Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1862-06-26
THE WAR FOR THE UNION.
iNTEREsrrNG BIT OF HISTORY.
Speech Of Brig. Gen. Rousseau,
REmARSseT GEORGE d. PRENTICE.

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OF Louisville 10 General Rousseau, on Mon
day evening of last week. On that
oce.s;o, ,h;s b,.,vo and no,r;o,;o officer smoke
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d, fehsth' as ioiio"S' we eopy iio'' 'no
journal;
SPEECH OF oErERAL ROUSSEAU. |,
NV Friends. am deenlv sensible of the
hanor offarad ma to.niobt--more. erateiull
than 7 can ,sll vou--and INV only regret is. L
thar the brave men M the Briesde whom
Won honor tbr,,,h ,ne n. niyht arc not here
10 enjoy the nleasnre of Your con,m.nda.
| tion ~ '' h7TTad1 f-El
II ;spov n little more than wear since
Isasked leave N enlist troons in Kentucky
ior ths deisnse of the marion NV commits
siob of Colonel' with authority 10 do 20.
dates from Jnne rs. 1851 I'M friend, Mr.
(}ufhrie whose patriotic devotion to his
country should make ever0 man fproid to
call Min f,iend h.s .llrdeJ N the difhculI |
,;,.s ~ sb,ttasp Yo,, csn nevcr fnIIv con,
nr.bn,d Al, ~ rnsg,;trde of,be ,r;,s tbrof,ph
which nassed '0ld fr;s,,as whom / had
I, knowntNsll for manv, ycars nassed me in
fine nuhlic 81 roets az nv own citv. without
kstss,, ,a tb, ~ had turned traitors
and / had Retained loyai to the Govern
!, ment Of orr fathers This state of things
growing worse daily. | finally resolved TO
sneak In no one whn did moi first sneak TO
me I walked the streets of nv own city as
! n in strange town, and I tell YOU. my fel.
! low.cit;zens th,t. little as love battles and
|, danger / wonII nrefer fehtino battle once
a month 10 roipg tbro1yh what / did in
RAISING nv Br,paJe. Nv enemies were ever
on the alert. Inc friends of the Union were
bewildered. and most of them silent ON the
4 issues of the day. hut | was doing nv duty:
. and neyer fa,tered for a moment -
/ OH INV return from Washington. with
j authority to enlist soldiers in Kentucky,
!. the leading men of the State who were for
the Goyernment met AZ I,ouisyiIle. and aftc,
4 mature del;beratjon resolved that il was
;n,ncl;,;c 70 erl;st soIliars here NJ that fine
' was ,;rttruc,ad AZ Wash;ngton 10 oct in
h,,nonv w;,b rho Union n,s1 of the State
{ Will n,,ch re,nctance abondonad tho nro.
II iect of enlist;ng NV soldiers on Kentucky
!. so;l and ,ue,,t m ..Cam,, .Joe sHolt.n in
= Indiana = flri-ls''"7 r.e01 40 ~ u77
= i AZ th.t t;mAtho robals had. tbc;r rpcroit.
y mo stat;nns o,o5,iv estabIsbcd in many nlace,
4 / in KentreI W thev wsy,, ,,av;ny L,rgc bnnn
= ties TO thoss Who won,d in;n tbem in mi,
! citv Th;s tbev could we'll offord ro do. n,
~ = tbs bountv was ali thew ;n,endea aver 10 pay
,s .s them. : I saw that our young men wer, T
a. fockinS IN their standard I Observed tba
l. every one thev' sedneed into the ranks O
a TREASON took with him more or less of th,
IL IL sympathy of his kindred and friends. say
= the necessity of counteracting this by enlist
- ing men on the side of the Nation. thercb
: giving loyal direction to the sympathies q
= 4 our people. Well, I did not know at th
a beginning whether the Lincoln Government
hel as it was called, could obtain credit TO equi
no INV troons + wns jittle sbv in asking il
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q ment for what | wanted. | needed tent,
90 blankets oo,omissarv stores for INV soldier,
- but what we most wanted was transporta
LII tion. Several companies ON the river ask
" ed for RECONSIDERATION To nv camp | calle
,,oj ON NV old friend. that true and tried Of
Il triot- Capt. ,Es,,A ~Sboriey. for hulp. IA
promptly said that he had for many veal
n, been contractor for the Government of th
ar United States that it had paid him all
% had ever owed him; and whether he wa
he ever paid or not, he was not afraid to tru
nd the Government, and he would cheerful
til bring to my camp all the soldiers | coul
ne, get and he did so. am, as the country !
As- under many obligations TO Capt. Sherley II
.th his course at that time for his services wei
re invaluable.
ION raised my troops and equipped them,
led The traitors hated us intensely --called the
"Rousseaus Silver Greek Ragainuihns,
ors "Lincolu Hirelings,' "Abolitionists. y
vet They we're drilled and disciplined, and {
the field of Shiloh they repaid me, and the
but enemies, too, for all and the soldiers hi
suffered. am proud to say, that BRAY
he or more gallant regiment never entered
,ar- field OF battle. y
silly On that bloody day, the !th OF Apr
to this maligned and abused Louisville Le,gi'
confronted the ohlyalrys the young bloc
mel from this very .svn. They yencopntered
and enemy IN numbers no mater now grea
they moved steadily to the front, skeda
ding, the 'seoesh, y retaklng our oatterit
,nt and driving the enemy from his own gun
And when the battle was over, the gala
ing and soldierly McCook rode up to Fthe
ay: Silver Creek Ragamuifas, and IN my pll
~ sence said that every man IN the Louisyl
'fN Legion was a hero. That was the proudt
+. day OF my hfe di assn a.'''er p 'tq
last But wander My command at Scan
had Joe Holt was ordered to Missouri, a
am, then my friends who had rather stood alc
9,g uwoke and came forward, and wisely,
M, events showed, and got the President