The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1848-05-20

Ohio Regiment-ran like a dog as 500
as yoa came in sight Of the enemy, d
skulked while your men were engage,
for SO it's with the world. liza maj
gets killed or loses limb in battle, the
are satisfied he did all the fighting, AM
glorIfy hlm--if another, equally brav,
and daring, has not the luck to get hi
they jump at the conclusion that b,
did not venture where there was dan
ger" ua6Gf ,e9ls.a adl 81. la sagss ss. 7sl
The charges against Col. Weller
coming from the source they do, give
his friends no uneasness, and he him
self laughs at them. They originated
with a dastardly fellow by the name o
Miilikin, who went out in the Hamilton
company as private, and became en-
|raged at the Colonel, because he, when
in command Of the regiment, would moi
promote him over better men; and
takes this means of venting his spleen,
by inslnuatlng that during the action he
saw the Colonel dismounted and behind
a ranch, (houseD secure from the balls
Of the enemy. When asked what the
Colonel was doing there, he refuses to
|glve his opinion, saying others may in
fer his object. These vile insinuations
are seized upon with avidity by the
enemy's paper printed at Hamilton, as
well as by a worthy advocate of the
enemy residing in the same place, who
sometimes makes stump speeches, to
trumpet abroad the impression that the
war candidate for Governor behaved in
a cowardIy manner at Monterey.
Now can inform you what the Col
onel was about when he dismounted
near The ranch referred !o-and have
it from the wounded officer to whose
wants he was adminstering-an and then
let the cowardly poltroons, who would
sell their country's honor for groat,
answer if he were skulking. tr
At the time the lst Ohio, with the
other regiments Of Gen. Buffers divi-
sion, was ordered into town, the whole
command was drawn up in line Of bat.
tie, distant one mile from that part OF
the town entered by our troops, and
twelve hundred yards from the citadel
| (black) fort. In this position they had
stood Tor thirty minutes at least, ex-
posed, as targets, to the tremendous
fire Of the heavy artillery Of the fortress,
without any means, save one ten-inch
mortar, ofreturningit. AS soon as the
order to advance was given, and re.
peated by commandants of regiments,
it was responded to by the most tre-
mendous and deafening cheers Of the
men, and the advance was made in dou-
BILE quick time by columns of regiments
moving by the left flank; the Ohio regi-
ment advancing into town through a
murderous raking fire of grape and can
mister, some five hundred yards nearer
the black fort than any other troops.-
This movement by the left flank threw
the right wing Of the regiment under
command of Col. Weller, into the rear,
causing to devolve upon him the ardu-
GUS duty Of keeping the rear Of the col.
umn in order. In fifteen or twenty
minutes from the time the regiment
commenced their advance, they had
run the igaunilet of one mile past the
black tort, driven the enemy from a
formidable facine redoubt, and entered
the streets of the city, where they
found their further advance checked by
a destructive cross.fre from three for
fortresses, barricaded streets,
and house-tops, and deep ditch or
race Of running water. In this murder
Gus positlon--for hotter one man nev.
er got into--,he troops in their tempo
rary check, were permitted to avail
themselves, as well as they could, of
the cover afforded them by the stone
walls and houses, 10 discharge their
pieces at the enemy, which they did
with great execution. Observing the
advantageous and annoying position of
the. enemy in the fort number two,
Gen. Butlerresolved to storm and carry
that work with the Ohio regiment alone,
which was five hundred yards in ad-
vance of the other regiments Of his d. |
vision, and with Col. Mitchell, dismount-J
ed and crossed the race to lead the |
charge in person. In FIVE minutes from |
his time every officer in the regiment,
except Gel. Weller, had lost his horse;
Adjutant Armstrong lost two, and him.
self severely wounded by grape shot
through the knee, lay by the side of a
mud ranch, in which condition Colonel
Weller found him, fainting from the loss
If blood--the Colonel promptly dis
mounted, examined his wound, bound
Up his shattered knee with banker
.hief procured cup from the belt Of
allen soldier, and from the race over
which the troops were endeavoring to
Idvance, he filed the cup with water
md returned to his thirsting and wound.