The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-11-14
More of the Forrest and h,Il'asric't
russ-A Spicy correspondence be-
,.ccu Second Parties.

=, l. SI1clelf0rd, New Haven, Conn:
c:r-Tn reply to Forests letter to you
5n,;-c TO say, in behalf of General Kill
. rr that since officers of the United
55...ns army who were present at the inves-
,;7s;on into the charges against Forrest
hsvo not only confirmed General kilpat-
LIS statements on that subject, but have
.;rsn additional and more shocking details
r porrest's inhuman conduct at Fort Pill
Y.u. he General Kilpatrick) has nothing to
J., With either Forrest or Basil Duke, ex-
..,, 70 rrIterate his denunciation Of For
rosts unparalleled atrocities.
am. very respectfully. &C.,
a.. Z. ". WHITAKER.
Nyv HAVEN, CoSN, November s, 1868.
General Z. ". Whaaker, President of the
Central GrantCluh, Hartford, Conn.,:
General, Your note Of the ID instant,
- which Won say, Gin behalf of General
ETratrick, that since officers of the United
States army who were present at the in
rex,iration into the charges against Forrest
have not only confirmed General Kilpa-
tricks statements on that subject, but have
riven additional and more shocking Details"
g.. is before me and in reply will state,
What every intelligent man in this country
knows to be true, that the so-called "inves-
t;cation" to which you allude was one
SIDED Radical affair, intended TO intensity
the bitter feeling then existing both North
and South, and to make capital in the then
approaching elections.
The few soldiers, black and white, who
gave evidence in that farce, misnamed I'm
yestiCation," had not recovered from the
fright they received in the Fort Pillow
sight, and knew nothing Of the fate of the
missing men who were taken prisoners and
stewards exchanged. Hence the willy and
uascrupulous chairman Of that so-called
Investigating Committee easily filled
the vacuum in their distorted imaginations
ty suggestions, which any shrewd lawyer
csn make in asking leading questions, that
those missing men were " slaughtered,
rs lied to fences, and burned TO DEATH" &c.
The exercise of little common sense,
sir, would teach any man that were there
me least vestige of truth in any Of these
Infamous and slanderous charges against
Gensra. Forrest no power on earth could
have saved him from the fate Of Captain
Henry Wirz, and none should know this
-a,, better than General Fitzpatrick him
self.
Ills well-known fact that General For
rest has repeatedly demanded a court of in
c,irv into those charges, 10 which demand
the "powers that be " have made 10 re-
sp9nse.
Since the smoke of battle has cleared
away. the excitement allayed, and comba-
,snts again in friendly communication with
each other, the truth could be more readily
sui more accurately arrived AZ than when
the confusion incident to war was at Its
zenith. Then why has he been refused
this inquiry Are the Radical authorities
afraid Of the development Of such an in
aairy fairly conducted General Forrest
and his friends deny the truth of those
charges, and all law and equity concede
men innocent until proved guilty.
You say General Fitzpatrick has nothing
to do with either Forrest or Basil Duke,
except to reIterate his denunciations Of
Forests unparalleled atrocities" If Cen
eral fitzpatrick is not utterly lost to all sense
Of honor, sir, he will hold you responsible for
r.4cinE him in such an eQuivocel position.
i distance Of 500 miles from General For
rest evidently makes the valiant Fitzpatrick
feel very brave. believe, sir, that dis
lance has that influence with all towards
aud braggarts; hence he "reiterates his
deuunciations," &C., and seems TO forget
that he has been publicly denounced as "a
backyard, liar, q sccu2drel, and pol
iyy,n," by this gentleman. with WHOM you
say he Z" has nothing 10 DO" He is evil
IDENTIFY man Of easy courage and hinty
cleck."
II YOU are the champion Of General Kill
patrick, and authorized to act for him in
this affair with General Forrest, would
very respectfully suggest that General Basil
W.Dukv, Of Louisville, Ky, is the proper
party TO address, and not myself.
] an, very respectfully,
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