The National tribune., 1883-09-20
Another Account of the Rome Crossroads Afrai


To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Here is brief sketch of the affair of Rome
Crossroads Ga, in diary form:
Nosdag Agy l6 IS64.-Wcather warm and pleas
Len Lays Ferry nj m, The Third brigade
IN advance. The FIfly-sevcnth Illinois COM
meneec skirnisling on tie Calhoun road with
Aheelers cavalry and drove them back on their
iniantry support Second brigade IN reserve. Gen.
7. w Sweeney Second division IL line OF battle
the Second brigade il line and advancing to the
gupnori of fIc FiTst and Third bric:Ides. While
resting here Private John 4. Sullivan company A
Slzty-sixth Illinois veteran volunteer infantry
shot-lcilied by his Henry life going OF accident
ally. lie WAS good and brave soldier, aud be-
loved by every one who knew him. The Third
brigade OF the Second division became hotly
gagged with the rebel General Walkers division.
The Seventh, Fiiiieth and l'iffy-scventh Illinois
and Thirty ninth Iowa had Il fight IN the
peach orchard, and drove Tie rebels back IN
fusion. Colonel p Z Is,rs1e commanding the
Second brigade. ordered ont five companies of the
Sixty-sIzth Illinois 10 check tlc rebel advance on
the Rome road, Captain George A. Taylor. conl-
pany X. IA advance Commenced sklrm5sliing
with the Tcyei advance and Grove them back about
mile when inso their main line at the
cTosa-roaqs siad iiie battle opened IN earnest. As
company @, Sixty-sixlh Illinois, We're going
through 2 farIn-yard, Ptiyates J. W. SoT4man,
William -. Anthony. Z. T. kifnnlel ard others
had 70 break down the picket fence IN order TO get
through while the bai.s were flying like hail
We drove lhom acIoss the wooded ridge TO their
line Of ba.iAe and for two hOuIs had lively
time Of y, when the rebcl czTaTy came in our
flank anl rear. and began driK-ns Us back. Capt
AaS4rts A-lE nCfllDE FcDe3 Cavalry Allh COM
pa.iy X, Nas ti.lea. and Colonel i. T. Burke was
shot through 10th thighs. The Twelfth Illinois
and ECaty y-nrst Ohio now came up 10 the support
OF our Feg gsmcnt. Which was fighting In the woods
IN tic hollow We received Two TOileys from the
Twelfth and Eiglity-iirst before they found out
their mi.iaSe The rebel artillery played on us
with good eject, but tIe CID Second brigade fought
and Led .hc rcl,els IN check until dark, when we
were rr-enfoTced oy the Fourth division Sixteenth
Army C0ips. In this battle OF Rome Crossroads
the THels15l and S,sty-sixth Illinois and Eighty
FIRST Ohio fpa st ihc fy-foutth South Carolina
Twentx -f.tih GeO3g gia, Fifly-lourth Virginia and
Siz1y-siEth GsOTgia lEilntly, and Fifth Alabama
and E4Td Georgia cavalry. Company G, Sixty
sixth Illinois. lost Peter Dill killed; James ST.
Clair. Charles +. kimnscl, Fred IiofT bauer Henry
j. EraDer, aad Scrgt William Burrows. wounded,
and George II. NostaGt and Robert Boyle taken
prisoners. Eoloaci y. Il Burke died OF wounds
aud Captain TAYLOR was killed. The regiment lost
s,zt.--iiye IN killed and wounded. As the writer
was getting over The fence he slightly stunned
by tlle explosion of rebel shell and Sergt J. w.
IIuEe and Corporal Columbus 4 Carpenter
yelled out, Iilnmel is shotl Kimmel is killed -
IL some minutes when came TO my senses
again. by which time the rebels were up to the
ie5so, Az %. ed 10 me 10 surrender. you-Iittle
Yankee" HUt visions of AndcTsonYille rose be-
fore nc and ] slseladdlsd up the hill, and Joined
The reEDal.i oi the cgimcat.
C. T. KIADlEI.
DAYTON, o. Co. g, Goth Ill. VI.