, 1863-04-22
Qbica9o Grtbnue.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL @, 1858.
Gen. Corcoran's Letter to Colonel
Hawkins.
RUtIQRED DEATH OF GENERAL
C0RC0RAN.


srrFork, Va, Apsil17, lsd3.
Col. Hawkins, Commanding Ninth Regiment New
York Volunteers l1awkins' Zouaresj:
CoioSEElo @ preEent any nisapprehen-
to the sad affair of Sunday morning, which
resulted, ! regrst to say, in the death Of Lieut..
At about quarter before three o'clock, 4.
m l lett my quarters and proceeded along the
main road toward the front lines, for the pnr-
pose 81 having the troops under arms at three
O'Clock, in obedience to an order from the
Major General commanding. When arrived
opposite the hospital of my brigade, m OIL
Ger, whose rank could not recognize {the
night being very darls) and whom Judged to
be srch only from the fact Of his having q
ordered halt. Hating, I asked II 1t
Eas Doctor Heath, {one Of the sur.
Eeons Of the Irish Legion), and was an.
Ewercd by another order to halt, with the nd
ditional remark, It is none Of your God
damned business; want the countcrsign. ~
PerceiyinE It was not the Doctor, I requested
to know the object Of his halting me,
but could not obtain any other reply than that
il vas none Of uay God damned business.
repeated thu question several times, and re-
ceiyed similar answers, with the exception
that the countersign was not demanded mort
than sS;nce, and he added, "You cannot pas
AeA[~
Iexpost nlated with him upon such conduct
and told him 10 remember that he was not on
duty, aid had no right to be there and stop
NE from proceeding, and that he must let me
pass. nsked him if he knew who he was
talking IL, and then gave. him my name
and rank. telling him also That l was
going to the front under orders, anu even
my business there, but 1t was OF no avail
&c answered, II do not care d GoI damn
Vho you are" again told him that should
pases and Nafned nltn severn tiIaes u ~ 44e ~
q my "ay, ona alseu!ptea T. p5 paoSsed5' ~ ue
1hereupoA luI ansen u aesei1niiso ny AZ.
1ude 70 prevent nv ptoslges, and otano45n. ~
ing Ais sword u one Lana anu ha''ng ms
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1911 Esr a1nfu " @ 5Ua !as - ,nae ~ w. eussa
tGau Tagseif sithnnol, r. + h1d nnrcr @ bac,ro tdoro
seen Colonel kimbalI, that am aware Of. T
had learned to respect him for his gallantry
in several engagements Of the present wal.
1t was not until after the occurrence That
learned who it was; but had he been ms best
friend I cannot sec how it could hare resulted
otherwise, from the part he acted on that
OCCASION: With no authority to demand the
count ersiyn, ! world hare been dere1ict in
my duty had yielded to his demand. His re-
fuzal to give me his name OF rank, or any in