips. No account was ever more just. He is abundantly able to pgty, so I learn through Warner, .-and ought to do so. John cannot reach him except you, or to go him- -lo self. To do the latter would use up greater part of the account. I have advised him- to draw through you and let me enclose draft and ac- "count in this letter, which I-do, and hope it maybe paid. If you can suggest a better way, he will follow your advice in the matter, - ^ Tucker married an "Orchard" girl in Omaha. In three weeks she went crazy and I guess will have to be sent to an Insane Asylum. Ha^^ a case for Tucker. ^ The great cavalry expedition, how formihg*under Brig. Gen. John Cook at Sioux City to fight the Indians, is pronounced a useless thing by those best posted in that section. No call for any such , OCv • expense. The Iowa Bth Cavalry which passed through here was a good "looking regiment. A Nebraska regiment passed theaugh yesterday to - . AM - it''- a ,».» same destination ■ . , W" Ed. Thompson went through here a few days ago west? did not see A ^ him. Einigration wedt, principally to Galifomla, very largo this Spring. Mormon emigration will be large, cu XMhl v.' Z see Vy dispatches you have been fighting and whipped the enemy. Gen. Dodge to his wife,* In the 'iiold,» 29i-ii^ eMNMr nm Am sorry to hear you are slck.*^ guodL JXucisir shall be^^ April, 1863. *rcrt> 1 ^ days. I have had two sharp battles since I wrote you and made them "Get." Van Dorn is now after me, but I believe I can evade -letitAi/ r&tef I can whip him should be cross. I want to get back to replenish rations &c. We have cpatured at least 800 head of animals, large amount of cotton &c. and destroyed -flws an immesne of corn and produce. ^ j Qjn sorry to say that today the cavalry burned several deserted houses against my positive orders. I ordered tonight any man shot who was detected in firing a house. Cannot write any more tonight. Get well as soon as possible. , Newspaper Clippings. (6DR41)* , Dispatch to the Cincinnati Gazette,. , j I'.inr' 91 Mf" „ V, East Bank of Bear creek, Ala., April 18, via Cairo, April 29;- I Yeaterday the f orces under Gen. Dodge skirrished from Buzzard's Roost Station, five miles from here, to Burton's Station, where a bat tle was fougtit, resulting in a Union victory. Our loss in killed was very slight. About forty were wounded. The rebels were drawn into r complete trap, and suffered terribly. ^ In the skirmiohin^: before t'e battle, Capt. Cameron, formerly of the 12th Illinois, but now commanding the Alabama Cavalry (Union) was .killed. Captain Adams of the 9th Illinois was wounded slightly. Sneicial Dispatch to Cincinnati Gazette. Cairo, April 29:- . By we^ ff ,Meittphl8t ww. tifT® news of the capture of Tuscumbia# It ' f April, 1863. f^.>( '■ was held by the rebel Col. Chalaers, whose forces have been very troub lesome lately in the vicinity of the Tennessee river. On last Thurs day General Dodge attacked him and a severe engagement ensued, Chalmor stoutly contesting the ground. He was, however, compelled to give way and fall back to Tuscumbia. The Union loss is stated at one hun dred. The rebel loss is -not given, ^ General Dodge is now in possession of Tuscrunbia, and rebel communication nication by that route is cut off. . - It is reported ggain from Memphis that the rebels are evacuating Vicksburg. We have nothing later from Cape Girardeeu, Cairo, April 29:- The Memphis bulletin has resumed publication, under a close censorhhip. It states that our troopS occupy Tuscumbia. The attack was made on the place on Thursday last; after a stout resistance the rebels were driven out. ' - . , ■ ■ Prom History of the Eighty-First Reg Lment Ohio Infantry Volunteers <rf ■ April, 1863, ^n. Dodge moved from Corinth with al most his entire force. The previous day an attack had been made upon the outpost of Glendale, and this seemed to the rebels at the occa- ** sion of General ^edge's movement, though in reality quite a different * object was in view. The cavalpy chased the rebels away from Glen dale, and the infantry moved on leisurely afterward, encamping the first night at Burhsville. The next day the march was continued a ' few miles beyond luka to a point a mile or two from Bear Creek which® -=r -- ■ . '"iii - April, 1863. . JPH-a f r » ,; « h i , lyas said to be defended by the rebel cavalry under Rhoddy. On the 17th Gen. Dodge Troved with the intention of crossing the stream. It •SW3?" w&s almost too deep to ford and there was no bbidgej .the opposite fiXMB Ol bank was favorable for defense. Placing a section of artillery in position aiid shelling the ford a little while. Gen. Dodge compelled the ^ rebels, who had no artillery , to flee, andour cavalry, finding a shallow place, crossed and pursued. The infantry was immediately or1 dered to cross also. How wasit to be done? Th water was not only jp deep but swift. To attempt to wade would be but to be carried away by the current. To provide against this, a rope was stretched from shore to shore Just above the water, which served to steady the steps of the soldiers. It was rare sport for mo t of them. The day was tmd water felt cool and refreshing. Doffing their clothes ^ and swinging their knapsack and cartridge box a cross their guns. m which they carred on their shoulders, in order to keep their powder dry, the soldiers, with songs and cheers and exclamation 9^ delight, marched single file across the angry stream. It was to < all a novel way of crossing a stream. The whole division went into bivouac on crossing, but the cavalry, which, under the impetuous Col. Comyn, had pressed on further than was expected, met with a considearable force of the enemy and sent back for help. Col. Bane's brigade was Instantly ordered forward, and came very near entrapping the rebel >rce. _ .jj '■'h , ha . But as the object of the expedition was to co-operate with Col Api'il, 1863. .59®.! •< Straight's command, which was coming from Nashville, Gen-. Dodge collecvtT «f: ted his troops again at Bear Cfeek and waited for the arrival of Col. •Jji Straight. This command having reached Eastport on the river, disemY.'barke-' and marched to Bear Creek. The plan was for Gen. Dodge to move bcXXc* with his force to Tuscumbia, Col. Straight accompanying. There, i^ile • c Gen. Dodge manoeuvered to distract the attention of the rebels. Col. -'•5 Straight was to move rapidly to the south and east, and do the work of tX**' destruction assigned him in Georgia. Ak this movement was one of some historical interest, and as it was'at that time the most extended madch and campaign the regiment had made, I propose to extract freely from accounts written at the time. ti Sfstrl noliiiK:. "On the morning of the 23nd of April, at an early hour, the whole column was put in motion on the road toward Tuscumbia. The rain had put the roads in the finest condition, and the rested troops marched gaily along in the happiest humor, glad to see so much beauty as the green hills on either side of the road afforded. Beginning a few miles east of Bear Creek, there is a large upland valley, remakkable "thfMmz for its direction, being*at right angles with the streams. Along this valley runs ike Memi)his and Charleston railroad And the wagon road to Tuscumbia. .-"TV; On Oithe'r side of the road, at variohs distances, (Sbe the finest of green-topped hills, with just enough irregularity to relieve them of monotony. They bear a striking reaomblance to the graceful hills along the Uiaal andi ^cibto' Vitvehs^ii t5faio except^ tllat Just now they ' April, 1863. t r ^ mottled with the dark green of the pines which are scattered a- • mong the oaks and other trees of lighter colored foliage. m ' About 3 p. M. the column had crossed Cane Creek and gone into camp -j the left resting almost on the Tennessee river. The cavalry v/as caret^lly secreted along the base of the hills on the right, while the infantry was boldly placed in the open fields. Scarcely had the men - time to prepare supper xintil orders came to fall in and advance. On the right of the railroad Gen. Sweeney advanced with a regiment or two ^d some artillery, while on the left Col. Morton advaiiced his bri- "iM. gade with artillery accompanying. 1^^ The Eighty-first Ohio, with Company C., and a platoon of Company I, as skirmishers, was in advance and made a splendid appearance as l^,lts long lines extended across the open fields. Very soon the rebel M... - position was discovered, and with the impression that they were supplied 4ith artillery, Gen. Sweeney sent in a few shells, but without eliciting any reply. Then Col. Morton sent from his guns a few of the same kind of me ssengers with same result. It was obvious that the t rebels were only holding the place with a small force, yet it was de- *■ « sirable to drive them away, lest during the night they should slrength- •tfw position. The whole line advanced. It looked hazardous. Our forces were in open ground, descending to a small stream, while on the o pposite side was a Rock Cut, a narrow gap where the railroad passes between two sentinel hills and where a small force could 1^1 easily have wrought great damage to us. But still the lines advanced April , 1863. , -th'e little stream was cross'^d, the opposite heights gained and the gap secured, the rebels incontinently fleeing before us, A portion of General Sweeney's troops pushed on to Little Bear Creek, on the opposite bank of-which the rebels were strongly posted, ^he Eighty -nl it first Ohio bivouacked at the eastern end of "Rock Cuts" for the night. Before daylight-of the 24th the troops of Gen. Sweeney, including *the 81st Ohio, temporarily acting under his orders, v;ere silently Oi«t 1- placed in new positions, it having been supposed that the rebels were about to attack us at-daylight. But in this we were disappointed, ■v A little while before sunrise. Company C of the Eighty-first Ohio and Company B of the Second Iowa, were deployed as skirmishers, and ^ ordered forward until within sight of Little Bear Creek. Without op-^ position the long line penetrated the thick woods in its front and moved \insupported, a mile at least, when, coming to the edge of a nar- ^ L row field, i't- hnlted in full sight of the disputed stream. The rebdls on the opposite shore immediately took to horse and galloped off. * A few men from the skirmish line went down to the creek and reported no enemy there, but as the crest of the hill above was suffi- ■ cient for the masking of any amount 6f hostile forces, it was deemed prudent to push the reconnoisance farther. This was done, and the reb els were found flying. Gen. Dodge, with a small cavalry forCe, imme diately passed over the crest of the hill and in a few minutes made the entry into Tuscumbia. Immediately the whole column was in mo- **^*i^'tion and so prompt was the movemini that the rear of the column had m April 1863. . , xkfqi' reached the heights overlooking the town before the rebels were entiregone. Capts. Spencer and Carpenter of Gen. Dodge's Staff pressed too closely on the rebel rearguard and were sharply fired on. ttiowa ; TuscuEbia is one of the oldest towns in the State, and is remarkable for its beauty of situation and its wonderful springs. Okocopix native Indian spoke of it when he meant cold water, is the jf name of the largest spring, which gushes out from beneath an overhanging rock, at a rate of four miles an hour, and with a volume sufficient t® form a stream three feet deep and from fifteen to thirty feet BMW ! t Wide. A rude stone wall has been built on either side of the basin, .♦». just below Where the water comes out, and a stone stairway leads ® down to the smrface of the water. Aunt Susey's Spring is another Affl smaller one, farther to the west. Several other smaller and nameless ones are found along the base of the bank on which Tuscumbia is sit- •s£r uated. The stream formed by these springs is sufficient to supply It# motive power for several mills. ^ ^ -mm mi- The town itself, in its buildings is ordinary; but the shrubbery WM ,#1. «^nd flowers, of which there is the richest profusion, render it a paradise even in its desolation. War has paralysed its business; but eeien jnature, in defiance of armies, has made Tuscumbia charming. Our sol diers, who have for a year seen only the dull desolation of Corinth, j arc delighted with the view, of civiliaation and refinement which is 'iirimwi'tf given them here. I ill o;!! S;ti' ik-• w*-. r Col. Cornyn * - ^ with the ^ ^^ oavalry J J J 4 pushed ". on after , the flying rebels, rr:p-jIJhKi April, 1863. " . • — ^ 8Jid ovGrtaking thsm at. Leighton, tsn niilGS east of Tuscumbia, had a sharp fight, driving them in three hours a distance of as many miles. Gen, ^odgd remained at Tuscumbia on the 25th and 26th using every effort to complete the equipment of Col. Straight command for the important expedition it was about to undertake. He even gave up one t r 1 third of the animals belonging to his own command, (except cavalry) and yet there was not enought Col. Straight was obliged to spend the first day or two of his march in pressing animals to mount the remain der of his men. It is perhaps owing to this thtit his expedition was not more successful. Howdver, at midnight of the 26th he 'started. Gen. Dodge having thoroughly occupied the rebel cavalry so as to di- ^ vert attention from Col. Straight's movements. In order still to keep HHkliir the enemy deceived, Gen. Dodge' moved early on the morning of the 27th . SMu'' with his whole force eastwardly. X£q i , Leaving Tuscumbia, the country becomes more like an elevated pla teau, flanked on each side with "a low and tolerably regular range of hills. Large plantations, elegantly adorned by the true southern mansi one, and dotted with the neat little villages of negro quarters, now all vacant, are to be seen all along the road. For a distance of Lu. . . several miles no stream is in view, but numerous ponds and sink holes • i 12. are every where bo be found. Gen. Sweeney with his brigade in the advance, found no interrup tion until after he had passed the little villbgft of Leighton several miles and reached the stream known as Town Clreekf Here on the eastei^^ ApriXj 1363* Xii side he found a force of cavalry and artillery. Arriving nearly at night, he only threw a few shells across, and then the troops went into camp for the night. On the 28th of April occurred hhat, hy a little license may be ^ , termed the battle of Town Creek. Quite early in the morning we were roused by a sharp fire of musketry between our pickets and those of the enemy, posted on opposite sides of the stream. Not long after i^i ' daylight, our troops were under arms, and having two or three batteries ^ in position we commenced a deliberate cannonnading of the enemy's po sition. Rhoddy had but a few guns, and they being of an inferior ^ange, he soon discovered that they were no match for Capts. Welker and Richardson and cased firing. Cap^- Tannrath, with his battery % devoted his attention to clearing the woods of sharp shooters on the (left of the railroad, where they hdd been of considerable annoyance. B. His accurately thrown shells soon drove them to the high groimd beyond range. * - ad J # ,, Ahout ten o'clock the enemy suddenly opened with artillery on one of our batteries near a brick house, with such BKcellent range that . the first shot struck in the building. Anxious for an opportunity to Iff I give them a taste of our shell, an iirmediate response by two or three Sup of our batteries was made, though the rebel position was so well chosen that it was almost impossible to dislodge them. The rebels contin1*^5, * ved to throw shell and solid shot, the latter flying far to the rear sfi . ®f our batteries, while the former burst long before they reached aur . ■ 'JO ■ • ^ • - ■ .. > , • . . , April, 1863. ,XM# guns. Company B of the 81st Ohio, being deployed as skirmisherlg alongthe bank to guard hgainst attempts at crossing, was somewhat annoyed by these prematrire ex|ilosions. The only casualty, however, 'was a pretty severe flesh wound received by Private Arthur Hall, who was struck below the left shoulder by a piece of shell. In about an hour the rebel guns caased and ours fired out very slowly. Preparations were now made for crossing the stream; It was a deep narrow stream, with preciptous banks, and swollen by the rain of the previous night, it was entirely too deep and swift to be forded by ei ther cavalry or artillery, and the only bridge was the onfe at thd railroad. Placing Captain Tannrath*s battery in a position to com- ^ mand the bridge. General Dodge, who had been on the grovmd all the morning, ordered Colonel Morton to send a regiment of his brigade across the bridge to cover the crossing of such forces as should be ordered to follow. The Colonel chose to send the 81st Ohio, and Lieu, tenant Colonel Adams commanding, ordered Company F to cross the Iridge and deploy to the right of the railroad. The bridge being partially hidden by trees, this movement waspromptly executed without opposi tion, and a few minutes afterward the whole regiment, accompanied by Gen. Dodge on foot, crossed the bwidge, and deploying Company C as skirmishers on the left of the railroad, formed close to the creek. No sooner had the regiment crossed than the Pioner corps began tearing down rome buildings on the west dide of the stream, and us ing the Iximber in flooring the bridge to facilitate the crossing. ■m April, 1863. •t this was done, Lieutenant Colonel Phillips, with four companles of the 9th Illinois, crossed, and deploying as skirmishers formed , on the extreme left. Then, taking commad of the whole line of skirmishers, he "began an advance. Several rebels had been seen already up the railroad, and a squad had been fired at while reconnoitering our line the left of the railroad. So soon as Colonel Phil lips emerged from the v:oods which skirted the bank of the creek, he saw before him a vast open plantation rising gently some five or six •(foerr hundred yards to what seemed a ridge. ^ On the ridge was a dwelling house, a cotton house and a little of negro huts, near which the rebel artillery had been posted in the morning. Seeing no hiding place for the rebels except toward -eg* 1 the left where there was a woods. Col. Phillips determined to halt «g||ll4r-tihe skirmishers on the right of the railroad, and swing around the mn ffj-lght of the remaining line toward the supposed hiding place. In do- /iT' ing so, the iPight soon reached the top of the ridge and found nuaier0 b*i<P"UB squads of rebels on horsebakc, hovering arcund, just behind the egiKt —crest of the ridge, or rather the summit of the elevated plateau, some •-f of them almost directly in rear of the right of our line. As soon -flno as this was discovered. Col. Phillips halted the line, and sent four mwn from Company C, Blst Ohio, from the right of the line to a little -•If eminence on the right to wake up whoever might be behind it. They -advanced steadily.tp the fence, and looking over they perceived sev- ^ eral horsemen within range. They fired,._^d one of the horsemen was April, 1863. " dismounted. < The others moved off, and uur four men started boldly in tear: pursuit. But like the bonnets and plaids of the warriors of Rhoderic Dhu, the butternut hats and coats began to appear from every fence -i**corner, and from behind every bush, until quite a considerable force -Jlo/.^as developed. Still the four men kept on, going straight toward the whole lot, until they'were ordered to come back, which they did with ' d I r- ^ " great reluctance. General Dodge had remained all this while with the 81st Ohio watching the movement, and superintending the crossing of other troops ^"on the right. It was now about 4 P. M. and by this time portions of Gen. Sweeney's and Colonel Bane's brigades had effected a crossing farft'' ther to the right. The General determined to make a thorough recon- ^ noissance of the whole spate in front, and, if possible ggive the ene my battle. For this purpose he ordered out a grand line of skirmish- -a h : " ers*. Taking the railroad for the center, he deployed to the right and left one of the longest lines of skirmishers khich we had then seen. Five comp-nies (all large) of the 81st Ohio were out: F, I and C 'deployed, and D and K. following close in reserve. A like number from at least three other regiments made a line which was estimated to be two miles ih legnth. The ground was- almost wholly clear, and descendI rj j ' ing with but slight irregularities, it was possible from various iDOlrtts to obtain a view of the whole line, with its dark little bodierf <4f companies In reserve following close after it at regular intervaia, while* a little g'reaWr distanofl the rear cQuld be seen i April, 1863. - the main reserves moving in splendid order, with their flashing ban ners unfurled, and floating majestically in the brightening rays of the declining sun. It was a sight to move one's soul; and what gave it additional interest was, that all along our whole front, at a distanc , just out of ranger of our guns, the rebel horsemen kept slowly moving on, no doubt enamored of the splendid spectacle presented to their -.^..nview. How and some lingerer would find himself saluted by the music of our balls, and would hasten forward, out of range. Still, stead- ,;-iiy the grand line, with its primary and secondary reserves, moved on etf plaiting occasionally to correct the alignment or to make observations. A3 steadily, halting when we did, the rebels moved, taking care not i rtmS to stop within range. Once on the left, a bold rebel remained secreted within a little skirt of woods until we came in good range, when he fired, the ball torching the fingers of Sergeant Workman, Company 1 I, Slat Ohio, infllotins only a flight wound. Quick as a flash a dozn en of our Enflelds answered his lone shot, and he was not bold enough gBlftto try another. . until sunset, when the line had ad- rtllw In this manner we proceeaea untxi »ux « , vanoed three miles from the oreek, and both flanks had reached a dense forest, while the center was but e short distance froci the edge of the elear ground. So far we had moved without opposition; the rebels slowretiring before us without evincing any desire to accept battle. At dusk the line hHted, and soon after'wae silently withdrawn to . „ the opposite side of Town Creek. The object'of the expedition had .•A/--. ^ 1863. April, Dodge General do. to possible was it as accomplished fully as teen time which during nights, and days two for en^gaged enemy the kept had sequel The way. his on far be would Straight Colonel hoped was it obtaining of purpose the for delayed was officer that that pfoved wasted. virtually was day first the until troops his mount to stock * the to communicated was movement his noon about day next The ol as'possible quickly as withdrawn as w it and Dodge, Gen. before force . . i! -I therefifter. , as expeditiously as Corinth to returned therefore Dodge General be could that kind every of pplies su and corn all burning possible, ^ foiand. bein^ taken, then had regiment the extended mebt the was march The dis- Excellent best. the was it yet duration, days eighteen of one , . orderly most the and pleasant most the once at it rendered cipline the at short .ere rations the although and made, yet had they Dovement on yet march, the with weary troops the and campaign, the of Close Slylng banners with Mmp' Into marched regiment the "ay of second the with drill, from returning ir as regular as step and sounding, music fommv - , a.. , place, his in man evefy nnf, ^ . (7DR46) Register: State the to Correspondence alixfn brigades third end second first The 1863» ISth, April Mies., Corinth brigade Our morning. this Corinth left Dodge Gen. oommandoir tmdsr n, „ during oooured importance muoh if Hothing Bane. Col. under 3d) (the the in b«d to going Bumsvllle-am neai' encamped W. march. today's wmUUL T'" April, 1863. balance. • ^ .,jf^ i.f^tmy' 9 ^ tlf(* fefr»#wf April 16th, 1863, Miss. This morning fel very well; marched all J#»n' without anything occurring worthy of mentioning. We passed through luka, Miss., and camped tonight on the line between Mississippi and Alabama. ^ |>oc. v April 17th: Our regiment was ordered, or more properly eight coml^,-panie3 were, to remain at last night's camp and guard trains, it not being our turn to stop. / ba» ? rode over to headquarters and insisted upon going with brigade. Succeeded in ^getting to go. Doct. Woods remains at camp; after n arriving at banks of crefek with the skirmishers several shots were p.-fired, but no one Injured on our side. Shelled the woods surrounding ^.r.I but If ailing to get any reply our advance crossed. The advance is a cavalry force under command of Col. Cornyn. He was ordered to move five miles and halt. Our brigade being the advance infantry force we soon commenced crossing. Our Pontoons proving a failure we were com4,palled to ford. The creek was up about 50 yards wide, &c. The boys ,,,stripped, placing their clothes in bundles on the end of their gun and holding to a rope that was stretched across, waded over. We ad- ♦ vanced (our brigade) about half a mile and then threw out skirmishers. They soon found an enemy and skirmishing comm need. Seeing a cavalry force of the rebels advancing over the hill, I determined to wait and watch our infantry give them the beAefit of 1^ their Enfields. They, not knowing of any force save^the 19th Illinois April, 1863. being behind the hill, advanced with confidencej soon, however, they ' foiind out their error, for the 50th Hiinois, and two companies of the 39th Iowa, ppened on them , killing several and throwing them into great icff t ; confusion. They fled over towards us when the* 7th 111., who were posted In the woods again poured into the m a volley. I was* about six hund- -Jtcii yards fro m the brow of the hill and could plainly see anything that occurred. We held our position during the night. The wounded having been brought to the rear, v;e dressed them. April 18th. This morning we commenced a retro'grade'" mov ement and tonight encanped on the east side "Of Bear Creek, ;a. ocifApril 19th: (Albbama) Asked permission to join my regiment on west side of the river bu t did not get it. Was ordered to the ' position we intended to have occupied whe'-- we first moved across the • ^ o .oitilMiC hmmmi • • ,-vtcreek. tw a Surgeon Zerihg, Asst. Surgeon Hamilton and I seeing some very pretty girls concluded to dismount and have a clfat with them. Had been so engaged about an hour when we heard firing in the -advance, mounted and moved to the front. Remained \here^ "during the'day. ^ ^ir^ng soon ceased. n ' "" " April 2ist (Ala.) Thewounded of tha division were sent to East port on the Tennessee River. Fuller*s brigade from Corinth arrived this afternoon, and two regiments of cavalry from Eastport. Arpil 22nd (Alabama); Hothing of importanb^"today, with t&a ex- |i^ 0 A 0^-lt ^ oeption that two more regiments arrived frbm Bastport. fe have oiviers^^ April, 1863. •yti to move in the morning at six o'clock.. . - • I-jit ■ April 23, (Alabama) According to order we are this morning ready to move, but we are in the rear for the purpose of guarding trains. By some means we are allowed to join our brigade. We marched to ff r^8ty 19 miles, and are encamp d now on the west bank of Tuscumbia creek, iedo There is a rumor that we will have a fight five miles in advance/ iymz' 1 have been sick all day and will not eat any supper, but go to r, bed. On our march today the soldiers who had been fired upon from *0. I 'the resident of Doctor Despre became so exasperated on that account -mI r-^that they burned his house and all his furniture, which was of a fine ^ quality, and consisted of a piano, etc. A house on the opposite side of the road, with the negro quarters &c. was burned. ^ April 24:- This moming started on the march. The advance (Cav il^; airy) skirmishing the entire way. Hitched my horse in ambulance on gpttf(Recount of sore shoulder and rode one of the ambulance horses. Had lim ^tseveral streams to cross, &c. This afternoon about one, arrived at our present camping ground about a quarter of a mile this side of Tus •4llw joumbia. Doctor Woods and I started over to town to see it. The place ^jlg^-very nicely situated, suwouned by mountains. Visited two springs jthat afford sufficient water to make quite a river. Each flows out at the base of a mountain. Where one of them first boiled out the stream is at least twenty feet wide and eighteen inches deep. Made circuit of the place*. At one place was asked to come in at one 1^ af the houses but did not apcept. At another went in and got our din- .1 .1 ; ,ij '4.,, j 'B r April, 1863. wmi Htuti ner, and was begged to maKe that place our head quarter's while we stayed here. After quite a conversation with several of the young ladies of the place we tiorned to camp. ^ April ^5:- This morning was expecting to recieve orders to march but did not get them. Capt, Holmes Co. C, 2d lowa^ Lieut. Marsh Co. D and Lieut, Parker Co. H. made me a visit. Had quite a pleasant chat C with them. Doctor Woods being absent I was left tonight in charge of He the medical department. A verbal order came for one of our-ambulances, which I refused to obey, until I became satisfied that it was t'£ an order originating from the Medical Director. Brigade Surgeon Ken~ It ^ dal and I went over to his (Medical Director's) headquarters to see ^ about it. Learned that it was merely to convey the sick from Col. Straight's brigade to a hospital that had been established in town. oc Ordered the ambulance to be sent over. Was detailed by Medical Ml Director to assist the Brigade surgeon in examining those presenting themselves, and determine whether or no they should be admitted. Did ASft tc itaXf so and returned to camp at 12 o'clock. April 27th:- Received orders to march, and arrived -tonight without anything of importance occurring iditil we arrived at Town Creek, iwo w where Cornyn who is in command of adv ance was stopped by rebel artil •AJ lery on opposite side. Men ordered to halt when we arrived in gbout half of the mile of the creek. Aoril 28th;- This morning at Daylight the rebel artillery commenc nth 111 r ■ M ed shelling us. We got our batteries in poaitlon and returned the ^ S34 April, 1863. - 7. ■ fire with precision as to make them change their position, (lo o'clock) -firing still going on, but so far without injury to us. )Our pioneer m .■ force has gone to the creek above for the purpose of constructing a opinion of artillery is that it is the safest arm of the service. I may change my opinion before dark. Have just finished reading a letter from Mother, and one from The battlefeild is *l<! ® curioufl place to receive letters, but then I am doubly thank ful for them. Artillery firing continued until four o'clock -when -Tin? . our men crossed on bridges they had constructed under cover of our ar- ^ tillery. The left crossed and occupied the field held by the rebels -m, during the day, I got permission to go over, but having advanced about two miles concluded to come bock, as nothing of importance was ^^Ttoccurring. The regiment soon after crossed the creek, and came over also. . April 29th:- This.morning as the object of the expedition had been lnq ,g,^aoooraplished (the burning of railroad bridges between Jackson, Miss. gtmm ^ and Vicksburg, and between Tuscximbia and Chattsnooga) we started ,lb«#efl%ack to Corinth. Just as we started I discovered that our rear on opposite side of the creek had burned the houses on that side. JMn Throughout thewhole march buildings have been burned. Burning houses by the dozen have been constantly in my sight. Tonight we oamp on Little Bear Creek. Sino^ our arrival I have taken a drink of !)randy with Dr. Woods. Wriwoen » ^ -MMf ftav April 30th» We startg|^,thl8 morning on our march at 7 o'clok and April, 1863. iliidi , wfih the except of the burning of corncribs, cotton &c, nothing of 1.^0/1 -importance occurred. Surgeon Woods has just challenged me to take a • u. game of checkers. I accept the challenge. We encamp on Big Bear Creek-will cross early in the morning. Went to bed with'the supposi- ^ tion that we would move in the morning as above stated,'but was awak- ^ ened at 10 o'clock and moved acrcsS the creek. May 1:- Nothing of interest occurred during the day, save that Dr. "Woods attempted to get some sick in the wagons, but did not suc- •t* < alede ceed. I went back v/ith three or four and instead of asking the drivers whether or not they could carry them, I ordered the'teams to stop and put them on. Colonel Cummngs is commanding the brigade. We en camp near Burnsville tonight. ..Tjr ■ J Lf»b ; ' 2}- ^rived tonight in (JorintH without anythihg"of interest occurring, • - Gen. Dodge to Col, Chetlain, Corinth 2, (1ODR2Q20; * I want the troops moved out of our canps this morning. Better put them north west of town on the ridge. Let them vicouao. Also I want every man who comes to the picket lines ahead of the column arrested, unless he has a written permit; and all ambulances and wagons stopped a/i* . at the lines until they are released by an order from these headquar ters. ov.a. '• 1# ll-'i Gen. Dodge to Gen. Oglesby Corinth 2, (10DR202)' following dispatches received from Col* Rice*:* "Scout CeTt RawHide ^^S,2''iniles below florence with 1000 mlettl ''"Cbx, ^willi six oriaeven hun- ^ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1863 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/f61292fcba07a6e5dc97413a64138b57.pdf 17a8264c3094a49cd51d9406546eac4b PDF Text Text April, 1863. Tyith the except of the burning of corncribs, cotton &c. nothing of "l-t? -iniPOJ^tance occurred. Surgeon Woods has just challenged me to take a -• 8-game of checkers, I accept the challenge. We encamp on Big Bear Creek-will cross early in the morning. Went to bed with'the supposiP • tion that we would move in the morning as above stated,'but was awak- • ened at 10 o'clock and moved access the creek. May 1:- Nothing of interest occurred during the day, save that Dr, Woods attempted to get some sick in the wagons, but did not sucIS ceed. I went back with three or four and instead of asking the drivillecf*' ers whether or not they could carry them, I ordered the'teams to stop and put them on. Colonel C\iinm;ngs is commanding the brigade. We en- g camp near Burnsville tonight, fJWTB Arrived tonight £rf^&or£ntlT without"'anything^*of Interest occurring. G .AoIX . en. Dodge to Col. Chetlain, Corinth 2, (10DR2Q2^; 1 want the troops moved out of our canps this morning. Better put them north west of town on the ridge. Let them vicouac. Also I want every man who comes to the picket lines ahead of the column arrested, unless ha has a written permit; and all ambulances and wagons stopped at the'lines until they are released by an order from these headquar ters. C. , tJi'S i.' 10 ifir Gen. Dodge to Gen. Oglesby Corinth 2, (10DB202)^ -.aiBt following dispatches received from Col, fleet^ "Scout left RawHide N»« '-"t f* - - .1 - M IS miles below Florence with 1000 men. OOz, with siz or seven hun- ■ lay, 1863. dred, was twenty miles from Waterloo, on Florence and Savannah road this morning, marching fcowar Savannah. Van Dorn reported at Decatur. fr'j Forrest crossed the river at Decatur and Rarasy's ferry last Tues day. Cannot leam the force he had." 1 at'ove is mostl; true. A portion of Forrest's forces two reg- '' ^ iments crossed at Bainbridges on Thursday a week ago and were in Leigh- "ton fight. The rest were in Town Creek fight. ii mui Dodge to Capt. Wing, Corinth 3, (10DR202); ^'/. i« will make a full report to these headquarters of the amount, ^^^kind and condition of property received frop the late expedition. You will make no further disposition of it until a board has pass- ^ 4d upon it or you have orders from there headquarters. .indto-I Dodge to Comdg. Officer of Gunboat, Corinth 3, (10DR203); have a transport in charge, loaded with stores^ &c . for me, desire to have them tmloaded at Hamburg, so that I can have them in . here, I understand you went up the river yesterday or the day before. As soon as I get news of your arrival at Hamburg, will send train and Guard. Please inform me of the amount of quartermaster and commissary stores you have on board. ..lipl to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth 3, (10l8(Sb3): I I have in this district, negroes enough for o'ne and perhaps two regiments, many of the dompanies already raised. * I respectfully request permission to organize one or two regiments, the officers for # . 887, „ ^ mm a, »m •t&x'W:'. < I May, 1863» which to he taken froir. my command. Most of these companies have already good officers in charge and there are many others who desire positions in the regiments, and I will forward the recommendation for their coamissions under such restrictions as you may deem proper. I believe that we are entitled to this favor, from the fact that we took hold of the negro question in its early stages, and so far as was in the power of the command they did what they could to make them useful to the Government; and both officers and men did this when it was looked upon as a disgrace by many, both in and out of the army, and when it was a thankless job to those engaged in it. If any are to be rewarded, I consider it should be those men who had the nerve to try and render them serviceable to us instead of a disgrace and a burden. We are now raising a large crop'of cotton with negro labor, nl I necessary to guard it. The negroes that are organized are used for that purpose;'but the organization is not regular not has it . .. fehe proper authority. I therefore ask the General's aCtention to the matter at his earliest convenience. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth 5, (10DR204) : By direction of MaJ. Oen. Oglesby 1 send Oapt. Dodds to catch the ttansports, 4c. If you c«i give him "any aid please do so. I want her- ,j,8.8 and mules. Pitting out Straight and the amount killed and broken ,„.. do«i on the Tuscumbla trip has cut down my stock. I took nearly 1000 head and gave th«n to Straight and th. cavalry so that my batteries and my own cavalry are now rtiort. ^ Tieox ,r«M VIM •4i/aiiod April, 1863, ^^Jbeff .t iii»#(|W rfi-i jutt net .k .a cMl il&4r Gen. Dodge to Gen. Grant, Corinth 5, (10DR204): I respectfully request instructions on the following points. In your eonanunication to me in relaticn to secret service fund , you say, X«ii "It will be properly accounted for," I desire to know to whom I til ' . . . shall rend T^he returns. As a general thing I have taken vouchers for what I have expended. There are citizens living in theSouth who oi give us the most reliable information that will not sign a voucher for £t« t #0.^. fear of conflequences in the future, and I have had to pay them consider ed t.. able money. The qi^stlon in my mind is, how much discretion I have ■mi a" «■ in this matter and how can I account for the money. It is all impor- ,tant for you to keep these men about their homes. They vrork for money and I do not want tp take any responsibility in the payment of funds t that will hereafter give me trouble; and when I return the vouchers I desire them to go into hands that the men Tuider no circumstances be known. Please inform me in relation to the above at your earliest t* • convenience and I will make return up to date. , Memorandum, (10DR498); Copy of complete Military Record, as sent to Adjt. Gen. Townsend War Department, Washington, D, C. may be fo\4nd in Army Chest Pacific Sational Bank« S -J - ■' t edT^I-xin See page 239 I. for Gen. Dodge's report . (Copy). iK'w Dodge to Otis E.Mason, p. M.. Corinth, Corinth 6. (lODR j., 4 Information haveing been received at these headquarters, that the ^ ..,|^st-office for some time past been the general resort for the • ' i mtm * nim€l» i: - : oi ttfk xJMkimmmi »t *oi - 'i i^it ^ WMtf (M IsaXM n uOmm rnmcr IT Head-quarters District of Corinth, Corinth, May 5th, 1863. Captain S. Wait, - A. A. G. Left Wing 16th A. C. W Captain: I have the honor to submit the following report'of the expedition iip the Tuscumbia Valey to Courlland, Alabama. The intention and plan of the moveaent was to cover a raid by Col, Straight of Maj. General Rosecrans' command, to break iip the Atlanta and Chattanooga R.R. and for the purpose of destroying the enemies*supplies in rear of Bragg's army and to destroy the Memphis and Charleston R. R. from Bear Creek to Decatur. Col, Straight was to meet me with his brigade at Eastport on Thursday, April 16th, I moved from Corinth with the 2nd Div.l6th A.C. Wednesday April 15th and camped at Burnsville• The next day moved to Cook's, two and a half miles west of Great Bear Creek, and made my preparations to cross, the rebels holding the opposite side, Friday morhing, April 17th, I made feint at Jackson's and Bailing'? Fords and^^ under cover ofmy artillery threw most of my force across at Stemmerrines ford. The cavalry under Col. Cornyn and mounted infantry under Lieut. Col. Philips, made the crossing and"pushed forward, my instructions to t them being to move forward three and a half miles and wait orders. Col. Comyn meeting the enemy about a iaile out'bo^miienced fighting them, they " ' • , -rj": r falling back rapidly, . r , r ( - , , Hearing of Col. Roddy commahdihg k force of enemy on my left flank I sent forward orders for the command to halt; but before the messen ger arrived Col, Roddy had got between the'cavalry and infantry,The third brigade (inf'antry( being in advance, commanded by Col, Bane, who ascertaining this fact pushed forward and fell upon their rear, but not until Col. Roddy had tdkan two pieces of artillery twenty-two men and one company of mounted infantry, who were guarding it, which through neglect had been allowed to fall three miles in the rear of advance. Col., P.omyn hearing firing in the rear, immediately fell back and with the first Alaoaipa CaTalry , charged 239A the rebels and retook the artillery and caissons with the exception of one gun which the enemy succeeded in getting off with. The charge of ^ the Alabamians with muskets only and those not loaded, is creditable especially as they are all new recruits and poorly drilled. In this charge Capt. Cameron, the commanding officer of the Alabama Cavalry, a deserving and much lamented officer, was killed. .iP*' ru' Col. Bane, on his arrival disposed of his troops admirabley. Col, Cornyn advanced with his cavalry as a feint and the rebels advanced to meet him; he fell back to the rear of the infantry which was posted imder cover and out of sight on both flanks of the cavalry. On the ap pearance of the enemy the Infantry opened a heavy and destructive fire .■ which caused the rebels to fall back in confusion, utterly routed and with considerable loss. This day's work brought us thirteen miles in ,.,,m advance of the main force. Col, Straight not arriving, I fell back with the advance to Great Bear Creek where the rest of the command was posted Saturday to await hi: coming, Sunday afternoon Col. Straight commenced landing his force at bM* Eastport, but came poorly prepared for his contemplated movement. He j had two thousand infantry and about one thousand mules. •t_leas t-4:o»r, tbAttaiMiiU inJaaatry -taki .nbnai^r.tfnR tihQHjBMaH"iniilT^a''-and in unloading them, ' wu, through the carelessness of one of his officers, two hundred strayed away Me was under the impressions that he would find plenty of stock in the Oi? • valley to mount the rest and replace those broken down. ••tlNNIoff During Monday and Tuesday we scoured the country and gathered all bjy the stock wd could, Tuesday night Col. Puller's Brigade from Corinth joined me, Wednesday morning I advanced with all the force and came up with the enemy at Rockcut, five miles west of Tuscumbia. Planted my 9 baHeriea and drove them out of it, taking the line of little Bear B Creek that night. The enemye position was a very strong one and there was but one way to flankt it, vhich 1 adopted, the enemy falling back soon as I brought the infantry to bear upon them, Thurday we moved forward crossing at three places . ^ i. throwing my Cavalry by the f'ranlcfort once ^uscnmbia road into the enemys rear, but during the night anticipating this movement, the enemy fell brack. We reached Tuscumbia about noon, and after slight skirmishing ^ - took possession of the city, ' ■ • I immediately dispatched Lieut. Col. Phillips wih two squadrons of moTonted infantry, "two squadrons 15th Illinois caviary and a section of Welker's battery to take Florence. They refused to -surrender when Col. ghillips immediately opened on the town. A few shells brought them to terms and we occupied the place. At the same time I ordered Col. Cornyn forward toward Courtland to feel the enemy; he came up with their rear some two miles out and fought them two miles beyond Leighton. The com mand consisted in our part of the lOth Missouri Cav. and 7th Kansas Cav. about eight hundred inall. Driving the enemy about eight miles^ The rebel force was three thousand five hundred strong and one battery. The fighting of the cavalry ag ainst such odds is beyond all praise. The next morning the cavalry fell back to Tuscumbia to await the r; advance of the main column. Finding it impossible to obtain stock to mount col. Straight's coirmand I took horses and mules from my teams and mounted Infantry and furnished him some six hundred head, mounting all , but two hundred of his men. i also turnOd over all my hard bread, some n 0 fci' ■ . two thousand rations, andhe left me at midnight on the26th inst. with the • I f intention of going through Russellvllle, Moulton and Blountxville to fladsdon; then divide one force to strike Rome, the other the Etowah Xie . o Bridge. Col. Straight was acting under instructions of Ma.i. Cen. Rosecras and not being a part of my command I gave him nd" instructions, but did all in my power in the way of mounting andprovisioning'him to make his trip successful. I aiao advanced with'my column in such a manner as cover all his movements. I moved forward Monday morning and drove the enemy across Town creek that night, and ascertained that they werd in force, unde. Foreat on the opposite bank. That night I communicated with Col. Stralglit at Mount Hope and ascertained that he was all right. r; 11% bo* •3- ■ - . . f.'O ^ Tuesday morning the Creek had risen ten feet and ran so swift that neither horse nor man could cross. I immediately made dispositions to cross at three points, to cover the railroad bridge, and then throw ' jj., across a foot bridge. The resistance of the enemy was very strong and their sharpshooters very annoying. The artillery duel was very fine, r. parts of Welkers, Tamaraths Richerdsons and Robinsons batteries taking ♦ i w " jv,. • part In It. The practice both on ours and their part was excellent. _ The parrott guns dSove the enemy away from their guns, disabling and keeping them away for two bourse, but the fact of my beingunable to cross infantry prevented our securing them. About noon I cross the ;railroad bridge with the 81st Ohio and 9th Ills. Regts. and soon after crossed my infantry on foot bridges and drove the enemy within three oe n.sialles of Courtlandt, when hearing of the force at Mculton they fled to I Decatur. I pursued them until dark, and then returned and bivonaoked , at Town '^reek that night, being unable to cross any of my artillery, ool. Straight reaohe d Boulton Tuesday nl^t and commenced ascending j. the mountains gednosday, having gotten nearly two days start of the „ enemr. They supposed he was making for Deoatur and only discovered Wednesday that he was crosolng the monntalns towards Georgia. -MO H aving eocomplished fully the objoote of the expedition and driven the enemy over five thousand five hundred strong to Deoautr and having been on half rations for a week,' I foil back to Tusoumiba in order to communicate with transports to obtain rations and ammunition. On ar riving there I received Infornjition that the Gun oats had gone down the ' river, taking'the transports with them, a part of Van Dom's forcoa , a j ..v^vxk»or.orlCfi on the north side of Tennessee river, and having th®J,:r aVS? IP. M. They also planted a battery ^ at°Savannah and Duck Rlv. but my precaution in destroying all means of .Aj crossing oroRfiinr- ^e hhe r river on my J transports advance prevented left the him day getting before, in having my rear, a short and rgairn?'St's.vt™r»rS;:orRiver. van Porn-a force then moved towards Decatur, that was the last we heard of them. On my return I burned all piovisions, produce and forage all mills and tanyards, and destroyed everything that could in any way aid the ^ enemy* I took all stock of all 'kinds that I could find, and rendered the valley so destitute that it cannot be occupied by the Confederates except prevision and forage is transported to them. I also destroyed the telegraph and railroad betwe'en Tuscumbia and Decatur and all the ferries between Savannah and Courtlandt, I have "^no doubt but that Col, Straight would have aucceeded had he been properly equipped and joined me at the time agreed upcn th great dealy, in an enemy's country nec essary to fit him out, gave th^ni time to throw a large force in our front, and although Col, Straight had two days start, yet they can harass him and perhaps niheck his movements long enough for them to secure all three important bridges. If he could have started from Bear Creek the day I arrived there then my movements would have been so quick and strong that the enemy could not have got their forces togeth-^ er. The animals furnished him were very poor at the start; four hundred of hhem were used up before leaving me, and those furnished him by me were about all the serviceable stock he hhd, though I learned he got two hundred good mules the day he left me in the Moulton Valley. O^i my return I sent Col, Comyn with the 10th Missouri, 7th Kansas and 15t Ills. Cavalry and 0th Ills, mounted infantrj to attack the forces con gregated at Tupelloa and Okolono, Col. Cornyn came up with the enemy on Wednesday and immediately attacked them, they being some three thousand strong under Maj, Gen, Gholson and Brig. Gen. Ruggles, Brig. Ben, Chalmers with three thousand hundred men were at Pontotoc, but failed to come to Gholson e aia though ordered. Col. Cornyn fought them with such determination opd vigor that h- soon routed the force in fDont drl .ng them in all directions, killing and wounding a large number and taking one hundred prisoners including seven officers a ^ large number of arms and five hundred and fifty horses, saddles, &c. ^ The enemy fled towards Okolono and pontotoc and Col. Cornyn returned to Corinth. 0 The expedition so far can be sxinmed up as having accomplished the / object for which it started. The infantry having marched two hundred and fifty miles, and the cavalry nome four hundred miles and fought six successful engagements driving the enemy'three'thousand strong from Bear Creek to Decatur, taking the towns of Tuscumbia and Florence with a loss not exceeding two hundred and fifty J-illed and wounded including three officers. Destroyed one and a half millions bushels of corn besides large quantities of oats, rye and fodder, five hundred thousaifd pounds of bacon captured one hundred and*fifty prisoners, one thousand head of horses and mules and an equal number of cattle, hogs and sheep, also one hundred bales of cotton, besides keeping the whole command in meat for three weeks destroying the railroad from Tuscumbia to Decatur also some sixty flat boats and'ferries in the Tennessee river, thereby preventing Van Dorn in his move from crossing to my rear; also destroyed five tanyards and six fiouring mills. It has rendered deaolate one of the best grainiers" of the soulih, preventing them from raising another crop this year, and taking away from them some fifteen hundred negroes. We found large quantities of shelled corn and bacon already for shipment and gave it to the flames. I cannot speak too highly of the conduct of the officers and men under my command. They were guilty of but one disobedience of orders in burning some houses between Town Creek and Tuscumbia, on ^he discovery of which I issued orders to shoot any man detected in the act lifter that, nothing was burned except by my orders. The fighting of the cavalry was excellent; the 10th Mo,, 7th Kan. 15th Ills, and Ist Ala all done/ themselves credit, they invariably drove the enemy no matter what their force. The disposition of the troops at Lundy*8 Lane by Col. Bane of the 60th 111 . was very credit" able and the management of the right by Oen. Sweeney at the Rockcut, also deserves mention. Lt. Col. Phillips by his skill in handling his men in action and by his personal bravery drew the 9AS b4ift«lX'jiK»d#« ifUvjwf m qft bmtmf -md mn wit m aotithw^m «IT MMtf M««iM iflitt«4 VtMidt 9^ »b9t%i999 Si rfoliftr •Mt ■'s "i; 'i:f A ' ■ r- e ' t \,fili hfj commendation of all. Col. Cornyn of the Cavalry Brigade made some fine charges and his fighting cannot be excelled, his advancS on the first day was injudicious and against my Instructions and came very near causing trouble, otherwise he managed his command very creditably. The Pioneer Corps under Capt, Liedman, built two bridges across Bear Creek, and also several minor ones, theii^ long marches add night work deserve to be mentioned. Tq my staff, I am indebted Cor valuable service. .f.-t 8 , j Capt. Spencer, A. A. 0, Capt. Dodds, A. A. G. M. Capt. Carpenter, C..S, Capt. Hanna, Chief Maj. Stone of Artillery* Lieut. Barnes, A. C Dr. Marsh, Medical Director, all accompanied me, and perfomred their • ^ V. ' duties well. . * - • i " J i") :■ ' I, Reports of killed and wounded have already been forwarded. < /-lii I am Captain, Very Respectfully, • b«t ^IWMXa HMMMI tm mmb Wil * Servt., ^ ^ G. M, Dodge, •iM *• tXdUM 9m$ t m jj. T; •WV 9^ tMMMa • Gen, tm iMMld #d tm tit mm tmiOirnn ^»wdi mtm atft at ftwtaaJa* •f»t ASf m m/m 904 tm mottftmt nbrnm fmmm mm • .tiniitH mOS 4m mk III I M ntlfll g'S.g mm mmmmmrn SitTigiTU mmm mM 9mmm tj4 Ml m^mmmi 4m mmmmu \St^ • lA-^'ss snsti May, 1863. loafing community, you are hereby instnicted that no one excSpt those connected with the P. 0. Department will be allowed inside the office, and that you are held responsible for the enforcement of this order. You are also notified that no commutation of rations can be allowed except to road agents, on the road, from this date. . '.'Idrm:.""' Gen. Dodge to Col. Fuller, Corinth 6, (10DR205): You will detail one company from your command, as a guard at the stock corral, on the Hamburg road, some two miles beyond your pickets The guard will go on duty as soon as practicable, and will be re lieved every three days by you, so long as it may be recniired. Gen. Dodge to Capt. Ford, Corinth 8, (10DR206): You will detail from your command six men to report to Capt. Cam eron at these headquarters at six o'clock with four days rations for the purpose of accompanying a flag of truce, to obtain the remains of Mai, Cameron. . . . .Ht. :nq - T -J- ' pi Lieut, Barnes to Col. Bane, Corinth 8. (10DR206): -O*-- • . , r , . ^ The General directs that Lieut. John E» Sullivan of Ills, being a JnS' member of the Military Commission of which Capt. H. Page 57 Ills, is president,be relieved from arrest in order that the trial of the case now pending before the Commission may not be unnecessarily delayed. • 4 After this case is concluded he will sigain report himself under • ' - - i vi - arrest. Oen. Dodge to any officer of Confederate Forces, Corinth 8:- » • The bearer thereof, Capt. A. J* Cameron, let Ala. ^av. ia accompanying ' \ - no won nu ' >r.mt 4X0^ Ma^y 1665. f . ■ ■ - -—- --*-^^-.1 this flag of truce for the purpose of obtaining the body of his bro ther, the late Major Cameron, conmanding 1st Ala. Cav. who was killed * in the skirmish near Barte'ir^Station, April 17th, 1863, and which is intered in the plantation of Mr. C, Goodltfft, in the valiy of the Tus- £ ' e cumbia. It is to be hoped this flag may be allowed to proceed uninter rupted and accomplish the mission unmolested. If itOO Gen. Dodge to Gen. Gholson, Corinth 9, (10DR2075: -«V^ I am in receipt of your communication dated May 6th brought by . 'f- • : .1 bovc l: Capt. Wallace under flag of truce. On your represenation, Ca|)t. Taylor will be held and treated as a prisoner of war, as well as all the rest of those who acknowledge ♦ themselves to be regularly enrolled or enlisted in the State or Confederate service. My orders are such that I cannot parole him to go outside of Ay lines, and shall, therefore, forward him to be exchanged by the pro per authorities. There are several citizens who were brought in with the other prisoners, and they will be returned, it not being our pollcy to take citizens iinless there are charges against them ov viola ting the laws of war. I j. ft': n' I regret my inability to send Capt. Taylor back, but 2^u can ast sure his family that he will be properly treated and well cared for. * > T ' >d' ^ ity'T B, R. Pegram to Gen. Dodge, Memphis 3iI am now on my way to Vlcksburg. May, 1863. H. M. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines 3:- I am again at home after a long long journey up and down through T-,. this State, looking after Copperheads; and as I have a spare moment propose to write you about matters political and otherwise. The friends here are anxious to hear full accounts of your late battles at or near Corinth, As yet we have not seen any correspond- ^^jjsnce that shows the matter in its true light. Have some one detail .jthe whole matter for the Register, won't you? Let the world know what you do, and especially let your friends know. j , •Vor Politically--Sells has the inside track for Governor, and if the democrats don't put in nomination some war man or some soldier, he will have an easy time. If they should nominate a democratic General I think then we should put G. M. I^odge up and elect him. Would you stand it? I think you would. If the copperheads put up one of their kind we can whip them; but if they don't, you must let me use your name. Grimes hasno opposition so far for U. S. Senate. Kirkwood thought some time since of going in on his muscle. But has about concluded ' '' 'J ^ .jj ,to withdraw. He could make no headway against Grimes. Judge Baldwin has declined and we are in trouble about a succesfiOr for him . Dillon of Davenport, Williamsrof McGregor are both up. I think Dillon has the best show now. For Lieut. Governor I have jheard no names mentioned. rrtii you a**® \?usy, but I want you to drop ae a line once in a * « ;o)| e.-f* -tc-eori'jkij '■ iy. May, 1863. while. Kasson ha's "gone to Pari^." Mrs.' K. will be here shortly. Col. E. Rice to Gen. Dodge, Bethel 5:- ' In the press of your official duties you have forgotten the letter of recommendation you intended to send me. Grinnell will go to TVasington in a few days, and I desire tp send him all the letters I have before he goes in order that he may lay them before the President. I also desire to send copies of the letters to General Grant and see if I can procure his recommendation on them. I have strong let ters from Generals Sweeney, Tuttle, Warren, Oglesby, Davies, Col. Hill &c. Your letter will complete the list of Generals under whom I have served. If General Sweeney is ordered away I would like to take comI . ^ mand of the brigade. Special Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. la 9iio , w ^ j "'l bamtn Corinth May 3nd. MV A® 5^1 * 1 mien our plok.ts left their most advance position on the east , side of Town Creek, on the night of the 28th, they burned the house * and adjacent buildings on the west of the ridge. This was proper, for the rebels had used It "as a defense, and afterwards as a hiding place for their lookouts, who were watching our movements. Soon after our jwoh on the morning of the 19th be*an, we could see behind us to the ^ight and left the dense black smoke arising from burning buildings. This continued throu^ the day. It was not known whether the burlng was. done by order or not, and various oplnolns as to Its pro priety were eipreaaed. The general opinion, however, was that the || May, 1863♦ o - - „ -- • — - i ^ -1 fine residences were harmless- not even being a source of gain to , .,their owners, and that it was impolitic, at least, to burn them. But still as we inarched mile after mile, the same dark columns could be - f * seen rising in new places, telling of the destruction where it rose. At night we had passed through Tuscumbia, and camped this side of Little Bear Creek. Before we slept we knew what the commanding Gen'- eral thought of the house burning by the follov/ing order, which was ..read to the troops. It appears that he had ordered all the corn to be burned hhich could be found, and had detailed a force for the purpose and others seeing the smoke, without knowing its cause, took the 11- ♦ - cense to apply the torch to the houses found deserted. The corn was I hid away in pens in the thick woods. . Order from General Dodge. ^ _ Headquarters United States Forces§ . ■ .eaCi m ^ Little Bear Creek, Ala., Mii1ti|lta ffti JNnXtoMia j ol oi^ ai St ^ April 29, 1863. ■ r' af'v , _ » „ ,i kmimSnlm — "General Order No. 1. ^ , 9m lu. - iVj - i. .anted , During the march today houses have been burned and pillaged I against, and in violation of, the most strict orders and military dism j cipline. This has, in some instances, been countenanced by officers. To preven t the further wanton destruction of private property, it is ordered, let. That any man detected in burning a house, vacant or occu- • pied, will bq immediately s^^ot by lui officer detecting him in the act. k — -i i, .. .w cU. ' May, 1863« .caex '2nd. Every soldier or officer visiting a house, excpet by order of brigade commanders, will be arrested by any officer who may see him, 3rd. At every halt of the 6ommand for rest, the roll will be call ed, and every absentee who cannot be properly accoiinted for will be ar rested and reported to these headquarters. 4th. To a certain de^qree, commanders of regifhents and brigades are responsible for the wanton destruction today. They must keep con trol of their men, and take the necessary measures to prevent it. 'I call upon them to carry out the order ifi all it s parts, unless they are desirous of disgracing themselves ahd the division. ' * This order will be published and read at the head of each reg-"* • * f * . v. iment, battery, company and detachment tonight, "" ** ' " I By order of Brig, Qbn, G.M. Dodge' Geo, S. Spencer, A. A. G. ctl It is due to the infantry to state that the excellent discipline maintained throughout the whole march, restrained them from entering hourses to any considerable extent. The unauthorized destruction was done by camp followers, stragglers and others, whose duty called them away from the main road. No man regrets more than the General the wanton destruction of private property, and it is propert to add that his order of the 99th was not violated during the remainder of the march, j to V , * e :i ■ rm *mJi Newspaper ClippingSr f 6DR81)» • . •• •f'.t - . . v; , . . Arbitrary Doings of a Brigadier Generil Dodge Defies the President May, 1863. and Col. Yates- An Illinois Colonel Reports for I>uty aAd is . . ' -fi-C ,!•.** ♦ • ir. ' ' - fic:. 'i Locked up. Colonel S. D. Baldwin of the 57th Illinois regiment, has just returned from Corinth, Mississippi, whiether he went to report for duty to Gen, Dodge. . -j. Colonel Baldwin, it will he remehered, was,some months ago, tried hy a court-martial, or rather hy two courts-martial- upon charges pre ferred against him by officers of the 57th regiment, with whom he had some personal misunderstanding. Some months subsequent to the battle. Col. Baldwin was arraigned -IffK - for trial, the principal charge against him rfelrting to his conduct in the battle'of Fort Donelson, fought over a year before. One court martial found him innocent, whereupon Brigadier General Dodge siammoned another which found him guilty, and he wa's sentenced to be dis issed from the service. All the officers of the brigade, excepting those of the Illinois Mif r" ' 57th regiment, united in a letter to the President recommending his - * ' reinstatement. Gov, Yates and Congressman Arnold wrote to the Presi- ♦ dent recommending the same thing, ^ftie President reinstated Colonel Baldwin, or rahter, authorized Governor' Yates to re-commiasion him. Governor Yates did it. With the new commission and the Presidential endorsement in his ■&M 1 pooket. Colonel Baldwin proftedded to-Oorinth and reported to Gen, Dodge coxaaander of the district for dhty. fien* Dodga o^ared him to leave hs-lntib ad SmsU teawXiivwr .* ,:ii ^ dii, ,246 •«9ex ,vj»" May, 1863, ^ the district instanter. Colonel Baldwin asked for instructions. Gon. Dodge said he had none to give, and thereupon ordered Colonel Baldwin ^ to be arrested and inserted in the guard house. The order was executed and Colonel Baldv/in, together with the President's autograph, letter and Governor Yates' commission, passed the night in an old buildX, . , - . ing which was used for that purpose. In the morning he was sent, ' , ^ . guarded by a file of soldiers to Memphis, where his sword was return ed to him, and he was set at liberty, r - Colonel Baldwin returned to Chicago, and wrote the followinglet- #- c ' ter to the President, in which the arbitrary conduct of the self-sufj^^j.Xlceint Brigadier General Dodge is succinctly stated, . ^ . . , . Chicago, 111, June 6th, 1863. ftiflMil Excellency A . Lincoln, President of the United States- Sir: 1 take the liberty to address your excellency on a subject of vi- ^_jjt;al importance, hoping that you will have time amidst your many cares ij fto give It your personal attention. After receiving your reply to the ►i many petitions of the regiment, the brigade, and the citizens of ChiX oato, and a request of the Governor of Illinois for my reinstatement, . I was re-oommiosioned to the Colonelency of the 57th Illinois, my own regiment. I reported to Gen, Dodge, at Corinth, and preoented to him u-the order of your Excellencyt w^lth my commission, and respectfully asked to be assigned to duty, ^e.positively refused to do so, I ask ed for instructionax he refused to give them. >11 the satisfaction ^ I could get from his A. A. General was, that he denied the right of the May, 1863. Governor to re-commission me. m'.t : ' Gen. Dodge is a personal enemy of mine and has done all in his pow er to injure me. He dissolved the court that did not convict me, .. . and called another that did. He has persecuted me with all his abilithe cause of which is unknown to me. He ignored my papers, had _^,me arrested by a file of soldiers, and locked up in an old building, .like a criminal, and in the morning sent me, under guard, to Memphis. t r I do not wish to leave the service, I feel It a duty I owe my aJLira#'i ^ country to give it all the support in my power. I would respectfully ^I'equest to be assigned to active duty, ^ , Special Dispatch to the Missouri Democrat. (6DR50): Springfield, October 2- Governor Yates has been granted permis sion by the War Department to raise a colored regiment in the State, ^ V . « to be called the 1st Illinois colored volunteers, if wishing to organC . . , , ^,ize as an Illinois regiment, or the 13th UnitedStates volunteers if wishing a national organization. Colonel Baldwin of the 57th Illinois volunteers, formerly , had I , permission given him by t' e President to be re-commissioned after he « had been court-martialed and dismiased from the service. That commission . ^ now revoked, and declared all proceedings under it void, so that I 'Colonel Baldwin stands dismissed, ^ . L If! 1 ' . r "*1^ m .r Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette, Corinth 7x- .. . . Rhoddy Defeated by Col, Streight, Miff iMtnrajs .... tcL'ous . " bfx-a Information has Just been received of a severa engagement in Ala- May, 1863. .roti bama, in the north-east corner of Winton county, between the rebel command of Rhoddy, and the forces of Col. Straight. ♦ As yet there has been no account of any expedition made public -1! ^hich would account for the presence of Union troops in that locality and as before this can reach your readers, the work for which the ex- ♦ pedition was sent will be done, it willbe no harm to state its history. T/hen the recent movement of Gen, Dodge into Alabama was planned, Y,',! there was much more intended by it than the driving away of the rebels V '* from the rich country about Tuscumbia. It will be observed that on the same day on which Gen. Dodge started from Corinth, Col. Grierson started from Lagrange, and various other movements were made between here and Memphis, to engage thoroughly the attention of the rebels. * Ihen Gen. Dodge reached Bear Creek, he expected to be joined by a considerable of cavalry, and also to meet Col. Straight frcm Rosecrans' command. In this he was disappointed Owing to various causes which delayed those forces. Consequently a halt of hearly a week at Bear Creek was necessary, in order to give time for these troops to come up. It was ost amusing to see by the Southern telegrams the surmises made as to the meaning of these various movements. r r Gen. Rosocrans, who wished aOme important servibe Ve^^fommed In Geo rgia and Alpbama, detailed Col. l^tralght with his regiment, 51st Illi nois and 3d Ohio- all fine regiments upon which th utmost relianog could be placed, axvd arranging to have them moxinted, ho marched them May, 1863, across to Port Henry on the Tennessee, where they placed'aho^^rd trans- " ports, and conveyed hy fien. Ellet's Mississippi marine brigade, they came to Eastport, From there they marched to join Gen. Dodge at Bea r Creek. They moved then with the command, with as little ostentation as possible, to Tuscumbia. There again a little delay was necessary in order to fit out the Colonel's command in the style required. When Gen. Dodge moved easterly from Tuscumbia, Col. Strai^t's command, starr ing at midnight, moved in nearly a southerly direction, and being all - well mounted, he was expected to march with sufficient rapidty to en- ^X_iirely avoid Rhoddy's force, which Gen. Dodge was engagin in front. Unu While Gen. Dodge was engaging Rhoddy at Town Creel: on Tuesday,, the -88th of April, the latter received his first intelligence of Colonel Straight's movement, and when the engagement there closed, Rhoddy moved clear on to Decatur, about twenty miles, and with freshtroops which he found there, on the next day he moved toward Straight. Learn- .,,1 ing this movemebt in time. Col. Straight very quietly determined to give battle, and, accordingly placed his command in ambush and awaitj ed results. On came the confident chivalry, certain of an easy prey, .but alas for their hopes. Col. Straight was not cau^t napping. He received them warmly at every point, and succeeded in finally repuls ing them with a loss of twenty killed and a proprortionate number wotanded. Rhoddy was glad to fall back to Decatur, where Col. Straight . pushed on in the direction of his appointed work. ^ I ^ Colonel Straight and his gallant men will next be heard May, 1863. . . from, we cannot tell, although it is possible that in a day or two . news from him msy reach Corinth,) > in which case you will be duly adr vised. Like Grierson, he may cross over to some of our forces on the t • coast, though it is rather more likely that he will make the circuit * of Johnsotn's army nnd join Rosecrans' left, ^ ,-j.; cfls.aor :■ . Gen, Dodge deserves much praise for the skill and energy, and» hearty co-operation iiiiich characterized his part of the movement* '• ' The plan, covering operations from Memphis to Murfreesboro, was left to him to adjust and put in operation, and amid a number of per- 'plexing delays, and failures of different kinds, he carried out fully • i " the original plans. He has won golden opinions from-his command, and every man who returned to Corinth came back pleased with the manner in which'the expedition performed its assigned duty, and proud of the leader who directed its movements# % Correspondence of thd Stato^Registeri (^13^51): 'olsfc * ' /Corinth, Miss, May ^th:- We left Corinth the 15th ult., and marched 20 miles the first day I T ■ to Bumsville, through'a poor country, mostly timber. We passed but one town, Giendale. The first night 1 made my bed on a brush beep. We were off in the morning at'daylight, went to luka for dinneri k hot day, but good roads for marching, and the boys in good cheer^ lulfa is a bathing place of some note, and the town is made up of ' large frame buildings used ms hotels and boarding houses. We stopped for night in a narrow valley, about three miles from Big Bear Creek, 099 moL May 1863, . put up our tent, had a good night's sleep, up in the morning at half past three. . . ammuwas stretched across the stream, and the men supported them selves by the rope. Each man made tv/o trips, the first time carry ing his gun and accoutrements, the second his clothing. They went at it cheerfully, and although the water was cold spring water, and the creek wides, deeper and swifter than Raccoon river, there was no com plaint from the boys. They went in, crossed, and came out with a hear ty cheer, and were soon dressed again, and in the ranks ready for march g t was an interesting and exciting sight. The acannon were hauled through, they being entirely covered by the water. The ammu- ^ nition was ferried over in the boats. There were some amusing inci- , dents that entertained the boys, such as the current tripping up a . light m^, and in his efforts to gain footing, losing his clothes; another stumbles, and away goes coat and shoes; but all held on to their guns and accoutrements; of these there was none lost or injured. . All this required time^and great care as the boats were srrrll and . : - frail, and the current very swift. Gen, Dodge superintended the whole '■ could see him with his sharp eyes and active person giving o directions at the several crossings, inspiring all with his,energy jflby and activity. The pioneer corps, in the meantime were constructing Xo ® pontoon bridge, and the other brigades were coming in. All was extii»fli,»w<.citement and hurry, and yet everything moved systematically add rapidly under the General's directions-., » —t *" ont toj- . .u , .a-.,; May, 1863* . kM I- ^ The sneaks have mostly left, and their vdves and daughters protect their homes. A messenger from Gen. Dodge passes by us to Cornyn, ordering him to halt. We find that the rebels are in his front and rear -'and that he needs help. Col. Bane starts up his corcmadd, tired and .