The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-09-08


YELLOW styled Capt. ArET, is under the
employ of the Copperhead leaders as travelling 2
slanderer of fellow-soldier, the present and
prospective Governor OF the State. Anincident
which will be found detailed on the second
page of our paper. would Indicate that the
aforesaid Capt. AulT is coward as well as a
liar.
Capt. ArIT IS evidently miserable shirk,
or he would not, under any circumstances.
become the hired missionary of the Copper
head leaders, totravel the State for the avowed
purpose of villifying fellow soldier and fel-
low prisoner.
We published the other day letter from
Lieut.. Col. r. &. WaIrE, Of the I'D Iowa.
from which we append an exinc.:
Relative TO the charge Of cowardce male
by this man Ault, | would say that, from the
time the regiment entered the service until
Col. Stone was wounded and afterwards elect
ed Governor, | had good opportunity Of
knowing his conduct, and | pronounce said
charges unqualltiedly false and without a shad
ow of foudatien.
Uurlng the Campaign in the rear of Xicks-
burg was Inspector General upon General
Lawler staff, and knew Col. Stones stand
ing with his regiment aud hrlsade-tAst
was with Col. Stone all the time-present in
every hattie in which the 22d was engaged
and know all about the conduct of Col. Stone;
and to one who knows as well as | do of the
bravery of that conduct, the charge of COW
ardiee is base and contemplate in the ex
trem. This man Ault went in a. Captain of
Co. &c, of the 22d. and before many months
had elapsed he showed himself TO he worth.
less miserable coward, and became univer
sally regarded in the regiment as cowardly.
unprincipled and worthless officer and man.
He was brought before court martial upon
charge preferred against him bya Lieutenant
of his company for gross misconduct. unbe-
coming 81, officer and gentleman, and had it
not been for the interference Of Cal. Stone,
who induced the Lieutenant to withdraw the
charge. and procured Through Gen. CARR
the court appointed to try him to be dis
charged, he would have been dismissed .the
service. At the charge of yicksburg ne pre-
tended to faint (or at least said he tainted
no one saw bim1 willie going up the hill, and
fell qeEn into secure place from the enc
my S bullets, leaving his company to bel led
by a Sergeant (pavis.) for which he (4ult)
would have been dismissed had Col. Stone so
desired -
While t he dastardly craven was playing the
coward, Col. Stone, whom he is row engaged
in slandering, vas leaaing his men to the
oAasss against the rebel works. when reach
ing an eminence, near the enemys works,
that had been gained under severe fire. Col
Stone, standing upoh this eminence exposed
to severe storm of lead that was pouring up
on US, and with his Int in his hand and his
arm raised, was waving and cheering his men
onward and urging them not to give back an
inch that they had gained, when he was
wounded severely in the arm by bali enter
ing and severing the artery and passing
through. The position was very exposed, men
were falling about him, and the storm Of balls
was terrible. | saw the Colonel when he was
struck. In regard to the silly charge that is
made that Col. Stone, after he was wounded,
had 9 wounded L;sntenalS tsEen off tke
stretcher and himself put On, / would say that
it is like ell other charges, utterly hlse in
every particular When the Colonel was
| wounded, and became greatly weakened from
the profusion of blood flowing from the cut
| artery, Capt Morseman of Co. tn and my
self, went and got stretcher and upon Il
| bore the Colonel from the field, with the as
sistance of Sergeant John Finn. pades : TER
ribfe shower Of hullats. For witnesses to the
| truth Of these statements, I refer to Captsiu
MoFseman and Sergeant John Finn, Of Mon
roe county. Entering COL Stones regiment
as private, and having seen him in the camp
and on the battle field, and amid, the psrils Of
the service. have no hesitatioa ID ssyine
shat bnver gr truee odlcer hne not Qtered
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