New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-09-10

Of the division to which my brigade has been for the
last six months attached:
wAsmISeTox Friday. Aug l, 1852.
GEN. WOOD or KENTUCKY.
Simmer has received letters from officers 'eIVin
under gGen GOD Of kentucky from which we take me
following hsc Of wAs; they OF him De tue ne
CGxp yEAR Cosisrn Mise. July IS. 1882
DEAR SIR: Perhaps you deem me ipru'ive ana 0
ject which for several months has been source OF % %
aud regret 10 regiment now N Pa tb Army
fields brigade Of Thomas GODS Ui'ision OF tDc 1
1--we Offence to I'll. conduct personal and ofc, Of
Gen. God IN the frs; place. perhaps without IN
h. is the most profane man in the service W. smsn
nors' obligation Hishumanity he ,,s TO he ec
without dgniiy Of Characters indeed ne eol''
tu,,ed by no cling save that Of reckless inderence IA ei'
zion to The con fort AID SAFETY Of his command.
Again he lives 10 open disregard e the Act to make an
additional aIcle o. wal by eml,oys pol',ons w
Caxr on TowS CEsEy Ala. June o. lss1
The conduct Of our Genera W3oc Is oeoonlo .I ~.
able in this No longer than last week ne fis hs
oion hand, .ipped naked who made his way INTO
camp nd han 10 'es and h'ppea MN m ne "' 'e5.,s
pubc Indeed his acts seemed 70 be IN snaso
result If bent giving aid 70 the Rebels and counting
their favor He is in the daily habit OF empoyinS
sppeheud blacks sud deiais theu and conVeye
his doings the Rebel owD-r Our sodisr' are oeeo
GASP NEAR MooRRvILLs Ala July 1862
wish lind fault with commanding oiheer yet
cacheIs whom they admit within the lines act wen the par
o. spies and carry important Information to the enemy %
almost hourly occurrence for Ms see some person IN cru
rens roaming "a camp In pretended seSoh for
and they are sure to Witt the hole camp ,o,
.
The 9th Division Of Gen rues army has found It's chief
occupation protecting he property Of Rebels and e.aains
the lat Article Of War NhppDg negroes Ia he presence
brave boys who free as the oeheIai' VINO
whip them. is no uncommon thing. ,,,.
BY most remakebl-. and TO me is cruel nave
brothers 10 tie army before Richmond anc me am
a' e,f in Rich%oad hocia down my lha. 70,
what Gov Andrew ocnonsnee tax upon my loyalty
then know how 20 tsx il, 49,
The 800 900 men called by President Lincoln oush, to
be speedily raised organized and equipped by the states
thefrse Ives.
President tina. these troops raised TO conquer
peace Ind organized and equipped to Tight rather than coax
Our soldiers are exercised upon the subject OF viso'
Gus prosecution of the That feeling !, unanimous
smong them. Another feeling not entirely unanimous. put
nearly and most intense is that one which sees not ie
The absolute justice than The imperative Necessity % '
patton it, r...
