St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1862-05-08
Letter, fom Lieut. Col Muller
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tslenp, si; III April 2f. 1867, g, H.

NA, r.. MARSHALL, Esq. ,
y DEAR SIR 1T Vas my iin:ehsion,' ID
Flraye the published errors fpestuining "a
this Reyihenta d yself; u,c,rrcctel ,,in-
III the ehlljpf the, war :. But life il nnrer.
'tai..r with all. r. us--espccisl:y wi.h the
.sosdiers-and I therefore ask permission ia
corr ct few Of said tiun,ers through your
cc0lnmns. s.T'tH. = 9tir,3 SIT uit5: ,,,,
AhdFInsr>: My friend, nr. LeBoutele.
toneeu,onths since; publisheds. letter claim
ing 70 have remained spQn the atld Of bat,
lie at Bull Run undisturted. f"r Il think
one hour after the Regiment had rctreatcd
This I have no doubt Is correct an reyur,l
to some por,i ni the field, WHICH extend
cd .iorseveral miles; but saw the groustl
occupied bv the First Minnesota. in tu'l
Possession Of alebel regiment within ff:!
teen minutes ,uf our departure: =. ''.'.. ~. .
sEc6Sp: Eieut.-now' Major-Welch
most gallant officer, and truthful. gcn,I..-
man, represents p'e,a AS having ordered him
t" iHlvsAee into tbs. woods where he. wss
taken prisoner. The Major simply mis- MS:
understood the order. Tho enemy occu!:
pied = wood IN fr''nt Of us; and about thir.
ty Or fFty p:ccs ia, the right"f the. Regi-
me,a.s was another,. en- irely un"ccupied.
Af'erth regiments upon. our left. and the
left OF our "wn.. We're cut up and driven
from the field, TIL Wilcox directed me 10
retire n the woods upon the right. Ire-
pearc'i- s.sr' order twice, and the .,p>sr.s4
those f>maiDins ,npsn the 6cld heard and
obeyed it rroa.i t!y::: = S@=. =
TnlRD: Though I haye cot seen the
article f1amd1f .nne1 th.sths ms'g4 In.
d;, e",hM aec,,ses Y MS q d 6sfAddr IL thl,m,n
gerss pr"pensi,ies~ and represents me as
iY Yat9pt@1F @ asn' e : ! tnsnalsa : = eitisen pfa,ns
NATIVE State fT,ke t'Mo tlct of1tl..fs Re
giment. and thus prevcn,in . the promotion
of SOME worthy Nlinnesatian.
! deeply regret that anv gentleman &C
quaihledT with me shoutl 81 inp,,sn ny
Mdt'ves. Tho truth is sim mplylas. fellows
Whe" Gen. Dans MAS pr.,n"ted wis
confined to a sick room in Harrisburg. one
hundred miles from thes,cgimepts G,wcr.
or itamsey rendered me the comit,and.
believed that tl.e hon"r Of the regiment
and the good of the service, required all
vieor and energy Of healthy and expert
enced officer. .,vnd for th;;s reason I sac
r'6ced what should have deemed the
n"bl'st position Of my life. |! at once no
tilted Gov. Ramsey nd the officers Of my
determination. The latter held a meet
Ing. md after consulting Gen. Dana ant
others. presented tic nan,s Of two reyu
Tar army officers to Gov Ramsey. one d
whom is qow the Co'oncl of the, regiment
Long after these preli'ninarIes, r was cna
ble'i to reach camp, and there joined
fellow officers in the Recommendation -
Until after C'l Sully's appointment, VA
not aware Of the State Of his, nativity
only knew from other army officers tina
he was brave and gallant in the, field ;,tha
for twenty one years he had bern.. an en-
viable reputation in the army OF his c"u,,
try and tha, having been stationed +"
fou- years in Minnesota he Wa known t
,"any Of the regiment; and ny not few
Of them already considered as :'one of Us.
respectfully ask that editors who sail IN
will forward a copy Of their paper TO- my I'D
dress, naming my egiment,) at Washington
! ...., Very Respectfully Yours, ''' -
! > STEPHEN MILLER.
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