Excerpt from Statement of R. Morris Copeland, Asst; Adjutant-General and Major of Volunteers: Discharged From Service August 6, 1862
Having suffered a grievous injustice which covers me with suspicion, and, in the judgment of many, with deep disgrace, I have eagerly hoped that some tardy justice would come to me; or at least that some opportunity would be vouchsafed by the executive officers of our Government to meet such accusations as may have been lodged against me, in order to confess their truth, or to triumphantly refute them.
In a war like ours, many persons must suffer; and, if it is for the general good, the sufferers must be content: but it is hard to understand how the general good can be advanced by driving an able, healthy, and willing officer from a post of honor and danger into absolute retirement.
I have waited patiently and impatiently for some statement of the charges against me, and have wearied every official to whom I have access by my urgent entreaties for his aid to induce the Government to listen to me.
The Governor and a Senator of Massachusetts, and many of the most esteemed citizens, have in vain repeatedly requested the President, and Secretary of War, to permit me to know explicitly and officially for what I was discharged the service.
Too much occupied to attend to all the cases of apparent injustice which might occur, the Government created a commission of officers of high rank to examine the cases of those who deem themselves aggrieved.
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