The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1880-08-12
OF HIS HOLE AND SAYS so AND SO.


ED. REPosIToRY;-Seeing several ar
ticles published in your paper in whict
am charged with making certain state
ments, and in which | am misrepre
sented, | wish to make plain statement
of the facts, hoping that you will be kinc
enough to give them to the public at
they are, and then you are welcome tt
make me ont a liar if you can, | saic
that the Jerry Ward statement was q
lie, for | know it to be such, and my
reasons for saying so are as follows
Ward says he belonged to the Fourth o
V. l., lst Regiment, 81 Division and I'd
Army Corps, and right al, er the battle
Of Bull Run, he heard General Hancock
make use of certain language to the 4.h
o. V. |. Now, ! was member of Com
pany F., 1 h D Y. | for some time after
the second battle of Bull Run, i'll which
General Lse defeated General Pope, and
| know that General Summer was in
command of the Second Army Corps at
that time. | did not hear General Hin-
cock use any such language at that time.
Neither did any member OF Company f.,
for the reason that General Hancock
was not in command OF the Second Army
Corps, nor did he assume command un-
til nine months after. | have never yet
seen General Hancock to my knowledge.
| did say il he used any sucn language 1t
was no more than several other good
Generals were noted for using when
angry.
Now, 80 far as the remark in regard to
the Irish Brigade, l belleve it to be lie
for the persons making the charge dared
not do it over their own signature, and
that no officer with the cause at heart
would make use Of Now what | said to
the last charge was l believeC it to be a
lie because the signature of the voucher
was not straight, as he signs himself Co.
F. wallace Grays) 4.h D. No member
of Company +. thought, claimed or
heard of being called Wallace Grays at
that time, and the name Wallace Grays
was never mentioned as referring to
Com oany F., 4.h o., until the organiza.
ton OF the Wallace Grays of our city. l
did not say that | was at the battle of
Spottsylvania, for was not member of
Company F or of the Second Corps at
that time. Now, so far as being in the
rear the voucher from his statement, if
correct, was in the rear himself at the
time of all important engagement, and
last but not least, what was line Of
guards doing in the rear OF al army ?
This with all my being In the rear las
the comments in your paper wouId nave
the public believe) is something new to
me.
For the reasons given 1 pronounce
ed the charge of Jerry Ward a lie
mot d-d.lie.) If General H4nCock
made use OF any such language at any
other time and Jerry Ward has made
in stating the time Of the oc-
Currence that is his mistake and not
mine, For the benefit Of all concerned
and particularly those who have inter-
ested themselves in trying to make me
out liar, | will inform them that the
second battle of Bull Run was fought
between Generals Lee and Pope on The
29.h day of August, 1862 and General
Hancock did not take Command of the |
Second Army Corps until June, 1868 |
Hoping that this will be sufficient proof |
hat stated the truth, ana my reputa.
ion for truth and veracity is ITO say the
east as good as those who have inter-
.sted themselves in willfully misrepre
enting me to the public, and who were
90 Cowardly to do so over their own
ignatures. The card published over the
ignatures of seven of my comrades
oears me out in saying that General
Hancock did not make use of the
anguage at the time Jerry Ward says
le did. So certainly Jerry Ward must
ave lied about the time, at least, and if
Ie lies in one particular is it not rea
enable to suppose that he would in the
ther? JEFF KooNTz.