, 1863-02-14
IF1E DISASTER AT IIARTs-
VILAEs
The following Is letter from Col 4 B.
Moore, Of the 104th Illinois infantry, now In
Libby Prison, Richmond, Va, to a friend IN
this city; .-. --.,


Moore, Of the 1o4th Illinois infantry, now In
Libby Prison, Richmond, Va, to friend In
this city; -.. .-
L1Dnr PntaoN, R1cnMoNp. Va,
AJauuary s9th, 1863.
FRIEND H.: Of course you arc aware that
am 4 prito1cr Of war, and am now confined IN
Il room T3x4S, with 125 men, composed OF OIL
ccrs, citiztns, suffers, thieves, descrters, high
waynen and robbers, NIL thrown together pro.
miscuously, and you can fancy what com.
fo,table position am in. We are full Of vcr~
every morning, we should soon be eaten up
alive. As i assure you, that these filthy
crecpers md Confederate money are the only
two things abundant In Dixie. It is useless
for me to write about our living, &C.,
r. tbis place. must ;n5n1rs rsaerse the tna' bope n
! elall get out Of this place by and oy, bat
when cannot say. Ipurcl11so the 5ontnotu
pupers, and from the Northern e3traets ss,.s cHu-
iuIned in them, infer that ne seeessaon,s,ts ns,
in.r n compromise. II thcy only knew how
tEeir exertsons for such things are ridlcuicd
by the Southern prese, they would renouncc
md abandon tho idea tnEsantcr. i sec by the
resolutions of those peace men, if they are
correctly printed here, that they find great
fauit about putting Northern citizeus In con.
finement for dialoyalty, and call upon the Ad-
min:sira1ion to cease such things; but l find
nothing In those resolutions condcmniug the
same things In the South. There arc citizens
In prison here, and have been here month after
month, simply becanse they are no: loyal to
Old Abc for that also.
M man in t1,a anrth d,-o e,oo,. o,-,,,.+ A.,
rcbe1 Coycrnmrnr If hc daea cnHf,ncment
is bis doom. There are men In this prison
who are here for being dlitn misunderstanding
the misfortune to have been born in Maine.
3,on1sn n h. horn IN the 1917 ~ ~ W. Hn,r
1n,ir}, ,nora then VII, In mt rne ~ tho ;.-, r.
lie sn,,ts ;;sresnectfrI,t nf h;s
5irtnt nrsh;n 1nll- nfo1t re+ti;,,r rr;+ s,,.'i,
men by nIonosing npacet It il nunsensc
There wn, nnrn n ncTrn very III md n,,out tn
die. His minister ca7icd to sec him g1t and toiJ
lin, 11r m,1st fnrf;xe III 1is ,u.,n;ss hcfnre ia
died' @ " The ne"r6 hnicd ma % n h;s iu hrotnran m
h1 art;1v md e.. unn1d MT conscnt M to f,rr;ra
him a. h,s st> rnnnv ncts nf 1nn.nncss +nu5rds
him, Tie minister told lin he mnst dn
H. Whercnnon the sick ncorn rom.
nrom;scd os f1l1owss "If d;,.s tnr.
gives that nigga; but if I .gits well,
G.Ifuv tn,,nrf1s thc corf,dcr,cy ond III ono. NO.
,ni's F. lie ia F1ar. and thai .tu,d u II he e thc
E.cl;,,w ~ cynrr MN In tln Nn-tl E.rrv '1In nv
1i,n var s,,stain The adm;u;st r,,tinr and tho M
miserable scnrnion viii sot,n hs irving to
-, ei,nv Il. osrn hca;, an -. n.uc1 i, ~ ~
nf7 pf h7,f 1.f,r
t;n9 mnst f,rsf c1Imc from fhs roh.1s md Tim
Il nrncr T. rycr estshl;shrd ~. I,nnnr If o,r
i.}ovc1 C,vcrnmnnt mi c1nntrv ,n~.+ b.. m.
;mn.;rsd artl tha. r.1rai. ,,,met :,,1,n,;t ~ ho
n.i.arnod hv I uy S,.n o, 't +,it ~" cn,.o ~ w
,,e,,nns aT snc,' Ioa;sIat; ,,aS 10 .,,,.nt ~
by % tie ioyal ~ f pe"plS to su: ii. ' c:l.e '''
Now. n ward in reference to tle f,uht NJ
4Jart.,;i hcre ~ lana M s,ho,o ~ fo,cs ,rcre ~
ca,tn,sn i'sI hesm T N 2 nnnond af'ha .St s,,
Srp,- h,,+ ~. a,,.e t,ofor..4i,a an.
