The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-08
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LouIsvILLI. KY., July "a, 1862.
To his Rxcellsncy Gov. Alexander Ramsey:
DEAR SIN: II Is q painful task to com.
municate to you brief summary Of the
facts concerning the history Of the Third
Regiment during the past two weeks. 1
am not able to make complete report for
obvious reasons; but I have made arrange,
ments to obtain fall and accurate details Of
every case necessary to be reported to you.
/ cannot give the facts of the attack of
the 18th instant at Murfreesboro, Of the
disposition and conduct Of the Regiment, Of
the surrender and paroling of some and es-
cape of Others, without compromising n.y.
self and stigmatizing men whose conduct
may be made the subject of official investi.
cation.
The health, discipline and spirit of the
officers and men, were improving, and it is
generally stated and believed that no better
troops, nor drawer men, can be found in the
service. ......... ................
The cavalry force attacking US numbered
about two thousand.
Our camps were p'undered and burnt
within our sight and hearing early in the
morning. Our lines were attacked at the
same time. All of our loss was at the
camp, where Corporal Charles II. Green,
Company |, after most heroic resistance,
was mortally wounded, and Private ------
WOODBURY., Company G, was killed.
Fifteen were wounded, most of them
slightly. | have heard since that one of our
men had died at the hospital in Murfreesbo-
no, but could not fad out bis name nor the
nature of his wounds. The only names of
the wounded | have, are those 1 took from
the persons themselves on the field:
Walter w. Doyle, Company E, Was shot
through the arm, above the elbow.
G. II. Turnkey, Company K, wound of
the same kind as the above.
Joseph Fogeson, Company E, shot
through the thigh.
My notes are exhausted, and am unable
to give facts concerning other casualties,
though think none are very serious.
The cannonading and skirmishipg con-
tinued from o'clock A. M. until l O'Clock
F. NJ. Our loss was very little; the enemys
it is believed, amounted to sixty or seventy.
Colonel Lester surrendered at 8 o'clock.
The men were Immediately disarmed and
marched of in the direction of McMinn.
vile. Since, all the men have been paroled
and are now in Nashville under orders to
move to Jefferson Barracks as soon as
possible.
The following list Of officers paroled, es-
capped, absent, &C., will enable you to Judge
of our condition
PAROLED.
Lieutenant R. G. DIN. Company B.
Lieutenant J. K. Putnam. Company K.
Lieutenant j. II Hewlett, Quartermaster
ESCAPED FROM THE ENEMY.
Chaplain B. F. Irary.
Capt. W. H. Mills, Company G.
Lieut.. Taylor, h.
s. Greenleaf, l.
Hodges, K.
Major q. Mattson.
Capt. Rice, Company K.
Lieut.. Bakely, Adjutant.
Shaw. COmpanyI.
men, on special duty.
Surgeons Butler and Wedge are not con.
sidered prisoners of war. .....
DR.. Butler IS at Nashville with the regi.
meDt; DIR. Wedge in the hospital at Mur-
freesboro both of whom have done every
thing men could do for the wounded men.
had been sick two weeks before the sur.
render, but had preached to he men when
it Was possible, had visited the hospitals as
much as I was able. There are very many
personal incidents which might be inter.
esting to our friends, but we cannot give
them now.
The paroled and escaped officers are
deeply grieved at the unexpected ruin of
the regiment, and hope that it may be posi-
sible to exchange the prisoners, reorganize
the regiment, and put it under competent
leader in active service.
There are now ready for duty, Major
Mattson, Doctors Butler and Wedge, Chap.
lain B. F. Crary, Captains of Companies
g., D, and FL, five Lieutenants, and about
fifty privates.
1t is my intention to hunt up our sick
here, and then meet the regiment at st.
Louis.
Quartermaster Hewlett is here, settling
up some business, and we will proceed to.
gether to St. Louis as soon as the regiment
moves.
There are so many contradictory state
ments of matters of fact pertaining to our
HUht and ourropdor thof If 10 MT nooo;hIo RI