Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1863-03-17
Letter from the 25th Regiment.

The following part of a letter dated,
Columbus, KY, March 9th, from Charley
Baxter, member Of Co. c, in the 25th
to his brother in Lancaster will be read
with interest:
"There was terrible tragedy enacted
last night in Columbus, in which Lieut..
Tom Barnett, and Sergt John Knight Of
Cassyille were the heroes of the oc aston,
and in which s persons were wounded and
the principal actor killed, pierced by three
bullets and run through with Union
bayonet. The facts are as follows:
Sunday morning Lieut.. Barnett and ]
were detailed for post guard down in the
city. As | was not very well, Sergt.
Knight said he would take my place, so
they went down and posted their guar DIS,
and all went off smoothly until about six
O'Clock this morning, when John was reused
by female who rushed in the guard room
with nothing on but her night-dress, and
said they were robbing and killing every
body at the Cumberland Hotel, which was
nearly opposite the guard house. John
told some Of the boys to fall in and started.
When nearly there, he met man holding
his hand across his stomach which bad
been cut open by some one. He went on
to the hotel and found that a secesh had
attacked this citizen, and also the landlord
and his wife so that they viii probably die
A Lieut.. Of the SD Indiana regiment who
was stopping at the house was shot so that
the surgeon thinks he cannot survive.
Tom and the boys at last got there and
came to a charge bayonet, and told secesh
to give up his weapons; but he attacked
them, when one OF tie boys shot him, and
he then knocked over the light,when one Of
the boys put bayonet through him,
which brought him down. None of the
soldiers were hurt except the Lieut.. of the
SD Indiana Regt. Altogether it is the
most singular thing have heard Of. The
landlords wife was cut in 38 different
places by the secesh. The mans name
was Rodgers, who was up here for the
purpose of getting some Of bis negroes who
had run away. He lives in Teunessee,and
it is SAID be has brother who is Colonel
of a union regiment. Some think he was
crazy, and otheis think he did it for the
purpose of getting the guards away from
their posts, so that in the disturbance the
.'butternuts" could make their escape.
Altogether, think it is union victory,
and wish all these Union pretenders were
served in the same way
JEFF. Dayiss Official Organ aud the Northwest.
Below we give the leading editorial ar
ticle from the Richmond Enquirer, Of Feb.
10. 1862:
GREAT NORTHWEST AGAIN.
Among the foreign relations Of the Con-
federacy, none is at this moment more in
teresting than our relations with the States
of Indiana and Illinois. 1t is represented
to us every day-and we know it to be a
fact-that the people, of those States are
heartily tired of the war. as waged by the
Abolitionists strictly so called, and ale in
fact devising and contriying methods and
excuses TO get out of it, and to evade the
share Of theYankee wardebt. democratic"
Yankee Senators in those States brings in
strings of resolutions, denouncing Lincoln's
government and proclamation, and declar-
ing that they are not going to fight any
more for the negro. This is all very well,
and highly encouraging to US, as proving
distraction and Encouragement in the enc
my's camp. But it is also we'll for US to
understand once for all, that the whole af-
fair means simply, erclasire--that they, the
Democrats, ought 70 have the conduct and
the profits of the "War for the Uuion'--I
that it is a Democratic finance minister who
ought to have the striking off the greenbacks
Democratic contractors who ought TO sup
ply army and navy-Democratic Generals
who ought to lead-Democratic printers
who ought to print--andD Democratic thieves
who caght to steal.