, 1881-05-07

jle left n wife and children behind to
whom, n cn'!rse. his reputation Is as dear na
ltiu Itself. lle WIS not n West Pointer, ~
NJ: niiln,e snppose.i. but male hts why, BY
Ills 0w,t ralor and energy to the command 6E
all army corps.
| will ti,ake q statement III regard to Zen.
Nslso'! ;S,.t wl.c! i'eilaye to ls trle-nansly:
pliblislietl scores upon scores Of gallant
officers nieN In tile nr,iy experienced Il sn,ss
Of RELIEF In lchrfifE that the work ~ killing
@ a'i r';nt' ,ssn "e su by a"t'ler @ md as ~,
Il. 81. STOUT.
THINKS DAVIS WAS JUSTIFIED
4b fht Editor of The Chicago Tribune.
NEw YonK, Mny 4.--'The discussion On
Shiloh seems to have called for n general
statement of Incidents Of the late War. II,
your Issue Of April 20 letter IL printed from
4 correspondent {Jarvis 1}une) purporting
to give att account OF Il "I1omieitle most
just" or. rs fie styles IT, "ATurder most foul"
Tic statement, rs published. Is totatly sncor-
rect so fur rs Gcn. Davis Is concerned. ]Io
styles him West Pointer {alld, BY tic WAY,
3lu always regretted that he did not
.'inve tha excellent education nnd trafn-
Ing given Mt that iilstitution), as
though TINT. Of lsseif meant !incapacity.
r},e T fact % tar rs Gen; Davis Is concerned.
Il ls,n tn's: ~ ID ~ rnlintet rs y priyalo vol
ad o fJr s Srayarv et Sna %ns
Vista; when mustered out was COMMITS
siuned Second Lieutenant IL the rcznlar
a.,rt'!tsr}y, ., served until t'e War, and ,yas i,
a,,t n ish1s H. Sm,ntes, H. terwmrus ~ was
tentleretl the command 0f the TWuuty.secNl,d
lndian,t Infantry, took the regiment to Mis-,
so4rl, cq,nIllatltleti m l,rigalc rs Colonel nn1
l!u holilIy mere lo was nlade br1sauief-
uGhe1Ml. u. :.
4urtv ~ ip,,y g,nt,, tho hs, as "p ~ h,o " hna
in Clark County. intiia,ia, on slck.jeaye. Ills
command bn!ng South. Knowing. tho urge,-
cyM prnnlpt nctloll no left Sick bed aud
mis.;i H. sas eas sna '!e 9s.nse ~, m
iiom,.f ;;,nr,is au|i IL othar raw - mnfsrni tI,nf
offered itself, and rep)rt TO Gen, Nelson fur
arins. On Nelson fnuufttg how ,llany stand
of nrlns lln would rclnlrO he RnsWeret. ~
;i.n y ,'t ,,c,,t S t eos ns,, W IL ,tn,, t
tim char,.ctsrIstTc mIi,ss of Ncksnl t1,ai iiftf.
,,,ntc|y led to Ills deutl,. Gen. Davis tlttl mt
leayc Louisville, llc did not e0 to 1nlfan-
mp9lts p o 10 Est naisn tGe ~ ,s, ,MoMias
inc,, @ % nn,.',lur wiih Sinv. SioTtnn W liz wHs VIA n
WNr be5locrat. Neither was lie court-nnr-
tialed., Tho shooting WINS so plainly juatlttn-
b[e tllata % Gn!lrt nf Inquiry dla ;iipt prsfat
;Il nv Ais rHat h ,v.x mIn Gri nv o',s wo
served Nth Lii, viii question. ~ Wv
c,her ~ e as o,x il Sflage e,tifE
Whir i, strirr tiis"tnin"ri"m Ia ,vns n T,;,.
tieilInn. -: = -.4:'..s
houe your correspon,ent In tin future
wns i1tsr"sti,1r' hit If his fnctS nrn M,
nrnrnr cnrrorf tnnn' i, l,ts inttar ~ thu ,llfh
iii, they viii make doubtful history,
'o' ''' ''''''S0 CoKE. ),
ONE MAN WHO WAS SURPRISED,
~ he Eat,or Of ria Chfeaoo Tribune.
,rrxAs,rA. WIS. ,tnv 4.--rhoro se.mssto
w SH ..it l.s ",s .a", ~ .,,,o.ses s~o 49,
was or was INT Il surprise at Shiloh. a,d per
llnns the following ,nay udtl Il little to the
testimo,,y m the subject.
srE.. ,,.rltar ,v". nt thnr ttr,o in .ha c,rn,l
lno WHIST WIS ~ '.1as ..n y, us o'H.a. '.!.',
Corps, and attached to t'en: Nelson's alsls.
If % liz ,u. .tatr ' Whcn M M tno @ t,rn.r,Il RI M ftar M
nn1i r,dn thro,tr, lila ,yuo,ls fran Snyn,,.
opposit tu wi,ere the 0attio was being fought,
twu officers, with fu,,r ltagnlull Ot. our party,
with the General 10 open uD co,lln''l1ca Tons
between him nt.tl Zen. lS1iuli. Tie !n.ssaKe
which Gell. Nelson su,,t WAS this: "S.y tn
ssr" o ,H1 .vi'o ,co"t . lanI IN tn,s % tIyl,t md
hofe VINO "nnt nalIu III ti'ts MsMe' NV
2 Id sight bsfter men tann ,,, THY
ho i,ns oyct tnore.I II wy Mot sIl nsiisetn1 It
ws.s then on tlls llel1 wltlt tiA'l. Gt!lt, arse
sacslyll!K lstr,ctt!Iis !rt'h il!l. W. fetarna9
r. Gus rlyer n VIII 0s ixs u,.sa. .HGn ~
turn communicated tue sn!lio y @ @Gu. No!son.
Onr wnrk ws!s ~ ttle llittlsk OF 1ne ~ Htti!asea3
ul atrAggleTs win literally !iils1 uae 1allK 1i
NE river. nll WHO faetlsioaliy lhter!etgt @ ny
gettlng'tn thu way: Of 9!ir party w;ts Llet'
te!.a't sl!nrtaf stnt.lsc, but iutlg0 laaia!aga
ai.l partleu1Mrly ~ J.! ~ SMef@$e,'ey, @ s a'!s
times resulted to h!s nHvnlltagu' 70 III!
WIS Ae'tgnlet! the tlllty at keel,ltlG ING stfag
EleR nHt nl t!la WY. and nv ln.'t nresSssM ~
fuw OF them Into services NJ EnGrsts to ltelt
sT a lca ~ III ef n'Ics " utt tbrt
mir iInrm,.i,.
f,ns f:ru ~ n,d Ii,t,l ruin i1ntytI Irt,lInhlt
a"n. .'1,,s WI & ,,pt,.,,"u ~ .t,atti,a, iii