The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-08-05
The Truth of History.

Inc truth Ol ulciOIN must OC N1n0AChAC0a
His (veatch'sl regiment the gallant 18th
indiana, was not under his (Veatch'S) m
mediate command at Fort Donelson.
Lieutenant Colonel w. H.. Morgan COM
mande the bloody conflict at Fort DOnel-
son, and that Gen. Veatch fingered in the
rear until the surrender of the rebel forces,
and then, bedecked in his new military
trappimgs, on which there was no smell OF
g~unp0wder, undertook TO place himself at
the head of the regiment and claim a par
ticipation in its gallant deeds, bat the
singing reouke administered by Lieuten-
ant CoiOnM Morgan made his feathers TALL,
and he again SUNK back into the rear.
We the undersigned. members Of
the Twenty-F Fifth Indiana Infantry,
who participated in the siege and bat
tie Of Fort Donelson, February 18th
and 10Th, 1862, do hereby certify, Of
our own personal knowledge, that the
above statement Of the Indianapolis
Sentinel is a willful and malicious
talsehood in every particular, and we
hereby brand its author as a LIAR
ANDA SCOUNDREL, be he whom
he play.
J s. Wright, Captain commanding
Company FL.
w. Il. Mason, Sergeant Co. III.
John Smith, Company K.
John Feigel, Company K.
LII. G. Deshler. Company X.
ID. Hayford, Sergeant Company K.
Egedias Zinc, Company Is.
William Shrode, Company X.
Morris III. Brady, Company K.
John Martin, Company T..
SAMUEL Laird, Captain commanding
Company X.
Arthur White Assistant Surgeon.
John kTiger, Company X.
VIM. l.. Partridge, Orderly Ser
geant Company X.
Justin Van Echeute, Company K.
L.. III. Conner. Company X.
ID. Ii. Lusk, Company II.
j. H. Niblack, Company E.
Edward ID. Cosgrove, Company X,
Joseph Haines, Company K.
To the above we append the follow
ing, which we copy from the Warrick
Herald of the 9th inst:
NEwBURe. nd, July 7, 1865.
We the undersigned, members OF
the Twenty-Filth Indiana Volunteers
who participated with the regiment In
the battle of Fort Donelson, being
DESTROYS that a brave and gallant
soldier should not be slanderea bv
his enemies. who stayed at home
while we were fighting for the preser-
walton of the country, hereby declare
that the above extract from the To-
dianapolis Eentinei is a willful, mali
cious, and unfounded lie, from begin
ming to ending, and we hereby de-
nounce its author as a dishonorable,
cowardly. infamous and contemplate
scoundrel.
John Ell. Darby, Co. I'll.
Chas. Lucas, Lieut..
JAS. A. McGill, Co. n.
Il. Ii. Alexander, Co. H
j.. 5. Robertson. Capt. Co. l.
John Hawley. Co. III.
j. "a. Stout, Co. FL.
L. NJ. Norwood. Band.
j. N. Weldon, Co. L.
s. Krackhardt, Co. III.
John Cramer, Co. H..
I'll. b. Durgin. Co. IL.
5. Il. Cavett, Serg't. Co. Ell.
Frederick Frank, Co. l.
If the contemplate Copperhead
who Kissed from his venomous tongue
the glazing lie so signally refuted by
the unanimous testimony of those
who know whereof they speak, is not
satisfied with the above indisputable
proof of his own unmitigated base
ness, villainy, and scoundrelism, we
have plenty more of the same sort of
testimony at hand.
Or, If any Of the smaller reptiles of
the genus Copperhead, whose bust
ness 1t is to repeat and circulate the
shameful lies of their confederates
think the above certificates do not
sutaclenrly establish their vilIainy and
oD1rm the truth OF history, we
Gao furnish plenty more of the sa me
To this list we also desire to ap-
pend The names Of the following gal.
liant soldiers, who were members Of
inc T~wenty-ifth from our citv:
Alex. Darling, Co B.
John w. Foster, Major.
Id. w. Darling. Go. b.
Charles Schlaub, Co. B.
Jacob Graul, Co. b.
John Rheinlander, Co. B.
u. s. Wills.
VIC. Larkin, Co. E.
John ID. Jarvis, Co. B.
Paul Wesboro. Co. B.
Alex. kirkpatrick, Co. B.
Philip Klein, Band.
Valentine Lutz.