We were awaked, as
usual, at 3 A.M., & or-
dered into line; we
have had a standing
order, since the middle
of last week, to fall
in at 3 A.M. every
morning. A difficulty
arising to day, at the
"Galt House", between
Gen'ls. Nelson & Davis,
the latter shot the
former, with a pistol,
killing him instantly.
Clear & warm today.
The Galt House was a Louisville Hotel. Federal Brig. Gen. Jefferson Columbus Davis provoked a quarrel and killed his ex-commanding officer Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson. The deliberate murder had no consequences for Davis who was a personal friend of the politically powerful governor of Illinois, Oliver P. Morton. He was restored to duty within a few days and went on to distinguish himself at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Atlanta, the March to the Sea and the Carolina campaign. Ezra J. Warner. Generals in Blue / Lives of the Union Commanders.
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