Year: 1863




home or 10 this regiment He waa once pot in
charge Of squad Of men to guard a ford Of the
river, and got 10 5easly drunk that he had 70 be
helped up hill that was near by, and was not
heard Of again until about eight o'clock the next
morning. This could have proven by an "Or-
derly Sergeant and Eve men belonging TO an
other company in our regiment Another time
he was in charge Of the picket lines, and got so
drunk he hardly knew what he was about
This could have proven by one Sergeant two
| Corporals and two or three n,en The last day
that he was on duty, before be was put under
arrest, he got so drunk that he went 10 sleep and
when the "Reld officer" came around IL was
much as they could do to wake him up. This
was double crime, drunkenness and sleeping
while on duty. This could have proven by
one Sergeant Of company @, a Corporal and sew
eral men belonging to another company. lfany
one believes that Jim Miller's evidence, alone,
dismissed Bean from the service Of the United
States, would like 10 have him notice the 45th
article Of war, which is as follows. "Any COM
inissiOncd officer who shall he found drunk
his guard, party, or other duty, shall be CASH
tered" Now If Bean dsres deny any ofthese
charges, i can have the affdsvits Of the witness
es spoken Of taken and sent TO you.


/ could have had him dismissed the service,
long before did, but was in hopes that he would
change and do better. stood it until forbear-
ance ceased to be virtue. found that he was
not only determined to ruin me, but was deter
mined to ruin the company, and the service gem
orally to the extent of his ability.


That his figuring, directly and indirectly, was
the cause of nearly all the desertions in my COM
| pany, have not the least doubt. He tried to
make strong case in his favor, by stating that
only one man enlisted by him ever Deserted
This is as near as he generally comes to the
truth. Three of his twenty y-three have been re-
ported as deserters. One is back with the COM
pany doing duty and despises Bean above
nd .,N1,o atsn ohp
company was running down as fast it could
| when put him under arrest. Since that time
| l have not lost man, but have gained four.
| My aggregate is seventy FIVE at present. Some
OF the men are away sick and others are de-
tached, so that have a small company. But
those who are with me are generally we'll and
feeling well. As to any disaffection in the COM
pany now, fit exists, l can't see it.


One thing more, and | will close this article,
which is much longer than / anticipated when,
| commenced. Bean charges me with being
implicated in the fight in Fremont between him
and Jim Miller. Now this, so far as pertains TO
me was simply lie. left Fremont after dark
on Saturday night myself and the last thing ]
did was TO make arrangements with G. o. Til
lotson to have Jim Miller sent to Clyde 10 meet
me at six o'clock on Monday morning. But
there is use of saying anything further about
this. Those who know me, know whether l
would be likely to detail any one TO whip man
of Beans physical caliber.


! am charged with using partiality in grant
ing furloughs, particularly against the boysre re-
cruited by Bean. The first man that went home
with leave, was one of the Dad Prairie Boys' -
Edward Hedden. The next was r. w. Lat
tmore, another of the same. The third was
one that | recruited, poor man with n large
family. The fourth was another of those
cruited by Bean, who by the way has
turned. The fifth recruited; he had family
at home; received dispatch that his wife was
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Moore's men. One of these got dispatch that
his wife was very sick also. The eighth was
one that l recruted-he had large family and
wishing to move them into his own house. A
short time before we left Bowling Green, one of
the boys came to me and said that Bean had
got letter from his fathers folks, stating that
his brother and his brothers wife had been
thrown from buggy and nearly killed them
both; that there was chance for his brother
to get well, and that his friends wished him 10
come home Immediately. 1t was not possible at
that time for me TO let him go. When was at
home, saw the brother spoken Of He looked
well. could not learn that he had been badly
hurt, or even that his horses had ran away with
him at all. This boys friends, 1 understand,
have made more fuss, and found more fault, be-
cause did not let him go home, than all the
rest put together. When l came back from
gathering up those deserters last spring, Bean
J told me that he had more trouble with him
than with all the rest of the company; that he
was always whining and never ready for duty.
The boys nearly all said the same thing.


The next lot of furloughs were given in Gin
cinnati. Jim Miller got his furlough at the Hos
pital. H. Q. Duvall, spoken of as one of my
pets" got his of the Surgeon without my
knowledge or consent. He is Hospital Steward
and not under my control The three furloughs
; due the company, gave to two of 1t Moore's
men and TO one that Bean recruited


After found out that / could get leave of
absence myself went TO the 1t. Colonel, who
) was in command and told him wanted George,
! my brother to go with me. He said he had
chance 10 send few at large, and that if l would
make out Georges furlough, he would try and
get il through ] had not intended to let George
go until all those who had families, or who had
S any important business to take them home had
f gone. got him off without making any diff
ference with the rights of the rest.


found the Regiment under way when got
back to them. This puts an end to all furloughs
for the time being. When there is another op-
portunity, | shall use my own judgment about
who goes first.


We all begin to feel here that the war will
: soon wind up. We are succeeding in this De-
? partment beyond our most sangnine expecta-
: tions The only reverses met with on this side
OF the mountain yet, was that of a detachment
of the Tooth Regiment. Company K, from our
: county, was in the fight, and are reported to
\ have lost all their commissioned officers, and
i. nearly all their men. l saw some of the boys
= to-day. But this is probably stale news, so
: will stop right here.


Yours most respectfully,


: H. j. McCORD.