The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1862-08-08
Letter from Chaplain Crazy Of the Thlrd
Regiment to Gov, Ramsey.


Regiment to Gov. Ramsey.
LOUISVILLE. KY, July "a. 1862.
To his Excellency Gov. Alexander Ramsey:
DEAR SIR 1t is painful task to com
municate to you brief summary of thu
facts concerning the history of the Third
Regiment during the past two weeks.
am not able to make complete report TO,
obvious reasons; but have made arrange.
ments to obtain full and accurate details Of
every case necessary to be reported to you.
I 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 paroliDg of some and es-
cape of Others, without compromising nv.
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.
Oar 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 l., after most heroic resistance.
was mortaily wounded, and Private -->---
WOODBURY., Company c, was killed.
Fifteen were wounded, most of them
slightly. | have heard since that one OF our
men had died at the hospital in Murfreeabc-
10, but could not fad out his name Dor the
nature OF his wounds. The only names Of
the wounded have are those | took from
the persons themselves on the field:
Walter w Doyl,, Company e, Was shot
through the arm, above the elbow.
Q. Ii. Turnkey, Company K, wound of
the same kind as the above
Joseph Fogleson, 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 skirmishiug con-
tinued from 5 o'clock A. NJ. until / O'Clock
M. Our loss was very little; the enemy's
1t is believed, amounted to sixty or seventy.
Colonel Lester surrendered at 3 O'Clock.
The men were Immediately disarmed and
marched Oft 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 az
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. *. Putnam. Company X.
Lieutenant }. II Hewlett, Quartermaster.
ESCAPED FROM THE ENEMY
chaplain b. +. rary.
Capt. w. II. Mills, Company G.
- EustrOm, D.
Lieut.. Taylor, II.
q" Greenleaf, I" I.
" Hodges, K.
Major II. Mattson.
Capt Rice, Company K.
Lieut.. Biakely, Adjutant.
IS Shaw. CompanyI.
" Grummons. Company c., with forty
men, on special duty.
Surgeons Butler and Wedge are not con.
sidered prisoners of war.
DR.. Butler is at Nashville with the regi.
mept; DR.. Wedge 10 the hospital at Mur-
freesboro both of whom have done every,
thing men could Go for the wounded men.
had been sick two weeks before the sur.
render, but had preached to be men when
it Was poss bile, had visited the hospitals as
much az | 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 greved at The unexpected ruin OF
the regiment, and hope that it may be pos>
sbie 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
q, d, and FL, five Leutenants, 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