Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1864-06-02
HOW 1T WAS DONE.

In the consolidation OF the seve- al
battallions of the n G. at Gallipolis
one company of the 10th bait. from
Brown county, composed wholly oil
Germans, refused to be sworn into
the United States service. They
we're all of the pure copperhead
stripe, had only joined the Guards for
home service, and could not go be-
yond the border. They were at once
furnished transportation tot Columbus,
and left Gallipolis highly elate1 with
the idea of spending the hundred days
North of the Ohio river. Adj. Gen.
Cowen thus disposes OF the company
after it reached Columbus:
GENERAL HEAD QusnrERs, State Of Ohio,
A. q. Office, Columbus, May 26, 1864.
Special Order, No 3l4.
Comply B, Captain Wendell. Aischler, Auth
Battalion National Guards, is hereby dishon-
orabiy dismissed from the service Of the State
Of Ohio, with forfeiture Of all lay and allow
nnees, for having refused to como TO the relief
Of tho Government under the recent call Of the
President for one hundred days troops. The
National Guard Of Ohio. by its prompiness in
responding to sail call, has won an immortal
ity OF hODor, and Justice 20 IL demands that all
recreaDts Should he prnmptly punished, and
the Guard relieved from the odIum Of so dis
graeefula conrse of action. To the honor Of
the Guard 1t is announced that the above com
pany was the only one among the forty two
regiments sent 60 the field that lacked faith in
the honor of their State and adopted country,
and refused to fy to the relief when the fate
Of the country was trembling in the balance.
They can return TO their homes and say to their
friends and neighbors that they have regarded
Their country and its safety as secondary tn
their own personal ease and security; that in
the hour m most imminent peril TO that Gov
eminent which has received and protected
them when aliens, they basely betrayed their
trust, and refused to follow their gallant COM
mander TO the field OF honor and danger. No
member Of said company will he allowed to
enlist in any other company Of the National
Guard, under any circumstances whatever. as
men who wish to be soldiers in peace and cit
izens in war, will not he allowed to disgrace
the Guard or peril the State and Nation by
their presence and example.
By order Of the Governor.
B.R. COwEN,
Adiutant General Of Ohio.
These men have thus earned a no
toriety which will will cling to them
and to their children through life
Whilst the NationalGuards are receiv-
NC the Communications of the world
or their patriotism, these poor delu-
led copperheads will ind true what
vas said of them by member of the !
NC, in article for this paper too
engthy for publication, but from
which we extract the following:
"Your readers can better imagine
han ] can describe, with what indig
Iation an old disabled soldier looked
pom the cowardly marplots as they
marched away in disgrace. / blush
d for my native State, and grieved
or my suffering countrymen at the
ront. who are asking assistance at
he hands of the people whom they
ave defended for the period of three
,ng and bloody years. Men who at
his time will refuse aid to the army
re traitors of the deepest dye. They
re a hydra headed, triple-tongued,
Ioven- footed, heaven forsaken, hell
egotten band of unmitigated trait ,
rs, whom, if the earth was n fulcrum
nd the heavens lever, Almighty G
cd could not, in the space of a thou
md years, elevate to the common
vel of murderer. They should be
until language is exhaust
|, whilst their names should go down ]
infamy everlasting"