♦a 'hot as -they are, at a quick step.- The fighting ahead is plainly heard and all go forward with a will. Before us a half mile is a small creek, with a skirting of timber on the bank. Beyond the timber we lAl-'f could see two large plantation 'oouses, one on each side of the road, -'tt.ti! with sundry negro cabins around each. We could also see the rebels dismounting and posting themselves in and behind these houses; Col. -tJ'^Bane imrasedialely formed his brigade in line of battle, threw forward "I'^his skirmishers,and we all advanced. Directly the rebels fire from ^ the houses. Our skirmishers return the fire, advaming. It grows too warm for the rebs., and, as Usual, they mount and run. We con tinue our quick step a few miles, and see our Cavrlry and directly have a view of our forces in an open field, in line of battle. They are'sepaJ^aled about 500 yards, and are defying each other. rebels are Ih force*'and have pressed Col. Cornyn back two miles. V l-* They now see ddr coltunn approaching and begin to waver. Our boys •give one loud, long yell, and with Col'. Bane in the advance, we go to ' them. They wheel, and leave at double quick over a hill. Our column '**® is halted'. Col. Bane learns from Col. Cornyn, that he had run out of " artillery ammunit&on, and that the rebels being reinforced, had charged upon, and captured two of his piece's*, that he had captured one w May, 1863. of them, but found it necessary to fall back for ammunition and rein- \v-}i j forcements. Col. Bane at once understoo ' the situation of affairs, and ^-.placed his command in readiness for the fight. The cavalry vrere or- ^ , dered to fall back gradually, while the infantry advanced under cover secreted themselves behind the fences in front, and on either side of the enemy, and a squadron of cavalry advanced toward-them and told them out to attack us. They pressed forward, massed in column, • , as usual, until they were within easy range of our infantry, when om? forces opened out on them very much to their astonishment. It was a murderous fire. Their columns were broken and scattered. Away they went, as fast as their horses could carry them, to the woods and moun- ^ • They were terribly punished, and you may be sure, have not suffered themselves to get into such close quarters since. Ulit* ' ■ Newspaper Clipping! r . . . . v : i following letter^of Lt. Colonel Redfield of the 89th to the ^^iPresident of the Soldier's Aid Societ.y pes Moines will be read with b8itg>i| great interest: ,1- . Camp 39th Iowa Infantry Volunteers, , ^ «A ^ 9«iwigft atiiWW . Corinth, Miss., May 6, 1863. , , Wa have just returned from an expedition up the Tennessee River, to Town Creek, about gO miles east of Tuscumbia, Ala. Part of our fior- ' f •• ces had small engagements with the enemy, driving them at all times. Resides whippjjpg the |*ebel8, we destroyed frpm 200,000 to 300,000 bushels of corn, a large amount of bacon, confiscated mules, horses. May, 1863. .i*rr ttut -fto.cattle and "niggers" almost ad infinitum. Wo brought home with us . .'some 700 of the colored bredren. It is estimated that our forces too, - c had destroyed ^2,000,000 or more of property. The valley through which we marched is said to be one of the richest in the whole south, and to which Bragg and Jeff looked for a great share of their supplies during the summer. But now they will be obliged to shift elsewhere t or to "change their base of operations." •«0 Our boys enjoyed their trip very much, and their health improved * 'every day they were out. They are ready and anxious for another simliar or*even more eventful expedition. ' . w . -aftoa Correspondence of Des Moines Register, (6DR52&88)t - Gen. Dodge's recent successful expedition through Northern Mississ-^ ippl and Alabama having made him the subject of favorable mention in the newspapers of the country, I am assured that a brief sketch of his military career will be eagerly perused, at least by your Iowa readers. ■ Gen. Dodge entered the service as Col. of the 4th Iowa Infantry which was organized at Council Bluffs, at which place Gen. Dodge resided As soon as organized the regiment was ordered to Jefferson Barracks, reporting to Ma'j. Gen. Curtis', remaining there about three weeks during * which breif period the young Col, attracted the attention and won the esteem of his commanding General, and was at once recognized and regarded in distinguished and military circles as a "Growing man." When Gen. C's connand reached Rolla>Col. Dodge was appointed to , itm buir. -^r ^ luoeci . , ' : " - vi ... 256^ May, 1863. - - - - , the responeible position of CommandHnt of that post, and in that ca- ^pacity acquitted himself with great credit. When the command moved Southward in pursuit of Van Dorn and Price, Col. Dodge was assigned com mand of a brigade and on the bloody field of Pea Ridge (where he was wounded and had two horses shot under him) his bravery and skill con tributed largely toward securing one of the most important victories of the war, and in consideration of which gallant service he was pro mptly rewarded with the Silver Star, and soon thereafter was assigned fco the command of the Central District of West. Tenn., headquarters at Trenton, where he very soon attracted the attention of his coirmanding General; and was assigned command of the District of Columbus, then one of the most important commands in the Department, There his spark- " 1 , Jing genius was more fully displayed, and the young Brigadier soon regarded as one of the most efficient and reliable Generals in the De1 • partment. When Rosecrans was assigned to the command of the Depart ment of the Cumberland, General Dodge, was, at his own request, orderfA I ed there and took command of the glorious old 2nd Division, and soon 4.thereafter was assigned to his present command, the District of Corinth, r embracing the posts of Corinth, Bethel, Chewalla, Danvill, Davis Mills fl! and Glendale, Entering upon the discharge of his responsible duties Ik''" with characteristic energy, he has completely Federalized the entire section within the command; having driven the enemy far beyond our ^ lines, ridded the country of Guerrillas and established order where confusion ran riot, and by the exercise of his eminent abilities as an Hay, 1863. engineer has" rendered this placej possessing no natural advantages for defense whatever,' a perfect Bibralter. Removing all restriction previously existing thereto, he has encouraged Union citizens to come within our lines and ^oin our ariry, thus developing and rednering practical the Union sentiment exisiting in the adjacent country; hav ing formed companies and battalions of Union troops of men who otherwi se would have been conscripted into the rebel service. An eminent patriot. Gen. Dodge is an ardent supporter of the Administration in its general war policyj and particularly its progressive measure. In nothing is he more supremely consistenet than in his hatred of traitors, rebels, and rebel sympathizers, all of whom he'ranks in the categroy, and treats accordingly. He believes in making war in earnest, as the country wherever any of his company has been, will readily attest. Having been very energetic enforcing the Emancipa tion and Conscription measures, he has collected here about 3000 con trabands, all of whom he has rendered useful and profitable,and has recently organized one full regiment of colored troops, and will have another organized at an early day. His system of scouting and dispo sition of hie secret rervice corps is probably the most perfect in the army. So masterly is their management that with but a few men he performs the service usually performed by heavy forces of cavalry. Any movements of the enemy in force within 75 miles of here is at U . ©lice understood by him and in fact, a party of a dozen guerrillas ©an not approach our most remote outposts without his knowledge. | May, 1863, I am informed that when the Vicksburg campaign was being arranged, « he asked to be relieved of his command and to have his glorious old 2nd division under his command form part of that expedition. But his valued service could not be spared here, and though the refusal was his request was a distinguished compliment, he chafed under It like a f0O£ caged lion, Gen. Dodge is by nature and education a military man having all the requisite endowment and attainments for a leader and commander. Few t; men are endowed with his remarkable versatility of genius. Possession executive and administrative abilities of the highest order, he is well fitted for a Department Commander, Endowed with keen perceptive , faculties, exhaustless energy, an indomitable will, the bravery of Richard Ceur de Lion; daring yet prudent, thoroughly posted in gener- ^ , al and minor tactics and logistics., he is qualified for a field com- " ^ I j mander, A practical engineer, he is peculiarly fitted for supertending and directing siege operations and constructing defenses. Plain, kind-hearted, unostentatious and agreeable, there is in his manner and deportment none of that "atuck-up" repulsive, fuss-and-feathers, red-tape, "get-thee-behind-me-satan" style, so unfortunately common ^Co our distinguished military men. I would not draw the line of 11- ^ liberal comparison, or attempt to filch one laurel won by their heroism and gallantry; for every loyallowan is justly proud of our Cur- ■i* tie* Herron, McKean, Lauman, Warren, Tuttle, Elliott, Crocker ftnd Van- 'Ha dever, Their deeds of noble daring upon many sanguinary battle-fields. May, 1863. '"where patriotism wrestled with treason, entitle them "CoHonor and gratitude. < ! ri J nisi .1 therefore do but simple justice to his merits, ?md disparage ••• nothing when I say that Gen♦ Dodge has but few superiors in the field m from any State, and none from our own. Had he been a scheming poli tician, instead of an honest man and earnest patriot; he would, long since, have been made a Major General,anti given a command commensu- . rate with his merits. He may still continue to perform the service of a Major Generll without wearing the two stars, or receiving the pay of one, and be outranked and commanded by political Generals, but •yti when this war is over, and the history of its heroes is written, prom- *' inents among the master spirits, whose wisdom, valor aiid patriotism ^ "^M^^^Jiave reflected honor upon the Government, and secured the success of its arms, will be found our gallant, young Brigadier Gen. Grenville M* ^ ' Bodge, i • tnlS4-i - l'"t!lipplng from the New Tork Herald, "Copperhead".' (6DR49) IMBMk ibol'itlon Veuidalism in the South-west."^' We will try to abstain from declamation and invective, and protl4.li Seed ht once to a plain recital of facts which need no rhetorical -Xi heightening to mgjce a just imjiresslon. We will merely promise thtt -Via the f acts we are about to recount are only specimens selected fioa a great multitude, and that thb 'pictures of desolation which they preI Sent were sketched in the imagination, wl shell,' suid vehement recommen dations of the abolition faction before they were painted In the bla- May, 1863. . t Zing colors of wide spread inceddlary conflagrations. That is to say, I they are not exceptional and accidental occurrences, happening with- •» oujf the approval of the administration, but are done of set purpose, and extend all the way around the southern border from South Carolina Od'i through Northern Virginia to Arkansas. The particular example of pillage and devastation of which vie will recount the leading particulars, embraces the doings of the cavalry ■ brigade under command of Colonel Cornyn of which a detailed and admiring account appeared in a late number of the St. Louis Democrat. This mounted brigade left Corinth, ^iss., on one of the last days of May, "for the purpose of making a path of desolation through a sec tion of country not heretofore traveled by our forces." It was the intention (to quote more of the select language of the narrator) to play the devil generally," and to leave on the minds of non-combatant people, a vivid impression as to what war really is." The brigade was five nights in the saddle, and in that brief space their aboli tion eulogist claims that among other acts of signal vengeance they -/tee burnt seven cotton factories (all private property) costing an avar- ' I t age of $200,000 each; the largest of these, containing three hundred looms, being valued at $1,000,000 and employing hundreds of men, worn- * en and children. The stock of manufactured goods on hand is described to have been more valuable than the buildings and machinery. Steam flouring-mills, steam saw-miils, private dwellings, yellow waving wheat fields just ready for the sickle* were alike destoyred in the • . if. Xof) .-rr ito M nr^rM&yI X8G3< .€•^•1 «1|i0 ^ A .. i. Il .. V «!til wantonness of vengeance.' Speaking of the immesne amount of forage committed to the flames, the jubilant narrator says: "Immense is not the word- language cannot describe the scene- the smoke arising from burning corn-cribs in every direction and for many miles on each side of our path." Great numbers of slaves were brought away, but this was a matter of course. • ' %ti'4V ■ Tbe administration knows perfectly well that such practices are an outrage upon civilization. The rules drawn up with its sanction, • ^ by Professor Lieber, for the government of the army, pointedly con- ^ I » ^ demn them. General-in-Chief Halleck says in his work on international law, that, "while there is some uncertainty as to the exact limit to our right to appropriate to our own use the property of an enemy, or to subject it to military contributions, there is no douby whatever respecting its waste and useless destruction. This is forbidden •I! alike by the law of nature and the rules of war." Vattel is still more emphatic, and calls such practice "savage and monstrous excesses." All the recognized a thorities speak of them in terms of oonbrtc demnation and horroy, and yet it was one of the standing topics of ab olition invective against General McClellan and General Buell that they discountenanced and refused to allow such practices. The same fierce and diabolical fanaticism with which compelled the administra- €ion to displace these Generals, is forcing it into modes of warfare 1 ■ which disgrace the country, and are a erime against civilization. Newspaper Clipping Colonel Comyn and the New "^ork World. (6DR49): ^ The New York World tttkew occasion to open its batterines on Dr. Col, May, 1863, Cornyn, on the strength of an accoiant of his proceed-'ngs during a recent raid into Mississippi, given by a correspondent of this paper. •nrev' The Colonel's offense, wtiich has so excite d the indignation of . ^ the world, consists in the destruction by him of seven cotton factoafi r:' ^ ries and their contents, a number of steam saw and flouring mills, an sundry fields of "yellow waving wheat," This was all very vrong in the opinion of the World. Doubtless the rebels will fafl. in very readily with the opinion. They dislike the operation quite as much as the New York journal, and will heartily endorse, ahy proposition it j * advances in the course of its denunciation. The principal argument of the World is founded on the authority of Halleck's work on International Law, wherein it is declared that, "while there is some uncertainty as to the exact limit to our right rrOit ; . to appropriate to our own use the property of an enemy, or to subject it to military contributions, there is no doubt whatever respecting its waste and useless destruction. This is forbidden alike by the law of nature and the rules of war," The World, of course, assumes that the burning of the cotton facllfi f ' tories, mills, "Sbc, was "waste and useless destruction" but is such th fact, or at least have we any reason to jump at the conclusion that , . is the case? The Federal Commander on the ground, watching the movements of the enemy's armies, might have good reason to look at the matter in a different light. ' ' ' -i*iL itmnk HewsparMir Clippings, (6DR42) t ^ ^ . 'fttkPi .< " .isrf •eWt seilniT f|l0iingtoni April 281 mohmond papers of pealerday eontaih ilie May, 1863. following; ««tif ^yum TSrWPM m #9 OIVWnM 19# fiO fVpiVin • Okalona, April 25:-Our cavalry engaged the enemy yesterday at Birmingham, The fight lasted two and a half hours. The enemy were "^' completely routed, with a loss of 15 killed and wounded. Col. Hatch »• of 25th Iowa, was seen to fall from his horse, which ran into our lines and was captured. Our loss was one killed and twenty wounded, tiew f. destruction of a bridge prevented pursuit. Chattanooga, April 24:- Passengers by the rtrain report that H t «3 fie':' Gen. Dodge's Yankee forces, 10,000 strong, has advanced ten miles towards Tuscumbia. Oolonel Rodfi^is fighting and retreating towards re inforcement.s. ( ** • __ Tullahoma, April 24:- Further advices from McMinnville represent e .. the enemy to have destroyed several bridges, burnt the cotton factory depot buildings, one engine and three cars, and then retreated towards Murfreesboro. fd Second Despatch. -H. ' * -t * . The word today is, "Everybody to the froht, " There is no r HS lk>i i movement there on the part of the enemy. Our troops are in fine spir- •4^ I k t and confident. It is not believed the Yankees will have to attack, J : Advices from Tuscumbia today state that three regiments of Yan ees are advancing. They will bo held in check by Col his cavalry. . Rodd^ with Chattanooga, April 25r- Passengers by the train report that Gen. Dodfe*s Yankee feree has advanced ten miles to Tuscumbia. Col, Rodie •4# ntadnaa isfrneAetf t-' -fl;; iluoA , '"i:?'-"' May, 1863. .6381 «till is fighting and retreating towards Tullahoma. ' ^ •oio' Further advices from McMinnville represent that the enemy destroy^ Boveral bridges, burnt a cotton frctory and then retreated to MurJ 1 7 c freesboro. •ilHttQIiC'' Letter from St. Louis - The War in the Southwest* ovlhta t Marmaduke*s Rai-d into Missouri - Its Plan and Object- How and - t»iv'Why it failed.- The Situation West of the Mississippi" Plot for insurrection in St, Louis - Ladies' National League " Affairs at Vicks- -iXt burg - Gen. Dodge in Mississippi - Matters at Murfreesboro - Gen. Rose ■ -fltleXojK'orans' Position- Arrival of Colorado Vol^mteers- Celebrating the -®Df i\nniversary of "Camp Jackson"- Attrocious Murder a PreacherCourt of Inquiry. ' - twOTi r. - ; , fc«# mm ®o ., May 4, 1863. mam fi -^o the Editor of the Boston Journal: .. , , „ ' 1 Cten. Dodge at Corfinth is -striking terror to the rebel heart, and striking the railroads in the heart of Missisippl. Our latest news is that a detachment of the forces with which he ^moved from Corinth has aecured some twenty miles of it. This is the ,only connecting link that the rebels have between the. Mississippi - river and the East, and its destruction at once cuts off Vicksburg from Ehattanooga and Richmond, and vice versa. With the scarcity of rail- ; way materials in the south it will take a month or more to repair the re caused by this audacious raid. To aoo omplish this required a •til* Ism ..v 864 ^stm 1.1* May, 1863. march of 200 miles into the enemy's country, cutting loose- from all L ■ , supports and communications. The country through which the force moved is full of corn, so thfct the horses would he certain of heing well fed. This is the most daring movement- yet made, and in some respects I),; eclipses Stuart's operations on the Potomao.;y''Ge.n. Dodge is a native -*1 of Massachusetts, but was appointed from Iowa, entering the servicS "VioV' Qs Colonel of the 4th Iowa Infantry. Previous- to the battle of Pea I t ♦ - Ridge ho had been for three days confined to his tent by-severe ill ness. When he learned of the approach of the enemy Col* "Dodgo exclaimi e'd "This is no time to be sick". H e at once took his saddle, com- ^ manded his brigade during the three days fight, was once wounded but •'' did not leave the fieTd till the battle was ended, and the enemy rout ed. Then, and not till then, did he return to his tent. He was immediately sent hCme as toa sick for duty, and for weeks his ultimate re'wovery was doubtful. ' " ' — Prom the South Danvers Wizard, el 9W«»n Qen.' Grenville M. Dodge - A dispatch fr^m MemphisT from den, Hurlbut reports that Gen. Dodge, in command at Corinth, about April 20, attackttortl a f enemy and drove them several miles, himself loitng 100 killed ^ua.d wounded. Relbel IdaA capture of TuscuiSibla, Ala., by GSn. Dodge, the St. Louis Repub lican consider is a very important event, fuscvuibia is situated on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad, one hundred and fobty-five miles ^ May, 1863, ■ 1^ ^ south of east from Memphis, and something more-than one hundred miles ^ west of south from Nashville, It is a short distance from Florence ^ Tennessee River, at the foot of Muscle Shoals, three hundred miles from the mouth of the river. The Tennessee at this point is half a mile wide and is crossed by a fine bridge. Within ten miles from Tuscumbia there are three large cotton factories, situated on Cyprus and Shoals Creeks, which cost in the aggregate $150,000, ^^ Cotton is grown in great abundance in that region. The movements •' Dodge are evidently in anticipation of an attempt on the part v'. reinforce Johnston and Bragg from the vicinity of I event of its evacuation. Gen. D, is now in a posiU'^n intercept the full and easy execution of that plan, by obstruct ^ ing the roads the rebels would have to take, and otherwise interfercJelays, if not to absolutely cut off communications between the enemy in Tennessoe and Mississippi. (Boston Port May 7) From the Sfilem Gazette, Mass; ^ already had news the valiant and successful movement of Gen. Dodge, (Grenville M^ Dodge, of South Daavdr8)the frvMMia Corinth, against the rebels in North Mississippi, whom, after a severe fight, the rebels have said very little about it, so far as we know; but a telegram sent from Mississippi, and publishthe Richmond papers, in telling of the advance of the expedidescribed it as composed of a ^heavy force of cavalry," 3 an { frvHMia • 9X1 Ibnflhre m May, 1863. .zmi ,vm t.oit ' fr- - It was not, hwwever, a cavalry, but an infantry expedition; and 0.7 the following extract from a private letter of an officer engaged in it, written on the eve of its starting, will show the origin of the •1 mistake, and will furnish "an excellent idea in connections •aXXK W^th such operations. 1' " vt' .i '• i l ■ (. no "I expect in a day or two to be out on an expedition, the' *t'!. ' .tbharacter of which I surmise to be a raid. Our regin^.ent is hll mount- .V ed on mules, and a pretty flapping of ears I assure you there is, orii ... We are called the "Jackass Brigade" by those who don't admire us, lo 'btit we claim to be Muleish Lancers. However, I tell you this is the -lOOj true mode of fighting these fellows downhere. Celerity of movement ^ A A. ^ ^1 >1. is indispensable, and although it is no part of our intention to fight -loi on the backs of these long-oared quardupeds, they will carry us as * many miles in a day as horses, atnd then wfe are fresh with our infanf m ' f u * v" 'C try drill, wherein^* claim to beat 'em all. (6DR42) ; • m^ 1- Cairo, May 1. -sseom Ma marine brigade returned to Ft. Henry from a reconnoisance up the •^(•*i>T4hnessee- The'boats Went as far as'Eastpoft, destroying many mills distrilleries. They report to Gfeft. Codge near Tuscurabia, scouring « the country. (6DR42); * -dwlXtu" Chattanooga, April 26:- Fa-ssengers by train report that Gen.Dodge Forces, estimated at 8,000 to 10,000 have advanced ten miles ' toward East O^soumbla. Col. Rhody is fighting and retreating toward re-enforcements, (6DR42): May, 1863. iwms 3l *"^5' Special Dispatch to the Missouri Democrat# r^^.- Murfreesboro, May 4- The situation here is unchanged. The rebels remain in force in their positions as reported in late dispatches. j.,1 i j It Is supposed by some that their movements were intended to cover -the. withdrawal of Forrest, who has been sent to oppose Dodge at TusJujft cumbia, and also the withdrawal of cavalry reinforcements sent to Pe ^ gram in Kentucky. Forrest and Dodge are reported by rebel ; papers as i being engaged on the 29th ult, near Tuscumbia. Dodge has succeeded ^ in taking Tuscumbia. (6DR42) Murfreesboro May 4:- Rebel reports represent Dodge as having ad-' - u 110f eleven miles to East Tuscumbia, meeting Forrest and fighting ^ the29th. Dodge was in possession of Courtland on the 25th. IfUl I^odge's Success. j»WWsif Tusciunbia, Alabama, has been captured by Gen. Dodge of the Fede- .. ral army, after driving out the rebels under Go. Chalmers. The fact no pi®®® occupied at all by th© enemy shows that it was re- •*1® ®® important one. Tuacumbla is Situated on the Memphis and . Chrrleston Railroad, one hundred and forty-five m iles south of East from M emphla, and something more than one hundred miles west of south from Nashville, It is a short distance from Florence, on the Tennes9 ®®® the foot of Muscle Shoales, three hundred miles from I^® river. The Tennessee at this point is half a mile Itxmto '"I*!® I® ®*'®W®'I. ® bridge. Within ten miles from Tuemun- ^ cotton factories, altuatej^ro Cyrprus and May, 1863 '• :* Shaol Creeks, which cost in the aggregate $150,000 . Cotton is grown •>.1 cf?»i great abundance in that region. * . ' The xncwenients of Gen, Dodge are evidently in anticipation of an •ievJO oi attempt on the part of the enemy to reinforce Johnston and Bragg from rw/T J the vicinity of Vicksburg, in the event of its evacuatibn. Gen. D. is now in a position to intercept the full and easy execution of that V M and by oatriTcting the roads this rebels* would have to take, and IWkSttuotherwise interfering to create-delays, if not to absolutely cut off communications between the enemy in Tennessee and Mississippi, r -b# y..' .; Murfreesboro, May 0; The Chattanooga Rebel of the 7th gives an account of the capture of Strai(^t*s forces in which it says; Forrest^ Col. Roddy attacked Gen. Dodge near Tuscumbia on the 28th. After fighting several'hours Forrest fell back to Courtland. Straight made ^ detour aroUnd Courtland and moved toward Georgia. Forrest pursued ' sold* overtook him at Dayton's Gap Where a battle ensured. Straight be- * : driven forward With the loss of forty men. Six miles further on /, ***" Straight was again driven forward with the^ loss of six pidwes of ar- ^ tillery formerly taken from Rhoddy. 15 miles further south Straight again attacked losing three killed and twelve wounded. Nine miles -mmfimV jjjgyQjjj 'Oadson another skirmish occurred. Straigh wa« finally ovor- ' taken two miles froirf Cedar Bluffs, An advance of 300 had gone forward toward Rome and were checked two miiea from the city by armed ■'•••^iitizene. Forrest demarided Straight's surrender and Straight- complied bm enq: * Another raid into Georgia is reported in the Hebe. It saye: A ^ May* 1863. .B#®! ♦Y.-r force 3,000 strong have gone as far south as Tallejeda, eighty miles -rat 4e^helow Rome. The Georgia troops were mounted on animals taken from Straight, and sent after the Yankees. (6DR42) J ivf South Danvers Wizard. (6DR42); *Ka ii ill •4 itsmj t Which is the best at pure strategy? Gdneral Dodge." General Dodge's Exploit. iXV5 One of the most daring and successful exploits of the war was late lijl. ly performed by our former townsman, Gen. Dodge. Starting from the ^camp at Corinth, or near it, he penetrated the enemy's country two hundred miles and struck the only railroad which directly connects Vicksburg with Rebeldom in the Bast. Here he destroyed about twdnty miles of the track, which it will take a long time for the rebels to neT re-build. This feat is a very important one, as it cuts off Vicksi>urg from reinforcements from the Eastern States, and also from any .ynMlM safe line of retreat. This exploit is fully as daring and important as the famous feat of the lamented Gen. Mitchell at Huntsvilie. Gen. Dodge afterwards captured Tuscumbia, in Alabama. The news of ggfij ijthla succeaaful raid oomeB to us gt a very opportune moment, while we ijnder depression from the misfortunes at Fredericksburg, It is a j-sar palatabl gweetning of that cup of bitterness. We shall hear further from Gen. Dodge, who will wear more laurels on his head and more stars on his shoulders. From Boston Journal, (6DR43)i . j tart I**© , While disappointment throws its |;|j^adow over May, 1863. .KimI §0ltr. part of the military field, successes enliven another. In the latter category must be prominently numbered the gallant and most im portant raid into the rear ©f Vicksburg, performed by.Gen. Dodge, who is a native of Massachusetts. Proceeding from the vicinity of Corinth Gen, Dodge penetrated the enemy's country two hundred miles, uhtil he struck the important,railroad v/hich connects Vicksburg with Richmond ••"and the rest of the Southern Confederacy to the eastward. He fell up on the line between Jackson (fourty four miles from Vicksburg) and ***" Meridian, and tore up and destroyed some twenty miles of track, viiiich ,^^'it is said, it will take more than a month to repaid. A glance at the map win show that this was the only unlnterMl rupted railway communication of Vicksburg with the rest of Rebeldon.^ The garrisol relied upon it for receiving reinforcements from TenJmS-i « Ml ■ nessee and Virginia, and for escaping with their war material, should Gen, Grant promise to succeed in his new tmdertaking against Vicksburg, It is no wonder that one of the rebel papers pronounces this the most daring raid ever taide t,y the Federals, Is at least only paral lelled by the lamented Mitchell's seizure of Huntsville, But beside this advantu»o. Gen. Dodgo has also captured Tuscumbia, in Alabama, near the head of navigation on the Tennessee river, a point of great "importance to hold at this tim-^, "tfell may the loyal public refuse to be cast down when such evidences of vi gor and capacity on the part of our heroes are constantly coming to light, Qen. Dodge's Kxpedition, Tuscumbia, Ala, (CDRSS); A correspondet^^ aa ' Sm May, 1863. • Ju ♦ 4, '■ Of the N. Y. Herald gives a detailed account of the expedition of Gen. - Dodge from Corinth to Tuscumbia Ala. The expedition left Corinth April 15t , marching seventeen miles the first day, having only a slight skirmish with one of the enemy's outposts. The next day the T'ftOl I . , expedition reached Big Bear Creek, where a large force of the enemy's ^ was stationed to contest the passage of the stream, which is full sixtf - "ty yards wide and not fordable. The place was strong one for defense but on the 17th Gen. Dodge succeeded in forcing back the enemy, number ing aix thousand, with five pieces of artillery, after a sharp fight, and throwing a birdge across the stream, on which his corrraand passed Xa bx ■ over. Another stand was made by the rebels two miles beyond the ri- ^ ver, and a severe flight ensured, in which our troops were again vic- ^ torious, the enemy making a precipitate flight. Gen. Dodge continued ~'j*- ■ , to advance, having almost daily engagements with the enemy, and on the 24th reached Tuscumbia, driving the rebels out of town by a cavalty charge. mt' Our dispatches today state (on rebel authority) that Gen. Dodge subsequently fought another battle at Tusctunbia, in which the bebels were defeated, and that an expedition sent out toward Rome, Ga., under , _ Col. Straight, has been captured by the enemy, after a gallant and pro- , I aO T c-' longed resistance, * ' -9 •Fullahoma, Tenn., May 5th, 1863. To Gen. S. Cooper, Adjutant and Inspector Gen. y in* ■ ■ , ^ On the 18th of April the enemy, moving from Corinth towards TuscumK ' iT • X ' r ' " " ' ■ Hie bp. .KWI . May, 1863. » ? Ic T^ia, crossed Bear creek with five regiments of cavalry and two of infantry, and ten pieces of hrtillery. Colonel Roddy, commanding, fought * '-them on the 18th v/lth one regiment, capturing more i.han one hundred •til ^prisoners, and one piece of artillery, vith horses and caissons, losing ' six killed and twenty wounded. The enemy, after burying their dead, - ie IJ- fall back, and on the 19th v;ere reinforced to three full brigades, onrteli . whole under corrjnand of General Dodge. Skrimishing continued on ■ :e<SPWri 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd and 23rd. V night of the 19th, the enemy landed troops at Eastport from large number of steamers, and burned the town and houses on several plantations. On the 24th Rhoddy fought them. Their loss was heavy, ours slihgt. He contested every inch of ground , but, falling heuBl.< before overwhelming forces, the enemy advanced and entered Tuscumbia on the 25th. The enemy advanced twward Decatur, as far as . Town Creek, tt.. Nothing more occurred until the 28th. On that day Forrest with his brigade, having been ordered by me from Coltimbia, arrived and eni tftbnv ,. gaged them all'day, with th loss of one dead and three woTinded. The loss of the enemy was heavy, Forrest falling back. « On the 28th Forrest discovered a heavy force of oavlary under Col. Straight marching on Moulton and Blountsville. Gen. Forrest pur sued this force with two regiments, fighting him all day and night at Brivers* Gap, at Sand Mountain, with a loss of five killed and fifty wounded- Captains Forrest and Thompson, It is feared, mortally. The ^ May, 1863. The enemy left on the field fifty killed, one hundred and fifty wound ed, burned fifty of his wagons, turned loose two hundred and fifty mules, and one hundred and fifty negroes, and pursued his way toward - Blountsville, Gadsden and Rome, Ga* .V On the 3d of May, between Gadsden and Rome, after five days and nights of fighting and marching, Gen, Forrest captured Col, Straight an his whole command, about 1600 with rifles, horses, &c, i; (For an account of Col. Straight's escape from Libby prison, see T^e Century for March 1888, page 787 ), f Correspondence of the Muscatine Journal. (6DR43) ; - . The good news from Gen, Dodge and Gen, Vandever of our state, I ■ ■ ^ just now being talked about and written about a good deal in this part of the world, is apt to put an lowan in the amiable and grateful L state of mind necessary for the proper putting in a Thanksgiving day, with all the turkey accoEipaniments, The New York Times of yesterday . thus editorially lilliuleB to the fight Gen. Dodge gave the rebels on Bear Creekl. "We havQ this morning, from our correspondent, an acCQiiiit of the battle fought on Bear Creek, Ala,., on the 18th inst., be tween a National force from Gorinth, under Gen. Dodge, anc^ the rebel t? fdrbes on the o*t<rwi«.left of arjagg's army^ guarding the valley of the Tennessee in the vicinity of Florence and Tuscumbia, . Our forces - ' ^ . effected, the crossing of Bear Creek by aieans of a little simple strat egy, and Bubseqtvently ^t the -enemy in superior force on a position \ selected by themoelves. The advantage of position, however, did not . >1- ofJ'* t te-' 7- 5V •• - May, 1863. pVi', V , avail them and they were badly whipped by superior generalship,® •) It is pleasant to see that Gotham has at last found out that there is a Gen. Dodge In the service, and that he knows how to fight. Gen. G.M. Dodge is in fact, one of the best Brigadiers in the field, and whether his military skill as exhibited in nearly all the great bat- • ■ ties of the West or his sufferings in the cuase be considered, is far better entitled to the rank of Major General than a score or more who g'apport the doublestar upon their shoulder straps, ' ' The undersigned, officers of the Council Bluffs Branch of the Iowa Statd Sanitary Commission, present to you, your* wives and daugh ters, the following letter of Mrs. Witterjneyer, in connection with an ^ appeal'from the Governor of"our State, in behalf of our sick and woun ded soldiers. A list of such articles as are given will published weekly;, and as soon as they are received will be shipped as requested by Mrs. Wittenmc^yer, Should any person feel disposed to contribute i^oh articles as plum butter, jellies, molasses, pickles, &c. and ftb not feel able to '' 'Spare the jars or OMt in which such articles are sent, they will be kind enough to let-it be known that it is their desire to have such vessels returned, and the commission will endeavor o comply with their wishes in'that respect, > t?! ! • ■ k: .mp*" '' All articles to be delivered to the Express Office Of R. C. Nutt in the city Of Council Bluffs. Mrs. B. Dodge, Pres. u . Kiss 'Sue C. Lockwood, See. Sanitary Circular, May, 1863. e "dofl. 'Jj Salem Gazette, Strategy of an Iowa General - (6DR46): .. aw'i- victory achieved by General Dodge over the rebels at Bear . Creek, Alabama, on the 17th ult,, reflects credit on his skill as an of ficer. His forces.left Corinth on the 15th ult., and arrived at Bear Creek. A correspondent says: "By an artful movement of the General, the enemy were deceived as to the place of crossing the stream called Bear Creek, which is about seventy yards wide, rather deep and quite swift. A force of about eight hundred rebel cavalry were awaiting the attempt of our forces to cross, but were drawn off by the firing of our pickets (two squad rons) upon the rebel pickets, at a ford below, and v/hile they were rushing to the supposed glace of crossing, our cavalry effected the passage at the point selected. As the forces advanced their progress .ivi* was disputed at every step, and in the afternoon quite a battle clos- * * ^ ' .•ht . ed the^affair for the day." ^ ^ -not bnr t.i.r Gen. 6. M. Dodge's Foray, &c. (6DR46) ; , | , . %lil f f 9n the rctyrn Gen. froib his axpedition into Alabama he awlLiterally swe^l^ the country of provisions and forage, liwe stock and -I - negroes. It is estimated that he burned one and a half millions of iMtd I', buahela of oorn, much ©f which was shelled for transportation to the tpiiolnny; captured and deatMUfed five hundred thousand ,gpunds of bacon; loiftt "captured one tlip>ii»iniil|»e|l of horses an^ mules, and an equal number of cattle, hogs and auppljinn the whole- comawd^with meat A ft uSS at i le ^ fi77 May, 1863. ' " fof three weeks. He also burned every f1 at boat "from Savannah to Decatur, on the Tennessee-destroying the railroad and telegraph between Tuscumbia and Decat\ir, burning five tan yards, sii flouring mills and 'TW) finally afforded* the means of escape for one thousand five'hundred blacks. ' In connections with our versions of the Mississippi and Mc- ''Minnville "raids" it will be interesting to read the comments feiven below from the Tullahoma correspondence of the Mobile Eegister- The i+it.'-;'" letter is dated April 29th:- - ^ ^ " - I 1 ' ^ The following extracts from the 'journal of a sanguine friend of ours (Mr. George Pepys) kept during the events of last week* serve^^ * to illustrate the revulsion of'feeling caused by a sudden chanS® from ■ •••''"good news to bad:- - » s , . ' . Au:» Saturday, Ma^dS Reports prevail that Hooker has crossed the river and that Heintzerlman has roinforeced him with 30,000 men. All fugde. Don't believe a iSd^d of it, Thoug^it I would try to read and for- ' get the blue devils, fook Yoimg'a Bight Thoughts. Wife said I had ^ ^ better take" a more cheerful book, and mentioned Dickens. Asked her ^to hand me David Copperfleld. 59ie aailed, but got me' David Copperfield. Little Bobby eimaa-running in to tell papa that "Gob., Dodge had * tooked Buscumbia." Got tlMI^'Ipaper knd fotrnd it so stated. Gave Bobby ten cents. Dodge ie a bn%lA'**'ire''s a towhowMa too. Bully for General ^ Dodge, feumpling all gone. SSiel pretty brljpit* , )0/i , Evening.- Bot a word of truth In the story about Belntselman. i May, 1863. . ■ ' r y/tM Hooker has not crossed. Went to bed with the mullygrubs. Dumpling f ifofxiT . , ^ ^ * " got back to its old place. Friday, Grand Gulf taken- so the papers say. Am inclined to believe it, as Gen. Dodge prepared the way for it. So far, so good. "JV ; . An Instance of Forethought. Gen. Dodge when returning froir an expedition of two weeks, arlUb ■ rived on the banks of a large creek, and a regiment was ordered to ford the stream, and guard the opposite side, while the engineers con jc structed a bridge. The march had been a very long, dusty one; consequently wading in a stream four feet in depth was not likely to be . ■ • ' t Injurious, or in any way to detract from the good appearance of the troops. After all the companies had crossed, the General came down to see how the bridge-builders were getting along, and observing a soldier Xalc: loitering close to the water, making no effort to plunge in, inquired "Come sir, can't you stem the current"? "Yes, sir," replied the soldier, slowly changing his rifle from a 4 Aw j "right shoulder shift" to a "shoulder", and coming to attention. "Why, then, don't you cross and get out of the way", asked the Gen. "• l.!!3o«oa luHi . Jb ^ eral rather angrily. »,- ■ " ■ ' lo "Well, General, the fact is, if 1 get all the dust on me wet, 1 can < ' 'lb j<,- - ifXqmiaAt S. never reach camp." s. The General told him to wait until the bridge was completed. .1 ■ Losses in the Tennessee Valley. C6DR47)t We find in the f Bontsville Advocate, of the 17th ult. a copy of a report made to Col. May, 1863. Roddy by Mr. W.H.Jarman, of Leighton, Ala., of the depredations upon the citizens between Bear Creek and Town Creek, committed by the Yankees under Gen. Dodge in April last. The report embraces a'list of the losses sustained by each citizen, as well as the aggregate. We have only room for the latter ■7 > 5 Corinth May 10- Editor Hawk-Eye; This has been a great day for Corinth - Adj. Gen. Thomas arrived here yesterday evening and today reviewed and addressed the troops. The speaking took place from a ftlOli ' covered stand erected at the edge of the beautiful park in front of Gen. Dodge's headquarters, around which the troops v;ere massed in close colurn. The day was clear and beautiful, with a light cool breeze to modify the heat of the sun. Gen. Dodge's brass band, composed entire ly of ilowa boys, discoursed delicious music, whilst the troops were asj. ^ sembling by the thousands. Gen. Oglesby arrived at noon, by a special train from Jackson, when the speaking began. Gen. Thomas, aftdr paying a tribute to the 2nd division, which he called the Old Guard of the army, introduced his business. . rreO i which was the organization of gegro regiments. He gave his plan, and also narrated what he had accomplished down the river. He said he in tended to organize a nximber of regiments here to be officered by the lO T * ' , « bravest, most exemplary and best drilled men in the service, and he had orders to dismiss any officer, no matter how high his position, who opposed the policy. This was received with twwmendous cheers. to . .< He said he wanted no men to apply but those whose hearts were in I • ^ ' i'c- " : May, 1863, ,rb"I ,v." the work; those who will not strive only to make their cnunmands a ter10 1 ror to the enemy, but an honor to the country. He spoke about threequarters of an hour, and was applauded many tiijies during the delivery IMW :! of his speech. The meeting-or rather the array, was addressed by Gens, Oglesby, Dodge and Sweeney, and Cols. Comyn and Bane who only arose in answer to calls from the troops. General Oglesby spike for more than an hour, Richard was himself again in spirit but not in strength, for his lungs are still suffering from the effects of the wound he received on the bloody field of Corinth, The exercises clo-- sed with three deafening cheers, from every body for the President; . three for his policy; three for Gen, Oglesby, and three for gen. Dodge, after which the troops passed in review. Gen, Dodge is said to be already almost overizn with petitions for commissions in the . black regiments. The world moves. Lot the copperheads wail, :io tn : following correspondence, although occurring two years later, be appropriately inserted under this date, -I'lr Gen, Dodge to Adjutant General Townsend, St, Louis, Mfty 13,*65 -rtui? < respectfully request, if consistent with the regulations of your office, that you furnish me a copy of my official report of the camr 1^^ paign in North Alfibama, made by the forces under my command, in the .ppring of 1863, commencing April 15th, and terminating May 3d, -sdJ Having had ay retained records of official correspondence des- 4 troyed through mistake, oyi the evacuation of Atlanta by General Sheri ^|k..man, and having, prior to thereto, turned over the original records con- r May, 1863. . taining said report,' to'^ my success'or in command of the' District of Corinth, my only means for obtaining this copy (v?hich I desire for my ' own private use and reference) is through your kindness- the origi- * nal report made by me to Major General Hurlbut, having I presume been forwarded through headquarters Department and Army of the Tennessee, to your office. J w cti c Reply; Washington, May 26, 1865.' i;D^ tm m Agbeeably with your request of the 13th inst, I have^the honor to enclose copy of'the report called for by you. 'oo"; -•:* ■ Gen. Oglesby to Gen. Hurlbut, Jackson, May 3d, 1863.'®* ...■Titoq .r- j honot- toreport the result of the expedition of Brig- ^ adier General*G. M. Dodge, into Alabama, furnished to me by telegraphic dispatches from that office. "Expedition left Corinth April 14th, 400 infantry, 1500 cavalry *'*""^"and mounted infantry, with two light Batteries, and was reenforced on o 40.. \ -iro the 21st by Puller's Brigade about 2000, and the 7th Kansas Cavalry, and one Battery". His forces were engaged four times. At Bear ^reek. -ktoa Little Bear, Leighton, Town Creek. Ciaptured'40 prisoners, nine hun dred head of horses and mules, 60 bales of cotton, and large amount of provision. Destroyed one million and half bushels of com, and large amount of bacon, three tan yards and five mills. Took the town of Tuscumbia and Florence, and destroyed rixty-flat-boats on the Tenn essee river, breaking up every ferry from fiastport to Courtland. Cattle, Sheep, and hogs we're captured and used ty the thousand. ^ May, 1863. iflsn Nothing was left in the valley that would in the least aid the ^ dnemy. General Dodge turned over to Colonel Straight five hundred •vorl * twelve mule teams and wagons complete, and all his hard A large number of refugees and negroes joined him on his re- .i«tl loss, all told, does not exceed one hundred. Three only Stro 1 , were killed, some forty taken prisoners, and the residue wounded, .most of them slightly. . , - ^ The - enemy's — loss —— was heavy at Bear A-'Wti.j. Creek, Leighton and fclliU Town XUVtll \Creek They report loss of three h^dred. The enemy on Tuesday the 88th April fell back to Decatur. On Wednesday Gen. Dodge bSgan his re- ^ oJ march to Corinth with a large force threatening his right flank Florence. Dodge broke down and wore out four hundred animals. On , Ills return he destroyed the railroad bridge and telegraph between Courtland and Tusoumbia. . .T . He has rendered useless the garden spot of Alabama for at least ■ on® year, besides inflicting a deserved chastisement upon a most unrelenting community of intense rebel sympathizers. He reports more particularly in regard to Colonel Straight's movements, that the in formation may go to Major General ^osecrans, as follows: Colonel Straight left Tuscumbia Sunday night the 26th, moved to Mount Hope on -a-* *.' tolfculton on Tuesday. He was supplied r uh very poor animals, four hundred of them broke iown between Palmyra, on Cumber land and Tuscumbia; with those Dodge turned over to him he had 1600 ^ leaving Moulton Tuesday nij^t, April 28th. At that time no enemy was after him as Sodge had engaged them up to that time. Rhoddy and / ; u May, 1863, .mU iPbrrest then heard of Straight's movements, and supposing it a flank f . attack on Decatur, instantly fell back to that place. Straight thus , |)'jdhad two days start, but his men were so iaadly mounted, he would have n: to lose some time to pick up 200 more animals at Moultori, From there die proposed to go by way of Blountsville and strike the Coosa river. Dodge supplied him. with rations to last him to the Coosa valey, where it is supposed he can help himself; If this command holds out iMf) J.'tie will succeed, as the enemy cannot follow him very fast. He has ilv' the mountains between him and them. lo all) They fell back five thousand* strong to Decatur. The report yesinan 'terday was that Van Dorn had seflt part of his force from Florence to, '-cross over to Decautr. Dodge heard nothing from Straight after the ^"latter left Moulton. All things being favorattLe he has finished his work by this time. tamwc J* tr: Hulrbut to Gen. Halleck, Memphis, May 5th, .1863. -Off 1 to -Tt consider it propert to iJ'eport directly to the General in Chief, •'<*' ■ the tretiflniotiona In this armV^corps, during the latter part of April, -.Tl 1863, because the recent (diange of headquarters Department of Tennes see isolates me my immediate; commander.^^ no wc'' Delays incidetit to combined movements, especially from Separate *10"^ commands, kept his expeditionary column back six days. I comm.enthe iwevwlMnt from Corinth on the 15th, froce as stated in report 0011 aooompfAnyingi* On the 17th 0»1. B. ft. Grierson, 6th Illinois C&valry, H^^^with his owtt're^imerri, the 7th« Illinois and 2d Iowa, move^ trth. La .- ^ htm ■'{ qw ' i hMf ii^oO is utrf i-< .... ..diW... :i:vbitB . May, 1863. . - Grange by way of Pontotoc; with orders after passing Pontotoc to pro ceed straight down, throwing one regiment to the left, toward Okalona and to push for, and destroy the Chunkey river bridge, and any others J , they could reach, and either return or proceed to Baton Rouge, as tOlilTV 5 l>e found advisable. Straight's expedition has been attacked, j j but the attack was heavily repulsed, and they are nov; on their way T with good prospects of success. , 1 . . , . ' .o tx'ie. iCi J- l.j •^ ^ • . Colonel V.rWJ-WlA^ J- ^CUIQ Bane's O Report: WWJIW* - -- ti 'fa* . . ... ;.',t gc^rr^/ XltSu . • • fifj fce arriving at ^Ig Bear Creek, on Friday morning with ■ ol of the command, I was ordered by the Gen. Comdg. t<k push ^ _ forward two companies of skirmishers, to take and hold the crossing of the creek, which was soon accomplished without any casualty but a very few shots being exchanged *ith the enemy's skirmishers. I then ■'** ' ' 4 . . . . . received orders tp eross my brigade, and push forward to support the "JMB ft . 1 ' ■ J' , f cavalry, under the direct com and of Col. Cornyn, which had already crossed, and engaged the eneBpy a mile or two in advance of ray com mand; two regiments crossing in deep swift water to near their arms, r « carrying their clothing and accoutrements on their bayonets over their heads. One regiment crosfed on a small boat. One regiment 39th Iowa, k « .i.. left (by order) to guard the ford. With three regiments I pressed on; am no > w ■ informed that the oalavry would not pursue the enemy that even- ' >1 more than two miles, w|ien I would go into camp with our cavalry. I soon distrinctly hee^rd firing on my front, and knew that it could * iOI r--» o . not lass than three or ; four .*1- 1 miles , , distant. I pressed on as rapidly t I- May, 1863. as my command which was in fine spirits, could march, 1 had gone two miles, when I received an order' from the Genl. Comdg. and on n-icdt? reading it I foxmd it was directed to Col. Cdrnyn, but was to be read ' by mysolf, before being sent forward to himj The purport of the order was for the Col., not to advance further than from three to five miles, 'as there was an enemy on the left which he alone could not meet, I sent the orderly on with the order, and pushed bn as fast as I could ma&ch, still hearing the fighting in front although it was growing more distant. On arriving at Dixon^s station, I learned that a large ^ 'force of cavalry and artillery had filed into the road at Cherokee in • \ Cor nyn*s rear. I pressed forward as rapidly as possible, and soon reached Cherokee, where my skirmishers exchanged a few shots with ^ T . >«of» ; frhe enemy's read guard, and soon dispersed them, capturing two prisoners While here, I received a request from Col. Cornyn to serid a battery forward to his assistance, and I immediately ordered Capt. Wei- 'ker to move forward as fast as the Jaded condition of his horses • «VIS t ' — If would permit. Hurrying forward I eoon came up with Col. Cornyn, who had his * command in line'of battle a cross the field at Hewsons^. The enemy • t»B a, ^Qj.Q in line about a quarter of a mile in his front, but as soon as -rrewe * ' ■ Welker's battery moved into the field they moved back. I immediately moved the 7th Illinois into the timbbr on the right, and the 50th and rt 57th Illinois on the left of the field, and requested Col, Cornyn to fall back with the cavalry, hoping the rebels would attempt to I ji$e May, 1863. "ic I could thus decoy them into a position where my infantry 014^ , would have a cross fire upon them. As soon as the cavalry had fallen ll|,t back, the van guard of the enemy came forv/ard Into the field apparent noti^ ly unconscious of danger, but as they arrived opposite on(8 of my regiments, some of the men, without orders opened fire upon them, disabling a number of men and horses; but unfortunately for us, discov ering our position to the enemy, who immediately fell back out of the range of our guns, and opened fire upon us with their artillery, but U Itrf H" were well sheltered did us no damage. The General arrived about dark, and directed me to fall back to Newsoms, where we bivou- • - * * ■ ... .. acked for the night. . ... -ZUl ■ iJ 9 ^ ,4. ' I , , . April 18th. Fell back, to Buzzard Roost Creek- aawl.nothing of the • i . . , enemy all day. ^ , ■ - • , , April 19th, By direction of the General, placed my entire com- .<Oc-mand in ambush near Buzzard Roost Creek, hoping to draw the enemy within my lines, but without success. At dark placed my meniin camp. /Remained at Buzzard Roost Creek vin,til Thursday April 23d, when I .moved forward *lth command, excepting the 50th Ills, and one secj tion of artillery which were left at Bear Creek to escort provision g : train. Reached Cane Creek about 4 P. M. where I camped for the night. The detachment lo-ft %o guard train arrived about 11 P. M. ; Friday morning left camp at 6 A. 11. and reached Tuscvimbia about 1 ' ». M. Here the 7th Ills, was detached and sent to East Florence. ,At a o*olock Monday morning, April 27th, moved forward to Leigh- May, 1863. ■ ton, where I was joined by the 7th Ills, Camped about a miie west of . Town Creek. Shortly after sunrise, Tuesday morning, the enemy who were JnoT ' in force on the opposite side of Twon Creek, opened upon us with his "ISfr'i V^rtillery. I immediately ordered Capt, Richardson to take a position i his battery as neiBr the enemy as possible, and open fire, which -vc:" he did. The artilleri^ firing was kept up on both sides xintil after- ' noon, * ^ .. Strd 4 gy ^inaction of the General, I constructed a foot bridge over the '"^-Vreek in my front, and about 3 P. M. crossed three regiments of my bri gade. The bTth Ills', and the battery bAing left near the bridge. Keeping out skirmishers about two hundred paces in front, I advan ttif ■ d oed about two miles across a large field. The rear guard of the ene-~ my were constantly in sight, but constantly retreated upon approach of my skirmishers.* About dark, not having been able to discover the •'^enemy in any forceV 1 r'eceived orders to'fall back across the creek. Bivouacked in oUr eaml) Of the previous night. X a<r/fw ffl Colonel Cornyn'a Report; "(MM aAC br On the receipt of news from Olendale, gfed in pursuance fioi' fv ■ of instruoMons from Headquarters District of Corinth, Department of the Tennessee, this ccmnland consisting at that time of the 10%h Mo cavalry, Lieut. Col. Bowen, and the 15th Ills, cavalry. Major Gilbert proceeded Tuedday April 14th, to the above place to assist in repolling the enemy who were said to be "making an attempt upon that post. On our arri"\^al there, wC found that the enemy, variously esti-i ^ May, 1863. • L > aiated as to strength, had been repelled, and that the 1st Ala. cavalry iinder Capt. J. C. Cameron had started in pursuit. At Glendale we were -vat Joined by the 9th Ills. Mounted Infantry, coJnmanded by Lt.COl. J. J. jfj . Phillips, who reported to me and joined in the chase. We di^ove the % enemy through and beyond Burnsvillej overtaking at this place the 1st Ala. Cavalry, where we left them Tinder orders to repair a bridge over Creek, and guard a forage train that was expected to arrive at tthat point, during the night. The balance of the command pushed on in close pursuit after the flying rebels, pausing only at night-fall, mnd going into camp about four miles west of luka. It migh not be ^. ► imoroper here to remark that, but for the fact that the almost impass— « ^ • J able condition of the roads, at some points, prevented the moving as * fast as desirable of the Howitzers attached to the 10th Mo. cavalry or ^nif» we would have come up with the enemy's force on that day, and driven r I him to or beyond Great Bear Creek. On the following day, Wednesday the 15th, we moved through luka, to C<j0k'8 farm, on the M^phis and Charleston Railroad, and went in to camp to await orders. About ten o'clock that night, we wdre join- ^♦,ed by the let Ala. Cavalry. On the afternoon of Thursday the 16th, the whole of the command of Brig. Gen. G- M. Dodge came up and encampn ed on the same plantation. lu purauance of orders, the next morning being Friday the 17th, ♦ •^0^.^|Mie whole command moved from its encampment and proceeded to Great , f ^ JNifU* thii^^ brigfiuie leading the « ' ' i Hk' J advance. At the creek a halt i bite J i(t - May, 1863. ^ ^ . ^ was made, and after some shelling of the oppbsite shore, the cavalry were ordered to ford, which was immediately done, and lYith alacrity. ' The 9th ■'^lls. Muxmted" Infantry, still •formed a portion of the cav alry brigade, which at this time consisted of the 10th Mo. cavalry, th 4 . 1st alabama cavalry, the 15th His. cavalry and the 9th Ills. Moxinted Infantry; amounting in all to about one thousand "and fifty fight ing men. The creek was crossed without any opposition, our batteries still shelling the opposite side and many of them falling amongst this * command, but fortunately no one was hurt. I immediately started out 9n the road to fuscumbla; having previously ordered two squadrons of the 10th Mo. cavalry and a company 6f the 0th Ills, Mounted Infantry to take a road leading off to the left and north of the main road; to| io ■ ■ . develop the enemy should it turn out that he had taken that route, as some of his flying pickets had moved off in that direction. Deploying skirmishers on my right and left flanks, and throwing out videttea to my front, I moved on rppidly towards Tuscum- , , . bia. At a distance of about a mile and a half, my advanced skirmish ers came up with a small squad of the eriemy and drove them on down ^ the road, for a distrance of about four miles; the enemy frequently showed himself in line across the road directly in front of us, but always out of range of our rifles, until we reached Dickson, and a ^,aittle beyond that point ho engaged our advance guard; add in order to close up my column, let down the fences, I deployed to the right and left of the road, l'ordered Capt. Tannerath of the May, 1863. 1st Mo. Light Artillery, who had re ported to me with a section of his -nt «i'battery, to open on them v;ith shell, v^iich he did v/ith good execution. Here Lieut. B Kaine of the 10th Mo. cavalry was hit in the neck o.tljy a glancing ball, but very slightly hufct. Several of the rebel force tuJ fttt were wounded at this ooint, and one of them left upon the field was Xlnd found by us severely wounded in the leg by a shell. He afterwards • ..py, d^d. After a few rounds from the battery, the enemy hastily retired Q* closely pursued by us until he reached Buzzard Roost, where he reformed across the road, his right and left flanks extending into the - woods, and his left flank was massed in considerable force. Here we ,.1 , threw a few shells and scattered his left flank into the woods. I "j ordered Lieut, Col. Phillips to dismount and deploy his command to the loft of the road, as skirmishers to dislodge the enemy's right. Groat « praise is due to lleut. Col, Phillips for the manner in which he ex- , ecuted this order, he himself acting with commendable coolness and comr'ago, and hie officers and men exhibitAng all the characteristics f of true bravery. They advanced to within short musket range of the * * < • r> enemy and by their cool and deliberate firing succeeded in driving him on. He was Immediately pursued by the cavalry, with slight skir mishes beyond Barton gtation, and on to within a short distance of Cane Creek where the command halted in a clover field, to rest our - animals and men. In the mean time the two sqaudrona of the 10th Mo. cavalry, commanded by Capt. P. Naughton and Lieut. H. C. ''cCullough, and the company of Mounted Infantry under Lieut. R. Patterson, proceeded May, 1863. .fm' , 'i lo >by the route already indicated, and came upon a force of the enemy . t trio drove them to and beyond what was said to be the camp of the reI 'O'MSi ^'''bels. Col, Hoddy whose force the was estimated-at about six hundred ?*OTo"l Xsi-^men, In driving them, owing to the greater distance they had to make -they forced them out on the main road, and into our rear. Here an un ■ fortunate affair occurred, which, as it could not be helped, can only . hii . *. ' to deplored. Just after the skirmish at Buzzard Roost, Cfipt. Tannorath reported to me that he was out of ammunition, I directed him to send back word for his caissons to come up with a supply, and /in the ' meantime for the guns to fall to the rear to keep them from being in ^ ' "the way of the cavalry; intending that he should move immediately in 'the rear of the cavalry. Either owing to the misunderstanding of th^ oj, the fatigue of the horses, the guns,«instead of following yp directly behind, fell to the rear to the distance of nearly two miles; And when the flying rebels thtt wero being driven by Capt, IB B ^ ^ d Naughtbh's command came upon them, the guns which were under the charge of Lieut, Bruner of the battery, were charged, and after all ' the resistance that could be opposed to them, by a company of the 9th Ills, which had been f^dered to guard them, they were tkane, together with the most Of the gun support, The Vhole''number of men lost by us Eere"'amounted to fortjj three, i! including Lieut, Edward ®reba, who commanded the company guarding the u. . flhile my animals and men were resting, as already stated, wbrd came to'4e or the attack upon our rear, and the taking of the May} 1863. n# bt," €^3* ^ imnedaitely ordered the 1st Ala cavalry, Capt, J. C. Cameron • t .to move down the road to our rear and attack the rebels, and recap- T £ f ture if possible the guns. Ordering the 15th Ills. Cav. Maj. Gilbert and Capt. Burn's squadron of the 10th Mo. Cav. to follow, and leaving tJEi • - , Lieut. Col. Phillips' comrand and the remainder of the 10th Mo, cav- <1* ®If ' ' ; . . airy under Lt, Col. Bower to protect the front, I moved out on the HI# < road and soon cane in sight of the enemy with the two guns, when I - _ ordered a charge by the 1st Ala Cav,, which, I am sorry to say, was not obeyed with the alacrity it should have been. After charging to mmt within short musket range of the enemy, they halted, for some cause T .1 # . I cannot account for, and the enemy escaped to the woods with one of the pieces, and timber of the other, it having previously been thrown down the railroad excavation. Here Capfe, Cameron was killed, and a . . private of the lOth Mo, Cav., and one of the 1st Alaa Cav., but not ftni I until after they had desisted from the charge, when the enemy turned and poured a perfect hail of lead into our ranks. About this time six men of the 10th Mo. that I had stationed by order of Gen. Dodge to guard the house of one Mr. Goodloe, were taken by the enemy .The enemy having fled to the woods kept up such a constant fire upon us W \ that I ordered Capt, Burns with hia squadron and the 15th Ills. Cav. flit 'j ■ . into a field, with Instructions to move towards the edge of the woods and return the fire, I also ordered the Howitzer squadron into the . ■ - aape field to shell the woods, which was done with great credit to of fioera and wen, doing fine execution. In order to prevent any move29^ , , May, 1863. ' *- ■ merit of the rebels from dividing my command, as they ouh-tiumbered us, nearly three to one, I ordered that position of my command which I had left to the front to close in on the balance, and moved back down the road nearly'a mile, so placing the enemy once more on my front. Here I halted, and ordered my command to move irito a field in column of squadron. This had hardly been accomplished when the en01 :4:- emy was seen in line of battle on the brow of the hill about a mile distant from us, and moving towards us; I at once ordered out my fore into a field inunediately to the east of the one occupied by us, vith orders to form and wait the demonstrations of the enemy. Here allow me to say that it has been erroneously reported that at this juncture . "t I sent back for reinforcements. I did not do so, for at no time did I feel that my force was inadequate to beat the rebels; btt on the . . . contrary, I had the fullest confidence in my officers and men, and felt that I could hold my ground; and even drive the enemy 4ith them ■ .p should I choose to do so. At this juncture of affairs, Col. Bane arrived with a portion of •at. his brigade, vhen I requested him to order Capt, WAlver, 1st Mo,Light Mi . Artillery, to open on the rebels with a section of his battery nyr own guns being of too short range to reach them. While getting his guns lAto position, Capt. Walker's movements must have been observed <*.lt ■ ^ a. ^ • by the enemy, for he inunediately began to'move to the right and left. aO Hi. ^ A portion of my command immediately charged them, and drove them -•rm Tfr* to their usufld rtielter, the woods. All my command was moved simulta-^R I May, 1863. * 'i*» - • , neously towards the enemy; the mounted infantry .on the north side of the railroad and the cavalry on the south side. Here a brisk firing . . . . ^ ^ . was keptup by musketry on both sides, until I ordered the mounted - howitzers to move up in range, and shell the brush, which was obeyed promptly, and I had the satisfaction of seeing the enemy's fire slack en, and in a few minutes quit altogether. Moving my command still further to the east, and facihg the enemy, I consulted with Col. Bane for a few minuets, and it was decided to fall back beyond a slight hill to our rear, so as to conceal our force, leaving the 9th Ills. Mounted Infantry and a regiment of Col. Bane's c^mmand concealed in qmbush; the former on the north side of the railroad, and the latter I in the woods, lately occupied by the enemy on the south side. At the same time the artillery consisting of Wclker andRichardson's batte- .rfltJX ries, with their'horses concealed behind the hill, was to be placed o£j*u|k battery just on its brow. At this time, and while the prelimina- ' m - pies were being arrapged, the enemy opened on us with a piece of artillery. However, the arrangements agreed on were carried out, and in o,:^ about half an hour, aftej all had settled down in quietness, the en omy made an attempt to mpTO towards us, when the two infantry regi- „ "fflonts, which had beeuvleft conceals^, opened upon ^hem, emptying many ^ saddles and driving them in dismay. Night was now coming on, ; when we were Joined by the balance of Gen. Dodge's command, and went into camp for the night; the two reftiments of infantry already «pokeci of wmalning in their concealment all night, k . ci f .ie ■TPI May, 1863» .nMi fv ^ The casualties happening to my*dOE^^a were very few. Our killed r' ' > . ■ •' t r. • i ' were Capt. J. C. 'Cameron and two privates. In the unfortunate matter 'f ' ■ , . i; of the capture of the guns,' we lost forty five taken prisoners, ineluding Lieut. Krebs, coirmanding the guard. The loss of the enemy was heavy, 'but I have no official means of getting at the Oiact number. ■•'I * M . ' On Saturday April 18th, in pursuance of instructions from Gen, •O*'' *Doctge, my command was'moved out toward Cane Creek, but dir! not pro- ^ ^ It f t i. ' ceed beyond the clover-field mentioned tn the report of the transac- * T ' ' ' tions of the day bdfore. After halting a short time, I received r ' ; . ' orders to fall back to Bear Creek whicl. I did, reaching that placd ' and going into camp about night-fall. On the following day, Stinday '^^,i9th, on the receipt of orders from headquarters, ^I started with my ^ r,'' .. *■ ' . command, now reduced by the loss of the 1st Ala. Cav», which had been .' y ^ ordered to report to Col. Banej and Capt. Ford's squadron of the 15th. s' Ills, Cavalry, which'wqs doing dutyfor Cten. Dodge, and taking a guide I . moved by an unfrequented road around to Buazard Roost Creek, hoping V "ft' ? means to take the enemy in the rear. Owing, however, to the high stage of water in the creek, I was not able to cross it at the ' point desired, and by thfet means t emergedfrom the woods directly in the enemy's front, and hear the widow Barton's plantation. Here Is' a field and in the road tho enemy was drawn up to receive us. I y Bent forward the 15th Ills. Cavalry, Maj. P. T. Gilbert to skirmish *'ir. Ti ' I > . with the enemy, and ordered Lt. Col. FhillII)s to dismount his command and deploy to the fight and left as Mkirmishera, supporting him on . ^ May, 1863. ... . the left by the-10th Mo. Cavalry, Lt. Col. Eov;er. At the same time : directing Major Gilbert to move gradually to the right to support him that flank. We gradually moved on the enemy, driving him to Buzzard Roost, and on the summit of the hill he made a halt, I at once - ke « -ordered all hands to charge which was done with a yell, the enemy ret' -iO'c ■.. tiring even more rapidly than we advanced. He again s" owed h'nself -i«/oair"'tn line at the edge of the woods nearly a mile distance. Here I order T ® halt, and after several ineffectual attempts to drav/ him out, I r. if ' concluded tp fall back to camp. On our way back, v;e found the dead b.:M t bodies of five rebels, lying at the place of our first encounter. We jjjvi also captured a prisoner; the bearer of dispatches. • "■1 mt.w Monday, the 20th, my command lay all day in can^) at Bear Creek. » - .