The dollar weekly bulletin. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1862-1864, 1862-07-31
The Charges Against General Mitchell.


The following is an abstract OF the testi
monv of Col. Norton, of the Twenty first
Ohio Regiment, before the Committee on the
Conduct of the War, in reference to Go..e-
raj Mitchell:
Colonel j. S. Norton, Twenty first OHIO
Volunteers, submitted the following brle
statement in regard tn the conduct Of the
officers ana soldiers under the command OF
General Mitchell, of the Third DIVISION OF
the Army of the OHIO, in North Alabama
claim, in the first place. that Gene raj
NJ itchell took possession Of cotton IN a rebel
lortfcation, and sold that cotton for three
cents per pound to a man by the name Of
Clark when he was offered seven cents per
[ pound by man named Fuller, in Al hens
! y labaml. | claim also, that he gave TINS
/ man Clark and his associates the exclusive
/ privilege Of transporting cotton by Gavern-
ment wagons from Huntsville aud Athens
| to a point on the railroad or roads leading
/ to Nashville that he would permit no one
/ else 10 use the teams or transport cotton by
| them. | have a statement here. sworn to
! by a man named D. a. Saxon, who IS in the
/ employ of the Gov ern neut, G. mail agent
! between Huntsville and Reynolds Station,
on the railroad } of a conversation IN which
Clark said that he got his cotton through by
/ slight o hand I; that it cost him nothing 10
get it through, as General NJ itchell had sent
it through in Govern ment wagons. Mr..
Ball, of Cincinnati. told me that General
Mitchell said to him that he had made a
large amount in cotton through his son-in-
law in North Alabama. His son-inlaw
was there, and | was introduced to him by
the General. That son-in-law was under
stood to be connected with Mr. Clark in
these cotton TRANSACTIONS it would appear
from General Mitcheifs statement TO Mr.
Hall, that he had made a large amount il
cotton through his son u-law.
| charge Colone. Turchin, and the officers
and so ldiers under his command, with hav-
ing committed outrages and depredations
upon the people of Limestone County, and
the county west of Tuscumbia, contrary to
the printed orders of General Buell. for the
government Of the army under his command,
III that they have stolen horses, mules, ba-
con, corn and fodder from the inhabitants
without recelptlng therefor or giving any
account of the same. | charge that they
have plundered houses taken from them
ladies' wearing apparel, gsntlemen's Cloth
ing, and have broken furniture and win
dows, broken locks of drawers ana destroy
ed every thing in and about various premi-
ses. | charge them with committing out
RACES upon servant girls in the presence of
their mStreSse5, with stripping rings from
ladies' fingers, cutting bacon upon parIor
carpets, pllln2 IN eat upon pianos, aud being
quartered IN hoiS9S when they should have
been qlartered in their tents, robon. citi-
zens upon the highway; breaking jars aud
every thing generally in drug stores. in two
or three instances. They have also taken
away horses, mules. bugyies. and harness
| further state that General Mitchell
knew OF these things; that L took written
statements to him on two occaS ions that |
introduced committees of citizeus to him
Tor the purpose of getting some redre IS for
these grievances, or cessation of them
mat he paid no ate ntion to the "a, or rather
tailed to stop the depre1atons up to The
lime the brigade was ordered to march to
another section of the country.
q proof of these charges 1 will su bmit
me sworn staten entS OF the citizens who
suffered under the treatm snt, as well as the
staten ents OF Off GERS Of the army who were
'osnlzaut of the facts. Tness worn stata-
nents will bs submitted to the com mi,tae
" henever they ask for them.