Show general court martial ty by delt specht older no 28 dated IA 8 ible a i genoval cobit ni mil ill as asri amble lilo at tins this camp on tuesday the ad il 1 day 1 1 elial iby y insl or as boon on hwe ir liftee epius as practicable for the alie giitl of such pris eneis kiy be b bi I 1 G ought u 11 t be f 0 IL I 1 it t brall you FOR THE COURT 1 kiwit I 1 col win m jonus jones I 1 20 at Ci Ca cavalry alry C V I 1 2 capt ae K kotchm ad hinfy C ir 3 capt ellis eli is 13 vol lin cuilty Cui liy v 4 i iett lieutenant man ad infantry 0 V 71 5 I 1 rit ll 11 qt lichten int lewis T grahl 31 in faliti fanniy v C V fl 1 6 second I 1 arit L street reet ad car C ay I 1 7 second lieutenant anthony ethier ad car C V fit faist st lieutenant and adjutant T S hart iliria is ad d caa 0 V is appointed judge advocate acate ocate we leai a that quite a number of cases case ire are to bo be ba biou ought glit before this court and no doubt 1 it in nill ill have a lengthy sitting L 1 1 k R M G GEN EN GRANTS li aid colein sf parker indian sa diem lem C hief chief of F the C T tonawanda li awanda tribe tal C and seneca Nat nation iori of indians now ilow it a member of grants staff n written in an interesting descriptive ve let ter to a friend in I 1 new york IvI hid liell contains tho thi following le ference to the graat W leslein Ve 67 t e 16 60 commander m mah d e r I 1 liebzi not described describe to you tile rp re cen cent nbattle Cb battle attle of chatta chattanooga noo a a the m pe is have 0 given iv iven eve every y possible detail cIli concerning cernillI 11 it I 1 may only say that I 1 saw it all and was in the five da dau fight 11 of 01 gen grants staff staf only one was is wounded a lieutenant towner I 1 assistant Issi stant chief of alli llory choso whoso patents fui foi meily lived at batavia NY but now of chicago it lias has been a matter of universal wonder in in this army that gen gell grant himself was not killed and that no more accidents to ins his st staff iff re the general was always in the j front liis his staff with him of couls coins ind and perfectly heedless of the of cf hissing bul bullets luts and screaming shell fl lying 0 around him his apparent want avant of sensibility does docs not arise fi filin heed or vain military affectation but from a sense ot the besting 0 upon lu jim ni when in ill battle when att at old we rode fur for half a mile in ill the lice face of the enemy under iu an incessant file of cannon camion and musketry ketr nor did we ride fast but upon an ordinary oid inary trot and not once do I 1 believe did it enter the generals mind that lie was in danger 0 I 1 was by his side and watched liim him closely in riding chig that distance we were going to to tile fl fiant it and I 1 ca coald ill I 1 see t that he was sl suiying suJ ying tile positions position 3 of the tw ai unites and of bf course pl planning aiming 0 hou lio to defeat the enemy who was alicle making a mo mott 4 desperate stand arid and our men inen after defeating ant and driving the enemy help wo we returned to chattanooga another feature in ill Gl ailts personal Polso onal lial niba me ale that lie ic quites lib esdore beyond ins his staff so reg regardless of danger is lie coads lie aio at almost I 1 lost useless to him lor lie takes 1 I aoi t cuts through melds fields aud and woods and alli will swim swill his holso hoi so through it il most any stream that abati acts his alv way nor does it mako mahe illy any diffee ence to him flinn ai whether hether lie he has daa da light 0 for aisi hi 3 movements for it lie will ride fr from om bleak bicak fast until I 1 or 2 in tho the coining mo ining and chattoo eliat too without tea eating ting the next day ho he will repeat tile the lose dose until lie he finishes his now such thill bilings b s como come hard upon the staff but th they oy hao haic learned how to b bear e a r it |