The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-27
STONES RIVER.
The Regular Brigade - Third Division, Twentieth
Corps.


To THE EDITOR: By your kind permission
the Regulars at Stones River on Dec. 81, 1862.
Carleton" in his account of the battle, says
the 18th and 10th Regulars were driven back,
and he does not mention the other two regi-
ments at all. will give him the number of
the regiments that comprised the brigade.
They were the 18th, 10th, 18th, and 18th Regu-
lars, and Battery Fl, 5th U. s. Art, the
whole in command of Col. Shepherd, of the
18th. We were ordered into the cedars about
o'clock a. m. marched in by the right flank
at double-quick, coming to a front, and lay
down till the rebels got almost on to u.s. when
we were commanded to get up and fire by vol
ley, which stopped the rebels right there
Gen. Rousseau, in his report of the battle,
says he never saw such fire delivered before.
We held them for about 20 minutes, then fell
back to the open cotton field, where we were
ordered to charge back into the woods, which
we did, but did not stay long, for the rebels
were too much for us.
/ very well remember when we came out
the last time the volunteers who told us to lie
down till they could fire over us, and hon
estly think that they saved us from being cap
tured or killed, as we never could have retreated
to the railroad in the face Of such a fire as the
rebels were pouring into us at that time. If
my memory serves me right we went into
Stones River / 200 strong, and lost in killed,
wounded, and missing % commissioned officers
and $50 enlisted men.-H. K. YOUNG, 1st Ser
geant, Co. A, 18th Inf, Dubuque, Iowa.
To THE EDITOR: wish to take carleton /"
to task little about the battle of Stones
River He has one regiment in our division
that was not in it and leaves ont one that was
in, viz, the I'D ILL.,, to which l belonged. He
says Sill's Brigade had the 3Sth in it. Now,
this is the order of our division-the Third
Division of the old Twentieth Corps Tor
McCook's Corps: First Brigade-24th Wis, 21st
Mich, and 36th and SSth H.; Second Brigade
I'd and 18th Mo. and 44th and I'D ILL.,; Third
Brigade-22d, 9th, 42d, and 51st Ill.-four
regiments in each brigade Our brigade-the
Second-was commanded by Gen. Schaeffer,
who was killed in that fight, and have very
little doubt that he was shot by some of his own
brigade in retaliation for numerically tying up
two of our regiment by the thumbs at Mill
Creek on a cold day, keeping them tied all
night. for a very slight disObedience of what he
thought was right and proper. l think it was
taking some rails for fire from a fence close to
his headquarters. Any way, our regiment,
almost to man of the privates, was ready to
mutiny over it, and only by the efforts of
our officers and their good advice were they
prevailed ON to bide in camp; but the storm of
wrath was deep in our hearts, and some said
they would be even the first chance they got.
give this as matter of history, as it only
happened some three or four weeks before the
battle of Stones River.
/ can say that The TRIBUNE is well read
and appreciated by all who take it here. /
think it is decidedly the paper for the soldier.
IS. +. HOsKINSON, Seattle, w. T..