— On this day the 7th regiment of Kansas Cavalry reported at my head- .* • ■ ' t . quarters for duty. . I Cb r. ' Tuesday and Wednesday the 21st add 22nd, weremained in camp, ifilrBiiitl -awaiting orders. On Tuesday the 9th Ills. Moxmted Infantry was taken f, "OH our command. On Thursday the 23d, this brigade with the whole •fllTolf the command movpd from our can^^ at Great Bear Creek and marched n "tawardB Tuscumbia, taking the advance, and driving small squads of ^ the enemy before us until about one o'clock P. M. when we went into ^ joamp by order, about two miles west of Little Bear Creek, where we * • " * I ^ 4 3l.it night. ^ ^ ^ iiljw) .0'' ■ ^ Friday^the 24th, still taking the lead of the main force, we 1 ktt off tow^ds Tusoumbia, until within about a half mile from the .1 May, 1863. - • r ■ f mur A ford, on Little Bear Creek, when by order of Gen. Sweeney we moved off ' ' ' to the right and south of the main road, and took a by road which led ***■ ■' cKji'oss sui Upper ford, and into the Frankfort road, with instructions . leno mferch by that rotate on Tuscumbia; th 15th Ills.-Cavalry and the sqtiadrons of the 7th Kansas proceeding by the main route in ad - vance of the main column. Owing to the difficult nature of the road, T and the greater distance travelled, my command did not reach Tuscum- ^ -bia iintil after the infantry and the main body of our force. Here I received instructions to move On through the town, taking with me the two squadrons of the 7th Kansas, that had preceded the command, and pursue the'enemy towards the East. Thd 15th Ills. Cavalry having gone with the 9th Ills, Mounted Ififantry towards Florence, I also was ^ ^ ^ structed to destroy as much as possible and return by night. In pursuance of the above orders, with my command, consisting at * this time of the 7th Kansas and 10th Mo, Cavalry, ritunbering in all ixaiei hundred* men, I moved out towards Ldighton, on the Memnhis and Charleston railroad. About one" mile frola Tuscumbia, we came upon the enemy's trail, and distinctly saw traces of artillery. Moving 1© iit" , i X, on rapidly in ptirsuit, following the trail across seven plantations, until about four miles east of Tuscumbia, we struck the enemy, himt»<r • self. He rapHLy retired, wo pususing. t here deloyed the 7th -Utitd aw X < •o-'' Kansas under Lieut, Col. Herric^, to the left of the road, dismounting his revolving rifle squadrons as skiriiiishers, and the 10th Mo. (with the exception of the howitzer and three other squadrons) to the right PTW n •ftrui' 'r'-K't May, 1863. in line of battle, undei Lieut. Col. Bowen. These'last named squadrons T'itf/r.. . , I kept in the center under my own immediate command, to use when occasion required, as chargers. The enemy retired a distance of about a mile towards Leighton, » r > *, and here' on the edge of a wood, to the right of the road, he had plactc.f . ed a piece of artillery, which opened on us the moment we got in range; his line of battle extending some distance to the right and left. At this juncture I ordered my left o move on through, and ' r'-K> r around the woods on the left of the road, that lay between it and fc the enemy, which was obeyed with alacrity; perceiving which t*he rebels, after a few rounds of musketry f*rom us retired. About a mile from this point, they reformed across the road, and opened on us with musketry and several pieces of artillery. I moved up the mountain howitzers close enough to give them range,and opened with shell and case shot upon their battery, my right and left wings steadily ad- ^ Vancing all the time. I soon had the satisfaction of seeing them -Vtj'' draw off their artillery, just previous to whic, however, a charge was made by a squadron'on m;^ left, belonging to the 7th Kansas, around ' a clump of woods, that partially concealed them from the enemy. The success of this charge was frustrated by the commanding officer ^ Capt. L, H. Nutte, receiving a severe wound in his"foot from a sharp- ' nell from one of the Enemy's guns. After drawing off his.artillery, he 1 retired at It dlstanoe of about five hundred yarde, and placing it be- " hind 8Q9I0 deserted im^ garters, Sigaln opened on us with redoubled I evn ••eat# -,s tn- f ■ May, 1863. .SMix , fury. Ordering a dismounted squadron of the 7th Kansas, and a squdd -c»o ron of the 10th Mo. to support them, I moved my howitzers to thfe front and opened a steady fire upon their battery, from a very short range and soon succeeded in silencing every one of their guns. This artil- -r ■ lery duel lasted from twenty to thirty minutes, and in the mean time my right flank was steadily approao-iing the enemy's line, and exchang ing shots with it. While the cannonading was going on, a corporal of the 7th Kansas was killed by a shell, and a corpo ral of the 10th , Cavalry was wounded severely in the foot. After the enemy cased firing from his artillery, he rapidly withdrew it from the field and ' retired from his position on to within a short distance of Leighton, where he again foamed many of his men massed in the road, and his |>fi, wings extending far to the right and left. Here a charge was made by my right wing upon the enemy's line which was formed in a field ' Immediately behind a fence. They charged up close to the enemy", and ' within short pistol range, and succeeded in driving and wounded sev eral of them. On this charge Lieut, Jno, S. Hazard of the 10th Mo.Cav. r '»as severely wounded in the left arm. In the mean time on the road f our battery had approached to within range, and sent a few shells in- ' -TWirtato the enemy's dense column on the road, putting him to a rapid fle- • • I xf ^ttatireat. From this on» he retreated rapidly, moving through Leighton in f ' - ''apparent dismay* At this place I learned the approximate force of ' ^ his comman44 vlt etftumtad ^f Forrest, Rhoddy, Baxter and Julian's commands, aMOunting as I am Informed to about three thousand five hun^ May, 1863. . dred men. The enemy did not pause tmtil about four miles east of Leighton, where he formed in line of battle, at an extreme eastern .,.edge of an immense plain, some two miles square. Here his line of ^ ■ * , battle seemed to extend from, horizon to horizon, . It now having approached towards sunset, the enemy in full si^t, o# ■ - I did not deem it prudent to return to Tuscumbia but sent back a messenger to Gen,T.W.Sweeney, stating my position, and asking for ret'*. , inforcements fend some heavier artillery, and placing my pickets, went into camp for the night, the men sleeping on their arms. At early daybreak next morning, gaturday the 25th, a portion of , ^ ,,the 9th Ills. Mounted Infantry, Col. Mersey, came up to us with orders I ' ' * ' . for us to fall back at once to Tuscumbia, which order I obeyed, reachf • • Ing here about 10 o'clock A* M. Here we remained in camp the follow ing day, Sunday the 26th, when in pursuance of orders, with the 10th .Mo. and 7th Kansas, I proceeded to Bainbridge on the Tennessee Rtver with orders to destroy any moans of crossing that stream that I should find. Nothing of this kind, however, was found, and we returned o t « ^j,^scumbia, reaching there Just after nightfall. On Monday the 27th, taking the advance of the main force, wo njiarched from Tuscumbia to Town Creek, our advance guard skirmishing ^^.wlth the enemy at that point. Arriving on the clear field on the .bank of the creek, I formed my command in line of battle, and sloarly approached its edge^ and went into camp along a lin of fence close I - ,to it. I waa compelled, however, to withdraw from that camp, and fall May, 1863. ^ ^ J^ w " \ .. . . .M n » -a. .•, .. t 'back as the enemy opened on us with their artillery, throwing shell m ^ ' I i i z ■-J ^ r:c 1* ^ V. amongst us. ' On the following day, Tuesday the 26th, nothing was done by my command except to send scouting parties in various directions, and * " on Wednesday the 29th sdnding out two squadrons of the 7th Kansas to the north, and the 15th Ills, to the south to destroy all the forage that could be i'ound, and covering the return march of the main body, we moved towards Corinth 1 That night we encamped at Little Bear Creek. Thursday and Friday the 30th of April and 1st of May, were occupied in marching as far as Burnsville, where t received orders to take ten days' rations, and march'the following day from'that point towards^ Tupello, for the purpose of forming a junction with Col. Hatch, who it was supposed would meet us at that point. Here four companies of • I • .. the 9th Ilis. Mounted Infantry were addSd to my command, which with lewt ' the addition amounted to about nine hiindred effective men. Oft Saturt>Xtt - day we started on the march to Tupello, which place we reached on the n • following Tuesday, passing through Jacinto, Booneville, Collinsville Baldwin and Ountoim, frequently skirmishing with the enemy's scouten eb't -llrir ■ newt • • f ing parties. As already stated we arrived at Tupello on Tuesday the 5th of May, end here we fought the best contested fight of the whole expedition. Just before entering the town 6f Tupello ahd to the east of the railroad. It Is necessary to cross a dense, bnd almost Impassable *'v- ' * *J[ ' ( avaiap, on the western edge of wViiob runs Old Towti ObSSlT. ^e had al May, 1863. ,ZI»t «t«« mosii reached the western edge, and were approaching as well as the nature of the swamp would permit, the bridge over the creek, when *■' the enemy entirely unseen by us, opened upon us with musketry. I immediately threw out to my right and left and an advance guard in the "t".' front, I moved down a lane to the left and south oT the town, and massed my command in an open field, about six" hundred yards from the southern border of Tupello, Here word was brought me from one of my skirmishing squadrons, that the enemy were drawn up in line on their -ci front, to the number of six hundred. I ordered two squadrons of the 7th Kansas thajf were armed with Colt's revolving rifles to dismount, ®'and attack them on foot, suppoting them with two squadrons of the i6th. Mo., mounted, under Lt. Col. Bowen, with orders to charge with ^ the sabre as soon as the enemy'*a line should break.• (this order I am proud to spy was well obeyed and gallantly executed by'"both the moun ted and dismounted soldiers, for the enemy retired, and for a few '*■ minutes all was silent along the llhea. In about half an hour from the first attack sharp fi ing was heard on my front, and the enemy was advancing towards us with yells. I Immediately moved my whole force to the rear and west of the village and placing my mouttain howitzers upon the brow of a hill, I sent forward all-the caval-y satOegpt one "^e^uadron of the IBth Ills, which I ordered to dismount and support the '^battery. Lt. Col. Phillips oOtoandlng the 9th Ills, Mounted Infantry, ,« • Winft been detiilbd for that purpose early in the morning acted as ^ the rear guark, and'guard for the train, and knowing that the rear 30# Mayj 1863. was in such good hands, 1 felt no anxiety on that account. And this important trust was well sustained. As soon as my front had become fully engaged with the enemy, who fought with considerable determi nation, I ordered the battery to shell the woods from whjkch the enemy was emerging. This fire was effective, and from that moment the bat tle became general. At one time two regiments of moimted infantry. It-- . commanded by the rebel General Ruggles, forced their way between my V" fighting column and my reserve, but were suddenly induced to retire much more rapidly than they came. My left at one time fell back to- . wards the battery, which then pourAd in charge after charge of cannis- * ' ter into the rebel ranks with considerable effect; forcing them to retreafe rapidly followed by the cavalry. The enemy had sc afcely be gun to waver, when his whole force fled in dismay, throwing away thel arms, coats and hats. Our loss amounted to one killed, five wotinded and three missing. We took from the enemy eighty-one prisoners, in cluding threecommissioited officers< On the field, the scene of the rntm • battle^ immense quantities of arms, coats and blankets were found and . destroyed by us. I had no Q|ai|s of ascertaining the enemy's loss in killed and wotinded^ but from the evidence of the battle field it must have been heavy. ^ Qfft His force consisted of Ingfs* command, four hundred strong, Bar- , teau's 2d Tennessea Cavalry six hundred , and Smith's command one aa ' thousand strong. These were commanded by Gen. Ooldsen; also two reg- •ri Iments of mounted infantry,_ and a nwnber of irregular conscripts,comm May, 1863. • t manded by Gen. Ruggles, which made the enemy's force amount to about tairty-five hundred men. The whole fight from the skirmishing in • • • • the swamp until the retreat of the enemy, lasted about two hours and a half. That same night after consultation with ra y field officers, and fj dQf hearing no reliable news from Col. Hatch, J started back towards Cor inth, marching the whole of that night, all of the next day, and until a late hour of the night, when I went into camp at Parson Yates' plantation. -» , - I . On the morning of Thursday, the 7th of May, J» -C. Smith with his hi command of the 5th Ohio Cavalry, met us with orders to return imme- ^ diately to Corinth. That night we encamped at Booneville, and on the following day we reached Corinth, having been almost constantly in ' L* I*' * the saddle twenty five days. rvo -fi.' The fruits of our expedition were eighty one prisoners taken, 11 al I about six htindred head of crttle and mules captured. My officers and men are all entitled to great praise for their bravery,and the unmurmuring patience with which they bore the fatigue hardships and privations of the march. My thanks are due to Lt.Col. Phillips, Lt.Col Herrick, Maj.Gilbert, Maj.Beinteen and Maj.Lush for their able and gallant assistance. Of the rest of the officers, I I « must say that they all acted like heroes, and it would be invidious I •» t to name any of them in preference to others. The follwwlng is a list of the eaeualtles happening to the com- .mc M&y I 1863» " • , , iMlUHR .fn« «« WMm mand on the whole expedition. See Gen. Dodge's Report, p. 239 A. l«tn c - ' t ' -'-r - -ms mdi New York May 7th, *63. Dear Gren: I was much gratified with your letter duly received tWBii tnT''- ' some time since, and lately have heard from you regularly through the ••fth : papers. You are doing your part bravely; would to God it were as wel ..-ft' f' * all around. But today we are overwhelmed with disaster-weighing " Hi down the public mind to a crush. Do you expect a people to be suit ed or con-tented with such results? Who wields the great powers of cl?' r''' .' . ■ ' the North- are they fit leaders? I expect nothing better. Men in -rwt ■ the field should be inspired by the source of their authority; if not m ii J9» r : . M able and right, then all goes wrong. It cannot remain so much long-" ■■ -JM ' • er. How about the Jackass Brigade? Everybody wants to know; will you favor us with particulars? It will be your card the country over, \t ■ * I I saw your letter based on the false party cry of traitors in the North, I have yet to see the man opposed to our style of Government tic-;.;' and Constitution, and if this administration go much farther in hazarding its existence, it must be rescued from their hands. Victory ia all that is demanded, and our resources half decently wielded to "I . ■ ' ". , . ■ , entitle us to it. Truly Your Friend, Fairfield. t ■ Ik # - . — . Gen. Bodge*8 Sister to his brother, Cotinth, May 10th. Gen. Oglesby of Illinois is here. I never laughed so much as I * I 1 did to hear the General talk. He ia a fine looking man, and a gegular genius. m Truly Your Friend, Fairfield. 30^! • V- "Mplu May, 1863. .---- . - Gen. Oglesby has not seen G. M. He was speaking about him today, said at Cairo, he asked Gen. Tuttie what kind of a man Dodge was, t • ♦ whether he was worth anything or not. Gen. Tuttle replied that the nearest he coult hit him was, that, "He knew no , and was not afraid, G.M. is thought a great deal of by all, and the soldiers say he i the best Ganeral they have served under. When they heard he was going with them on the last raid, you ought to have heard the shout they gave. When they returned, they laughed at his sending out skir mishers to find the enemy, then going ahead of them all himself. He had one narrow escape; a bullet grazed hie cheek. , -fl'TJlrt nai'i'ow escapei a ouxxei. grazoa nis cneeK. , gre atest sights here is the contraband camp* Ocean ©i ^.ibrought a thousand of them in from his last raid, and a regiment of ji,njegro troops is being organized. - . . ^ ^ . Gen. Dodge to Col. Puller, Corinth 10 (10DR208): . / , ^ , JThe briagde under^your command being ordered to another field, I * ' desire to expr^a to you an4 the officers and men of the brigade, my ' thap|ti^ for the alacrity with which they have responded, and their VffMliM* prompt obedience to all orders. I regret the necessity that tedcex them away, as while under my command, by their discipline and soldier- "* conduct, they have iiniversally endeared themselves to me, and, hk;,, further I am under many obligations to themj, To whatever fields of operations the requirements of the service may take them, I know that i they will do their whole duty, and be an honor to themselves and the service. .j«eo They take with thMi best wlahts^ with hope that at no die- May, 1863. ."jahcJ day we may again come-together in the same command. q'qjL Puller to Gen, Dodfce, Corinth 10:- j jf/pP^ Puller to Gen, Dodge, Corinth 10:- ^j^t-The commanding-offciers of this brigade to whom I have' communica ted your favor of this morning, and who will cause it to be read to ■ 'their respective commands, are deeply sensible of the many acts of kindness which have been extended to them while forming a part of your command, and have requested me to assure you that they cannot hope '• any position to which they may be assigned, will be-more satisfactoyy than that which they nowleave, ' ■When we came under your command, we had just endured more hardship and suffering than at any period since we entered the service. ■ \» JfltlJagged, shoelosjj, sore-footed and'hungry, w^ were in^ condition to feel more than ordinarily sensible fo the great kindness and atten tion which from the moment of our arrival was extended to us. We ^ «' have since learned that this attention was not a spasmodic effort to • ameliorate our condition, but a part of the every day duty which distingnlshea the coaanandln'fe officer of this division; and we are happy acknowledge the extent tl> which his spirit pervades all the members of his staff. c It has been our fortune also to witness the malomer In which your troops have beeh handled Ih the presence of the enemy; and we trust we db not overstep any grounds of propjiiety when we assure you that our confidence in you In the field is not less than our regard for you in oamp. May, 1863. ; - In behalf of the officers associated with me, I heartily recip-\ ft; r rocate your hope that we may at no distant day, again serve together^ Gen. Dodge to Maj. Whiting, Paymaster, Corinth 11, (10DR208): The letters and endorsements in relation to the 7th Kansas Caval ry have been referred to me. The receipts &c that the officer gave 0# <1^. vrere for forage that Government horses subsisted upon. I do not con sider it a proper stoppage against officers. The receipt should fjlTngC been taken up by the Quarter Master of their regiment, or of the ^4 brigade to which they were attached. It is now so long ago that j . these receipts cannot be found. I am informed that they were burnt ^ ' up at Trenton, and I therefore request that the officers may be paid, 1 have no charges against the officers that would stop their pay. At it was a neglect of duty on part of staff officers. -'Vfi aoil fc oj . Ge'^' Dodge to Col. Rowett, Corinth, 11, (10DR209): -noo will detail three companies from your command, to be In read iness to take the train this P. M, The remainder of your command will be ready tos take the pfM^ar morning train, tomorrow morning, to proWmt to Bethel* Tenn, laifTOFJ* oeoiwx, j,, ^ Dodge to Capt... Tledman* Corinth 11, (10DR209): You will arrest Capt, Taylor and turn him over to the Provost fXfi'JIlKif^^''sbal, and prefer charges against him for advising men to go home without proper permits. In citizen clothes; also for neglect of duty tand causing the desertion of Lieut. Chapman, 122d Ills. Infty. . .. . .j - ar IT M JMJfU le 509 May, 1863. .8MX -.-pm -rloe ■ : Gen. Dodge to Col. Chetlaln, Corinth 11,"' 9•»: I You wil] detail sufficient guard, and have them placed around the 0OWWC Qf -t^he 81st Ohio infty.,, immediately, to prevent the barracks QBmps from being torn down and destroyed. Capt. Barnes to Col. Chetiain, Corinth 12, (10DR209): «oe tan 0 There was sent you from the^e headquarters yesterday, an order to ^'iiace a guard around the camp of the 81st Ohio Infantry, to prevent the barracks and camp from being torn down and destroyed. The General learns this morning that the offiQ^^g allowed by the guard to remove from the barracks their own private property, and he directs ^ that the guard *be instructe d to simply execute the order of the llth^ l^odge to Mr, M ason, Corinth 12, (10DR210) : • HaVe a fence built bult in rear of Post Hospital, tinder direction of the Post Surgecli. You iflll also cause the Danville road from Cor- -bfiyi .'. IYnth to Camp Davies, to bw J^apaired, and placed''in a traveling con- •dim ^ oJ , ' Oen. Dodge to Capt. Tledman, Corinth 13, (10Dr210): ' For the accommodation of this conuaand, you are hereby authorized to bring into can;) and keep for sale, postage-stamps, b coks, periodi- " oals, and other articles not contraband of war. " ^fa. Dodge to Comdg. Officer Gun-boats, Corinth 13, (10DR211> In the cotirie of five or six days I wish to cross a force of "cavalry over the Tennessee Tiver. Would like to have you pick up some ferry boats, or large flats, or anything that would cross them ^ <h«t May, 1863. . Would like to know what day or about what time.you can be at Pittsburg Landing to aid, and if ypu can remain there during the -rSX movement, which will ake four days, rittwwtwf! (Jen. Dodge to Lieut, Hogan, Oorinth 14, (10DR211) : ,A*lk leeewflS amount of ammunition reported, is much less than I supposed. Geo. E. Spencer, A. A. Gen. to Sup. Alexander, Corinth 14 (10DR211 f> General Commanding learns with sincere regret, that a squad of your command, today visited the house of Mr. Jas. Box, living outsid4 of the lines, with intention to rob and pillage, and but for * , • •» • the timely interference of Capt, Lane of the 9th Ills., would have succeeded, they being fully armed. The General orders that the of- ^ fenders be placed in confinement , and severely punished. ^ Such things cannot bs permitted, and the General directs me to 'that, you will be held strictly responsible for all unlawful coBi|j|uid in future. > , , Gen. Dodge to Qen. Thomas, Corinth 15, (10DR212): . / i I know of no Hapolean guns in this department j and havj .Ang great faith in their effectiveness, I desire to attach one battery oS i^ed! them to my division. i • -lit blm'X • Dodge to 0«pt. Tiedei^» Corinth 16, (10DR212): •SU sew arrival jil ISypress Creek^ you will, immediately commence ^ putting in a substantial railroad bridge over the stream and push ' oe work to completion with a^J- your energies ^ , Yo^ will embark on ei/lflt .«e'> It* •wt/' t} i t .ei<fi*eo<| MS - tui May, 1863. the train this morning and commence operations at once. "The Master Mechanic of the road will accompany you. Gen. Dodge to Comdg. Officer of Confed, Forces, Corinth 16:- ■ Agreeable to the communication of Capt. Sloss C.S.A., I herewith .iR a hand you a list of prisoners for exchange. Capt. Geo. E. Spencer A.A. ^ bearer of this*, is empowered to form the basis, and conclude the exchange agreeable to the cartel established between the United states and Confederate Government, m Cl/t' .(Jan. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth 16, (10DR213): ' .' Ti been the' universal •nractlce for Colonels to It has been the'universal practice for Colonels to "'io C'l change their staff offleers*at pleasure, assigning them to the line and taking line officers to'fill their places, oi r:' ■ The facts of their being commissioned as extra Lieuts. Q. M. and Adjutant by the Governor, does not in my opinion change the power of the Colonel, as all regiments have two or more Lieutenants extra, who were at first Q. ll.'*Jiljutaht and R*. S. C. Special CorreaiWndenc^^'jtf the Cincinnati Gazette WSi90 worn ^0 . ^ ' Corinth, Miss., 14 (6DR46) : 1 have already written you that the movement made by Gen. Dodge to Coiu?tland, Alabama, was partly for the purpose of covering a raid in to the roar of the rebel 'vmj at Tullahoma, In fact, this was the Win object, and the end to bie accomplished by the raid was no less ^ '^Vhan the breaking oi* Atlantic and Chattanooga Railroad at as many points as possible. Colonel Straight iPaa to have met Gen. Dodge at A May, 1863. j ' Gr^at.Bear Creek on the 17th, on which.day it was also arranged that General Dodge's force should take the line of that Creek. A former * 1 letter(which failed to reach you) told of the promptness with whidi General Dodge executed his part of the plan, crossing Creek in the at f ■ fact of the enemy, where the stream was so wide and deep that „ ammunition and supplies had to he ferried across, while the infantry ,,,had to wade, holding to a rope stretched across the stream, to keep inlvr 'itn from being washed down by the current. It was not until the afternoon of thd 19th, that Col. Strai^t nl V began to disembark at Eastport. During the interval. Col. Cornyn slightly exceeding his instructions, had pushed on some thirteen miles fj ! from Bear Creek, and was driving the enemy before him, when Roddy, who was some distance on his left flank, with a good force,fell upon , . his rear, and captured two howitzers out of ammunition, which had ,been incautiously loft too far in the rear. But as Col. Bane's infantry brigade was following Cornyn up. Col. Rgddy soon found himself be tween two fires, from which he only extricated himself with one of St'' the gxms and one caisson. He fled to the swamps across the country, -j Col. Stragbt disembarked, greatly lacking for stock to mount his men, and by some carelessness two hundred of,his mules strayed away . j upon landing. Of course, having such an important mission before him, 9 0 t . it was highly essential that he rtiould be well mounted. Gen. Dodge ppent two days or three in meouting the co untry to recapture the stock lost and to impress more^„ Partially succeeding, he moved on to m * - . T'VMay, 1863. .sani ,X0i . jirr« '• ipusciunbia. I have givdn the particulars in a former letter. ' ttaarto' At Tuscumbia, Gen. Dodge, turned over to Col. Straight over si x , ' 'hundred head of mules and horses, from his teams and mounted infantry and the Colonel left Tuscumbia at midnight, April 26th, intending to go by way of Russelville, Moulton and Blountsville. The next night. Gen. Dodge at'Town Creek, communicated with Col. Straight at Mb. Hope, and ascertained that he was all right. On Tuesday night. Col.Straight reached Moulton, and commenced crossing the mountains on Wednesday morning. He had secured 20 0 good mules in the Moulton va] ley in one *'«• day. Although he had two days the start, yet so long was he delayed ttwXir c getting equipped, that it is to be feared that his movements have been harassed, and if his design is not entirely frustrated, yet its ^ flift f"» I ' •»' full accomplishment may be prevented. This main design of the expedition being accomplished, and having flj?''' t ' ' placed'some days before, his command on hlf rations, in order to fulsupply Straight's Oommahd, d#n. Dodge returned to Tuscumbia, in or- *^er to reach rations on the transports at Eastport, But on arriving a£ Tuscumbia^ he learned that Van Dorrt had appeared on the opposite ai- side of the river, and as Colbert'Shoals was a dread to the gun-boats they had dro 'ped #own to Hamburg, and this compelled the transports • " to follow to escape Oapture. Of courSe Genera. Dodge hadno choice but to return to Corinth for j^rovisions. Having on his outward march taken the preoflnition to destroy all the ferries along the Tennessee, he made it impossible DOrn to cross in his rear, and So that May, 1863 .yaf chieftain moved up the river toward Decautr.-,. ^ On his return. General Dodge literally swept the coimtry of pro- ^^u^^visions and forage, live stock and negroes. It is estimated that he ' hurned one and a half millions of bushels of corn, much of which was shelled for transportation to the army; captured and destroyed 500,000 lbs, of bacon; captured 1,000 head of horses and mules, and an eqaul _ number of cattle, logs and sheep, beside supplying the whole command with meat for three weeks. He also burned every flat-boat from Savanhah to Decatur, on the Tennessee-destroyed the railroad and telegraph . between Tuscumbia and Decatur, burned five tan yards, six flouring milles, and finally, afforded the means of escape for 1500 blacks. In all this march the troops had five distinct engagements, with but a loss of 100 men, most of whom were prisoners. We took 50 pris oners, and the enemy's own account of their loss in one of the engageO ments is five killed and thirty pounded. The enemy was commanded by kwrt ." Roddy and forrest, and numbered at least 3,500, Yet they vere always driven by our cavalry alone Whenever we chose to attack them, although our cavalry force was less than half theirs, and they had also a good battery. ' a «. . ^ — v., Chaplain Baton, ^ ffhis officer, iifeo has for a long time filled the responsible po ^ •• • J - jsition-of Superintendent pf Contrabands in the Department of the Tenneasea, is at Corinth, seeing to his charge in this district. He expressea himself highly delighted with themanner in which they are 316 V Maty, 1863. ■ ■ ^ managed here. He visited the extensive garden which they have under cultivation, as well as the large amount of cotton and com which - they are producing, sChd is satisfied they are not useless in at least this district. " To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs, 14;-*'*'' I have not heard from you since yotir raid into Ala,, but* learn ''"'' from the papers it was a very successful one. The article in Memphis paper of 6th will be in Nonpareil*this week. The Des Moines ' Register has quite an editorial" upon It, and puffs you considerably, seems to be-posted on what you have done. Salen Register also had an • f . • 'liur'ticle referring to your mounting infantry on mules, &c.' »' seems Col, Straight*s forces which acted in conjunction with are captured; are you in any manner blfeimed for that? It would appear to be more than an offset Co the damage inflicted by you. •' Nhat was the number of Straight's force captured? We get nothing btit lies from the Potomac Ahmy. " If accomplishes anything I shall be disappointed. ''vee nwo ^ iobk to ke as being very near its'end, "lire have got to fight several years longer I believe. Benton of 28th, report says does not make a good officer, Lieut, Colonel understands himself but is not generally liked. Major and Adjutant as kiked. Curtis Burroughs is dead; his family receiv ed hews last night. * te have sold ,' t"?-! to bampbell, 'ft* 1^'in .--. >7 ' May, 1863. danger of being jumped and I cheerfully, agreed to quit claim my(your) interest and be sure of something. Party agrees to take it without any deed from Pegram. So you can have an idea what titles are worth there. . • " . ' . Boyers moves cut of your house this week, and Bodole.tt moves in. AoA'i. Coupons, Annie wrote about, have been cut offJ will convert them in gold, first conveiiienet opportunity and forward her certificate, I suppose she does not,v;ant to sell for currency but to keep the gold. V Money seems Jttb be very plenty here just noW» and will continue so I suppose iintii. after emigration is .over, ^ ,.,i c * , ' > Street and Crawford are torturing themselves v/ith rot-gut, whiskeyj former on a spree ybeterday. This and the smallpox is raging^ • here deems to be all the local news. I enclose Pifield*a photograph, Mrs. P. wants DWn Ransom^s address ■ • J, E, House to Gen. Dodge, Marengo 16:- h 'It Imub been some time ,si«ce I have had the pleasure of hearing -Smmt* directly you. I Wj^ote to Nathan a short time ago to learn your ^dressi, as in t^se perilous times of "War", I hcve been at a loss Iw** ,uWiiere to direct in order yiat it might reach you. ■"Tfn* 1 have tried to keep myself pretty well posted as to your brave t and daring doings, slnee the war began, and it is with feelings f .•"UiJHv of the highest pleasure, that I read of your gdlant exploits in the Aj.' ;.fJPPpderal Cause", in subduing the "foes" of this once great and gloI ' .k ^ "Generals" had been as sue- May, 1863. « .*-■* vessful as you have been, and had won a name as endearing to their soldiers as you have done. ''I have conversed with a great many re turned Volxmteers, from the army of the. West, and they all speak of you in the highest praise. We have high expectations that Grant will achieve a brilliant success at Vicksburg, if he has not done so already,, for it takes thd "IJestern Boys to Fight". I suppose you are better posted than we are as to Hooker's last fight at Falmouth, and Stoneman's raid to wards Richmond. Our newspaper reports are eo conflicting, .that not much relianc4 is to he placed oh what they say. We were in the high est state of excitement for several days, and was sadly disappointed to leam tliat it was not a complete success thooughout. 1 was in hopes that the -re ort of the captivity of Richmond might prore true, for then there^ would have beerl hopes that the war would soon close, but am afraid it will be some time before we will have the gratifying news of sm honorable' peace. When will it cane? . And when will the country be again restored to its wanted prosperity and great ness? My constant'wish is that we may soon have an honorable peacg, and that our brave soldiers may once again return to their homes, and to their families, and pursue the avocations of life that they were reared to, instead of thfe "tented Field.® ^ • now living in this place; am in the Treasurer's and Recorder's ' 0 ffice. Have enjoyed very good health since I'last saw you, and have ' jot a fine boy, four months bld.-Jmd have named him "Nathan Edwaid." ^ May, 1863. . j'-i i . George is one his farmj has been very sick since the first of t Marcb:, not been able to leave his bed until within a short time. Ed. Thompson has gone to Pike's Peak, and Charlie is still on his tr.r i , farm. Mr. Dey is at Iowa City and there is a report that they will soon let some v;ork west of Grinnell; I saw John R. Boyle yesterdayj he has some twelve miles of new work on the northern road west of Marshtc r , ,alltown, and Lewis Carmoker has eight. This is all the news I know of at present. Gen. I.. Thomas to Gen. Dodge, Corinth 17:- o.» . -a » r« You are hereby authorized to fill up to a full regiment, the 1st Regt. of «la. Cavalry; and the Companies now raised, and being raised ^ will be mustered by the Asst. Com. of Musters, from the time of their enlistment, and the men will be paid from that time, and the officers ^ « appointed by you will be mustered from the time the regiment and coraj panies had the proper number to entitle them to Officers; and they will be paid from the time they were ordered on duty, even if their ^ companies do not come up to the nxamber designated in general orders, 0n$ 31," The commissions will be issued to them as soon as possible; the Paymaster, however, will pay them in accordance with the above instruc- 0 ^ . .. tions, whether they have their commiss ions or not.^ r t ' 1 ^ I IJ t .V Hub. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge, Das Moines, 21:- Tour favor in regard to the Governorship is before me. 1 admit all your argument ia true, and I hope we may have no occasion to call ^ ^mm t ' 'tail® ftnnt lot May, 1863. you from the field. I hope we v/ill make it too hot for Tuttle, and now think we will. Should an emergency arise such as would' determine your friendf. to take some military man, I will come and see you; and I hope to come an^^how some time this summer. I have he'en ve'ry busy for the last year, and have not made my wile a visit for some time till now. The U. S. Circuit Court is in session in this place, and of course I am at home. I have made the Copperheads howl, and shall . . . Q continue to give them hell. H. Clay is now in the hands of the Provost Marshal at St. Louis, and, if no bad luck, I will have them in more trouble before , / Iv - -'J *■ . . %'• this is out. Puller to Sen. Dodge, Memphis 22:- * ' As you may take some interest in hearing how and where we are, I will take a leisure moment to tell you. ' ^ . >..1^ . 4.. The regiments are encamped in the easterly part of the town, in the suburbs,and separated. We are not so far out by three quarters • y - of a mile as Gen. Lauman's Division was, as my brigade is covering the IK-.- . same front as was formerly guarded by his Division, and, of course, our lines are contracted considerably. It is'fully a mile from the 27th, which is in the most northerly part, to the 39th, which is the most southerly, and about a mile from each to the river. "Scares" are quite common here. We have been under arms more times already than during all the time we Were in Corinth. Our detail for grand guard is 400 men, and to prevent men from 4 May, 1863. .iDCX ,^9*^ leaving camp and rushing into town we have to establish la^ge regimental guards, 'jatf* When we first arrived, half the men seemed determined to go on a bust, and to the best of my knowled":e and belief they succeeded. About 50 of tho 27th were tied together the day after I afrived, and a proportionate number of the 39th. The old soldiers in the reg ular battery, however, were the toughest subjects , and I have 13 of them at work at Port Pickering, and dieting on bread and water yet. Order is, however, now nicely established, and I have now no furth er cause to feel ashamed af the command. Last evening Gen. Thomas took tea at my quarters with the comdg. Officers of the brigade. My cook, Billy, did his best to beat all the confectioners in town (which is not so hard a joj) here where straw berries, ice-creeua &c. can be found in abundance) and the General entertained us with his "nigger" till 12 o*clock, so we had a gcod . . t a i .t time. Thus far I get along very pleasantly with the Generals over me, Veach and Hurlbut, but don't fancy very much the idea of garrisoning a city, oar nice horses we miss, and there is no opportunity here tor manoeuvering a brigade without marching two miles; io shall have to confine drill to company and battalion movements mostly, especially while it is so hot. I succeeded yesterday in getting some fair horses for the batteries, and we have found also some tents here. * c , ■ _ i. - • The Quartermasters are not all as pleasant as your Capt. Wing, but Hay, 1865. we are getting on the blind side of them gradually, and I rather >l think shall fare well, It took a little time certainly, to secwhy ') it was that one Q. M, issued horse-shoes and another norse nails, why one had the luay and another the oats, one the tents and another the pins, &c.'c. and we spenat a day too, in learning the wisdom of an art rangement which compels one to get his requisition for forage signed by four different Comdg. Officers, and then cause hir. to get an order from Col. Ney on Captain Somebody, who in turn gives an order on Capt. Somebody-else, who in turn gives an order on the forage cle rk, I say < e it took a day or two to fathom the wisdom of all these cogs in the wheel, but we see it now and it is all right. ^ ' ^ Gen Dodge from "Cousin Lizzie", So, Danvers, Mass., 22;- I cannot tell of the interest with which we have followed you in all your military movements, nor of the pleasure with whic": we have • \ heard of the many signal services which you have rendered your country,in this its time of peril. It is only justice to you to say, that we hear on every side of your efficiency as a military commander. You may be sure that your friends in this section of the coimtry are not unnindful of the important part which you are taking in this contest, and that they feel that yoixr courage and ability have fairly earned for you the position of honor and trust which you now occupy. The dutiree of your position must be attended with many anx ieties and perils, but it must give you sincere satisfaction to bo able to inflict such h^avy blows upon the rebels, as they have been ■ J ' J r . «O ' , Msty f X8631 *Z!f compelled to recdive at yotir hand. The news of your recent cavalry raid in Alabama and Georgia, and the havoc and alarm which y ou were causing in rebeldom, came 'just as people were feeling very gloomy over the greatly exaggerated reports of the reverses of Hooker's army, and had a very inspibiting effect. The latelbrilliant exploits of the western cavalry, have eclipsed ail the rebel operations in that Ifne. All eyes are now turned with intense interest to the southwest The eecent federal successes on the Mississippi are causing us to expect the speedy capture of TTicksburg. We expect the Western Ai^my to be successful in all that it attempts. It has accomplished wonders and you may wdll be'proud ^ the determined viilor with which i has foTight'on all occasions, and of the almost uninterrupted scenes of brilliant victories it hasi - achieved. We were all disappointed that our army was again baffled rt in advance on Richm nd, but we still have 'alth in its commanding general, and believe that eventually it must triumph. I don't feel competent to discuss military affairs and will say no more about them. Your vignette is an excellent one, we all think. It hardly seems possibly that you can have cone out of so many dangers and hardships looking so much like your former self. The photographs of the Head quarters, I shall value highly for the interest which attaches to them as views of places which will live In the history of the war * •• They look like vary tasteful residences, and their southeiHr#wfi- * ere probably little thought that their quiet homes would the 325 May, 1863. itre of such stirring events., -» f -f ■ Father received your letter today,, and .we were very glad to hear theatre of such stirring events., that there is a prospect of our seeing you. I hope Annie will not fail to accompany you. My love to her and Julia. Ishould like their opportunity of seeing something of the pageantry of war. It must be verj' pleasant and home-like for you to have all your family with you. Little Lettie and Ella, I should love dealy to see them. I have heard so much of them from Aunt Julia. •Summer weather seems to have come upon us in a moment. We have had cold, rainy weather, a pleasant day being the exception, until this week. Today it is oppressively warm, and the thermometer is 90 in the shade. The greater porition of the young men in town are in the war, otherwise South Danvers remains unchanged. The most important event now occuring is the bUilding of the horse railroad from here to Salem, nearly completed. Geo. P. Daniels has established hxmself in i Salem, so that this flourishing town cannot boast of one drygooda store. The ladies here, as elsewhere, are constantly employed in „ ipreparing comforts for the tounded soldiers, and have been liberally supplied with means to carry on the good work. We went to Rowley last week to attend Grandmother Dodge's funeral. We found Grandmother P. in comfortable health. She made may inquir ies about you, and wished me to be suwe and remember her t6 you when Sylvapter is still in Dr. Lews* Gymnaslxai to Boston, and doing ' ' ■ * 'iww/U aX V* Hay* 1863. i .re' well I should judge. Lile and I spent two days very pleasantly. , with his family a few weeks since. One evening we wore the reg- . IH ular gymnasium costume and exercised with one of the classes. J«. rhe exercises were quite exhilarating and amusing; some of them trather military in their character. ^ We daily remember you and the cause in which you are engaged, in . our prayers, and we most earnestly hope that Divine Providence may watch ovefc, and bear you safely through the dangers which surround you. 1^^.,. Gen. Dodge to Capt. Tiedeman, Corinth 19. )( 10DR214): You will detail one brick moulder and a sufficient number of hands to assist, and have them proceed at once to burn one kiln brick of 100,000. • 1-1 « ■ Gen. Dodge to Comdg. Officer of Gun-boats, Corinth 19 (10DR214 As soon as I ascertain the strength and position of the enemy on the opposite side of the river, I desire to cross my cavalyr for two or three days work in the country. Please inform me by return mes sage what news you have of the enemies strength, and what facilities ,. ftou have for crossing cavalry. Also if you can lay at different pointp to protect than, and recross them on their return. ' Gen. Dodge to Gen. Oglesby, Corinth 19, (10DR215): I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of instructions in rela tions to Negro regiments, and I am pursuing the course designated in instructions, except in a few eas^p where, our situation does not reqii|4n» it. I aanounoed^rt^ officers, of the first regiment, and they m . ■ May, 1863. ^ r ^ • ' -r ■ are organizing it under about tHe same instructions, and as it is mostly raised they are mustering in companies. I did not bring the men before a board of officers to be examined, as I preferred th re commendation of their officers, and then try them, considering that a better way before commissioning them. I will have them examined if desired. I also adopted the plan of talcing officers for each company but of one regiment, thereby identifying the regiment with the com pany, and making all interested; it work s well for each regiment works for its own company. The surgeon in the contraband camp examines them, and the mustering officer on duty here, received instruc tions direct from the chiefs of their ov/n department, to furnish A • i 0 clothes, subsistence and ordnance stores. * « shall not start the second regiment until the *flrst is full * ■ Mjf^thorise the raising of companies at the out posts for the M second regiment, as the first will not recruit at any of those places. The report today six hundred in camp- a pretty good beginning. t f ' I * "l enclose order first issued, for your information. Barracks for first are being built near Megro Cof-riil, and away from other trroops. Gen. Dodge to Col. Cummingc, Corinth 21, (IODR-16)J You will detail one non-c6mmisslon6d officer privates from -1 *1 50th Ills. Infty as guard for prisoners to Alton lUs. Gen. Dodge to Gen, Thomas, Corihth 21, (lODRSlS:* ^ In accordance with instructions received at this, place, I^hel^e- **with forward hameaef the officers of the First Alabama Cavalry, who May, 1863. are entiled tq conuaif53ions; and ths dates when they enetered upon duty and were ordere.d into the field. . v,J -cii . to ytl ' The regiment was raised by direction of the War Department, under orders of Maj. Gen, Grant, from refugges .from Alabama, and has done good service. Gen, Dodge to L. L. ^Phelps, , Cjerndg. Gun-bq^t, Corinth 22:- The movement in my front will not allow me to cross my cavalry If"; ~ for a few days, but I think by fi: st of next week I can cross fjLfteen hundred, and clean the entire country out^ . iij. ■ I will keep men on the rivier to communicate with you, and will ^1^ . give you day's notice when I will cross, so you will have time to get there with the boats, - , ad ■ ' j Please keep me posted as to what is going on over the river. I 4 ^ I Vi*"' be*" have my scouts over on that side, ^nd one reports this morning that Biffles has gone to Clifton. «■ Brigade and Out-post ucmds,, Corinth 22:- o* <0 It is represented to me that sutlers are charging enormous prices for goods, inviolation of law. You are respectfully referred to at^aiiiOn 3d of the law passed by congress March 19th, 1862, to be found III General Ordora Mo. 27 A. G,0. 1862, You will immediately comply with that act and see that the sutlers conform to the list of prices made under it. It would be well .after each brigade settling upon the prices, for the brigade commanders to compare notes. Cui » < 1- * ' ' * May, 1863. ■ \ Gen. Dodge to Lieut. Gilbert, Corinth 23, (10DR218): Arrest a man by name of- Williams, of Co. "A", and prefer charges ■ olr.. against him for selling captured horses. See Capt. Harrison, Chief of Scouts for particulars. Turn him over to the provost marshal for safe keeping. -;SS ; - ■ Gen. Dodge -to Gen. Hipley, -Corinth 23, (10-DR218) ; W'-- I respectfully request that instructions for making returns of ordnance be sent me for my command, viz. Twenty -five regiments and thirteen batteries. Also ordnance blanks, as furnished in paragraph 75 be sent for six months; for, 18 regiments Infantry; 7 regiments oj Cavalry, 6 light batteries; 7 Siege batteries; 1 ambulance Corps. ||p Gen. Dodge to his brother, Corinth 24:- " -'*3 ^ • Straight's capture was no fault of mine; he was not under my or ders, or with me execpt so far'as my movements covered his. He was bad ly fitted out for the trip. He got -his ammunition wet, and Forrest cap tured him with 500 iWn.- They jgot 1,460 prisoners, but before feeing '" captured they burnt the rebel iron works, which is a great \)low to ^'hem. ^ I have two regiments of negroed, anfl am raising all I can* - It ^ i^idkes the rebels gbowl, and they swear they will hang me if they catch ■a. Have offered a reward for my head. I tell them to com^i^and get it. . . H - —- ^ - I . ^ My Alabama trip hurt them more than anything 1 have done yet. My Tupelo fight was a suscessful one. ' e ^ V. ^ ~ •• < . May f 1863 > ~ Yiidt Gen, Dodge to Col. Cornyn, Corinth 26 , (10DR219); r . You will proceed with your command to Hamburg, and cross the Tenn. river, during Tuesday night, on the gunboats. At daylight Wednesday 1 ■ • j morning, you will move your com. and, or a part of it as you may be able to cross, east as far as possible, not going further than Florence j wid draw out the enemy in,the bend of the Tenn. river, destroying the i...-.mill!^s, and capture all the stock, stores &c, possible. If any portion of your command reach as far east as Florence, the cotton and woolen mills and foundries north of that place will be destroyed. From the information I have, Biffles* command has gone to Spring Hill, Tenn, while a, part of Rhoddy's command crossed at Florence, last Friday, on their way to the seme place. Unless you obtain different information , of the enemy's troop?, on® portion of your coimnaiid had better be sent north towards Tfaynesboro, to hold the enpmy in check, while the other oo\. ^oes back. , . 'The gunboats will lay at Savannah, Hamburg or any other point you may designate, to cover your troops on their return, and to recrosa t I them, expedition, to be successful, must move quickly, strike its blow a and retvrn immediately. All com in the country will be destroyed , but no hoiws or pri t • . . vat® property except stock will be molested, HI, able~bodied ne~ will be taken and brought in, and the recruiting officers will eiili they can find, ^ , , . , , Comratoication will be kept up with me by messenger to the gunboats May, 1863, and thence sent forward by cavalry, left for the purpose. 'The movements south of us, render it necessary that the expedi tion should return ad soon as possible after accomplishing the work, and that commimications be kept up with me, that I may knOw where to reach you at any time." * " • t - It is possible'that the enemy have fallen bo far back that you can scour the bend of the river, also Wayne and Hardin counties; but I do not want the command to remain long enough for the enemy to*" ''throw hdavy forces from Columbia on you, or dndanger in any way the i' "■ I ' ' " safety of the command. Being on the spot, you'will be the best * Judge of the'strength and movements, and your ability "to eope with them. The instructions are given as the Outline of what is desired to be done, and large discretion is left to you, as to youi^ movements • i. after reaching the enemy's country. ' A small cavalry force will oroes near Duck river at* smae time you are crossing. Cavalry will be sent to threaten the enemy a t Bear Creek, tonight and tomorrow morning. * ' ' Oen. Dodge to Comdg, Officer of Gunboats, Corinth 25, )(-10Dr22Q): I propose to cross my cavalry at Hamburg, Tuesday night, i ; : Gen. Dodg*e to Lieut, fiunt, Corinth'26, (lODR22O0>t^ The success of the expedition will depend upon quick movements of our forces. Col. 'Cornyn will leave cavalry with you that you can communicate with me'in haste, and also send his dispatches to ni6e ^ A r 330 May, 1863. Gen. Dodge to Brigade Commanders, Corinth 26, (10DR220): n-: Instruct your brigade officers of the day, to allow no one to en ter the lines, either with or without a pass, without first sending statement to these Hedqrs,, unless it be soldiers.. Pass no one out except he has a pass from these Hdarqrs. ^ X. Gen. Dodge to T.W. Yeatman, Corinth 26,.(10DR221): . I am in receipt of Mp. Hooker's letter with endorsement. Have no doubt after investigation, but some of the irregularities in trade as Xivh stated are true, but,to no great ^*tent, and with no intention of de- , frauding the Government. I have issued sn order which I enclose, that r"Will hereafter cover the case. Mr. Hooker is a dismissed and disgraced " - officer; and if the complaint had boen made to me, it ;voiild have been p properly attended to. He left here when he made the st atement,and we have no means of ascertaining all the facts, . Gen. Dodge to his brother, Corinth 27:- I am just starting out my forces to go-into rear of Bragg*s army, >-» and use up his supplies near Waynosboro and Florence. Shall use , p, .^cavalry, mounted infantry, aa4 attillery, so as to march quickly, do the work and got Ijaoktbefore they fall upon me, fe were crossing the Tenn, River all right last night, and shall be well on our way today, y Gen* Grant has been doing some good work this spring, and has struck some heavy blows. I hope by this time Vicksburg has fallen, although he has them where he can take his time and save life. It was brill0 lant ,.n.r«.hip. ,h.rp lighting .nd quick «ov,bi pity wc couldnol 92#^. May, 1863. .IMIX .•have some of it on the Potomac. o-.* ,r\^ oJ I fight now daily; the enemy are in my front, and we can get up l'' A fight most any day. , t J , - .. ■je.f , . • J. B.. Crrington to Gen. Dodge, Brighton, 28:- ~ ro. ! ' ■V :- ' Through a stranger allow me to address you a few lines, on behalf of my son, J. F., Corrington,,who is' clerking tinder you. I would be Oi glad.to have himc ontinued in that position, or some other, under . lift q .your control, that would relieve from rank and file duty; my reasons -•li .are, he is better qualified for a clerkship, than for the severe duty ■t ? . . . tOf a pri-fate soldier. He has been brought up in school and college ^^••tjliiilife, is a graduate of McKendree college, Illinois, and I fear will breedc down in the hardships of soldier life. Ho is the youngest of seven sons, five of whom are in the army, except one who from the army at Pitt sburg Landing, returned home to us one year ago sickr and died the 22d of last May. • tix-x# Charles Aldrich to Mh. Dodge, ForC'^fillow, Tenn. 28:- •®-'' I received some days ftgo, a very flattering letter of recommenda- ^ *tion which you were so kind as to address to Adjt. Gen. Thomas, in my f' ® ■ behalf, and I desire to return you my heartiest thanks for the very ' substantial favor. ^ •* ' ^ idi' > 4. . The best part of CKe iifitter is - than£s**^o"ydu and other good friends- that I am likely to succeed in securing the authority to "raise and organiae^tf'cblored reglmenti At all events, I have a letter from the Secretary of War, in which he says, hetwill put me to work ■ 'tsff May, 1863. jji • , as soon as he receives the report of Gen. Thomas, upon the proper plan of organization for that branch of the service. So I suppose I shall -'lb! soon be at work. , There is one thing I will not forget in connection with the mati- - ter and that is your early effort to aid me, for which again I thank j^^mi^fyou. Our mutual friend. Palmer "guessed something would come from jL his Effort in that direction" and he wasnot mistaken. 1*11 try and deserve your confidence, if an anxiety to do good service is allowed the field of effort which is promised. Correspondence of Cincinnati Commerical. Corinth 29, (6DR47): last, after many delays, and annoyances(which we, who travel ^(.^in war times, ought to expect) I have to announce my safe arrival in Corinth, There is not much here, at this time, however, to write about, except dust. That certainly is not scarce. The trip from |, Memphis to this point, was terrible. It flew in such clouds that in less than an hour from tho time I started, I found myself white with it, my throat filled and my eyes blinded. Persons standing on the first car, could not possibly have seen the rear of the train through .j^^g^jthe volumnes of smoke that rose all round it. t , . We left Memphis about eight o'clock yesterday morning and travelled rather aXowly for some distance. We had not gone more than twenty miles before a report reached us that the track had been torn up Just .V, and a larg^ rebel force was waiting. This news was received lH|i which scouts had been sent T,^ y - May, 1863. out. More of our men were at Collierville, four miles ahead, and at ' this distance from the last named place, we found the track torn up, truly enough. Our guard was instantly put under arms, and sent for- * *' ward to examine into the damage, while all on board were momentarily j^sii it * "expecting an attack oh the train. Captain S. who went forward, said he saw four or five of the guerrillas, but no more, and it was deemed bdvisable to repair the damage as quickly as possible and proceed on t t I ' our way. Meantime the panic on board increased every moment. Several la- .'(«•£ p" - dies were frightened half to death- trembling, excited add in tearsexpecting to be shot or taken prisoners, and this within four miles ^^of their husbands, who, they said, were stationed et Colliersville. el* 1 endeavored to reason and calm them by saying alarm was useless. as we should retire at once to Germantown in" case of guerrillas Hi f should make thier appearance; but they were too thoroughly frightened to listen to anything and shortly afterwards a Colonel who was on board caiffle up and advised them to go over to a house a little dis tance from the road, where, should'we be attaclied, they might be com paratively safe. Of course, this confirmed the idea fet once of- impending danger, and they hastened rapidly away. I alone remained, much to the surprise of all. My liusband was on ahead with the other offi cers, and I reasoned at once that were an attack to be made and our ^ IMn too weak to repulse it , our flrkt movement would bif t'o back the cars to Germantown for more tro'ops, which movement would leave all w -.'n" May, 1863. who had taken refuge in the house, at the mercy of the rebels. In answer to their urgent request to have me accompany them, I stated "the fact and stated that I was not afraid anyway. I did not believe any attack would be made. From all information we could glean from the residents of the place, there had been but thirteen rebels there and their numbers had been greatly exaggerated in the re oort we re ceived below. Indeed, after this, I felt perfectly confident there was nothing to apprehend but the delay, and indulged in a little quiet amusement over the fright of my more nervous neighbors. They regard ed me as daring and reckless; indeed, I think that some of them im agined that I was slightly insane, to think of running through alone, arid braving, as they termed it, the "dangers of our awful situation." An hour or less served to repair the road, and the whistle soiinded to recall the men and passengers for going forward. They came in from all directions, some running some leisurely walking back at perfect east. Our party from the house ran for dear life, and reached us in as great a fright almost as when they left us. ' # * A careful run of two miles broiagbt us with in our picket lines, k ♦ . stationed outside of Colliersville, and then they were at rest. At ' c* ■ Colliersville, they got off'delighted, and we proceeded, fearing nor caring for anjfthing but the dust. We arrived here on time (forty minutes past six) and found every thing going on as usual. There were sooutirig parties oijt and others preparing every day for ^ike expeditions, in which thai were generally, (it ewe.r* May, 1863. •41' rd n»)iAi imd oitr very successful. ;CC - '■•■. ' C* -.-r • / General Dodge, the commanding officer of this post, is a very acu ■- i tive, intelligent, though modest and unassuming man. He is loved and respected by his men, and has their confidence in a high degree. Quick to seize and grasp at an important idea, he lays his plans quickly and executes them in a like manner, to the admiration and ap- ■j. , . _ ■ ^ probation of all around him , intent only on doing his duty to his iol'r ^ country, seemingly never giving a thought to personal interest I - Ii'a. . . Wish we had more commanders like him- thinking less of self and more , . of their country's interest. Our army would soon present a different m , ffTi, : ^ • aspect. Our losses at Vicksburg are reported heavy, but it is believed -h.'W'v-v. here the place is ours. They are now bringing in the wounded to Mem f, ' . phis and other places by the boat-load. A boat came in two nights since with five hundred, and a gentleman who was on board to see them reported it the most terrible scene he had ever witnessed. He states they were mfaigled in every possible manner, and suffering from « ' ' heat beyond measure. At Memphis the heat is excessive; hero it is t excessively pleasant for the season. The air As cool and fresh. We have plenty of good water, and our army reports fewer on the sick ' . r- •• than any other In the pervice of the Government. There is none to apealf. of, at all, at present. The only really disagree able feat- ' ' • . -1 ,1 .vita- ure of the place is the duqt. There is quite a nice little society of ladies here now. Many of May, 1863, • M the offieer's wives and families, of intelligence and refinement. Our situation is pleasant. We live well and have all we wish for comfort, ai -The luxuries of life we do not expect or wish at such a place. We , are happy in the privileges we enjoy in our husband's society, and ^•:that is contentment enough, when we reflect how many of our sex are deprived of the most meager enjojpnents. Fairfield and Wash to Gen. Dodge, New York 30:- |1 w'*''J* On receipt of your esteemed favor of the 22d, I write you a line. Wo are glad to hear frqm you personally, as we have extensively "A** '^hrough the papers; especially the Herald, vhich had a map in illusMUXo tration of your movements awhile since, which I sliouldhave most assuredly sent j'ou had I not supposed that you received the papers reg ■j22_gLjply and more directly from news man. Today I fowward the Herald, and you will report receipt of it in order that I may know that pa • « . lo P6i*8 reach you. • • If you planned Grierson's raid, you do yourself quite injustice - f Qf someone else, for we have had many particulars connected with ft -.: your name, covering colu^ms, without that fact appearing. I tell you .4: »to get the benefits of your efforts as you go along. • Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. Corinth May 31:- oiif tVf . Qenej-al Dodge gives the rebels in his vicinity no rest. Having learned that a good portion of Col. Rhoddy's force had crossed the jN^er at Tuscuobia, and were occupying Florence, he didpatohed Collnel Cornyn wit^i hiaj.cgj^d to wake them up.' Starting Corinth Tuesday K&y, 1863. last, they reached the Tennessefe at Hamburg that'eveningr'By noon of the next day the whole force was across*the river, having been r' aided in this by the Mississippi flotilla, which was in readiness for that purpose. From one P. M, of VJednesday vmti] two A. M. of Thursday, they rode without stopping. Then halting only an hour and a half, they started on toward Florence. At 8 A. M. on Thursday they made another short halt for breakfast . T-.!) r ^ and soon again began to find the enemy's outposts. The first of these consistlAg of a corporal and a private, were adroitly captdred by one . ... -^''1 " .' ■ of our scouts. The scout in butter-nut suit, and without arras, ex cept a concealed revolver, was a mile or two in advance of our column ^ . when he came in sight of these meri. Affecting to be- afraid of them, M % •« . i he halted. They signaled him to oome on, adding that theywere _ • all right. "I don't believe you are" answered the scout*. "I have heard of HQiae Yankeea about, and I WlleVe you are Yankess in our clothing. They insisted on being Confederates, but he Would not trust them, un til he was satisfied who they were.' tJhsuspectlngly they approached _.r within, six paces of him, when suddenly presenting his revolver^, he . ordered them tp drpp their guns, informing them that he was one of . the Yankees that were about. The lost no time In complying with his , prisoners. othar pickets were driven in hastllyt and soon our fbrces were in of Ylorenee. Although the rebels werw completely sur- May f 1863. rounded, yet they managed to get some artillery in position and open on our forces. This was quickly silenced by a very few effective ...shots from our howitzers, and the Ninth Illinol and the Seventh Kansas being dismotmted, at the saae time, and pushed forward. The reb- • ^ els first fell back, and then made a complete stampede. Ouf forces quickly occu pi4d the town, and captured a largo number of prisoners, . One of the rebel Captains, Joseph Sloss, wasat the beginning of the jvar. Captain of Comp any I, of the Ninth -Illinois, He lives in Plorf^nce and the First Lieutenant of his company, willing to cpautre his old Captain if possible, called at his house but he had flown. His wife . . . - , < ^ said he was eating dinner when the cannonading begsm, and soon after ^ . ^e left his house and the town, in great haste. It has long been well known that a number of diops, factories, mills, &c, have been in operation near Florence mainly for the Con federate Army, These Colonel Cornyn was instructed to hunt out and destroy. It was thoroughly done, Wagonmakers and blacksmiths' shops consumed! several .cotton, .factories containing immense quantities f o:^material en(|^ cloth w^re also bunnod. One of them, it is said, furnished employnient fQr over five hundred persons. Most of these were ♦ either real Uhion men or Luke-w^rm rebels, ^d the most of them followed our forces back to Corinth- some coming to join thb Union ranks in the Alabama cavalry. I>B|»ing all this time we werepicking up prisoners, getting mules, Colonjel Rhoddy was entirely nonplussed, and May, 1863. .C&6X « ^ U. , ■ t i. 'I .i - ' - . could only gather 'a few of his men together and hover arourld our movements, men the foundries, machine shops and factories were all destroyed. Colonel Cornyn moved back to Hamburg, arriving there yes terday and reached Corinth today. ^ One hundred of the enemy were taken prisoners, including eight "commissioned officers - one a Major. Oiir loss was two mortally wound ed and three or foursli^tly. One of th6 first was Private Neal, Col, ^ H. 9th Illinoisj* the other a member of the 7th Kansas. It Is not known what was the enemy's loss in killed and woun(3ed. In addition to the burning above alluded to, all corn and bacon and supplies of every kind were destroyed along the route as far as practicable. Col, Hhoddy will find it difficult to subsist his men on that route. Five hxindred head of* horses and mules were captured; at least one hundred and fifty able-bodied recruits for the negro regiments were brought in, besides a lapge number of women and children. Our officers say that the negroes manifested the greatest desire tc come to Corinth and enlist, and it Is said that a full regiment could have been recruited there in a few days if our forces could have stayed. Hereafter our raids will have the new feature of being recruiting parties. The whole trip was made in five days, without , . .. ■ ..•a.: any loss except as above stated. Newspaper Clippings: (6DR47} It is well known that Corinth is garrisoned by oni if'tfio oldest ' and best Divisions in the Western Army, and" one that has etood the A May, 1863. . T r ' bnint of the service'foi* the "last two years; and its c OTTnarider, General 4k Dodge, has gained the admiration of the War Department for the promptwod ness and efficiency of his movements and peculiar telant he has dls- • played for disposing of the troublesome Guerrilla bands which are mak- .•oi ing the principal part of the rebel forces in this direction^ The perfect system of secret military police which the General has insti tuted, and the practical workingsof which is entirely original with himself, adds a new branch to-the service, and if our humble judgment does not fall, will justly add another star to his shoulder." flppe no ^ Gen. Dodge to Gen.«Thomas, Corinth 29, (10DR221) : , I -fcff ' Capt. E. T. Ensign, 2d Iowa Infantry is anxious to raise a'bat- ■ a* talion of cavalry in Iowa, and I take pleasure in recommending him. His long service in the field, in which he has risen from the ranks •to his present position upon merit alone; and my ^rsonal knowledge of his fitness for the place; his bravery, activity, and abilities %'ii. render me anxious that he should receive the authority requested. -:i Have no doubt pf his ability to raise the battalion, and I know the -aj..far Department oannet' plao^ such authority in better hands. His comapany is very amallf same thirty for duty, with two commissioned offi— aers besides himself. Hia h^^its are excellent, ^xid being well known ,<'in the stale, I hnvern^ doubt of his success. Gen. Dodge te Oov. Kirkwood, Ccrinth 29:- (10DR221) : -eeme -eeme ■9%« mm iUs -^huo *r^ better'dmiM better'dmiM bn the faol^J^es faol^J^es gor r^v^tIng in'the etaU UKh t iwlfct Hi. appftere the eomlxj|; draft ' , May, 1863. Xjiit);.;' cause men to volunteer. We need more cavalry and as we -break • through the enemy's lines, we must have it to strike into the heart of their territory. You can see by the late raids made from here how _;:,j effectual such a force is when rightly handeld, and Ensign has got just enough of the energy and go-ahead to use that arm of the service .jj effectively. ' ' ., - f i ^ * A U ' J — . Ti i" * * I trust you will pay me a visit before you return to Gen. Dodge to Col. _Cornyn, Corinth 29, (10DR222): - , (?en. Hurlbut desires me to get you back as soon as possible| you willl, therefore# immediately.return, and be as expedicious as you can -JflWlth safety to tha oomaand, and the condition of your stock will ad- 'd ,«.