Grenville Dodge: “At this moment the whole regiment opened a most destructive fire, causing a complete stampede of the enemy.”

We were always careful that no cruelties were committed by enlisted men, but whatever was done was by the order of an officer.

It is upheld and maintained today, as it always has been, by the patriotism of our people as represented by our Army in the Civil War, in Cuba, the Philippines, and China.

There is an element in this country that already has no use for the soldier of the Civil War.

Under the regulations, it is impossible for the Army to defend itself and make answer to these attacks, except through their own officers, and their reports do not reach the public, for the press seems to use only that which reflects upon…