The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1863-04-08

mander, Col. Spiegcl, and the: other Regimen
t tai OMcers, patriots, loyal and true to-thei
country, andmen worthy of the positions the,
now hold, and have full confidence that the
viii, as. they have ever done, fully discharg,
tho duties of their various positions with yea
and fidelity, ard as an act of Justice to them
pronounce as false, and slanderous the inputa.
tiens and charges contained in the article re.
ferred to-, wherein it in any manner duplicates
.hem; -, ~ .oeo.,t. iss.s. r-ciia said .
Al now we say to the people of Ashland,
Richland, Wayne and Holmes Counties, from
whence our Regiment has been formed, that.
although aflieted-by disease and death, ours
is in noeworse fate than any other new Reci-
ment; your sons and ~neighbers, through pat
rlotism and zeal for their beloved land, volun-
teered to defend it from the assault of traitors.
There are many other Regiments who have
been much longer in the service, that have
not been exposed to the hardships and priva-
tions that our men have been. After leaving
Covington, KY, with the exception of one.
week, we were closely confined on board of
the River Transports, without the means OF
cooking our %rations regularly, or otherwise at
tending to, our. own sanitary condition five
weeks, were landed. on the Yazoo, exposed to
the rain for two nights and a day, compelled
to drink the Bayou water, and owing to the
position VIC occupied, unable to build fressto
q - ~ - uio OOh tOuT IdItOUS y
otter the evacuation were again placed on
transports, landed at Arkansas Post bivouaoked
for the night on the field, and after the taking
of the Post, exposed to an incumbent snow
storm, embarked again, and after several DAYS
confinement, landed on these low swamp lands,
where pestilence and disease thickly fill the
humid: air; after all this, is it to be wondered
that our men sickcned and died 2 and is it gen.
crous then to attribute this disease and death
f0 tho ipooro notopou of tho # ..l.l--.I-LI
too have sickened and died, and to-day; our
Regiment is as cheerful and ready tosd duty
as any other in this army gga 4
=. RcsolUed, That these proceedings be pub
lished in the Wayne, Holmes, Ashland and
Richland County papers. ''s'"s "#j
The foregoing proceedings and resolutions
were read on dress parade, and unanimously
by the whole Regiment and signed by /
all the line officers present.
Capt. AT, President.
. Capt. MKINLEY, Vice Pres.
Capt.G P. ENRICH, Secretary. =.
Benz Easoan, Capt, Co, L,
CIV. Conyer, iCPpt. Co. K. ,o4 IL z~aaE:s
Samuel English, Capt. Co. k tsosr5E |,
, Lloyd N: Mech, LIST Lieut. Co, C: So. sssr
ii. Il, Totten, I'd Lieut.. Co. E. vslseE
John, Sloan, ID Lieut.. Co. f. 81, n ~ IL
II. H. Eberhart, 1st Lieut.. Co. A. l.
43aP. Rummcl, I'd Lieut.. COB. ta4; +
MN. Harvey, I'd Lieut., Co. c.. n~
? John Smith, LIST Lieut.. Co. k.
Aus ustus Case, I'd Lieut.. Co E. II
V. Mofitt,. I'd Lieut.. Co. D. q,
r. Bcchtel, I'd Lieut. Co. A. ~,a Za4.
r. r. Galley, LIST Lieut.. Co, d. D. I So
NJ. j. Stanley, I'd Lieut.. Co. G.
Jas, B. Taylor, I'd Lieut., o., II (
LIE. Roseborough, 1st Lieut.. Go E. .sIE
v ..McIlya;n, 1st Lieut. Co. l. esf.