, 1862-09-17
Union Soldiers Compelled By General
1kcsecrAns to Pay for Union sugar
AnI Tobacco

Correspondence New 1ork Tnbune.1
CAMP SEAn R1Esz1, Miss, Aug. 20, 1852.
The following general order WAS read to
our regiment this morning:
HEADQUARTERS ARMr OF THE M1ss1sa1rT1,
Cam Eear Corinth, August i6, 16G2.
SPECIAL ORDERS No. 2i2.-By the direction OF
dittr1ct commander, the pay Of the fth Kansas
cavalry, and Of companies .. D. &, and Z, Of the
ehall Fave, BY subscription OF otherwise paid the
eum Of 81 ,o5a 90, the yalne Of tobacco aud sugar
destroyed by them at Trenton, Tenn
Pa5mastera arc directed to make no payment to
the troops herein named until notified that this
order ia Compiled With.
Go5aasd. n5ofs fst Il Lteut. % sn a! SsRehASs e.
cavalry.
After reading the order giving history Of
the Trenton atfaif, the colonel asked the regi-
specified in the order. One universal no was
Was the reply. The colonel then said that his
right arm would be pAlisied b=fore one dollar
Of his shonld 60 toward the payment of this
sum,
THIS sugar and tobacco outrage, which
called for such sweeping order from General
Rosecrans, is about IS follows: Wnile our
regiment was enca1nped ut Union City, Tenn,
Col Lee wos sent south along the railroad, to
proceed till further ordered. He did so. IeAv-
Ing behind camp equipagc, and taking no
q burning sun. and depending on the country
for food, he was ordered to rennin at Trenton.
The Illinois I'd cavalry had arrived q short
time before, and had driven a company OF
! rebels from tue town, who left some casks OF
sugar and tobacco at the depot. These we're
branded c. s. a.
. A heavy rain setting In shortly after Col.
Lee arrived, lc was permitted to quarter in
the depot. The soldiers seeing the sugar and
/ tobnccU, and observing the peculiar brand,
thought 1t no offense 70 appropriate part OF
it to their Own use, lit not being private prop
erty.) Some exchanged the sugar aud tobacco
| food; Others used the sugar to sweo.en black
| berries, which formed considerable portion
| Of their diet at that time. While things wero-
25ogreesieE In shls way. the colonel Of the
Illinois "a came to the depot, took as much
sugar as he wanted, aud told lis regiment to
help itself, which order it strictly o6eyed.
Col Lee remained In tue depot duriag the
night and hall the next day. How much to-
bacco and sugar could be destroyed By $50
| men in the way above mentioned, during
tKentT-four honfs, can easily be imagined
This is the whole affair, 60 fur as the Kansas
/ 1th is implicated.
The 6sh Kansas arrived two days after, and
camped near the depot This regiment un-
doubtedly used some of the C. 8. A. sugar and
tobacco; but am credlbly informed that the
I'd Illinois is implicated far more extensively
than both the Kansas regiments. Now, why
should the Kansas troops be singled out to
bear the weight Of generals wrath when an-
other regiment Is guiltler by far than they?
Agafn-1s It 8 crime for huDeri soldiers to
use confederate sugar and tobacco?
have stated facts simply as they are Com
ment is unnecessary.
The wrongs and insults which the eth Kan,
sas have endured at the hands Of our superi.
OTIS since we came South, are "enough to sti1
o fever in the blood Of age.'' PRIVATE.
9Th Kansas volunteers,