srGs.cI'3 ri Scn1i ~ r. +hn 1t,tI M 1ii;nols ,rhG
*, H. ""s oco.. T., .r tuun aoS; ~ IL; WY
~ ~ T.; nu tIn Iu 1ilitt ~ Ii;i|s iH
% 1n.l, @ in'a ~ I..t a ~ - ~ 81
1ne i1h ana ,ostn uho, nDoat ~ q t4e ~
to1 ,d u' ~ N;cii,e ar ~
dien35 hottsry had nv nicEe,s md ri1e,tcs m
ual m asa ,,t nau & s i ~ aMu 3
WILL WI ai,f9wn oIt, alu hcpe ans eoun.s5 VI ~
,,ts seouteo aul ndss !, III mota tho, Isets us % ~
es hq ~ thc rec1s tf1ecm i1ss fro1r
Hnnss;ile. ISn IN ine GSehl1E u nscem9er ON
| Jon1i MooIgan, aoi Win nls "nole elVal!y loree o
ovel 7,oel :la e1shl p'tsss ~ aFtu1s1S' ~ ~
| IVY oTeg'men1s o1 !Man,'y ttne ~
| anu H1h heh1ncRy}, ana Coons oatterF
miles from Lebanon, with the infantry mount
| cd behind his cavalry, aud marched twenty
five miles tliat night, crossing the Cnmber
land River, five miles below my camp. cut nf
my videtfes and pushed on for !lartsyille. II,
PicheAS Eo'c tHI 9&taa II IL l4I!e Aoi Alt ~ Iii
my men in proper line to receive them. !:
commenced the attack upon the enemy, ant
fought hin, for one and half hours. Th'
| fight, while it listed, WaB very seTe:e. Th'
10Th Illinois infantry, and the ID Indiana cav
nlry fought nobly: but the 106th Ohio, led b.
thtir Colonel, behaved most shanefully AM
coWardly, l did my utmost to nslly them
ind also called upon Col. Stewart, of the e
Indiana cavalry, to aid me In rallyins them
But it was unayailing. They ran, with thei
Colonel, At their head, aud were soon cap
turcd. The 10sth Chic did much better thai
the 10th. Indeed, / have no particular flul
10 find with The 10Sth, IA it did not have
single tcld officer in the regiment Captain
rlWpho and krieller did good service.
The company Of Kentucky cavalry nlso Iii
nobly. The section OF artillery also pei
formed good execution. After the 10jth liz
deserted their position without orders, il lei
the guns without any support On the right
| ordered thu 10th to hold the rebels il
cheek unit! placed the cannon ih anothc
position. They did go. then ordered the'
10 fall back. for the reason that they vel
hanked on the right by the rebels, They te
taeE III good order, WIN = poItlon OF tn
lVo.n aeeonra3x'ng laem hy tnls lint N
mere o;,, Goha.it;Gis enstooi m n.aa nt5 sunnel
"ets 1,:s e4.aet A.lisG ~ "vaaoeu, ~ glospse
Of reccls,ng re,niorcenients, en- ,, ana pafs o. n
~ sv!iu oaseis ~, nv, ""s i',!.t, -,
s !, ,.us ~ t,,at 1t1ss =, :.
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mSs, uGus Esa1 sa. ~ ~ r., vi ~ s;ss sso y u
st W.. "Hs, .uIs ~ ~, n.I i,,,, A. stN Eoa ~ ~;
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,i.roaS t,,ro>,e1, ,l" 3,,s.i r. n;n;.a L,,1Iai
;.,'t ~ R.;,don1 , ~ ~. 1ott, x,s uu.I a's
i;t1.r = ~ ,,,ast nrna,ia11 ,,r,rn .,ra I,,tr,nt;
n,an ;a", ~, si.1.,rt td and NJ; fu;1i
.hc % 81 1udinn, S; cav,1Ir L,rn: @ Cni Hnnns,a Hs
and Mai. Wid1ucr. and every officer in Tics
rcnip,,1ts an1 ai,o rv,.rv man ac ed wel1 III ri
parizs and ali deserve the appcl}ation Of heroe: roe
5"5.. ,o1,1v an5 Liant Erecn ~ ~ hnt.rr,
md III l., h;s on,nrnsna ,rh;,e t,,ev hid ~;
nortmni,r nor m ali rnn1 rvscut;nn liant r II
wwnlds nv Al. d.. .Can,u. WA with mc in Il,
n,ost d,.nrernys m, +, III tl1e field and did m
mucs, srrTice hf f,e nramnt mn md and f,;thf,,j h h
i;vcrv ri ori3rrs r. eyer cynerfrnceTI \ sn,
sati.n Of mort;,ira,;on> It vas the mo,nc,
whrn / wns comn.,1rd unon cnnsnltat;o
Win snnn nf nv pfIicrrs IN a,,rrrnd"r fhn,
WV. ,nnr ~ viz had i,c11 ~ ,,ny - ;arca
rnt,o,. ana "T nud ha1f honr: ~ s;,ocs the
,,r,.,I,nr ;n5r,I,,n1 ,he hnna 1h.t rsinf,-c
.. nn..,',s wo,,13 cl,ne int ~. ,rcre iii d;so
nn;n,ed Thcrc ,x'. two hr;p,,1,. NJ m ;nf,nt
w;,nin ";ci,t n,;1cs @ IT ne ,ni1 }icv cnn', h.
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law te,eneo 10, anu ss.e! ~. tuc lotec
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uninouasa ;n.s :in4 na as s4.s "tsu, ;aoas ~
rcgients o. mainly; eta fourteen a,,Im. prsess
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