The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1880-05-27
H0NORS FAIRLY WON.
no " JOHN MARSHALL SHOT
THE FLAG orr LOOKOUT 10
LA NOUN TAIN-A WAR RE. 81 Il
,MINISCENCE.g ASSET y. s.
EFrom Dayton journal.

1t is not known to many Dayton peos
pie that one lofgher4 citizens, g. quiet,
unassuming old gentleman, who is
seen on the streets every day as he
takes his quiet walks, drawing calm
enjoyment from his pipe, which he in
cessantly smokes, was the hero Of two
brilliant exploits that have gone into
history. The man referred to is John
Marshall, the veteran skoe, maker, now
IN the decline of life, which is render
ed comfortable by the pension his, SER
vices during the rebellion has earned
him.
For gallantry in action at Shiloh
John Marshall was promoted to Lieu
tenant Of artillery. How he saved
Battery M Fifth Regiment, is mat
ter of record in the war archives at
washington. II Is nor mat winch this
article has to treat, but a subsequent
and even greater explicit. -,
At various times and places one of
the Journals young men had heard of
what John Marshall adidsa lookout
Mountain referred to, and SO one day
he made up his mind to have the whole
story from the veterans lips. Accord
ingly, he started out, hunted him down,
and cornering him, vowed he would
give him no peace until he had a full
and reliable account of how he gas1
SHOT THE FLAG OFF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
Z Mr.. Marshall is a modest man. He
would rather have not told the story !;
but he is at the same time an obliging
man, and courtesy compelled him to-
acquiesee.' To giveit in his own lang
-uage, word for word, just as he utter
cd it, would be the most Interesting
way of relating the incident, but that
is impossible a.igu3 ssseE ie Aaa-
Mr.. Marshall is yetern of the Eng
lish army, having served thirteen
years in the artillery. In those thir-
teen years he learned the duty ofothe
enlisted man in his branch of the SER
vice thoroughly. But to come to the
story. In October. and November,
1868, Hooker's army lay in the valley
overlooked by lookout Mountains
which i'm the latter month they SO gall
lantly stormed.s Right on the point of
the promontory the rebel signal corps
had flag station established. From
this point all of Hookel's maneuvers
could be seen, and intelligence imme-
diately telegraphed by means of the
signal flag to General Bragg. Thusit
will be seen that it was desirable to
shoot away that flag. = 'ov.issss2 !
Across the Tennessee at Moccasin
Point the six ten.pound Rodmans OF
the Eighteenth Ohio Battery were
planted. John Marshall was Lieuten-
ant of the Eighteenth. Ohio Battery.
He could see that Haunting flag of the
rebel station as it waved its intelli-
gence day by day, and 1t taunted him.
He knew he could cut it down with
one of the Rodman guns but his cap
tain frowned on his presumption in
pretending 10 know more than his su-
perior officere ) for had not General
Brannan, Chief of Artillery of the
Army of the Cumberland, said that it
couldn't be'donef What business had
Lieutenant to boast himself of being
able to do what the Chief of ARTILLERY
had declared officially could not be
done? t,ss14ss ~sss aRiVHss saametas@
For that flag had annoyed others be-
sides Marshall. It annoyed those high
in authority so much that at the in
stance of General Hooker, General
Brannan, Colonel Barnett and Major
Mendenhan came over from Chatta-
m ooga with the express purpose of as
certaining, if . gun could be trained
from Moccasin Point so as to send q
shot that would humble that taunting
flag. They came to the unanimous
conclusion that it was impossible on
account of the great elevation iliw
JehniMarshall watched the estima-
ting with interest, and when the con-
cluslon was annonnced he stepped up,
and touching his cap in military style,
said to General Brannan:
+ uCerar.I, ,,,aoTH .Ff<,iiN "a .f1es
"Well, sir ?e sex .s-'s,s' a''-aii'lii -
"If you win give me permfssion, 70
try, think !: can shoot the flag of
there p sais.asl xassooisssst '''il "a 1sss.