Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1864-04-20

there is no such place as Kelly's Ferry, anC
substitute Kelly's Landing instead. SuoI
equiVocation is simply ridiculous and contemp
tible. Kelly's Ferry was simply Kely's Fer
ry before the war broke out, and it is only
since it has been used as a steamboat landing
that it is sometimes called Kelly's Landing
He must be possessed of wonderful memory
to be able after the lapse Of so long time tt
give the precise day and hour Of the crossing
Of the Rappahannock by the Goth at Kelly.
Ford, and theil subsequent encounter with
the rebels.
In answer to D. N AS question as to the
Mission Ridge affair." I dorecollect Of seeing
the famous White Star Division marching in
column along the western foot of the ridge
after the ridge itself was cleared of rebels, and
also recollect Of battery accompanying
that column, which for some reason or other
threw shells that buFsted directly over our
regiment which was at that time on the cres'.
But I do not recollect Of hearing the yells you
refer to.
In regard to what you wrote concerning
the 5th lava, did not ask you to retract,
sir. only said it was ungenerous and IN
gentlemanly IN you. and say 50 yet Is it
not quite enough tor a correspondent to de-
tail the good qualities of a regiment without
comparing it with another organization to its
discontinue and cost? I think so.
The Pea Vine Creek affair is not worth no
ticing, except to convince any sane man that
your statements are perfectly ludicrous and
contradictory in the extreme; or to use your
own words, your words lie to each other,
AID would shame the face OF an honest wri-
ter To prove Ii I viii show you. You say
Pea Vine Creek is recorded as a battle
Farther on you say, The boys (66th) are
accustomed to call such fights as Mission
Ridge and Ringgold skirmishes'- At the two
latter places there were hundreds Of lives lost;
at Pea Vine Creek only very little powder
burned and a few rebels scared. Yet you
give the latter affair the honorable appellation
Of battle, while Rrnggold and Mission Ridge
are insignifcantly denominated sllirrnishes
This is supremely inconsistent, and betrays
soft place in your Uranium, my friend Don't
you see? You let your eager desire to sub
vert my statement Of the affair rob you Of
your reason. leaving stupidity in its stead.
You ask why was that falsOme letter
written and did I suppose an assertion Of
that kind, &c. I answer, I wrote because it
pleased me SO to do, and I supposed nothing
Of the kind; neither am I angry because col
umns of gas were not blown over me. In
deed would beg to be excused from such an
operation, and as to making 'consummate
foor Of myself by 'spirting out my bad thou
ghts,' &c, did it ever occur to you, D. n. A,
that others read the papers, and that it might
be possible they would form different opin-
us from yours. The honor which justly be-
longs to you regiment does not set heavy on
my heart. On the contrary I glory in accor-
ding praise where it belongs, irrespective Of
organization, location or rank. I do not set
myself up as public benelactor' in order TO
correct all wrong impressions, &C.. although I
shall still continue to write, when and in what
way pleases me besT, Notwithstanding your
sell-constituted criticisms.
You grow wise in your own conceit, and
branch off into detail Of the motives which
influenced me to write, commenting thereon
to please your own fancy and suit your own
ideas Of human nature. You are a selfcon-
stituted court of inquiry, aud accuse and sen
/ IteRee me without trial. judge or jury. You
call me bad names with all the fuency of "a
lawyer You set yourself up unasked as a
champion for a paper and regiment to which
no injustice has been done. You say I am
too Icy 10 write TO this Ohio paper; did It
never eppear to you that there could be no
other reasons Tor not wiring, excepting the
one you have meuioued' Ny friend, your
-~ell-assurance Is truly astonishing
You say when the Army of the Cumber-
land gets on I rations again we win be glad
enough to ask the 12,h corps to seud US bread
and but'er. I cannot see the drift Of this.
Probably it is on account OF my 'woeful ig-
norance.' I sincerely hope We may never be
on I ra'isns, but if we sheuld be I would as
willingly ask the 18th corps to send US bread
and meat as any other organization which
had the power.
I acknowledge the tribute paid to the I'd
Ohio and its honored dead
You said in your letter that my commune
cation was a defamation of the Goth, and
should have been denied publication I say
that your letter was insulting, to say the least
OF it and in my opinion ungentlemsnly and
uRcalled for This is as far as I shall 90, and
nothing you may hereafter write will infu-
4 ence me to reply. I entertain no harsh feel
ings against the 66th. J.H R.