The Nashville daily union. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1862-1866, 1863-07-22

II. Morgan. As a collection OF rebel
autographs 1t is quite q curiosity, aad'
Col. Hughes letter complaining. of the
depredations Of MOrgau's men is aniih-
teresting exhibition of rebtl proficiency
in the "art and mystery Of spelling.
col, .nueHts's coMpLA1NT OF MbRoAN's
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HEDos 25TH TENNESSEE REd'T,l }
. FAIRFIELD, Tenn, June IL, '63. {
Cal H. W. WaRer, A.A. T4i . r
+" SIN: desire TO call attention to the
depreciation committed BY struggling
cavalry soldiers on.the property of oiti-
zens of the counties of 0erton, jackson,
White aud Putnam, from which counties
my regiment was made up, 5sal.l.
\ II willnot be necessary 10 give many
instances of toese depred dations, Asrit Is
almost a universal complaint that they
are stealing, pressing or Swapping horses
with the citizens of these cOuntie es, until
they have almost despaired of being'al1le
10 raise support for their families. n
will only Instance . few cases kirss
Sallie Grimsley, Of 0Verton county, of
whom they stole the only horse she had;
while che has no one on whom to rely for
assistance, The party who tobk ,-the
horse is unknown to her. Soon after, a
company forced themselves on her, and
fed out all The corn she had, except a
few bushels she hsd che preeaulion to
conceal, aud then refused 20 pay. her near
what tho corn was worth, This was
done by Col. Chenault's regiment. of
Gen. John II. Morgan's s commend. EytNa
Cullom, an old and respected cilizenof II
0verton county, has had eight or ten
horses taken from him in the last ten
months, besides other depredationsa p.
NJ Armstrong, Mrs. Hinson, II. IL Cox,
and many others, in fact almost every
family has sufleredin some way. have
Just received letter from my Wife in.
forming me that tie last horse She had
had been stolen. There could be many
instances given ifit we're necessary Of
horses being taken from women, wilhelm
| the field plowing, and broke down worth
less horses left in tleirplaee. The most
recent complaints are of Gen. Morgan's
command while returning from The bor-
/ derto Liberty, Tenn, The depredatioDs
AAa eANt NtHttaAEAet aAtAlN III ANhAtNE lNinNng Oi
swaPping broke down, worthless horses
to farmers by force, butint taking bacon
and corn, absolutely necessary fof family
support in burning rails, throwing down
fences, etc, etc. II,
J. The complaint is universal against the
cavslry commands which have passed
| through or been in that county except
Col. o. p. Hamelton'st battalion, against
which there has been no recent torar
| plants, ~
i most earnestly request that these
causes of complaint be inquired into and
proper remedies applied, and that all
commanders of cavalry squadrohs OF
regimentsbe held 20 strict account fot
the-s conduct Of soldiers under their
command. II will take severe punish
menk | do not wish to make myself
conspicuous, or to dictate more THAN is
my duty as an officer of the army, bat
being citizen of one OF those cbunties
and my entire command coming from
there, l feel deeply interested ia thewel-
fare of the brave soldiers comprising my
command, and think something hks
dismonniing the men and cashering tht
officers would put an end 10 these trou,
bles.
The people will be bound to suffer /
they are permitted 10 60 on unnoleeted
and soldiers whose famiiiea live there
will hardly be kept in the service On &c
counb Of il, &c. wish to call The at
tention Of the Commanding General q
the eaHdlion of the people Of thosi
counties, .and what will be thelrl copdi
ton If they get no relief, All lihe'able
bodied raen are now In the army, and thi
women and men at home have nDthipg 4
rely on but their own labor and that 0
their little children, and without "a hors
TO work With, in the hameof high heayel
how can they make a support Situated
on the border and liable to be overruna a
any time by the enemy, il seems yory har'
Indeed TO be stripped Of al means ofsnp
port by those who ought 10 be- Thea
friends Could it be wondered AZ tha
soldiers should become. dispiritel Whe
they know their families At homo are be
ing deprived Of the neceasariespf life b.
men calling themselves sContederat
soidiersR,
i earnestly urge that a femedybe speed
, ly applied. Respectfully, s.-v
in, HudHs,
Col Comd'g 25th Tenn Regt,
OFFICIAL REFERENeEs. aiii
HEADQuARTERs 25Tu TnlE, REF'T(
l1airheld, Tenn, June IL g3S o
Contamination on the coadaai Of Il
- cavalry. --- D. d"
Respectfully forwarded ~ Tr sl..
n JoHE NJ !. nUdHs.
. Coz, Comd'g 25,h Tenn. Rsg-t
20 HEADouRrEBs AKArr on TENNESSEE
June 21, 1863.