Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1863-10-30
Letter from Capt. H. j. MoCord.

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CANT OF TnR 1llTn REeIMENT, o. V. l., J
MAN KNOXVILLE, Tenn,
September 90 1869.

-DEAR SiR:-While on the march across the
mountains, we received Beans Messenger, pub
lished few days after ! left home which con-
timed base, lying, personal attack on me; and
as have had no chance to send back an answer
until the present time, with any degree of GER
tainty that il would ever reach its destination,
| now propose TO give brief history of Co. g.
during Beans connection with the same. Were
il not for the feelings Of the friends of the boys
who for the time being are placed under my
charge would pay attention to any lying
accusations that Bean and his co-laborers are
busying themselves so industriously TO put in
circulation against me. / would consider Bean
beneath the contempt of any man, were itnot
that his position gives him certain degree Of
prominence in community, which could never
be attained, if known as we'll as we of the ll1th
Regiment know him. / own up that was de-
ceived in the man; consequently cannot blame
others for being deceived, who have not had the
same opportunities for learning him that have.
After Captain Nat Haynes and Lieutenants Half
and Taylor had left Fremont with their compa-
ny, met Bean on the street and he said to me,
"Does it not give you the Odr fcver to see the
boys leaving?"
answered that it did.
Said he, "Will you go in with me and raise
a company provided this county is allowed to
raise another2"
told him would, whereupon we went inn
mediately to a prominent member of the War
Committee, and Bean made this proposition
That 1 should be Captain, he first Lieutenant,
and the Second Lieutenant was to be any good
man that the company saw fit to choose
The arrangement seemed to take we'll and
this was the last 1 heard about it until / was
sent for by the Committee, and informed that
a they had concluded to accept Beams proposition
> if would go in, but that they could give only
seven days to raise the company. told them
for my part l was ready to try.
That night, by Beans urgent solicitation, ]
went and stayed with him. In the morning
as we were walking down town, he told me that
his friends were urging him strongly to take the
Captaincy, and that he had told them ho would
4 speak to me about the matter, but for his own
, personal choice, he would prefer to have things
n just as we had talked. told him that was
. willing to leave it all to the Commttee that II
they thought the company would be more like
ly to succeed with his name at the head, would
a a be perfectly satisfied; that we were in now, and
: did not want to see the company fail.
thought could see signs of disappointment at
: this answer, but he said no more. The Com
, mittee, for reasons best known to themselves,
u arranged things as we had first talked.
We went TO work. and by working almost
niubt nd dow for fba do,,e
and stealing Sunday making eight days, togeth-
er with the almost superhuman exerton of many
of my patriotic friends, succeeded in raising
forty -one men who were mustered into service.
Lieutenant Moore raised twenty seven, r. W.
baltimore with his influence gave the company
sixteen men, Mr.. King, who had Second Lieu
tenants commission, raised two men, who were
transferred to Beans rolls, which by the first
understanding belonged properly to Lieutenant
Moore. Bean by great exerton, and his owl
! personal popularity backed by the pockets o
. some of the loyal citizens of Fremont who shell
ed out from twenty to sixty five dollars
per head recruited tire men, making in all nine.
one men, the number with which we entered
the field.
When we got to Toledo, and went to organize
the company by appointing the non-commis
! stoned officers, Bean pressed the claims Of W
baltimore for "Orderly" Sergeant and to clincl
the thing beyond doubt, told me that in a
much as l was not present at the time they en-
tered into the arrangement with baltimore, tina
8 G. o. Tillotson and Dr. Rawson, two prominen
members of the Military Committee, hac
pledged themselves for me. have since founc
out that this was sprung for tho OCCASION tha
. neither of these gentlemen had made any prom
ises whatever to Sergeant baltimore either fo
= me or themselves. appointed baltimore "Or
derly,' which is worth at least any other tw,
- offices in the company, from the fact that i
o. places man first in the line of promotion. Fo
causes which are very easily explained, ant
: which Sergeant baltimore said himself were jus
), and right Col. Bond ordered him reduced t.
the ranks. have since raised him to n Ser
II geancy, as told him at the time 1 would do a
: the earliest opportunity, thinking that his hear
was right but that he did not realize the respon
sibiity resting upon him. 1 also appointed tw
COrporals, one Teamster and the company Com
missary, from the twenty three men appearin
on Beans enlistment roll, including Lattimor
= and Kings men, The balance of the non CON
missioned officers We're divided up among Lieu
tenant Moore's men and my own.
l understand that Bean claims that Sergean
baltimore was displaced by me, so that m
brother could be raised to his place, This is S
= palpably false the statement ofone fact is enoug
u to refute it. J. in the first place, appointed Ser
IL geant Alexander to succeed "Orderly" Latti
more. Bean demonstrated to this appointment
in long communication to the Colonel, cover
ing at least eight pages of foolscap. The resul
We was that the Colonel ordered me to make Alex
III ander the lowest ranking Sergeant, aud appon
my brother "orderly," as he was next in ran
to baltimore George is still acting in that ca
pacity, notwithstanding Bean exerted himse
to his utmost to get him reduced.
We had hardly left Fremont before he bega
] figuring to undermine me, to make place on
a notch higher for himself He possessed such a
re exalted opinion of his own abilities, and so sma
an opinion of mine, that he thought he coul
p, cut my throat and would not even know ho-
it was done. He told several good reliable mel
n at Camp Toledo, that he ought to have bee
Captain of company g, and others that he woul
:, be in less than six months. "That the Captai
was a Cd did fool. That 'he didn't kno
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