*niit, I want the "stock to come in as good condition as possible, as | I suppose we will have to move right out again. . ' ' Grant is laying seige to "Yicksburg. There is really no news, i I atiil Colonel Cornyfto Colonel Biffl«» Savannah 30, (6DR48)j.. Your pompous demand Cor the surrender of one sQuadron of cavalry '' (15th Illinois regiment) occupying this place, and yo\ir cowardly re- • treat*before you received Captain Carmlchael's intrepid reply, suggested to me the propriety of visiting upon that traitor citizens here ^" ■(who tried to assist you In the capture that gallant little band), a little of the legitimate vengeance of Government. Therefore, in the' ni^'"of> our" glorious republic,' t hereby make good the grand exor- " dlum of the HbUkm^nCton of Independemioe-^ !•#*• ell are crea ted free alid •rual," and today I fre^id» t<i|:e s^^th me from this town May, 1863. every colored creature who inherits with the human race everywhere the image of his Maker, and an immortal soul. Correppondence of the Republican, Corinth June 1, (6DR48): On the 26th ult,, in the expedition consisting of the Tenth Missouri Cavalry, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, Fifteenth Illinois Cavalry, and Ninth Illinois Mounted Infantry, numbering in all not more than one ttm*- thousand men, left this place at eleven o'clock a.m. and arrived at Hamburg Landing on Tennessee River about dark. Two boats belonging to the Musquito fleet, were in readiness to convey us across the river and by ten o'clock, next day the entire expedition was safely on the other side. We then took up our line of march to Florence, Alabama, I forty-five miles distant, travelling that day and ni^t, and at one o'clock next day encountered the enemy with two pieces of aannon with .L * * in one mile of Florence, An engagement lasting an hour and a half -flu#?* . - took place, in which the enemy wore driven out of the town. The town of Florence was soon filled with soldiers preying upon everything conmlJ. .traband. We Had not remained in Florence more than two hours, when reports „of firing were heard on our right flank. Instantly the rear of the I . j column were deployed as skirmishers^ and soon found the enemy in conIkWj. 1 fiiderable force in the thick timber. It was not long before the ene09S r . . '-J' ' my retreated, but leaving us with four wounded. Preparations were then made and the cojlumn put in motion to leave the town on bur J-eturn trip, and take tha rojjd i^hichj^eator part of the enemy had left. 345 i- . ■ May. 1863. B'iftfk . .3, K ■ C ■ * ; r n ■ At dark our #iole colvunn was out of town. We did not march mo e than seven or eight miles, and during the ^ole time were skirmishing with the enemy; the moonlight afforded us great advantage in finding them out. It was during this night*s march' a party of rebels number ing thirty, came suddenly down a lane at the time our column was halt ed. So sudden was their surprise that quite a ntimber of them surren dered. The enemy had mistaken us for friends. Col. Gornyn commanded them to fall in. They inquired whose command were we, and suddenly a soldier spoke out, when they found their peculiar situation. At ♦ I the instant they commenced to retreat a dozen revolvers were playing on them, and quite a number were wounded. A Major and Captain were I , g among the prisoners, at two O'clock we encamped for the remainder off Ir . _ ■ ' ' the night, and early in the morning resumed our march. At one o'clock ■ A.M. 30th ult. we were safely on the banks of the river opposite Ham burg. We were delayed crossing until 11 o'clock next day at which time our commend cormBnced moving across. Wo had but moved four squadrons to the other side, when the dispatch boat reported that the Battalion of 15th Illinois cavalry numbering cnely one hundred and fifty men, under command of Major C'-rmlchael, whidh had been left to I ; Bcour the country while we were moving on Florence, were surrounded by a rebel force of eight hundred at Savahhah. Quick as possible two squadrons of the Seventh Kansas Cavalry were dismounted, and embarked on one of the gunboats tor Savannah, with the purpose of finding out the situation ofJUie Uith iSllnols Cafllry. " l^jwards evening they re-a May, 1863. T "rif -->6 turned with the supposed captured force. The highest impudence and worse cowardice yet shown, probably since the war, was the demand •>e.Tr- for surrender by Col. Biffle, commanding rebel troops near that point, the small party of 150 men. During the whole time, ou r crossing the river was being pushed through, but at four^o'clock in the afternoon we were attacked by a tOJi ■ 'large body of rebels, who were advancing rapdily down the road, we Returned on from Florence. Instantly Lt. Coj . Phillips of the 9th II- '' iinois Infantry, deployed his men on the right and left of the road, while one piece of our mountain howitzers was playing on the rebels the road. It was but an hour's firing when the rebels were c omp polled to fall back, o^r infantry pursuing them for a mile through the woods. In the meantime our picket® were driven in on the opposite Bide of the river, but by reinforcing them the rebels soon gave way. -■' For one hotir in the afternoon constant skirmishing was going on in our rear, and on right and left flanks; however, the rebels failed to us give way; with a force of 800 on our right flank, 400 on our '' ■>^left, and Rhoddy'a main force in our rear, variously estimated at . ;^^000. Our situation was extre«i»liy fearful, though we were aided in our (Crossing by two boats of tie tfoequito Fleet; still if we had been pushed to the.rlwar banks the gunboata could not have done much ex- ^ ecUtion, as the rang* of their guas would have shot far over the heads of the rebels, '*• ' ' , • ^ At two o'clock A.*. Slat ult., our entire eommand was safely on May, 1863. this side of the Termessee river. No more skirmishing or firing och'Ourred until next morning, ^hen the rebels showed themselves on the I' opposite side of the river. They were soon driven away, when commenc ed the firing from the gunboats, they shelling the woods at a terrib?*.' ble ate for three quarters of an hour, completely routing the enemy. • ' We arrived in camp yesterday. May 31st, after being absent six days during which time we marched upwards-of one hundred and fifty miles, i and for the most part of the time skirmishing with the enemy. :It was > ,a very dangerous ttijfl-ertaking to cross the river and make a march to " Plorecne, as the enefiiy could soon coneantrate a force to completely surround us before we could accomplish our design in the expedition; but th'-^y wfere taken so much bji surprise, and not knowing the number ^ fQj^ce that thb^Wbt'e afraid to make much resistance in oppo sing us. .«»'U .j.ij tfA In our raid thoouigh'tHe country we destroyed all the corn and cotton, and also burned six large cotton and woolen- faatories, at Florence. A building in Floretlbe waef burned-which contained uptards of two tons of amnnahlitlon and powdw*"^ Bl'acksrilth and wagon ships ^d all the manU^oturlng houWis in or near Florence were destroyed. Large quantities 61' liquor and tobacco were found in a number of houses, but was soon disposed of by the soldiers. t •ftiWj:! really amusing to a Yankee soldier to see thf effect that a cavalry raid has upon the country and the peopio- such a terror and dread is enough to dishoartne• the Cause.Of the i*ebel, j people June, 1863. V - r generally deplore their situation, and many are willing that the war I . • should cease upon any terms. Our raid in that country had the effect Of arakening the whole country, of drawing away from exposed points t rebel troops. There is no doubt but at this time the Tennessee valley is lines with rebel troops, a s it was reported at the time that we were at the river that a body of 8,000 rebels were pushing after us . Our entire loss in the expedition was only two killed, eight woTonded and ten missing. That of the enemy must have been I.. . . ' ''reat, but I had no opportianity of ascertaining. In prisoners there loss was sixty-nine, among which were quite a number of officers, including two Majors, three captains and several Lieutenants. .. i. . .. . . . . , 1.4 Gen. Dodge to Capt. Wing, Corinth 1, (10DR222)j of "I 1 ^ When men from the different cavalry commands bring you their private horses to be sold bo Government, you must require th6 owner . and the commander of the company to make oath to the following let; That the horse is his own private property. ■ > , f2nd', That he bought ond^jtaid fo ^ him in good U . S. Money. ,. 3rd; That he was not captured , taken from the enemy, or from •CT"* PJ n' a citizen, either by the man claiming to be the owner or any other persons, ««cir.r> tM- * . " , " ^ . ' Oen.^Dod^ to Jtaj. Stone, Corinth 1, (10DR223) : Tou will have one section of artillery report immediately to Col. Hurlbut, 57th Uls. Infty, with three days rations to'proceed by • ■ ;?f ' . ' „ ti.-.: - rail to Pocaliontas. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1863 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/49dc4df834564a40ed46f36207ab6c1b.pdf b03767a2805ff45d80dcfd54ed303aba PDF Text Text Jtine , 1863. • ' K generally deplore their situation, and many are willing that the war should cease upon any terms. Our raid in that country had the effect of arakening the whole country, of drawing away from exposed points V , . j rebel troops. There is no doubt but at this time the Tennessee valley ♦ is lines with rebel troops, a s it was reported at the time that we were at the river that a body of 8,000 rebels were pushing after us . Our entire loss in the expedition was only two killed, eight wounded and ten missing. That of the enemy must have been . "reat, but I had no opportunity of ascertaining. In prisoners there loss was sixty-nine, among which were quite a number of officers, including two Majors, three captains and several Lieutenants. f' Us L ' ' " . . ja I Gen. Dodge to Capt. Wing, Corinth 1, (10DR222)j - When men from the different cavalry commando bring you their private horses to be sold bo Government, you must require tSh6 owner . and the commander of the company to make oath to the following tii Zv I. • , < Ist; That the horse is his own private property. ^,2ndj That h® bought and paid f o' him in good TJ . S. Money. ■ 3rd; That he was not captured • taken from the enemy, or from -tf"* cJ ^ . a citizen, either by the man claiming to be the owner or any other persons. Gen. Dodge to |(aj. Stone, Corinth 1, (10DR223) : Tou will have pn^ section of artillery report immediately to Col. Huribut, 57th ^Is. ^fty, with three days rations to'proceed by rail to Pocahontas. Jtine, 1863. Gen. Dodge to Col. Hurlbut, Corinth 1, (10DR223): ^ C j*xoo)ia It is reported from a pretty reliable source, that a considerable force of the enemy is concentrated at Albany, for the purpose of at tacking our forces at Tuscumbia, river bridge and Po'cahontas. You will move to Tuscumbia birdge, take as good a position as possible. and communicate with forces ai Pocahontas, and v/ith the cavalry that is sent in to the south of you. Keep us as well posted in their move ments as possilbe. If they attack any point near you, move to its aid, and communicate with me by messenger to Chewalla, thence by telegraph. The cavalry to the south of you have been instructed to com municate with you. If it should be neces eu?y to arm the giiard and Pioneer Corps at the bridge, you will do so, but not unless it is actually necessary, as I am anxious that their work, should progress as fast as possible. Creat vigilance will be kept during night and day, and the men will not be allowed to strgggle out of camp to visit houses. Gen. Dodge to Capt, Wing, feof'lnth 2; (10DR224) ; Furnish transportation to Silas 1tld.lace, refilge^ child, to Cin cinnati Ohio, << o Gen, Dodge to Col Mersey, Corinth 3, (10Dr224)^ ' r' A ' Detail 50 men, and the necessary officers to report to Col, Cum- I mlngs, Comdg, Post, tomorrow morning and until further orders, for the purpose of building suitable dtiellinga for refugee Taallles. The May, 1863. men will bring the necessary tools and wagons frombrigade train, Geo. E.Spencer A.A.G. to Gen. Sweeney, Corinth 3 (10DR224): The details ordered from your oomnand to report boiaorrow morning are, by direction of the General countermanded. This refers to the ^ detail of fi fty men, &c. Gen. Dodge to Col. Alexander, Corinth 3, (10DR224): SiT.n Tou will proceed tomorrov; to secure and take to the contraband 'to J.'"'' camp, and turn over to the superintendent of contrabands, all negroes within this didstrict, that are held, kept or employed in violation of Gen. Order No. 47; and also take all those who have not compiled with paragraph 5 and 6 of said order. The person executing this order ^ will be furnished with a copy, and will be governed by the records . no w on file with the guperintendant of contrabands. No exception will be made except where Gen. Order No. 47 is immediately•Complied with -'J'- ^ , ■ '•A ■ T • *'r- .. . . . . in all its parts. Gen. Dodge to Col^ Sersey, Corinth 4, (10DR225):. You will proceed with your brigade to*Pocahontas, and then dis tribute your troops from thebe East,* sb as to protect the bridges on the M. «= C.R.'r- to Ora^d Juntlon. It will be best to keep yoor mounted force together at Pocahoritas, for within two miles of it are the most important briagoe on the R.R., whloh finiehe.d you will also have to guard. Two of them are la sight of the town; they are the Tusoumbla, Hatchle and Muddy; you d.iaahmante, you will immediately have them lhtretaa»'thtitt.lto» b, ..«*-«ork8. or stookadea • .P 1i uJ m ^ Mi r June, 1863, ■ ■ - ■•IT •■ ■ •» I- ■ » in conmianding positions, and ao that they cover the workd they are to defend. You will also have to scout or detail men for that pur- ■ ' ^.'.pose. As s oon as the railroad is moving it must be patroled at least once night and day, and strict orders must be given to all officers • I , commanding detachments, in relation to holding their men in camp, and not let them straggle out. The Engineer Regiment is now encamped and intrenched at Pocahontas, building the bridge, and the commanding of- 'io flor ficer of it can give you much valuable information in relation to the I'Jiw t i^ad, ' ridges, &c, - ; ; The road fron here to Tuscumbia rivet, will be protected by troops u at Chewalla at present. The guard at Tuscumbia and Hate' ie are' suffri*. ficient. _ , . . . - C 'Ic ' Geo. B, Spencer to Cola^, Sweeny and iane, Corinth 4, (10DR226): The 7th Iowa and the 7th Ills. Vols. will rejoin your brigade to night, They oan go into,quarters just vacated by the 2d brigade or ' • in their old harrfwjka, as yqu. prefer. ^ ' U r - ' Gen. to Oan. Shipley* Corinth 4, (10DR225): -•tfur-j-, j have two rogiaentfl oX^ cavalry, viz. 10th Mo. and Ist Ala. that are armed with muakets, rifles, &c, and I desire to have them properly I equipped. Th« ordnanoa officerrOf the department has informed me that I had better* semd rcfpi^tions direct to you, as it was imXfi# i^gihla- tot WtM. to ^urn^h iilMm. Thare feoii^ no supply in the departBiht. »eglnia»| fXj^ellent, and have done hard service, aod it is a great detrlaant to tha* as well as to the service, that ^ • .y * Junf, 1863. • they are not suitably armed. If y°'-> =annot furnish the sharp or Smith's carbine, »e will be glbS 1° set any other make that Is •'"suitable and reliable- * ^ x.c, .T'wf* . ■ ~ ■ Gen. Dodge to Col. Rice* Corinth 5, (10DR227); 'y _ I send the trains of cars .to bting away your stores, and what troops you can get on after the stores are loaded. Your trains had better come by land with a strong guard, and the battery also, unless there ♦ is one on the cars. If the bsittery comes by land a strong guard 'tv c ehuuld cone with it. I desire the train to return as soon as possi ble. Bting ">ith you everythln," that ^ill be of use to the Government. Have operatror connect the wires and lines, and accompany you to Corinth, bringing all inatnuiaents and material belonging to the office. S,' * Gen. Dodge to Oen. Allen, Corinth 9 (10DR227); . I send a requisition by Mr. Edwards, one of the clerks in this 1 office for books th^t we are very much in need of. The records in this office run through nearly two years and are in all shapes. I have received MkdSM to collect and copy them, and to do so we require •"JC the necessary b«ako» «®nnot obtain them here nor in the depart ment. If you have thai please issuo; if not, and you have the au thority, pleaid give ah pr4i|' for Wiem so that Jlr, Edwards can obtain them and express to me« lo By doing this yeu wlj.1 oblige greatly, and at the s^e time l^atly- aid mm in straightening up the matters ^on»f tMm anil egiri< is mj tllm .ffiff. tiwm weMfrnt Jtine, 1863. . Thomas M. Vincent A.A.G. tb Gen. Dodge, Washington^5, 18§3. I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 21st inst. asking that commissions he issued to various officers of the 1st Alabama Cavalry, and enclosing copy of order of Brig. Gen. Thomas, Adjutant General U. S. A. on the subject. In reply I am directed by the Secretary of war to inform you,. '^'*%hat for the present commissions will not be issued; but that the officers are recognized, entitled to pay, and take rank from date of muster into service; the muster in being in fact all that is necessary. J. Williams to Gen. Dodge, Memphis 6:- Please accept the sincere regard and esteem of an old Iowa Pio- ' ^'heer, who has anxiously followed the brave sons of the Hawk-eye •• ^ State, with his prayers for their safety and s3icceas..in sustaining ^ our glorious Union. «•" .tV ^ '■ "i f- .. Dr. v, y r am proud bf their fame" thd achievements, so fairlj.^ri^ established on the battle field. ^ v?;.o Permit me to congratulate youjr'<Mi success,, and well earned "promotions. May Heaven spare* yoU t^^ipijoy the fruits of your patriot- 'ism, in peaceful and happy old ago. ' -• "fc ' brother, Council Bluffs» Your letter of 24th received yesterday. When Gale gets bff of Supreme bench, he can do more than any other person towards settling B P ft Co. matters. John T. will be away during month of July. Oale will be at hone from let of July to June 1863. 1st of Oct. Has anothar T^ee boys an^ two girls makes his family. " .1'. .. * t •* ,-S -k ' I The fflends of the Union here are grieving over the death of Col. Kinsman. The circumstances as written here by ^haplain of his regip,.• ment are as follows. He was leading his rer^iraent against the enemies works at Black river bridge, on the 17th ult., was a prominent mark, received a ball in his right side which passed through bowels, from cross fire; fell jfrom his horse to the groxmd, but immediately jumped up and waved his sword, and said"Como cai bravo boys" and led them 50 feet farther, when another ball hit him in left side and passed through his lungs; was then carried off battle field. Lived 24 hours ^ ^perfectly conscious and talkad freely. Requested his body to be sent to Des Moines and placed beside Col, Dwwey's. ^ , -til. Kinsman felt his arrest Jseenly, and no doubt greatly exposed himf,.. -self for purpose of showing he was no coward. It seems as though we are losing our best men- those that have a heart in this struggle and are most needed, j ^oiv-. - r. ^ • T Vicksburg, I judge from aoootmts received, is placing more of our men "hors de ofiibat", than any previous battle in the west. ^ I have never had the least doubt bftt what it will fall before Grant gets through. Our Oovarnment certainly realizes the importance ft' of capturing the garrison and position, and will send Grant force sufficient to enable him to protect his rear, and continue siege. -•Ijftw a;!i There muat have been terrible mismanagement in, assault of 22d. T(I Jiine, 1863. .B9>l Iowa 4th I suppose has suffered again, I never Hear *from that reg iment. If you learn any particulars of the part it took, -let me ' ' know what it is, and I will have credit given- them in paper here. "'avr / glad to hear you are to have leave of absence, and will be here o*»l. during sunimor. Nothing of interest transpiring here at persent time. Mother and father well. Father at home nearly all the time. We *®'"succeeded yesterday in saving a swam of bees. '• ^ oi Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth 8:- WHyrr I respectfully request leave of absence for sixty days, during - "^the mo-ths of July and August for the following reasons; First; I entered the service about first of April 1361 arid left my home with one day*s notice, leaving a very extensive business. -r :: and have been in active seWice ever since. Have >5een unable to reI ' turn there for nearly two years, during which time my business has suf- '^fered for want of attention, end unless can return there and place it in a course of settlement, I am financially ruined. Second; Since I entered the service I have been on active duty. Have never been away from my coamMt" or district, and never off duty except when suffering from ^^ds-' irtiM then 1 did not leave the District in "which I was assl^ed, ' r v/-.** Third; It is my duty to ay'family that I-should seCtle up my affairs and save for them what 1 ean from the wreck; this eaftnet be done without my pJsrsonal attention. ' ■' ' ' " *f4urth; I believe I cift leave my eomnand during those months with- June, 1863. . t i out detriment to the service, and I can also leave a competent offi cer in command. The reason for asking for so long a leave is, it will take- me from fifteen^ to twejity days to reach my home and return :i:. (Council Bluffs, Iowa), and it will then give me but a short time to ot." attend my affairs. Should I get thrpugh before the expiration of the leave, I will return to duty. ' T . ' I ask the favorable consideratior\ of my request, by the Commanding General. I have been twice on the point of going to attend to this matter, but postponed it at the request of my commanding officer, circumstances requiring that I should remain with my command. During the visit of the Adjutant General U. S. A. to this place, he assured me that if I would make application in these, months that it woul-^be fjNBllaed. " ' ' .• . . " 1 - If the mdvemen'yr of my command, or the requirements of the ser- " vice should requli?e me to remain, after obtaining my leave, I will do • ' so, but now make the request on the supposition that it will remain - inactive during these months; or if moved, done before that time, --iw Oen. %dge to Col. Herribk, Corinth 9, (10DR228): pfwS. lonry Hagles Co. C 7th Kansas Cav., makes complaint that he was arreaiied Mmrch 16th l)ut in guard house, and $1112 in greenbacks ta ken from him by Capt • Gregory, the officer of the day at that time. That $99^ hma^been returned, and the rest refused. Investigate and report upon the case. A'*" ' * * L. 8oyt txt Gen* Dodge, Gorlnth 9:- . » Our agent has just returned from Corinth, with orders from officers Jun§, 1863. <onDt '"in your b"OHanaii<f'for albout 70 cases of olir goods", fbri theirs ej®C iise 'and« 1 am sorry 'not to see your order for any among. them*s)o nl M. Brotm to Mrs. Gen. Dodge, St. Louis, 10:- ^1!* o f ftffil I received a package for yoU; today by express; it is in my bag and will come 4ith me. I telegraphed toL G. M. a few days ago that May was dying. I had just received a request from Lettie (she was at Belleville) to do so. I went over to Belleville on first ^\rain, and found her better, and she has b een improving ever.^ihce, I hope and believe she will recover, ' * , M.t ^ * 'J- ' 'i heard yesterday the troops hdd all been removed from Jackson to Corinth, and that road abandoned; if that Is so .1 suppose the other road is completed. ' . ' ' l Gen, Dodge to all brigade commanders, Corinth 10 (10DR228): -ntfs You will cause a complete roster of the Commanding officers of p, - r » your command to be furnished you without delay. Prom this you will * cause a consolidated roster to be sent to these Headquarters,,in dup- 'licate, immediately. The roster will give the name, rank and com pany; date of proeent commission, date of former muster, date of mus ter present rank;and Ch ome copy to be retained here, you will state pro8<^l![t or absent; if absent, by trheee authority, giving number of order, date liftd length of time^^^ h-ed ri Gen. ^3ge to Col. Corny$i,'^Corinth li, (lODR2]^5*f^ Move with nOth and 15th Ills, Cavalry, tomorrow morning with three days rations, towards Bear tJreek, and endeavor to clear ftut the *tD*. -i:,T .t . t. June, 1863. lA it enemy, said to be between here and there. If necessary cross and f follow them up, or attack them on the east side of the river. * Gen. Dodge to Gondg. Officer 7th Kansas Cavalry, Corinth 12; .. -aoa i^ovi will proceed tonight in the direction of Sulpher Springs, and attack what enemy you may find at that place. If you should find the enemy there, and they fell back, follow up and communicate with Col. who has-info mation of your movements, and who is somewhere a:*/.; .'between Burnsyille ^d luka. Rho^dy with his main force is said to be in his, Colonel Cornyn*s : (Xiif "fDont, and Col, ^Cornyn will endeavor to-adi you in cutting off this de- -c. tachment. If ^they are not ^in the vicinity communicate with- Col. Cornyn ai}(i b® goveni^ by his orders, tinless they are still north of Sulpher Spriijg^ In that case, inform Col. Cornyn^^d immediately irihunt them up md ^drlye them out. In your advance towards Cornyn, after leaving Sulpher Springs, you will have t o be very careful and not get into Rhoddy*s main force ...v)* ,v-. -.w * .C®n. Dodge ^ Thomas, Corinth 12, (10DR230): arc two coijpaii^es, E and T. of the First Regiment middle .I-f'V fenneesee Cavalry, commanded by Capt. David E. Smith and now paroled wiijatjCamp Chaae. ,Shey were raisfjd^in Alabama, and desire to be attach- .o tp the lat weglment Ala» Cavalry at this place, now numbering seven cpmpaniea.^ Their thoro^h'acquaintance with Alabama, and iden- ■M, L tity ae troops from that State render them anxious to form part of ■ this regiment and operiite in a country yij-h which thdy are familiar. r June, 1863. lalso am anxious' to obtain their services, as my troops often operate in the section of Alabama with which they are faTriliar-. I ' believe they can be of much more service to the Government at Corinth, ''■'W » than fet any other place they can be stationed. I therefore, respectMi [ iSilly request, €hat when exchanged, they be ordered to report' for du- .XC^ ty here. W - : . . " Gen. Dodge to Comd. Officer 7th Kansas Cavalry, Oorinth 12; , ty here You will report in person with your command at these headquarters '. ' immediately, armed and equipped with three days rations. ^ Gen. Dodge to C. 0. 7th Kansas Cavalry,-Corinth 12(10DR2ol): .105 ^he hecessity of your moving no'longer exists, and-you will there- ^ore remiiin in 6amp, the order being hereby cotantermanded. -f •• » ®en. Dodge to Oapt. Carpenter, Coririth 12, (10DR231:* Gen. Oglesby writes that there are now 300,000 rations at LaGrange, * and requeata tliat you make your first requisitions upon thdt point. You will act accordingly. ■ * - ". 'w ^ Headquarters, bistrict Corintli? Corlnth''Miss', June 13, *63. ©IhM Commanding Officers of the 7th"Kansas Cavalry Vol. Will be 'prepared to move at daylight tomorraw mornlAgtwith his commandj' with ten days rations on pack mules, and 100 round of ammoinltflion to the -man. By ordftr of Brig. Gen, G. M. Dodge, Geo. E. Spencer, A.A.G. -ikotl • , . T)odgQ to Capt. ting," Corinth 13,■ (10DR23lt* lo ^ '1 i will issue to Chaplain Alexander, euroh damaged clothing as he '' may"nioit to mcffie comfortable the imen in the contrabanid i^amp; alsc uni- June 1863. forias to the colored' coiapah)^ oh guaria thibhei This order will pover the issues hei'etofore made^ * . j, " . *■ ' . ' - Gen. Dodge to Cut-post Commanders, Corinth 13, (10DR231)j TOian you have an opportimlty get good blood hounds, and let some your men train them, so that the cavalry can jise them to. hunt dovn Guerrillas who infest the country surrounding the posts. If placed in the hands of men who understand them, you can scop clear out all lurking bands and stpiada of these robbers and murderers. - The houiids will soon foliow .them from instinct. .. •nI J V'- Gen. Dodge to^ C., 0. 7th Kansas Cav. Corinth 13, ,(10DR232): The orders from these Headquarters, under this date, in relation I to your moving at daylight In the morning are countermanded. You -u• ' Will occupy your present camp xmtil further orders. Dr. M. W. .Rohblna to Oon. Dodge, On board Steamer Continental teit^hsen Memphis and Cairo, 14:-' • ■I dw' After several xmsucceasful attempts to get* away from Vicksburg, I I, last Tuesday, succeeded In getting of Col. Rawlins leave of absence '> for twenty days, and na gett^Qg ,>^e as fast a^a possible. I received your letters and telegram of June 4th.. Have heard 'nothing more from home, and expect I am too late to see my child. 1 could have been spaMd a# well as not ten days earlier, and would a||iEV« got away if iil|Mll^np^..been for Gen. Sherman. He will pot confiAbldk. any Oflie«rilt|llu<i#*y^* expirep Jupf ^;^pth. It wWBii iiiw 'vagrfOifr* «ai •vae.i tpiww ts#m f fjt '9>v ■ ' la HalwaHii tun mt m iaffatriMii inoo June I 1863. . r-ox '-will be the 16th by the tiite I get to St. Louis, and it will take^ seven days to return to Vicksburg. Thi^ will leave me but a very few days tOt remain at hpme. Consequently I wish if possible to get my leave extended or a resignation accepted, and I wish if you think it would be right, to write a letter to the. Secretary of War, recommendinglan extension, so that I can make use of it to get my leave ex tended, or a resignation accepted and send it to me at St. Louis. I -do not wish to go back to Vicksburg, but I may have to., I left tv/c ass-istants with the regiment. The boys are nearly a ail well. • Col. Williamson has gone home;, his wife is not expected to live. -■ - liiT He has leave of absence from the Secretary of War.' o £. ^ The troops at Vioksburg are in good health and spirits. Grant has been reinforced until his position is safe. . I do not think the rebels can hold out fOr more than ten days long- « er, nor do I think there will be much more fighting at that point unless it is with Johnson, " y Governor Kirkwodd, General Baker, Surgeon Qenoral Hughs, and Wilson Membor of Congress, are on board the boat returning from below. They seem to think that our wounded have been well cared for. Our hounded have done remarkably well sil»e the late battle. think a letter of recommei&datlon will h* of any servlc3 •" to iae don't fail tcr send It,for I cannot get back In time, and I be lieve if 1 etay away longer than my leave is. Gen, Sherman will have me Court-martiale8 as he thought I had no business leaving at such a time^ sa-vrm 'Xo ifUJ June, 1863. V,i%<i 0^ 'i."-! : Newspaper Clippings: (6DR44)j , t&H0f *a'riA 'Xo ifUJ WttA V^%9t *i • aujj Dodge on Niggers* . - t" ' "40 ^ .We hav^ &. letter from Gen* Dodge, dated at Gprinth, in which he ••■ saysL "Government has now ammounoed its policy, and the whole army ^'approves of it. I helieve that hereafter, negro troops will bg one of njtflw ■ the parts of, our army, . Negroes are the only friends we have in the 'XVI . South ,and I cannot see the benefit of making them our enem^.es." Another letter from a surgeon at porinth, says: "It is the gen- «Tal belief that the negro regiments here, will fight like devils. ,1 would like to see a cavalry regiment formed from the negroesi -c They have more bone and m»Siiie than any men on earth, and nine out of ton are good horsemen, , r! ., • - -- - .1 o Port Hudson and!tHfil.ena have proveji all that was believed of Black J Troops, wwW >h*»i i j r * ^ ruijii. '' ^ ^ oito tffi ■ ' t'rtf JRegro Troops,' -v )Nilo .For tlie benefit Qf thduw^t doubt the efficiency of the nigger ■wo' as ah implement of w^r, we J||X/.the following extract from a letter tfp2J imai written in ttoa by Col, Jai^s Redfield, of the 39th Iowa Inifi" fantry. It •jJeaka.for It^^lf: « , 4 iyiki... s Ja * Campt SDth^Xowa Infantry^,, tyu bvitbi## ?o omv fW*,* td r ti,; %« Corinth, June 3 *6«, Sfdff Jbtmf' Xy DaaP Slrt- As 1 informad you, idiile at Des Moines in March, ther fd" Waihe eewNmlee of negroes or^mlzed here, (some three at that time) a , vefirtxo wfro flpilling daijLy ^ twolutions of the company and in the man June, 1863. ual of arms. These companies were not, of course, attached to any white regiment or corps, but were used as camp guard for a large mim ber of negro families, encanped about a mile out of Corinth. My ob~ w" servation of them, as now, wasthat they v;ere prompt in every exertO vise and apt to learn. Since then a regiment has.been organized, with nine fiill companies and the tenth nearly full, officered by white men. They had received their uniform and part of their guns. They -rtiji are a stalwart lot-, of men, and there is no doubt entertained here by any that they will not make energetic and brave soldiers. Gen, Dodge has the utmost confidence, not only in the wisdom of the policy which brings them into the field, but in the efficiency of this class of soldiers. (Council Bluffs Nonpareil. T • ^ Newspaper Clippings: (7DR10O): . . Niggers Won't Fight, Eh?- It i often the case that jpeople get tired of reading the details of great battles, and are solicltious to come 'to sklrmlshew and individual combats. Of the latter a case oc- " durrSd during the celebration at /afedfield, v/hich created tremendous ^excitement. It happened on this wise: A negro who had been for many months in the Union army, and irtio bad done efficient 'service as a spy for General Dodge, was peaceably walking at a respectful distand® from thd AAieiiblage, when a copperhead by the name of Cave stepped up to him ahd lUpudently pulled ihe wool iliiih ornamented hie head. The colored man respectfully eafti§'lilhat that sort of treatment meant? thafte*®^contrba4d«V I "suppose replied Cave, j June, 1863. .iSQI fj( still pulling at the-wool. , .t? */ r .:. r, l-t-ir.c.o': v" ' i-n "I suppose I m, iRfekly rejoined the darkey; "I am not in the ]l^^^j. jway of anybody that I know of. It, is my right as a free man to he -©•ti here, and here I intend to stay." -s , , Cave ripped out a resounding oath, declaring that the nogro had no right to he on the ground, and if he didn't get away in a hurry a murder would he committed. Gen. Dodge's scout drew his wool out of the grasp of his assailant, stepped hack a pace or two, folded his arms deliberately and intimated his intention to stand his ground and denf ,, fend his personal rights in any.way which the emergency indicated. Having a copperhead's general idea that a nigger won't fight, Cave 1^ put himself into a pugnacious attitude, and struck out at the darkey with great force and resolution. The scout had been in tight places .^. before, and had so disciplined himself in the use of his limbs that he knew how to take advantage of circumstances. The blow was awarded off, and in an instant a great black fist, weighing about two pounds I avoirdupois, and clothed with indurated knuckles and the force of a sledge hammer, drove full into the face of the Copperhead, bringing him to the earth as quickly as though the lightnings of seven thunderstorms had made him a target. The darkey was following up his advantage with considerable activity, when Cave caved, and signified his a d®sire to quit. At this Juncture another Copperhead picked up an oxyoke which lay near, and covirageouBly moved on the victor, expressing his intention to ^spatter the earth with one African at least. The June, 1863. darkey comprehended his peril at once, ^ising from his prostrate foe, he drew a revolver, cocked it, and awaited the onset. It was noticed ' -that the-onset did not come. The ox yoke, with the fe llow attached to it, disappeared in the distance, and Cave who was sensibly affected with the humiliation which comes of being licked by a darkey, got ^up sadly and walked av/ay to wash the stains from his countenance. Niggers won*t fight, eh? • . . . ; - - Oen. Dodge to Col. Cornyn, Corinth 15, (10DR232) t *-«fi ^^*l t You will have the 10th Mo. and 7th Kansas Cavalry prepare to move • « once-With-five days rations. You will report in person to these . v. Headquarters for further instructions. > a***- - • ' ttOKAl Dodge to Col. Cornyn, Cofinlli 15, (10DR232fr 4 •e9AX«( jg reported that Btffles is between here and Jackson, also a part between Jack's Creek and |iexington. You will move with your brigade, and cleaii 'tbem out, YqU are authorized to take all horses, mules and able bodied negroes in thai cnuntry, but you will be very careful that no unauthorized depredations are committed, such as buming houses, ftc. Protect all Unicii mert snd their'families j there beIng a large number In that coxintry who are Irt our army. Capt, Aldwho goes as guide, will keep you posted in these matters. No i a H Citizens will^ba brought Into the lines unless you have wnple evidenes to convict tham of violation of the laws of war, or unless they ' are held as' hoata|Jol^£^'*^ * , •iff . will keep Hi' posted Id relation to ^ur movements dally, ^ June, 1863. . \..0 ^ Special Correspondence 1to the Cincinnati Gazette, (6DR50): ■ »» Corinth, Miss., 16:**' ' T I have reliable news from Vicksburg and vicinity as late as the ,11th, and Mobile papers as late as the 13th inst. The news, though not startling, is important. ■ c ' . ; ; ' y. ^ In Vicksburg there is no hope of relief. The commanders there have given up the hope of receiving any assistance from Johnston, The overwhelming reinforcements received by Grant and Banks at once render all hopes of contending against them futile. It is but a question of days, which may be solved before this reached the eyes of « • your readers. On the 11th inst. Grant had mined to within forty yards 1^ of their main line, and would soon be prepared to move on their work in a dangerous underground stylo. _ - ■ 'JW - J .tjg How Negro Prisoners are Threatened. t --T10' "^he dispatches of June 11th from Jackson, state that a negro Lieu- "tiiit.i tenant and twilvo others belonging to John Taylor Moore, near Grand Gulf, who had arrested citizens and committed depredations, were broijght here today. There was some excitement, coupled with threats to admister lynch law; but they were quietly turned over to the mil- ' itary authorities to ba dealt with as they claimed to be United States oi troops." ■ f o ■ ■ 1^ . This, occurring in the espjttal of the President's own State, does not seem to indio ate a butchery policy toward negro troops, of the • '"t [ United States, capture by the Confederates. June, 1863. I { ''i' '' . .. . * * y Gen. Dodge and Col. Cornyn Threatened. f * ' » - f ^ in the iSfews of the 13th, is a dreadful howl about the raids into Dixie from this place, u der the direction and command of Gen. Dodge and Col. Comyn". They assume that the General and Colonel Intend to destroy not only the hoarded crops of'last year, but also, in the style suggested by one of the Gazette correspondents, destroy and lay wasted the fields of growing corn and wheat. The truth is, the rebel assumption is more than half correct. Neither of these officers have a very delicate regard for the comfort or convenience of the enemy, and they do not hesitate to weaken him 'in any legitimate manner. The growing corn and wheat is only growing strength for the monster they would destroy, and it is perfectly legitimate to destroy that which Is"necessary for his life, " • Hence, on thie late daring, and highly successful faid by Col, Cornyn to Florence, he lost' no opportunity to ride through a whear or corn field, vhere he could do so with his command, rendering the crop worth less, For this, and because they are true" to their Government, and ' i' zealous and honest in rendering it the best service they can, these two officers have called down the i^ath of the rebels upon them. General Dodge and Colonel Cornyn are sentenced (by newspaper court) to be hting or shot upon being caught, I can give these officers no higher praise than to state this fact: Happy is that Union officer whom the rebels hate. Qen. to Col, Allllfidar and Coiii^ders of Organizations. ¥86 June, 1863. - Corinth 16, (10DR233) , Your attention is called to the following extracts from the re ^j^^pbrt of the Ajt. Inspector General of the 3d Brigade, 1 »•#,, A 4 ^fhenever the evils mentioned exist in your brigado, you will: take immediate stops to have then rectified. , . . Gen. Dodge to Gen.r L. Thomas, Corinth 16, (10DR233) : ■■ I herewith respectfully return S. 0. No. 33 with several appoint ments. The changes noted on the order,having been made in the regi ment before it was mustered into service. Please send new order, and >^ . . . , . also appointments for folliwng in place of those re turned, Asst. Surgeon John M. Eaton, (civil life) . , ^ The First Regiment Alabama Infantry A. D. is now fully organized w and mustered in. Mustering about 900 men, and is an fine a body of men as I ever saw. They have built ,large and oommo Uous barracks. and are being thoroughly drilled in everything except the manual of • . . t " , arms. I-have, up to,this time,,been unable to obtain arms fod* the regJment • f - ^ f* ' , The aecond regiment la under way, and has several,companies nearxy full, I have aleoone compapy of artillery raised and mustered now in charge of Battery Phillips^ So far, the entire organization Imus worked 6;roeedfngjLy well and beyond the expectation of all. Very little prejudice even; existed in Ihis command against ^he use of the negro. Ihat little there was, their good .qualities and soldierly ' t t conduct have done awey with. They picket their own front and make June, 1863. .weI their proper detail for grand guard. I would respectfully suggest the: propriety of nthklfa^ the Orderly Sergeant,' a junior 3d Lieut, with the same duties to perform. It would be als'o a great improvement in ray opinion, to'allow the employment of one clerk in the Adjutant's and Quartermaster's departments, and the appointment of a driun and fife major. This would enable us to drill and recruit an efficient corps of field music.* * • • • ' I make these suggestions as experience has pressed them' forcibly upon me, eapecially the field music, ^t is a "great addition to the regiment, and all regiments have the material to form the corps, but • - > ,1 need instruction. ' •' * Gen. Dodge to Gen. Oglesby, Corinth 16, (10DR235,): ^ I did not care to telegraph the disposition of forces lil ouj?'^ front. I send by being headquarters, they ard ' ' : ' ■ ■ r ' scattered in thai vicinity. Brig, Gen, Buggies comrftandin^^. Col, Boylos, Ala. Regt. 600- C61. Hewletts brigade, SCO-'Col. Ingl's Battalion, Col. Barton 2d Tenn. at Verona- Maj. Ewin g's battalionMa j. Sander's Battalion - lat Ala. Confederate Cavalry- 2d Ala. Confoderate Cavalry, Col. Uttfph- Owens' Battery - (a s; all howitzer f. "At Aberdeen is Oohlson's State Cavalry, scattered up - of no account. Smith's Miss, regiment has also been broken up and scattered. Eaulkner is west, near ®ocky Pord, Sanson keeps well to the north. - The scout, who la a reliable man, thinks they have four*thousand men, with ten thousand in and about Okalona; Ho infantry in that coun-— I ?l' •(14 i June, 1863. V r 4 ' try. He said report put Johnson at Clinton, Moore's Bluff, on Big Black Burton and Yazoo City, with his cavalry scouting down and on east side of Big Black, but the fact is they know very little of Johnson. V H * ■What they do know is not wdry encouraging. The scout only staid a f 5 ' bout four hours in Okalona. Hearing of, Rugglcs movements, and not •(14 - . • - ^ knowing what they really meant, he hurried back. Ruggles move was evi dently to check ^hillips or he would have been further north before this. They think w e are pretty strong, and believe fully that we intend to move on them with all our cavalry, luwfj . .nj ^ Gen. Dodge to Colonel Herrick, 17th (10DR236 ): June 17th. Lt. c Blace a guard around the refugee camp a@ soon as it is vacated by them. ' Quarters District Corinth, -^orinth Miss., June 17th. Lt. Col. Bowen, 10 Mo. Cavalry. Under arrest and confined to the limits of his camp, by brigade orders, is hereby permitted to visit anywhere within the garrison and his limits are extended to comprise the lim .'.t , , * . ^ its of Corinth. By Order of ^ig. Gen. 0. M. Dodge, Geo. E. Silencer .'az tvmiS A.A.Gel. > i ^ • ITIr ^ Oen, Dodge to Col. Bacon, 18th (10DR236): You will leave Co "B ' ' t - - f • Capt. flutchin's Company, report to these Head Quarters this afternoon , at half past three oclock, with fe ight days ra.tions and eighty pounds Of ammunition. j'/* .-.5.1 ■, -I - .1 ^ Gon. Dodge, to Col. Cumminga, Corinth, Miss. 18th, (lODR236)f The exigenoiea of the service render it necessary tA relieve the cgvalry - — - - t; I -f ' C - .C 385 Jiine 1863. ®'^p^trol within the town for the present. no.urjtpt, To Gen. Dodge from his brother, C. Bluffs, 18. Your letter of 27th ult. dt^ly received, I notice from letters in the Democrat m M'' u '■ and Republican that the expedition you had started out to operate i i on t ^ 'fhe rear of Braggs' Army did good service. The substance of the IM# ^^"Democrat" letter was telegraphed to California by the Agent of *^^i*^the Associated Press, ' « -• I raid into central Pennl at the present stage of the game is almost laughable. It may turn out to be a more serious matter than ^ r ^ f V r . * • present appearances would indicate. If it terminates in simply a ♦•a," ! tT rf is ' * • "raid, I believe it will result in more good than evil. Hooked and . . .. . *' Leg aife*, 1 suppose , b'ound to come to-gether somewhere within hearing Washington, and the rebel generals future movements will depend Upon the result of that conflict. g ^ J V '■'Jl' '' 'fliilX f'"' - • . . . . . 1 .r ,. army is successful, ID look for him to occupy Maryland and "Southern Penn, for a while'. 1 suppose before you receive this you will hear of the republican nominations- Col, Stone, *22nd' Iowa. Gov, "^Eastmen of Hardin Co., Li. Gov., and Dillon of Davenport for Supreme Judge. When you learn of the proceedings of tlie convention you will iiu*Mur{ that Sells* friends went over t'o Stone. Two memebers on one bal lot voted for you- It would not have required m'uch figuring to have made you a prominent candidate but to have left the field at the time arid have sou^t A poliilcal position would not have been k profitable June » 1863. n£ move for you, according to my opinion., Prank Street and a few of his friends "lay low"^aind sprang a trap on the republican party here, ^d ao got himself and others nominated who were anti-Baldwin; they went for Warren but did not win, Baldwin is pleased with the ticket throughout- not exactly his choice, but they are all his friends, Y , • I enclose a draft by Phillips on Spencer for boots .and shoes, 'Sold him while Sutler in Nebraska on your recommendation. Spencer j ' must pay this account jjnyhow, Wyman (his clerk) certificate and ai'Nd other vouchers were sent to Pegram a long time ago for collection and cannot get them- the enclosed account and draft are sufficient. If ^ Spencer doubts its being correct or having been paid, you can vouch for it, Crocker and Williams - great "abolitionists" were rej .j^^^vceived by the Convention enthusiastically,. .n Gen, Dodge to Comdg, Officer of Gun Boats, Corinth, Mi s. 20th, (10DR237): I shall endeavor to keep some cavalry on the river so , that you can at any tlmj^ communicate to me any important movement of aeiL t enemy. T^xey no doubt will einde^vor to cross to conscript , and .. .f. collect the stock and produce ^n West Tennessee, and perhaps on the ^. Mississippi River. The gun-boats now in the Tennessee, will be able doubt to ke p them from crossing in force, or with batteries, I am ^4.desirous to know the movements of the enemy, dowir the river and have to , r mostly unon the boats for information^ - , ••aVIe I®®""* to. Col« ^wett, Corinth, Miss., 20gh (10DR238) . Send June, 1863. c one hundred mounted men,.if you have them, with six wagons to bring in a lot of Refugees driven out of Florence, and who have arrived at Hamburg. Start them tonight. Thoy must be very watchful- Mr. i ;'i • Aiken is here and will accompany them. If you have not the wagons. call on division Quarter Master Gen. Dodge to Lieut. ^ urd, Corinth, Miss., 20th (10DR238) : I wrote -you today by Capt. Pierce. "■ I desire you to take on your boat one or two scouts from either Capt. Pierce's company, or any scouts on the river whom he will hunt'up. Put them off below where the rebels 11 come across the river, and let them come up by land. Also, please ask ■' the boats coming up the river tb keep mjr mdn posted and send me the M news as fast as they get it. • ' % ■ Correspondence of* the H. Y, Tribune, Corinth Miss., 20th, Since the seigc of Vicksburg and the abandonment of the Port at Jackson, Gen. * Dodge and officers here have grown more sanguinary in conducting the 1r .♦ campaign. Col. Comyn, with his brigade of cavalry has been most ac- ^^"tlve and successful. This afternoon he retu9Tied with* over twjo hundred horses and mules, with buggies, wagons, and negro recruits in profusion Soon after his arrival a large nximber of officers and soldiers Ml T 'congregated at the'appointed hour at "camp Dodge," 1st. Colored Alaba ma Regiment, Col. Alexander, to hear the speeches and witness the pre sentation of a fin'e stand of colors* Gol. Bane addressed the regiment ■*i- ^ and the htimerous Khite sbldiers present* lh"hl% bold ind most effect- June, 1863. . - - r, * t • • • tive style. Having been an old line democrat - as far at least as his favorite candidate, Judge Duglas, ever went - he claimed the most can- ,did attention of his Democratic auditors. The negro, he said, had been oppressed through the sufference, if not the sanction of the Federal Constitution, by reason of an unfortunate compromise. In the same way ! * • had slavery subsisted, yea, grwwn fat and indolent up to the breaking t * , out of this infernal rebellion. Such compromises, however, hating borne no good fruits it was time to cut down the tree. Slavery must now give up the ghost- not so much by the intent of the North or South hNb by the inscrutable and most righteous providences of God. The Republican party never proposed to free the first slave, nor ever to relax the enforcement of the fxigitive act, v.hereby all who could be caught ware returned to, their chains, but only to restrain it from t cursing new soil. When the war.commenced the avowed purpose of the .Administration was to free no slaves, yea, to suppress every effort put forth by the oppressed to be free. For more than a tedious year th pledge was but too Well kept. Fremont's proclamation in Missouri, and Hvinter's in his more southern district, aiming to free the slaves of rebels were promntly reveraed. And yet, circumstances, or rather Pro vidence, finally obliged the President to do the same thing on a large , scale, with his own hand - Many object that it is unconstitutionzal thus to emancipate. How preposterous to.talk of constitutional rights for rebels, tearing the sacred injf-o piecemeal. What consum- 'ft,,--. June, 1863. mate folly, too, to be quibbling In'such teohnicalitie's, and at'the srme time holding hundreds of cannon, all charged ready to blow the il^ole kit and crew of sl'aveholders to the devil. In thenarae of comT ' " ■ mon sense, if you make war, make it in earnest, and let it stay made until the erid is attained. If, however, the slavehqlding tribe and '^ their northern applogizers, insist? on 'the Constitution, let them have it to their heart's content. Thousands of prisoners, fotmd in rebel lion of what would have been the best Government on earth, but for slavery, have first and last been brought to this post. What disposi tion, if strictly enforced, v;ould our Constitution make of such. Being no less tlian traitors, every last man of them would have to swing, and Gen. Dodge need a re-erifbrcement-^o erect gallows and adjust ropes. ^ The Government has been remarkably lenient, especially to such as clsmore for the enfor'cement of the Constitution, *- ^ In presenting the colors. Col, Bane was eloqxient and pathetic, urging the regiment to defend them to the last extremity, and pronis- * Ing their rich folds to enshoud their bodies in honorable and peace- ; ■ * ^ ; 1 . « f iful graves. Two colored Soldiers responded, fixing the attention of all who could hear. One*had made his way over 200 miles only few ejita I •» ♦ weeks ago. Among other most appropriate and witty remarks, he said to his colored friends that they had often heard of the old banner, and longed for the freedom it promised. And although they could not deny having had plenty of "stripes*,' they'hSiS Certainly newer re~ P June, 1863. 2 » ..uj* " / cGived the "stars". These he ejlhtJrted his-fellow-soldiers to hear aloft, never all w ing their cebdl^ipus ipaster§ trail them in the dust. ' ^ . ■ ; .J'' ' • . Col. Weaver followed in a few manly remarks, telling the colored * - -soldiers that since their masters had given them the "stripes" it had f it' ' now come, their turn t-o make' theift. see; "starp" and he hoped that they at . Xwould lose no t^me in doing it. This, speaker ,• as, well as Col. Bane, . rc'^odced that the dark cloud pf American Slavery was dispersing so . .jhealthfully. in flashes . of lightening and thunder. In this way let the 'niusketry and cannon, wielded hy the down-trodden and oppressed, clear -aXw our sky, and "the rays of justice give ys/sereAity. and peace. ^ ^ ,.Tire old •j7th Illinois d.s now about mounting, and under, its brave dashing Col. Rowet, will soon add to the efficiency of Cornyn's force. Rumors have prevailed that Cornish is threatened by a large fArco, but there is no good eviXLejftce ythat more than one or two bands of guerrillas are-near us. They are abusing the ,poor loyal citiaens most ^ cnaolly, and hxindJ^eds are almost daily seeking refuge in our lines, tarn | weji^lng them north. - .. . . "ttfti/p Clipping. Memphis, 20th/ (GDRGo:* ^ ^ * ,■ -O' . -C.' CqX, Cornyn of IjOth Mos. cavalry succeeded in routing a^ •Kdnf scattering sevfral rebel camp a. where tj^y were gathering cattle for „.Bragg*s army, destroying large quantities of forage, and bringing in % '* . ■ ' cattle. He reports vigorotis efforts are making by rebels to gathef a June, 1863. .f " large mounted force North of Memphis and Charleston' R. R. conscripting ' everybody. Some of Gen. hodge's men who were with Col Strai^tt have escaped and reached Corinth. They report that Straight destroyed and abandoned his artillery before it vras captured by Forreetj' that 'Straight inflicted'much greater damage than rebels acknov.ledge. De- - tachment of/Oi^. ifo. and 5th Cfctio Cavalry, 400 strong, under command '• of Maj. Henry, fifth Ohio, put on reconnoisance", allowed themselves to be surrounded near Heirnando, Miss., on the night of 18th by Cren. Chalmers, with*a force of 2000, They were completely routed, most of them either (^ptured or killed, Maj, Henry was captured, about two Nftiindred and fifty (250) of them have returned, Fhemy are moving along our lines from Mfemphis to Corinth, They cut the flelegraph, destroys^ a small culvert near Moscow this morning. - .aw * Newspaper Clippings, Washingtonj^ 22n& (6DR50)t* • <4/^ THE VfAP. IN TENNESSEE. Dispatches from Memphis, 'dated the 20th,* state that A detachment » . . of Col. Dodge's cavalry Had captured two boats—on which ..twdurebel regiments and a battery were trying to cross the Tennessee riverj and Col, Gornyn had broken up a rdbel regiment and destroyed a large quan tity of salt- more damage than heretofore reported. * Gen, Dodge'to Col. Cornyn,^Corlnth, Miss,, 82nd (10DR239): Order two squadrons of cavalry to report tb Col. Burke at'CRmp Datrifes im- • I# *■ * . mediately for temporary service. . June, 1863. „ Dodge to Col. Cornyn, Corin^,h, Kiss., 23rd. (lODR2o9),: Let ■jt "ail men of your^^goramaj^d-guilty of steaLing, pillaging, plundering, robbing, or of committing any unauthorized depredations, be immediate- -L' I .arrested, and diargespand specifications be preferred against them for trial by court marshal, • " ..ti " ifj. W. W. Robbins to CTen. Dodgey St. Lguis, 23rd. I reached home 'X0 o' on the 16th, I found May alive, ^though two or three physicians had ♦ 'j.'NiVj given her up - said that she was dying. Since I have been here there -®h 'it-vhas not been much cliange. Some days she is a little better, other I days worsei She is so much reduced in flesh that she is nothing but ^ ' a skeleton. A person looking at her would think it not possible for her t9 get well, yet I have hope^ that.ahe may. „ • Ky le^ve expires on the SOth, byt J do not think that, I ought to return to the amy while my child ,ia in the condition, that she is now. j msiU V. ! . I^shall write foi» an extension of my leave of absence, also ten- ■ ; daring my resignation. They oan either give me more time or accept i my resignation. If 1 oannot get either, I will have to stay here and -uwii^ftake the consoquencesi ' ♦w I wrote to you while on the host coming up, I could not tell • Ifc then what it-would be peat to I-am anxiously waiting to hear - >9 that Ce«i., Grant is in Vicksbtirg,- I do not think the place can hold out longer than a week, possibly it may a few days longer, but I think we are perfectly sure of game there. That place taken. Gen. June, 1863. •Grant caii us6 his army to advantage in other'sections of the country. ■ War Dept. S.«0. No. 281, Washington 25th. Companies "E" & "P" Ist'Middle Tennessee Cavalry no-w at Camp Chase, Ohio, are hereby transfered to report without delay to Brig. Gen. G.'M. Dodge, command ing District of Corinth, as soon as thyy are exchanged. Gen. Dod^'-to Lt. Col. Thurston, Coriht, Miss.# 26thi (10DR240): The 15th 111* Cavalry raise«a question in relation to the sale of private horses.^ It appears that the regiment was made up of independent companies, a par^t which were enlisted under an order of the War de partment that they must furnish their own horses, and they' were not 'allowed to enlist unless they did so. They now contend that that was^j^ a part of their contract; say CTOvommcnt considered it so, for whdn they^desired io get rid of cavalry owning their own'horses/ they issued an order for them to sell o^ be mustered out of the service. They also hold that no order except that o'nthe War Department can deprive them '6f their pay for Use mud rtsk 'of horses. * '' ''' '#he other regiments find no fault, Ss Che^men OwAlng horses are willing to give them up, they having obtained them without any agree ment on their enllstaent.' t ; ; f f.' ■ These full companies-Of'the l5th 111. Cavalry are in the condi tion stated above, moat of tfieir horses^re very finft,-as the inspect- - .. « .4- J JU '■ Yflij' >■* t June» 1863. tor General considers many of them worth from $150 to $200, while ^-e are allowed to pay oftly $115. This is another greivance. I desire a full explanation of the matter so that it can he set fully before the command, that they may act understandingly,""A part, I am satisfied, will refuse to obey and take-the consequences, believing that the War Department will sustain their -position in the matter, I understand Gen. Hulrbut*s order on the subject to be compulsory, though it does "'foO . not in its language fully appear so, ^ - Cal)t. Spencer, A.A.G. to Brig, Gon. T.W.Sweeny, Corinth Miss, 26th, 0^ t { * t iT'-e General Commanding directs that the plank* road be opened for ^ ^eifaVel during the rainy weather. You wilj therefore- relieve the C guard and have the fences taken down, ' , Gen, Dodge to Col, R.W.Rowett,• Cof inth, 27thj (10DR240) : You *will Be prepared to move with-what^men you have mounted,'tomorrow at seV^n' (7) o*clockj with four days rations, reporting nt lyUWI'fid. (ire. for instruotionai^^ • « ■ Itefl, Do(ig#''tl>His brother, Corinth, 27th:- I have just had a severe fight with 0«i*, Rtiggles comirading about 2000 men, T YHyi'hBB * • • killed--took a good many prisoners and whipped as usual, besides break- ® " ing up a big raid on our-R/R. 1 heard oi" its coming, and marched out « 100 miles with 800 men and pitched Into him* I have acme very fine negro troops* well Arilie^ and doing the same duty as the white troops 'do. - ' • *" • ^nni u ii ' ftim nrsaow Juno f 1863• .Wfsi " t !«ll^ ■* ^Newspaper Clipping, (6DR55) : ra'j«rtr'> . i:.w,lOT. .* hat S H a L.L Be EOF Ej.l :.:}itolSM •*!* •iUXh .ft- V'' -IV I T H TH B M? noliJVtaXcXft XTul »i 3'*?3!.taQ <1# ^ •* REFUGEES FROM THE SOUTH SENT TQ*'^ X < . -^at 3«lfJ ILLINOIS. ,:uj j. a« „ 4S •'jrtsi ixw . jf'' . bJ^ .»• (From the Cairo Morning News It will "be remembered our readers that 338 refugees from Cor inth, arrived here a few mpmings since, .and that they were sent up . the railroad. Part of them went to Quincy, part to Decatur, and 120 to Centralia. The arrival of these people at Centralia, has called - out the following correaoondencw which has been kindly furnished by ^^-rOen. Buford for publication.--Headquarters Division of. Cairo, Cairo Jxine 24, 1863. Sameul Storer, Esq., Mayor of Centralia; Sir; I ,^ave Just received the fol lowing telegram'from you; (By telegraph from Centralia.) June 24th, 1863. To.Gen. Buford: By w^at authority do you force, upon the people of Centralia the one hundred and twenty paupers you sent here by yesterday's train? You are respect- 'lUf. fully requested to arrange fhr their transportation south.. (Signed) < Samuel Storer, Mayor. I answer that Gen. Dodge sent me those persons with the following touching lettef: Headquartj|rS|'District of Corinth, j., June 18th|!_ 1863»' -Brig. Gen* Bufgrd, Cairei/^ I send ^ou five hundred women and ehlldx^en refugees from the South. They are loyal people, Juno, 1863. Their husbands fathers and brothers are In our army doing their duty, V ■ , ■ and I ask as a favor to me as well as a justice to them, that they be made comfortable and settled down in the Northern States. It will be well for them to scatter to the different towns where they have friends. They have already suffered more than death and have been kicked about, till they are disheartened, many of them, to die. I could tell tales of their suffering \mder Jeff Davsi* tyranny that would make every loyal man and woman's heart bleed, but all they now ask is a place where they can live oomfortably, and in peace until the war closes and their protectors can join them. I once more bespeak for them your well knownkindness and efficient aid. I am, very respect- -i • r* « - . . fully. Your Obedient Servant, G. M. I^odge, Brig, Gen. " '- ■ 'i- ' I immediately telegraphed the Superintendent of the Illinois Cen tral Railroad, "TT.R.Arthur, Esq., to reduce the rates for the fare of » • I ' • r refugees, which he generously compiled with, y ^ ^ K.T.^ r. /Those i>eople were in charge of four competent and humane officers «ho distributed equally among them about $l,600j^ which had been colIdcted for them by Gen, Dodge, t provided food for all of them, a » f ♦ % < hospital and medical attention for the sick, and graves for the dead. I a lowed them all to select their places to which they^would go, and it seems a largo number selected your beautiful and prosperous city.^'*** They are FREE and have the right to go wher^ they please. They all' have money -nough for a week's support, fnzmlhhed them by the benev- June, 1863. olent and humane in the army. Among the evils of this war you may count one of them the duty of making provisions for the unforttmate loyal persons who are forced. from their homes in the south. To force them away from C.ntralia is an act which you will maturly consider before you execute it. Your obedient servant, ford. Brigadier General commanding ^ ^ The General's object in furnishing ti^is correspondence to the public is to draw the attention of the people to the responsibilities t - the war is throwing upon them. He asks- "Where shall the refugees go? Our officers are enlisting the fathers, husbands and brothers of these loyal people at Corinth in the 1st. Alabama regiment. They are in a - ^ . . . , , . . . ' destitute and forlorn condition, and six of their number have already - A .« gone to bourn from whence no traveler returns, M ny of them are capaa ]. ble and willing to earn their living, and their enlisted relatives will imdoubtedly send them a large proportion of their pay. Our peo ple are contributing thouaandls for sanitary nurposes, but here are ob- ■ ^ ■ ■ OfJ* jects of charity brought to their very doors. The truly benevolent will provide for them homes and opportunities for making a living," Part of these refugees went to Qulncy, part to Decatur, and the ^ ; t remainder to Centralia, BlAvery crushes the ^oor white man as effec it tually as it does the slave, and the North is charged with Uie duty ^ ■ • ■ ■ of picking up the debris of that accursed system, whether black or ^ o.r- ' ultnvjn 5 * * . ' ft,;. - ■ June, 1863, whijfe, and conferring on it liberty, rights and education,? But it will be found that those who object to binding up the black man's bruises,, using hio color as the pretext, will object ecjually to doing anything for the scattered and peeled Union white people of thg South, if these poor refugges had only been slave owners they would find sjinpathizers enough among the copper-heads, but the trouble is, they are only poor _"white trash" at best; and those who apologize for slavery, love tyran ny and aristocracy at heart, whatever their lip pretentions may be, ,ond those who love aristocracy hate the poor, the meek, the down-trod den. It is want of "the milk of human kindness" that makes any man an apologist for slavery, or callous to the sufferings of its victims. * • Correspondence of^Missouri.Democrat, (6DR48). Cprinth June 28:- • The cavalry brigade,-under, fcomaaad of Colonel Florence M, Cornyn, Consistihg of the 10th Missouri, 7th Kansas and 15th Illinois Cavilry, and 9th Illinois mounted Infantry, left this place on the 25th ult., for the purpose of making a PATH OP DESOLATION through a section of coimtry not heretofore traveled by our forces- at least not since . General Buell'a command passed over this route, one year ago, and it is well known that he did not li^ave a very vivid impressiotj 04 the minds H * of the people as to what war" really meant. ^ , The oaaimand left here on the aixjve day lit about 10 A.M., crossed the Tennessee at Rmaburg the same night and the next morning. The 15th ^Illinois left at ^the river to guard,the boats used in cdoss-^ Jxme, 1863. sing. About noon we started again, skirmishing now -aihd -then^ picking up stragglers from Bragg's army, and playing the devil generally, tra veling all day until after midnight, when a heavy shower of rain c ame down upon us; but it was con idered as a God-send, refreshing both men and animals, and' laying the irre'spressible dust, On the 2Bth about five miles from Florence, we came upon a large -body of the enemy who-were said t6 have a battery di six pieces, Owingt to the unfavorable nfeture of the ground, several rounds from these pieces and a severe fire of musketry was received before ou little battery could be brought up; fcut #ien it was, and after a number of rounds were fired from it, the rebels fell back towards, into and be- ^ '•yond the'town. Too cowardly'to fight outside, they sought the nro- ♦ tection'of the town/ thinking'that they coud shoot us wi|h impunity; but they discovered a alight mlalalte, and soon had occasion to bid It" adeau for a short time. A few minutes after'a severe fight occurfei..'- on our left and rear, but after a short time we were left in posseasioft of the entire town and surroundings. ' ' ■<> ' teAvih'g ftLorenco'about by U dlffereftt route * from the ^one we took'goin- there. On our inweward march, amid "th6 glar of burning M factories, &c, we could not help thinking iffiat'the «wil pa^alono of ft few political demagogael hftd brought upon this erice handsome place. But such thoughts are useleas. The evel is acocmplished; lot the awi'MVlOrte wipe out the 'o««ae. After which, let Us, as a nation, Jvne, 1863. cominence life axiew a better and happier people; iiOrf * •oA tO-.* ••■uu it was w«ll..that-W0 choae a different route for our homeward trip. In going thqre,.*8 had paased within five miles -of Bragg's men of the "last ditch,", and a, large forca from the left wing of his aa?my was, being massed alo^ this route> for the. purpose of giving us. a first class receptionji an;J over the route we.took, it behooved us to move with celerity, for fear,they mi^t,diecover their mistake and change-- their base. Traveling -all, night, all the next day and night, fight-- ' ing all day the 30th^ literally cutting, our way through the enemjp^^o ha(^ discovered hia..i(list,akj9i,, aiid was endeavoring .tp retrieve the past. . were some P/ tp pass away time, . We crossed the river the pame night, and to fight on this side, but succeed ed ip bringing off all oii|'_jp|iptur0d prisoners, stock, &c. ^ Wiiat was. accomplished injjSO short a space of time? We , burned seven cotton factories, costing an average of $200,000 each* Sputhern Cpn^'edfr^f^ h^ o^feyad^jfgr^lhg largest $1,000,000, con taining throe .lypjgxjd^looBift. ^ on . average one hundred men and .,thg aaiD|% ,won^n ^and chlldre'^ But their contents were .aoijft..Yaln«blp ^SHi^be buildin^yi apd machinery, having a large amounio Of JiteJck. sftdj wahufsutured goods/*^. hand. A large nun.l^r of steaasf lour lug .and aaw plU# W® sultha* wagon employed on^ govemnnent J*!i. w m June, 18G3. r kinds, (S:c, &c. A ton of :}Ow''or,'a large niimber of arms of English mcnufaature, six-hundred thousand gouuds of fixed aim.unition, each car tridge having the crown of England stamped upon it, and several boxes "n^,, shell kveie destroyed, A number, of dwelling houses were accidently burned by our shells. The pplendid bridge near- Florence was ned. All along the route both going and coning, our co ?.iand march ed In line through the waving wheat, 'just ripe, utterly destroying it-. An immense ("Immense" is not the word-language canriot describe the ' scone- «/he smoke arising from burning corn cribs in every direction, and for miles each side of our path) amount of forage was destroyed; some was passed by on account of the close proximity to dv/elling houses. Large quantities of moat, &c. were used, 'but more wasted and des troyed, The people appear to think that starvation is staring them in the face; but let their Gover-nmant protect them, and they v/ill no doubt fare very well, ' ' or' I Ife capturkd two Majors, two Captains, ftiur or five Lieutenants, and about one hundred men, A large rebel flag was also captured. An immense amount of stock- horses, mules, oxen, cows, carriages, <Ssc #c were taken and turiiOd over to the Qovci'iimont, About twenty men, who ' have escaped con cription by laying in the busli and other places of concealment, accompani'sd ua Into camp, and are joing some one of the regiments here. TTe brought about one thoxisand contrabands- men, V/omcn and children- about two hundred and fifty of them joining the negro KSfe. Tj^'Ca, ' .t.' Jiine, 18G3. . '^wv'i tO iXi' brigade. And all with a loss of less than thity wounded and missing. .1; ... . INCIDENTS. ETC. , During a cessation of hostilities, on the 2Sth, three men (citizens mijht have been seen winding their v/py in the direction of the spot .... « . - . . - - where stood our gallant Colonel,, One of them, towering above the others, proved to be % . Pwev.