Those who were present will admit that Capt. Hayden's account of the
9th at Franklin is but a conservative statement of the facts. On the
day after the fight, while we were all feeling very well satisfied
with ourselves and the part the regiment had taken in the affair, I
wrote a letter to the Cincinnati Commercial, which was published in
its issue of December 29, 1864. I think it sufficiently pertinent to
justify the insertion of the greater part of it.