1                               From the 104th Regiment, Pa. Vols.  June 30, 1863  Page 1 Column 2                               1

 

From the 104th Regiment, Pa. Vols.

BEAUFORT, S. C., May 31, 1863.

Messrs. Editors :— I suppose you know all that hap-

pens in the Bucks County Regiment, through letters

written by Col. D. and Lieut. K.  But it is only of the

fair deeds of the former that you get word—not of those

actions with which he is working for his star—actions un-

worthy of any man.  But, as a matter of course, no man

can be expected to write of himself anything that would

tend to sully his character in the eyes of his readers.  So,

if he, or no one else will tell of them, I must.  First of

all on the long list of accusations against him, of which

I shall speak of but a few, comes his unfairness, for I can

call it by no other name, to the boys of his own regiment: 

This he shows in various ways, one of which is the not

doing away with the camp guards, as other commanders

have done.  Now, every true patriot cannot but see the

necessity of procuring as many men as possible for the

Union army, and what is more important—that of keep-

ing them alive and healthy after they are enlisted and

everybody, or almost everybody, knows the evil affects of

the sun in this part of the country, and the tendency to

unhealthiness it will have in the regiments here located. 

Now, by doing away with the camp guard system during

the summer months, it will tend greatly towards fulfil-

ling the latter necessity; and if it is not done away with I

say he will be infringing on the health—even lives of his

men.  Not content with not issuing this most requisite

order, he forbids any sentinel to sit in the shade on his

beat on pain of a court martial.  Again, other regiments

in this department have quit drilling for the summer

months.  Not so the 104th P. V. “ Why so, you may

ask.  “ Why simply because Col. D. would

like to know what make the 104th boys so much against

him.  But if he reads this he will, I have no doubt, know

some of the reasons.                         GRUNTER