two OF three Brrader and Of Colonies OILY
appointed Eoa that They ale the salt OF TIE earn
In regard to the first item, dated "Camp near
Corinth, Miss. July 10, 1862" there must he some
mistake. No portion of Gen. Woods division was
within 100 miles OF there at thai time. The Whoie
division was at thsi time making forced march
from Huntsville in this direction in consequence OF
the Murfreesboro affair. If any member OF The divis
ion was there at that time it nust have been some
,kulking deserter Gen. Wood had had occasi n 10
reprove. In regard 70 Gen. Woods profanity, ms
skulker had evidently served In Gen. Nelson =
division when lie said that Gen. Wood was the most
profane man IN tie tervice. Nelson can swear ten
tines to his once and beside that do all the swearing
necessary 10 carry on all ordinary bngaue oeside'
Every body including the Chapalns, sWears some In
the army and If YOU were along with us and raw
what We have 70 90 through with, the WONDER 20
you would be thas we swear so little. VINE 0seih-
barking nv bIi ade 1t PitsbnTg Landing at the
time OF the Shiloh battle i was induced 10 swear
come in co sequence OF my men getting tangled mp
In Gen. Grants stTagg'ers, and other annOYlng ci-
cumstances, and weeks aiterward one OF my 'nai-
lains than whom a more devOut man uOh l H'el
came 10 me- and repeating the very language mace
use of on That OCCASION sald 1t was the very tnng Tor
the OCCASION aud that my prospect Tor heavea "ds
now complete. So you swearing Is altogether
relative wish could indulge the hope that it-
tie judicous swearing wa the worst Of ma. man
fans that writes from near COrnth wien me Owls
ion WAS 100 milef from there. When this fellow
saws that Gen. Wood is regardless OF all moral DON
cation that he il without dignity OF character and
that he is LegarGless Of the safety ana comfort oi III
command he not oDly hes but lies outrag.-ns'} q
every = slon,blv man III his command anow'
him well enough to give an opinion WIZ r." yon
No general IL The aJDt Is more sOHcIto1s IT eEar1
To The safety aud comfort OF bis cominai Inc
statement Is also entirely 2ntrue that lac ever en-
ployed any portion Of ais command toarest place "a
custody, or deliver up fugitive negro; lhere "s'
time wbel9 d ] Gen Buells Army allowed people
who claimed 10 have Tort negroes 10 seafch tnei
CAMPS for {. elm aud get them If they could. Ids
was the exteut to Which tie practice ever was car
RED In Woods division. never was IN favor OF Il,
ANY more than have been OF the weak and vaclat-
iuI manner in which ine has been carried Oh III
many other res lrCis, but at that time we bar no
power 10 employ feed the negroes, and had 10 turn
ineIn out. Since the 4th Of July no man has been
allowed 10 s-aIch c,nDs for negroes OF anything
else. Since the order OF things from Nashn <
ton Gen. Wood has himself caused TO be brought
into caup some 800 negroes, which we baye now at
work in various WAYS, thus relieving that many SOL
olers But enough Of this Connth s.ra2ger
TIE next man writes from Camp Oh Town
Creek Alabama June %, 1862
Ii is enough 10 ray Of bin that every material
statement made therein IL false Gen. Wood nevt r
lad finger upon any negro who took refuge IN our
lines. lie Is d Shareholder and has two Of bis own
slayes along with bin. lie may have had occasion
TO whip one Of there during the war, and may have
done 20. AT all eyents II they have nj dtserred II,
il il more than say at my headq uariers OF the
nc.roes we have had VITA Us. 1 never have owned
sny negroes and never want TO, and consequently
never have whipped any, but Gen. Wood Is not the
oulv man that il d STAKEHOLDER and has hsd occasion
10 whip bis niggcrs. In fact after year sSperi-
enrc among tueD am decidedly of the opinion that
many Of them must he whipped some 10 niase them
o. any &c cunt. That ecu Wood IS keutucsan,
a,laveholder Colonel in be Regular Amy lwDere,
alas we found 20 many traitOr-, and yet remains 20
perfectly 10y and irue a. know hm to be, are cir
cul.sr@nces tbink that make largely IN hls favor.
The next I1au writes from camp near Moore
vii O. Ala July 4, ls62," and is the only one that
wits with any candor approXimates at all 10
& ;rcth. | have already dspOsed Of what he says
b, stating the crcumsta' ccs under winch IL was
q ue and that since the Of his letter nothing OF
t. Kind has hapl ened 1t any was TO blame for
It !ore ina. Il was Gen. Buel more than Gen.
WOOD, aud the authorities at Washington more than
either.
The next man writes from d" Decatur, Ala, July z,
1862 and a. no part VI Gen. God divItion there
a. that tine by virtue Of any proper authority, 1t must
be from ZONE siraggler lie INDUCES in a quantity
o. differing raliie-" that don't to amount
10 anything any way. It's mostly rehash Of what
lot- .ir To a..d 10