The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-29

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seEsFaiis aohtrevsIGed By livihs Wit /
nesses, did We deem Il necessary to |
repiyto them IN detail. The letter /
bears UPON its face SO plainly, malice, |
egotism, and folly, that it in a great
measure answers itself Taking the
letter as whole. it is substantially
the same as the article which we pub
lished more than month ago from
the Sentinel. Boil down his wordy
epistle into the condensed language of !
the Sentinel, and they are one and the
same.
YEAToH is willing to settle
this personal controversy between
himself and Col. MORGAN, not by his
own letters or afidavits as does the
Colonel, but by the testimony of the
officers and men who were present in
the battle. Let us call them up as
unprejudiced witnesses. As we have
before stated Col. MoRGAN's letter
and the editorial article in the SENT
mel are one and the same. We pub
lish below the article from the SENT.
net, with the testimony of the old
soldiers of the Twenty Fifth to its
truthfulness. 4 heir ansrer to 1t as
their dns,oer to Col. Morga1a's letter
also. -=t
From the Indianapolis Senfins11
"Tha Truth of History.
''The truth Of history must be vindi-
| Gated. His (Veatch' 81 regiment, the
gallant 10Th Indiana, was not under
his { Veatch's immediate command at
Fort Dopelson. Every man in that
regiment knows that lieutenant Col
| bloody conflict at Fort Donelson, and
that Gen. Yeateh fingered in the rear
until thesurrender of the rebel forces,
and then, bedecked In his new mill
tary trappipgs, on which there was no
smell of gunpowder, undertook to
place himself at the head of the regI-
menv. and claim a participation IN its
gallant deeds, but the singing rebuke
administered by Lieutenant Colonel
Morgan made his feathers fall, and he
again skunk back into the rear"
I'VE, the undersigned, members of
/ the Twenty fifth Indiana Infantry
who participated in the siege and bat
| tie of Fort Donelson, February 18th
| aud 10Th, 1862, do hereby certify, of
our own personal knowledge, that the
II above statement Of the indianapolis
Seaatiaael is wiliul aud malicious
falsehood in every particular, and we
hereby brand its author as a liar and
scouudrel, be he whom he may.
j. S. Wright, Captain commanding
Company, III. = i8sa0asl .lie4n- 4
w. T. Mason, Sergeant Co. IL.
r. John Smith. Company K. sa,.sa-s
John Feigel, Company X.
III. g. Deshler, Company X.
3 d. Hayford. Sergeant Company K.
) Egedins Zinc, Company K.
William Shrode, Company X.
Morris Ii. Brady, Company Ks
! John Martin, Company /.
Samuel Laird, Captain commanding
, Company K.1as p 7a
, Arthur White, Assistant Surgeon
John Kriger, Company *. -t
Y VIM. l., Partridge, Orderly Sergeant
2 Company X. d. .asaa4 4-f--
2 Justin Van Echeute, Company K
/ j.. IT. Conner, Company T..
f ID. b Lusk, Company e.
| j. III. Niblack, Company X.
f Edward, ID. Cosgrove, Company K
. Joseph Haines, Company K.
l To the above we append the follow
' ing, which we copy from the WarricL
Herald of the 9th inst:
, NEwBURG, Ind, July Z, 1868.
We the undersigned, members O
the Twenty fifth Indiana Volunteers
who participated with the regiment IL
e the battle sof Fort Donelson, being
9 DESTROYS that a brave and gallant sol
!. dier should not be slandered by hi
o enemies. who stayed at home while
!, we we're fighting for the preservation
Q of the country, hereby declare tina
the above extract, from the Iudianap
g oils Sentinel, is wilfui. mallciou.
e and unfounded lie, from beginning Il
t author as a dishOnorable, cOWardly
Q Infamous and contemplate scoundrel
q John III. Darby, Captain Co. III.
: Chas. Lucas, Lieut..
|. JAS. A. McGill, Co. Ii.
q 7. b. Alexander, Co. IT.
5 Us. Robertson, Captain COL.
/ John Hawley, Co FL.
y j. A. Stout, Co TT.
: T. M. Norwood Band.
y J. n. Weldon, Co l.
: S. Krackhardt. Co. III.
Y john Cramer, Co. FL.
: III. b. Durgin, Co. H.
0 S. I. Cavett, Serg't Co. I'll.
u Frederick Frank, Co. I.
:. To this list are also added in denia
!, of the truthfulness of the Sel,tine
; article the following soldiers who
: were members of the Twenty Fifth
?, from this city and vicinity:
!, Alex. Darling, LIT. Company B.
John w. Foster, Major.
> ID. w. Darling, Lt.Company b.
: Charles SchlGub, CompanyaB.
Jacob Graul. Company B.
y John Rheinlander, Captain Com
pany B. taew s1e -ianaa
: Y. G. Larkin, Captain Company f
Alex. II. Foster, Quartermaster.
: John ID. Jarvis. Company B. Il
Paul Wesboro, Company B. ~
Alex. Kirkpatrick, Company B.
Philip Klein, Band.
Valentine Lutz.
: More names could easily have been
I. added, had it been deemed necessary
c Here are six Captains (alI who are