The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1848-05-30

lers- Triumphant vin dicdti0n Of his gal
lantry and bravery at The seige Of Monte
rev, by an eye sciiness. ~ Il fT ttL
The following highly interesting and i'm
por,ant letter from DR.. lChambe'laln, familiar
iy known as sold Medicine ChesI," was
kindly furnished 10 us by Mr,McGregor, for
nuLlication. d iltwli be trecollected that the
br. was Surgeon to the lst Ohio Regiment,
and was an eye witness and participant in
,hc terrible conflict in Which il bore so con-
spicaous aud glorious part at Monterey,--
Stark o.. DEM da ai--5ldbY gdt a0su sotlr0
ctsd iaqoiC CINCINNATI, March ~, lS4S.
JOHN M'GREGoR, ESQ: .hfoN rninT
Ny dear Sir---Your note, asking details Of
the condact and bearing Of Col. John B..
Weller, during tho sanguinary sege Of Mon
,erev, was received BY due course of mail
Were il not that his reputation has been at
tackled by das.ards with whose characters the
public are unGcquaihted, would most cor
,ainly decline replying TO your request, and
refer YOU 10 The official reports Of his superb
or officers, which is, or should be, ample tes-
,nony Of the gallantry and fearessness Of,
moi only the Colonel himself, but every off:
Ger Of The Isl Ohio Regiment p .y''
The scandalots attacks upon Col. Weller,
since his. nomination TO the gubernatorial
chair, have brought more than once 10 my
recollection, some remarks OF the old hero
and veteran, Gem Twiggs, which prove the
old hero can prophecy as well ns fight. The
conversation occurred at Monterey, in the
hospital under my charge, some three or four
weeks subsequent 10 the capliulaton. fres'
on,, Col. Mitchell and Adj. Armstrong, Sc
yerely wounded, and Col. Weller Just coS-
erinp from severe and dangerous inflamma-
tion of The neck and throat, brought on by
excessive overexertion and exposure during
the fsh, and seige. The old General who
often called to chees,he dropping spirits ol
our invalid officers, and sometimes spirit Q
drop of The cheer our hospital stores afforded
was, on this occasion, particularly profuse
in his encomiums upon tho gallant condqci
Of the lst Ohio Regiment, referring particu-
arly 10 ,l,eir behavior on the 2lst OF Sep.
tember, on which day they came ofien under
his, observation. "You," said he, addressing
Col. Mitchell and the Adjutant, "nay retire
from the selvico and subsis; upon politics--
your woupds are ample receipts of your hav
;no been in battle. Bat you, Col. Weller
should YOU ever run for an Office, will find
political enemies who will swear you were
never in Mexico in your life-neser belong
cd to the Ohio Resimeni--ran like dog as
soon as YOU came. in sight of an enemy, D
skulked while your men we're engaged--i -io
60 il is with the world. If man &c ts killes
orloses limb in battle,a they are satisfied hs
did all the fighting. aud gloryfy him--lf ano
,her equally brave and daring has not ~
luck TO gel hit, They jump at the concluslol
that he did not venture where there was daa
The charges against Colonel Weller, com
inn from the soarce they do, gv We his friend
no uneasiness, and he himself laughs at theWl
They originated with dastardly fellow
The name Of Millikin, who went out in IN
Hamilton company as private, and becam
enraged at the Colonel, because he, when u
command Of the regiment, would not pre-
mote him over better men: and Iakes tn
means of venting his spleen, by insinuatin
thai during the aclionhe saw the Colonel al
mounted and behind ranch (house,) secur
from the balls Of the enemy. When aske
what the Colonel was doing there, he refuse
10 give his opinion, saying others may lnft
his object. These vile insinuations are sell
upon with asidi,y by the enemy's paper pr''
led at Hamilton, as we'll as by worthy at
yocate of the enemy residing in the sam
n,oce. who somotiinns makes stump speecl
aes, TO trumpet abroad the impression that til
war candidate for Governor behaved IN
cowardly manner at Monterey
20 Now can inform you what the Colon
was about when he dismountcd near u
ranch referred to, and have it from Il
wounded officer to whose wants he was MI
'istsrne-and then let the cowardly palFtroon
t,ybo would sell their country's honor tor
.,croat. answer IL he we're skulking. !.
tesAt the time the lst Ohio, with the 9th
regiments of General Buffers division, W
ordered into town, the whole c"mmand W
drawn up il line. Of battle, distant one mi
from that part Of The town entered BY Q
a,roops. and twelve hundred yards from q
citadel ,(olack) fort. In this position III
Ind stood for thirty minutes at least, expos
as targets, TO the tremendous fire OF tile nc
yyartillery Of ihe fortress, without any meal
save one len inch moriar,sof returning lt.'l
soon as the order to advance was gwen
repeated by commandants of regiments,
= was responded to by tho most tremendo
and deafening cheers of tho men, and
advance was made in double quick time
columns of regiments moving by the ]
flank; the Ohio regiment advancing i
Town town through a mpSderous raking fire,
crane and canister, some FIVE hundred va
nearer the black fort than any other troo
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