The National tribune., 1884-04-17

To the Editor NATIoEAL TRIBUNE:
In youF Issue Of February q / saw q request
IRON G1u8rale Robertson. Ialmage Is an for a
portrait III General G. W. Roberts Of the 18th
saAg oi the s2d-IlIinois infantry As a
matter Of fact, this may be a Typographical
GTret bHt ! am too proud Of our old brigade
commander 10 let it pass unclialienged Cen
era Roberts iell al tie head Of the 3D. brigade
% niElslgn rherlaans, @gth army corps
tAcloaE Al, January Il 1852. A braver officer
never led troops. "A fnerappcaring one In the
saddle X was hard 10 find. / have lis portrait
ln 1Ag minds eye, but. not being an artist
cAnagt give it To Comrade Robertson for his
Fost General Roberts was also the hero Of an
ezpe Ai0H of forty from the zzd who spiked
d b4itnsg Gi guns 0H April ]. 1862 50 that our
Ellraats c0nia pass Island No. 10.
Ili5 llaE bring out something from some
sur For q that party. III fact, ii Is wonderful
The ilNN3ber 81 grand reIniniscences this page
doe evoke from the memories OF old comrades
IheT are more precious to me llan any history
Anl raht here, perhaps. is as good place as
Ely to add my pHn mite to the contribution
a. 4 fee very much indebted for what I aet
here and with 40Hr permission VIII offer this
a. llo one has accepted my invitation to write
Ut clE Charge through the cedars On that same
Gay. lprelts Hili and shaliler, all u Ehelidan's
bl.A25c c01lnahGrrsi We're gone. The whole
rlahi wing ArDoDks, was broken and swung
around On to the Nashville or MurfreesborD nike
Lren this was fast slipping from us. III was
about p. "a. Mang Of us hid had no food FOR
twenty four to forty -eisht hours. Water. also.
was very scarce. We were lying along the pike,
pretty Wei exhausted and somewhat disorgar-
lzed, when an orderly dashed np from Sheridan
TO CDl9nc! T. r. Bradley our colonel, who had
assumed command Of Cur Roberts brigade.
land kept il, TOO, up 70 the battle Of Chicka-
mauEa. when j lost the use OF my good right
ETgn. ana D do NOT know how much longer.
with the order that those eedass must be cleared
and the pike held al any cost. Old vets know
Mhat that meant.
Fai IN. men." cried Bradley clear those
cedarsln
" ith q yell, which, as yon All know, must be
btitrl ~ he appreciated, we started down the
Ill iHto natural chcEcanx -sle-tr.ze, composed
81 fallen cedsaEs and rock from tie size Of an
apple ~ that Of house. We FIRST struck their
Ilckci-iine, and Of course broke it, This In
creased our courage and cur excitement and
o. quickly were they followed that thefr line
OF support broke too. This in tnrn broke fhf
next itnts and by the time we had passed
Through 10 an open field beyond little over
40 eisltA q q mile perhaps-We had four lines
lceing before MS, with perhaps three Or Ton,
tunes DHr own number. III l. curious whai
conceits VIII take possession Of the mind ~
such times, but j must say that those rebels
many with dirty white blankets strapped III
the middle around their understanding III
Buddcnly from their hiding places and hastilx
striding to the rear, reminded me OF NOTHING
20 much as sand=hil cranes getting ready K
fly.
] notice in sll the communications pardon.
Gpie eGoiisnl- We are al apt 10 think our par