Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1881-09-30

pens advance led by the Goth Ohio Under command of
service specially recognized BY Col Gecdo
his his wned Reid o % in & the a. has this mention ion
Goth Ohio Regiment with the Reserve Corps under Gen Gordon
obedience order from Col Dan McCook commanding the
Brigade the Regiment advanced under Col Brigham and burned
Reeds Bridge thus preventing the from coming the
of the National TIE Regiment then fell back to Rosve and
ason did not participate in the battle cheEamsuga
In In confirmation Of this H. be stated that Gen Thomas
the previous night with Brigade of the Reserve Corps he had burned
Conclusive Proof of Intended Fraud.
The volume Of Gen steedman the organization of
%suga i Maen Rosecrans IS and then gives
the several commands constituting the Army with the Of the
Thomas the Corps Maj Gen A. MecooE the Corps,
each Of ese are respectively the
officers command Of Divisions Div % But in the case Of the n Esye
and the only officer recognized connected with that Corps
one that made Corps Maj
BY Gems Roecran Garfield Thomas Ngy Bannan Wood and
Corps but actively and CALAMITY leading the same in the cree Of
army present James sedman the steedman
Men at chckamaug is the on who knew that Gordon
eo that not S @ that
unG s one
In such treatment Of one soldier by another would be
Intentional shown by Gen James steedman report
was By of Gen rsnge that he moved he
battlefield Q that after getting into position in the field" Maj
why he sedman did make more elaborate and detailed
ass P M @ ss @ G Sas ss ns ss sna M I @
viz Maj Gordon Granger! Could audaci in statement go
to rob the memory ' Of surviving
rade clutching for honors he never won2
81 '' Gordon Granger is Dead! l
He is not here dispute titles to military hOnors @ Whatever of of
part the memory constitutes that earth now knows him
Little him what be mans judgment in that regard
their memory But with the living and with those after
oe So do M e" s s f. % ases a d e be not
cenive right action ambition born human approval
which safely be ignored Hence, all
@ as s es ens
wrong the record of those no longer able to make defense
whose record brave and sku soldier of the Union
cherished
soyed thereby despoed benefit
by those employed this there would
the If military glory be- indeed cheap thing that
printers ink the less man has of the better for him.
e For Nearly Twenty Years }4
% and on the strength Of s these Claimed @ @
eneene Ghickamauga y" Old Chckamauga
ing that the audac his claim would forbid suspicion
ustce for who could fraud such the of
acezed coward loyal citizen Who outside
official position that this sefplumed Hero Of Chefamauea q did
s forth insult him with soldier and when him
self candidaeas often could be found him
GORDON GRANGER 1t has seemed be that such audacy
fraud and outrage on all that true and had end and for
the foregoing facts presented Being wholly official
and from that will question: including Gen Steed
mans report, there be but conclusion them
is steedman and His Men
~ Chickamauga wholly candaous and ourageouy false and
brutaly unjust This language but words could be
in chaaceng the wrong question Nothing human
relations could be prehensb than such dead
IS soldier by surviving comrade.
nj The Truth No Dsparagement.
already distinctly shown the presented
disPaagement of the military service Of Gen steedman the
banc of which the writer with all of that geneman
acquantance has been backward recognizing He had been
literally dealt with in that respect wn through the qnuthful state
and of his book otherwise he sought undue
by grossly dsparagng Others and particularly his honoed
Gen Gordon Granger do justice
the of the aternow unable his ecordhat
article has been prepared of which reasonably
and especially the author of the book written and published
other himself hono belonging
dead comrade If the statements and quotations herein made
be incorrect Gen Seedman complain But