The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1866-08-01
From the lMao-a-Cheek Press, Radical. !
.c General LcFeyre. .,

The Sandasky Register, and the Han,
cotk J.fefsoniun call us t. account for
Uuf defense OF this genrlsmpn's military
record We are sorry to differ with our
good friends on any subject in general, and
this in particular Weare all three striv.
rug ior the same cause that involves the
defeat Of LsFevre, and there is no call
for any other than harmonious action :
But there is something more ut stake thap
this, aud regarding il as no little import
ance, we are forced to take issue with our
fr;cuds. Knowing that Ben. LeFevre
d:d his duty, as a brave and tfficleat sol
dier iu the late war, we cannot, sii by
quietly aud see the facts distorted, and
The man sIandered by an anonymous serb
bier, as the author Of the communication
to the Je6srsonian is, merely because our
old cowrade forgot himself in permit.
ting q shameful use Of his name and
record by the cNpperhead organization.
he Hancock Jefcrso"iaa wishes to
know il Col Dom l'latt sus,ains a POL
-troou? ? Certainly not. Colonel Piatt doc:
mol sustain Ben LeFe,re, be he brave o.
cowaIdly lie seeks his def at, and is
working hard TO accomplish that result
But his cannot be accomplished by dis.
turting his military cerd ,r .busins the
soidier. Col Piatt Recommended Major
-LeFeyre for PROMOTION pron the recorded
r,cenmendarioIs Of Gcl erals Rusrcrans.
EliItendep, al d Colobel, Stonley Mathews
and Cuu.n,ins, who afifusd that he was
gal ant and f6cient officer, i.
The charges preferred sgainst LcFcvre
by the anony ymous author in the j. fir
Son'dn were, that be did net enter the
service as a private, that he was under
are but once, an then was gully oil shame
Iul misconduct tf..:t.p .p ..l....
/ We knew th'se charges were false
We knew that Ben LeFevre entered the
service US private. for we had seen his
honorable discharge, and the reports Of
his superior officers, who speak warm y o.
his bravery aud obedience ID oI
being in one ly he was in five uf the
HARDEST fought battles in the Army Of
the Cumberland, aud 10 all won f,r hi y.
sell The eppfaepce a. a support Of his 'sp
/ prrlor fietrs; a. a., ra,.' ',''' ~. ~:
AEa when The proof is called for, il
consists OF . protest, signed by all the of
fctrs, To- his promotion over the head Of
AZ ih,y claim, more deserving officer
and lhq only charge is that LeFevre ha,
b e., away TOO much from his regiment on
DC, uched service. flad he been open tc
rhs Charge OF misconduct on the field
would not these tfic' rs have used the
iac' TO lis pr jndice' They did not, apt
il is tob lai', III the pidst Of . heated po
iiiical contest, 20 p,fer il now, r
| Our friends do not understand ard ap
4 preeiare the feeling that rrevade' the az
my nrihe Union. AZ least dozen brave
Rrpubican 'flicers said to MS at the lat,
| Convention, "if this sort Of thing goes IN
We will lrse every soldiers vote in Ohio.
While appFTlstot patriotism makes u
lspcctssiul With tho army, abuse Of 'heil
e"piad's will only weaken our carse =
| We must remember that large nnipbtl
Of Ihese soldiers are old Democrats, and
wbile'fhcy will stand firmly by tur fag
at0hmne, as they did in tho field. are in
10 huu,or for unmcriied abuse Of com
rades. 4lAH7' N'-Ti''' w ',''''' ~ 'i' w %