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Chattanooga Tenn Nov 12th /63
I am sorry to be called upon to state to you a sad incident that took place a short time since We were on picket guard the first of this month and the orders were to have no fires and when the relief that Silas was on came off there was some live coals lying where the fire had been and some of the boys stired them up and the captain that was in command of the regiment saw it he rode up and ordered them to put it out and the Lieutenant that was in command of the guards said he had ordered it out and the Capt said if he was in command of the guards he would tie up and buck and gag every God dammed man that touched it and some of the boys said they would like to be bucked and gaged with hard tack and the Captain then rode off the next morning we come to come to camp and the boys were talking about what the Captain said and some of them called him names and spok pretty hard of him and while they were talking Ed Mulligan Seargeant Major of the Regiment came along and he went to Capt Taggert the regiment command and reported Silas for using abusive language and he Silas was arrested and the charges was prefered against him for which he was court martialled and senteced to have all his pay
[bounty?] Stopt now due or that may become due him forfeited and to be confined in the military prison at Nashville at hard labor the remainder of his term of Service the boys all say he is innocent of the charges that was preferred against him the Sergeant Major was the only evidence against him and that it was melitiously done we want his sentence commuted if possible we all want him reperieved as we all believed him to be innocent and as good a Soldier as we had in the Co.
W H Howsel Co G 25 Illinois Volunteers
Camp 25 Ill Volls Chattanooga tin
Novem 13 1863
Dear Sir I will state a few facts concerning your Nephew our firs lieutenant V S Sowers who has gone to Nashville to see Cap Isom who is Post qarter Master at that place will get up a petition for his release and send it here to his company and I think every man in Co G will sign it also Company H and a larg majority of the regiment there is not a better soldier in the 25 than Silas Harrison [N N Price?] Co G 25 Ills Vol