^ R. A.young (part^ Indian) of the Ilethodist Episcopal Church, Sout^, formerly of . Louis, who opened out in the follov;lng language ^ "Are you in command of thia force?" Answer; "I believe so," Ques t . . . . . ' \J < ^ . tion; "Do you think it horrible to shell a town occupied by men and women and children?" Answer: "Do you think it horrible for a rebel and traitor General to seek a town and its houses .to make breastworks and cov- f . . . • A J J V V krO 11 er for his cowaidly traitor, troops, form which to shell and shoot the i. - - ■ V ' r . .V J. A . . . . brave and generous patriots of this land of liberty, who are willing to meet their country*®, enoaies in the open fields, every, hour of the night and day, and then to make a thermopylae or a victofy of every fight?" Answer by preacherL "I don*t,"t» Reply by Colonel. "you lie, d--n you. You, the offspring of dobachad Indian squaw, are trying to establish a distinotibn in favor of your self, a chlldoof shame; and the negro, a race from the hand of God, bearing His pipage and animated and ennobled by an Immortal soul. The nogro is your eui^o^i^or^." Question; "Ai e mP wife and family safe iihile your forces hold the town?" "Yes, the brave are always generous, June, 1863. and my soldiers are the brightest exemplars of thd fSdt riov/ oh this planet. C-o home and stay there, -all sre safe but araied traitors." — The Colonel had a narrow escape while planting the battery at Florence. A charge of grape struck within" a few feet of him, scatter ing in every direction, but he escaped* unhurt. -— --On the 30th, near the river,* some of the 9th Illinois boys wer c skirmishing'. Col. Ph lllips observed a bbdy of rebel caval- "" '' ry attempting to outflank him. He sent his Orderly to the officer^ with InstrUdtlons to fall back. The officer observed the movement himself, and fell back. Away went the ^Orderly, but he could find no ' "skirmishers; but they must be further on, and on he went, until he be came so bewildered that he did not knwcw where he was. He discovered a moiinted man ahead. Hiding up to within hailing distance, he callodj "Hallo, what' Commahd do you belong to?" '""Roddy's. TH/feat command do you belong to"V- * "Julian's." ' Ov bfte • ^ "All right; coAe ahead." U<c*ii0»stn^ vi "filial" The Orderly rode up, pistol in hand by his sid^f'arid when ^uitO'close. presenting it at his head, said; •***' « .♦ iiu-un. '"Give me that guno," a<y tr b** t, ^ «ilaa SecesVi did so, when trhe ordefly again pr««tftttlCh'#->iia pistol, sai<t»»' "larf "Now, take me to'th^'l'lVer by 'tbe nearest -route, or I will*, blow t •"•twpe itU.mi . your brains out. ««1>s June, 1863. • j I He started, the orderly following. Thej' came out some seven miles above. Following the course of the river, they soon came within sigiit of the picket guard ("th Kansas boys). Here arose another difficulty. The pickets would fire without challenging. Again bringing the pistol into requisition, he told "Roddy's comraand " to advance. He f bo follov/ed at a very respectful distance. . ^ Sure enough, as soon as he came within range, some of the 7th opened, when he ereid. "Oh, mercy, mercy: flon*t shoot> I*m a prisoner.* "Prisoner of whom?" . _ , ^ . . . , . . lo m ,"0f one of you Yankees," •at •i tti r The orderly now rode up. .il'fJ "Well, who are you". "Co . Phillip's orderly. t 0 MM • •oLU wax •ftns- . uaV -V .1 . ■ ''yi. -t ' -i, o .. f ' . n ' ; I'iil "We don't know that, advance one and give the countersign." Here arose another difficulty . If ho should advance, the prisoner .. .. .. i-j I * would escape; so he ordered him forward, ' ' ' < "But I haven't the countersign." ,7No matter, forward." ^ »l ' i'' <* t . r i • Secoah rode up, and not hayl,ng the countersign, was again taken in, ♦ ' j . -.j ^ The orderly now rode up, explained matters, and took his prisoner into cai^.^,^ T . i " 'Ow,.. I ..J ' "jii ic Colonel F« M. Cornyn» Corinth, Miss., 30th (10DR24) : June, 1863. ^Your attention is called to the follov/ing extracts from the re port of the Inspector CJeneral of CTav. "Brigade. « U K* J 4 Par.' 1. '"Corncil of administration are very inefficient and neg lectful of the duties, in the entire brigade. In none of the Regi ments is there any fixed tariff of prices 6n goods kept by the Sutler, neither is any tax collected 'y'him for regimental fund." ' - Circular seht to Brigade arid Out Post Comniaii:1ors dated 22nd May 1863, applies full: to thic case and must be carried out. ' Par. 2ndl * ""Public Property." It a'very cbmmon pRsictice for officers to select the best of government horses for their own use. This is more especially the case in the 10th Mo. Cav.- many of the of-q ^ ■ficers having never owned a horse since'entering the service. Par. 3rd. The straggling allowed updn the recent marches of this brigade has been the source of much trouble and injury to the servicv, ^ 'N f and should not only be prohibited, but the brders should Tie enforced. Nvimorous complaints wore made along the line of march that they were robbed and insulted by our officers, many of whom would break ranks, • ^ 1 ostensibly for the purpose of filling their canteens, but really to ' ' .rr pillage. This might be remedied by each squadron detailing ^-noncom missioned officer and private to oiitain water, or by hauling at regu- • I 1 ... y ^ * i . I. lar intervals near water. The irregularities must be rectified. On the march I hear-glNlftt complaint that no orders are'even sent back to Wter by squadrons or June, 1863. i 'j ' ' ^ £>4 ' -J regiments. This should always be done and jien not allowed . to drop t . • **« . out one at a time. ^ Gen, Dodge to Colonel P. P. Herrick, Corinth, Miss., rOth (10DR242) Your attention is called to the manner in which some of the officers and men of the 7th Kansas use the vacant barracks adjacent to. your camp; they hitch horses, cows Etc in them, and appear to consider them stables. This will be immediately rectified, and any officers or men putting thorn to an impi^oper use will be ar rested. , , Gen. Dodge to Lieut. Col. Bamhill, Corinth, Miss , 30th (10DR242) ilni * A . I t » By direction of Major Gen. Hurlbut, Comdg. 16* Army Corps, you •!*. • . . . ii will immediately arrest S. D. Baldwin, late Col. of 57th Ills. Infty, ' Vols. and send him under guard by first train to Army Corps Head Qrsts. -1 W t - < • 1 in Head Quarters Distrct CorSlnth, -tl,. A. Itvi J , St Ja Hon. A. Lincoln^. Corinth, Miss,, June 30th, 1863, iiifos o ' President United States:^ .ilwu ' .lo TiKll ' . . J respectfully request your consideration of the ,^t>llowing stats»pnt of facts In the case of L. D. Baldwin late Colonel ©f the 57th Ills. Infty who has obtained an endorsement ucon ' '' . . o .. . , . _ ^ his case fVom you, removing the disability placed upon him by the court-martial and has reported here, with a new commission from Gov • * . .. . . . . . , Yatea, which he was unable to take benefit of from the fact that the orders do not allow a Col, to his reclmen^. This endorsement was ob- •- • • • , June, 1863. tained, I believe, through" a misrepresentation of the facts fn'his"""^** case, and as he no doubt will again appeal to you, I 'desire to bring the matter properly beofre you, ' ' ' Col. Baldwin was tried and found guilty ofcowardicd by a Courtmartial composed of officers of this division, whose integrity and ability no person will for one moment doubt, and the records of the " . % court will show that it was one of the most aggravated cases of this " ^ar. An officer comraanding a regiment and brigade, deserts his command in the face of the enemy on throe battle-fields: Donelson, Shlloh nad Corinth, ah'd, undei* one pi*etense of another fails again to make his app'earance* during those 'severe battles. I am credibly informed that this coiirt was UNAIITNOUS in its opinion, and the evidence was so poinjfed and strong that they not only dismissed him, but forever prohibit ed from holding' any o'ffice in the United States, either civil or militarty. Col. Baldwin had every opportunity to malte his defense, but failed to show one mitigating circumstance, and the opinion Of the court is sustained by every prominent officer of this division, and every commander that he has served under. He was not only considered a coward, 'but in every other essential point as ihcompetent, and I have no hesitation in referring tO the following of icers tfe sustain this. M4j. Gen. glesby, MaJ. Gen. Hurlbut, Brig. Gen. Davies, Brig. Gen. Prentiss, who openly denounced him f6r destroying his colorl at Shiloh, and finally Ma,1. Gen.'fr. S. Grant. "392 / June, 1863. ■' \^iW * ' ' f ■ * :' i f**': . ulI^I ask of the President on behalf of this Division that the order removinjthis disability be changed, so far.at least, that he shall not be allowed to again enter the army. Justice requires it should b«? entirely revoked. The Divisions feel keenly its disgrace mn having placed, back in command of a regimen^^^ man whose cowardice and incompetency is notorious throughout the commaiad, and if we slioot a poor soldier boy fp deserting his flag, what punishment is too great for ni a* A commander who deserts his regiment and brigade in their battles. I make this appeal from the fact that I am well satisfied that * Col. Baldyrin was restored upon an entirely different version of the •case to what the record of the court proves, a d this army knows to be . true, and I ask of.the Intermediate commanders that this communication shrll received ffpm then sudi endorsement, that the President may dis tlnctly understnad,their opinion in,the matter. I think the President «ill sec the importance of the discipline of the division and to its effeotivenesfc upon the field, that the officers when justly planished ^ should UAt bo sent^Mk "to it, to set at defiance the only method we have of ridding the aervice tff its dead weight®. ^ 1 subiftit the abov , believing^ it my duty to Inform the Piesident in the matter, knewing that had hd been aware of the facts in the case, - - ■ ■ ■ JiiCff #10**' c the order would never >.ave been is8uc4. i ^ June, 1863. tefiie ■• Dodge to Hon. Richard Yatss. Corinth, Miss,, -30th, (10DR244): On behalf of the division, I^desire to protest against the recommissioning of Col. S. D. Baldwin, late of the 57th Inft. Vols. • He has reported here, but under present orders cannot be -recognized, I refer you confidenticaly to Maj. Gen. Ogelsby, Maj. Gen. Hurlbut, Brig. Gen. Prentiss, and Brig. Gen. Davies and finally to Maj. Gen., Grant. I trust these officers will make an endorsement ' -i yn A upon this communication that will show the Covernor Col. Baldwin's status in the army. Col. Cornyn's report to Gen. Dodge, Corinth Miss. 2nd. -In pursuance of Instructions deceived from you, the brigade, which I have the honor to command, consisting of the 10 th Mo. Cavalry, Lt. Col .W. D. Bowen, 7tl^ Kansas Cavalry, Lt.Col.T.P. Herrick, and the 15th Ills. Cavalry, .Capt, T.E.Carmlchael, with the^Qth Regt. Ills. Vol. Inftyr, mounted, Lt. Col. J. J. Phillips, attached, started upon an expedition towards Florence, Ala. Leaving Corinth at 10 o'clock A. M.-on Tuesday the 22nd ult, W© reached Hamburg on the Tenn. River about six o'clock the saste .. i evening and Immedlately'comnenced crossing^the aiream -by means of the ,^1 gun boats, Fanny Barker and Covingtonj and wo*kIiig"the entire night this was accomplished at abou^ 1 dJolockc ot the aftewioon of Wednasdythe 27th. At Hamburg, Lieut. De"Ford df Col. Hurst's Let ITest ^.394 . Rn" r June, 1863. " Cavalry reported to me for duty, and during the entire expedition 'rendered me such service as to entitle him to my warmest thanks and highest praise.' He executed orders of the highest importance with great coolness and courage. After the final crossing of the river I directed Capt. Carmichael, with his command, to proceed towards Wayneshoro, in a north-westerly^direction to divert the enem y's at1^'* tention, while, I with the main body moved eastwardly towards Florence, * Capt. Carmichael performed his part admirably and deserved much praise for it, VTith the exception of a short halt about twelve o'clock, we" marched the whole of the ni ht, and just after daylight 'we began to strike scouting parties of the rebels, driving them before us. We reached Hawhide about nine o^clock, and from this point I sent out to the N^rth and left of tiie" main raod, -two squadrons of the 7th Kansas, under the guidance or JLieut.' De Ford, to destroy %be Grist Wills, and cotton and'woo en factories in- that neighbqrhood, ' which 1 ar happy to say Slrfffdctuall/ A^cufbd. From this point 1^^ began to meet more' ar^df^^BftV-e of th#^lWfcsJfc"toitll within about..two milU of Florence when ^'e cW'-'full tipon his'pi^fc^Vs ;a»d drove them To prewent *ihe"^8\irpriso of my flanks , I had pregiously ordered flankers outl'to'tRe^rlghraAd left. found I was close to the enemy in "force, I dismounted two sqluadrons of the 7th Kansas, , V •'•' • .y '• •' ■.•mm June, 1863. •- 'i-jv - j i 4 . j ^ arned with revolving^rifles and deplo.yed them to the right and , left in, the, woods, whicl,!, flanked the road on ..both sides, as skirmishers. 'These-had considerable skirmihsing with the enemy, until within about wight hundred yards of the town, when he planted tv;o pieces of atftillery in a field just at its edge and opened on us with them.^ f • * - . firing with considerable accuracy, but fortunately with no more %, .. . , . ..j . . , , effect than the slight wounding of one man of th® 7th Kansas, who was — • 4 ■ t hit by a piece of exploding shell. To counteract the cannonading, I ordered up a section of the Howitzer battery, belonging to the 10th Mo., and replied to them vigorously, and v/ith such effect that ;after some five- or six rounds the enemy withdrew his guns and retreated, we purauglng and driving him through the town. During the cannonading a I dismouttJ^d Lt-» Col. Phillip's comman apd pushed them forward as sklrmlshsPB on the right and left flanks, and as soon as the enemy , .fled, moved them rapidly on the town, and took possession of it, sendi ing two squadrons of the 10th Mo. throdgh the town to discover the direction of tlie enemy's fligiit. T ordered Lt. Col. Phillips to search every b#«(te in t/ha_ place for contraband goods, and recalled the 7th Kansas Cavalry which had advanced to the right and south of the place. All of the commaiid, except those on duty in the tov.n, were ordered to holt just on the outskirts. The enemy s force was , variously estimated, and was under command, of Brig, Gen. Woods. He ' ■ ■ - • • , ' • i ■( June, 1863. retreated in two direct ions,hhoping by this means to divide my com mand; but in this h®, failed, as I did not ordei' any pursuit beyond' l the town limits. We found in.Florence some fivg thousand rounds ofa , canister and thirty thousand rounds of ammunition for small arms which ve destroyed. The few wagon shops in the place were engaged in Artlllej^y ^wheels and the blacksmith shops in doing .other Government work, and they,are burnt. After remaining 4n the town about two hours I started my whole conaiand southwardly and towards the river, on my return.. Scarcely had I got the head of. i%y column in mdtion, ,when a demonstration was mado on my roar, but which was kept in check until after the^ whole commaiici had crossed the Creek, running to the south of. town, „by the 10th Mo. Cav. under Lt. Col. Dowen, who, bjf, my order, prevented anP further annoyance to tjie rear by burn ing tt\e bridge acopss the Creek. About ^the time my advance reached this Creek it was attacked by^ the enemy, vdio mads considerable demon\ dtration, in ,order, as I supposed to draw our attention from the im mense tan-yards,in that vicinity and the largos in the Southern . Confederacy eadtM?# fectg^^e . that were in operation here However these were p3S>t-Ffiye4 i^eir,contents with them. The contents . wersolnasAil nore cost of thj^ establislimcnts and their entire machinery. Befpre;leaylng Florence;,! ordered several old houses to * - • - • > « ij l uM «ti i-.fXofa . .. tatUsMh .wJ .twi Muf 'a lifm .-j '/ ir;a' 41- o' a-xew lae-v r.i tua * t hne Im .4^ June, 1863. i.i ^v. dXt'l B - -- ■.Jowil) be fired and shell to be placed in each corner'of them covered with' zombustible material, so that if the enemy attempted-too close a - pursuit, they would hear from us in a manner that would be disastrdUs to them. In this connection I might also state that I oi'dered the fences to be fired in different places on bbth sides of the road, by the rear guard, with shell so placed that their eventual explosion would allow no pursuit of us- by the-road, for I learned that the " reb Is werd massing for tJwat'piW" oae or to attack us on our flanks.^J My advance guard had considerable skirmishing wl-th the enemy, -who ' jBeemed disposed to dispute every mile cf our road until after midnight at which time T sent into camp to rest my men and animals after the almost overwhelming fatigue of the march. Up-to this time I had destroyed every com crib in the vicinity of our lihe of march. About daybreali rn the morning"^ of Friday the 29th, we again took u*v our line of maf-fch tdirttfas rorinttij• padding through Trat«rloo, destroyl|^% large cotltm'factory alWut twenty ndles from Hamburg known as Wi. la valentine *s'factory, fd reached-the Tennessee River-opposite Ham^ burg without any opposition at about'ten o*clock at..night. During this day's march we also burned immense quantities of corn and flodder. On thd SJqpedltion we tleatroyod seven cotton factories, not one of which cost less than two hundred thousand dollars, and the rar materi al and fin"shed goods in them were worth infinitely more than the cost Jmie, 1863. of the factories and machinery. One of them contained three hundred looms and employed not less than two thousand persons. The. loss of the Confederacy in this respect alone amotints to several millions of dollars. On Saturday vhile my conmiand was recrosring . . the Tennessee River, I heard that Capt, Carmichael's command was surrounded hy tlae enemy lOAder Col-. Eifflos* at Savannah,and. taking 'two squadrons of the-Tth-Kansas, dismounted, I proceeded on the gun 'boats, Fanny Barker an^ Robb| to his relief. Arriving there I found the enemy gone, and after ferrying^the 15th Ills, over the river - ..o and confiscating near y every contraband in-the place, I retxirnod t6 Ha burg, and there learned that during my absence the rebels had attacked my command nai«8irik»-l>een repulsed in gallant style. Here the. mountain howitzers were awcto'^Wrvice again, for they were opene_d* upon the enemy and did great execution. From the evidence of the.io;^! field, the enemy's loss must have been flevere. Ours was slight^ j Tfe finished crossing the river-^^It .two o'clock en. Sunday morning,^ and>- at daybreak took up our oard^'for Ctorinth and .reached here at about , on e o'clock P.* M. •In addition* to the-faohQ^^ies des.^^oy®^ w® burned, during the expedition^ soiib two hundread thousand Jausliels of corn, captured sixty nine pri«oner«, about .two. hundred head of,,horses and mules and Vbout' th^wW h«iMlllfc4.'liantrbba»4(i sexes ana all ages. Among 'the prlBoners'liWri' pne.ra^ Asst. Surgeon, ^ Jxine, 1863. .Cd&i .'.ij ufl I naw oilJ /lo and three Lieutenants. tmr umoaX xt. My loss was eighteen enlisted n®n as follows: -^to onol one mot'tally wounded, seven slightly wounded, and. tep missing ij^f action. « iOtfl Lt. Co?-. Phillips.tb.Lt, Gen. Sweeney, Pocohontas, Tenn. 29th:- ^i-j I have to report'that in_ accordance with orders froir. the HdQrs. of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Dj-vision I left this place at 11 o'clock P. M. on the 17th inst. wiV^ the 9th Hi. Infty, and one section of Tamerath's Battery .Co. I. 1st Mo. Light ^tillery. I marched all night and arrived at Ripley at 11 o'clock A, u, on the 18th ihst. J here learned that a f«|/ge of the enemy estimated at fifteen hundred with four pieces of .ArtHlery lj%d moved up the Tallehatchie River and then down the Hatohie River orj the 17th inst. and were supposed to be intending to move toweu?d tlie Memphis and Charleston Road. I left Eipley at 12 o'clock and moved east, and waa joined by a battalion o^ the 5th Ohio Cavalry, Maiior aaUSi t I. halted and ifaite'd" "the arrival of « Hataohaent of the IQth Mo. Voi.s which Joined me at' 3:30 p-. M. With this force, the ©th Hls.^ mounted with an aggregate of 275 men, Capt. Kneffner pomdg., Battalion of the ^ '5th Ohio Cavalry an aggregate ^itjx Comdg., the . detachment from the lath Mo„ Infty., »»u^ed with an .aggregate of 180 ^ June, 1863. men Lt, Col. Sheldon Comdr;., one'section of Tamerath's Battery Lt. Bruner Comdg., my command was less than six hundred men. My train consisted of four wagons and two ambulances. After this force had united I moved to a point east of the Poor House of Tippah Co. Miss. about seven miles east of Ripley.' A party of between two hundred and #» * - three hundred rebels had passed south a few hours in advance of me having been on a recoinnoitering expedition towards Pocohontas. I sent a squadron of Cavalry to reconnoitre and ascertain the direction they had moved which was reported to me ab'out 2 o'clock A.M. of the 19th.' I marched at 3:30A. M. passing through Ripley and moving on the-New Abanyroad. Some litife skirmishing occurred on the road '4 ttm until we arrived at New Albany, when a party'two hundred or three w < ■ X hundred strong attempted to check our progress, tut were driven back *- one mile beyond New Albany. The ehemy made another stand and were " again driven from their pbsltiolflbfa eei^lflWited, the several parties taking different roads. "t^dfrod rApltXlir Oh'the Pontotoc Road some twelve miles further, wheh 1 found & force In my front greatly supe^ rlor In numbers and i" jiosition. H alted a short time and some 4iiW4iiW little picket skirmiehing ensued. At dark I moved on a cross-road west towards the Pontotoc And Rocky Ford road, but, I through the ignorance or treachery of A guide led into Octohatchie swan^ and afber great difficulty i<k at 3 o'clo6k A. 1^., halted two»rtf ho-urs, arriving on the Rocky Ford Road, and soon entered the Mud Creek Jixne > 1865 • Bottom, which is intersected by two or three Creeks very difficult of crossing and over two of which crossings were made by using axes and • « • • spades. Soon after striking Mud Creek Bottom a verjr impetuous and fierce attack was made on the Battalion 5th Ohio Cavalry which was i • " the rear guard, by a large force of rebels. I at once ordered the 9th Ills. Infty to dismount and sent four companies to the rear to j support the 5th Ohio and ordered my skirmishers to fall back to the-v#^ first creek which we struck after entering the bott om and to hold that position till further orders. Several attempts were made by the eneto flan^,_us, but their efforts failed. Information was brought me that a large party of rebel cavalry was moving on my right flank. I sent an order to Lt. Col, Sheldon that he woij^d move forward and get possession of the cross-roads three miles north, and would reconnoitre towards Rock Ford, as I was satisfied that I would have to ■ ' ' oauB retreat. Lt. Col. Sheldon movdd with ill but two companies of his command and sant me information that he had accomplished his ^ s.. 1.. object. We had been repelling the fierce and repeated attacks of the • enemy for nearly two hours.. I had placed one gun in position which fired with great accuracy. The enemy had been firing three or four pieces of Artillery, one a rifled gun, but their firing was for the < ■ - 1 1.. . 4. . ^ -j; greater pi%i%^of the time very inaccx^ate. Owj^g to the breaking of the pental^ Jlgp^ i^fs OQPipellsd to abandon hind part of one ca.isson June, 1863. * - > and although repeated.efforts were made to bring my train through * K * K 1 ' I was compelled to abandon my wagons four in mumber and one ambulance. H'f .' This however I did after setting fire to and cutting them to pieces, and after having thrown their contents in the bed of the Creek. The ammunition in the caisson boxes in that part of the caisson which was abandoned, was also destroyed. The enemy had compelled me to fall ^ ' >■ • * . • * back slowly, and to abandon my train at this time after working near three hours, was a matter of necessity. I drew my skirmishers across Mud Creek and held the point some time, then fell back, took a position with my Artillery on high ground twelve hundred yards there- ^ from, I ordered my skirmishers to fall back, and I here wnited for them td renew the attack, but with the exception of Artillery firing nothing was done. I moved to Rocky Ford, thence on the Ripley Road until I reached Salom Road, then moved on Ripley and Holly Springs Road until we crossed the Tippah River, and thence ihrough Salem, o«mplng nlna miles from Riple;", thence to this place crosclhg Big Muddy at Alexander'. Bridge,, arriving here at 1 O'clock P. It. on the 22nd Ust. i loat ten men in killed and missing and twenty wounded. "The lose of the enew must have been gregtly superior to ours, as they were the attacking party, ^d neoea.arily more «cpoaed than my men. He must - ■ hmv. eustained > less of over one hundred in killed and wounded. sd I Oh'* #4# a; . w <403 #4# oa Atm 94 June, 1863. R. E. Haywood to Gen. Dodge, Louisi^a','Pike Co.,'Mo. I suppose you are well aware of my being in the 4th Iowa 4 v5 " C ' • V Regiment." I was wounded at Pea Ridge and was discharged from the ser vice on account of a wound I received there. But I have gotten entirely well and feel like that I would like to go in again. " Gen. Dodge to Col. F. M. Cornyn, Corinth, Miss., 1st. 'Under exist ing orders no officer can use a Government horse for his oWn private use. ■ An officer who may use up'his horse on a march or scout can be allowed to use a contraband or Government horse, until he arrives in camp ; when he must immediately turn him over, and supply himself by purchase from the Government or other parties. An officer cannot -re- I ceipt for a horse from any A.Q.M. for his own'private use, nor can he appropriate one cent'a worth of any kind of property daptured or is sued be an A.Q.M. of his own private use without laying himself liable « to dismissal from the service. I have forward your explanation In regard to the officers of bhb •»x . . - ■ , lOth.lfgj Cav. as an offset to the report of the Inspector. — jSen. Dodge to Col. H.J.B. Cummings, Corinth, Miss., t t not think it best'to detail enlisted men to work the garden. It must., bo done by th^ women and children,and the negroes loafing around town. I notice a great many without proper permit#^"s^id would suggest that guards be sent after them and that you press them into the service to work in the cotton fields, "fhe orders suggested will be issued. Jiine, 1863. i^-v To Gen. Dodge from his brother, Coiincil Bluffs, 1st:, I have re ceived no letter from you for a long time and am.poorly posted about what your forces are doing. There is lightning all around the sky just now, and I have some fears it will be striking around you if ' Grant dont get through with his contract. The confederates are mak-. ing a move in the East that is going to shorten the war, and I hope., that movement is the fore-runner of a new policy inaugerated by the': Souths and that they will push more columns North. A defensive war on their part will be a^ long one, but if they boldly assume the aggresive it will be a, short and decisive one . This starving them into submission I dont believe in; they seem to fight better when hxongry,- I * We have got to whip them- scatter their armies-- This we can do in Pennsylvania and other-northern states, far better than on their own • ground. I we have got to fight them as we have been fighting the last two years, the end will not be reached until we exterminate their able bodied men- Then again their invasion of the northern states helps re cruiting amazingly. I^hope they wont drive them out of Pennsylvania .. but h§yc full a^ay until our army is., strong enough to whip and »«j«j®ftptur8 I v'ould looJ^ upon their taking Harrisburg as no national calamity. judge Baldwin is now at home - John T. goes to Michigan tomorrow to see about selling their wool. They have about |3500.000 worth. That is not much of a compromise, but Pegram is sure to June, 1863. get beat, and it is better to let this 'go and save the* balance than to have all sacrificed. The State Bank with its ,000 capital does but little business. Their deposits are not-so la ge as mine, and I dent believ: 'their profits aside from what they make in gold speculations, are as large. They ai^e backing V. Bodollet & Co. who are largely engaged in mercan tile business (large stock and> small s/ales) and some man in the tlh^ and stone business,- and, I tMnk, Sam Folsom in his business. This causes men to lose confidence in the Institution, and some of their ' depositors to quit and do their business with me. 1 believe the Bank is sound enough but they manage it badly. . * . ,i ^ John Phillips is-doing a fine business both here'and at Omaha I want you to collect his claims on Spencer. I notice the "Register" (Des Moines) had a big puff on you from a correspondent at (Jorinth - signed "hack"- It w^:il be in Nonpareil thi s week, v^ogsbaff, the wain pillar of the democratic party hero, died today. I contributed 50 cts. towards planting him. His family are left in wretched condition. ■ Father returned from-Slkhom tonight and reports matters in fav or able condition thet^e. Are having the finest'Summer t e*er saw- crops looking splendidly. • ' - -- - occ.? fa *©.•, I cilvtXaf iMtldw wwaJ ,100* irmJa af July, 1863. • - V A. % Brig, <Ge . ''M, Crocker to Gen,*-i)0^ge, Des l^oines, 2nd. I have been absent from Vicksburg, you know, f.or .some time. When the move ment from llilken's bend coraenced, Gen, Quimby was absent sick and I was ordered forward-to take temporary command of his division. I overtook the Division at-Port Gibson just after the fight- and had command of It at the battles of Ray^^ond, Jackson and Champmon Mills," and up to Vicksburg when Gen. 0,uinby having ret^u'ned I was relieved and made chief of-staff iBor the 17th Army Corps, a nominal position for the purpose of'enabling me-t/o-'stay around until after the fall of Vicksburg- we«then-thought of taking-it by storm. I waited eight . . days and until the Idea of storming was abandoned - £ind .then ,obtained, from Gen# MoPherson an order to report to St, Louis for medical treat ment; cmme to St. Louis and had an operation performed on my throat and got leave to come home. My health is much improved and will start back the 5th. 1... During the time that lioommanded Quimby's Division it acquitted itself with great credit and T made somg reputation oiftof it. ^ ^ not know- what co-naaiid I will have when-1 get back but the best one at their dttfpowal I thilik. It was a good thing te get rid of Old McClernaiid, and now that he has gone I do not think there can be much difficulty, I like Ord, , and thinkrhe .wAli do. ,. vu .o" " .*o .. .. . .jOv . ^ omna hoM Xu Republioan ^Convention June, 1863• r » * w'f I found them hell-bent-on nominating some military hero, Warren and - t • w , . Stone were both on hand urging their claims. I could have been nominated but declined peram^tprally. I told them that if they must nominate a military ma:i to select one who had seen the enemy and who had a good record and suggested your namg, but v/hen asked if yodj would accept I was compelled to say that I did not believe that you, , ^ I would, wit!''; your views and prospects, oonsent to sever your connection with the army. Had„I felt at liberty to give any assurance in your namo, you would have ]3een easily nominated. They did not want to nominate Stone, but preferred Stone to IVarren. So did I, and I gave _ Mr, Brig. Gen. Warren ail thft grief that .1 possibly could. ^ ; - - The Copperheads talk about nominating Tuttle, but Tuttie wont_ accept. If ho does-ho has-not-UkO aenstthat-J iiam GCOdited him • with and 1 trill cdt Ott hi*< mi f.< Write to me directing to Vicksburg, do'-d ^ • "stdrte %ill do #B)^1f*Wough"Por aaj "we•iii(|h»''«'ifflmad hia aid influ6nc5, and dnoi?etit?'^ai»lit«rtc«* • - ^ ^ . Gen, Dodge to Major '<1. - dtonaf'iCepiiltff Miss. 3rd (10DR245) : In compliance 7;ith Gen. Order No, 86, Head Qxiartere 16th Arm^ Corps, you will deBignatfe'''lttiflu4 battery to fire a national salute tomorrew ot Meridlafi'. *■ • • ■J. A--. . . G«n. Dodge to CqI. P. M. Cornyn, Corinth, Miss. 4th (10DR215): nt.-j. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1863 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/083651d3eb4f92a248164b93ecce8a22.pdf b38fc7cfb0ada065d800980dc355df12 PDF Text Text ■ • June, 1863. I found them hell-bent on nominating some military hero, Warren and Stone were both on hand ui'ging their" claims. I could have been' nominated but declined peromptprally. I told them that if they must iiominate a military man to select _one who had seen the enemy and who had a good record aird suggested your namg, but when asked if you j would accept I was compelled to say that I did not believe that you would, with your views and prospects, consent to sever your connection tith the army. Had..! felt at liberty^ to give any assurance in your nam^, you would have been easily nominated. They did not want to nominate Stone, but preferred Stone to Tarren. So did I, and I_^gavo_ Mr, Brig. Gen. Warren all the griefiei, thatnu .I ipossibly possioxy could.xa • a'iri \ The Copperheads talk about nominating ^Uttle4, but Tuttle wo^t. accept. If he do#6-ho l*a»-not -the senstthat I have. Gijedit0d..h<lm - ♦ with and Will cut on him^ 4 ^ . x Write to me directing to Vickrburg. .^<.4^ ...h' Jfowd i>j.* ' "'Stone Will do for Us; wa can commad hia ai.'d influ- «nclf, and'Aarf^etitt aUallltaricei • w ... Gen. Sodge to Mtjor 0. H. Stonsj^iCd^lKtS MLas.vSrd (10DR245) : In compliance with Gen. Order No, 86, Head Quarters 16th-Armf Corps, you ■ Will designatfe some battery to- fire a nktioaal aalutg tomorrow -^t Meridlah. J » - «J it * . . .1 , , . .. .btiji ^1x1 W . wrt 1' Gen. Dodge to C©!, P. M. Cornyn, Corinth, Miss. 4th (10DRS45): ' You will h4Ya oow c4ii^>a«y of cavalry report to theae Head Quar- July, 1863 tdTB itnmodiutejiy, armed and equipped wi^h one day's c'atlons. i.- ^ • « Gen;- Dodge to Capt-" J.- K-; '7/ing, Corinth, llias 4th (10DR246') : -You will send the well-borers to» Glendale tomorrorw to report to Lieut.- - Col, J. Morrili. ■ ■<-* - ■'h--a)0 a*...©;, arr n « 'o v., Gen. Dodge to Capt. F. M, Comyn, Corinth •, Miss 5th (10DR2'46): You will order one company of cavalry to report tit these Head Quarters a t four oclock P.- M." today.- - . c ..i,. - * Gen." Dodge to Ge-rr, Sweeny, Corinth, Miss. 5th (10DR246) f You will V ' detafr from your command-one company tbf - infantry to report to Capt. 0., ■J. Dodds tomor-ro^w morning at seven oclock, with one. day's rations. - Go. Oglesby'e C. Q. No. 21, Memphis, 6th (6DR50) : - Continual pain, resulting from physical infirmity, assures me, ., that I- an not ito-le."faithfully to jiischarge the duties of the hi^h poI .J Bition given me by the President .of the United States. «=» • - ( i J i/u. . I have therefore tendered my resignation as a Major General of ^ United States Voltwitieers. In tak4«ft leave of command, with a portion of which I -h|ttfc» been so long ^timately associated, I may be excused for ludluging in the expression of f elir.gs, which have grown into sentiments of the most arden^ attachmont. ^ ''' • V f.. .* J . It will be rwaebered.by them also, that I,have never officially - ♦ -c ■■ U' : rpported the pert taken §§iaond Brigade of the Second Division of the Army of•the Tennessee, in^the terrible battle fought on the 3rd day'oC-October Jl.i fii. Cpfiinth> Jppf, for them, let me do some- .Ot 40^ Juljr, 1863. thing like Justice, to the devoted courage of, the soldiers of the "9£h" "12th", and "66t)[i" Illinois and "22na" .and - "jBlst" Ohio Volunteers, and to Me.ray, Chetlain, Burke, v;ood and tlorton, their able and worthy com manders; to Col. Mersy, as the comncandoiffthe brigade fell upon him ^ when I left the field. , . " , It must be recorded of these soldiers that no men evpr fought - . more daringly, whe in the finaly cliarge on Friday a,fter»n-ion, they ac tually drove three , times their niimbef ^of stubborn men from the field, and .from the high road to Corinth, then not one half mile distant. -■ I shall'alwayacbelieve that nothing but the^esperate figliting of the 2nd Division of the A:my of the TJennessco , on the main Chewalla Road, saved "Corinth from the possession of the eh®my Friday afternuon, for w'^ich I shall never caase to thank you. Felloe' soldiers, I part with you with much regret; I have known your sufferings and with pride have witnessed your devotion to our common and noble cause. You have endured one hardship to encounter another;, h^ve gone from one ^ field of victory to another of blood, and have at all times felt and so acted as to Satisfy good men that you had honor and a country at stake, and have hesitated at no risk to save either.. Ypur country _ mdst move you. Tour country does love you. Tho world in all time to oomo will honor you.' Reverence for you must be eternal. The^ofescure ^ soldier, who toils through this war, will, have, an unwritten^but an unforgotten history,'an ever-present conscience paying him,with its rich m July, 1863. rewards. - 'Om twc^J oi ta- i? ^ o.'.'4 > ' ■ 'Dci.. j x Faithful soldier, thou hast served thy coj.mtry:well. I shall never forget j'ou, nor shall I abate my efforts to sustain you at home. - That man;- in the loyal states, who .is no.t thought and soul for you, for the Union, and -for the^war, is no friend of mine, is no true friend of humanity anywhere. I reflect with just pride upon the names •of those gallant officers, who have led you to battle, sometime under my comindn. TIow much the coxantry owes them; how much they arc to be honored; the discreet-and indefatigable Dodge, Sweeny, Mersy, Bane, Rice, Misner, IvIcCrillis,-Hatch, Cornyn, and Phillips. Amonst these of former days, I-well remember Logan, licArthur, Ransom, Lawler, the lamented Wallace and -others equaliw worthy. With such men to lead and inspire you we cannot^ fail. The. prond array of the great West, with scarcely a reverse, presenta. tq,thq^jiftj'ion a boquet of victories wor thy the gratitude and admiratiOA of tlia whole people. .MoJi* You may well saj[ft:«...Thi,a war cannot last mu,ch longe\ You, who nave witnessed traitors with hs^ughty pretention crouch at your feet for mercy; thw uanston* of the domineering rich turned into boarding houses, and the dhivairj turned J.^^dlord and lady, for the entertain ment Of Yankee Wfficers. Theqe .who ^avo spumed, beg for favors at our hands; and swearing a nsw allegiance for protection to property, meanly violate it-te^eerwe e rebel. It is.fit and proper that such a people. Who-foolishly wage auoh a war, should July, 1863. j'-; face the black race of the south, bend to the rod of the slaves they have so long outraged, and tremble before themen proclaimed by them to have no rights. A just retribution, one they caiinot avoid; the hu miliation their own treason has brought upon them; a resort that needs no justificat on in the sight of God or.man, for it is right.' .jj Newspaper Clippings (6DR50)i (To the Associated Press) ^ • Memphis 6th. A despatch boat.from Admiral Porter's fle6t, wxhh despatches from the Secretary of the Ilavy, announcing the surrender of Vicksburg, passed Memphis for Cairo this morning.., The despatch mere ly annoxinced the fact without any particulars Uf ^ ^ ' Thia fact, with*Gen. Prentiss's victory at Helena, causes great rejoicing. A salute of thirteen gurts will b e fired from each post in this Department, on the 7th at noon in honor of these events. All was quiet lit Helena last night. No .further particulars than those sent yesterday, have been received. ' Gen.'Hurlburt's scouts report Gen. Goerge encamped at Coldwater station. The streams are not fordable. , Chalmers is repairing the railroad south of Panola.,( ^ ^ Maj. Gen. Oglesby turns oVer his aoainand to Brig. Gen. Dodge to day who has been d oirig good service in the Depament qf Corinth. H. M. Hoxie to Gen. Dodge Des-Moinea, 6th: .I have been very buay for the past aonCh" stirring up the Copperheads. Have eight of them now under arreit and hope to have more a fewi^w- I believe ^A12 Juiy, 1863. that we shall convict some of them before the civil courts and have meeted out to them the proper pxmishment. * • r" The Copperheads hold their convention on the 8th and will I think put in nomination an ultra man. I dont think they can persuade a loyal man to stand on their platform. Surely Gen, Tuttle will not stultify himself so much as to get on their platform,a nd I do not . ^ know any other man who has any character and influence who will. • * I understand Col. S tone has gone back to the array and.that he t ^will he ah Corinth before the campaign closes, I believe tha' he will run very well, of course they will slander him, but slander never avails the party using it and only recoils on the slanderers , That I ' ■ « Sells was the choice every body knows, and we know that the Warren in fluence brought about the result. True the Sells men went to Stone, * .iw hut they ware compal^s^ to fo self protection. Warren thought he had tke case in h^ own hands and played a strong game. Sells friends must beat him and had but one chance to do it- that was by nominating stone. ' ■ • i ^ ^ I hadjy^ligjjU^to aee youat Corinth, but cant get time. Should you come to Sowa, and cant coma to Dea Molnes, telegraph me and -■ will come and see you. Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette, Corinth 7th, (6DR54): . "^hle .JBerziing pickets east of Corinth were enlivened by the sound of ffiuaketry .^l^light, a short distance in their front, and July, 1863. . V#" X g on the Fanuington road It proved to be nothing less than an*attack by eleven full companies of Roddy's cavalry, upon the corral for conval escent horses and mules, which is on the west of the last line of works thrown up by Pope *s right, in the advance on Corinth, I do not think it is more than three-fourths of a mile from our'present picket line. It was guarded by one company of the 39th Iowa, numbering 36 men under Capt. Loomis. ^ha attack was made just at ay-light-"the little picket post, which was almo't in camp, was captured after a slight resistance. The men in camp, however, ^ere aroused,"and made quite a sharp resi-tence until they were completely surrounded',' when soijle of them took to a ' ' ^ ddnse xuidergrowth and swamp nea:^ by, and escaped. The captian and twen ty of his men were captured. ' ' ' ^ The rebels thenj in great hadte, drove off the dntire lot of brok en down horses and'mules, numbering five or six hundred. A sorry ^ drove they were- a oiedley of sick, lame, halt and blind- which ][/ tuMJiik upon inspection, Roddy will be unwilling to feed for their value* The rebels left two killed, Lieut, Webb and private Myers of Roddy*s Cavalry. One of the Surgeons reaalfled with Lieut. Webb, who was not instantly killed. He says their force was eleven full companV ies. He*8tate^ also that the Rlll'^ng of Lieut. Manihall^ 39th. Iowa, on the 4th, was'by'a party sent ^oUt fof»'''Uw purpoaa of ascertaining the^locahion of the corral arid position, of the guafd, Oap-loaa Wfts. July, 1863. one killed and one slightly wounded,, - > . Capt. Looir.is' wife, who came from Iowa two weeks ago to visit her husband, was present at the fight. • It was in front of the house where she was staying - that of a citizen who has remained at his post during the operations of the last year, whose name is Box. It was, of coxorse, an occasion of considerable fright to her, aiji^d the capture of her husband was an unceremonious leave taking. . - .1 . j .... j'-* . The black regiment is encamped nearest to the place of .the .z'yti skirmish. I leam that although the firing was o:^ very short „ duration, yet before it was ended. Colonel Alexander had his regiment in line, di stributed ammuniticm anci sent a company to reenforco each of the picket posts in front. By this time, however. Colonel Cornyn's sweeping battalions were pouring out in the direction of the enemy, and the assistance of A. D's as the blacks are called, was not reqAtedd. One company tff theiji, however, was taken out„ I met it rdiuming - eveny them was singing the air of John Brown, ^ ebqrAs ui-on th« ... . .. . . "Olory. glory, hallolujah, JnuUXtfr- .•x.-gac* • «- . . • -.J Ot M0Ob "Tes .0 no. are going a soldiering.^, , - T" «e •'•S.e'pS a soldiering, ^ VfStU J f a*' to fight for the nnlo..^ Uf'imm .M W slsng. bsdflt.-,". Ml . W Kikw taac^s tiUttui «w . •• July, 1863. • ■ 3 w A H ^ JmU^ ■ By the way this citizen. Box, and his family, who pretend to he Unionists, manifest the profoundes t disgust for negro soldiers. This is true of other citizens of vdiom I'know They think it beneath their dignity to be compelled to be xmder the rule of negro soldiers, as they in a degree are obliged to be. They discovere that the chief "element" in their beloved system of Slavery is becoming a coal of fire in their hands. As already indicated. Colonel Cornyn is after the bold rebels with a good force, and as he was but an hour behind them, and they are retarded by their crippled stock, there is a fair prospedt that he will overtake them. 'The SeoOM Iowa Infantry also weni out in that direction. « « . The hews of the surhender Cf Vicksburg reached us by telegraph from'General Hurlbut, at Memphis, yesterday afternoon. Aside from an occasionl "bully for Grant" - "Vlcksburg is gone up"-and'Similar remarks, there was ho expression of enthusiasm. • A littie wholesome remembrance of how much faith w® once put in the telegraph announcing Hooker*s brilliant success, aftd'the capture of Richmond, operated no doubt to repress demonstrations, until the truth was established. General Hurlbut in hia'lBeasage ordered a salute of thirteen guns to be fired at noon today.* Accordingly a fiel* tattery -HKe Fourteenth Ohio - was drawn up iA*^front of the quarters of the Sfiief of Artillery at the appointed hour, and fired* thirteen squibs about-its regularly as a new artillery conpany would be supposed' to do in its first July, 1863. iengagement. "Why the .ponderous siege guns were not allowed to wake tho .'echoes in tl\e surrounding f-orrests is alone answerable, ^presume, by the aforesaid Chief of Artillery. '-.{j^ • ^ • SOtJTHERN NETS. • ■ . a. " . 0n the Foxirth cfT July at Okolona, the recapture of New Orieans by general DicK Taylor was announcdd by telegraph, and a salute was V"fired thereupon. , The amoiint ^of truth in it you will probably know J from other sources before this reaches you« ■ Advices from li»]|i]re it is ,a4!.^'tted w.ith ,tjie fall Of . YicJssbWg the. State oX Mississippi will be lost. Already the ne- ^ groes from the vicinity of the ^railroads are being sent into Alabama and Georgia for safety. Thn fortifications north of Mobile are receiving attention- negro "labor being needed to finish them. "•*0JLav, .u- The forces ia Mobile are said to rjamber five thousand. 4 'ie - - . ' haval enterprise. . iA oonsld§rablf a^unt^of zeal in the transmission of news » Oonceming the operations about ^ickaburg has already been displayed iO. by Admiral Porter ^n the Halnes Bluff affair. the latest instance is that pf an»eiincin|f, the fall tf^Vicksburg.. The northern papers receive the news in the same I suppose that it was received bere^ . On the evenlifig aJ preliminaries of the t surrender, were sfttled,. an^ on^^e morning of t^e I'ourth Grant marched 1 in with a,portion of his troopSji about ten o'clock. Of course, he had ® before this communicated the fact of the surrender to Adr iral Porter. r July, 1863. .. 1' Immediately ■b^hla officer i)repareJd4ii3 dispatch to the Secretary of ^the Ifevy, and started- tlie- -diapatoh boat, JB." B. Wilson, the' fastest sailing boat in the fleet - to Cairo Vd telegraph It, Orders were given to stop at no point of ttle^rlver except Memphis, and this point tiie dispatch was to be not made^ public, uritit four hours after its reception. It howeve-r-leaked^-but befora^hat time.- At night, t - after the dispatch boat left Memphis-, the steamer-Dickey arrived at J^emphis from below v;ith official dispatches front General Grant, which of course could not reach the North until after the-enterprising Naval Comnrandcr had achieved tlio honor of not-taking but anndunbing " the capture of Tickaburg. Ero. — - -. v: . -o.:. - w. ^ Corinth, 8tii. .'iielAS lOl r'HiOoT ' ^AVALftT PIGHT AT'ItJKAi. g. Jrteooi * Yesterday, cbl. ^fornyn pushed closely after the rebels, follow ing their trail, which was easily distinguishable on account of a slifeiit • » rain which had fallen in the morning. They took a rather"roundabout way toward nambui'g at first, but finally toward luka. Just about a mile on this side of"lukd. Col. Cornyn*s advance guard was fifed into, r and in a few minutes he had his forcea disp^aed and the bAttle conmcnced. Owing to the dense woods ho could not attempt his favorite.^mode • t of attack- the charge- bUt was compelled to dismount his mea*andifight as Infantry, in thii way the fightw as continued for nearly aa» hour, yjirying sudoesi, until at last the rebels withdrew, leaving. their -.0.1:-. - w .. July, 1863. . . . . dead on the field. Col. Cornyn pursued a short distance, and captured their heavy battery wcgon which was too ponderous to be removed so ' - t ^ ■ •• • ' ■OO rapidly as the exigencies of the case required, "^his, with the blankets and clothing which the rebel soldiers had piled on it, was burned. But Col. Cornyn's success was not attined v/ithout loss. He hdd five killed and eighteen wounded. Among the killed was Capt. Henry - - ' Brun's 10th lylissouri Cavalry, an officer whose loss will be deeply felt by his regiment. Capt. Bruns passed throu^^ the memorable campiagn in Missour-i as a private. He was in the battles of Wilson's Greek and Pea ridge and in numberless skirmishes. By his merits as a soldier and a gentleman, he was appointed Capt. in the 10th Lissolirl Cavalry which position he held with honor tintll he death. He has bsen on every march and participated In every fight and skirmi'Sti in which his regiment has been engaged since'its entrance into sorvice.- • Brave as a soldier, efficient as a comaaander, and affable and perfeoXly honorable as a gentlVaan, he won the esteem an"lovo of hie supe.'- riore as well as the effeotlon and oonfldenoe of his command. -ta-l ■ ' • A llObES^ PLAt^r "" • ""'it was ascertained that Roddy'e'object U. tBlS nfovement was the simple one of oapturinB Corin»l with his brigade. Having learned that it was nearly evacuated, he concluded to oo,-.e in 'and assume-^ema«.d. The .brigade was, for this ;urp«.e. dividbd at luka and advanced on-uP Corinth in three columns- the right undip Bifflee going north with the i - W.. 7 I' . i-<: , I ,;,..;' ...yii-Ji.- <±jm July, 1863. intention of getting in the rear and cutting oomif-xinfcationj the'centre commanded by Lieut. Colonel Johnson, coming directly against us, while the left, under Wddy himself, was to advance south of Burnsville. The centre reached us firfet, and, with the capture of the stocks, * V seemod to be content and retreated. They sent couriers* to Roddy's force, and it alao about-faced, and ttie centre and left formed a juhction at luka, just before Col. Cornyn cam*e up with them, fhis gave them ^greatly sun^rior numbers in the fight which 'ensued. The cblumh "■ under Bipfies was not appraised of the result of the rest of the com mand,and, at last accounts, it was taking it* way o . toward Bolivar. It is said that Bragg's cavalry is in tke Tuscumbia valley, Which^ if tru9, may be a source of annoyance to us between here and Memphis. They cannot capture Corinth, but they may interri^jt communication. However, since Vicksburg has fallen, we may expect the phase of mili- » - ■ - L I tary affairs in this department to be materially changed in a short time »-• ^ t 'A io' Gen. Dodge to Col. Cprnyn, Corinth, Miss. 7th. It is're^t^ed by an old scout that there is large force conoentrating at luka, and that there is a large amount of su'^sistance stores being gathered there; also that there is an advance guard now occupying Burnsville;^ You will progeedwith your t)rigade by the old iuka and Corinth rbad to Burnsville, and make a reconnoisanie In foroe as far toward luka as prudent, and endeavor if possible to ascertain July, 18G3. what the movement is. Anything that is Important you'will cdmiinicate to these Head f^uarters by messenger to Glendale, and by telegraph from there. You will use all necessary caution and prudence in your move ments. If the enemy are advancing upon Glendale, Col. korrill will communicate the fact to you on your road and you will endeavor to . ■ , ; ilH attack him on his flank and rear and cut them off. If there is no movement on Glendale, Col, I/Qmill will advance his cavalry as far as Burpsville, by a road running parallel to the one you are travelling. and about two miles from you. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Sweeny, Corinth, Miss., 7th (10DR246) tou will order the 55th 111. Inft to report immediately at the train with two -'••• ^ ' ■' • ■ •' ' • - days rations. . . ^ , Gen. Dodge to Mr. Hudson,'Corlnth.'Klss., Hh (ieDR2«) = • — ' , • >.A .. ' , , , .1 iw . have train ready to move east imrediatoly. Hon. Geo. O. ?/rlght to Gen. DiSge, Kousauqua, Iowa, 8th, A lad, Robt LooIwood,'has bean urested here, as a dosorter and Is how in oUr jail. Here entered here ir. tha,>nd Iowa, about two"years since, returned on the. 4th jmd'was arrested o^ the", sixth. He has been from his reg iment, so his friends say, about six months, -ftts'grandmother, • very old aj^ feeble ltdy, has besought me to say something to you fdto himi. sh^ advises me that he is" only about 17 years" of age- that he -Is., thoughtless -and .1,^ no eonseiousness of the great wneng of deeertion that he '^-;-d Of the order, giving immunity to eueh as July, I860, should return by a certain day. ♦ .- -v. , ..ijtft *b1 Juo.trv:.a ariJ ii.. I have, of course, no apology to offer for the boy's con- . - ■ " . . J duct. His mother is not here and his grandmother alone takes an inter- * ■ ■'"" * * ■ " ^ v.i«« est in his welfare - She assuredly feels deeply for his safety. For . ' ...aoy her- sake, if consistent with the stern and eternal rules of War, I should ho-e he might be saved. •- - ■ I., * ■ ..0' , The Lord bless you all- May you all live to return speedily home rejoicing in a united country- It seems to me that rebellion'is in its last days. Thank God - slavery is dead. It committed suicide. I have presumed to write you because a mutual friend, Judge Baldwin, has talked about you so much to me that I fell almost ' ^ as if I knev/ you wo 11. Exeuse the otherwise apparent freedom. Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette, 7th. 7 th. CAVALRY FIGHT AT lUKA (.uee a I - V. . y . . Yesterday, Col. Cornyn pushed closely after the rebels, following « .4, d, . their trail, which was easily distinguishable on accouht of a slighVo rain whic: had fallen in the morning. They took a rather rouildabout road toward Hamburg at first, but finally toward luka, Col. J mo Cornyn's advance guard was fired into, and in a few minutes he had his forces disposed and the battle commoncdd. OwiVig to the dense woods he could not attempt his favorite mode of attack - the charge - but . . was compelled to dismount his men and fi^t as infantry. In this i - way the fight was continued for nearly an hour, with varying success, July, 1863. until at last the rebels withdrew, leaving their dead on the field. Col. Cornyn pursued a^ short distance and captured their heavy battery wagon which v/as too ponderous to be removed so rapidly as the exegencies of tihe case required. This, with the blankets and clothing Iw which the rebel soldiers had piled; on It was burned. •• , - lo - • - But Col, Cornyn's success was not attained without^loss.. He had five killed and e ighteen. woxmded. Among the killed was" Capt, Henry .. Bruns 10th Missouri Cavalry, an officer whose loss, wild be dreply .LSlw felt by his regiment. Captain Bruna passed through the memorable campaign In Missouri as a private. , He was in the battles of -ils n*s_ Creek and Pea Ridge and in n mberless_skirmishers. By his merits . as St soldier fit gentleman, he was appointed Captain in the Tenth Missouri Cavalry, whic|> position he held with honor until his death. H© has been on every march and^participated in every fight and skirmish in which his regiment has-been engaged since his entr^ce into ser: vice. Brave as a solclier, efricient as a coimander and affable and perfectly honorable as a gentleman, he won the esteem and love of his superiors,, as well.ao ths affoction and confldenco^pf his. command. C. . A MODEST PLM. It was ascertained that Roddys object in this movement was the Simple-one of capturing Corinth with his tiigade. Having learned that it was . " nearly . •. evacuated, . , ho xoncluded . . . . 1 to come i i.. M. in .. and assume V[t. • command. , purpose, divided et tuka, and advanced, on Corinth in three ,«oVmn« - toe rJ«ht under Blfflea going north alth » ~ <j ' w .. i , ... . .I. . ■ . aft iH July, 1863. . j •- thei intention of getting in the rear and cutting comm nication; thO'^^ centre, commanded by Lieutenant- Colonel Johnson, coming directly , against us, while the left, tujder Rhoddy himself, was to advance south ot Burnsville. The centre reached us firsts and, with the capture,,^,^ of the stocks, seemed to be content, and retreated. They sent j ctciiW couriers to Roddy's force, and it also aboutfaced, ahd .the centre and left formed a junction at luka just before Colonel cornyn came up with them. This gave them greatly superior numbers ih the fight . which ensued. The column under Biff lea was not apprised of the..^ A£#t repulse of the rest of the command, and, at last accounts, it was ,wee taking its way on toward Bolivar It is said that Bragg's cavalry is* ifi^'tfee Tuscumbla valley,: a j whicli is true, may be a source of annoyance to us between here andjul.: Mephis. They cannot Capture Corinth, but-they may interrupt communi*' cation. However, since Vicksburg has fallen, we may expect the . ji phase of military matter^ in this department" to be materially .oc lv changed in a short time,""* > ua Coi. B'. m. Cornyn to Gen, Lodge, Corinth, Miss., 9tli,, •'Oii the « morning of the 7th having received instructions to proceed with my brigade feut on the Barnesvllle road, to moke a reconnoisance in force, I Corinth at about daylight with the 7th Kansas Cav. Col. T. J* - Herrick, eight companies of the lOtb Mo, Cavalry, Maj." F.W.Benteen and the detachment of the l6th 111. tJav, Lt. Col, B. T. Gilbert, in all about seven hundred and fifty men and moved out by the way of tlie July, 1863. North Farmington Road. On reaching the Corral on this road we found that the enemy v.'ith twelve companies of mounted men, had, a short time before our arrival, surrounded and attacked the small force guarding that point and after overpowerjng and taking the most of t ' i them prisoners, had decamped with all the stock that was in the . u OiLi . i. lo'i corral. After makin a few inquiries from the neighbors I started in * - . . .. . pursuit out by the said road, when finding that the enemy had taken . .... V a a route by the way of the Hamburg road, I concluded to pursue him by that route,. His traces guided us by by-roads, through swamps and over hills until we reahhed the main road leading from Red Sulpher • • • . - « * Springs to luka, which road he had taken to that town. ' 1..; ■ .UlMl* Taking this last nailed road we came upon the enemy in force, posted in an open field on both sides of the road, with a dense woods ' th. in his front, and about a mile and a half from luka. .' " ■ -'j ^ ^ • , He opened on us with musketry, and 1 i mediately threw out the detachment of the 15th Ills, dismounted as advanced skirmishers, » - 'laf , . .. . with the road as the centre of my line of Battle. I ordered the 10th Ko. to deploy to the right and left of the road and dismounted, this was quickly executed with four companies on the ri^t and three on the left hand sida* The mo^tain howitaer battery was ordered . ■ - - .-wa^a into battery on the road. I then ordered some four companies of '" ' tut the 7th Kansas to diaaHMuat and deploy to the right and left of the road In line of skirmishers, behind the 10th Mo. Cav., thus forming '*** A a '* i- , .400X July, 1863. a double line of battle in the" rear of my advanced skirmishers/ : .:j In the meantime a very hot fire had been kept up by the enemy, the skirmishers and the companies of the 10th Mo\ on the right of the road. I ordered Lieut. J yce, commanding the battery, to shell the " enemy vigorously. That portion of the 7th Kansas not dismounted ' was held in reserve. .Xa^cvoo The order to shell tKe enemy was obeyed with good will, the men standing to their guns under'a heavy fire of jusketry without flinch ing and with undaunted coolness. *Much bf thlfs courage must be , ■ ; ' •.'tt " attributed to the daring and bravery of Lt. Peter Joyce, who Has everywhere among his men, encouraging them with his presence and assuring them by his coolness. First Sergeant W. P. Edgar of this battery was acting Lieutenant and deserves much praise for the efficient aid he rendered in working the guns and the unsurpassed bravery he displayed. I regret to say that he met with a serioi^ ^ ' TK ' ' though not a dangerous wound, a ball passing through his hand. Having cannonaded the enemy, as I considered, a sufficient length of time, I ordered ^khe battery to case firing and advanced ffiy whole line of battle up the hill and through the woods. If thb fire had been serere before, it now became heavier and no soonbr had ay mefti - shown hhemselves on the sunoiit of the hil^ that the discharge upon ^ us along his whole line a tremendous and destructive vOlled of ® muliketry as severe for the time It lasted as anJf^'^f'IRd^e'^ad the for** tune to wtness. Hero we sustained all the losses tSiA^^^fbll tis that'''' day, ,:tr . July, 1865. July, 1863. . ■ ■ "J ; ;i V. ; ' ' v.- . ■ V Capt. H. G. ®runs of the 10th Mo. a young and dashing soldier and as 't brave as ever wielded a sword fell at this point pierced through the Imigs by a musket ball, in advance of his men and cheering them on to victory. Two of his own men and one of Co. "E" 10th Mo. Cav. were killed at this place and almost at the same time. Several men were wounded here. From this time on it was evident that the day was ours. We continued our advance through the woods when after a few avering * n i mO volleys the enemy fled in dismay leaving us the victory and the field. As soon as the enemy began lo fly I ordered three squadrons , :oi' of the 7th Kansas under Maj. Jenkins to pursue them as far as luka. He followed them to that place, captured a battery, wagon and forgo, and burnt them, but saw nothing of the enemy and returned. He had a battery of four pieces of Artillery with which he Ingloriously fled to his fastnesses on Bear Breek.^ Having proceeded as far as my Jnat-uctlons directe d, 1 made inqulrlos a. to' the enOBios nuat>erB anf poaltlon', whan 1 lekmed that In front of ma tov/ards Bear Croak his forces Vas some twenty-five • h,.s^ed strong," while there was a large force olt either of my flanks. The foroo I had encokintered numbered about fifteen to eighteen hundred. A. to the enomles lose I have no definite meina of asoortalnlng, but wa told o» Inquiring that It wa. lirge. Four dead bodies of rebel - oldler. were fo«»4 by u. on the field and the trdces of blood around fully corroborated the story, the total loss to my command ■V'H.'/ *.■' July, 1863. ♦iioo: »'£Xi/t, ■• • o .• - . • • «v.-- -' V7ill be found in the recapitulation at the end of this re port. !» After caring for my wounded and placing them in ambulances, I - A .. V." . • . , - brought away my dead and fell back some six miles and encamped for the « > : ^ «4. ' tl0 ' i •• ^ wift night. On the morning of the eighth we took up our line of march for ^ ^ f I jV 4 • ' * Im • ' J.. ^ ^ ^ Corinth and arrived here at about half past ten o'clock.. Newspaper Clippings. (6DR50): Coi'inth 8th:- Yesterday morning about daylight, a company of the "^11 irty-ninth ' Iowa, which was guarding a large correll a mile or more o • the Hamburg »> road, was surrounded by eleven companies of"Roddy's cavalry, and after a spirited resistance had to surrender. By their bravery and skill, however, they killed one of the officers and one private, and womded .. . . r ,; .* others, while but one of our men got hurt, and eight or ten escaped. About twenty-eight prisoners were 'taken by this raid; moj^"^ the • " •• - .. -y , .1.. , Ld " rnimals boiiig broken down and old, however, they could not travel'fadx"" and as Col, Cornyn -vaa soon in hot pursuit, many of them were left .... . ^ about Iuka>, Our force came up and an engagement ensued. . In the afto^^noon Colonel RcS[ct, of the old veteran seVe'niiii Ill inois, wasordored to march, and in less tl^an an hour had ^htire ' command mouiited on mules, on the road to reenforce Cornyn. Ere t'.is he has doubtless gained the main column, *and if Roddy • • I.* - should not bj^ rovighly handled thoao of us who know the force aginst • ' him will be gi*eatly diaappointad. By sunrise this morning a part of the Sixty-sixth llllrtbia-tftars. L.W. iw a-.... ILao b. 'w. . it ^ X . . 1 July, 1863. ted on the .train f03? th© scene of cpntest. _ _ Cxi. We learn that Cornyn has ^recaptured our prisoners and taken more -fror. the enemy. . . .jo " Ccrrespon;:ence of the. Cincimiati Gazette, Corinth, 10th (6DR55-^; o- It is witlj regret that I have to axuiounae the resignation of Maj. Gen. R. J. Oglesby, commanding left wing 16th Amy Corps, Army of the I .Uennesseo Recovering almost by miracle from his wound received at -i.the battle here on the ord of October last, he returned to the field with his well earned major general's commission, and entered on duty * -4 in the command just mentioned; but l.c soon found that the heal ing of " -the wound had tUoh^left him.iweli^. He was in continual pain, and any considerable exertion caused him to gasp for breath lika a,dying man. I well-romembex ijjdVBft Jl© was hex^ ^ last, with Adjutant-Gen eral Thomas r how he labcwvad In trying to talk '^o his old command. It wa s " the first time h© .had 9«on these •officers • 'J- and men since the « day . he led them so gloriously.in that famous charge at the "TTlxite House", and he could not resist the impvO^s.to continije to talk to them. Again and again was his voic^ .8©*^^ fi'om Pain and woalcness, but still, by an iron will and an effort that seemed to scorn his infirmity, he would continue to pour forth his wox^ds of eloquence, until from sheer ^- exhaustion he-was compelled to sit doira. The off rts of tnat day • - were hut a-specimen Ofrtt^^ne he had been making during the months sihce ho retttxned to duty* At laat ho is reluctaxitly compelled to July f 1863. . . . ^ . relinquieji-his command and to his home, -The good wishes of every man of hfis command go with him-. 'ii-ol o"^ Upon tendering his resignation it was not accepted, but hB-re- ^^'ceived a leave of absence for six months, ■ . c . following farewell order he pays handsome compliment to the Second Brigade, and to various officers of his recent coruaand. TTith a "characteristic modesty, he does not say ..that his wound receiy-ed there in battle is the soie cause of ■^'ttie-physical infirmity which cornpel's him to this step, but it Is true-. -u-• a. . wJ. ' ■ ' ^"^"GENERAL C83DQ®, Taliea comnrahri of the loft wing, 16th Army Corps, .with,Headqu^- *ters at Ccrinth. ' " - i ty 4 / ^ i \jxj The publid may expect of this officer much effective work and little talk. He gives his ""ehtire time and attention assiduously to his work. Patient in invastlgaftiton, in comprehonaidn of importan£ views, liis actiy©^ energetic flttds omplo amployme»t in the dutier of his position. In the important dutyjof obtaining infor mation of the streng'h and movements'of the enemy, there are few to excel him. * • >• -M. "By his excellent of espionage he has kept himaelf advised not only as to his Iramedlate'front, but he ha* keen able to communicate important information to Crant'on therighV,and Roaacrans op the left, of the enemy before thorn. Vary appropriately does General.Oglesby ■ " V July, 1863, m . J-J t. ( ^ XM Style him. "the discreet ,90^ indefatigable Dodge." . I believe t^je, P.-trict of Corinth is lost in the overshadowing pov.er of the Left 7/^ing, " I Ijoar no officer designated to succeed to the command of it» nnd the presumption is, that the District is .. -.J ' .. abolished. ai iw:,. •# 44,(iA O ...iOW' gi/. „ - fc* ju- .1, an 12X6111 NG RACE!. .'Jos .. . ui. .. Just now the citiaengi of centn^al Iiliasiss.ippi are favored with a sigiit of an ex;clting racp betweeji Johnson, C. Si A, .and Slierman, U, S. A. the foiuner having the lead. Johnson It is said is retreating in toward Columbus- toward Meridian, Mississippi §cid .. Selma, Alabama, Aiid Cherman, v/ho has ever been foremost in fight and pursuit, is following the flying host^ with his inyincable heroes. , Of^ course, the retreating, army has largely the advantage, as It must always have when it is ^ falling bad: towards reinforcements supplies; consequently the public must not expect that S" erman will overtake and capture » .... .'O Johnson,' The beet he can probably do is to annoy him so as to ^ prevent him from gaining strength or taking time to fortify, , whht assistangfl('^^rpan yifl have Johnson does stop to fight,,c annot yqt be told, ^i^tll thii^^jtgposltloo of General Grant's victorious army is known, newspaper, Newspaper. Clipping., wxippxng*, (6DR54), , «, ^ ejg ■ V, O « i. . fc to gotiavhA Ox .. . AIJ INDEFATIGABLE IOWA QENERAL. The Corintto co^roopondent of the Cincinnati Gaaette^ writing on X-* U ■. 1 ..'KM " l1 July, 1863. the 10th inst. says: " ."General Dodge takes coinjnand of the left- -- . wing, 16th Army Corps, with headquarters at Corinth, The puhlic may expect of this officer much effective work and little talk. He gives his er;tire time and .attention .assiduously to >- his work. Patient in investigation, and quick in comprohens-ion of--' •• important points, his active, energetic mind finds amply employment in thedutires of his position the important duty-of obtain ing InfOirmation of the strengith and movements of the enemy there arefew to excell him. ^ By his excellent system of esplohage behae-kept himself advised not only as to* his own immediate front, but he has been able tO' communicate important imformation to Grant on his right, and Hose*-^ crans on the left of the enemy before him. Very appropriately - - does General Oglesby style him "The discreet and indefatigableDodge." ■ " ^ - --i Correspondents Cineinnait-Gazeete,-Corinth 13th (6DR55): A PEEP INTO SOGTHEftir PAPERS. - do you think of the reception in Corinth of today*s'"Mobile Tribi^e? Here it is"before me almost hot from the press* It is,, however, a weekly, and is, I presume, issued a-day or two in advance of its date as it has no news later than-thelOth, Itj-yj contains the telegraphic news of each day of- the week, and It is amusing to Sfc8''lnbil!'*relu^a*iily they acknowledoi the fall of Vicksburg. It was not officially known in Jackson, Miss., until the July, 1863, • ^ X % ^ JtM ^ 7th- the day when it flashed over the whole-N^rth. This gave Grant time to begin a movement on Johnston which compelled that officer to move his command in quick time to Jackson, where he makes a pretense of resistance. The. flight of citizens from Jackson and al 1 the,country roundabout shows the lack of confidence in the ability of.Johnson to.hold Jackson. Of course, they give up Port Hudson, .and tith.it .most of the state.