Headquarters 3rd
Cavalry Division, Mid. Mil. Division,
Feb. 24, 1865.
His Excellency Gov. Brough:
As Lt. Col. Nettleton of the Second Ohio Cavalry is about to
proceed to his home in Ohio with the intention of procuring as many men as possible
to fill his regiment, I desire to urge upon your Excellency the propriety of rendering
Col. Nettleton all possible facilities for accomplishing this end.
The Second Ohio has been under my command for a considerable
period, during which time they have been repeatedly engaged with the enemy.
Upon all such occasions their conduct has been most gallant and deserving. I
have known this regiment to hold positions against vastly superior forces of
the enemy under circumstances which most regiments would have considered as
warranting a retreat; and I take pleasure in assuring your Excellency that in
my entire division, numbering twelve regiments from different states, I have
none in which I repose greater confidence than in the 2nd Ohio. For these
reasons I feel assured that the interests of the service would be greatly
promoted by filling the regiment to the maximum number.
Your Excellency cannot find among the many gallant sons of Ohio
a more gallant or deserving officer than Lt. Col. Nettleton.
Very Respectfully,
G. A. Custer, Bv't
Major General.
SOURCE: Frances Andrews Tenney, War Diary Of Luman
Harris Tenney, p. 145
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