Last Modified 3/7/2000
35 Indiana
Letter from the "American members of the 1st Irish regiment (35th Indiana). ???? indicate words that are hard to read.
Camp Morton November 4th 1861
To his Excellency Governor Morton
Sir
We the undersigned citizen soldiers of the State of Indiana
humbly ???? your Excellency to hear this our petition;
We have left our quite country homes and all we hold most dear as
the call of your excellency to protect our beloved country from the traitors who
threaten it with destruction. We came here with strong arms and willing minds
???, if necessary to lay down our lives in ??? good cause; we would be
perfectly happy and contented but for one thing; and we humbly ???? good
excellency to ??? in from being ??????? with this cause for discontent; nor for
our sake alone, but for our country's sake also;
?? ???? ?? man with us, John P. Lunn, by name who is ?????, ?? force himself ????
us as our Captain and who has been asking Captain of our company since our arrival
Camp Morton, in have held no ???? since our arrival here and we humbly
?? of you Excellency not to Commission this man as our Captain, for there is not
one man in the Company who would vote for him if they had the privilege of voting,
which right we claim as citizens of the United States. The man (John P. Lunn) is
totally unfit for this position; and we beg of your Excellency not to send us into ???
??? with such a man at the head of our company: Will your Excellency save us
and thus ??? us and numerous friends of the company under lasting obligations?
Signers, American members of the 1st Irish regiment (35th Indiana)
(Signed by one person' hand) (listed with service record)
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| Russell Sweat 1st Sergeant | (Died at Munfordsville, Ky., March 18, 1862) |
| Anthony Gwartney Sergeant | (Dropped from the rolls, Aug. 18, 1862) |
| Luke Cassidy 1st Corporal | |
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| Arnold Mattingly Corporal | |
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| James Donald | |
| Benjamin Ransom | |
| Charlie Ransom | |
| John Elder | |
| Lewis Goble | |
| Mustered out Oct. 18, 1864 absent sick | |
| Elias Sandage | Deserted Feb. 22, 1864 |
| Bernard Smith | |
| Kelly Richardson | |
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| William Strehl | |
| John Strehl | |
| Phillip Strehl | |
| Xavior Strehl | |
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There were 85 men listed, 2 lieutenants, 4 sergeants, 4 corporals, and 75 privates.