Hon. J. B. Leake sent the description given in this paper of the heroism of the young Spelletich, to Gen. Halleck, with a request that the rifle he captured might be presented to him. The following was the reply:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE MISSISSIPPI,
St. Louis, March 19th, 1862.
HON. J. B. LEAKE:– SIR – Your letter of the 14th inst., in regard to the heroic conduct of private Stephen Spelletich, at Fort Donelson, is just received. I will endeavor to have the rifle he captured selected out, and presented to him, if so authorized by the Secretary of War. I shall forward to him your letter with the request that the authority be granted.
H. W. HALLECK, Maj. Gen.
P. S. I respectfully recommend, that the Governor commission young Spelletich to any vacancy in his regiment.
H. W. H.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, March 28, 1862, p. 1
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