The Buchanan County guardian. (Independence, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1858-1864, 1863-03-17
headquarters 9TH Iowa REe'r.,1
JACKSON Tenn, Feb. 7,lS63.

Deiofo the MINDS CT our home friends
unreplied TO and uncontradicted The
anonymous spondent, after referring
TO the rain and snow storm of January
18th and 18th (and | fully appreciated
it, for, with some 50 others, | faced the
very worst of i, nearly two miles Just
after daylight. without either supper or
breakfast, makes the following impu
dent and untrulhful assertion. "No,h.
ing has been said by Col. Cyrus Dun
ham of the 50th Indiana, who was in
command Of this Brigade. until to day,
when we received the foregoing order. Z"
Now this Brigade was organized Jan.
1lth 1863, and on the very day that the
regiments moved to this camp, was issu
ed General Order No 8, the 1st and 4th
paragraphs Of which are as follows:
at is hereby ordered.
1st That the commandments Of reri
ments see that the officers and men of
their respective commands do not enter
private dwellings or yards, or any way
interfere with private property of any
kind. either while in camp or on the
maich.
w;i =, ha1, o,.;",'' ',;,, 70 ''''e''s
enforcement Of dis order.
By command Of
&. l. DUNHAM, &C.
Now, previous to any trouble on ac-
count of interference with pripote proper
W. this order, dated January 18Th, was
received at our headquarters, and every
order is read on dress parade, so all
must have known that taking any pri
vate property without authority was ex-
pres>ly forbidden. and no permission in
| this case was asked. Besides. oak wood
was then in abundance within five rods
of our tents, and although green, was
precisely the same kind which the com
mander then and ever since has burnt.
though without ro'fS.' Some OF the
Heiu oilcels oil The other regiments
iood llhnois) were SICK and kindly
careu lot al inc mouse OF inns farEman,
anu 'helF no'ses unoeF sheier OF his
o"' " a. '''e ''iiie' ne may De oeeesh'
| A"o" not oor care 'or my present pur.
posi- on'y th'S | Know he mas permits
rom ueh'fala sullivan and Grant, TO
pass our INES ana has also safeguard
lot ms properly from The commander OF
'he post IL Is mus mat we disregard
po9''''e oroerS' anu were liaole Tor DISC
oedience. these are the facts, and must,
50 lar as the orders were concerned, have
oeeh Known 20 the writer OF that article,
VINO surrey can DC no oincer who ex-
pec'S MS own orders 10 be respected and
ooeyed' Vi lie Woeid not mus purposely
place before the men his own utter dis
r''"0' ""A '''e'Peo'
" - 0'oe''
writer "ha' RUE oil warfare or order
OF reason au'hoflzes such course.
Did he not know that general order No.
o. from District Headquarters. forbid all
''A'"e % Pr''''e properly wi'hou' proper
written au'no'i'y mat uen' Grant
mas 'Ssueu the same IN department ten
q 81 'ue' NO % h"' 'he same Is IN
otuer NO 49, from 'hs war Depart
''eht' oasea upon ozl af'icie OF war
n"t me oo'' commanding was respoh
sue 'of Tue enforcement OF these orders
huS' ne not also nave known mat The
~ 's"ue was Out just o'gahized' ana II
"''o"eu 10 'ra"S9fes' ofdefs win 'mpuni'
y nv" ihuch more oiheuit 10 enforce
''e'i amer "a'"s we All KNOW that
Ne'' pune . '''e nerve % me army WIN
" "'''e Nv '0"''' w 'uo0e'
Ihis unknown writer proceeds with an
equally UNJUST and untrue assertion, that