t the Loyal
Legion of Massachusetts, soldiers themselves, would act as sponsors or in
any way help, aid or assist in depriving fellow soldiers of the honors
fairly and bravely won in a battle where their loss was 491 of a total of
less than 1,500 men, except they had given no heed to the statements
before publication.

We believe that the State of Wisconsin and the Loyal Legion of
Massachusetts can do no less as American citizens and soldiers than to
promptly disclaim all responsibility for the statements set forth in
Lieut. Haskell's book. For however good Haskell's record as a soldier is,
yet the fact must clearly appear to every intelligent mind that a man who
would speak falsely of his superior officers and even go so far--at least
in one case (Sickles)--as to bring to life out of the long dead past, a
sad, sad epoch, which was no fault of his--displays in such writing a
spirit unworthy of any American; and his self laudation of what he
did--would cause anyone who was ever on a field of battle to use one of
Haskell's expressions, "Bah."

A refusal to make this public disclaimer we feel would place both the
State of Wisconsin and Loyal Legion of Massachusetts in a position which,
to say it very mildly, would be the reverse of creditable, and put them in
the attitude of sharing the ridicule and contempt which the narrative of
Lieutenant Haskell deserves.

NOTES, CORRESPONDENCE AND REMARKS.

NOTE NO. 1.

This letter from General Alex. S. Webb is made a part of this paper:

NEW YORK MONUMENTS COMMISSION
BATTLE FIELDS OF GETTYSBURG AND
CHATANOOGA
RIVERDALE-ON-HUDSON
NEW YORK.

September 7, 1909.

My dear Frazier:

I could not find your address, but I had Dampman's, and wrote to him to
try and obtain action on Haskell's book which is now circulated by the
thousands to take from our Brigade and its Commander all the glory and
reputation we acquired at the Bloody Angle of Gettysburg.

So make it certain that our answer to the Massachusetts Commandery be
strong and clear. What Haskell wrote he wrote in ignorance. He paraded
with the stragglers and prisoners behind a fighting Brigade and thought
he was leading a Division.

Now, Frazier, let this denial of Haskell's claim be strong and yet
courteous. He is dead. Gibbon is dead. Hancock dead. What a time to
proclaim this falsehood.

Sincerely yours,
(Signed) ALEX. S. WEBB,
Brevet Maj. General, U. S. A.

NOTE NO. 2.