The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1879-05-23

Cor Of the Louisville Courfer-Journal1
Madrid BEND. Lake Co., Tenn, MAY IL
Se4ing an account Of the dispute between
Mr.. Lowe and Senator Logan in the C0urier-
Journal and their cards. neither Of which l.
correct propose to give you such informa-
fi6n - I possess. About February. Isol,
Gen Logan made 4 red hot speech a Men,
phis, in which be said be thought Sourner
Indiana and Illinois would 20 with the
South, and that he could bring . brigade
from Illinois When the war began, went
out with the Fifteenth Tennessee Infantry,
Col. c. NJ Carroll, Company c. THIS regi-
ment was composed OF about half from Hi
nois. the rest from Mzyfeld, Nv, in com
msnd Of Capt Thorn Brooks, First-Lieuf.
DIR. John Wall. Orderly Sergf- Hiram Gun
ninghzm. brother-in-law Of Gen. John A.
Logan II WAS . good company, and Gun
ningham one Of the best non-commissioned
of1cers in the regiment Capt Brooks and
came into the Confederate service, the SUBJ
stance ~ which was that Logan was TO raise
. regiment, Of which Brooks CON-
pAny was to be . pxrt- that they
bad . full company organized: that
they heard or steps being taken for their
arrest BY the authorities a. Cairo. that
Brooks advised them 70 scatter and make
their way singly or in small parties south 10
the Ohio and meet II PAdncah. Ky.. that
many OF them were scared and remzincf be-
hind, that those who did come over made
their way 70 MAyfeld, Ky, where they found
. company being organized by DR.. Wall:
that tnsy joined these Keutuckisns: and
that, - . compliment 70 them, Brooks Wa
chosen Captain and Wall First Lieutenant.
They then went 20 Union City, Tenn, and
were mustered into service with the Eff
tesnth Tennessee infantry. These Illinois
ans were brave soldiers. and had al the chic
of Johnny Reb- Al shiloh, Sergeant Gun
ningh2n, IN charging through the Federal
camp on sunday morning. Was struck I'm the
left breast BY . muskef bsll and knocked
over A pack OF cards In his oyershirt-
pocket saved his life. - the ball had pene-
trsfed AL but the last card. lie used 70
laugh ~ this, and say, /" Cards don't 70 with
special prsvidencss, but II now II had bees
: Bible. how the ehspiAins, newspapers md
old women would have howled-v
In 1e<i1 the regiment was rs0rgknfxcd.
Private Tyler - Colonel brig Gen. Tyler,
killed almost the lnst FIGHT o. the war Al
West Point, Gal; Brooks. Lieufenxnf-Col-
onel; Dr. Wall. Major. and Sergeant Gun
ninrham became Captain Of his company.
BY the spring Of i~ss this company. like
many other. had become much reduced in
numbers, and Capt. Cunningham solicited
and obtained permission from Gen. Bragg
20 70 70 Illinois for recruits for his com
mand- He never returned His COM
rkdes had such confidence IN him from their
association with him. his gsIlantry and de-
yoti0n 20 the cause. that they kindly judged
thst ne had been captured. and when pris-
0ntrs captured from Lozsn's corps. In front
Of Atlanta. said that Cunningham was . sni.
Ter In their com mand. the boys t0kingly said
that a. he could notgef back 70 his command
ne was damaging the eneny - much n he
could In that way.
Irever heard os any other troops from
-. n -
but that these were part Of = very much
larger body az men that Gen. Logan was %
heal for the protested purpose 81 Joining
the southern Army il certain III Logan did
not IN his secret heart intend these men for
the South, the deception WIS cruel. In