, 1862-05-16
a Card fru1n Dr.. Hunt, late Surgeon
Of tic s'kGty-flFkt IlIiuois Regiment.
ECittrs Cl:icago Trlbtnc:

CHICAGO, May It'll. 1871
The malicious attack upon 1n". whi:h appeared.
tle Fifty-tlrst Regiment - Dcrelictiun nf Chi
sEce SEvca,.N.' ' \ <;o1d >urS.ta Naa:a3''
t,.,EaEd- rcfu'a atioa. a1thnnsh were thc MINES
Oily Of The cfiyMItoi~ attact,rd to it, should
take Eo1nEire OF it. hut so.ne nf the ,ch ,1-
1or>ed thr article art those whose good opinion l
.aiIe, aid exl.cct to retain when they kuo9 all
the faets. as an surg they do nnt know, nor can
they obtain tLcu. from any one whose name ap-
1cars in to3LeziDn with tic slandcsous cffnsion.
:. ~ regard to my "r.s1@1a:ion and departure, "
it is insi1uateG that they occurred q the same
time. The facts are these. 1tendered my rcsl,-
naticn Eor Mf ste17sd Gn,e on the 5h day Of April,
tthe fret time was i'll the latter part Of Jan,1ars
regiment on t{e march 10 Tlp.onsille It tie time
whtn the prisoners from l-land No. 10 were cap
ay nS 2 FsF
snemy from The battle Of New Madrid M to i uam, ap
bnrg. to perform the duties Of my position
We arrived at Hamburg on the ed On the e3d
received th.. order cf acceptance Of my rcsisna.
ior. twenty days af:cr was rendered, aud elsycn
AFTER it was accepted, and should be surprised as
well as grstihed to learn that the '.patfiotism y
Of somc Of the other officers In the regiment would
keep them with 1t for half that length OF time ar
| teI their pay was stopped, On the morning Of the
2Cth, lef1 The lanting ct Hamburg for home SAT-
Gclcnt time had elapsed to caabIc the regiment to
procure the services Of another Surgeon, and Of
f. red to assi-t in 20 doing, but nothin. was done
| until VI reached Hamburg.
one ITO remain until afler the engagement at
! thoud stay until tEcr, if there Was to be M i'm
| ncdiste engagement: hut as that was very uncer
| tain. aftefwards on th= following day. told tht
| o1nnel and Hajo1 that thought should gn on
The first boat that left, as the departure Of ths
hoats was very uncettain: and on the samp day
| Major Raymond rent Ee 3 package to t2kc to Chi
! caGo fo7 him,
further deny cmphatical.y, that the regiment
was 'cepriyed Of the services of Dr. Noble Hol
| ton by my aetlon unless my accommodation q
nt a nj
Yates Sharp shooters be so considered. Ht ha;
passed examination by theState Medical Bosrdant
had certificate from the Board. recommending
h!n as an Assistant Surgeon. He had been una
n1e 10 get such position until on our wa5 up tn
Sharp shnotere having no Assistant, and KNOWN!
! tlat DR.. uolton had passed the Board, made IN
| qu1ries OF NC concerning him. Withou, hesita
tion cordially endorsed Or. Hotton as IN ever
way worthy Of the position and only rcsrette
in common nEsa with with. all concerned, that b
Sut it was ss bis choice 9af 1o adeSpe
't commission - in preference to contract
A commission would be permanent, while cor
tract won1d be onlS temporary, A commissio
tract Besides all this, but one assistant surseo
ie allowed to regiment, and the 5lst have ha
one eince November last, Dr.. John 5: Pashley
No mention IL nude Of him. and take this oppo1
tunitt Of publicly acknowledging the ralushle Sc
vices which he has 20 faithfully rendered.
, My whole connection with the regiment sine
mF FIRST resignation vas an unwilling one, an
the wac generally known. ] several times befol
the regiment left Chicago, offered to supply n
pace with competent person, but my Offers wei
+ iaets s1d circumstances. which justice demand
sn9uld be IS widely known as the Fiudlctige a
I TACK which called them forth. n. c, Husr.