The National tribune., 1883-10-18
e0-l.l D q. H. HALL. Capt. and A. A. G.
RED-HoT FIGHT AT FRANKLIN.

The tattered old flag of the One Hundred
and Eleventh was captured at Franklin, but
re-taken by the color-bearer, Ad Fulton, after
he had shot down the man who bore it away.
1t is now in the State House at Columbus,
Ohio. "Leumas," the old regimental corre-
spondent, writing of the fight, said "The
majority IF our boys fired over two hundred
rounds OF ammunition, and many of the guns
were made almost useless by long-continued
firing. The men were black with smoke and
powder and completely exhausted. u y
Some of our men actually leaned their bodies
over the works and killed their enemies only
few feet from the muzzles of their guns"
The report of Leutenant-Colonel Sherwood,
commanding, says: In some places the dead
of my regiment and the rebel dead were lit
orally piled together Not rebel came over
the works in front of the One Hundred and
Eleventh Ohio who was not instantly shot or
bayoneted while / have several cases of bayo-
net wounds in the regiment" For gallant con-
duct at the battle of Franklin, Lieutenant
Colonel Sherwood received his brevet as briga-
dier-general, but was never mustered as colonel,
after Colonel Bonds retirement, in 1864, after
the battle of Reseea, as the regiment was so
decimated by the casualties of battle that,
owing to the unjust order then in force, the
One Hundred and Eleventh had not the re-
quired number of men.
FAREWELL. POEM AND ADDRESS.
Your correspondent having in possession nu-
merous requests, forwarded to THE TRIBUNE
and directly to the old commander of the regi-
ment, for copies of the farewell address and
poem supplied to each comrade at the muster
out in Cleveland, July, 1865, appends the fol-
lowing:
SOLDIERS OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND ELEVENTH
ONO; We are about to separate soldiers, and
go to homes as citizens. Before we part, allow
me to thank you for the generous courtesy you
have always shown as your commanding ofil-
Ger. The work which we enlisted to perform has
been we'll done, and you go to your homes with
the proud assurance of having participated in the
most decisive battles of the war. For your heroic
conduct at Franklin, you We're eomplimented In
General Orders" and on twenty battletelds you
have carried the tattered flag of the One Hundred
and Eleventh Ohio in the front line, AMI sustained
Ittriumphantly. il do not part with men with whom
have been SO ultimately associated for three long
years, without feelings of regret. These soldier
friendships, formed in bivouac and on the battle
field, win never be forgotten; and shall ever re-
member your answering fidelity with the live
lest emotions OF pleasure. You go to your homes
as American citizens knowing what 1t has cost to
maintain our national integrity. Show by up-
right, honorable lives, my fellow soldiers, that you
fully appreciate those sacrifices. Remember our
brave comrades who fell at Stone River, Huff7 8
Ferry. Louden Creek, Campbells Station, Knox
las, Burnt Hickory, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw
Peach Tree Creek Atlanta Utoy's Creek, Love-
Joys Station, Columbia Franklin, Nashville and
Fort Anderson. Many of them are lying In un-
known graves. Let us ever cherish their memory
with reverence. Let as show by our lives that we
fully appreciate those noble sacrifices of our brave
comrades, and extend our sympathies and our