The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1863-06-05

columns on the other side Of the river.
There tn" regiment was marched backito
M Mouut Jackson, then to Strausburg. then
to Middle town, at which point Gen. Free
mont was relieved Of his conn aud, which
passed iuto the hands OF Gen. Sigel.
gallant aud brave man and soldier, Do
not understand the in passing the names
SchCnck ard Frcmont, 10 express the
slightest want of confidence, for have
the most unlimited eouhpenco in both Of
these officers.
From Middlctown the whole Corps un-
dor the command Of Sigol passed over tho
Shenandoah river and over the Blue
Ridge mountain, through Thorntons Gap
to Sperryyillc, ut the foot of the noun
tain aud on the eastern side. Aud there
the whole command was put into a course
of thorough drill und reachedu very high
state Of discipline under Gen. Sigel, and |
am proud to say to you tAUt The both rcgi.
ment had arcputaton that was cuviOblo
in that direction, TO cay the least of IL;
aud | was very rroud of il and had good
reason to be-. From that point under the
command OF Maj Gen. Pope, we marched
to Culpepp,r and that nights march,
from Sptrryvillc to CulpCpper, | shall
never forget Ofall the hard night marches
that remember with the most vivid rec.
objection. More men loll by the wuysidc.
and the suffering from heat was unendur-
able.
Tho next dny tho battle Of Cedar
mountain was fought lctwcen Banks aud
J5ckson. We were 10 or IL miles from
the battle-ground, but were not marched
10 Banks relief, whose fault il was | do
not know. Gen. Sgel said il was not
his, and believe him. That night. how
ever, were put into marching order and
spent the entire night in getting into
position with the expectations Of engag-
ing the enemy at day light. The enemy
TELL bnckOnd we were thrust forward so
far in his rear as RObcrtson's river, where
We remained two or three days. Then il
became evident that inusmIch us McClcl-
Ian wus leaving the Peninsula that We
would be compelled to fall back before
the rebel army under Lee. Tue march
was begun on the night OF the 18th OF
August, and that entire night we spent
upon our feet, without going Cvcr one
mile, our wagon train being in the way.
We were compelled TO stand US pro,co-
ton aud no mun was allowed to sleep.
We moved us lar us Culpepper that night
and continued TO fall back, night aud day,
until we passed the Rnppuhnnnock o, a
place called WOrrcnton Springs. Here
II nights s'ccp was gwen us.
The next morning we marched down
the Rnprahannock, in the vicinity oI Rap
pahunock Station, to the track ol Orange
and Alexandria railroad, aud there fell
under the fire Of the enemy aud con,in-
ued in his immediate presence two dpys,
hut were very fortunate, losing but ono
or two men.
We GgOin marched back M the Rappa-
hammock to the old Bull Run battle
ground where ON the evening Of the 2Sth
Ol August the 55lh regiment in advancing
as sklrmishers, pushed forward upon tho
enemy, discovered his position aud 10y
down Tor the pight-the regiment taking
a number of prisoners. Next morning,at
duylight we were thrust forward into tho
atluck and the history of that fight you
will rcmember-thc 29th and 30th.
A number of our brave men and officers
there fell; others were severely wounded
and they will long remember, think,
that ction. OF their conduct there ]
have no reason to be ashamed. | know
they behaved WE'LL know that no man
turned his back and the only instance
| now recollcct of evidence Of n want Of
true courage and exploit, wog single
soldier in one of the companies who
thought he would rather crouch down
to load and ire,whon Lieutenant, think
ing the example bad one raised him TO
u lul height with his boot. (Laughter)
We fell buck from there covering the re-
treat ngain-lor you know Sigrl Is death
on retreat. His greatest victories ure
gained on retreat-cOntestlng the ground
with the enemy until we had fallen back
under cover OF the works at Washington.
The enemy turned aside and passed in
to Maryland. We remained in front of
Washington, making several expeditions
until Gen. Mcclellan started down the
Eastern slope Of the Blue RIDGE.
When burnside left Wnrrenton, wo
again returned towards Washington. Re-
NAMED at Chantily until December
when Gen. Burnside directed US To march
to Fredericksburg through miserable rouds
that were almost impossible. We were
in march almost all night and day but
owing to the sluggish novem ents of the
artillery reuchcd there too late 20 particle
pate IN that struggle to gain the heights
on the other side vi the river. We ,hen
fell back into camp and remained there
with various changes Of position until tho
late movement OF Gen. Hooker. / will
be more minute in describing this move.
ment, giving some details. You will re-
member that in the urmy of the Potomac
there nre seven corps. The first under
Gen. Reynolds, second under Gen.
Couch, third under Gen. Sickles, fifth
under Gen. Meade, sixth under Sedge-
wick, Eleventh under Gen. Howard. and
tive ith nnder Gen. Slocum. or these
seven the 9th, lIih and 18th were en-
cOmped 50 iur back from the Rappshan-
mock as to be sheltered from the view OF
the rebels oil the other side, even with
the aid of their balloons. When Gen.
Hooker laid his plan OF movement one
part Of il was that these three corps furth-
est back in the rear, aud most likely to
be unseen by the enemy in their move
ments should pass in line parallel with
the river to kelley's Ford between 20 aud
80 miles distance, there to cross and
march down towards Fredericksburg.
While the remainder was going on, the
Sd and 9Th corps as we'll as part Of the
first were marched to point below Fred
ericksburg where Franklin, made his
crossing when Burnside made his attack,
and there Hooker made decided demons
strution aa IL 10 throw his command over