Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1826-07-19
| t;,nen,, r. is true that General Jackson in his

| like: vet it has been often remarked In Men
lucky, that in the general orders, addressed to
the troops after the battle, General Adalr was
| the only individual noticed from hentucky; ana
even the compliment to him 'cas 'ndtrec'ty ser,
casn, ON the Kentuckans for the inslorieus ght o.
sthe strong detachment" No notice was taken
Of the only Kentucky colonel in the battle on
the cas-, bank, though it is acknowledged by all,
that he distinguished himself as much as any
officer on the lines by his GOODNESS and bravery
vet when the other troops were named, colonies,
majors, and captains, were brought forward,
,rhose conduct did not deserve II more than the
officers of the Kentucky detachment. General
Adair makes the iollowins, statement -
"Ths battle, if z battle il may be called, fought
| 0aly by the KentuckianS on the right bank, has
! not been we'll understood by any one who has
| attempted to describe it. Colonel Thornton,
who commanded the enemy, marched up the
| levy Nth 1900 men; when he met COL DAVIS at
Mayou's race and drove him back, his advance
only pursued him to Morgan's breastwork, his
main body halted at the distance OF four hundred
yards, out of danger; here he divided his COM
mand into three divisions the right remained
where they were on the levy, the centre dlVi-
sion were ordered to advance III front OF the Ken
tuckians aud attack them at the distance OF 200
Yards, but not to approach nearer until the lett
hand column had passed the right Of the Ken
tuckians and got in their rear. These orders
were strictly executed. Thus the Kentuckians
were placed finally between two detachments,
each double their number: that the Kentuckians
did not retreat very rapidly or at tn. first APP
proach Of the enemy, as Gen. Jackson states,
is fully proved by the evidence before the court
Of inquiry
On the left bank, all fought bravely and a de-
cisve victory was gained He could not de-
tract from the courage and conduct Of the men
under Adair, an attempt was therefore made to
moderated their number,that the state and peo-
pie so much dis!iked, nigh: acquire as little
credit as possible. In his official letter (6) TO
the Secretary of War, abiding to the arrival Of
the Kentucky militia, he says although my for
ccS, as TO number, had bean increased by the ar
rival of the Kentucky division, my strength had
received very little addition; small portion OF
that detachment being provided with arms"
He afterwards states that'a strong detachment
from this small portion was sent over the riv-
er. The part therefore, that remained on the
left bank must have been feeble remnant Ac-
oordingly in one of his letters 10 Affair, we find
him affirming O. that although the Kentucky
force Con the left bank Of the river in the &C
ton Of that day has been stated al $50, | am in
duced to think, from the best means had Of
Judging that IL ,cGS eren less" 1t is true the
troops when they arrived we're badly armed
some of them perhaps had no arms, but il is al
so true, that General Adair procured arms for
them. from the city Of New Orleans. When
(s) he went to the city, he rode the Generals
horse and saddle, and went al his request
When he returned, he informed the General Of
his success at which he expressed great pleas
ure." SO much for the troops being unarmed.
will now prove by the concurrent testimony
Of the Kentucky officers, who certainly ought
10 know how many troops they commanded on
the left bank in the great battle, that he has un-
fairly moderated their number by almost one
half will begin with the testimony Of Gen
eral Adair. "The great crime 90 which have
committed Yin the eyes Of General Jackson)
was my stating to him, that had not less than
1000 Kentuckians in the battle on the morning
of the eighth Of January, together with my
statement to Governor Shelby on the same sub
jec,; for the correctness Of these statements re-
fer my reader 10 documents. The truth OF
these documents cannot be Questioned Colo
mel Slaughter says (lO)"I am we'll convinced
on the evening of the seventh and in the battle
of the morning ofthe eighth,we had not less than
1000 men," Col. AIney Mclean states QD
"that fIarrison's battalion was counted & found
TO contain sos or sos men, and SIaughter's reg
iment must have had from to 500 men," Mr..
Curry, Sergeant Major of Slaug regiment
makes the force of the regiment 800 men,
Major Harrison (l2), Major Wakefield & 3 and
Adiutant Maccoun (l4) corroborate the above
statements, fixing the Kentucky force on the
left bank at 1000 or upwards.
have now, | believe convicted Gen. Jack
son, partly by the testimony of his friends Tho
mas P. Moore and Robert P. Henry, and part
" by the testimony OF his own letters, ofhaving
FIRST slandered the Kentuckians-ofw Withdrawing
the charge, stating it was proved to be false by
the court of Inquiry, and that he had made the
assertion on the authority Of Commodore Pat
terson and General Morgan-and Of deliberate
ly afterwards utlering the same SANDER on his
own authority, declaring taat he witnessed the
ingIorious flight himself.-I believe | have also
convicted him by his own letters, and by the
unanimous declarations of the principal Off
GERS, who commanded the Kentucky troops, Of
being guilty of the pitiful maligni,y of exagge-
rating the number Of those, who according. to
him inglorously Aed on the right bank and un-
derra,ing the number Of those, who bravely
fought on the left bank of the Mississippi.
will now show, that the movement decisive
nj the fate Of the dav was SUGGESTED by Ken