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For the Dully State Sentinel. I nil Our limv ('nrrr%|'n;i,lnicc—Tln‘ t;]tH 31* In tin tin a( lUr Stiitlk o( Ktrli Moiin- Ih.tain. I litCawr Br' kei.t, Vi., July 10,1861. I edMr Et*iTOR:-r-01«I tiiae in his cei.-elce, tin-lcot f‘lroum j.:-.hiu« ei ^rctt and wonderful changed.The h inkned sumcr of evtcrda v becomes ihe ini (:fintrtle C’Sirilt;liuti ta (hji, the assa^iti of vaster- ^AIthiA»*day a regentMited being to morrow, the mi-erand millionaire of to dut the j*«*r jmltved beggarto morrow, M un wl.nwcie lull of life and hope ofto-day, pass away lo participate perhaps- in other new ainl (turned !*cenc4 bevondthe ken ul mortal* But of all'he change* which the old fellow makes.ext*MCOIInone m* ns to me so mtracuioua a* that which fr*changes an h mumble iuku, k truthful m.n and ain u .u authority to x base liar and hireling in order tlt;. have a little temporary popularity, know jj, ing tli.it i*t a lew day a the «io» coach of truth c*» would come up to toe point where the lightningtult;wlt;attinid itiltint;rC.anC4aiiu*lt;u ,rthid ll.udtcd fuMuKxl and im-reprcacntntiun.I have been led to make the*e remark- in consequent e ot the attempt of name j*crom composing thi' brigade to monopolize all the honor, glory and bravery of our froo]** in the battle atRich Mountain. Several attempts to chi;m tintthe Mil and 10f.lt regiment* di«i all the fighting, th.it nil tbf glory leion^ t*» them respectively.I ill not dc.ruct Irwm the acknowledged bruvety an*l their courage upon the field of battle, for they showed true grit, but they all ill not througha lying operator nor .moiiy mult; sciihbltns, detr.ict ] from the just rights of tin* loth while 1 can write.SiI S one «»l the Hih have Me impudence lo ity that [ the I3tii was not in the battle, and orne of thesoi*\*inp!pitantrtT1«»rSimorlOtli thit thev took the cannon. It U wme of**the oRirem who lines* (hit* pr^Uimwl it and '‘cut it forth to the worid. I have but a lew word* tosiv t» refute the sedition. There were onlyjour and one k«T companie», «y three hundred tn^n sill told of ttie 13th in action and screw ntthem were kdlcl. There were three other regiment*, the C^tli, ll)»h and the 1 Uth Ohio, engaged,and I lie three h**t ,/ire na*u. Tilts of itselfshow- who were in the liotte-t of the fight.Ail one had tu do to count the deul o(the enemy by tens was to mlt;rch over the ground where the noble hoys under theiirnvti*m and lev I of Colonel Sullivan *ml MajorFilter Ind star* hr 1. At the log hou-c, where aO?r.Ulfilt;ti was exntiirel by the nn*a bebmgiug t*IIhftCaptain Sigles* comp.tnr,'but who were undercommand of Lieut Afki**o:» tit the time) the de.id were lit *lt;*» cral ii t u*t*e two beep It «•* c’ here that the artillery captain fell rid lied by I 11 seven bullet*. and where bis Fir*t Lieutenant Dor- j set wa* taken prisoner, sifter hav ing hi* pi-UiI hot I**out of Itt* hand, end w ho *.it* himself ,lthe blue 41c uts of the 13th fought like devil*. Wherever r;lthe hlt; tie r.tge I terrible t hate were lhehov4otthe 13th ■ * _ I frWhen it i« remembered that Lieut. Col. lief-fren livl been «etit with (iv e and a half comp-itiies t*» held the Beverly road nt nil hazard»t and thatthey were n*»t in the action, I am inclined to be ,*‘ lieve tint the battle mult by the 11th, at Rich ^ Mountain is without it- eiiu.il during the war. *1*While I will not disparage the Courage and hen* *V| i*m of the oilier-. iutere*ted persons desiring v*office just now mn?t not disparage u* without tlie \1exiTectation t»f l»eing etiH»ed. I 1lt;»eneral Rolt;eeran* hi* prombed «»r.e of thein
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Indianapolis Indiana State Sentinel
Indianapolis, Indiana, US
Wed, Jul 31, 1861
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