-.-But let's to the papers: ■ . . . j.-. .l. HOV; DO THESE PAPERS REACH CORINTH. - If they could tell their own story it would be in many cases an exciting one, and if their story should be told for them, it would expose the "trick"-and "^render-its ropdtition difficult. We are ' not furnishing by pickets as is the usual way^ The papers come pretty regularly from Mob-ile and other places, but they are smuggled in. The manner in which this is sometimea done would be interest ing to your readers, and the adventures of these contrbrnd mail'*-" -'"" cartiers would be of the TBost thrilling interest; But until the wajt*"^-' is over all the adventnres nnwt "t)e'»«teiwrlt'leil taloe, in order to • "^3 preserve the-'efficiency of' the syetenft -the secret service this part of the army alone the-novelist can find truth certainly .Jaa stranger than f lot Ion. "The Sthry of the Scouts of- the. Army of the Tennessee'*%roi«.<f A)r« Or'fecHllr m*- ittttOrtoiT aa is thd adiamtltlon of : the most daring bravery itid #woltlixg adWWnturo* Ero,^ .tetfo 4 .inai" ifmii *44 liA iMid-iioo *Ui m 4ooio July, 1863. jkta iZ frVA- ; Newspaper Clippings, Memphis 13th (6DR55).': aflJ -hlV. IMPORTANT NEWS FROM REBEL SOURCES. : oi tkmAxm i' iijt n -j .GREAT EXCITEMENT IK THE SOUTH. ikiSi O/Ofll Oi ATTACK ON CHARLESTON &C. .0 oj-.u j'iq Gen. Hurlbut*s scouts# who left Okolona Saturday evening, report intense excitement prevaiiing all oyer the South,. T^e rebel telegram to Okolona stated that John,jton.had repulsed Grant at. Jackson. .An n address fr^ Johnston to his troops was published, calling upon them to be victorious or die there. . a. JkL fe/ ' viDispatches were published stating that twenty-seven ^ron dads and ships and twenty-three transporto_attacked Charleston on the,10th. Our troops landed on Pall Island on the tOth and opened heavy masked 0.4 batteries on Morris Island on the 10th, and also made a landing at ^ Grandville. All the Southern papers claim a victory for Lee. Scouts arriving at Cor inth report Bragg at Chattanooga, and that he lost two 32-pounders and field pieces, but got off with everything^ else. He burnt the bridge on the 3rd. Buckner has left . ji Tennessee to J.oin hl#w. Rcsecranaui was trying to turn Bragg to the oast. All the women and chlldrerj, had been oiTdored out of MObde. Gerk, Murray calls for all negroes jand x^n of every description to come to hlA l«aa(Uateliy«u. ^ surM^h^r of Vicksburg, didn't reach Uwa rebels pf Grant's^forces were then east of Big Black. Gensral Dodge reports no nortb of the Tennesses River, but that the Big B'^ar creek on his east and all the crossing places July) X8G3* ^ on each side of the railroad are* fortified. Biffles was last Jheard from at -Jackson. Dodge's cavalry is in pursuit of him. Silas Hudson to Gen. Dodge-, Memphis, Tenn., 11th:- I have just - arri-ved hero from Headquarters and am on Jny way home with. Master Fred, the General's sony who wilit remain sometime HorthL for the benefi.toof his health. •lO 0 1 ■ Before leaving, I had a confidential intervidw with the Cfeneral, and it gives me pleasure to be able to inform yo^u author it ively that your name will iiead the list to be sent forward by him for promotion to Major Generalsh'tp. I am also authorized to say to you that his recent success<gives him more real pleasure and gratification because it enables him to advance the Interest.of meritorious officers in his command who have nobly stood by him, and have so largely contributed to his present fame and position, than from any other consideration. And although he has knewn yo«*but little except in an officiil 'capacity, you have'his full confidence, and he approves yo\ir management of the duty assigned you-fully apd completely. . ♦ We have taken 31,277 prisoners, Lieut, Gen. and 14 Majors and 'Brig, Gen, and about 60 Cola, &Q,, , .y ' So far as wo are able to obtain record by actual o ount,^ we have 66, 00 standaof arms, 173 field and large guns, 660 bbls. flour, corn 'in quantities,'fiv^ mllllCHa-Ao^JaWfiln clothing - their invoice - 250,000 lbs, of sugar,-laaia»a»ou||lai Of ammunition sufficient ,i35 July, 1863. . - 't %.\:XiiX for years, and of the he^t qulalty, as are their arms, 30-,000 of which have neve r heen used,^and.wJhlch we will exchange ours for, and so make the cal-ihre ua^ hy unifonii,y^ , . -: - Uv W.. Hobbins to Gejii DPdge On boa_rd. stsambr Hillman 15th. I left St. Louis on the 13th. Xeft May better, but stil^l very weak- She be came much worse after Joseph left and was very sick again for a few days, which made it necessary for me-to- -b. veek longer at home than I intended to. ^ ^ . Your first letter enclosigg recommerldatiojiJ-o the Secretary of War did not reach me. Your laat I go.t. a few 4ays ago. I send down to Gen. Grant an application for an „9xtenston of leave, altso ray resigna tion to be forwarded by Col. Bui^ton„if he thoi^^;it that I should be likely tb have trouble.for bel^g,abse,nt,J haveheard nothing fora the papers .eu. ^ ^%hat'tfiey*wiil-do with me I can't tell,, but I think that probably my ecraing h»me has been the. mamM of Bavin- May's life, and I shall not complain at anything may happen. • . ,o ■ I hope yoh will get away C«r a tlmf regain,your health. You ought to do 80 by all means or your aid^. may give you much troublo. Letty's health is rveft" ^^odi T wish h«l« to. go north th^^^ summer, and she will pi*dtJabiy -4-2^ iV. J , w , , He sa-d, or-rather^i. «iSB®d by Baker, that there wae fto record-in tifi effioe Of ahy .•436 July, 1863. , issued to mej if you should go to Iowa this .summer, I wish if you should see the Governor you would speak to him about the matter, as ^ you know that I received a commission dated July 50th, 1861. The reJimental records, show that, but I do not know whether many in the * , J -regiment could swear that they have ever seen the commission. . _ , You have been very kind in assisting me to get home. I do not think I could have gotten eway.^if it had not been for your letter. I em very thankful, and grateful for your assistance. I learn that Gen. Stoel*s division are in the rear of Vlciksburg fpllowing Johnston. ,I.hope I will overtake them before they reach Mobile, - - . . . ' ■ ■ • Lt. Col, Phillips to Lt. R. K. Randolph Pocahontas, Tenn., 16th . . w ' ' ^ I have to report that in compliance with Orders and instructions from Col. Aug. Mersey, commanding 2nd Brigade 2nd Division Left Wing • 16th Army ^orps, I l€ft Pocahontas Tenn. at 11 oclQck A*M. on thd 12th inst. with my command with an aggregated of 330, and marched through Bolivar, thence t-elvo miles north through Toombs Station to a point on the Bolivar and Denmark road, where 1 reported to Col. Hatch at 11 o' clock P. M. of that date a^nd halted for the night. I moved as the third Battalion in order te march, early the next morning, until we arrived at the South Branch of Forked Deef- River, where the enemy resisted the advance and I was ordered to the front. I deployed my cofomsnd to , the left of the roa^, and having flanke d the July, 1863. ' J'- Jl. 4 , li. j enemy on their right, they Wex'e"driven from their position. In accord ance with the orders of Col. Hatch, I then drove the enemy thhough the Fair"Grdufids, "then from the field works on the south-west part of the town.' Here the force of the enemy separated, a part going through • X. . • _ the town oh the Lexington road, and another part of" the in force moving out on the'Trenton rood. T followed after those on the Trenton Road , and was steadily and rapidly driving them', irtien they were reinforced by the 9th Tenn. Cav. Col. Biffle Comdg., who had just arrived on the 9 Trenton road. This reinforcement attacked my* command while mounted, and I soon broke their ranks. They then fell back, dis moxmted, and made a very fierc e and impetuous attack on me, compelling me to fall bj ♦ f . - .wOO ., ^ ^ * a distance oX about three hundred yards, where I then took b position and drove the enemy back; one motmtain*howitzer belonging tb the com- < . . .U • mend of Col. Hatch being in the rear of me , t ordered the 'gun to be brovlght uo, placed the same in position, and afi-er a few minutes firing the enemy retreated very rapidly on the Trenton road. I then moved with the command seven miles after the enemy. On the morntng of the 14th inst, T moved with the column'on ^ny return marwh, as far as Den mark- leaving the Cavalry Brigade"ai that place which moved to the right, I was ordero to Bolivar. T arrived in camp dt this place at 1 o'clock P. M. of the 15th in'r.t. with thirty-five priooners, who were flfcod Iri my charge by Col. Hatch of Ten n**. 1 &lSo thptured atieltt one hundred horses and mule duwing the expedition, whibh ^%et to July, 1863. the of this Post, j send herewith a list of the prisoners mark ed exhibit "A". . During the action I sustained a loss of seven men woimded, a list of which I send herewith marked exhibit"B". Gen. Dodga to Col, Herrick, Corinth, Miss., 9th (10DR248); In re ly to your communication, T would respectfully state that it is contrary to the intentions and spirit of the regulations for any supplies or stores to be regained in the hands of ^companies or regiments in the field, and more eppocially ^aa at,_^g;p(ea^ent the dema^ greatlj^ -exceeds the supply. In thi- connection I will refer y;ou to Par. 67 "Ordnance iiemoranda. Mi-l- *0*. W O.I t Gen'. Dodge.,. 9th, directs Comdg. Officers of 1st and 2nd Brigade to •flfiake a ^suffioienjt,, detAil fronj^ ^eir conmsu^ unddr the charge of , th© Brigade^ OffIcjip the jdfvy, thoroughly police the ground inside . and out of the picket occupied by their respective brigade pick ets, These details will search the ground carefully for all decaying .animals, and all vegetable matter- such as dead animals and commissary * "-.i' stores, that have been hauled without the lines and left in their viQinity and bxirn them. .brigade officer of the day will be held I responsible for the work being well done, and the brigade inspector will .report .in writing to the Inspector General at these Headquarters, on the llth day of.^yly, 1863, whether or.not this order has been prop ©rly executed,^tl^a report to be founded on an actual inspection. or brj(4Kftd§ Infipsigtors must gee that no dead animals are '14 ' v,,< July, 1863. n r •'r ff*. hauled out of the lines and left; they will fepcsA "iJife names 'of the" n ■ • brigade officers of the day, or the officer of the picfliet who allows it. Dead'animala must be burned to ashes or buried. * Gen. Dodge to Col. Corilyn, Corirfth, LlIss.*. 9th' (6DR. You will detail * - - your command two companies of cavalry to report? at these Headquarters immediately. ^ Gen.' Dodge to Col. Mijner, Corinth Miss. 9th. (lODR) Your c-dmmunication enclosing orders, report of J?ost,'&c, is received and your, action in the matter approved. - ^ o . . You will be expected to watch the front from Grand Junction west, and whenever you deem it necessary- will send out* cavalry to -attack any force that may approach yftu. It lir hlrso important to hav- all unnec essary stroea shipped to Momphis Oh Corinth. All serviceable stock " not needed will be sent to Corinth. The unsorviceabld that can be he- "crulted will be grazed in the clover or grass- ad joining'LaCrange.- -The ' Q.M. at Lagraiige'wifl"attend tO' thla« I find a large amount .of 84-ock of this kind in all commands, ahd'a little attention and care-.will^ make it more serviceable to' us than 'the-at00k now issued at Memphis. You will also see that'evehy detachment posted on the raili'oad is * p'roperl; intrenched, and that'the railroad track la patrolled once per- ^"^day, and once'during the night'by fnfantrjr'patrol. This is In addition 'to cavalry patrol.' the instruction"isifuad by Gen. OglaateyJiifc^this mat ter wil" be fully carried out. The enemy are thr«<iwing 8o>la»|^ a cav- July, 1363. , , *■ . 'Z-"-' ' -i airy force in our front and left, that it is oftiaa probable we shall ' ! have to use our cavalry in a body. I therefore desire you to have it . . . . ■ t _ t'. , kept in as good condition as citcumstanoes will admit, selecting the I-:#;-. • • ' ■ I .beat for long trips and keeping the unserviceable for home duty. • ■ - . . .. . , . . .j . diC'I Gen, Dodge to Capt. Dodds, Corinth, Miss., 9th, (10DR250): l>.\3 iXJ ^..... T To a proper transaction of business at these Headquarters it is [ , necessary to establish, a Government printing office at this post, -•tp-i i.) You a^e hereby ordered to procxire the necessary tools and pfcinting material to fit up the press, and you will hereafter keep such supply of stock as may be necessary. ^ 40 ■ t Gen. Dodge to Gen. Sweeny, Corinth, Kiss., 10th (1UDR251); The 2nd and 7th Iowa Infantry can obtain Enfield rifles in ex- •Sflua change for their anas of the ordnance office at Corinth. Gen. Dodge to Lieut. Hogaii. Corinth, Miss., 10th (10DR251) : • ^ ■ t , Issue their arms to negro regiments. j.. . Gen, Dodge to Col. Cornyn, Corinth, Miss., 10th (10DK251) : You , '^^wlll have one Sergeant and eight men of Capt. Ford's company, 15th II t ' i.iij o cavalry, report to theao Headquarters tomorrow morning at eight o clock with four days rations. -">V«iKi S' ' j ^oddy, Corinth, Kiss., lOth' (10IIR251) j The , ff n officer in charge of the last flag of truco stated to Capt. Spencer ..a, ^ ^ ^ that you desired to'ehange the prisoners captured and jpirolled by COl. »vm i ' . wsU La.*,, . . . . , g»fI -I,p. VifJ" Jott ♦' j.t; July, 1863, i.#- Jl ,1 Straight. If you'haVe' their pVholes, I will'- exchanke ' the- prison ers you"now have for them, my men to bS delivered to Cppt. Spencer, and yours to be relieved froin their parole. Gren. Dodge to Gen, flurlbut. Corinth," Miss.,'12th (10DR252): I Wave the honor to herewith forward the Veport of Col.F. M. Cornyn, 10th "mo. Cavalry, commanding Cavalry Brigade, of the battle at' luka. On the t night of July 7th the enemy in three columns advanced toward- (hrlnth skirmlohing at Clendale, and dashed into «ie North and captured a cor ral of broken down stock* taking 28 of the guard at the corral* The stock was kept out of town'to prevent our animals catching the dis- 'easos prevalent'imong the unaer-Jioeable-stock: also for the purpose o|p graaing the animals, thereby saMttlg'forSge'td the Government. The en emy started'^^l the animals, sdme six hundred and sixty-slut, but suc ceeded in getting'off only two'hundred and fort,. I suppose they woula bring the oivemment at sale twenty dollars per head. The company stationed at the'corral wore'surrounied'by about 5(50 cavalry; they ,'fouGlit determinedly, but were diapdrsed and twenty-eight captured. ' The enemy, three killed", two Lieuta' an'd ten-wolindad, -wore left on the field, men the attack was msd. 'on Olenaiib, Ool. Oomyn was ordered to move -t 4 o'clock A." B. on the' Eurnsvlllo rocd to "develop the move- "'.'mont o.f the enemy, trough some Mason as ,sf unexplained,-he failed to move' until 6lSo'. B^ hrmoved at the tlms"ordered ISO itettld have mot the enemy approsohlog the corral, eurprlsed them and no doubt cap July, 1863. •i^vX t icXtf -aw.i-, t,ured a good portion, as thoy did not attack until 4:30 A. M. lye how ever, followed the% up and gave them a severe v/hipping, taking their -wj forge and bat'ery wagon. During this mcvment'^he enemy, I was in Memphis by order of my commanding officer, but the dispositions made „ rI'w , Capo. G.^ lE, Spencer, my A.A, G., ^were such that had I been present I not have improved them., ar^ had th.ey been promptly obeyed they would without doubt have been successful. . I u' JiiS T t',o . Dodge^ to Col. Bacon, ^Cc^l^th^-Miss., 13th (10DR252) : . . •a' V Col. Cornyn, ^lOth Mo, Cavalry, having been placed under arj'est, •1 ' IV you will aspi^^^ command of the Cavalry Brigade formerly commanded by him,. - - % < Dodge to Dr. Gay, Corinth, Miss., 14th (10DR253) ,I am in receipt of your letter. telegraphed merely to find out where you was. It meets my ^^gypiroval for you^ to remain where you are as long as no deem proper, a^ a dnrge ^art of my force is now near you, .and it 3top many, off:c ors from^ coming hero. The line is too long for a ^ . Division Medical Director to do alL the work. If you come here you •lo;; wili have to get Dr. C, mpbell to d8/il§irte some officer to act as Med ical Director of the 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, and other detached i f'""om Oriu|^ j,Jiinctlonj ^ LaQraiige. ^ I wish you would also write u.»a604. ^ letter to Dj ,i«(5||fijjpb^ia ^sbswirjijj him the difficulty in having my cavalforce all hare to raport to Memphis^ If he insists upon a separate * ' V. ■. .. Iladical Department for Cavalr- force, I shkll certainly request that July, 1863. /cim tH.iu'-. wj .the officer be station«r<ff here wliom T oari reach, as we held respon sible for the sanitary condition of medical supplies, &c. and no of ficer can visit Memphis without first sending his application to MemvjtfN. phis. -jwOy , t 5 , . Gen.' Dodge to Ciol. Bane, ^Oorint'h,'Miss. , 15th (1DDR243): You will ; i. have the 7th Ills. Vol.s ready to move at a moment's notice with three day's rations. • • Gen. Dodge to-Gen. Rugglejjfs, -Corinth, tiUss., 15th •(l6bR253): I am in receipt of your communication of^ July 11th-, <in relatiob to Mr. . • Middleton. When the matter came to my knowledge, although the testi mony was very strong against him, yet his strong pleading of innocence^ and the fear that 1 might imjustly punlBh un innocent man, made me order him outside of my lines, which was done' some four daj's ago and he no doubt ore this has reached Mb home . It is no part of our policy to punish peaceable citizens, and it is o<ur endeavor to carry on * " this war in accordance with the law*- stid cdstoms of war; but I must say that the gangs of rebel* and murderers %hat infest the country aouth of me, are guilty of acts tiia't -trust the Southern amy do not countenance or hold up. •- --i * • • i . . i ^ Gen. Dodia to Col. Binmore, Corinth#'ii?^*-. i* 15th^(10DR864); -lut 'c 'im , Trhough a misunderstanding of Oen. Hurlbut'e order and unbeknown " to me ( tAbUgn: trhrough no fault of the officer ) six militia men were - exchanged todfly'ft>f'Capt J Kliimi, 16th Kentucky Cavalry. It was July, 1863. f -rr-.n '^'^'done out of-mercy tO' Capt. Maxv/elli *>«9 being eiclc and-tinable to get any treatment in the rebel lines, and was broughtr to-me under flag of -truce. The exchange im»-'iiade under* an order of Oen. Grant's allowing exchange prisoners with Roddy, not knowing it had been revoked, *•" I trust it will not work any detriment to the- seraricej it was done ^'with no idea of disobedience of" orders, but as an act of humanity to Captain. The officer who made the exchange was not" aware of Gen, -£t 's dispatch flb me, but suppoaed Gen, Grant's order was still in force Gen. Dodge- to-Gen.* Ruggles ^ Corinth, Miss. , 16th, (10DR254); Since % v;rlting the enclosed r^J"y to your oommunicat ion, I am infonned that your flag of truoe left my lines after being asljed, to remain for a re- *' ply. The excuse given was that they ti^ere afraid of beir^ captured. ' This of course was frivolous* Mnd necessitated my sending the answer .ihltii, my own flag,' -€apt. Spencer my A.A. G., will wait rfor your re ply at your lines, ^ •> ^ ...... ... .W Jm Gen, Dodge to OSflWwWIcdnmanililg Gi^n,Boats, Corinth Kiss., 17th f (10DR254); Gen, Hrulbut hhi a jnom Asboth statii^ ^ that Gen, Pillow has wrossed t-h® Tennwsfee river and is now fet or near Parl?, Tenn, It doe# not appaar possible to me, but I deitee you to • take "Otf BOiDie sooutiA dewm opposite that place, and let them land, and (Mcertain facts by goftag out into that country, and ra il \urn Ifcon as thiy aa^i^n ^rhat.^foundat ion tliere is for 3»i'. -"■• July, 1863. such reports. Capt. Harrison ^nds you thia,_^^,will accompany you lo ^ with his * a.. .... jbJj.x* ... «J j ^ iS '^-en. G. Tuttle "^o Gen. Dodge, Jackson, Miss., 17th: When I . , wrote you about, four weeks ggp I told you I would write you again soon, but have been ao much occupied have neglected it. I did not get to j see Grant again after I wrote you, as in a day or two I wasordered with my division to go out and help watch Joe Johnson where I remain ed until the faT.1 of VJLcksburg, and aa soon as that took place was im mediately ordered to advance on Jackson, so I have not seen the fruits of our great victory but, understand they are huge. ^ We arrive'd in front of this place a 2nd time on the 9th and ^ have been fighting and manoeuvering until this morning we woke ,xip to find no enemy in out* -front, they having evacuated during the night. '* " ITe have had a long-and hard campaigu, and my health is about "give " out" and I con'hardljr-^t about. May go home soon, don't know certain. We have various rumors from the East by the way of the rebel sources; ^a'f'umor from dp ihs River comes t at if true.is glorious. Our latest news of any kind is up to July 6th- the rebels here say we have poasession of Charleston and'Richmond, but thsy.hsve nothing from Lee'a '" army fthd we have* nrtlting*'Iftter than the battle of-Gettysburg. ^ I am "*""'"very felSi<r thdt thtf' « f Miks fotomao decided victory at* last. J I think we h«v« the 'thing .rt)out Jrmnid. UP ^ «ie wesh pow, and f' W- i( July, 1863. . • Woo u X f w will get some rest which we are needing very much. ^ Lauman is in grief, he had a bad blunder here a few days ago by which he lost 500 men needlessly - he was taking position in front of i the rebel works and to do so was advancing in line, and neglected to send out reconnoitering parties and had his main lines about 20 paces in the rear of his skirmishers, and suddenly came close up to the works in such position as to .give the enemies' guns an enfilading fire at short range on his whole line and the slaughter was terrific. He was at once relieved of his cormand and sent to Vicksburg under arrest, • • • f - . « as I hear, though that is not cfficial| but I hear officially that charges will be prefered against him by Gen. Ord. What are you doing up there? Will be glad to hear from you often. - .1 . . Gen. Dodge to Col. Roddy. Corinth Miss., 18th (10DR255): I am '■i'* ■ . ... .. . . . . . . .. in receipt of your communication of July 16th. By orders from the War • J - Department all exchanges are suspended, hence my inability to make the exchange. It would suit me^to exchange our prisoners as soon as thd prohibition to exchange Is removed. Until than I shall have to forward Brll my prisoners. , . ^en. Dodge to his brother, Corinth, Miss.', 19th. During the last week I have had two severe fights and lost about l50 iden killed and wounded, took 400 prisoners, 2 pieces of artillery And A large lot of arms. It occureed at Jackson and luka. Bragg is retreating, Sherman id pressing Johnston and everything in the west looks bright.* Since 'i- July, 1863, I have been assigned to so large a comicand X doubt if T am allov;ed a 1. fUT'loui^h. I now have three full divisions in the Left Ting of 16 th Army Corps, while most of the Major-Generals are only commanding a Division, i d' not see'the policy of giving a Brigadier General so tt. w... large a command without the rank, I am anxious to get with Grant. If I could have accompanied him in hi^ movement against Vlcksburg I would Wil l ' have been promoted, I may be as it is, as I held an important position ail the feime, " " " ' ' " . t tKl . • - ^ ; v. • Gen, Dodge to his father, Corinth, 21st: I cflinmand the L0ft •' ' • • • Wing 16th Army corps containing three full divisions, my headquarters in.'l'hi... M at Corinth, ^ •. r. • Jeff Davis has issued a proclamation calling upon every white man ■ 1 ' •A • over 18 and under 45 to immediately enroll themselves; says every one who does not will be treated as a deserter. We now hold nearly all of Mississippi- I have active work and have had sane severe fi^ts late ly, one at Jackson, T-.n,, and one at^ luka when''1 took twb pieces of artillery, a large baggage train and 300 prisoners, " ' Gen, Grant wrote me a private note giving o'ur captivea ^t Vicks- .burg as 31,277, prisoners, 66,000 stand of arms, 173 fidld'^and large guns, |5,000,000 worth of clothing, 660 barrels of flour, 250,000 barrils of sugar, ammunition enough for'one year and all beftt Eng, quality 30,000 stqnd of arms never used and good Sngllsh rifles, Rebel papers are gloomy and southern planters are alrSlMhF^trying ^ 44a July, 1863, "to make terms with me. Lee was badly whipped in the east and the rebe1 papers rejoice at his being rble to^get back. Davis wilj make a ^ « K desperate effort to check us but it is no use. I will have 10,0000 ne£;:roes armed in less than two months, and they make good soldiers. I have four full regiments and two fuli b&tteries of them. I will use negroes or anything else that will help hurt a rebel, and they.may call me what they choose; ^d whenever the opportunity offers I am going_^to figlit t^em with their^own slaves. I know they will fight, I have faith and am always^willing to back my be lief by putting it into practice- s you will hear from them. The salvation of the country depends upon the Army, we know and feel it and act accordingly. ^ , w 1 O , Head Quarters Left Wing, 16th Army Corps, LaGrange, Tennessee, 3rd: Mr. Lincoln: As I am about surrendering my command to Brig. Gen. Dodge, who has for the past month been commanding a largo Division alsmot a separate oomnand and a most deli^jate on^ xmder my imme-^ dlate notice B.n^ ortjers, I desire frankly to call your personal atten tion to,^his em4r^t jju^itiea a^^^ officer, «nd to fully endorse his official acts for that tiye self. It has been^a long, timo since I have recommpnded ^n officer fqr promotion, indeed T bave fully made up my mind xxfyer-to do so, but upon the most careful scrutiny of the con duct of the officer to be reco-mended. General Dodge is not a res id^nt^pf lIlinOil^aj|«iJ^ba]rj.ne.^porsonal. des||;e for his promotion July, 1863. aside from my wish to do the>.i)Ssf. I can for* the common*cause. I, there n fore, in every point of view as a military man arid one too, who deeply . sympathizes with/our country and ie anxious t o cease the war, declare . you need have no hesitati^jn* in nominating him Major Heneral of tr.- S. V, I know of no officer at this time mOi^e d eserving nor of who seeks the the honor less. I am willing-to-be held responsible for his - offilcial acts as such. The country cannot affoi'd-to do without the V. services of-such a man, -Hoping thieletter may be presonted to you and r^ecoivo full attention, - * «- h' • I am your ftiend and well-wisher forever-, ' . .. B.J.Oglesby lo "•oidnvAjwi ^ Major-General - T7;- sl >' *7 i-" * ^ol. Hatch to Capti La Grange, Tenn. 19th, In compliance with 'orders of Co., Miznei- to proceed to Jackson, attack and disperse the ^^"confederate force at that point, then scour the country in that vicin ity and-retum as soon as possible to LaGrange'i t left camp on the morning of the 12th"of July eith 360 of the 3rd Michigan, 300 of the 3xid Towaji and 200 of the Ifest Tenn, Cavalry and marched north-west through ''olivar, camped'14 miles frnun tAsre on the Deninrk road and was there joined by the* 9th Ills. Infantry 300 strong, Korea Oh the morning of the I3th to Denmark, There le-arning that the enemy <rere concentrating, and, in feompliance with the order of Col, Bifflo (confederate commander) all squads and compluaiea and parts ' I : >■' July, 1863. ^ of regiments vrhlch v;ere posted through the;^ ountry were to meet at ' ^ ml i. organization, I pushed on Immediately by the Burnsville road, sending Col. Hurst with the 1st Tenn, Cavalry rcimd by the Woodsville road- the only approach to the twon where the bridges crossing . „ Forked Deer river, were left standing- Companies of the 5rd Mich. Cavi) commanded by Capta, Nugent and Dyckman, carried rapidly in a iivet - A. y ■ were sixteen in all.) The .enemy having a very strong position, held ' ^ si W the last thr^je bridgesuntil the 9th Ills, could drive out the enemies A^ .■ 'j, , , , . skirmishers on the right and two companies of the 3rd Mich tiiat had ^ crossed the stream well up on tloe enemies left. As soon ad our laen had opened on the flanks, and one of the 3rd Michigan guns had shelled r the woods on the right of the bridges, I immediate,y ordered Captains y, . ^ Nugoiit and Lattimore's comganies of the 3rd Michigan cavalry to charge T , and carry the bridges, aiid it was quickly and gallantly done. Copt, w ... . Reese and Capt. Lattimore of the 3rd Mich, with'their comp«uiies, quick- I imO . . -ly took possession of a log house on the enemies' left and diBld them in « -JLO check until the Howitzers of the 3rd Mich had shelled the woods in ^ . . . . . . ■ front. Leaving two companies to guard the bridges, I moved ra y line forward with the 9th Ills. Infantry on the left, the 3rd Mieh. in the centre, the Sabre companies of the 2nd lowaon the right flank and thd 2nd Iowa rifles in reserve. Our skirmishSrs drST^^'the enemy to- ^ ward the town where they had tiken"^® strong pbsitionV ^iblding two . ly skirmish, all the bridges bu t the three nearest the towii (there -41 m'jui. j > io July, 1863. W V 4 v> Forts on the south side of Jackson and the curtain connecting them, with disniomited men, and with mounted men on the left in line and in ,1fr _ , - ■ , V' - force sufficient to overlap my right. The 9th Ills . had approached the Forts within three Hundred yards when the enemy poured In a volley too high to' do any hurt. Col. Phil lips took them immediately in a ciahh ^ rapid that the eneiny had not time to reload, many throwing down their arms and flying in great disotder. At the same moment as Col. Phillip s attack, the enemies mount ed forcd in largo numbers threatened a charge. I charged them with • the sabre companies riding down and breaking up their line. The enemies flight had then become a thorough rout. Our mounted rifles and sabres charging them in every directi&n. Many of the companies were six miles north and east of the town, and scarcely had the 9th Ills. Infantry rallied on the north-west side of Jackson, and collected its men, than Bifflo (confederate)) with his regiment and One Battalion of Roddy's old regiment in all 800 strong, approacKfed on"the Trenton road and attacked with great spirit and by constantly outflanking Col. Phillips, compelled him to fall back. Rallying four companies on his right of the 2nd Iowa and 3rd Mich., he drove the enemy'back holding them in check until my lines could form in force enough to whip them. ^ Biffle, with his confederate re-onforcemeuta ha'gradually con- (j ventrated the broken forces which had been first attaoke d and scatter- ' ed- consisting of Col. Forrest*s, Co**i and Newsom's regiments with aV July, 1863. dozen or more detached companies- "wl.t^ leJlft^^videjit determination of driving U3 back.^ On my rijgh\ were, six companies of ,the .Idichigan and Iowa rifles, in -jtlw centre th^;9th Ills. Infarrtry and one Howitzer, and on the left six companies of the 2nd Iowa Riflesj Cel., Mayer with .a poEtion of the 3rd Mich, was holding in check ,a- force on piy right and rear. At tiie moment of attack, I was obliged to send the Ist Tenn. Cavalry about 200 strong, to cl^ok Roddy's battalion ^ich attacked my left and rear. The enemy then attackdd with great spirit, coming on rapidly in the face of sharp firing, forcing the left and the 9th Ills, in the centre back tp a ridg> npar^ town. TOioeling my right to the left I drove out the enemy pressing the 9th 111, I then advanced the entire line rapi^ly^ driving the enemy from ridge to ridge, advanc ing my guns and shelling the forts and rifle-pits on the north side of the tovm and killing many of the enemy. On the right the enemy were broken and flying be|'ore Col. Mayer. t , i . . . . -V—K.. ... - . It was then nearly dark. I immediately pursued them on the different roads from ten to f 1 ftoen_miles. The nighi, was very dark and foggy, and it was impossible for mo to ascertai ' the direction in which the enemy had fled, but I supposed it was the Trenton road. At daylir'ht the next morning, I learned they were retreating in detacliments toward the Tennesaoe river, end that Richardson with 400 men was cros sing the Hatohio at Estanando. 1 sent the Ist Tennj Cavalry eastward toward Lexington with orders to return by way of Uifflln. Mounts Zxima . . .. . 1 X .. t- i W July, 1863, .". 1 « I and Bolivar, or Monte Zume and Purdy-sthe 9th Ills. Infantry by Bolivar to Pocalaontaa, the 3rd Mioh by way of Denmark, Daroyville, Wesley eind , Siimiiierville, and the 2nd I-owa *by Estanando, Whitesvilie and New- ..il ■ castle.. The women of Jackson previous to our attack on the tovm, v) carried ammunition for the enemy in a ve-ry gallant manner under fire. During the attack on the town the enemy barricaded the t'reets and fired from the windows. Lieut. Humphreys*-of the 2nd Iowa was wounded . ■ severely by shots from a witidoT^T; On one street, however, two companies of flying rebels were mistaken in the smoke and dust for our nen, "' and were badly handled by a party of the enemy behind a barri'cade, ' ■ Our men found thirty barrels of whiskey and it" gave me as much trouble ^ to 'save' the town from"fire during the fight, as It did to whip the en emy; and from the sariie cause we lost a large number of prisoners. I saved the town from burning by the greatest exertions, and protected all the private dwoollings. The stores," t regret to say, were plundered * by negroes and stragglers during the fight. In one we foimd 17 kegs of powder. The companies of the 3rd Mich, who gallantly carried the bridge are deserving of great praise. Lieut. Wilson of the 3rd Mich, howtit zers, shelled the rebels out bf' a strong'position With credit to his firing. Col. Phillips fotaght his men splendidly, advancing at a double quick three miles, driving, killing andwounding many of the en emy. The sabro companies of the 2hd Iowa Cavalry charged with the greatest boldness. After ww had ofctainod a foothold north of the"*" * A July, 1863, River, the enemy were driven so ra idly. At. all pointa that their fire was not in the least effectve, pouring whole volleys.over our men. Oil my i'eturn Capo. ckman of the Srd Mich,, wj.th. three augrers andfour axes, constructed a Pontoon at Estrananla on the Hatchie River one hundred and seventy-five feetl long in four hours, over which we o-ossed the commands of artillery and wagons in perfect safety. The enemy had four (4) captains, tliree (3) Lieutenants and thirty-one (31) men killed,and not less than 150 killed, .We destroyed 300 stgoids of arms, and captured about 200 horses. The conscripts which the enemy had in confinement, were .allowed to go before we entered the town, and I ' - t ■ - . • » escaped to their homes, said to be between 300 and 400, I enoose list of casuallties* Thdre are from ten to fifteen slight wounds, not dis abling the men from duty. I havere therefore not reported these men as - - - ■4r • ''' ■ ■ wounded, , . . . . . . . ' ... ■ .-V'TSU? J Gen. Hurlbut to Gen. Dodge, Memphis, Tenn., 20th:- If a deserted * - captured in ai^ms against tlia United States, try iil|B by tliree field ' • - Officers and execute sentence on the spot. Gen. M. M. Crocked to Gen. Dodge, Vicksburg, 21st; I arrived here yesterday and found the city warm, dusty and generally as dis- < - agreeable as posslli^e. I have boon assl^ed, to the command of Lauman's division (the 4th) at present attached to the 13th Army Corps (Gen. Ord's.) . I have fiot reported for duty yet but am waiting for the Corps to return from Jackson; wij.1 probably staft out in that diroc- July, 1863. w I ^ '«! /ii. tion to meal, it tomorrow,.- Oxir old friend, Latnnan, has beeVi relieved tor blundering like an old ass, as" he is, upon the enemy strongly oosted with a battery, Iii« skirmishers being advanced about thirty yards that lihat he was cut up befof*e he Icnew what "wasthe mattei?- he thinks .j'jaao r exercised abundance of -caution and that great injustice has been done V to him. Gen. Tuttle-is out in the direction of Jackson with Gen. Sherman. I have not seen him and cannot hear much o f him. I wonder what he will think of the action of the Copperhead Convention, they I, ■ road letters from him stating that he would accept the nomination upon Ur. ,.the Ohio (Vallandingham) platform, but" it would not do, they beat him fair and square, 1 want to hear from him'on this subject, if he wrotdj^ the letters, wo iticve given him credit for more sarise than hV possesses, ce Ransom is'ar'ifalche 2 capturing beef but will return in about ten days; in the seige he greatly distinguished himself and deservedly stands*^ very high," ' * x • Gen, Grant in' o order assiriglng* me to dtit^y with Gen, Ord- directed Rawlli^'^o''jjkv^ lettor'*Vo him which T will fake* the llbortjf'tb''send ytfu a copy of, ' 1 * "General, " ' ' *"*• - jko/o"* ' . : uy-ioJaoit o -.. I am directed by Klie ltajor 'General eca«ahhdit{g that Brig. General M. fT. Crocker has been" ordet%d to report to you with the view ^lo his asslgnemtn tb'the command orLaumah^e division*,'' Hb is an of- , licer braVe/ coirfiiibt'bnt'Vid experienced, In whom you may place the Ju.Xy j X863» • _ # •• • •.# A. ^ . ij V jlest confidence, and grant the greatest discration without fear of the -one being mispXaced or the other imprudentXy given. Signed John A. RawXins. A. A. G. Gen. Grant takes every occasion to speak in the ' \ t • highest terms of you and myseXf as the two Iowa men in whom he takes stock: he may be mistaken, but it is none thrXess a couipXlment to us. c - - c - Quite a number of CoXs . have been recommended for promotion but -no Brigadiers have as yet been recommended. I do not know that they ,wiXl be. I had a notion when Ransom returned, to get up a scheme by • * 4 which we would obtain from Gen. Grnat a recommendation for you, him and myself. A man had just as well be tinkering away at something of the kind. I know that you ought to be promoted- after you my cXiims are just as good as anybody's. I would not, if I could obtain it, ac- ' cept promotion at your expense. Tuttle deserves promotion if he had ■' • * ' -not allowed himself to be hurt by his political aspirations- that may stand iA.his way. I will see him a s soon as I have an opportunity, X. ^ . and .if he thinks, make the riffle I must help him. One thing is certain, I canno^ enter into competition with a man who has been as * t good a friend to me^at Tutt"!e,} I9I me hear from you. . - . By the way, Col. J. A. Williamson is here waiting for his regiment, - .le does not know much about the present condition of the regiment, mty .own opinion that, it Is ab ut played out. Col. W1 is quite disoour- * a^ed at timsa because, he is,not promoted, but I have labored with him and finally I think convinced him that patience and labor are the ' i ■. . rA t • i -s July, 1863. oids that win-' th'at I'fa man' ilesireS others to do .for him- he mdst ■first do for himself, f have told hiin If he -till get the rooommendation of Sherman and Gen. Grant, that *e', his Iowa friends, will then do ail we can for him. ' ' ■" v- ' ■"■ "Gen. Eodge to'061. Ratlins; Corinth) Miss., 21st Gnder-speoial Orders Ho. 161, Hd. Ors. Dist. of West-Tern., stock ale and vegotablss have been regularly supplied to this command during the past sui-mer by Mr. J. U. Broivn and fiavc been usdd under the enclosed restrictions. Gen. Order Ho. 5 Hd. Qrs. Dist; Of Corinth, and I believe the proper use of both has conduced greatly to the present good health of all the troops. Hnder iat"e orders all ale has been stopped af Cairo. I re spectfully request that the General •cbmmanding Dept. send mo a permit for Mr. J. !I. Brown tolirlng through his ale as heretofore under gov ernment rcstrictionVand-at Government rates. He has up to this time ' brou^t it regularly, supplied our hospital and all the troops, and at a fa less cost than they could obtain it by any other method. Ihe surgeons considers it," during tha-^t weather, as indispeasibla.- .Gen. Dodge to Coli Baoon/eirlAth. Kie=..SBnd. You .will immedi ately send two companies of your'command ti McHary County Tenn. for the purpose of ordering the following citizens to leave the Federal "line, with their failles, and if caught in five days within, fifty miles of the federal lines they'Vilt ifif Shot as ppies. bw*. *■ vruj.. u^r. e/...■-•• OreeksT i Uiti Jacob Scarrall July, 1S63. Pickens Pickens - in r -{.i .. «> J •SpJ'l.: Snake Creek. • : t'JV' t , Simnson On Tenn. River. ' ' ' I, • ./ .• V , Stephen Moore Snake Creek. , ^ .. ^ui. 'tat.iw i»- ' *mro^ oj ' Bogan Ray / Near Grinnell Hill.. John Irv.'ln Ridge Road, Purdy. 4*1Vw4* Dick Cross .Wire Road, Purdy and Savannah. The above named citizens and their families are ordered away for harboring and aiding rebels, murderers, and guerrillas- for giving int < - formation to the rebels, and persecuting Union men. Gen. Dodge to Lieut. Kind, Corinth, Miss., 22nd, (10DR257). Roddy's movements lead me to think that he is about making some move either to leave.this country or else upon our lines. If you can obtain any information of his movements or intentions, please send it to us. Also if you have anything reliahle frftm Bragg or Rosecrans, » • tj" - ^ .V - • Capt. Geo . E. Spencer to Maj. Stone, Corinth, Miss., 22nd (10DR257) ■ C* V t V w The General Comdg. directi that the 1st and 2nd Ala, Inft, A.D. and the artillery ttirn out tomorrow to tho execution. Gen. Dodge to jJen. Gjant, Corinth, Miss., 22nd (10DR257) I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communlcationo f July 15 in relation to inspection of cavalry of this command. My Inspector was at work for some time giving it a critical inspection. Excepting in -the 10th Mo. there are few, if any, officers n»w khw ride government • horses, stringent orders had cai4<rd them all to purchase. It is due ' * . I V - . ^ ^ ■ .. . - V *.... r July, 18G3. ' I- r to the 10th Mo,, that I should state that when they we^e mounted in St, Louis one half of 'the regiment was infantry and fifty horses were is sued to mount the inf'antry officers which they had used until they came here, I immediately, on ascertaining the fact, ordered them to purchase them from the'quarter master, and those who were able Gdid so. The" rest have properly 'accounted for them and are to pay the quarter master on the next pay-day. I have given a permit to those officers who were unable to purchase', to ride tKe horses until that time, it being impossible to pnocure horses here except from the quarter master, This wao the only waxy I could dispose of the matter unless I ^ ■ ' dis mounted the officers, 1 nave already requested Ifte dismissal of I several cavalry officers for this and other deliriquincies. I am informed lhat thepaymaster wilT Be'^here in a few daj-s, when 1 will se^ that proper stoppage'is iiadG of officers riding government horses. The'cavalrV lately thrown under'^my cbmaahd'is* nbW bbing inspected 'and* will be properly reported. ^ ' i t^r e.- * » . • , . . . . . - . Gen. Dodge to Colonel Horsy, Corinth, Miss., 23rd, (10DR258): You are hereby HlrecteTi to use lall available means to expedite the work carried on at the tannery near Tuscumbia bridge. To thiw vnd you will appropr ibto all m&chlhery now lyiing idle that can be usod to advaiitage in this estatliahAiont, And aake all necesspry details to have this mac'iMery brought tb the tanntery and properly put up. All unfinish'ed hides and stock that can be procured will ibe sent to this July, 1863, . , , tannery. Lieut. S. E., ams> Brigade Quarter Kaater,. will take charge of the work, jafid wi^ll use .diligeiuse for the speedy complewt tion of the same. , f!«ii ■'•P. Pss Moiues^ Iowa, 25th;- . I returned _ yesterday fi^om lYa pello Cqv^Vf-y where I havp teen to arrest 12 Copper heads for a conspiracy agair;et t|ie Government., In fact I have not ; been still for tii^ past^^l^e weeke- .but iiave. been, arresting Leaders until my presence in any other^^^lo^n,.except* tbi« pauses, all tlxe leaders to either |hej.r bpots, or run as fast ,as the. other rebels you after5 "or^ J , «. ^ . iw ♦ I . I begpeak frp®^, ypJi a Pifce, wbe?L.,®ne pffers,, for.Gao. Tip'enor. Adjutant,39th Towa«Infantry; he-is a-good follow anj reliable on t^e union question,. The^ Copperheads cant get,^a corporals guard for old ^Fisher and his coll^agiuea, Euncombe and liason, in Iowa. 1^0 • can,whip them badly at home, unless things cha^e fast. . j , Gen. Dodge tq Qon. ilurlbut, Corin^^ liisc., 24th (10DR259): In ...accordance with instructions from Hdqrs. 16th Army Corps, I herewith return,th report of appraisers^on horao equipments owned by men own ing their own horses who have turned them over to the Government, and roapoctfully request t^e. necessary orders to,^abl8 the proper officer to ptirchaae them <!b suggested^ in your iAstructions. Gen. Dodge tq Col. Bacon, Corinth, Missj^ 24th (10DR259); )rder I two companies of cavalry, armed and equipedp witl> two day*s rations. July, 1863, .cijii , ^iL5'.> to report to tjiie&e Head quarters icimeiiiately,'"* _ Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut Corinth, Hies•. ,t 34-th (10DR259); I re spectfully request that Isaac Harlbang, 3rd Iowa Infantry, detailed as : scout be furloughdd fot thirty days d'or the* following reasons : He has done his duty faithfully, and while a scout in the enemy's country re - ceived a gun shot wound in tho arm, shattering the bone. He will not be fit for service for at least-thirty daya; he has so far recovered that he can travels and I-am desirous that he should receive this fa- . vor as.part recomjenseufor his former valuable services. Gen. Dodge to Col. Bacon, Corinth, Hiss., 25th (10DR260): You , will have-your corwiaiid, consisting of 10th Mo. ,15th Ills, and 7th Kans^ ready to move at a mements notl«e-wlth eight day's rations. Gen. Dodge to-Col. Rowettj Gorihth, Miss., SSthj (10dr260) : The ■6av. Brigade in command of Lt. Col. W. ^..Bowon, has been ordered to report to you at daylight tomorrow morning. « •6. J" • You will have yoxir command ready te move promptly at day light to morrow morning with 100 rounds of aauiunition and eight day's rations. You V7ill command the expedition, col. Bowen coEuaanding the Cav. brigade. Gen. Dodge to Col. i^owen Corinth, Miss., 25th: (lODRBeO)-: You» will take command of the Cavv Brigade, consisting of the 7th IKanaas, 10th Mo. and 15th Ills» and teport 4it«daylight tomorrow morning to Col, ' Rowett 7th Ills. Mounted Infantry<- « . iw M July, 1863. •' A;'' * You will have l(^jtl0uncis amniunition p'er. man and eight days ratioijs. Col. Rowett will have coimn£pd..of the expedition, you retaining command of the Cav. Brigade, " a'* o . ■ Gen. Dod.ge ,tO Col. Rowett,.Cor iijth. Miss 2 5th. (10D9261): 1 ^ -i.: . You will move at .daylight tomorrow morning in command of the. cavalry -Brigade, Lt. Col. Bacon., and the .p^unted infantry^ and.will endeavor to intercept or overtake the forces under Bifflas, Forrest & Co. whereever you may leam they are. Col. Hatch.moves from Lagranye at day light tomorrow moming with one brigade, and when he gets in communica tion with you, yG|U will assupo command of the entire expedition. It. is desired to get at Biffles & co., prevent their returning, and cut them off either in or l^^detacliment as you may find them. Move fast, strikejsquick, hut use all necessary precautions and means to en sure sueaess. After^one day's march, it may.be well if you firid the parltion of the-enfujy# to send word to Col. Hatch that he may know where, to strike, , ||e will advance from Lagrange towards Jackson by the way of Boliaar, and» as it is supposed Biffles will malce for Jackson, you will be nearing each other all t^e time though it is possible he may make for Lexington or even further north, or he m^ not have left the river. You will send s»e informatioh daily of your movements, either by detachments or by scouts. -y Geo• E. Spencer to Col. Mianer, Corinth, Miss ., 25th {10DR261). The General commanding directs that you enclojpe transportation July, 1863. « ■' uX t in those furloughs to Memphis and return. Enclosed find specimen. You will do thiStOn all future-furlougtis passing through your-office. Gen, Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth, Miss.--, 27th (10DR261): Dn April.last, Llaj, Hines^r lOth.Mo. Cav.,Vol8- was tried by court martial and dismissed from the service. The papers were forwarded from this office but no decision has been received up<to this-time-from the re ceiving dffico. I trespeotfully request tlie forwarding of the decision as soon as possible, as he is here and should be disposed of. . ' • - Gen, Dodge to Col. Bacon, Corinth, Miss., 2Sth (10LR262(L Have all the cavalry thtit you can raise -in your Brigade report at these - Headquarters Immediately. Gen, Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth, MiSs,, (lODR2G9): I herev/ith enclose communtcatlon of Col. Mirier with ac-^ companying docviments, I con sead two thousand cavalry and stll hold my lines good; tiiat'li, after the cavalry returns. If the cars are. not yet burned, we couid fltitko a dash with the cavalry and follow -up 'with the Infantry, rep&ir the road end move all in a >ody. It-would not do to scatter our forces so far soilth. The Engineer Regt, cantbe easily spared from the line of the R. R., and the troops now coming up I • . . the river could be used for the expoditiotl. It is my impression that if the cars are not already burned, if we have evacuated Jackson, they will run them south. la po»slt>l*A* that the owners may h&W-'influ ence enough with fchaimers to"^ saVe''4hem, prefefltlj; they should'fa 11 in- July, 1863, to our hands rather than he burned. Before I moved south with my cav alry,. I had the cavalry ready to start to destroy the cars; they were , . to take ten days rations and work back by way of Okolona. The move north and the rettirn of Roddy prevented, for the present, the movement. 1 . • Gen. Dodge to Col. Bacon, Corinth, Miss,, 29th (10DR262): Send one company of cavalrj^ to report at these Hd. Qrs, with three days rations, or about thirty men with proper .officers,, immediately. ^ Gen. Dodge to Com Officer Gun. Boats, Corinth, Miss,, 29t^^. (10 ,DR262): Hy force was in Lexington yesterday and oved on Paris the same day, He captured dispatch from Gov, Isham G. Harris and Bragg 1^ ordering Roddy to. go lnt^J7est Tennessee and control the elections, t,. Also an order from Pillow to force e^t of river to cross at, or near, Paris and join Roddy, My forces in Lexington report that they hear a force is crossing near Paris, I desire some of my scouts to go , j across the river ^nd see' if any force has gone down except Blffles, .Forrest and Wilson-,. Forrest a .d Wilson crossed at Small Bluff, Biffles went downthe t-ivep, egad as ascertain has not yet crosih sed. The order fwom Bragg n^as for Roddy to cross on the 25th, Please ascertain all the facts of moveaeats crossing the river, and on east * side, and pushthe gun boats so that they can prevent any large force fjpoir. crossingl, J send oavalry to bring answer, lO** v,:'®op, E. Spencer to Col. Miller# Corinth# Miss,# 30th (10DR263). 1^ )»'J y The Gtanaral coaisanding directs »e to state that you ^i^ allow ▲OA July, 1863. . , . no ambulance Officers and men fo go outside the*lines to bring the ladies to dances. They must furnish their own conveyances, at. least no impese Go'v. property to the risk of capture as we have furnished the enemy eno^Igh already. - ' « ' • - ■ ^ Brig. Gon. Dodge", ' ' ■ " My dea'r Tt-fend: " To onw T cannot deny myself the "pleasure'^of Celling you icr? ono liow faithfully T havd marked your course in this war for -liberty, and how grateful T am that you stand one of the foremost -among our Western heroes. I ^ e . , ...M t J * t • "t cannot feel easy untf¥ ybur shoulder wears another star, for * certainly you havc*^ woii such an honor, afirf would" t'hat' it were mine to confer it. ..4'> •i..,." , My hearV ius "very Itid - my brave 'and' noble brother, "than whom there "never lived a worthief officer, fell at Chancellorville. He was young, rich, and blessed with a lovely wife «nd home- but his spirit was fired with aholy ardor igninislt that Horrid sin of slavery. He longed to fight for freedom, and his personal popularity was so great that his company were all his friends. After the battle at Fredrickburg .he re fused promotion, and when he died at Chancellorville leading^his men, he was wept for as'a brother by all who khew him. In hi#, will he pro vided for the* widows* and orphans of hds company and eVery day for 0 t weeks* alfter'his Heath, was filled with the sighs and tears of the poo^ July, 1863. • t he had assisted. Between himself and myself existed the most wondrous love. He was my very life. Only did he differ from the young man whom JESUS loved, in that he did give his all to the poor and the slave. Thus have I given my best to my country, and,oh, how the sacrifice has increased my love for her. , . . ^ . • . ... * « * j ' • ♦ ' • . Mey God bless you, sir, and strengthen you in might and virtue. Your friend, L . ' ■ ^ ^ Clara Eliot Kasson, Des Moines, 28. - Mr. Hoxie thought you would like to hear from me, so I have written. ■W^- OJ - w . . <=r m . , . , . . .. Lt. D. E. Cooper to Col. H. J. .B. cummings. Black River Bridge. Slstj Our Division (Steel*s) is no?/ in canp at this place. ^'ave been here but a few days and are all busy making camp comfortable for a summer's stay. About half of this army will be home on fux^- lough and leave of absence in a few weeks. The sick and wounded are going. Five per cent of the enlisted men, and a majority of the offi cers, After its lonr hard struggle Grant's army rests; you cannot im- • • v* t^aglne how well wo will enjoy this rest. Capt, Stil^ started for Winterset yesterday; ha has been quite sick for some time. John Coopoi* went with him. John has been unwell for two.months. Col. Burton, Capts. ♦ Ford, Bpringer, Simmons, Srys, and Lts. Bonny, McEwin, Gamble, cCooper, Teal, Strite, Bishop, Crathom, Robinson and Crisp go home in a few days op leave. The boys rtrio go from Co. P* are: Fowler, J. p. Dorance and John Fuqua. All quiet about V. We have R. R. communioation July, 1863. . r • ' 4 ■ * with that plee. Our'coicp ground here *i's magnificent. Pine beach groves, high dry ground and good spring and branch water in abundance. 'Health here is good. - , . Endrosemcnt : Gen I I send this to you for the news it contains of the 4th Iowa. Resp. H, J. B. Cummings "'Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth, Miss ''30th (10DR263) ; I send what information I have gained from time to time from -scouts who have * " been to Mobile, as "it may be o'f some use to Govt. just now. In the •'i*' i.*' , . rear of the city, works stretch from M bile river on the east to Dog o river on -the south; nearest point to city two miles. ' They' are all # detached batteries except one or'two on north approach, which"are enclosed vorks of about ten acres. In none of those works are there any '■ - - 1 heavy guns mounted and they are not connected.' They form two lines and are said to be well constructed batteries. This river sweeps'- aroxind partly to the reaf of Mghile, and th^ fort commands that approach by water right in ft-oht of the dity. Almost in the river are two Iron Clad batteries built (in piles, said* to bo verj' fine ones and the "'<^•"6 considered impregnable. Two hundred and fifty yards from these batleries commence two lines of piling, r\mning down the bay for aver a * Boatb to kppboach th^ city have to* come up between these lines of piling and in face'Of batteries. Down the bay«are sand batter4-es but not ~ considered of much adTjclmt* 1mttl the main forts are reeeted. In addi- -'Ww'. i.iJ.. , .ulo- July, 1863. : , . ^ tion to this in the harhor, they have seven gunboats and rams. These are iron dads. The most formidable one, and the one they depend the » most upon, is a large iron-clad ram not yet finished- the iron and wood sides being six feet tlorough. One of the boys, an engineer, has been all over this boat,, and he considers it a very large, sttong and well planAed one.^^ It has powerful machinery and is also niountigg guns of English manufacture. I believed called the Brooks gun, I have a rough sketch of the place with the ba terles,,but it being taken by the eye cannot be relied upon^ Every exertion is being now made to render Mobile strong, but the citizens all say if attacked it wikl be sure to fal^S the natural strength of, the place not being equal to that of many other places. The fort iflotions are said to extend twenty miles in rear ^nd.south.of the city Demopolis, to which John son is.now takingstores and Whish Is the terminus of the Selma and Meridian Road on the east side of the Tombigboo river. Qen.- !)odgeHo Coi^.Biaeon» Corlnlh» Miss., 30th (10DR264) : Have a company of Cav, report here as soon as possible well armed. J. W. Barnes to Major Sec. E. !5^ene, Corinth, Miss., 3 0 (10DR264) : By the direction of the Oenerali I•respectfully call your atten tion to the report of the Act. Asst. Insp. Gen. herewith enclosed. The "■ General directs that you cause immediate steps to be taken to remedy the existing evil, and report compliance with the same. Gen, Dodge to Col. Bacon, Corinth, Miss.»30th (10DR265). You July, 1863. , ^ • jti I, f will-send about twenty cavalry men in cbarge of 'comijetent'officers to Farmington, and from there to the tanli on frlendale road, and have them patrol that country to-night. ' - . . - - t - , Pickets were driven from the tank abo\it ^erf* an liour since 'by a bahd^f 20 or 30 guerrilla^'. Instruct offi«cers to keep sharp lookout. . '1 Gen. Dodge to Col. Alexander, Corinth Miss.,* 30th (10DP265) : Tou will .reinforce- the posts of your picket line with one company" at each post. Instruct officers to ke'^p sharp lookout for a force of guerrillas. are-in the immediate neighborhood, probably after your men. Do this at once. -- VI,. J., W, Barnes -to Col. Rice, Corinth, ■ Mies,, 3l6t. (lODRSeB) : The GenoraUAesireii a full^-sbrrfect and impartial report'of. the late cap ture of aeveraJL bf <the 7th, lo a Inft. Vole, by guerrillas*i • He wishes particularly to. be., informed as to lAe dis posit ioa« of. the t«aiui andguard at the^t^^ie. tp CoJ...g|ll}e, Corinth, Miss., 31st f 1CDR26$) : You will instruct^tlill(. |fSfip.^ding officers at Si|^th*s bridge, to ambush nightly .the croaalng of the Tuscximbia, where guerrillas and robbers arc in the habit of crossing! near hiu^.r Inform him, thgt. it is necessary to en trap some of these men, and. fer that purpose he will talce such men to aoai^P? ish it as he deems mQat.efficient..,Yhey cross some of.the fords on the fuscuB^la nightly, and by using,proper means they can be killed • '■ ■ ■ . . .... . . . , ' . or oau^tj-§aH|>Davlea and Chewallarwill both be instructed to take * ■ " * , . _ V . oamo ( July 18C3. moans near their posts. . <>' -i -A 4 XV O .■ ..J lv:i 1 Gen. Dodge to Col. Bacon, Corinth, Miss,, 31st (10DR266)L You ' Wwlki. ^ instruct .the pickets of Whitmore's ford to hereafter lay in am- • U. W 4 ... i.. ■ - ^ , ^ush at such points near there, as the guerrillas are in the habit of a. . t a> . I t • • ^ • A JL ii I t crossing, and use every endeavor Ic Jkii:' or capture the pests. Take sucn means as you deem most efficient,J,o accomplish the object. The forces at Camp Davies and Smithes Bridge, hqve been instructed to am bush roads, and c ossings near them, and if proper vigilance is used, we c^inot fail to goon rid ourselves of the guerrillas. ^ . A . w . . . j . . . . . .j , H. M. Hojcie to Gen. Dodge 2Sth:- I thank you for tiie rebel papers, i;. am going to try and keep them until after the war. I will be obliged for more. it . .. UvOCIj ''i . , c. A Cfiptured rebel Pass, &c. Head Qrs. Ccvary, 17th Feb. 1863, . .;. . . . .. - . A * ^ Guards Euid pickets, will pass Dr. Shaw in all directions until other- ' ' •• - • , . \j . . . . . . j,/"' wise ordered. By order of Maj. Gen. Jos. Wheeler, Chf. of Cavalry. ■ ■ n.O: . '. , E. S. Buoford, A«^^. ®en. Approved by crdor Gen. E. Van Doi^n I.T. li. . Kimmel, Ifaj. & A. A • G. Approved by conm.and. Gen. Bragg, W.Clare Mayo ' ■ ■ • « " ' « " . Asst. Insp. Gen. . . • . . j. . . , . J, . . . . OlIE Hundred confederate States of Anlerca. LOAN. Authorized by the Act of Congress, C.S.A. of August lOth, 1861. On the first day of July 1680 THE C0IIFEDERA"'E STATES OF AMERICA will pay to the bearer Qf this bond, at the seat of Government, or such place of deposit as wX) , ,•Sinai4 e* 'eG . may be appointed by the seorotary of the Treasury, the sum of 9NE July, 18C3. . HUTJDRED DOLLARS with interest thereon from this'date,'payable at the ■ • • • • ' 1^ — ^ same place semfllannUally at the rale of Eight Per Cent per annum, on f sun-Oil der of the a^uiexed TVarrants or Coupons. This Debt is authorized by an Act of Congress, approved August 19th, 1861, entitled,'"An Act tb authorize tlie Issue of Treasury Notes, and to provide a 'Nar tax for their redemption," IirWITNESS THEREBY the Register of the Treasury, f " in pursuance of the' said Act of Congress, hath hereunto set his hand and affixed the seal 61 the Treasui'y at' RICIK'^ND^ this 8th day of January,'1863, Entered C.A.R," Recorded Signed Ro' Tyler, Reg later of the Treasury, Hd* Qrs% Army of Term., July 26th, i860. Capt.'. Shaw wlth*his company of scouts will proceed-to sucyh points in Middle Tennessee as he iaay think proper, 'and will fumilah to these Hd. Qrs. such informa- • r tion as he may obtain. Commanders of cavalry will furnish such aid as may bo desired by Capt. Shaw in the matters of couriers in transmi- ' ' ' * • ' . • t ■ • . tiiig messages. By command Gen, Bragg, H. VV. Talter,A.A.G. Oen, Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Corinth, Miss., Aug. 2nd, C10DR266J: EySry person mentioned in G. 0. 104Ha 16 A. C. is in the 2nd Div^ ision except two. The prihting office here has not yet the supply of type to print, I therefore respeetfully request you to forward me . one hundred additional copies. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Hurlbut, Smrinth, Miss,, Aug, 3rd : I received todeqr several inspection reports with the endorsement ^ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1863 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/cf7866677f4b158ed666cc60c35f4964.pdf 05c271cd76fbfd498365271a6d041501 PDF Text Text July, 18G3. HUNDRED DOLLARS with interest thereon from this" date, payable"''at the samo place' semfllannually at the rate of Eight 'I'er Cent per annum, on f - surron del' of the annexed Warrants or Coupons. This Debt is authorized * " ti by an Act of Congress, approved August 19th, 1861, entitled, An Act tb authorize tiie Issue of Treasury Notes, aiad to provi'de a War tax for their redemption." IN WITNESS THERSBI? the Register of the Treasury, in pursuahce of the''said Act of Congress, hath hereuiito s'et his hand and affixed the seal of the ^reasm'y at*RICHMOND* this 8th day of January,' 1865, Entered C^A.R." Recorded iT'.ty.t. Signed'Ro* Tyler, Reg ister of the Treasury. Hd. Qrs. Army of Teim., Jul^ 26th, 1863. Capt. Shaw with'his company of scouts will proceed-to sucyh points In Middle Tennessee as he may think prwper, and will furnitali to these Hd. Qrs. such inforiiia~ • r • tion as he may obtain. Comaiiders of caVairy will furnish such aid as may bo desired by Capt. Sh*w in the matters of 'courier's in transmi- • • • . . . . « f . . . ting moBSages. By com.T,and Gen. Bragg, H. W. Walter.A.A.G. Gen, Dodge to Gen. Huribut, Corinth, Miss., Aug. 2nd, (10DR26G) : EwOry person mentioned in G. 0. 104H. 16 A. C« is in the Snd Di-v- •i*. , . . , . . ision except two. The prihting office here has not yet the supply of type to print, I therefore respeetfully request you to forward me one hundred additional copies. Gen. Dodge to Gen. Huribut, Berinth, Miss.» Aug. 3rd (10DR266): « w ^ I received togmy aeveral inspection reports with the endorsement W July, 1863. .uv ^ , that a Div. Cornaander has no authority to .appoint an Inspector to con- ^ ^jdemn property an'you refer to Par. 1021* Che same endorsement states that unservicaatjle property should be turned over to the Dept. in explanation of the reaon why I appointed an inspector when we had 39 much Government property that liad to be inspected, I forwarded the invoices tq Gen, ^Grant, requesting him to issue the order; he re- ■ turned them and foj;'the ,piffpose of saving time, said I should appoint in cases requiring inspection.^ This I have done, and up to this time xie has alv;ays acted upon tliemy so I have continued to appoint, placing the order* in eaoh case on the inspection black so that po mistake could arise. Dept.^.m. v^lH receive^^roperty for regiments as unser viceable, but that does not relieve the company or regiment. In ord nance stroes .especially, every com any and regiment in my coirmand have -•y used more or less government property that is useless, before they . > oould get new* It nmst be condemned, and they relieved of it upon ^ ijheir papers, and I respectfully request answers on the following points: . . . Under Par, ^021, Btv. Ar^my Reg., do you Qonsider that the act. Asst. Injap. Gen. of divisions and brigades has authority to inspect * « .. . . . . . 'v. . and condemn property without any further orders? If not, should every ,'invoice in inspection report, go forward to the commander of thd Dept. for the order to be issued to have tho^property properly inspected? As I before stated, 1 desire to have this point settled, as my July, 1863. • 0X « regiments have arms that require to be replaced. The ordnance officers will not receive them- until they have-been inspected .and acted upon, nor.will they issue new ones until the old are disposed of, some with accoutrements. By makln speedy decfsion upon the above points, you will greatly facilitate the proper disposal of the property. I Gen. Crocker to Gen. Dodge, Vickslcurg/ lat; Lt. -Oei ,- M-. M-. Price, late of the«13th Iowa, and son o-f the Hon. Hiram Price, M. C. and brother-in-law to Judge Dillon, desires- to obtain the appointment of Brig, Gen. of African Brigade. I have written him rather a strong letter of recommendation, and, at his request, write to you asking you that you forward 'Such''a recommendation as you can make on my strong ^ endorsement. ' ' " ^ The truth is 'young haan'has many ^^o^d qualities not ' above nu merated; he'Is" Intelligent, triduatrious and a genial' good -fellowv If ♦ you can forward the recommenddtlon oil will cdnfCr a great favor on his friends. Direct it to Lt. Col, H." B. t'rice (Care of Hon. Hiram Price ) Davenport, Gen, Dodge to Co 1, Bacdh, CoftilthJ ~9rd, ?10DR267)L You will have Mergt, and 12 cavalry men report toA.'L. Karon, C'def of Scouts at 5 o'clock A, It. Tomorrow morning, -< ■ . J. W. Barnes to Ma,^ . Pairf ield,' Corihth, Uissi, 3rd : By direction of ihe*G^neral» I send you by Q, lit of the 64th Ills'l box blanks. You will sign the enclosed i'ecei{)t cnCl forward to the writer. July, 1863. A. I ^ J. T/. Barnes to Col, Bacon, Corinth, Miss., 3rd (lODRSCS): Enclosed you will^^find a list of men from your command detached at these Hd. ^ » #_ • • < >.. . . * . • Qrs./. without their descriptive rolls, contrary to explicit orders from • ^ * the ■'War Department. The rolls have been sent for buthave failed to - t' t f . . . . . . come. Enlisted men have no right to their rolls, and an officer lays ^ I' < • • ■ * — himself liable to severe penalties when he places it in their hands, the rolls of men detached should be forv/arded t'.rougli proper channels to the officers he is to repoit to. .... . t . .i,; « The General commanding directs that you take steps to promulgate mt ik A mi ^ .. . - ... .. A . 4 > w- . • f these instructions and have them complied with, and that the descriptive rolls of the men named ih the list enclosed, be.forwarded with • ■- .V'. , . . , as little delay as possible to these Hd. .^s. 'Gen, Dodge to Major Fairfleld, Cor'nth, Miss., 3rd (10DR268) : If you have ascertained that there are none of the enemy in your vl- . cinity, and none approaching this way, you will return with your command fio Glendalw. The 5th Ohio C«v. returning to their camp at the same time. Col. Hatch on the 2nd inst. at Mifflin and Col. Rowett with the Corinth brigade tit Lexington are both working 'this way. You are by Cv this time well-enou|^-pogtod ^to icno<( .whet^or they will d-ive any of -'■the enemy towards yon. If thej*^ will cot, return with your command. ~i If you think they may, remain lantil you asaertain.the fgcts- I do not , 4.-1- ■ ■ .. . . -J. ..think any .pf the oneagr *re west of the river. ^ ^ ^ Gen. Dod4|^ to-JL. H. Hogan, Act. Ord. Officer, Corinth, Miss. , 3rd. August, 1363. (10DR268): You will send one of tJhe "Slx-«povind guns and *cat:^sons(be longing to the 0th Mo. Cav, and ammunition to Col, Jno. J. Rlnker, Coradt. at Saulsburg, ~ - - - * - Gen. Dodge to Col. Hoffman, Corinth, Miss.*, 4th ■'(10DR269) Col. "W.P.Hendricks and Capt. Daniel Borhannon, 3rd I'Test Tennessee'Cav., of 'Coffee Landing, Tenn- were raising a regiment by authority of Governmont A. P. Johnson of Tenn., - and while on their way from Corinth to his place of rendezvous with camp dnd garrison equipage, he was captui^ed. They are now held as prisoners' in Georgia, as citizens not re- 'cognized as soldiei's or officers, and they are tt) be tried for robbing, arson, &c. I think the Qnited States Government should demand that ^ they be recognized afi prisoners of war, which they landoubtedly were, as the Col. hdd his fegimeht liearly raised and a part of-it I have en listed into" the service. ' Gen. Dodge to Gov. JohAson, Corinth, Mfss., 5th (10DR269)L Col. W.P.Hendricka and Capt. Bohannon of 3rd Vest Tennessee Oav. (being raid ed by your orders) wore taken prisoners soaie time ago by the'enemy. They are now held at Atlanta, Georgia, as cttizens and are to be tried I 'for house burning, robbery, &c. Under the laws of war they should bd treated as prisoners of Irar. Wh^ taken. Col. Hendriok had his regimont partly raised, bUt wad nbt mustered into the United States ser vice, but a portion 6f the regiment has feftea. The enemy tltke this " coura^ to get Vid k loyal* TonaWliiPi^V*'and* 1 trwii%'-'%hat-you will August, 1863. ^ -jf measures to see that he is .properly recognized, v., . . , 1 have made a representation of the case to the War Department The charges are false of course, but that will not avail Col. Kendrick. , Gen. Dodge to W. R. Marsh, Surgeon ^ Chief, Left Wing 16th A.C. , ^ Corinth, Miss., 5th (10DR270^: You will relieve Asst. Sur, G.W.Pitch 66th Ills. Inft, from duty in charge of hospital of Engineer Corps, at the earliest moment practicable and detail a suitable medical officer to take his place. Newspaper clipping- (6DR50): TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 21, 1863. lo .iJpoa Brig, Gen. G. M. Dodge, was assigned, on the 5th inst. to the command of the Left Wing of. 16th Army Corps, with head-quartei-'s at Corinth, Mississippi,, comprising the 2d Division, heretofore under his command, together with the divisions recently commanded by Maj. Gen. R. J. Oglesby, who hi^,^eft the service. ^ ^ Correi^o^jMQoe .t^ Gazette , Corinth, July 22, (6DR ^ A FLAG OF TRUCE TO OKOLONA. Several days ago Gen. Dodge, having some business to transact with the General Ruggles (rebel) who commaiuie in oxzr front, sent his adjutaj|t^general, Cap^j E. Spencer, and Capt. 0. J. Dodds, divi- .. J. -ft August, 18G3. .V»ot-X sion quartermaster, with a small escort, lijider & of truce to at- • - tend to it. By some good fcittune of tact, or by both, they were "not stopped by any rebel outposts until they were within about a mile from Okolona. Then, a sergeant of the outpost which the truce party r>- . * had been permitted to pasc scme ei^t or tan miles awayiji eame up and ' officiously "informed them that they could proceed ho' fui-'ther. The re- * bel officers wore deeply chagrined at the gross nd'glect bf the"bifficars of the outposts in airowlng the flag to"pass their lines. Okolona is on the Mobile and Ohio railroad nearly a h\andred miles south of Corinth. The rebel forces' ard" stationed a long distance north of "OkolonV, but Can't. Spencer did not find them. ^ Remaining all night* under rebel Ifbspltality", the escort and rebel soldiers, indulged irf friendly discussion of thVYhr, the prospect of peace, Ac. A Uni'on Irishman and a rebel "Kandas itfan beguilnd the horn's with an interchahgd bf "^dews" u^on the subject of negro eH|tt*t-lity. The officers sparred at 'eadh other with all the energy which tlae entire'safety orthrfir^'^Aitld^ could" suggest. In the morning, bu siness being completed, our party started on the retur , taking the nearest way, which led directly throu^^ many of the rebel camps. One Col. Inge waa so inoeneed at this* boldness that he sent an order for * them to return by the way they came. " Capt, Spencer simply told the messenger to remind Col. Inge that he "Was not traveling rmfler the guidaaoe of any one but Gen. Ruggles, and he should not recognize any ^ - * ir August, 1863. ordars from others. With the exception of this interruption, ttiey were allowed to proceed uninole5ted.t ' - * i - l i ' j THE COUNTRY. .rrc..