Shamed

[ErnieMac]

The following link connects to a biography of Colonel Kingsbury. http://shaf.org/take-care-of-the-men/. A couple of quotes from the article:

Commanding a large volunteer infantry regiment brought new challenges to Kingsbury, but he adapted quickly. Incompetent officers were replaced by men in the ranks. This move proved so unpopular that his capable officers threatened to resign. While encamped at Fortress Monroe the men had the opportunity to bathe daily and dredge for oysters with their bare feet. But after one officer died of typhoid, and an increasing number of men fell ill, the practice was banned. Kingsbury personally selected the best available campsites, supervised the preparation of food such as rice, and adequately supplied his men with blankets and other essentials. Steak, usually reserved for consumption by officers only, was fed to the enlisted men as well. In time the 11th Connecticut earned the distinction as the "cleanest most orderly and best trained outfit in the division."

Eventually Kingsbury was conveyed to the Rohrbach farmhouse where he joined many of the regiment's 139 casualties at this improvised hospital. With no hope for his own survival, Kingsbury ordered the surgeons to "take care of the men."
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Obviously Kingsbury cared about his men. He also thought publishing those names back home was beneficial to most of his commands. Any thoughts?

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