The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1840-11-05

ton oil the different crops OF his army vi
the encanpmeut was made with view TO
/ hold every officer and every mao reaey
/ for action upon the ground " where they slept
J That Gen. ilarrison's Vigilance had pew
ously been the subject OF remark and adh''
ration among the troops, aud II vas that
night increased That you had sesetal op
aortunlues of seeing him in the torepart OF
the night, aud at or near the time The bat
tie commenced. That sou saw hun ite
auentv IN the course Of the battle, and
heard him giving his orders, and with great
dlstlnc,uess anIma,ing his ltoeps-and that
40 man could have been more collected or
fearless 10 battle than Harrison was upon
that occasion.
In speaking OF the battle Of Fort NeIgs,
Major " God aud yourself concutred M the
opinion that Gen. Hafrlson's plan ot defence
was unt xceptiouahie, aud that the yctcry Of
that place was iar more mpofteGt IN ITS lm
media results and ultimate consequenc,
Than had been conceded even by many Of the
friends d The Gen. HAT a shade had been
cast over lhAt victory, BY the unlo"aFd dis
aster Of The loss Of Col. Dudley aud his regi
meni vi u, after defeating the Butish on The
Jeff bank Of the river, we're led INTO an am
buscade Of IecumseL' 5 Indians, IS heie they
we're cut Oft IN an attempt to 10 more than
they had been ordered TO do. Il was not
possible, as Wood and yourself believed,
for the General 10 restrain or cave them,
occupied as he was on the ught back Of
lie riyef, IN the hottest Of the battle, near
a nile from the polnt where the autUscade
vas formed on the left. iuu 10th ASSURE
ne that lie movement oi Col. DldieS and
hs regiment was contrary 10 The utdefs Of
The General, aho had no means Of correct
log the fatal error INTO y hich lie mi e.uos
ny o. thus tine corp. q brave KENTUCKY
volunteers had Id them.
In respect to Font S,ct enson, you and Ma
lpr " ood-,han when have lever knoan
a more gallant, nor more promising cih
Ger, and who afterwards rel patcdIl covered
himself with mpenshaGtr fame Ia battle w.
der my command al For Ere, -Coueurfed
fuIk N the opulon tina, II would, OF might
have been, attended With ialsl consequences
10 the North western liouuet tol Geu, llar-
fison 10 have broken up the aueltus Of the
army, then asserting. al Camp Seneca, and
marched TO your assistance al Fort Steven
sou lis general and field officers ~ere re
ported to huye expressed the same upnion
10 council Of var at the lime Of attack
You expressed then, aud subsequently, your
satisfaction, aud that ct youf officers and
men, that sou we're permitted to continue
the couilci alnue. MAJOR Wood aud my
self sJslaued YOU in this impression. You
we're both Of he opnloa that q movement
on the part Of the General, "; th the untn.
siructed troops, such as most oil those with
/ hlm at the tlme we're known 10 he, might
put II IN the power Of Tecumseh, and his
army Of sasages-repored to be upwards
Of three thousand-to cripple, and possibly
over power the troops ct Camp Seneca, II
not IN the intervening thick woodlands. In
this event, the frontier ior many hundreds
fimlles, would have been lald open 10 savage
Depreciation which could mol have been
checked before the arrival 81 the chlsalry Of
Kentucky under Governor Shelby That
gallant army did not arrive until near The
middle Of September, 1913.
10 loss Of the nucleus Of Elarrsan's ar
ny al Camp Seneca, al any time before ibe
arrival Of Governor Shelby, NIGH, have
prolracied our operations upon that frontier.
/ until The following year, when ue might
, have fund such reintofcements On lie pait
81 f.ngIaud as TO hass rendered {, Iuptacll
! cable Tor Us 10 profit by fefty's brilliant
, victory on Lake Ere.
fou have repeatedly assured DC that The
correspondence betseen General Harrison
oud yourself m hot Intended by you for
puoaeaiont Dad that You hid shown Il only
y such persons al sou considered to b. the
/, mutual itlcsds Of both General Harrison
aud yourself, and thai you believed the
Generals apparent neglect 20 do YOU and
your officers and men that justice which
you deemed yourself and them entitled 10,
vas not the Fesu. Of any design on his pafl
TO rJlre you Or them.
Unwilling as | am TO appear in the news.
Pnpers, or 70 interfere 10 any way with the
political controversy which IS row going
on between The advocates and ihe opponents
Of the present administration, not strictly
compatible with my official station, | can
never hesitate 10 do IN act ofia.rcc 10 those
with whom | have served III the defence oil
our beloved country, aud most eapeclnIly
when slandered, as General Harrison has
been by the blind yotarles Of tho evil spirit
Of parIy-mauv Of whom know 10 be
mere dandles, who have never to MY kpawI
edge, seen the hlsh Of an enemy's gun
nor even made an effort to eutef BIZ
swamp III search Of a Toe.
with great esteem, your friend,
EDMUND P. GAINES.
CoL GEoEGE CRoang.
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