^ . The coxintry about Okolona la deacri4>ed as being of the veiV fin est kind in appearance and quality of soil,, and it is all one vast II corn field. • . . ' . . ^ It is said by "the natives that the cotton crop now grov/ihg-vill not even be sufficient to- supply the demand for home u-se. The advice of the rebel leaders la most implicitly fioUowed by_ the farmers in the matter of what-they shall plant, , t Correspondence of the Cincinnati Gazette. Corinth 23rd (6DR56): MILITARY EXECUTION. Execution of a Deserter. *•4 - ■-» W';- X Corint has today been the scene of the saddest and most impressJjpj of military spectacles- the execution of a soldier. Private A. J. Johnson of Compa ny D let Alabama (Federal) Cavalry, on the 18th. of June last, was st.^^oned as a vidette on the road leading from Glendalo to Burnsville. This duty is one of the most responsible of all a soldier's duties. From this he deserted and went over to the anemy, T© have s;l,»ply desor^d.^his post at such a posi tion would hav e merited death* accor|^ing. to the laws of war; but to take the very^arins and property of tha Government he had sworn to servo, and turn them against that Government, mad© his th© highest \ August, 1863, crime a soldier could commit. I - - * - On Saturday last, I think,, thd 5.th. Qhio davjilry; surprised the camp or Capt. Carpenter, a rebel commander of a guerilla band, some distance south of Corinth# an^ cap'tured a number of prisoners. Among them was this deserter., The facts v^ere so plain and the offense-was so glaring, that it was determined to deal suirmarially with him-. A special commission was appointed and-helwas tried immediately, and •ci - found guilty- The sentence could-be-nothing less than the extreme one ^ of death,- Gen. Dodge approved the finding and sentence, and appointed nine o'clock today as the time for'the execution. T^is sentence was communicated to the prisoner yesterday. Short time indeed for the un happy man to prepare for death, yet^/rotrg enough to allow him to suffer more than the pain of !i*htind1»ed deAths In anticipation of the one. • ^ • i^fEPARATI ON. This morning the sdh arbee dh an tine loud a d sky, hut soon a haso obscured its brigitnesa'J"and'thfaWa kind of fUneroal shadow over our garrison. The news bf the Cbming eXofcUtiOn was not published yester day to the trbbpS, nor was it fully IcnOwn until nearly night. This 1 I . morning, however, everyone knew of It, though"it-sesmed to be avoided as a subject of convcrsatbn,' Gen. Dodge Intended-to not only have the sad "duty performed'with all dfte«ilgnlty, for the sake-of the con demned, but also to ma&e It ts" f Imprdlsl-ve AS peaelBie'to the troops of the entire eomMbid, Axigust, 1063. , /r:- , As early as seven oclock.tbe fifes and drions of-a regiment were ^heard as it took its way to the headquarters of its brigade. By a sort, of cruel fataility, this, regimenj, with its sounding music marched .. , directly by the place where the condemned man was conflnedi What a fear- . ful reminder, of the preparation^ fpr his doom. Soon other regiments were marching, and the artillery and cavalry began to,move THE GROUTID. - .The place selected for the execution was a large open field south east, of. the town-of Corinth, The tr.pops were fpraed into three sides -of a square^'*' fotxrth,. open, side, toward the east-. ^ The infantry, in four ranks, on the jnoBt side, and the artillery on the north side. Behind the infantry, and, lit the flanks of the artillery and cavalry, were gathered dltlzena and others not in the regular arms of the serjVice in wagons e^pd ambulances, on horses and mules and on foot. » - jW ARRIVAL OF THE PRISONER. ■■ «— _ .. j j . o -The lin^, w^as^jcqui^tely fomed by half jpast eight. The soldiers 4b 'b- '. .. y ^were unusually silent, and all v.ere anxiously locking foward the cen tre of the lanoccupied side of the square, where the execution was ex pected to take place. An at once the .soiemn notes of a mournfiAl air by t,he dlYlsiOft attracted attention to the procession slowly advanc ing. tOwftr4<At}e south-west oorn.er of the square, from the flirection /-Of Corinth. It was the prisoner and hlq escort. First came Provost liarshal General Barnhill, undnr whose direction the sentence was to be >' I'^sgam trn'Mwini^ r -Si.'- :■' •■M.::-'; ^ v5iT)i' August, 18G3. « f ■ >• executed. He was accompanied ty one or two officere-*mounted. Then the band on foot. After-it.a detail of twelve men of the" prieoner's o'.vn company^. tiaii»r a sergeant, who were to be the executioners. .They marched aa. infantry. Next was the wagon ^ich contained the.prisoner. Two soldiers of the Provost .Guard, as a funeral escort, marched with arms reversed. APPSARAjrCE OF THE" PRISOHER. ^ It was the first o|5T)ortunity..l had of seeing the prisoner, and I was surprised at his apparent intelligence. . He was a tall man, of 'Spare figure, dork hair and fair complexion.' He appeared to be not over thirty years of age. Seated on his coffin^ with one hand b®. was ' grasping 't.he back of a chair, i^ile with the otther he kept a handkerchief closely to hio eyes. He" seemed to be" doepJ^ affected and was weeping distractedly. Rev. Jafiies Young, Chaplain of the 21st Ohio, was sitting on the coffin beside him, but' the poor condemned man seem ed too much occupied with his own wild emotions to listen to anything from the minister. ThUs tie rode along to the right of the cavalry, which was the .south-east dbrnd!*^ of the square. i • THE DEATH ilARCH. ' Here the wagon stopped- the prisoner and chaplain got out,^ and the pall bearers t<5ok ott? the dark coffini and a new procession on foot was formed. First,'" Lfeut. CoKttil^'Barahill, ^aocompanied by Capt, Hurnliill, Post Provost Marshal, then the followeei by the exocu- August, 1863. .. . < • tloners. Next the black coffin jDorne by the four, pal], bearers. Follow ing this was the prisoiier leaxjing on the arm of the chaplain; last of all came the funeral escort with ams reversed. TThat a death march waa that.' This condomned man is to march to his execution in the centre of ^the unoccupied side p.f the square., by passing^around the other three sides in front of the ti*oops.. It is a distance of nearly a alle. But tlie sad procession moves, .The vast as semblage of soldiers and others,with the stillnessof death, catch , the wailing sound of Uie^ dirge to which the slow procession marches. To the condemned man, what ear agony, worse than death, must have been that long march- silent, except when broken by the almost sepulchral death-notes of the music. Is it wounderful that he leans heavily on the chaplain's arm, or that he, is bathed in tears, or looking on the ground at his feet? What to him were the long J.lnes of troops before which ke was passing? He aaw noiie of them. Like one walking in a dream he walks to whore he shall wal.en in another world. . .. Vw THE III ST. lO, .'II The pi'ocessi n, reachlhg the centre of the eastern side of the square, halts, faoinj| wjBSt toward, the troops. No chair, or post or block marks the place of OJ^ecution, The provost-marshal's attendant stopped foiTvard and drew rfth his fopt a line on the grouiid where the ^ J. . c '. .,oc.. coffin should lie. The pall-bearers placed it there; the band and the executioners faced about, and the escort that had been In the rear of 484 r August, 1SG3. -j. the .prisoner, passed to the. front and in the rear x^f'■the executioners, . During these movements the prisoner stood by the' side of his coffin, in evident distress • could- plainly- distinguished by his dress. Ho wore no c6at.y-but hiad on a black hatj- black pants and a' white shii^t, , ; t The position; of all'being assigned, the prisoner in a composed and c audible tone requested to see his picture which had been talien in the jnorning, .It was a photograph, and of course, there had not yet been time to %print any f ro®- 'the negative*. His request could not be* granted. . The prisoner, and the'-chaplain by his side, then knelt upon the cof fin; the soldiers and others of the little group,-reverently uncovered their heads, and the chaplain reverently offered the last prayer for the prisoner, ^urlng its utterance "the* big tears of sympathy "for the "accused as a fel b* being, and not as a culprit,* coursed down the Cheeks of even'hi® executioners, ■ " The chaplain, in a few and'simple'w^rds, prayed fo'r the^salvation of the soul that ITtdl'So fe oon to 'tt'eecl rWMTtfwi t)Ody; he pcaycd for the mother of the prisoner, for hlv wife "and for his child. Ho asked that this torrlbio lesson might be ptofluctiVe'oT good tb" tlie army, and finally ho *prayod that'the time might soon comd when the •white dove of peace should return to our distracted land, and these Scenes of bloodshed no more be enacted v. Tthfn our bordebc. While the' prayer was beingoffered, the orders giving the action of the court in the case- the charges, fiitling and sentence, and their August, 1863. approval- were the differed adjutants to all the troops. The prayer ended, the prisoner shook the hand of the chaplain and the provost-marshal in silence, and then, upon an intimation to that effect, stepped over his coffin and took a seat upon it. The attend ant produced the wide vftiite bandage whi^ch was to hide from his view the men vho were to be his executioners, and tied it over the eyes and face of the prisoner. This dono, his hands were tied behind him- aiid there was nothing ^cj.^do but the last. Oh, would there not come a swift rider, with his glad reprive* at the last moment? The chaplain and attendant move backward toward • the-soldiers, leaving the free space for. the deadly pullets. Only the reporter stays neai', to catch j' the last wqrds .of th,e prisoner. ^ They are few- simple, broken utter ances of prayer- "0, Lord, have mercy, on me, 0, God- save me. Protect my sould, 0, ■ ..The Provost Mayfljlkl draws hl^wprd and command-, "Ready". The vast concoui'se suspends its brga^t^^ "Aim*. The deadly barrels are . leveled, no reprlevg^^jjcajse? There is no flying horseman approach- ' ing- "Fire". Too late now fpr the reprieve of maii- the soul has gone sjifato'its maker. , ■ v* It was a» p^itlv relief to know that death was certain. ^ There _ was not even a struggle or a groan. The dooaed pan dropped easily backward, and all wa® over. His llmba were composed, his hands folded « ' % , ^ i o., on his breat, and then, lying beside his coffin on the ground, he was July, 1863. - A r ' . • ^\/K iL 4 V permitted to be^so'en^-by every member ot the i^ole command^ as it was marched by the fatal spot."'- *- ^ Thus ended the first-military execution in-^the Amy of the Tenn essee. "What a commentary on the discipline and the spirit of this vast army is found in this act ARTISTS^ »• ^ o;!d During the impressive scene of today, a number of photographers were on the ground taking views of different parts of the spectacle. These will form intei'esting adjuncts to the history oftthe execution. A *»'i. HISTORY Of *BE PRISONER. This Johnson fir st became known to-us as & prisoner. I have not heen able to'aScertain WherS he belonged to the Confederate army. At "his elirnest Solicitation ho was permitted to enlist in our army, and joined the Ist Alabam- Cavalry. His desertion followed net long after his enlistment^ OnS chief reason for the stunmary trial and punish ment of this man, in addltltA to those before named, was thet the crime of desertion #aS' b'SComihg too common in the regiment-to which he belonged. " A nuimbSf havS"deserted in nearly the same'manner as this man, but he is the first one caught. The shooting of-this-man I have ^ * -e no doubt, will prove to be a humane att inasmuch as it till tend to deter others from incurring the bame |>enalty. His regiment was pres ent today antf every^inaii bl* ft. If they never kn6w»- before,, know now uilj .ut .r'Hws. 4^ _ A . . k ^ V,,Tv. August, 1863. that the penalty of desertion is death, • - -- • A The deceased lived in Alabama, some fifty miles south-east of * I . . . . I ■ , this place, and had a wife and one child. ' - A " " ( . . .. . Newspaper Clippinc (6DR58). PERSONAL. Brigadier General Dodge »■ • ^ , was in,town yesterday, stopping at the Gayoso House. He was looking hale and hearty, and has evidently been improved by his trip North. o- ' Newspaper Clipping - (6DR59): iL , TRIBUTE TO GEN DODGE: General Oglesby delivered an eloquent and tellirig speech at the great mass convention in Springfield, Illinois. In the course of his remarks, he paid the following graceful tribute . jto General G. M. Dodge of Iowa. "Do you know what I have been doing while in the field? Listen. I went back to the field again in March; reported for duty to Gen. Grant, who set md to work oh tlio 1st day of April. 1 went right to work organizing negro regiments, and I had one of the best men to help -me that you over saw. I had Brigadier General Dodge of Iowa, as noble a man and aa good an officer as there is in the land today. JJewspaper Clipping (6DR57): , r . . brou coristh. * J >is\ 0ti' $Hf(S A LOT OF RODDY'S UBH BOBBLED UP. • .. . . , „ ■ is/jsC^ Corinth, July 29 via. Cairo, August 3dd. General Roddy's whole force of rebels have been ordered to West Tennessee. ♦ 1 Qfi-z ;vJ A ugust, 1863. Yesterday Col. Rowell^ of the 7th 111. Infantry, in comirand of a force from this place, fell upon a portion of Roddy'^s man near Lex- ' at ington, Tennessee, and in a skirmish wJiich followed, captui^ed Colonel Campbell and Capt. Clar^:, besides another Capt. Two Lieutenants and twenty-five men. Campbell and Clark had instructions from Isham G. Harris to prevent the holding of elections in Tennessee, and were to report to Gen. Pillow for authority to recruit. Their double plans were destroyed by being compelled to report against their will to Gen. Dodge. ■ - . W.#- - Newspaper Clipping. (6DR57) ■ w uO iiX FATAL TRAGEDY^ COLONEL CORNYN (&" THE 10 MISSOURI CAVALRY KILLED BY' LIEUTENANT i-'h COLONEL EOUEN OF THE SAME REGILOilNT. W oJ Memphis, August, 10th - A fatal tragedy was enacted at Corinth today. A court martial was in session, wheh an altercation ensued be tween Colonel Cornyn\f the 10th Missouri caValry, and Lieutenant Col. Bowen when the latter drew his pistol and bHot him in throe places, killed him instantly. There is great excitement among tJ» soldiersj but no further trouble is compr^ended. General Dodge is quite sick. OAr'hJW • sasstMAjwf si iieiKf itf oo i August, 1863. ^ To Gen. Dodge from his brother. Council Bluffs 4th. I shall account to Annie at the rate of 10 per cent per anniun on all t • ' pay certificates which she holds. The 1st of Sept, (poseibly later ) Judge Baldvin v;ill Join me in business, but will not be able to assist me until the 1st of Jan. The nature of my land business is such , , 1 - -u. that it would be almost impssible to make the change Jan. 1st. It must be made prior to notifying people of their taxes, or in the ^ring, after the tax-paying season is over.. I shall have partnership papers drawn with care - outside speculation prohibited, and a mutual restraint from becoming security for parties in any shape^^whatever, &c. and have Uxe terms lived up to. ^ ^ I shall have the management of money matters, he the correspondenc e and collections- everything seems to indicate that we shall get along harmoniously and prosper as^ well. To^ diow how closely I keep my banking,.business my statement of 1st An t, shows 14000 dollars deposits (including Annie*&) and my cash on hand $10,000. To cover balance I hold a large smoipt of Co. v:arrants, my bills recM. "Due '.I'rom Suiidry Persons, lie." Following is the bank statement (State) two items only (1st July) dopq^its are $13,000 and Bills Dec'd. $79,000, To one who understands Banking business it looks badly shoving a • - • • ■ - - . few men whose deposit acct. is small and favored with large loans. ^ % ' " "'- - i o:^ all kinds was very dull here last month, August and ^pt, will no%.Uf Jiftgj^lJetter. My business^keeps up remarkably August, 1863. well. .. if y - ':'=^ ^ . uiii sioii 'ys^*j<sir . or oT One item in OUr partnership arrangement*is, t,iiat neitheh"shall draw a dollar oht of the profits the first year, ^e are going to ac cumulate a capital from the ttart. Another item- that we are to do an exclusive banliing, coll. and tax business, prohibited from specula tion In Re'al Estate. It Seems Lauman o^de a mistake and is shelved. Is he not considered a good Gen t His newspaper record is Ho. 1. Gen.'" Tuttle has gone down in the eyes of all loyal people amazingly by his Offer to accept nomination on the Copperhead platform; he is by natui^e a policy man, and that has killed him at last. • "^Fisher has rfeslgnod and the democratic party is greatly demoral- ■ Ized. Never saw Bluffs so sickly as now* our family all well. Gen. Dodge to Capt. Harrison, Corinth, Miss., 7th'(10DR270): ' You will" procead* to West; Tenn, and take charge of all the companies of Home GuardsV organize them and get as many to enlist as possible f and clean that couhtrV of guerrillas. You will also taXke all the stock beiongint to rebels and those'who'have voilated-their oaths. All able ' bodied negroes belonging to" thV rohel'tf, and such forage' and: provisions as may be nOcessary for the subflistence of your command, man who have despoiled, robbed and murdered Itnion mbn', will" be cleaned and driven out' of the country; and men who haVe violated oaths by volxintarily joinging the rebel army,* wfll^ Ills*© be clearitfd out and theiT* families 491 August, 1863. sent out of the country. You will protect union men and not allow any of your comrnnd to • " ■ * . I - J . pillage. Deal firmly with those rebels w^o have been engaged in tho f late cruelties and persecutions in that section of the coiintry. You will report frequently^to these Headquarters in regard to your success and the movemont of the enemy ■u - - ■ . - Gen. Dodge to Col, Cummings, Corinth, Miss,, 7th (10DR271): It is reported at these Hdqrs, that some men of the 1st Alabama Inft. » • * « • A,D. were this morning at the house of Mr, Box and also that of widow Moore. They are sad to have killed several hogs belonging to Mr, Box and to have robbed the garden of widow Moore. t " 4 Complaints of depredations committed by soldiers of this regiment ^e entirely too frequent. But a short time since Col, Alexander was directed to discover the participators in a similar outr^e, and have them punished. At tho. spme time he w^s ordered to take measures to put an end to such acts in the future. Affairs, instead of improving appear to become s^ll worse, „The General directs that this affair of today be fully Investigated, tbe guilty parties punished, and the officers of tho regiment be made to fully xinderatand that such ^ro- • • ' ceedings must caaao. Brig, Gen., M. M. Corcker tp Gen, Dodge, Head Quarters 4th Division I took your rocommondation of Col. Bice to Gen. Grant and he en dorsed a strong approval of it W •sa' August, 1863. • -" . .. ; ia» He told me that he had recommended you ror promotion in the strongest terms, and that you would be made Major General. I hope' that you will bo, and since talking with him have no doubt of it. Let me hear from you. " H. M. Hoxie to* Gen. Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa 8th. I have sent to Gov. Grimes letters of recommendation fram Price"arid Dillon, and have written Allison. Gen. Dodge to Capt. Carpenter, Corinth, Miss., 13th (10DR272): The 'beef contractor has so neglected his business and turned over to us such dirty beef, that"l have orderec('tfie pioneer corps to proceed ^ thci^e tomorrow'and clear the "grouridja Iso, T instrifet^yoti Xo dtop "on • ^ the men's contract all expense accruing from this order. Pay for no more beef^uniess it is tunned over in proper shape and condition.'" Gen. Dodge to Col. Cummlngs, Corinth, Miss., 11th (10DR273): Until further orders you will pay to Mrs. V. AriderSon out of th# post-tax for rent aAd privilege paid by Mr. Grant (merchant) the'sum of fifteen dollars (15) per month. The same to commence ith rnd include'tho present month (August), Ihe sum being a moiety for use of ■ - • 1 j • ^ * . n* • >- >.» A * '. v> the room occupied by Mr. Grant. Gen. kodge to Hon. E. Stanton, Corinth,'M'si, 13th ^ " 1 respectfully "request VaVLieut'. 1. %. Bamos 118 Tils.-I^H. A.D.C, be appointed'Adj. 0«n. on my staff- vice- Capt, tJfeo, T:. Spencer who has resigned to receive promoUon as "^ol". of 1st Alabama Cavalry tT.S.¥J August, 1863. i. I Lt. Barnes has long been ^ my staff, as A.D.C., and is in every wgy competent to fill the vacancy* He has been in the servicd since the com' enoement^of the war, and is a young man ef excel'ont habits and fine ability; he is now the A. A. A. G. If consistent with the • ^ . - . .. . ... , - « , • requirements of the service let him ranh from August 1st, 1863, the" • ' , . ... W . V -w w . . w - - date of Capt. Soncer*s promotion. Please address his appointment. •' - - * "• " * - . . . .. . .. r . . o.: J to my care, -. ^ ^ ■ i. . w . •• ■, I., , , - , Gen, Dodge to Col, Bacon, Corinth, Uiss,, 15th (10DR273): You will have the 7th Kansas Cavalry in rea'^iness to move with six days rations without delay, and will direct the commanding officer thereof to report at these Headquarters for inatructions at 9 o'clock today A. M, • ■ « ■ . . . . ... ' C- ' Gen. Dodge to Col, Mizner, Corinth Miss., 15th C10DR274): Men within your command having proper authority to recruit companies for . U . ...N. , . . .J .. colored regiments or batteries, also have authority to make requisitloas for such rations and clothing as may be necessary during tiie formation of said company, ■ ^ ^ n- t ■ ' , A. -. i.j ^ ^ The custom,hsre is to place all officers or persoiis recruiting with their men under the coauaand of the- senior officer of colored regi^ntfl, and clothing and rations are drawn througli his staff officers • »-" , i . VU .. . . .1- until the company is mustered and assigned, •'J ' 4i>. . o.a ^ . i4_ .. „ * The general directs that you render such facilities to those who .. . * have the proper auV^ority to reci-uit, as will be best for the cause, August, 1863. ' and enable the:T:\o-clotho and feed their raen:" " ■ -• * Gen. Dodge to Gen. Thomas, Gorinth, I'iss., icth (10DR275) : 'It becomes my painful duty to report the decease of Col. Florence M. Gornyn, 10th Regt. Mo.. Vois . Cavalry which occured dt Corinth, Miss." on th 10th day of August frbifl the effects ^of the discharge of a pistol in the hands of Lt. Col. Eouen 10th Regt. ITO.' Vols. Cavalry. Gen. Fodge to Capt. ^odds, Ccrinth, Miss. 15th (10DR275): You . « « are hereby directed to turn'ovor to Lt. HogAn, Act. Ord. 0.. ficer, "all t r- . ' " the ordnance ordnance stores you "now havb in your possession. Col. Mersey to Coi. Anthony, Corinthj'^Mlss,, 18th (10DR275): Your Ei'igade will move by' rail tonight as soon as you can possibly embark, ^ to LaGrango Term., reporting to Col. Mixner, coradg. Col, Merseh to*ftol. Anthonyj Corinth, Mj^ss. 13th' C10DR276): You will move your "brigade at once to the R. "R. depot, and thSn eitbark them foD LaGrango, your destination. TTotily me of the tll^l0 you are ready to leave. Qol. Mersey to Col. Bacon, Corinth, Ki. s., 19th (10Dj.\2r6) • You will send another company df your coounand to Smith's bridge. Have them movG as promptly as possible. Col. Mersoy to Col. Bane, Corinth Miss., EOth ■<10DR276'): - You will furnish a guard for the' train every morning from your brigade until further orders. ■. n . '.au. 'j-i t.'i'xa'Jus 'i'.'u August, 1863. ' i , -Col. Geo. E. Spencar.to Gen. podge, Cincinnati, 7th. I have been detained at Pilot Kncb and'iiere lqng,ev than^I expected, hut go on in to- "..v . niglit' s train. The two ' companies of Alabama Cavalry I cannot find. I - suppose they have returned to Roseci'an's army. T wish you would wriue me what I had better, do, sliall I, when T return, go to Nashville, or had . I better send. thS pr.deA to pen.* Rogecran's, Hd. Quarters? ^ J saw.liere ColJ Noyes of thp .39th Ohio, he has. succeeded in get ting 140 conscripts whicla raises-his_ regiment about 1000^, one thous and,'he is pretty sharp., . • w .j . . . . . 1 sa^w i^.St.' Louis a doctor McDavfji,5]^ was going to Corinth to be Asst. Surgeon of thcj.Alabama Cavj he had Doctoi* Stuart!'*"^^**charge ...and .was taking her to Corinth. I hope you \%ill not appoint him until he is examined. Ho appears to be more stun id and slower than Dr.^ e. atuai:t, and does not ^pear to have life and animation enough to live tii.without assistance. He,ib probably some oh© horse Doctor from some obJuivBcruro country place an^with no experience.^ He had his wife with him. . There la now.he^»B he re gen. G,^ Eumaldo takes tho field this week and is to move into East^T^n, with two army coips. This he told me, and I presume it is correct-ba moves as soon as his troops rettn>n from Vicksburg. I wish you would anpoint^F. L. Cr^er Adjt. of th e 1st Neb- - raska^ one of the Maj's of the regiment. If you will appoint him and sand me the order I will Ming him with me when I return. He is a friend of -yours- and an lowaman, and lives in a portion of the state . f.'i jiC'i.jf'i August, 18C3. that would be of interest to-you if 3?ou ever return .there,,, He,will make a splendid officer- and the princi^nl rearon why I want him is for •his bravery; he is one of the bravest men I ever saw.and a good disci plinarian'.^ He is'very much'like-Major-Hanna -with the exception that he had a good education.- t shalltbe-in Phila. tomorrow night. Gen, R. J. Ogloeby, Vo Gen.-Dodge, Decatur, 111, 10th. X received " your first and second letters, also oopies of published orders No. 21 ''my series', all in proper time. Your letters give me more satisfaction about the state of the country in Tenn. and north. Miss, than apy other channel. You have doubtless connected with -Rosecrans' right" before I this, and murt be freed from so much annojatnce from thlit direction upon I your left and rear. T am' glad" Hatch thraslied them at Jackson. Does Capt, Sencer still run his fl^gs of truce? Spencer has a good style. He goes with a truce in one"hand and a revolver in the other. Since my return f have endeavored to remain quietly at ho^e- have generally done sop a few times, however, ' I bcatrd consented to go into the worst holes of copperheadism, and thoSe few'tii^e® I have not spared them, A bold front terrifies them. Their imp^ence has gone unrefeuked until it has become insufferable,**and to bis 'boldly called traitors and challenged to fiiefit at "ohce,"makes the* Very angry but does ppt. malte . . .. t the vlllians fight-" dirty 06Vlihds; theytiave b^ t to ba bold^Ly met to be eternally disgraced. They nOtlirt) nor so blatant as they were. They were never bo ribmeroutf aff''Chough^ bo "be#-'.! nhaliLluSiS all August, 1863. my spare hours to practice upon them. The President did not see fit . to accept my resignation _noVto give me six months leave.yI have been informed, however,^ that I can remain at- home a while and if I choose visit Washington City. Should I do so,^ ad it is notunlikely . I will atond to some personal matters while there. 1 think it will be accepted yet. The rumor here is that Hulburt is let off and that Logan takes his place, that Prentiss comes to the Left wing, &c. I do not se what is to be done with mo if» sent back. I would like • ■ - I - ■ • ■ j j to hear what you did with Restison whom I had tried for murder at La Grange. I hope he has not escaped punishment. I should be pleased to have a letter from ypii stating how your co mmand is arranged, and what you are doing, where dolingr. and Bragg are, , &c. , I send you but little news from here; there is really none. We at least dhall have no civil war -this year*. Opponents of the government and of the war are meek and mute. little firm talk by union men wa» all that was uocessary. The talk has be n, "wait until o\n? soldiers come home- they will put down treason. " I repudiated this t^lk at once^ told \mion men "we will put it dQwn without inii. for return." This spirit alone, will save the . country. I awd you two letters .wliich } hope you will have no hesitationin using paaoi them at ovpo to Gen. , Grant i^,po forward, unless you have sow reliable friend to trust the matter to^^^ > ti* *" oj August, 1863. .Cvdl " - Gen. Dodge' to-his fat-her, ^orinth, 6th ^"T- enclose' photographs of €1^-16th Arm:' Corps Staff Officers. Upon them depend in a great 'degree the discipline, efficinocy and success of the command. They are hard -working, efficient men and receive, as they deserve, due praise from the command for their abilities and attention to duty. ■ I have always been very successful in the -selection of staff of0 vib. 4. • ficors because I chose men for their usefulness. ■ *■ ' From'Gen. Dodge's sister to her mother. Corinth, 10th' Ocean has been*M;'^ry nick indeed, and ad"Boon as able Wb shall come north with him as'he nCeds a rest. was taken very suddenly night before ' last, had two physicians and yesterday sent to Lagrange for Dn. Gay ^ •# '' S^ho 0£Ctfb doV,'u on the train and ' ill rema'in until tomorrow. He woke ' out of sleep and could hot get his brehthv* Annie cilled me and we worked over him -until the Dr*.' eamef It -was' something like a oongestive chill and it completely pVostrated him; last night he passed a H comfortable rflglft, and is improving-slowly-and if he does no have another attack tonight will soon be up. " A sad happening here yesterday, Bowen shot Col. Cornyn. They have been bitter enemies and Bowen prefored serious charges againat Cornyn; they had some words in the- covirt martial rocm and Cor nyn hit Bowen twice in the face with ditto frist, thsii-Bowen shot him and he died in about twenty minutes. I' gli'itt'.. lO Thomas F. Withrow to Gen, Dodge, Dos Moihes, 12th. I have order- August, 1863. u ed Iowa papers to be(_sont jLo a^l Iowa soldiers in the field. Do the ^ regiments at^Corinth receive theirs regularly? Will you be kind enough to cause inquiries to be made in reference to this matter, and advise me? The packages are sent to the ad^jutanta. What is the feeling of the Iowa boys in your command? There is some dissatisfaction in two or three regiments at Vtcksburg but noth ing we ^aye reason to believe that will amount i^o antything, Tuttle has been pyt in nomination by a Kahony State Central Committee, with tiie a' hope that he can carry the army vote. He is on identically the same platform occupied by.^allandigham in Ohio, and is the candidate of a mpre intensely disloyal organisation than ever before existed in this State. We hfivf nefspaper r^ujgra ^thla_Binning thtit he is at-home and , 4ec^ares.his purpose tq^declin«i ^He will do well-for his own reputa tion by pursuing that course. OJI... * should remain om the track, what effect would it have on your coimaand? Will the Iowa aoldieja support Tuttl^ without any referenqe to his platform or his aaaociates The candidate for Lieutonant Gover|]|^ry la Cu#o««be> a Ereckenbridge electorial candiy date in, and a ,mof t, Jnye^rate copperhead ever since. V.hdn he was a member of th State §enft^ >e declined td rejoice over the fate of Donelson. The eandidate for ^udge is Charles Mason vdth whose his tory you lire familiar. .l. ' ' i - iT"* ^ . .. . Mason declared openly in favor of a repognJ^j^jpf- the southern * 4. 1 OCX .wJoX August, 1863. confederacy when a candidate for Governor two years ago. He is now aide by side with Mahony and Byington. His opponent, Judge Dillon, is the author Of the law Tinder which the Iowa soldiers vote. May I ask ♦•the favor of a letter from you giving me such info rmation upon this subject as you may possess. • C. S. Drake, to Gen. Dodge, West Liberty, Iowa 12th. I have thought to drop you a few lines as token-of remembrance, and con- ■ gratulating you upon your many successes since enteri.:g upon the stage of operations in helping to crush out the^iingodly rebellion, which is * 'impoverishing this land<of freedom. > I-havo^thought of -you often 'since our camping out expedition ?hile on the survey. • ^ I own a i^esidence in this place, also two lots, a 6hop and smith ing tools by which I have m«d« a living for myself and faniiiy, and •• V lost my health by so doing. • - Should you conclude to answer, direct to this place inhere I write from, in Muscatlne Co Iowa. - Capt. Jdhh E.Henaler to'fWn.'tfedte, St. Louis, Mo., 12th. I have the-honor io-state^t 6 you* tendered my resignation, ahd was honorably discharged on Junto the" 1863 by order oC Maj.- Goni. U. Grant, Disabled to perform my businees ct home, I "desire to enter ' - the Invalid Corps. Therefore- l most respectfully apply'to you f^r a certificate stating my conduct during the time I was under your com mand at coisittiu,-ly.-* ■■ . August, 1863. • -.'f \r * * - ^ j/. H. M. HOXIE to Gon. Dodg3, Dqs . Moines, 13th. Grimes writes me t - ■ ^ that he has sent Price's and Dillon's letters to Washington, and that he wrote as strong a letter as he knows how and sent it. He says, "Dodge is confessedly the very best officer Iowa has sent to the war." t ' ^ ^ . . Dillon says, tell Dodge to take care <f the soldier vote. Gen. Hurlhut to Gen. Dodge, Memphis, l~th. Let ma introduce • ... V to you Gen. B. H. '^rlerson, now Chief of .Cavalry, who comes out to - - t . . . . . consult with you about the .cavalry organization of the Corps. You will apprec^late each other. - - . ^ar Department S. 0. No. 309,, Washington, 13th. . Leave of absence for sixfey days is hereby granted Brigadier General G. M. Dodge, U. S. Vols. .the date of leaving his command to be subject to the orders of the Department Commander, * Endorsement. H. Q 16th Army Corps, Memphis, Tenn., 17 August 1863, Brig. Gen. G. M. Dod^e is relie^d from his command this 17th day of August 1863, to t^e a^antage of thJLs leave of absence by orderof Maj. Gen. Hurlbut, Henry Binsmore, Asst. Adj. Gpn. Geo. Spencer to Gen. Dodge, New York, 15th. - I see by the papers thfet you have been, and are now,quite dange^'ously ill, I really hope that it is not so, and if it Is «^d you continue in the command there, I will rstum 3«aedlatelY if you wish, for I may be perl^ps better po^te(L.fibcmt business than»any one else that you have, .» T /Tor,me and I will coma without delay. I assure August, 1863. .C06X «liuugitiA you that there is "no ond 'as anxious to -servd you as I am, and whenever you need me I am anxtous to go.'^ t hope you will write toe, and if riot able to do so, that you will have Eannes d''"itf'. ' - I I have seen FairTield; he sends all Icirid's o''f riegards to you, and ssys he will make you a visit hhis fall. Allison of Dubuque, left" here y4sterday for l^ashington- he is going to ffnd out all he can for you. I havd written for •permisslofri'to'go to TVdshlngton, 'and ek[pect"tb' find it* iiT'Phila. 'When T r'eturii',' which will be on Monday, I will then go there, and then to Cape May and spend 'a wdek'there T shall start back on the 1st ddy of September eftid go'^irbctly to Corinth.'* I am having a delightful t'lme and aln enjoying myself more than i aicpected. 1 wish you were here with youi* family.* 1 am anxious to Icnovr the particulars of Cornyn*s death;* it is truly lamentablh f" auj)i3o1^ that "he was the Vlcrt*im of tiis uncoirtro3tlabl6* paaslona. 'bji .1 ■ - There is no news here; everybody expects that the War* wil'* fclo'SG 6 or 8'months Ttcrirt I thinlr thby arc too sangWlhe . T have convei'sod with a good man*y peraoris btft* Ml^ytT'liotr y«l tallegfil'to a copperhead- "Ihat, I think," is elngulaft 'Pairi^t^d tfones nearer one, but he stoutly denies bedng one, ''1 went to tifia Herald o*fit:e yesterdcCy'art^'^t copy of the Herald With a accou nt of your'expedition last spring. I will' bring the pppaf when T returri. ' * « ■ - liU' oo Mys.' Spencer to Kra. Dodg^."" New Pork, 17th, T haPfe "iaJten a gfiat '' ■"€ea\ of• pl^hitire in the little ccsnmission sent" ta but I imi ^ August, 1863. ,• -i >• worried lest in its execution 1 have not teen able to please you. I went to Lord & Taylor*-6 where I get my linen, and fourd. that they have raised in their prices enormously. I ha,ve a great deal of new and beautiful music. Quite enou^ to form another volumn, v^hich has been presented to me since I came East. I am having it bound. • I enclose a little slip from a pepr George has just br'ought in. Is it Col. Cornyn it refers to? We cannot but think so. Please write me the particulars. I am so sorry to see your dear husband is ill. God grant him a sneedjr recovery.. ^ Te leave here about Simday afternoon or Monday morning, end will • • * . .. . . t • \ v' . .. w . - A ' spend t"0 or three days at Cape May.^The Dr. has ordered Mr. S, to • • . v W ' A - ' * * * take mc there, as the bathing wil\ benefit mo greatly as well as him self. I am improving fast and hope sincerely to be able to join you all again ere long at C- Will Julia remain with you? « . .. . . . . . . , J. 71, Barnes to Gen. Dodge. Corinth, Miss., 17th. Henson has just- . returned from Okolona, He reports no change in the disposition of re bel troops, except that Walker's Division of Johnson's a my has been broken up, two brigades sent to Charleston, one to Okolona and one re maining at Brandon. He reports that Ruggles was moving troops to en- . counter thetwo hundred cavalry sent from here last Friday towards Marietta. The cavalry returned last evening with six prisoners. Hen- • I,-* -» - son says th'jr had not learned up to that time, Saturdajc* of the expet • « - t. . i>W - *. dition to Water Valley. . L tut u «J .OSL> t o' . il* U.t B' r August 1863. ^ ' He brou£^t a quantity of Southern^ papers, a'-portion of which I '*end to Gen. Ilurlbut,* the balance tL you, I instructed Henson that he could* remain Ciuftt 'till you Tetm-hed. Newspaper Clipping (6DR55); Hemphls July 26th, via. Cairo, July '27- Biggies and Jesse Forrest Are reported to have again crossed the Teraiesaee river And gone toward Jaclccon, "To n., where Hatch gave them such a taste of his metal^ short time ago. Gen. Dodge has started a sufficient force to meet and ~\velcomo them. " ' Newspaper Clippigg. (6EK55). By the resignation of Maj. Oen.Oglosby the commrnd of t' e Let TFing of the 16th Army Corps falls to Brig. Geri, Cf.Li, Bodge, whose Head Quarters are now at this place. General M Dodge is perhaps better qiialitifled for the commancf than any other man who could have been appointed; havihg been a long time connected with the Left Bing, and possessing a thorough knowledge rf the country, and the enemy in this Vicinity, Correspondence of the Missouri Denocrat: Llemphis July 27th via lETairo July 28th. We have a variety of reports from bo low but there is nothing worth sending. ^ Richardson's guerrilla bands are still depredating in test fonnessee stealing all they want and conscripting every maii they cah find into his thieving army. - ... A man'named A-' 0, Johnson, late (Bf Tippali, I^iss., teftdered 'his services to the Government, and joined in'the Ist Ala. Regimdnt. gome Aligust, 1G63. j 4 , weeks after, he was place,d on picket duty and deserted. Recently he was captured by a scouting party from Corinth, together with the stol en horses and arms he obtained from Uncle 3am. He was tried by a drum head coui't found quilty of desertion and ordered to be shot. The sentence was executed in the presence of the whole militia force at " " . ■ ■ - - 4i . . . Corinth, Twe.'ye men from his company were detailed to shoot him, and . . . . . , at the order "fire" every ball took effect. Johnson leaves a wife and two children in lllssissippl,, Oiir merchants are still moving to have the commercial restric- , tions so far remedied as to permit a reasonable mount of goods to _ come here. The action of St. Loui8» looking to the end, is favorably '' • ' - j fc. I .regarded. There was a conference on Saturday between our merchants, the commanding General, and Treasury agent Uillen, in which the treas- * ^ ... ury officeis admitted that there was no smugg ling done by our Ivlemphis merchaiits, but that it was carried cmq hy other parties. Mr. Millen « ... .... -. i ,.. ,.0. u* . has gone down to confer with Gen, Grant, and on his return, we vcuifi- "*• • ■ ■- -■ ^ dently expect to have redres for our grievances. The authorities are preparing a list of those who have not taken the oath, and will make a levy of $250 on each person of wealth who ' ' ■ * * •.'* " j refused or failed. To the Assoclat&i Press, (6DR55): * m m % Memphis, July 17th- Rugglea * forces in'frdht of Corinth have fal len back. Scouts report tliat'he was ordered to go to Georgia, but V,' August, 1663. i t . * coimenced tlw"novem r;t his men deserted in large nuirhers, and the order was countermanded. Chalmers is moving toward the Aiai)ama line. 'Biggies, Jesse Forrest, Tilson and^ others are ordered to scour the counti'y for conscripts to fill up the reg meut. ^ Gen. Dodge is active and watches every move, and his' forces are • . r ■ fully employed at all "times'. Scarcely a day passe's that he does not strike the enemy at some point. I'he weather is cool er today. Newspaper Clipping (6DR56J. Memphis 1st- Colonel HalTch has suc- ^ceeded in rxanning Richardson and his band of guerrillas, about 1,000 strong, into Liississippi, ancf has turned'his attention'to'"General P * low and his forces, tfho are in tlie neighborhood of Paris, Te'nn. Pil low is reported to have crossed tlie river at Paris on Sunday last, with six regiments. One of General ^edge's scouts loft Tuscumbia July 25th, anc^ has • £'l • . . - . arrived at Corinth. He reports that Roddy has sent all his baggage - . - . . . j j . and stores towards Rome, Georgia, but still remains in the Tuscumbia valley with most of his forces. Ho also reports that nearly half og t the Alabamions in Bragg*o army liave deserted, taking their arms with .' A V A tham.aBd aro in tho-aountains, refusing to go back. . Corrospondenoe of th^ Hlssouri Democrat. (6DR57) : Corinth, August 13, via Caiix), August 15- General Dodge who has » o.,* "o beeh seriously 111 is convalescent. He will gp North on leavw of August, 1863. . j absence as soon as.,his health is sufficiently restored. ■ - - - ■ . .4. t - .. . A Deserters from Johnston's army are still arriving daily within our lines. ■ . - : . Lieutenant Colonel Bowen^^wh^shot Colonel,Cornyn is.in Memphis in confihement, where he will shortly have trial. Memphis August 17, Gen. podge and.gtaff go up on t^ Bella Mem phis . .... newspaper Clipping. (6DR57): ■VI - I. .>i i'Cvl s-LiJitli. ,j . i .. DEPARTURE OF GEN. DODGF. 1 ..k'i ...'i.. « ' j "! I Monday Dod^e^tooli leave of hi js • cojnman^ j^for^^a short . time, having obtained leave of absence. The Geo* has been in feeble " health for some weeks, and wa* unable to-sit erect at the time of his departure. Quite a crowd of offlcerii and soldierswere assembled at the depot Before the departure of the train, and the-interest manifes ted and solicituded for the hjalth and aomfort of theGeneral showed that ^,e had ^i^e j^ay warm friends in his command, and it is to be idQin hope4 no change.of ®y®*'h^4on8^will sever General Dodge •k«4r.cr .?"».«•'» .t»a wJu • • • , The General bssldes beina aooompsjiled by his fami y.and sister, "loi 4i'.0i - .u w . V ■ -n a . „ was attended by a large party, of officers, who had obtained leave of absence, many of whom were also accojapanied by their families, among whom were Col. Ric^, commignding First Brigade, Lieut. Col. Parrot, commanding 7th Iowa Inft,, MaJ. Stone, Chief ,of ju?tillery and family. August, 1863, J' Surgeon ilarsh and family and othersi making a pleasant party- and it id to be hoped that thd air of the Mississippi will improve the health of the General, so that he may enjoy the trip. We shall probably hear-from the party at various points, as we-have, a friend at court, who has promised not to forget the Chanticleer - .. * > -ai .. Newspaper Clippings. t6 DR57)-: - • ■ ' '•■■ ■ ARRIVAL - Brigadier General G, M. Dodge, the popular commander at Corinth, arrived in town yesterday'on steamer feelle Memphis. The General is accompanied by the following members of his staff: Dr. Marsh Medical Director; Major Harry Stone, Chief of Artillery; and Lieutenant Tichnor, Aid-de-camp. Gen. Dodge goes to Council Bluffs to recruit ^ hi s health. (St. Louis Democrat;) « * 6 A N. D 0 D G E. Ju gy private despatch received in this city today; we learned that Gen. Dodge reached St, Soe a little toO late to connect with the steamer last night, and wil consequently be obliged to remain there until the return of the packet, whicdi arralved at this place last night in which case he will not arrive here before*Friday or Saturday, unless * '■ as it is probable, he takes the stage. In thifi event wd may look for ^ ' him Wednesday evening.' tNonpaf* 11*1 .r ' , * (6DR57);- ' oInERAL DODGE. . • Jo -w". - . "f ■ Gendbal Dodgb left St. Joe for Council' Sluffb this morhlng on the r , steamer Emilie. Considerable preparation has been made by out" citi- August, 1863. 'i zens to give the Gen. aproper welcomej and by.reference to resolutionc of the City Council, in another colurn, it ifvill be seen that our cit^t authorities have determined to give him a publi.c.recegption. Proper notice will be giyen-of the approach ,of the steamer, when,, it is hop ed all who possibly can will.turn out on horse back and form a pro cession on Broadway, neap the fost Office, for'the purpose of march ing to the stecmboat landing, to.greet the hero on his return to thjo peaceful soil pf ^owa. (Nonpareil). (6DR57); 23rd- Gen..Dodge left St. bouiSj for^this city Friday morning last, and. it is expected he will, arrive on, Monday or Tuesday next. The Generalwill.be warmly, greeted by, o^r citizens . (Bugle Aug.23) , . Cofrospondence. of the State-Register (BCR59): Corinth, Miss. 19: -itay-f I havG not. written you hj^etofore because J was aware your regu- -Hflar correspondent "J^iack^^kept you posted in.matters here. I do na>t ,..:now propose to write only, as ap old friend^ and privately, except that •.if any items of news that T may give, is deemed by you of sufficient importance to publish, why, of course, do.so. , The division at this place has befj^, juigt,,df9^ing the atunmer|^,. with but little to do bm^garjjispn djity,. and ^ fcciislonal^brush with guerrillas. ,,TT© haveji sodas-such as t^s usual amount of quarrels among army officers; ajiooting a deserter, and an affray be tween Colonel and lieutenant (Jolonel, In which the former (Cornyn) was killed. In my oplnlpn.lf we #ere so,situated that ye-could take the August, 1863, > I field and be constantly in active servioe>lit would be much better^for C^us, in every particular, especially in the health of ghe men, andthe equanimity of the -officers* ij > Gen., DodgSi started for home a day-or two ago, to recruit hie* ' health which is quite feeble, Se had a severe attack of something -like a congestive chill about tel days ago, which fopwa time endan gered- his life." It was deemed necewsary for the phyrioians to send him iiorth as soon as he was able to endure traveling, lest a sdcond .attack shruld prove fatal. . Wearly every officer in Corinth saw him > iOff-at the.depot, and» parted-wlth him-'With regret. •1 doubt ihether fc.i-' there is-a General in the f leld-more- respected and beloved by his--oom- • mand than he -is by.his division. It-is hoped and rather SX^bted that I -■ he will return bearing another star on hi-aishoulder. He was accompan ied by his family and Lieut. 6. C. Tlchaor, of the'39th Iowa, Aide-deCamp, They go directly to Council-Bluffs, via St, Joseph and the I'iss- -ouri River? I hope he will return by wa^ of Des Moines, but think it doubtful, unless his health so umch-' to enable hia tOoendure staging acrodd the State. . ,** . 'h George is a first rate< fdiiowf kxid ha» proved hlasdif a faithful and capable officer, will »«it-the Qeneral, and I have »o doubt will remain with him during tie war,- - Last evening the 1st brigade of thi« division, J)f whlsAT the 2d and 7th Iowa Infantry rOi^lments ooapose A part, moved.to-Lagrtei^e by •. .,1 iAlZ^US f X3C3 m m >a ..f 4ilt «4^iij ^ order of Gen. Hurlbut. .It is not sgaticipated that it ir.a g^rmanent «. change, although the'brigade w,U '.bet necessarill,y absent for several •w weeks. L..N. Howard to Gen. Dodge, CorSnth, Miss, 18th. . T send print- ..',ed slips which the Cleok of the. Qourt Informs us must without fail. f . be posted under'eaeh. picutre iii order to render the copyright secure. i A. ^illiamsen to Gen. Dodge, Blkj River Bridge, Miss., 19th, .f» ^ It has been a long time since JT ljave heard from you by letter. I have, however, watched with interest eyer^rthing comogg from yom^ depai'tment, or rather from yoijir^ district. . . ; a. - I learned a few days ago that Gen. Grant had given you a strong Sndorseapnt and recomm,endation for a MaJ. General. We are stationed here in commor^ the entire 15th Army corps, wher „I suppdse v/e wij-l, pepialn bnti^^ ws^ weather is passed. Thei-e is ijr grnat deal of sickness in the army now, but not of a very ^rious ,44. character. . .. . t ■**!«- 'iff, 4* ^any of th^ of fi oera o f Mb 9Mwi»a'haye pone jioip oi^ a le ave of absence and laany have realgned# --.<Kiiu al? . w. ' . You may recollect%.A thatf you lowte me-that you was willing to as ,8ist in an effort to ob^l^ proTOtion whenever I should think pro- . per to make trial. Gen, S^mau.ljae ^ven me a very flattering. ^any of th-e of fi core o f «-v. t ^ - Ma i>ai I'l #ti I 10 ...oC oj "> - .1 Ai_.- .-A. a Aiz^z s t j 18 63 • recommendation. I have not asked Gen# Grantto^^ndorse "but ,intend to •^•' ■'ask you to a^ -Gen, Graitt to recoBurond ipft« I aij willing and ajaxious to conp are military r ecords w it h other aqpirants for poomotion frora Iowa, and abide tte deoiglon^oometto from.such examination.. This I « think should be a fair and one ifti ioh bu^t to give daticfaction. • ' ' Anytliing which you m do for me-wi 11 be gi*atefully remembered and re ciprocated*should an opportunity occur. You ri^it ssj in a letter to ^ • "Gen. Grant how and when I entbred the aervice-and under ^hom, aid how I received promotion and what you knew of my coarse since. These facts I know ma be so stated-by you, as to be of great advantage to mo. ■" 0, X a. Trite me soon. I see in" the St * L©u la papers that yom are quite sick,'! hope It Is nothing sMrious. I . .4 i, J. T. Thames to Gen. Dodge, Corinth, IHast , l9th, news to rpport except the Left ffitig lias been redBi^-about 3000 men. Col Truo*s Brigade started for Arkansas today. The 1st EBigade, 2nd Div. moved otA on the nad/reliadLvlng Col, Tvue^t Uersy ia^'airsly installed and running the machine . No news ma yet from Hut qhor Phillips ♦j Nowsome la east of the Tenn. River.- 7th Kansas juat returned found no one. Harrison returned jdsterdoy bringing in odkty negroes, two hundred liBbd of* s'tbdk, and tne Wdnttfed'fend slx^ty rAllrult# <xC his own. Have Tlchenor or someone write ae as to how your health is. J. W. Barnes to Oen. Dodge, Ccrlnth, Miss. , 20th.Phillips return^. -■M August, 1863. nificent. I go to ^asiiiqgton tomorrow, havo written Capt, Smith for permission to.oome, but liave -no ^swsr an4 pPQSumo he is out of tlie city. I vail go in citizens clothes. I shall.start on my return next Monday, the 31st inst,, and-hiak slial 1-get to Rosecra:! 3 a rmy and get those t kvo Co's. If I d o noi..I will never get thorn. -I hope you will cone bach shcxrtly, recovered, atid that we will aaake an advance some where aod accomplish something worthy of ndte. I have bGen-s4.udying caval ry' tactics vety hqrd-ainc«-I left, and am getting pretty well posted. Did you receive my letter-from Cincinnati? I-wowld like to hove Crap.erlwit us very-much- he is just the kind of-officer '^© have. ■When I retim to Corintli I will find out,who writes t^o the ChicaltP Times - I thirJc it is Rosentiial. John A. Kasson to (Ten. Dodge, Des Moinea, Iowa, PCth, 1863. « I am eqvR] ly sorry- to hoar of your illness and glad to-learn you are probably now in Iowa again. I eacpect to see you at the Bluffs-in two or three weeks. T got home on Mond^^. I hops-d*or success on the strongtl of Grands backings I suspect It depsidfl much on Hailcck. .-t-w Brig. GSn. Croeksr to Gen. Dodge, Head (Quarters U. r>^ ]^ces at Natchez 26th, 1863. I have been-transferred from the 13th to tba 17th Army Corps, and am here-'ith my rti vl" ion and Renoom's brigade csaaanding the diatrict«from Grand GiilX So tha,Lsulslana State line. Uy dai^se asvyst have not-beai of-& vory'apdaous or try-lng-kind , 51^ Augjist 1863. .i u thovigli J am expect iriG to jnp.te an expedition .to fiarrisonburg. La. .as soon afi.it.can be arrangod that I c an have the, c o-opera ti on of a couple of gun., boats._ . .. . - • Gen. Ord,with the 13th army Coips has,been transferred to the department of the Gulf, and Ms troops are nOw .mov jn^ down. I.lave not heard any intimation from Gen. Gpant as to yhat he intends to do this fall. I am'e:qiecting h^ here in a day or..twx)_and mjiy learn some thing from him* if I do I lyill^ advise you. . Of. one .thing. I feel quite certain, i f there Is. any hard marching to be^done, .1 will be counted in, on account* I suppose of .thc robustness .of my health. .' ,.I don't have any doubt about your promotion. . It may be delayed awhile, but it is ccrtalxi. t.O cpme. Rawlina, Chambers and QQra§ have ^ bepn mad§ Brlg^iera* all good..,appointments. Rawlina,-I understand, remains with Gen« Grant as.chief of staff.|^en. Tuttle, I Isar, has accepted the,nomina^on4pX the Copperheads. I did not espect this of him. The ,day he 1 eft Vicksbi^ g he called on me-and^s tatedi.mfj at posi tively that ha mould, jiot accept the p©ia|iy§iiion pn any tei'ms. I gm ^ afraid .that he ha a not. as ; ^ch aenpa aa^fe gave.higi credit for. In \J fa ct hla conduct in this whole matter beA been that^of a weak old nin compoop Mth About as little sonae as Thoa®^cpT,'a folt., . 7;ell let him go. H« la.dead^.daaiiert. dfeAffit .fuad 1 have written hi^ Qpibaph.iib lah lt.a« going to sand .htm. Tt 1%.Billy Pringle's epltaph on his pig,* eifd i August, 1863. « ' • fti-, 1,1' .. . "^lile he lived he lived in plover, .. A#k^' 340 - ■ . • - , But when he died he died all over. ^ hope youhave se«it the letter to Cel., Price. I received another letter from him today on the subject. Trite to me as coon as you can. , J. W, Barnes to Gen. Dodge, Corinth, Miss., 27th, 1863. Nothing _ of great moment has transpired since writing you last, unless we may consider the quashing of the 2nd Ala. A.D. of importance. An order was received yesterday from Maj . Gen. S. A. HiirlUut sendim tlB ne- - - . . . t .V .A, . . . . ^ groes who had been recruiting for the ragt. to Memphis, and retm-ning the officers to their former companiesA ^he destination.of the ne groes is the Kegt, of artillerytrying bo be raised at Memphis, and this course ijs taken to fill it. I heard of this order before it arrived and I immBdiately had three more companies of the 2nd mustered # . . . Officers and all. One had been mustered before. I looked upon this order as doing the men who had, recruitod these negroes a gross injus- " ' ' " • ■' * * - t r- '• * . .. _ tice, and in having thcm mustered my idea was to have them placed as il 4 • . • •• firm in their posit lops as possible. I may have done wrong in thic, , but I can't aoe It, and if it proves that I did, of course I suffer the qonsequences. ^ Uj^^der your instructions fpom Gen. Thomas, tliese men jaXter baii^ mus^tjjr^^ ace booafide officers, nd I doubt Gen. Hurl— . but's authority to break them Und again reduce them to the ranks. * ■* » - . ' w A -JA.. ' t ,A. . I > , V, . - , • They all start for Memphie in the morning. Im.i i Augist, 1863. 2*011© one hu\idred rebs attacked Lafayette this morning about ten oclock. They were* repusled withotit having done any damage. Two hun dred of the 3rd Ills. Cav. gaVe chase, and"! have not heard from them. It is hepdrted thbt Roddy is preparing to evacuate tlie valley, and fall back in the direction of Rome, Ga. I wish Spencer was'here to go dOwi that way With his ragt. 'I proposed to the Colonel that he '' should Send some cavalry in that direction, but he does not think nec essary or ddviaable. Gbl. Bahfe and Col. Rov/e tt have both gone home for twenty days . C£«>t. Dodds left -a-week since for Cincinnati, I have 'forwarded yon Memphis papers daily. No southern papers been received lately. IThen ^y come I w ill send you some. There is conn fun oc casionally betv;een Meray and Cummings; Cummings Appears to act as though he outi'ahked Mersy tuid Mersy cannot >• .. .. ... >.-■ .. • ..A be m ade to a dmit it. We are all well, what is left of us. Silas A. Hudson fo Gen. Lodge, Burlington, Iowa, Se" th, 1863. ' I see by tho papers that you haVd been quite unwell and hnve re- ' turned home on a leave or absencQ.* TTlll you write me and let* me > , ^ « ... know the date'of 'yo\ir retxrn," ind the -lace and 'time I shall be able to meet you without fail on your re turn T t shall here sonE time during the latter part "of the n»nth of-'SfcptQmber Wr-Vioksb;i: g, and Gen, Grant's Head (Quarters'*, and" if i car see you by taking your post in my route, I shoujtd be pleased to dd sO. AuQast, 1863. .. ... . Capt. Griffiths to Gen, Dodge Des Lloines, Iowa, 29th, 1863. My friends here are urging me to apj)ly for a commission in the regular • army, ard I have decided to accept a Captain's commission. I respect fully-ask from you a letter o f recommend ation and your assistance in procuring it. . - ■ * ^ ~ <.1 * .V .LI have served two year's as a Captain of .Volunteers in the Infan- • • •• —* i ... J . . . .. .. . . try and Artillery, and have been honorably mentioned by every brigade and many division commanders, but have yet to receive the ^first pfomotion since entering the service, and I think I have some claims upon - - t - - - V -• » , . the country, and really now desire- this commission. Wliatever you do for me in the matter will be gratefully received and remembered. Please direct mo fet the Battery, Vi<^8burg, Miss, f Hiram Price to Gen. I^ge| D^yenport, 31st, 1863 Enclosed I send a letter from my son and-also a copy of one froja Gen. Crocker to him. My son, as you will see., wishes the pppointment of Brig. Gen. From what I know^ and c^^ learn, fr^ havo b^on .associated witt^ him in the army, I believe he all the prerequisites for a good officer. ♦ \ c • . -, , , r If you can consistently ^ive hljp a. letter of recomirendation,^ I will coxiiider it a personal# favor. A •Qveaaent is being made here by your friends to have your Brig. Oen. dxangod to a Maj. which I hope will succeed, - . r - -r-i* M. M. Price to Gen. Dodge, Davenport, Iowa 28th, 1883. I take the - I. . . Ui • ^ I * 4i A V 01 ^ 'JJl. August, 1863. « - . liberty of asking a portion of j'our attention, *in requesting-your help to secure-my appointment as Brig, Gen, of Vols - Some dajs ago I ref "ceived a letter from General Crocker in which he stated he had written you, asking your recornmendation of my appointment and also that I would probably receive youi- reply before his letter reach'ed me . I have not yet had the pleasure of hearing from you, and have flattered myself that the deJay has been occasioned, not by any want of kindly disposition, but by your prifrracted illness and a pressure of official duties. Having no personal aoquairftance with you, it seems at first scarcely proper for me to ask yoiT favorable' mentior/, yet *1 indulge the hope that your long acquaintance with my father, and the strength of Genera"' Crockor*a endorswment will engage yrur kind offices in ityT behalf. I enclose a copyof Cen. Croclrfer^ s letter. Trusting' that my abruptness wild bo credited to my anxioxas interest in this matter, and hoping an early end favorable reply, d remain, ^ B. P. Morley to Gen. Dodge,'Helena', Ark., 30th, 1863. ¥111 you, if you can conscientioxffily, please give me a letter of reoommendaflloh, Sikkness was the oause cf me quitting last summer and going ' •* ' home, and I started t(fgo to the 4th again, but aa4 ordered ti'b'be for the preset. 1 am hftipod in the ' hlackamlth*s shop. Clr cular* {CDR57); ' • • - ' mOGRlME OF EXERCISES AT RECEPTION OP GENERAL DODGE. f w f V ' 1st .---Cit izons desiring W partlcipetlft-'w ill asSomble ' In'fro -^t of the Clerk's Office at the firing of one gun. Sept. 18G3. 2nd—A procession will be formed by C. Nutt Marshal, in the • - - - following order: . . . , , 1st, — Capt. Kirscht*s Council Bluff rifles.,, , ... , I : 2nd-- Generals* Carraige, with reception committee, together with i 1 . i iij I Mayor and Common CouncM in Ca riages. . . . • ^ .fc 'JU. < -I -' • ■ ^. 3rd/--Provost Guard, '^apt. Bell. . . ' .••.i* n ..i yiiw... 4th. — Artillery Company, Capt. Tostevin. , , - 5, Citizens in carriages and on horseback. . The procession will march up Broadway and be fbrmed in proper order by the Marshal for the reception of the Gener'^1. After he shall have been received by tlie Comraitteo and entered his carriage, the pro cession will return to the, place .of starting, when Gen. Dod.ge v;ill be formolly received by an address and a salute. Upon the conclusion of • - e reception cerononies the procession will escort the General to his • • ' residence. . % VJ ' ... .1. Our citizens are col>fllally.,invi%e(l.}(0 unite in this mark of re spect to our di ctlngulshe d fellow citizen who now retunrs home on a •4 ^ . brief visit, in consequence of wounds, received, in the battles before Atlanta. . - ^ By order q/ Committee on Arrangemaits * - . , ' 1 . * . ... m i .1A D.C .Bloomer, Chairman. (/ - ' . - " .JKO jlk,. iBS . ^ w.' ^Clipping froi4 jbhe Salemc Maqs., Gaaette, Sept. 18'4 Gen. G.M. Dodge an enthusiaatic welcome home fron the citi- Sept. 1863. '^liC zens of'Council Bluffs", o"n the 31st ult. It' was his first visit to his home since he left it, two years aga, in command' of the 4th Iowa t ^ Infantry. His millt'ary'career has" been very honbrabTe*'ard sub'cessful and we" ar'e sbrry to learn' that hi s retirement from" it, whic'; we trust is but for a brief time, is ehJorce'd by ill health. Gen. Dodge is a native of South* Danver's, son of S^lvanus Dodge, Esq.--formerly Post-master of tha't towrf. A few years ago, he moved to CoQncil Bluffs, arid established a Banking and Col le cti rig lious'e the re nder the firm of Baldwin i^lDodge. At the beginning of the war he left all "private'occupation, for the public service, and the busineiss has si rib e liben cohductdd by Nathan P.* Dodge, until the pi's sent month, when N. P. Dodge has rrisumed the "firm" of Bal'dv/in & Dodge, in partner ship with Caleb Balflwiri, late Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of' Iowa. i.J J u - i Newspaper Clipping. (6DR59); •uoao The Chicago Times is k eoping up fts well earned reputation fob* ... iiw ■ , ■ , falsifying and traduciiTg, and is every ready to publish cormunicat ions which reflect upon tlie officers in the field. In its issue'of the 10th, it contains a letter from Cor inth sighed "Hard Tack,* which purports to cone from some soldiers in the ranks, but as all the soldiers here are attached to (^neral' Dodge, we imagine that this "Rard Tack" is none less tlian some merchant or other business mjii, who has been pre- • 'i - ^ . 'if : ■ August, 1863. . . . ' vented, by the strict orders of tlie General, from supplying the re bels in this vicinity with-aid and succor, republish the letter in full that oiir readers may see how well this volunteer mouth piece of the Corinth soldiers represents them. The fellov/, whoever he is, has taken advantage of the absence of Col. Bane to thus place him in an uiifavorable lightj^ but as we are in fawr of free speech^ though it may not correspond with our ovin ideas, vie tal:e the only proper^method of exposing the fallac-ies of the article by submitting it to the soldiers themsalves whom,he effects to represent. :, •r' OJ Corinth, Misc.,;Sopt> let. " To the Edito^ of the Chicago Times: ^ There is not much.^go Ijng on here. Mattp/'B are quiet. General Dodge has gone homp on s ick, inany hoBft, wi\Ll continue. .We pi 1 feel like the new-born, b?eat^.hg fpur§• air.pf heaven, in his ab sence.^ Go^t.? Mprsy of Uie l^h I'^ls. is in cprapaiid of the District of Cor inth. i nl0y ^ Col« Bane has gone north on l^ejiye of absence, or more properly speaking, on a political tour. He i e rabi^i^^^th nl^g^r on, tj^ie brain. Previous to the breakii^ovt ho is what, is called a pot- ^<houBc politician, and, .by close figuring, cucceeded to the cormand of a Colonelcy. . At the bAifle ,of Donolson hie regiment won glory for Itself, but lie was taken, rick the order .came to fidvonce on the works, and reafilnsd in the rear, behind a piie of logs. ^ . Oii^i^liig QliahitJ'^piSitJUoan (6DH57) Reception- The aiuvifipel^^pibed ,:v August, 1863. loud and deep- (Dn- Monday niight at Council Bluff Ib^hui^br^- Oft^tha fe*- turn of Gen. Dogge, who is- on a- iihort visit to his old home, from the active duties of the field. The General has discharged his duties like a bnave man arid a soldier since he entered the grand army of th e Union, and wo-are grati-fied-that his friends have dxtended to him a corciial greeting. Such men deserve the lasting gratitude of- t-heircountrymen. Newspaper Clippiog (6DR57): ^ESDLUTTONS Of City Council in rela tion to a Public Rcceptribn to Gen. G.-M. Dodge. WHEPFAS- We-have • learned with pleasure, that Gerv." G.- M'. Dodge ie-hbout-. to visit his home in th-i-e- city, to recruit his health,.i.which has been s'^riously impaired by long, faithful and arduous service in behalf of the c6untr;(| "and whereas, it is Just and-proper that Some* appropriate aeknowledge- - ment of welcome and of our regard and esteem should be made for so ac complished,brave and modest a soldier as General Dodge has proved himself to be; and as such He commands-our entire confidence and profound respect; therefore, . J i x Be it resolved by the Common CouAcM bdf the City of Council Bluffs ''■-^that in the name of the city,- aad for and in behalf of its^-citizens, that we bid General DOdge a octiilal and g nerous welcome to his-home. That wd thank htti for his constant care and generous treatment £f our citimen Soldiers ant ss^lnisU thsm to hie care, and fon his brave gallant and soldierly condu^ In'the field. That by his bravery he has August, 1863. . i < conferred additional and lasting honojc on th^e already glorious napie of Iowa, and \von for himself by I^rjorable jand generous. co,mpetition among the most brave, and gifted q,f gallant army, a name in history vorthy of tho_j3a?-miest d^ays. of the Rejiublic. And be it further Resolved, that thp l^ayor and .City Raporder be constituted a Cflimniittee to receiya him on behalf of the city and to communicator to him the imrnamipus adojitioQ of -these. Resolutions. W.n. Crawford, City JRecorder. ^ ^ " Newspaper. Clippings (6DR57) : PR'^GRA?'yE: For the Public Reception of Gen. Dodge , ^ At the approach ©f tl^e steamejr, or^ gup wi.ll be fj^.ed as a signal. Citizens will then assemble, Ip, f|;.Qpt .pf the Post. 0.i"f ice * on, horse back. . . f .r. ' • io' -i/ Processiop. wlllj be formed in two ranks and march to tho oat landing. ) cm As the boat nears the shore a Brigadeir*a General's sara.ta,;Hlli be ^.^ired from tj^^ Jiank.,^,,^ . o* . i«/:: . . The General ©aco|'|*4,|g?f city mw, apaaking will take place. J. J'» Palmai*^ Mayor. , '' Newspaper Clippings (CDRS^^ ^ .. 0*^* DODGE. Or. Monday evening last, our citizens turned out to extend a public welcome tp Gen. Dodge. The artillery company out in uniform, and a majority of our. citi zens joined in the ovation. About sundown, a few guns wef© fired August, 1863. , ' from the east end of the town after viiioh the -artiliery company form ed in line, and with their piece, marjohed to the '^-eneral's residence. - 'After a salnte <had been fired, ^r. Crawford, in the name of the city, . bade the Generil welcome home, in the following words, to-which Gen eral Dodge responded as belov/: - . -I,. . . , Mr. Crawford*s Tlelcome. ■ ^/^■(Jenei^al Dodge;- I have been charged by the unanimous voice of the City /Council in the name and behalf of its citiizens, with the pleasurable duty- of- bidding you a cordial and generous welcome to your home. To condole with you in view of your seriously impaired health consequent to your long and arduous duties in the field, while sta'ding near the flag of our country. - - To communicate the hope that health and vigor may soon return to you, and that you may lAVe lonig^ to enjoy the evidence of their entire confidence and profovmd respect you have so nobly won and so meekly wear. * . •* . . o. .. I have been charged to thank you for your- courteous and kindly - 'generous treatment of-our ci-ilten-abXdiws entrusted to your care, and whom you have seen cloven dO«f#'I#* 1bl&e>' in the- tempest of battle, upon the bleo<Jy alopes Jfea TlJtdge, and upon the plains and in the valllos of-Tennessee- to whose valor on the field and faithful ness in the camp you have« so often and eloquently paid-honorable and generous tribute^, . . . 527.1 August, 1863. I have tiQ.®n,chafed to thegtik you. Sir, for your prudence and soldierly conduct upon the field^of battle, by which you have coniit'y ..duct upon the field of battle, by which you have conferred additional . fluster upon the already glorious escutcheon of Iowa, and won for your self a name in history, thst must and wil live as long as Libei^ty and good government are loved, and depotisin, usurpation and tyra.iny despised. . ^ ^ ^ ^ K In the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, in London, is the tomb of Sir Christopher TJren, the architect of that noble structure, aifli the felicious Inscription upon it runs thus: "Reader, if you seek his monument, look round." And so we say this day to the world, and let ' ' ' * . ' the despotism of the, old world behold and tremble. If you would see how well the American People love the Gtovernment of their fathers "Look Around". Behold the old man treml^ing with age, but with the flame of patriotism burning br.ightly in his bosom, casting away his crutch and graspir^ the deadly fire lock. The young man upon whose cheek stii^l lingers ^he spring bloom of infancy nerving himself for . the conflict as if he^was a Yjttran of some of our proudest victories. '' t • ^ a The sister taking the sword of her dead father, and placing it in the . hand of her brot;jor ^ .she does so caj|ting awfiy the scabbard. The mother taking her only boy and pointing where the battle rages, tells him to go, ahd to j|»et^»t.rtth henor or^oome ncore. And how well have Iowa soldiers kept the oath they registered in 620 August, 1S63. * heaven. Go read ye u^ion the graves of our early dead- upojS the sepulchral stoned of Our Tuttle, Rinsmanj Hills, and the liosts of our unreturning brave. But eulogy greets not the cold dull ear of-death; let us hope <7hert the Angel of Death prevciits us with his scroll that our death may'b§ as glorious as theirs, and our memory worthy of the fame and honbr theirs now fenjoy. General, I bid you welcome to-your hoiao, in behalf of this large assemblage of yoxir admiring fellow citizens, with the hope that repose wii:' soon restore your 'impaired fti health and fit you for the further perfo mahce of the high and respon sible duties imposed upon" you; that'your'future maybe as remunerative of honors as your past has been, and that you may lohg bnjoythfe con fidence and respect of the people you have done so nlUCh*'tb serve and honor. Newspaper Clippings (6 ER58;: oetf. UWMK'S REPLr.