The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-09-11
Statement OF OfIeers and Men OF the
TWenty.flrth Indiana.

Evansville, Sept. 10th, 1868. /
Statement or 0fflcers and Men OF the
TRenty-ilrth Indiana.
The following is the statement of
officers and men of the Twenty fifth
Indiana Regiment, referred to in the
foregoing letter of General James G.
Veatch. The signatures embrace all
the surviving members of the field and
staff, Oieut. Col. Morgan excepted)
six of the (now living Captains of
companies in that battle. together
with other officers and men of the
regiment, who participated in the
battle of Fort Donelson: 10.
From the indianapolis Sentineil
THE TRUTH or HISTORY"
1.-THE truth of history must be vindi-
Gated. His (Veatch's) Regiment, the gall
liant 25th Indiana, was not under his
DoneIson. Every man in that regiment
knows that Lieutenant Colonel w. II.
Morgan commanded the bloody conflict at
Fort DOnelSOu, and that General Neatch
fingered in the rear until the surrender of
the rebel forces, and then, bedecked in his
new military trappings, on which there
was no smell of gunpowder, undertook to
place himself at the head OF the regiment,
and claim a participation in is gallant
tered by Lieutenant Colonel Nor an made
his feathers fall, and he again sunk back
into the rear"
We, the undersigned, members of
the Twenty.ffth Indiana Infantry,
who participated In the siege and
battle of Fort Donelson, February
18th and 18th, 1862. do hereby certify,
of our own personal knowledge, that
the above statement of the Indiana
polls Sentinel is a willful and mali
cious falseho0d in every particular;
and we hereby brand its author as
liar and seoundrel. be he whom he
may. Ta
j. S. Wright, Captain commanding
Company Ell.
W.T., Mason, Sergeant Company II.
John Smith, Company K.
John Feigel, Company *.
I'll. G.. Deshler, Company K.
ID. Hayford, Sergeant Company K.
Egedias Zinc, Company K.
William Shrode, Company X.
Morris FL Brady, Company K.
John Martin. Company |.
Samuel Laird, Captain commanding
Company K.
Arthur White, Assistant Surgeon.
John Kriger, Company K.
VIM. L. Partridge, Orderly Sergeant
Company K.
Justin Van Echeute, Company K.
l.. I'll. Conner Company K.
d. b. Lusk, Company Il.
j. I'll. Niblack, Company Il.
| Edward ID. Cosgrove Company *.
Joseph Haines, Company K.
To the above we append the follow
ing, which we copy from the Warrick
Herald of the 9th inst:
NEwBURG, Ind, July z, 1868.
We, the undersigned, members of
| the Twenty fifth Indiana Volunteers,
| who participated with the regiment in
| the battle of Fort Donelson, being
| DESTROYS that brave and gallant sol
dier should not be slandered by his
enemies, who stayed at home while
we were fighting for the preservation
of the country, hereby declare that
the above extract, from the Indianap-
oils Sentinel, is a willful, malicious
and unfounded lie, from beginning to
ending, and we hereby denounce its
author as a dishonorable, cowardly,
infamous and contemplate scoundrel.
John Ill. Darby, Captain Go. IL.
Charles Lucas, Lieutenant
James A. McGill, Company 81.
r ~ L. AleHzar4 vr-. GUrzayauy II.
J. S. Robertson, Captain Co. /.
John Hawley, Company Ii.
j. A. Stout, COMPANY IL.
T. M. Norwood, Band.
j. N. Weldon, Company I.
s. Krackhardt, Company III.
John Cramer, Company III.
Ill. B. Durgin. Company Is.
s. L. Cavett, Sergeant Co. Il.
| Frederick Frank Company /.
TO this list arc also added, in deni-
al of the truthfulness of the Sentinel
article, the following soldiers who
were members Of the Twenty Fifth,
from Evansville and vicinity:
Alex. Darling, LIT. Company b.
John w. Foster, Major.
G. w. Darling, Lit. Company b.
Charles Schlaub, Company b.
Jacob Graul, Company b. l
John Rheinlander, Captain Compa-
ny b.
g. S. Wills.
v. G. Larkin, Captain Company r.
Alex. H. Foster. Quartermaster.
John ID. Jarvis, Company B.
Paul Wesboro, Company B.
Alex. kirkpatrick. Company B.
Philip Klein, Band.
Valentine Lutz.