The National tribune., 1884-08-21
BATTLE OF CORINTH.
The Part Taken in it by the esd Ohio and the
fIth No.

flfh NO.
To THE EDITOR: In your issue of the 9TH
inst Comrade L. M. EckIey (llth Mo- says:
"63d Ohio" is mistaken as to the facts stated
by him with reference TO the death of Col.
Rogers, etc. He says that he talked the mat
ter over with Others and that it was under
stood by them that Rogers was one of the men
that reached the fort" Mr.. Eckley and those
with whom he talked it over are mistaken.
Rogers never reached the fort, but was killed
some distance from it, and about as " 63d Ohio"
describes it. His horse Ia large bay lay be-
side him. ] saw Rogers myself and remember
his appearance very well. He was a large,
fne-loOking man, of the blonde type, and
beard a little on the sandy order. Comrade
Eckley is right, however as to some OF the 63d
Ohio falling back into the ranks of the 1lth
Mo- lif that was the regiment Immediately IN
rear, as ] saw this with my own eyes and
sought to check some of them, and remember
very well one man that did stop and take his
place again in his own regiment But it is
nevertheless true that the ODD Ohio stood the
brunt of the fight, Of which fact the dead men
that lay along their line were ample proof.
The llth Mo- got out of that affair remarkably
well and fortunately. The writer happened TO
be on duty that day with Acting Assistant
Adj't-Gen. Belden. of the I'd Iowa Cav, who
fought and won the battle of Moscow, under
Hatch, mentioned in your last issue. notice
many LElSsIaieIhSiliS bg Aar4eLoH- InlBk
he must rely largely upon the exaggerations
and often ridiculous reports made at the time
by the over-zealous and Indifferent newspaper
reporters. But, upon the whole, he is quito
interesting and brings many incidents back to
our minds, and / notice that it IS drawing the
boys out, and getting from them many inter
esting facts and incidents that would never be
obtained or come TO light in any other way
JSo. /. TAYLOR 2d Iowa Cav. Chicago, Ill.
THE 63D oHIo's PART.
To THE EDITOR: You have had two COM
munications concerning the part taken by the
63d Ohio in the battle of Corinth and the death
Of Col. Rogers, each communication having the
merit of partial correctness only.
Your Michigan correspondent, who / infer
was member Of Co. ii, states that Col. Rogers
did not reach the ditch of Fort Robinet. /
think he is mistaken. Ny understanding has
been that he did reach il and was killed after
he had withdrawn from it. Col. Parker, of
Columbus, O., can speak with some certainty
as 10 that, as he fired ct him with his zevolver,
and John Eirn, Co B, 63d Ohio, of Chillicothe,
O., also fired al him, with pretty positive as
surance on his part that he hit him. OF this
portion OF the question can only speak from
secondary information. OF the part taken by
the regiment / can speak with some positive
ness, and, in doing SO. answer the question of
the llth DO. correspondent, think, satisfac-
torily. When the left wing and center of the
cd. which formed the angle of the line at the
Chewalla road, had lost over 60 per cent. OF the
men and al the officers but Capt Brown (lately
nominated for Congress In the I'd Ohio Dis
trlct), Col. Sprague ordered that portion of the
line 70 withdraw TO make room for three COM
panies OF the 1Ith No. TO advance 10 the front,
these three companies being all that were called
from the reserve. As these men moved back,
the senior officer Of the right wing called upon
-
Stanley, a man whose splendid courage and
great service have but lately been recognized,
gave his order, Go in, boys; they are rnn-
nlng!" l21 OF the regiment on that part of
the line participated III the charge, and when
il ended, were the advance of the entire line of
battle. Major Spanlding, of the 9th Ohio,
asked the commander of Co. A to retire his
line little, as he was reforming the right
wing when the count above specified took
place. that his regiment might have an oblique
FIRE in case Of necessity. Co. c, of the 18th No.,
was on the left of this portion of the 63d when
the charge ended. IL is very probable that some
member OF the regiment Joined the 18th No on
the left; the regimental formation, however
was on the right, and portion of the line, so
far from being overpOwered, was not pressed
back 10 feet during the entire action. Gen
Fuller gave the order TO cease firing when Just
IN rear of the writer Of this article and through
some inadyeTtence in his official report failed
TO notice the fact that this part of the 63d regi-
ment was in the FINAL charge of the day. This
report however, he corrected in one of his
public addresses. OF the losses of the regiment,
they We're probably as severe as any regiment
suffered In one action during the war OF 275
men for duty, 81 were killed and mortally
wounded, and about 100 wounded. This did
not include some with slight wounds, who did
Tot report until after the pursuit OF Price was
ended. Of IL officers, field and line, nine were
killed and wounded.-F. T. GILMORE, Capt. Co.
a, Chilhcothe, o.