-' • •' '«»» '!• ' Ladlos ana Oentleman:- ' fi't had t«4Usntai, I "hav not -tha-ifc»filoal ability to make a proper response tO your generous welcome. It was general Sco'tt^ f believe, who said.' "That there was nothing dearer to a soldier thai'the' ip^i^bttation Of' his countrymen. I know that there is nothing deardr, Irton ft^comee f«om his own hone, nnd from * * * # • ' fxis nearest friends. ' w It is more than two'yedrs-since 1 left this.city, in command of t.i August, 1863. the 4th Iowa Infantry.. We promiseci the people of Western Iowa v;e would endeavor to do our duty,. We felt our honor was at stake in upholding Iowa's good name. Thd record of.th® regiment is before you. It is your right and your privilege to criticise it, and say how far they have kept their promise. It is a long time since I parted from the regiment, put I-can truthfully s^ I am proud of its-record. It bears, a n^e in the, army, and a fame jaa bright as that of. any other, and stands forth prominent among aA.1 those brave Iowa regl«ients shoee deeds.have immortalized Iowa soldiefs. .The army todajr. iju iR.^xcQ.llent condition it ic loyal tp the iheart ».. It has. feare^ only. Of^ disho/ior- never of death; and.a.11 that it asks of you is that generous support^which all soldiers l\ave the -right to expect and all Govnrnjnanta».iaave a right,4u3 demand of its citizens. It believes in the.present policy of the war, and says to you who are all anxious for peace, thatl there, is but one. waj- to obtain it, and that by hard flgjbilng*-->4e«14ag of swift, determined blows. No policy v/111 accomplish It-,- .KQithing but the utter defeat and breaking up of the rebel jrlLl* ever bring peace. say to you, fill up our ranks- send .Ue good cheering words, at all times- give'US'your hearty,, undivided support, and we will soon place this rebellion i<> a-^ndlttoiv that-.you ca/f read its downfall and •ttssMny in as plskUl as thiu opdb4W' 4i«u -o' :J4 e..i 'isl 'iiT/l S ' ..-lor ■e . ■ ■ ■piair"«iwii "IP > if" September, 1S63. ♦ « •.^T j bave come liome^ t ^ regain my liealth. ajid.touilci u.p* a c.onst.itution . badly^ shrttered. It is my deeire,, and I shall return the momai^t my surgeon marks me fAJ" ..livity.*. a .. . mmu . ^ r . ij ^ i • ^ have;J)U.ripd my best friends, fund, bravest I'lsh in' tire sput^, and lA , tJ intend to star there, "unt.il. ypu and I and every one can. visit their graves in every State,, under, the. peacefull protection, of that flag which aveSry. loyaL-citizen loves to honor, and every; soldier fight/ ...) r J and if necessary- dietfor. ■ . . •< There is a uoniiUol? harov^Jtta#it-'tells ms'that J[ havo already gone w too far, I would like to take each one of you by the hand tonight but my feeble health forbids, and I trust you will take m.y good in- ^ tentions for Ui« deed. ^ , . -** . -- - Nev/spaper Clippliigs, Council Jfbnparaii* .Sept* Ist (6DR29). . BALDVTIII DODGE. . This is a f aMliar f irm-JUW.e. to mcTEt. pf gt.hb._citlzons of tills city, but it .a, npvi fina that has dopned the. title now. The eld ^ira was long s.ince^,hU!aberea with the "thli^igs^ thr\t were" - the . jsenior mamber betjig dow ejDgilg^. "fjpiadiiUl. his flocks" on the Keg . Creek hills- while' thP Junior l^^iabsr' lAi ti» jell-knonw, gallant and . \Us brave Brigadier of fhat name,. ^ have i^ow a .ne\ v.ith the name- coinpoafid of brothers, the meabers of the pld -firm, iiija imj NATHAN. P. DODGE,, who AiUftseeded the old fj-rm^^, and has carried on the Banking, Land-Agoucy» rig a Ji OflfiU^ctiort buainoss suh.oessfully for the past three years, in his om name» has this day aeaoclated with him Hon. CALEB BALDPIN, at present Chief Justice of the Supreme^ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. 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Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Book 1863 civil war General Grenville M. Dodge https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/639cea713222d2c693ce67e453873d2b.pdf 640fcce90298e480d61fb7b60053ba64 PDF Text Text SsptiGijibcr'j 1S63» • ^ ' I have come home t ■^ .regain my health, ^d. , build up* a constitution . badljfc shattei'ed. It is my desire., and I shall return the mommnt my surgsfin marks me; fpj- ,duty.» c i . . . V .. l .. ,I have'buried my best friends and^ bravest men in tliB sputji, and ^ - T. I intend to stay there.. PntJLl*:3{pu and I and every Oiie. can. visit their .1 v graves in every Gtate,. under, the peacefUll prptection.^ of that flog which .every loyal, citizeii loves to hPnor, and every - soldier fight/ end ir necessary- diefe^for. There is a nonil^ ihero^^Xbat.. tells ni&. that tl^JiavG .already gone ■ too far. I would like to-take each one" of you b*' the liand tonight V J • but my feieble health -forbids, and I trust you will take my. good in- m % tentioris for the deed. I u « . , . a-Nev/spaper Clippings, Council Bluffs, Nonpai^ail#» .Sept*-- jL**- (6DR29); _ : BALDT^IN ^.I>0D0K. .Th^ is a familiar firm-hame. to morst, of .the ,.citi zens ©f this cltYr but it .a npw(. fiim that has donned the title now. The old ^irm wae Ipng a.ince^jf^umfeered rith the "things^ th-t irore" - the Boiiior member baijpg how V "fP^ding, Jtiis flocke" on .t^p.. Keg . Creek hills- while the Junior mmmber'1a. tlie well-knonw, gallant and ' a brave Brigadier dcneral ef that neustie, ^ 5e ha-ye r^ow a new^ firm with tlie old name- compoaad .Af brothers. d,f tlie members of the eld firm. urn i-t - NATHAN .P. DODGE,, wbA. |iUheeeded the old firm*, an.d hap ^carried on the Banking, Land-Agouoife 1^-Pay. iig.a iA Qrfypct iori bueingAa BU»jMI»8fully for the past three years, in his own name, has this day associated with him Hon. CALEB BALDNIN, at present Chief Justice of the Supreme^ Septemter, 1863. ^ ^ ^ Court of the State, No better or more faithful, prudent and eneregct- * - ^ _ , , . ^ ^ ,1c business man can be.,found in the State, than the Junior member of the new firm: and we learn that the Judge will, after-the expiration of his term pf service on the Supreme Bench (Jan. 1st, 1864] devote his entire tj.me^and attention tp the business of the firm. This new firm is one of integrity, business capacity and ample means-, qualigies that cannot fail to command guccess.^ JTe bespeak for the new firm the confidence of business men everywhere. Newspaper. Clippings (6DR57) GENER/X G. PI. DODGE gives his opinion of the Sanitary Commission in the following communication directed to » - W •, . It JL, ^ ^ ^ - the REGISTFR:' Council Bluffs, Sept. 12th. Editors of Des Lloines Register: In yoia- issue of September 11th is a letter addressed to the "Lq^ies of Dos llgines" by Dr. A. Y. Hull, which - if allowed to go_ before the people of Iowa uncontradicted- will work a great and vital injury to cur sick^and wounded soldiers in the field. It has been my yood fortune to have under my command many Iowa regiments, and there are very few that have left the State tha^ I have not seen, and conversed with some of their officers, in relation to the generous aid our army has received from Sanitary Societies. Aiid of all the regiments I have met, 1 have not seen one that did not 4 <J ■ ^ . . . . receive great and lasting benefit from the noble efforts of the Ladies of Iowa through the Sanitary Commission. I have two letters from the late Col, W. H. Kinsman of the "23rd September, 1865. • t Iowa Infantry", the regiment specially mentioned in Dr."Hnll^*s letter and in both of these he'speaks in the highedt terms of the efforts of ^he Sanitax'y Commission, cndhe thanks them for what they have done for his regiment. -And I say, without any fear-of successful contradiction that not a ocmpany or regiment has left this state, - but what. has received great benefit from»them. ~ The Ladies of Iowa,-as weil ee those - of-other states, ^ythis channel, have saved the*lives of-thousands of soldiers. There is not a Hospital in'an Iowa Regiment, not a General Hospital in the army, that the Sanitary Commissions have not been remcmb^ed, for the aid given - in the prayers of the sick,'wounded aiid dying soldiers. In my'co:mna d we have beeri well supplied, not only by the ladles t ' - - f society in Des Moliies, but by* all others in this and other states. Their organizations arc so well conducted that we now find Sanitai'y Stires are needed. They may not be issued as coming from any partic ular Sooiety, but all sent through Ihd authorized agents reach the army by the propsr*channel, and are dealt out to our sifck' dnd woimded with a generous hand. I have met most of the Ag ntb of our"* "StAte, and'I know that they are honest. Th^y KaVe Worked lOnfe ahd hlird^ And wa can never repay tliem for the great goo^ theV haVd done ua", ui.! m ''it s'io.i ,i -r/'./w September, 1863. V '. 4 ^ I do believe that Dr. Hull or any other person who seeks to . .. . . 4^.u.. .. . . • .... - ? . . . . . fatally stab the lefforts of these societies, and thereby work inji:^y to the soldiers, which can bever be repaired, cannot do ib from any , good or loyal motive. I trust that his letter will not discourage any loyal woman ^rom giving her^aid and her mite. I assure them that no soldier in the field who had lain on his cot, sick or wounded, ■ and received the delicacaies thus furnished, but -will remember them,- . . - o ■ '.< I - - They can now only ihank tliem .by bobly doing their duty in the future as they have in the j^ast. G. 11. Dodge, Drig. Gen. ^ H:wspaper Clippings Dea Moines, Register Sept. (6DR58): THE SMITARY COmilSSION. We earnostly call the attention of our readers to the communica tion in another .-olur.n from General G. M. Dodro on the subject of the Sariitary Commission, The impression has been gainigg groimd in this • V f comuiunity, as wel' as in many others, that Sanitary stores intended for tho soldiers seldom reach their proper destination. Fe have believed that this impression is groundless; and we are heartily glad to have the acts of the Commission vindicated in a trijumphant .1 . .. . V manner by a witness so competent and disinterested as General Dodge. Newspaper Clippings Des Moines Register Sept. (6DR58): ■liS .«;i -i . ■ . , SANITARY COI.n.rrcSIONS. We trust that our excellent friend. Dr. T A. Y, H 11, availed himself of the opportuiiity to r-ead General G. M. Dodge's opinion of the Sanitary CowalMlon, published in the -Mri , j . lu. , . ^ beA u'ke • .•'xotolou September 1863. Register of yesterday. Our colums are freely open to-the Doctor to vindicate himself by a response to the General's letter. We •are not aware that in the comments Tvhich we made on a former commun ication from the Doctor, we employed-language'of insulting character. We had no sUch intent. Our position is thisj If any persons con nected with the transmission of Sanitary goods to the army, are guilty ' of cheating the Aid Societies and the soldiers, or of negligence in the discharge of their duties, LET" TREIT BE EXPOSED. Let the guilty parties be pub!fed.shed and puiiished, no matter who they are "or what they are." There is rio sin "more infimous an^ unpardonable, than that which swindles our soldiers out of the donations sent to them by sjTnpathizing friends at home. The man who carries the burden of this win on his conscience, is a villain of the darkest stamp, worthy of stripes, imprisonment and dwath. But in our hast© to e;&poae the alleged selfishness and dishonesty " '4-' ■ * *- . .. . .. . ,_;i. Of Sanitary Agents, let ua be careful to make just such statements as are supported by the clearest evidence. Dr. Hull and Mr. Garrett have made their statements, and we have not questioned their sincerity On the other hand, Major Hoiiston^ Mr. Christy, General Dodge and many others, all of whom are entitled to respectful attention, 'ave testi fied in the warmest terms, that the Iowa Sanitary Commission has. through its kindly ministrations, saved the lives of thousands of our soldiers. Before we are fted into an indiscriminate assault on the , ■ »,( . Si September, 1863. . , , , Ocmmission, such as wo find in the QQ.mmunication ofDr..> Hull, "we shall wait for .facts .which are not conlrovorted hy the highest testimony. _ . . Bella G. Spencer-tc^ Dodge, Philadelphia, 2nd. I feel so very \ lonely since my dear husband left me,. I. hav.e scai'^oely heart left for writing. Tet I feel that .will indulJie me, iX my little missive proves sad or uninteresting. " I x*©ally feel forlonr and oh.' so home sick. TThat shall T.do in the jutwt two months to .drag through them -.with, any show of life, I have no caxe fop sociejiry. , TTriting, except a fQ.w letters Co friends, JhayeJbscpme irks^ome to me. I, tired of study- mentally And it .is .qqually impossible to-sit down list1^ lesaly and brood- over the B|4iisfc>rtunes of war ^which so ruthlessly , tear us frojn. those *d love.. Then what resource have I? I thirk I hear you j ' All,willing mir^ds, may fini some useful employment." True, I grant itj and Ijlax's aay in a-day or two I shall be able to .N rise hbpve my present io|jr^8ion, and^ once more enter the active -fields of life. I shall he jguided hy circumstances; Tihatever time may roll up on her ever revolving wheels and, weveal to my eyes, that shall I clasp and begin on it^my labor. In tho intervals of work, . I have still left music^..bOAka A;c. to interest me. liy French haa gone sadly neglected in the hot weather, and the society of my husband. I did not care to study While he was heri^,»* 5ow I sha^l begin again when I oan muster energy toconcentrate.my thoughts upon .any^one^thing. September, 1863. • - ■ * .- .-i-Jv la it not a- pitiable state when one r^aohes- that point where they - ■ feel xinfit for anything? Sometimes we get'wholly unstrung. - - Fortunately for me, however, I know by past experience, that L shall - ''rise- to redoubled energy when this is -over, and shall accomplish more . in one week than in two,- heretofore. I. think of you ao much* - How- you must have suffered with anxiety while ydur kind husband waa so ill. He is getting..strong and Y.-ell^ again? I hope so. Mr, fencer took the chain with . -e .e - him. J took it -to the very best place in "the city, .and several per sons to whom' I -showed it, after it was done, though it perfectly beautiful. The links are a little stiff at first, butnthat will soon wear away as It arises from the heavy mountings. I like it the bet- ^ ter for that; it proves It s durability.- X -hope it will please you. "*1 gave them your idea as nearly as T could. - They kept the paper with your design upon it to taake it by. I designed the Belt Pin. -I tfeougiit the star in the center prstty as indicating ycmr husband's rank and r believe trte ChaUM's ma<le of your hair and his. Isit not so? • Some of these daya^ f will Wrve a lUtle minitura painted for-.your husbanti*^s picture for a small lookat, to attach to it as a dharm. That with a -watch key, and caw or two small charms will finish it up "heaJitifully. -w . . -.u., • ■ OeSi-ge-s*a4 lo«"t'hlxmiik&5ut yoUr coming East, Shall youT';K f ♦ Oh, do, t shdiSdsSo »o gl**. Tou will, find one warm welcome* September, 1863» , ; .I'^s iqr.'j: In Philadelphia if you come, I can assure you, . ^ ^ George C. Tichenor to Gen.- Dodge, Des Moines, Iowa, 5th. I . reached here on yesterday at noon, very much worn and fatigued having had a h^d chill and violent fever en-route hither. _»-This morning I was awakened quite early and coinnelled to arcompany Messrs. Kasson, TJithrow & Hoxie-to Palmyra, to a large Union Meeting and, worse than all, was compelled to make a speech with out any prepara tion whatever, and too, while my head was bui^sting with fever. We have just returned ( 9P. M.) and I find myrelt quite unwell. I am notified that I wil" have to start toruorrov; with Mr. Kasson to Adel., ^d make a speech on Monday; hence, you will see that my friends have placed me on active duty, notwithstanding I am on the sick list. Your many friends here are very anxious tc see you and ai-e es pecially dssirour for you to bo cm -the 12th inst. Messrs. Kas son, Palmer, Withrow & others are deeply interested in yom^ success. > ' • - i ; - Capt. Ensign 2nd Iowa Infy. reached Jjcere yesterday, I have not met him yet. . x • J. W. Barnes to Gen. Dodge Corinth 6tb. ,I have just received a letter from Tichenor, in which ^le informs Be that your health is stead ily improving, and also gives me statement of Miss Juli*a's and his own ill health. I am glad it is not worse, Hhore has been a rumor in circulation, which grossly exaggerated the whole thing, «aid to have originated from a fetter written by Dr. Marsha. September 1863. t • •i.'.fvj.., Bri^, Gen. E. A.' Carr arrived yesterday and assumed command, a change that T am •forced to admit suite me. Col. Mersy and- I came near having a falling out "a few days since. A party of guerrillas captured'two"-of th<sr 'J'th Ills, from a party which was beyond the lines hunting horses. As soon as it waa reported ta me, the gol. not being come-at-able at' the moment, I took the-responsibility-to- order out two companies of'^the 7t:"h Ills, to try-to capture them. As soon - as the Col. found out -what I had done he was-^luite wrath and gave me, as he would'Say, some-hell and dunder. -This did not go down very 'palatable, but f-was forced to swallow It without making a wry -- face. Newsome Is in Tennessee again with about seven hundred men, and has been there for the last week. ^I- have tried twice to persuade < the Col. to -send a couple of-regiments after him, hut it was no use- "nofi man would he stl . Harrison is in the neighborhood of ^Lexing ton witH*'about 150'men; ^ditdh Is all the force. Newsome at present had to conienJ('with Litut. Bally started last Sunday for-West Point. This leaves me alone in the office; the Gevw having brought no staff With him. I expect I will have'ft imiy time of it , but I guess I "can keep the'machine grinding for A while, ' • - Some ten days ago we receivod rumors of an extensive raid in con templation by Ferguson. The'lmp6rt of itw as that he was mfeking prepa rations'to atrlko the load with AW«tr'70f)0 men. tipoh tWAficlng -this from several eourcea" t' kgstlhfed the to wandrlftiuArfr' to--Columbus ... September, 1863. and bdlow, contrary to your instructions,- believing-it would meet your approval under the circumatances. He has not yet returned. The arrival of the • 2nd Ala,, in Memphis with line officers must ered in was a poser for e short time. This is to be got over in this way. The officers are fee be subjected to a board of examination, the board composed in the main of the officers who are most anxious that they shall not pass examination. The President of the board is C olonel of the Regt., of Ar%illery| to which the ren have been assigned. These officers, of course, will bo examined rigidly in Artillery tactics and practice, wnd will be thrown, I know not what your opinion may • -v -■ • be, but I think that-Gen. Hurlbut is act into very unjust in this affair. The trial of Lieut, Col. Bow^-commenced Iqist Monday, and as fgj? as I can l^am Is progressing ^erjr^fcvorably to him. Even the avidence adduced on the part of the prosecution goes far towards ra itigating his offense. Coi. Cornyn*s Irother is present at the trial, and for one of his mean little actions in the case Phillips would have shot him, but for being prevented by other officers present. - 1 - « . * V- w ■ / w - 1 ' - Col. C\imm'ngc started on.his commercial expedition yesterday, . ■ -.•J , . . . . . . During his absence Major Hanna commands the post. Spencer has not yet returned., T am looking for h^m every day. I want you to gat well and return as soon as possible; our table makes but a poor show hO*'* wlt^ only Con. Carr, Major^Howard and myself. w • W *4 ..J 4mM' September, 1863. *' '■ .J 3 Dr. W. S. (rrime's to Oen. Dodce Dcs jffblnes, »0tht*' ' • 'I rer.isned toy position as Surgefin'Of' the'^9th" Regt.-iast June, owing to the partial "loss-o^-my eyesigfiti 'l'have- "been he5f>e under treatment foh. the same for-three months, t have-regained-my-sight-' v'and am entirely well «t this time.". Game near getting-a fi;rlough.for a longfeh period ■ thanotlehty-aiiys and t knew^^-that I-could not get well -in'that'-length of time. 'l l3ft Che-service-foh #Me -sole purpbse of sating'^my eyesight and nothing elsei I-no^ish<-'to-ask'you-to uSe your-Infiuerice in'-my behalf that T may Ce recommissiOhed and again enter the service. ' * -• . Ocorge F-.- Spencer, GlcndalG, Ki s. 7th. I received yours td hi^t'^and haeten'HJO fcinawer. 1 reached here last-gatiirday Gen. Cdrr f t ordei'od me here to command post and t have that'delectable job oh'hand at present. I v/ish T could stick the post in theground aiid travel, called to see Gen# Hurlbut^ln Kemphis add he told me that Gen. Can was only temporarily in command and as soon afi you returned he should relieve'him and gfVe yoU the old commaudj things are in bad shape here. Guerrillas are as thick "as It is possible for them to be all around in all directions. I'tried to go to Corinth yesterday with '''apt, Sheeklixfj when T got to Farmlugton T'met 15 of the vermits, fired at them tr and wounded one and turned round and came back considerable faster idian f went- when T got t6 Corinth agaiii I shall take an escort with me Rhoddy has loft the valley and on Sunday last had his head quartors at Septeraber, 16Gb. 1 . -i - lloultoii, and was moving 'last, about one fourth of his force has desert ed him, and. turned into Guerrillas; they ai-e in little bands of ten^and a dozen. Notb.lng but extreme measui'es an^ har-d work will extei'minate them, and there Is a poor show for anything^ to be done mitii you get back. There is no interest t^en in the maxiageu.ent of the Lef.t All thr^ Officers have siaied a petition for you to be Major General. Itr. is the most formidable document I-ever sa . I am sori-y I midertook . ..b • irr.. I " ' this job.-D I wish.ii had my old position back again. I entreat of you if you get another command aiid go into a different field of operations, that you v/ill have me detailed in some capacity or other. I am woi-kiin g - hard and trying,to endorce somo discipline today. I had four » . .. ... • . * . cai^yixig barrels and aix digging out stumps. T believe that I will soon bo as bad as Major Hanna. T askd Gen. L. Hurlbut to let me go , on that.raid and he promised to send me; said he would h^ve me start as soon as you got back, which he thou^t would be some where from the 25th to the 1st of-October. I caimot get that Co, that Harrison raised for thie ^gt. he claias tha t your last order superseded the first one, reading-the jay it does I cannot help myself. I need the Co^ to complete the organization of thp and presume that you intended that I should have it. I am sorry that you encouraged Harris#n.to raise a Regt. or evexi a he ii|^ a bad majO« Entirely dvoid of all priaciple, and,, Is a tJfiieX apd liar; this I always knew. He wan a man fit only for J.ho bi^iness you ke^t^^ijji^for. You will recall tlxat Cornyn asked September, 18G5. . : « . . ... that he might not be sent with'tiim any more- 4»ut T-dld not gain my know ledge of him t'^.rough Cornyn. I need officers-very much and I< do hope you will complete the organization as soon as pose-ible. I have nine con plete Go's, two in process of formation, one with 30 men and the other • just atai'tedj but as I have sent the man raising it to Fayette Co., Ala.,- I think he will fill it within ten days. 25 recruits came in from that County yestcrd-^y. I would like Capt. £)Odds for Lieut; Col., and Adjt. Cramer of the 1st. Nebraska for Major; thwse officers T am entitled to, now I have not counted Harrison's Co.. in txie above. I have not bee- mustered, and dont know aS 1 can be'until you return as there is no head'to anythihg hSfe now. T'dont think that there ^ is any doubt about Gen. Hurlbut giving you your old command he said so gratltuously and appeared to takS'an iriterest in my raid. Gon. Carr docs not. T asked to take my Regt. 'to'Marion, Fayette and Winston Go's. Ala., to recruit it and ho refused, saying my services were needed at the Post. It would b" i. good time to go thero'noW as P.hoddy is en* tirely out of the way aM the road Is clbhr Of all obstructions. The'15th Ills, has gone to Helen&'and the 3<i Mich is a' Corinth. Cbl. Mizi.or co.imiands the brigade, but is absent on leave. The lOth-Mie^. went to Memi)hi8 today; report says it has gone to Texas, Gen. Sweeney cOBmiands the Pd division and has his'head Quarterfi at La-«^ ' grange. Barnes is At uarinth and is A. A. A. fl. and uppsarf^to bo very much disgusted. Gen. C.'Stays over in the parlor at the ' September, 1S63. , • iiouse and rare-ly ^oes to, the office and,.^jmoet t.he» entire business is done w.ith the Adjt. He has a Capt.^ ^d A-. 0^ G. with him but Barr,,es does the work. It is said that tlie 3rd Regular Cavalry will^ . take the place of J,he^lOth. now at Corinth. Report says that the . 10th is going to Texas, but I dont credit it._^ Hurlbut is going to make some iiiOYg.\,wJLtih his corps, but, T cajinot find out what it is. This is" now a sp,len(Jid time, to make raid, dro->ping Atlanta and going farther south. The weather is cool here and nice and plenty of showers. . " * -io ^ ^ ^ Peter R. Reedto Gen. Dodge, Moline, Ills. Rth . "While in New York about * _ - u ^ on , tho 20th Of Aug. -I wrote you a letter at the suggestion of of T. C. Durant 1 ■ - • - - . W . i- A. . . . . . " ^ . and dxrected to you at C^ojfcintxi, Lliss, I fe^ar you did iiot get that letter I wrote to this effect. For you to write such a letter directln- it to Burant, that he could show to friends of the Braxich of the Pacific t Railroad, terminating at Omaha. He said you knew personally more about it than any man he knew. He wanted It to aid in making sure \/ oi the termination at Omaha. Bey has just gone down and he may help V in the matter. I talked with Durant about the location in case the when organized, could not agree about the termination! In that • . ^ase, the President.does it and hd will do it, not only the termination * but where i t shall strike the kJOth parallel. If it comes to this, he wants you for one of the Coimais si oners which will be appointed by the Presidexit. I expect to hear every mall from Durant; wheri I dd I 1/ •^44 September, 18G3. ■-will write you. I want to heaif froin^ you very- much. .1 have just re turned from a visit to -Y. where I have- been for five weeks. I hear you are sic^, and feel a good-deal- inclined to visit you. - Vlf I get some favorable aaiswei's to-letters 1-^ am writing I-think I can. W. Barnea to Qen, Dodge lOth. I received .a letter from my brother in Ifew York yesterday, informing me of certain unfortunate events transpiring in my father's familyr on-«ccount of which I very much desire to go home as sooif as possible. I sent-forward this morning my application for leave of absence but in case it is granted, I shall not avail myself of it Until youVetum, 'unless *1 have your consent to so doing. It is not absolutely nbcessary that I -should go at all. ^ I could da ■^everything required under'the circumstance's by letter; "still it would br'a great Secures of satrefaction'to me to be there in person, and that at the earliest possible moment. Please'let me know your wishes in the matter, and if you des.:re me to remain 1 will do so willingly. Everything ia moving oh very quietly. Wd have had 'a big scare for the last two weeks, in the shape of a huge raid on the railroad, and the scare still continues, although the"railroad remains in "Statii quo". A refugee from Mobile" arrived last' evening, who repofcts the whole of Joims on'smarmy" gone East to Bragg, ■ith the'exception of very few men.' Several scouting parties have gone to Ripley, Rienzi, Guntown and through nearly all the country in our front lately, and discovered no ftoroe ofi any account. Newsome, Triluon &c. are hnv- September, 1863. , , ... . . , . .. . J . ing it pretty much their own way in. Tennessee. North ,of us no attempt is being made to rout them. Harrison has been in the neighborhood of Lexington for the last ten days and over, with some 175 men. I am t very much afraid he will get into difficulty. Newsome is after him with some 500, 7/ilaon crossed the Tennessee this morning .'ith some 400 more to co-operate with Newsome. All these things are known here, . 0 .. . . . .. . still nothing is being done to aid Harrison, or drive out the rebs. _ It is said to be C-en. Hurlbut's policy to let West Tennessee take . care of itself, and if it is not able to do that, to lot Roddy^s forces take possession. There is a marked difference in the management i. t . . .. . . V . - . of affairs within .the last month, and the man. who could not see it, must be very blind. Col. Burke telegraphed a rumor among the citizens , that- Rosecrans and B: agg have, had a fig^it, in wiiich Bragg das woi'dted. ^No knowing how reliable the report is. Spencer has not yet returned. Ccvalry arm.o vvei^e issued to . the Ist Cavalry today. Lt. Col. ^ Wilson, • Inspector Cen. of,the w .. Dept. . i '., is hero, inspecting w troops . . and everything else. Geo. C. Tichenor to Gen. Dodge 11th. Your very welcome favor reached - - • « - ' % , - . . me to^ay* I assure you that I am more than delighted to learn that your health is improying| and your nvuBccous friends her^ ^are with me an earnest desire for your speedy recovery. Owing to ill health t . . . I did not accompany tir. Kasson to Adel, and elsewhere West, but having ffot well of the chills, it . is probable I will aoTOSipany C. C.Cole on a speech making tour through some of the southern counties tiaxt week. September, 1863. returning to Des lloines*next Friday. Iffan^r persons from abroad are" coming in today to attend the 'Ohlon'illieetlng to be held here tomor-" row, if the weather is favbrable the gatherin"g-will doubtless be-one of the largest ever assembled in the State. General Curtis and Col. Chipman of his staff, arrived here this morning. The' Gen, was very e'ager in his Inquiries after ybu and very lavish in his" praises for you. 'Senator' Grimes reached here this ruorning and by invitation. I en-* joyed a conversation with him this aTternoon. ' He expressed much "in terest in your hea'lth and said that he hbped that yoU would be able to retu rn to your corijnand on the expiration of yoUr leave '^of absence, re ceiving before that time, or soon "thereafter an additional star. Ho ^ requested me to conmunicate to ybu his re^afds. * Lietit. ""h" Sill, Adjt 4th' Iowa, Lieut. Godfrejf Adjt. 2hd Iowa and Capt. Bnsigti 2nd Iowa, are here. They reyort a gloomy prospect for Tuttle in the Army. Lieut. »• % Go'dfroy left* Corinth bh the 4th last. Col. Cummings" accompanied him ■A* * T ■ y to Cairo onroute to Chfoago to purclxaae clothing for "cbntrabft^^. I will be here ^dien you como through, subject to yobr orders. J. M. Brown to Gen. Dodge, St. 'Ldtlis, 10th; I received your telegram of the 9th, inst and called Immediately at Nichelsons and'found n. S. Express Go's. Rect. for th^ Ale dated Sep%» 2d. I went then to the Express office; the clerk searched thaii' booke out but fomid no tt»count * of the tox. They promised,•ftoteever, to trace it up at once, -'fam very sorry you afe diaappolntede f did all I coa3Ld d4« Qc dld^Nlehe{laon ^ - .t'. ■ September 1863. ■ • •*. k ^ •^0^^ 'IP The Express Co*s oT^lcer^We alone to^ blajue and-they have proinised ^ to put it through immediately. \/ Peter A. Dey to pen, Podge, New York 11th. You perhaps are Oi. ...aware idflat the. Pacific Nailroad organization is nearly completed. Our friends here, and in this I heartily concur^ think that T/estern Iowa should be represented and think that an irmediate effort should - be made to have a goveriunent director appointed. "Tie have agreed upon Caleb Baldwin as the man for the place. Some effort must be made at once to acccanplish this. You prob ably will have more weight with Kasson "WiaA ift^y one else- start the thing strong and at once- Little ^ is known outside of the movement and a few da^s start may accomplish muchj let outsiders know nothliig of the shape of thingsuntil, tliey % - learn it from the newspapers of telegraph. Use what influence you can to havG our CongregjBienal District uajlt. T?hat other outside pressure you can- bring to bear upon it I do not know, but usd it. « -Time in this movemenlS' is an important element. Do not let it fail from neglect. / " . - J ■ ^ ^ u ■ . L .. . poflJJoines Iowa, Sept. 12th, 1883. vn. , '4 p.jfiear DocTge: reujejij^r our conversation about Adjutant God- ^Prey,. of. the 2d I^wa Eagt, I have ^ince my return talked with our leadIng men & all agree that they would be gratifiod with his promotion to » « the majority of the Regt. Commanded by Col. Spencer. : ,«w Truly V'ours, ) ' il • M. Hoyi-S-- We endors" the ? above, C. C. 646 Kaaaon. September, 18G3 .tu( .: Gen. Dodge to his brother, St. am'.Editing for orders; expect to get them now soon; reported-for duty more than two we.^ks ago. May SOth." "l Tshall leave here tomor-row, or the next day for Gbrinth, Miss. Am ordered to report to Gen-. Halledk in person and no doubt shall have "a command in some part of his army. -Annie will go to Council Bluffs soon. -v. Gen. Curtis is wsftther bound' in Ark., and the guerrillas ace an noying him; he has lost a *good many men and teams. --- On board of Golden ETti., ■' ' • - Term; 'River June 8th..i^<r 2-^ ' I have been to Cofinth snd 20 miles south. Aa no* on my return ^ to CAiro, and thence down the Miss, river with-a command. I like my assignment well. O-n.-Halleck and all treated me first rate and gave me the best position'open. Twoother Gens, reported the same time i did and were older offic^rs,~but oAly got brigade la.the Corijjth Army. Halleck^has" taken"up Ciaaftera for a month or t«o in. Corinth; has disposed of his army as follows:- Gen. Pope & Buell a3[a.<4f milos South of Corinth on the Pork of Tomblg1)ee river intrenching and are ai. army of observation to watch the aovemonts- of Gen.'a. Beauhegard who has all his army therb and at Okolona.- Gen. Sherman has g^he .to Grand Junction 5- Memphis, and is rebuilding "the rallied. McClernand is north at Bethel & TBoIivar, re-oponing tHa R. to give conneotion with Columbus; while Son* Mitchell is repairing the R. R. from Huatavillc to September, 1863. , • ' ♦ t • Corinth; onr army will not move until all railroads are in running ■ ■ Nil - - . - order and we,find out rhat the destination of the rebels is. In their retreat from Cor£nth, Gen. Pope took 10,000 prisoxiers & lo, 000 stands of arms and burn t the camp equipage of Van Dorn ^ Price. The Evacuation of Corinth is giving us the key to all future operations in this part of the country. Head Quarters, Central Division, Trenton, Tenn. ^lie will tell you of my move on Rich end, Ky. I expect to stay here this summer. It is hot and sultry. Our army is healtny. P. R. Reed to Gen. Dodge, Lloline, 14th;7 tyU'b I am in hopes the change from active service to a quiet home will sodn bring you up again. I sav; Ebenezer Cook on Saturday, who had Just returned from Hew York and goes back this week. Ti'acy is there ■ jr ■ • * . t and Di^' and Henry. Cook says, Durant told him (cook) that he believed they would have the thing fixed up by the last of the week. But I am not sure of any thing in the Pacific Railroad matter until it is fixed. '• « . .. . » I think oiir Rebellion is drawing to a close, TTe must certainly « .. .. .... ^ • . elect Uncle Abryihaa a^aln. The good men of the country say so. J. A. Kasson to Gen. Dodge, Des MoineSj^ 13th. I expect to leave for Dubuque Friday A. V., and hope to return here * W ^ If , by the following Sunday or Monday, probably Monday night, Tuesday night, certainly, the 22nd inst. I am glad, on your account, that it will be this late, because you need the rest. A thousand thanka * . . . !• September, 186"♦ that you ccmc this way. My work is so hard and bo constant'that I could not'get to the Biuffs earlier than my appointment. There' £s * hardly a doubt thai I will be back here Monday night the 21st. J. T. Baldwin to Geo^'17. Spencer, Council Bluffs, 14111. Please pap the abov' acct., Jl80, to Gen. G. M. Dodge. , ' - n niiQlitX Geo, G. Tic ner to Gen. Dodge, Des Moines 14th. Ydur letter of the 12th received. I have your leave of absence and as I start away with Cole this*morning, to be absent until next Sunday, I will Idavo'it with Capt, Browneli, Provost Marshall. Messrs. Grimes, HavV 1V ? - ^ ■ la', Kasson, Palmer and Hoxiet, leave here today; and tomoi^row, Kasson • ' ■ * Palmer and Hoxie return here on the 2lat; They are all fnxlous, as is Mr. Colo to see you and will not expect you before the 2lBt oi' 22. ^ J, of coui'S'^, would not go awa:" if T expected you before that time. •V j". , . . t •* . n ^ Col. Cumr.inga reached hero or. yesterday. He purchased material for clothing for contrabands In Chicago and the benevolent ladies of that city are making it up. He met Gen. Carr at Memphis,"en route for Corinth. He had none of his staff'with'him. The command at corlnth is anxious for your retum and feai' you will -^ot. T have heard noth ing from Barnes since T reached here. A Corinth correspondent of the "Chicago Times" defexids you of the as aults made on you in that paper and eulogizes you very highly, but denounces Lieut. Barries in a the most unmeasured terms of his conduct as A.A. A. fi . Col. Cuiamings thinks the reported occupation of Glendale' bV thV Rebels, aud the account of our engagement there, a mistake-gaeatly exagerat- a ■i . ^ "i'r September, 1863. . -- - « ed at least. The Meeting on Satui'day was-large but net so large aa anticipated,"Owing. tP,the rain. ' Senator,Crimos told your, friends, on . yesterday, , that you oug^^t to, go to , Wash ingtpn bcfgro.you return-'you _ will uiiderstand his jreasons. lieut .Godfrey starts toddy to Corinth. Col. Cuiraaings romainQ.a few days. ' . 4 ' u. . Ceo. E, Ford to.. Gdn.iPojdge, Slack ..River Bri4gO-» IStli. Feeling" that there are men in my company that have earned, proixiotion by their gal lantry and sioldierly bearing, and at the solicitation of my jEather, I ^ have made hP mind to apply fpr the position of-A.A.G. .1 have been actiiag in that capacity since ; t^o first'hiti , fog. Col*. T7illi.amson now commanding this brigade, aad am much better pleased.with it than, com manding a compaiiy. Fatherrwritea mo^that ifil will procure leVters from a few officers that .^re acquainted with mc, he can easily procure the position for mo, backed, as I .will be, with considerable Influence in Peruicsylvania. I can ^^TOS^e .letters from Genls, Sherman and Ostorhaus, who is now in ^and if you can consist ently forward me a letter that .will in.,any way aid me, I will consider myself xinder many obligations to you. ^ Corinth, Sept. 15th, .1863. Dear Tich;- .1 received yours of the let and 2nd Inst., this P..,M. The effects will be looked into. The camp of_^lst brigade has been proper'ly cared £PV. "Vou must impress it upon the General's mind, however, that it la hardly Just for him to hold me responsible for what may transpire from this time until he feturns. I en- September, 1665. . j 'S. , 'ia deavored to tell Gen.-Carr two or tlireo-times what his-wishes in cerJ.ain matters we e, but foiind it did-nbt-.go down. So I-. have concluded simply to k-'ep my eye peeled and do the best I can underi the circumstatioes. Affaii's have undorgoiie such a cliange lately that the Gene ral. wil scarcely recognize his old command on his assuming command again. Gen. Sweeny is put in command of«2nd division. T]ils is-a good thing, when you coxisider that the left wing contains the 2nd vdl- ,vision and 3 brigades of«Cavalry which are under the command of Gen, Grlerson. .TJpOn assming command Sweeney dema.nded all books and papers pertaining t© second division, claiming district books andpapers as sruch. Gen. Garr seconded the demand. T kicked against it as hard ^ as I could but couldnH kick It over. It was with groat difficulty that I saved the new books the* General got lately, and records enough to complete them. Capt.*Rarrls (formefly Aaat; Adjt. Gen. with ^en. '"^Sullivan at Jackson) is to be assigned to duty with Gen. Dodge. Sullivan threv.hlm, *and he wa& turned over to Asboth ; As'-oth kicked him overboard and now Gen. Hurlbtlt is going to saddlS him on Gen. Dodge. How he will suit remains to be seen* Item What T know 'and have seen of the man, I am as yet unable to form an opinion, Harris6h returned from Termeesee yesterday all right. Col, Cumminga has gone to Chicago and Alexander commands Postir 'Gen, Oarr IS fSvor able to billiards and whiskey in small'doses, therefore, nearly all re strictions imposed by Col. C- are removed, ' • September, 18G5. , J • Capt, Dyer, Asst. Adjt, Ge . lias arrived and is on duty, which, o. course relieves me s®mewhat, all of which 1 am very .thaiikful for. I am still retained as a hanger-on, and devote the principle, part of my time in watching things and seeing hw the cat jumps. Give my extreme regaids to all. Geo. Spencer o Gen. Dodge, Corinth, irth. ■ I came here last night and return to Giondale in the morning. I will have a good deal of trouble with Gen. Carr, for I find that he is down on everything you have done, .He.^has ordered the mustering • Uv officers not to muster any in the Regt ., and consequently nothing more can be done. His groun is,that there is no authority for mustering • - - • - . « ■. . .. men for one year. .Last night he and his stafg went to Chewalla to a demce and did not return till morning, and has given notice that he ■ ■ ' " t would not take breakfast till 12 o'clock. The consequence was that no one caii see him until then and a lot of horses remained 24 hours longer on the cars because the engine nuat be us-d to haul him to the dance. The gay party consisted ■ of .1 . the , Gen. , Comdg., his A.A.G., A.D. C- and Chief of Gcouts, Capt. Parraund and Lady. It is expected in * • ■ . 1 • , . .... ' A .... - military jcipcles t^at Mrs. Farraund will shortly be on the Genls. ' i' ' u" • • w .. ' . . .. . .. Staff. The cleraks and Barnes tell me that there is not an or^er of yours that has come under attention that he has not countermanded, X found on file last nl^t "a dispatch frolai Gen. Ilurlbut authorizing you to enlist for toe year if they would not for a longer period. I intend to try and gat him by that dispatch to all<^w the mod that .1 . . . ... .... U,.» ■ \ r, ■,; . -■ ■■^■^*' tK, ., .. I!".*' September 1863. • bt'WA I 1 have "not been mustered, to'be mustered in ord^'that the^" drav< their pyy. There is at least one hundred of such men.— Yesterday Gen. Hurlbut wrote him to give \ne "all the assistance possible to make the raid and to have mo start about the'^Sth. I see he is going, to try aiKi stop it if possi'-le, and if I'get started I will have to go with my own regimexit aloile''Ahd iffothing else. I want about two hxin- 'dred other men and should haVe' the~. Every one else that he imagines "is a friend of :^oura, *he treats in the Same way. Barnes leaves in the morning for the east. I will keep you posted. I cannot get mustered but 1 dont cai^e.* ' * .j. Mrs. Bane to Mrs. Dodge, Payson itl, IGthl.-* * Your very welcome letter of the 2Cth arrived at my littl e home yesterday, via Corinth an^ therefore with delay. My husband's leave came back approved Saturday after you loft, and we started home Tuesday the 25th, thS day before ;our better was written. We had not expected to leave so soon but Dr. was very anxious to attend Ihe Slate T^lon Convention held at Springfield Sept. 3rd. We had (^u'lte a tedious trip of it; arrived In Quincy Saturday evening, coming home on Monday. Alboit the pleasure of being again beneath one's ora ^intt and Fig Tree" yet we fovuid that our ten months absence from home had allowed the " Moth' and rust that doth corrupt* to enter our dwelling and vision of scrubbing brushes and all the etcetera of house dleaning met us al- ^ . .. most at the threshold. B»t to be bmiaf, 1 oeme» I saw, and I oonquered and am enjoying thm fruits of my labo v. By the way if we are to- ^ I ' September, 1863. t ■ j^gether the coming winter yon shall aid me in»©mjoying some very firie peaches I have been canning. Dont I wish you could all come and partake of our splendid peaches» for bear in mind, no such fruit grows but in that portion of t^e garden^^^f Eden around Payson. The 20 days passed ^d my husband left Quincy last Friday and as he wrote-from St. iouis Saturday morning, I preseume he reached Corinth on Tuesday. I-,saw Adjt. Letton's parents in Q,.- They told me lire. Letton wa very sick while in St. Louis and did not get home till last week. I have not see^ her since she left CorinththQ next morning after you left. Mrs, Letton .said she lost her mocking bird in St. Louis. I have not heard a word from Corinth since we left. I saw by the papers that Hen. .Carr had been assigned to the command of the Left Wing, Read Quarters fit Corinth, but my huaband would not allow himself to believe it was other than a temporary appointment. When the Gen. left Corinth we.,heard prv^every banij expressions of the deepest regret, coupled v.ith a]ip^P|i^ension lest the association had been too pleasant « to be renewed- s<»ethlng was sure to Intex^vene, they thought, but I • * u.' will now allow myself to think so, ait^vough I cannot think of our months ijl'Corinth without « sigh that they are only ones.as pleasant, dailghtful moraorias, yet we wUl, that they will repeat themselves • In the winter beiPor.a ua» _ ^ ^ ^ u..-Cell. Linton to Mrs. Podge, Corinth i€th. " . As you did not speak of having been ill I have made up nay • ■ mind that it was one of Madam Rumor's stories. We are all very glad to September, 1863. hear that your hxldband'c health is improving and hope to see you all back soon. Col. Bane ret-urneS today; his wife'"'did not come with him. Col. Cummings and wife left here last Saturday a week for Chicago. ■ I'rs. Cumming's "health was very poor; she expects to return with the Col. Mrs. Baye has been crutte sick since she got home. I have not hoard from Mrs. Letton and have not seen the Adjt. but once since she left. Lieut. "Ahem says he' Is "Ehe bluest, he ever saw since his'-wife left. I have the squirrel, hie is getting alohg finely and is "the nicest little pet 1 ev^^r had. Toll Ella I will take g6od care of Bxinnie for'her. t'Had a letter from Kate last week. The band still give their usual serenade in front of dur house. It is too bad that you'lose it all; you can imagine you hear it though at the regular hour. iT'dont ftnow that'I sHAll go home this Fall. Every time I spe^ of it my husband says put it off a little longer. I hope to hear from Julia soon. Tell her I haven*t seen M. * Col. Chetlain since she left; I dont believe he has the heart to visit Corinth and not see her. J. Barnes, To (Jen. Podge*, Cofl^h,*'19th: My leaVe" ^laa 1>een 'granted icnd 1 le^ive for Near York in the morning. I honestly believe that this is the better course for you and me both, and hope it may meet your approval. As far as in my pow er, I have carried out ytfur wishes. I have 'told Col. your ideai wire it* His regiment. He is * ,* .•e*-ioJe V mi't - o.*- t. -■i , September, 1863. .b anxious to carry'tKfeit but but from preset praspects, there is a huge impediment in his way in shape o-f gen. .Carr. He will undoubtedly write you and tell you Mow things are shaping, 7/hen Gen. Carr first came, I attempted to tell h'im what your-wishes were in certain things and saw it was very unpalatable." Since when I have endeavored to shape things according to your ideas, without mentioning your name. In some of these I have sxiCGeededj in ethers failed.. I leave property, &c i'n^oharge *of Major Howard. I dislike much to go away \ithout your permission but if you onoe fully understood all the circumstances I believe you would not- blame me. I would like you to write me at Bath, Stouben Co., N. *7., lotting mo know when you shall return as I Ti^ish to come back about the same time. To Gen. Dodge from his -brother, Council Bluffs, 19th. I enclbae letter from Re^ed which I topk the liberty to open, "frito me your address in the East- say New York City. If you go to Massaohuaetts dont fail t^o Sail-on Mrs. Mary Hunt and her dau^^ter Miss Martha Putnam, at Danvara Plains- live near J. C. But ler *^s. They are good friends of ours and have manifested much inter est in your Welfare. ^ paper from the'^daughter (whoi?! I never saw) today, reminds me that I have had an eye towards her for severl yoahs. r , Dont know, as 1 could make It. My health Is Improving as you will undoubtiSdiy think froSi"*what 1 have written. Tell all my cousins, jcc. I^m going to make tkem a visit next summer. Write Judge September, 1863. Baldwin fullj; on Pacific R.R, ,whep you ^et to N.,Y^. o.; ... C. C. Carpenter to. Gen. Dod'go, Corin.tti» 20th.,*,.. .* .n.. '■ Having a faw leietiire moments to xlay ,I thought I would em- <v...ply them in dr'opping .you a few lines. ..'I* thank ypu for sending me - the "Covmcil Bluffs Nonpareil" :in wjilch iras. contained the account, of .your reception at your old 'hKam^.^ong yoiir. friends and .ne igh ors.-: T congratiiLdTte jrou upon the compi^imjantiary manner tin ^.hmch re ceived. ' It is> c^rtainly.satisfyingr to.Ai soldier to/in.d himself not forgotten by tha peopivQ.PC his state, . X have jus.t reoeivGd. orders to make preparation, i-o Jiefoelva, one^ mUULioU-Af. ra.tiona in kind and. supT pose thare is some extensixe..mllit^ry ion jui-f cot which I under-I stand from Col. Hinsdill, C. .3^ :l>i j>Q coim^ rherman .and is, to join'Oen. Rc^seera a*. . -I do not Imow whether this divi-sKwi is to jsovd-OEiHatot^ but .T wis^jj-tliat they ^coulclm(*ve as the boys aroWloiis fcftt-'aotlVa. aerviotf. t oftwi hedi' yo^ .^P<2ken-of hy the officers and-sieh of the coaB^nd; add laauy w^phed that you wore and-in •command, t hdwrf ttfasid aov«ral ^ay th«t this division had more confidence In-jWJd than in any otnv^«oii|%nder ^undor whom,the division had ever been, t'hopo you* will hadk .adSfuiiy reaovered but the diviiion will ^a, a»xiou« it shoi^d be order ed away. Prom..the little news 1 get from lowr It se^ms that Oen. Tuttle will-not .uBlt« all parties as he seemed, is his letter, to think iTould result .««•» t^ appeal ■y ^ « j ^ he oeems to think «re in great dagger of t)eing involved in civil war September, 1863. at home. I ncloee j'ou Geh. Ogleeby's speech, though T suppose you have r-ead it., I seut one copy home to be priuited, in county paper. That was a i:ioble meeting and will, no doubt, have good influence upon the coLuitx'V. The result of the elections t-xrough out the different states in the last elections, has been glorious and if the October elections only turn out as well, the rebels v.'lll, have xio future hope t ■ • . . ... . of being animated by disaentions in the I!orth. I do not know as it gill be of i'^terest to you trhat I have so hastily written, but I want-r ed to write you this. I hnov that you probably receive more letters .} • . . f ' L - ■ f i ' than you want to read. Lh h. Bane to Gen. Dodge, Corinth, 21s^ - O JU-J'i . h It is witli no ordinary feeling that I address you, I have just retxirned from homo without my wife and find many changes in the pld garrison of Corinth. I cannot, with the same freedom, con fidence.and pleasure, visit head quarters, T do not see the same fam- " ■ ... . j . . . .. .. . . - ^ e. . iliar faces from .the c.ommanding general down, whom in so aliort a • .. .. .. •.. . W U i .1 . . , J . . . t ' space of time, we had all learned to esteem and love so much. • 4. 1 . , i. . . . i . .. " , How sa aiid lonely si^ch changes make one feel*. Little we know what a day may bring forth. You are, no doubt, informed as to the changes V** 1 - *-. . 4 , i^ro. ^nd I w^ll, therefore, only speak of a few conoeivxing myself. I returned on the liSth inot., fomid the whole picket line had been turxied over to the 3rd brigade, and I mi^e reapo'naible for the security % > • ■* yd m i, . — i'. i of the garrison, with not a foet of cavalry under my ooiimand. The ' < - ... . . .. .. . t.. . m. . • ^ V - • • • ... n • 'M ' ■ September, 18C3. . " ^ ; responsibility I wouldt like to-bear,-*itii the necessary forces under my • commaiid. Colw. Spencei* was to see me and we had a good- long talk about max^y matters vxhich we wiil speak oCj-when we see you face to face once more. The Col. expresses nrach -regret at having loft youv staff, but will be" better satisfied if you return hnd'assst him in completing^'' his organization'. I'came down the rlver with Gen. Tuttle, of your statej had a good deal* of chat 'v.iiti liim but'Tie did not open his he^'d about pollVics. Major one of Grant's staff, was alsb oh bo&^rd. w\ ' fs He told m? you v;ould be remeiSibei^^d" by" Gen. Grant, for'the first vacai'x cy in the grade of Major Generals, tMs winter*. Oglesyb has sent mo a letter aiidressod to Se'crettiry S'tantoh, strongly recommending me for ^ promotion. Senator Truljibull proffered his influence in my behalf with the President, but told me Gen. Ilalleck'had such matters all in his own hand and that if I could socln^e'hiB favor I had no reason to fear, and urged me to look, ©specially, to that object. T^ould it be prudent under the circumstances', for you to address him? You laiow best ahd. Of course, I will cheerfully submit the natter to your discretion. Things in 111. look a little better "than when I left there a year ag^, and still there is one bad feature o'f society; on'd that is, that nearly every man in the state is ariaed, gx'edt qua^^tlties of small arms are aecratli shipped into ihs state. Tlie bogus i^emocracy has been greatly pex^plexed at the Xai^s alesii^^ the ai'my, ai'd they would gladly get rid of that a6ominable''ESd'resolution, if they oould, but | it has made history on them, which will, eventually help to damm them. September, 1863. •- « - J .. Have yo-^ seen that .dirty art,"cle in the "XJIucogo Timas" couceiTilna you and myself- principally, myself. It is, WRdoubtedly the same fellow . - that wrote for the. Pul letie. Did,Hurlbut end you the name of that fellow?..or did you ev.er get it? -I am going, to try for his name by .applying to tjjte Editof-.^rf the Times, but. dont expect to get, it. The fieid officers.Jwy# written him a letter asking for it. Now,.:Gen eral, I want to urge you-to come, back as ^oon as your health will admit of it. For God's sake dont take any other couauand if you can hlep it. No general officer had more, or better :^riends than you ha\/^e in the 2ud division, an 'no officer can get more work out of the couimand than youj and let me assure you, without exaggeration, thao tnore is the great anxiety for youx^ return, every where, both among officers and men, and inquiry is made mrny times in every day, "hen will Gsn. Dodge return?" - If fate or war should prevent us all from raeeting again, I shall ever remember^thg^past ^ear as one of the brightest spots in the history of-my life, notwlthstanding,_we wefe in the field engagod roain xilwar, Wtti , . r • r. ' • » ** ' . , 4* - V . - • * . i.o ».i . F. R. Reed to A. G. Jerome, Molipr, Ills. 25th. « ' , . .. ^ . it. When I was in New York you made many inqulresof me in regard A i.' . ^ t ( * 4 ' to the L'ississippi & Missouri Re^llroad and the resources of Iowa in the vicinity of the R.R.,, ala. o the Platte Valley and the Union Pac ific Railro^ route. Intake much ploaaur.e in introducing Brig. f'cu. 0. L'. Dodge to you, who can give you ae correct knowledge as any other September, 1663. ... ... man, for he Jifas sent Te^ early by the^ Reck Island Co.., to look, out the route west of Davenptuft, for the puspose of ascertaining, which way to point the R. west so. as to fit the route of the Pac ific raxlroad when it should be started. General Dodge possesses tho. entire confidence of the Pfock Island Go., and the & .m. .R. R. also he having, done a great deal of important*business for-them.- > General D©dge'i& slslter to his wife, Couiicil Bluffs, 27tlv.- You have been gone a week and it has been the-longest week P ever spent. I believe, though, 1 was out considerable, still time passed Very slowly. I suppose you are in Chicago, today. - It seems you were'in D63 Moinos much longer than you expected;*!i1hiill hear of y6ur visit therfe from Mrs. Kasson; ahb'^is to feife-here toffiOrrow and T shall call 6n her in the Svening with Charlie Hendrick. 'I ex pect to see him with Mr. Kasaon aftd Mr. Palmer.* Last Thursday eve a couple of us went over to lire. Hardins and got a nice suppers Started in about 11 o'clock- got hoine bottlien'1 and"2. Had a very pleasant time indeed. I went out with Mr. Drahe; you will perceive I am death on tel egraph operates; Why'shbul'dn't'1 bb? Priday eve, I went to the theatre with Charlie Hendrie, which caused many of the righteous people of this goodly city to open their eyes. House'Vas crowded*¥¥lh rospecrtable people and the show very good. Lettlo is" gettlnij ready to* go t^ SabbatK school; attends day school regularly and is-well, and perfect ly contented. • * ^ September, 1863. . '• ,'fc - J j. • It seems they arc hrviag great time^ in Corinth. . Gen. Carr, I hear, is playing Barnes has .gone hPrne^, so I judge Ocean will retuun instead of tgoing-to .New'York. - - Your music IiaS' cenie. I shell ^send tl< to St. jhouis tomorrov/. The Fair here last Thursday and Friday was brilliant, I attended- v;aa put on committee of "soft soap and cheesed". I think they^must judge ■me by the quantity of soft-soapiag they are.capable of doing themselves "■ - I have filled thia-^up with nonsense as its all that is cir-i; culating horc-^ftowv Ruoia MoGona has. broken,her .Idg hy tumbling _ down-cellar, ^ - To Gen. Dodge Broa.Rifl brother, .Council Bluffs, 26th. (By tele graph)^ Barnes gohe East'* . wh J: . * I.: f-o -^To Gen. Dodge from,<|l9..)Hfo>^r ,1 Council Bluffs, 28th^ I haye open ed your letters aQ they hay^ .arrived, to soe^if they contained impor tant, matter. Twice I hflUe t.flegraphod you at Chicago^tho_^substance of Spencer's letters, wge., and ev^ry^otj^erj.ftfficer, howls over , .. Cahr and. wants you to cos* Ja . n-. , . • . lo .veo) .J.haye mailed three, pakeages pf letters to Greenfield, none to "j^ioago. Fron date, of j^uf. Chl^ago.^ letter^ received today, I fear you . get none .of my dtspatchejp there, flave |dip«m your letter to Calej ho hardly-knoVfs what:-to aa^. about. It Kaaaon I shall see tomorrow, and will »;rlta^ you more about Jit. o au. Spsnoer writoa Carr ia down cy\,jour friends and countermands September, 1863. , your orders, and I judge everybody is. getting down on him (carr). - If you go to Boston call on F. B. ,Ha^^ Cor. State & ^ St. (I believe) and on J. J. Dixwell, Pres. Mass • Bank. • • S. M. Bobbins, .to Gen.-Bodge, J)enver City, Colorado, 28th. I have heard so much of your operations through the uncertain medium of the public press, that I thought I would ayiil myself of a few^^;^ spare moments to drop you a-lino, asking ovQr your own hand and seal, a brief account of your military experience In that region of the d--d where you are now locaed, proveded alwaya yom^ business engagamonts and inclinations seconded my desire. I have an indistinct recollec tion of seein gn account of your,return t® Iowa, and shajl direct to Co'oncil Bluffs with the expectation that P. M. will forward if you aj e not there. After Pegram left Denver, I lost all. track of 3'ou, "although I well knew you were in the Army, but of your whereabouts I was entirely ignorant until one day I saw something"about a Gen. Dodge in Tennessee. I at-once made up my mind that you were the mkn, and of course, watched with interest all* news fipom that quarter; finally it came in the shape Of an order in regard to the conduct of troops (cav, while on sbouts. In regard to entering bourse &c. "That settled it." with infe and hence this letter. " t have kapt better track of T.E.G.R. as nfy mother always mentions the I-llinola boys with whoa. I was ao-,. quainted. I hear that Jim Coatee is a Colonel somewhere down in Miss. TOio that I kno% has gone with- you, either on .your staff or as an of- September, 1865. ficer in your corrmand? Is brigad Qomposed entirely of Ills, troopa? I want you t-o ^tell mo how many actions you have been in, if you have been hit, and- if so, "how many",, where your wife and baby are and all tliat'S0;lit!> of Ahii^S" w^iich will take you about fifteen minutes, and'do mo a power of good. "I ceoae to Pike Pealc in ^Co., came by the say of St. Joe or should have seen .you. Pegram used to tell me that he expected you oi^t dn fall of ^61- but I suppose the war took you away. I warj^eiJ. to go^]iaok«to ^the states when the war ^broke out, but a dozen reasons for my staying presented themselves- I was at the time a member of the Legislature, and had two or three claims in the mines that I thought would make my eternal fortui^.e, but alas; I was never able- to reach the bed-rock and when the session closed, I was a pauper, a- d almost unable to got home, at lepst^wlth as much money as I came out with. Pride, you kn,9w goeth before a fall, and that fall of *61 wa^ about as severe as I ever experienced, or wanted to. Th^psult yas, I enlisted in the Ist Colorado Infantry, XTols, which by th«t:^ay »ion a glorious name in New Mexico against the Texana, and was finally mad«. Captain, and blfeaaed be God, am so still, with a fair cl^aftce of a Majority. Our regiment has been mounted about one year and I have ♦the d--d8t .finest co-pany in the regiment. If you a slashing CavaLry officer, on your staff. *jurt buM PatVer Abra ham, and.I ^^o\xr m&n, I have leave of absence frcm the 15th of Nov. for 30 days and If possibly willtry and see you, that is, if I can find September, 1863. you'and you want me tb come . - I am very anxious to see a>-large army,. Rodecran's or Eurnside*^s or Grant'a or-yours, if you have one. .u , Mas, how times are chaxiged^ Do you remember when ,you wrote me to..get you a situation in our Engineer Corps, on the old Rock Island Road? I got it for*you, and may the devil fly away with me it you didn't "pass me imder way" as the'steamboat fellows say. K©w you .abe a .. « General in the army, -and I am a captain of Cavalry, -kicked around from pillAr to post, scouting after Indians, with no dec^ht or espeotable enemy nearer than Arkansas. We have repeatedly asked and petitioned Euid payed the powers that be, to order us Into the states, but its no go. I am bound to remain in thC 'army, If possible, I want a liok at the !''ronch in Mexico, after our war is over, T'e have just received news that Rosey" has been checked and that Charlestont is not ♦ k. taken, which will, probably send "youb command up in that directionj" • ^ * wish I could be with you. I have the greatest de-sire to see a large army move, and hanklid .under fire". Cant you holp me?« Vou always had « t . ' _ a way of getting what you wanted ; now ie the titaeto show your good will. This Colorado la a great country," fcft^' eVerything except war and for that it is not worth a d—d. ' Ifhen you write Ghw. Ransom, remember me. la not A*aiik Reno with you? 1 heard he'Vras. , there is Ransom? I met an old'ftlend of his whii4 in-Ifew li'iKrk. Major E. Underwood, who thinks there is no one like *D^n." " September, 1863. Emiua Gilson to Gen. Dodge, Wabash Ave. I saw your name in the morning paper and if your duties will permit would like to see you in regard to a letter you vrotp Col. Snnsoa at Kankakee.. I remember you^when you was at .my father's house . in. I am at Ur. Cornelius Price, 374 Wabash Ave. .. To Gen. Dodge, from hir brother, Chicago, 2Gth. Spencer writes he saw General H. at Llemphis. I mail all letters to Greenfield. H. M. Hoxie to Gen, Dod^e, Keokuk, Iowa, 26th. , Ygiu' letter of yesterday is.before me. I have procured a letter ft?om Saml, F. Miller, Associate Justice of the Supremem Court of the United States, which T encloae herewith, I think more of.this * - ' * letter than I do of some of our Congressmen.., Please bear in .mind the matter, you and I teilked over at Des Moinos in. connection with myself. Major F. L. Gane to Oen. Uodge, Albany, 27th. This morning at the Delevan house I was so unfortunat'^ as to make certain remokrs in your hearin.'^, tinbocoming as an officer in the U. S. aeirvlce. I have learned that thoy were taken exception to by you. In extenuation of my conduct I would say, that at the ti.e they w4re uttered, owing to the excitement o^ the discussion and other causes I do not cpndider myself, accountable-they would never have been made in my sober moments' an<|i at the present time X cannot distinctly Sep t embe r, 1863, remember their tinor. Althbugh T may (from early-edti cat ion) differ ih opinion from many officers in the service, in regard to political measures, I-am seldom led into an incautious expression of my views and as ac\,8 speale. loudar than words, the fact that I* have "b'een two years and a half in-the" army and twice promoted*, will stand ■«»a test of my loyalty, leaving, as I dldi a lucrative position ahd a luxurious home for th^ hardships Of a soldiers* life. It woiild be'but a sorry ending to an honorable to be reported to* the dopaftmeht'^and' dismiessed from the i&er^ice, for ilhe fe xpresslon of a political opinion in idle heat of the debate. "I'sincerely rbgret tP at the circumstances should have acciirred, not only from that fact that'll places'*mo i'n a false M poaitlonJ''in"*your ostlmati on, bta'alao lays' me'liable to censure to my 6'"n better * judgment, It'will be* a lesson to "mc to'^be more guarded in 'future. I trust deal^lenienlly with ond, who from Civil life is doing what little he caA With his hands in the good"cause and whose heart is right Hf his head Is hot always quit6 clear. Hoping you frill pdrdon mV prcsUmptlon &a an entire stranger in thus'addressing you, I have the honof to "remain. .c'. - .u . w. G. Ankeny to Gen*: ftodge, St. Loui 3 jr '29th T ISavd" tomorrow for our regiment; wbnld liked to Aave -■ takdn you by the hand onco more but was so 'circuastancetl whiia in Iowa ^ * that'l had to forego that pleaauro. Hoping that"yiouir*health-has'been invigorated by your visit to a congenial clime- ^ September, 1863. , , f • - . ^ V' • ... ..jQlin A. Kasson to Gen. Dodse, Council Bluffe Iowa .:^9th. ^ Your lettarto your brother was read to Col. Denpsey last night. I hardly Imow what to say to youabout it. The proposed position,, if sure.to be a permanent one, is a splendid one and would natur ally atStaygt you, or any^c^«petent man. -After sleeping on^it, I have % * "- *■ w X. . . concluded that you had better talce some time for consideraoion, if possible; meantime, I will write to Tashingto to advise th- Presi- -dent through Blair, of the fact that you^have such an offer, and to suggest'that if you aro^tp service probably, the surest way- wilT-be to tend.er ypu commission .^s Brigadier in the regiilar ar my. This will be a prevision for life and more satisfactory to you than tlie .enginee.r'^..position. If you cnn ^hold the first offer under advisement until„yWhf?U' from Ifaahington, or if this is delayed until I get to Washington, say until the 10th Dec- to give me time to work thore, t hopo you .11). do It. , 1 hate to_havo you^leave the soi-vioo -untll-th. rahelllon iji.ddwn to a «ert,inty. I dare not advlae you ' positively-at. this time.. Yovup high, so is that proposed. WalV a little if pO«83|l?lo to sou what may be done at Wash. The service of the .eoun>ry is the higliest service, and I should t *• ibluctantly sea j/^ouJbeave it, until the country is safe. "0®o. E. -S^^iicer to .-Gen, Dod^e, Corinth GOth. Sherman's ar'my « corps is moving h re and the 16th A. C. Is under marching orders, sup posed to be to reliova Rosecrang and open R. R. to Chattanooga. Gen. September, 1863. ' • 5tee-l»s old division bas arrived here; it is coimanded by .Osterlious. Tlid 4th 5: 9th l6wa'are here. T^illiainson has not arrived yet but will come in today. Carr Is a d—d fool and idiot. I hope you will return soon hnd join this forward moverrent of ours. Sweehey c6mmnnds the 2nd division, and I am certain Hui-=lbut intends to "bust up" the Left "iVing if he moves. If this coiim.and can find out when you are coming, they Tfrijil'. give you a reception and it will be a spiendidTone. I am getting along af ter' a faslilon. The 2 coltpanies frcim Roaecrans have ccme and I have got a hundred and "fi'fty recruits since I returned. I have an aggre gate of over "SOU men in ^he regiment now, but I can get no ,&hQw to do ^ anything for the beneift. of the regiment on account' of Ca.rr. .He is pai- ' ticularly down on it. I dd not now go to Head Ouarters and do i;iot intend to. Krs. Fahrand 16 General. >• , - Geo. C. Tlolinor to Geii. Dodge, Des-ttolnes, lowaj^Oti^ I start this afternoon enroute for" Tel**© Haute, Indiana, via Keolfuli and will probably roach my destination on noat Monday. T will spend the.romain- * der of my leave In Teerc IlaUto, and will repo-rt at St. Louis ^ the 17th, uialess 'l received other orders from you. - I enclose you a lottdV which I have ^just reoeived /rom Liout.. Barnes, contalning'as yoU will see, acco'e^its rath^ discouraging from the command. ' ' . . .. * * ■ Union cause'ccfttlnusi t- more btight. , Tattle will be September, 18G3. . LoJvv' beaten 15C00 on the home vote. . . Special Dlst^atch to thd Chicago Tribnno,. (6DR56) Des Lloines, Iowa 21st, 1363. Brigadier Oenoral, C. M. Bod ge arrived In this city yes terday on his. waj Eastward,. He was warmly welcomed by all loyal cit izens here, and'■wlll_, rejnain tv/o or three days to gain strength for the reniaiiider ef the journey. General LlcCJ-ernand, of Illinois, has v;ritten a letter testifying in the most, earnest manner to the bravery and • . .. . . . .. . - • ability of Col. William Stone, ^^epublican candidate, for Governor, in . . . ... t ■ the series of battles at and around Vicksburg. General licClernand was Col. Stone's corps commander. ^ . . . - • Gen. Dodge 's slj^tGr to his wife, Co\«icil ^uffs, Oct. J?th, 1065. I received ycyur letter a Sev days ago,, also the dresses and Let- —■i • ■ in •<4'^ ^ t, ... . ,'j lie'r cloak, all of which are vor3' handsome and suit perfectly. ■ . . . . .>a 1. . . ^ A -i ij Eettle Is very well now and goes to Iiliss Lucy re gularly and lines her • ... ^ . .a . ..A i.*. ^ very .much., Ilothar Jiaa the. chills every .yeok, but I am well as usual. are very sorry to hear you were sick in Des Moines. Mrs. Kasson told mo. I thouglit you woiiJLd give outi. before long for you have had so little roHt since you left Corinth; however, I suppose you are now havii^g-a delightful time in IT. Y* and I hope enjoying the company of grs, Speiicer. I have not heard from her^slnce you left- am expecting a , C(i i lettor.daily. • i. .... . ♦ May Hardin has been-here a week and they gave her a party ,ift return for the handsoawi ahe gave our when Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource General Dodge Papers Subject The topic of the resource Dodge, Grenville M., 1831-1916 -- Correspondence. Union Pacific Railroad Company. Generals -- United States -- Biography. Railroads -- History. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Correspondence Description An account of the resource Data chronologically arranged for ready-reference in the preparation of a biography of Grenville Mellen Dodge. 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