Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1865-05-25

tary Commission, which he took along
to Baltimore, and sold it with / barrel
Of sugar, box Of candles, box OF soap
and some pork stolen from the men S ra-
tions, putting the money i'll his pocket
for his own use. At Newberne, he sold
| box of candles, z barrel ofsugar, lot
of coffee and Goldfish, to negro store
keeper, who paid him the money taking
receipt for the same, which he has yet,
and which he is instructed to keep until
all is ready to bring the scoundrel to
Justice. The officer in charge Of the
Commissary department oft same brig
ade is also accused Of mal-practices be-
sides being regular sot.
A captain Barker Of the same brigade,
commanding a battalion therein, got
barrel of dried apples from the San
itary Commission at Ne"berns, ior his
men, but appropriated it to the use of
his mess. They took after him, com
planned to the agent Of the Commission,
and got up a splendid row about his ears,
SO be paid for the apples as the shortest
way out Of it.
What wonder that soldiers and officers
steal and rob one another when even
chaplains will doit One of my regiment,
who was sent back to Jefersonvillc( Ind)
hospital last fail, tells me that chap
lain who was there, got up little specu-
lation of his own which paid him well.
He projected chapel for the hospital,
got the religious people Of the town and
the Sanitary and Christian Commissions
interested, got the convalescent soldiers
to help build the concern, got checks
from the Sanitary Commission upon a
bank in Louisville for $500, and drew
the money; then quit building, turned
the lob over to the Quartermaster to
finish, telling the soldiers that he pro
posed keeping the money to pay himself
for his trouble
when The writer reached Cincinnati
he found the papers Of the city filed with
accounts Of tie suferings Of the men and
the cruel neglect Of their officers; and
indiscrimnately condemning every Off
Ger connected with the Division, from
the highest to the lowest; a course pur-
sued also by the papers Of Crestline and
Pittsburg, who vented the vials Of their
wrath WITHOUT stint upon these unfortu-
nate men, the citizens while feeding the
soldiers cheelfully joining in the gener-
al clamor and condemnation. From all
that I can learn, there was considerable
ground for these complaints, but the
charge was too sweeping. While the
officers Of some of the other brieades
complained that their men had all forsa-
ken them, and the men complained Of
their officers deserting them, | believe
the I'd brigade-to which I was attached
had less cause ofcomplaint than either
of the others While hunger, cold and
fatigue are hard to be borne, neglect
and insult only make them more grew
GUS, while care, kindness and fidelity
may alleviate them very considerably.
Ofthe incidents connected with the
residue of our ride through the fertile
!, fields Of Ohio, over the mountains OF
PENNSYLVANIA, and down the lovely val
eys Of Maryland, to she time Of our en-
barkation at Annapolis, | must speak
very briefly. We had terrible voyage
up the Ohio, in consequence Of the cold
and ice part OF the Division landing at
one place and part at another, to take
the cars, not being able to reach Pitts
burg with steamers, the Cd brigade hay
ing to land at Jefersonville, Ind, while
the lst reached Cincinnati. We had
several accidents on the railroads from
broken rails, but without injuring any
Of the soldiers; our engineer a brake
man and a fireman got beastly drunk
at Nebraska Station, Ind where we had
to leave them, an officer taking the train
through to the next station, where we
cot sober engineer. A. CrestIine the
ID brigade had 6read riot, which re-
f suited in a sergeant being gagged and
tricked" and general quieting Of dis
turbers. The citizens of Baltimore gave
our boys a hearty greeting, and fed
them well, very different reception tc
what they gave the Massachusetts, men,
less than four years before
On saturday, the 18th OF FEB Y, the
last of the Division reached Annapolis
ard embarked at once. standing out to
sea tbe next day, steaming down Chesa-
peake Bay, and round the coast to Beau
fort, II. G., touching at Fortress Monroe
and enduring tremendous gale for two
days, landing at Morehead City, oppo-
site to Beaufort at dark on the 9Th
Eere We waited for a few days, as the
railroad had not rolling stock sufficient
to move more than one brigade per day,
so that the last of the Divisions did not
| get moved up to Newberne, distance
Of 36 miles, until Saturday morning the
18th Of Feb'y.
The following lines may help the read
er to appreciate what we endured during
oar stormy passage round the coast, when
the vessels, huge though they were.
seemed inclined to dance and skip about
like young dogs at play, and men were