Col. John Lemmon – A Colonel at War with his Men – Part 2
Just 12 days after Lieut. Luther Barney filed his case against Col. John Lemmon on February 4, 1863, Lemmon retaliated, charging Capt. John Ordner with signing a fraudulent pay voucher and receiving $86.67 for the use and risk of a horse which Ordner did not own. Lemmon termed “Capt. Ordner’s conduct as an officer [as]…