South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1836-10-01
ISLANDER REBUKED.

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| Petersburg Volunteers, 10 the Res
cue The surviving members OF the
devoted and celebrated band of Pc
TRRsBuRe VoLUNTEERs, resident in
Petersburg, have published the follow.
ing testimonial in vindication Of their
old commsnder from the aspersions OF
party slanderers, hired to DO the work
of defamation. There is in the Viz
GINA Public yet remaining, after the
| lapse Of twen,y-three years, feeling
! Of respect, species of piety towards
1.-THE very name of Petersburg Volun-
Iteers, which will induce ii to yield to
this testimony the confidence which
1.-THE hirelings OF the press who traduce
General HARR.seN can never com
4 maud. But too many Of the famed
corps of Petersburg Volunteers sleep
in an untimely grave, to which they
4 were consigned by the fate of battle, or
the privations Of an arduous campaign
| in Canadian winter but others be-
side these yet survive, and wherever
they are, or whatever their politics, we
| ventureao say they will confirm the
testimony Of their comrades
"We, the undersigned, a portion Of
1.-The surviving members Of the Peters
burg Virginia Volunteers, now resid-
ing in Petersburg, have seen in some
of the public prints, with much sur
prise, the imputation Of cowardice at
tempted to be cast upon our old com.
mander, Gen. VIM. III. HARRISON
We, as an act of sheer justice to that
Individual, deem 1t a duty to te,tha,
during the siege of Fort Meigs, in the
spring Of 1Sls,we frequently saw Gen
HARRISON placed in dangerous and
perilous situations, and 90 the day Of
the several sorlies, 18th of May,1s13,)
we as frequently saw him coolly and
deliberately encouraging his off GERS
and men to do their duty. No cow
ard, we think, could act with GOODNESS
and deliberation on such occasions.
"In September following, we cross.
ed the lake, and landed on the Canads
shore, few miles below Maiden, in
which neighborhood we expected te
meet the enemy. At and after the land
| ing, on our march towards Maiden
Harrison and Shelby were seen at The
heads of their respective commands, in
the active discharge Of their duties
and at the Thames in October, it wal
! conceded by all that Gen. HARRISON
conduct was brave and meritorious.
SIN February or March of the sam'
year. the time OF service OF the militia
| was about to expire, and had they lief
the army, we should have been lef
| with bu, a few Volunteers and Regu-
tu,s expusra to tho eou,biued enemy
At that time Meigs was not fortified
| In this situation, the General callet
the troops together, and addressed
them in a feeling and patriotic manner
| impressing upon them the necessity o
| rsmaining only few days longer /; a
the same time pledging himself to SCI
them paid from his own private re
sources (should Government refuse tt
do it) for the time they might serv,
after their legal time Of service hat
expired.
"We cannot forbear acknowledging
debt of gratitude of long standing
and yet due to Gen. HARRISON, 70
his kind and personal attention to those
of our company who were wounded il
the engagement on the 9Th of May a
Fort Meigs, and for his general de.
pertinent towards our corps during
our term of service.
JOSEPH SCOTT,
90 JOHN Fl. SMITH,
g. JOSEPH MASON,
| VIM. r. CHIEVEs,
JAMES PACE,
! WIN. P. BURTON,
r. CLEMENTS"
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