The National tribune., 1884-04-03
ANOTHER AccarNr.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
WI you allow a lady-a soldiers wife-to
say few words IN your interesting paper?
would ike TO speak my litsle piece" and
then retire TO the rear 1t is all well enough
for soldiers 10 wish the bravery of their own
particular company placed before the public in
such Way as 10 be appreciated; but when, af-
Ter the lapse OF more than twenty years, they
enter into var OF words" and strive TO
wrench frrra others these laurels which are
Justly their due, we can but denonnce it as
both lgn0ble and the very meanest kind of
co~alaice. ! speak IN defense Of the Napo-
leon-euD battery. and Casey's division gen.
orally. Here Is an article copied from the
treeaaaRs Journal Of June 20. 1852:
To say that The rebels do not often fight most
desperately II 10 beigIle the courage and efforts
OF tae feGesnis. 4 member Of battery A. New
OK 4fflltcT.r, II caseys division. known Us the
Aapol-sn-Eun battery. which was in the front
iisr 81 ite ilf7t Gay battle before Richmond has
nElitel iU relative, Ia New York, thrilling de-
Ecl4gii0n u the carnage inflicted upon the rebels
% t2ie IRE q tL-lt battery, from which make
al extract
The destruction was horrible. Our spherical
case sil sgiui. awful missiles: each Of them
Consisting o. a ecffed mass Of seventy Euslef
llalis- Atl charge OF powder in the center that
y iired BY inse. The as shell The missile
tf-t acts solid shot plSngfing its way through
h~ssss u snch ana Then IloclDg, hurts forward
shower " EliisEet balls tiiat NOW down The foe
IA heaps Our battery threw twenfy-fOur Of these
minute, and, had The exact range OF that
tzf ~ tie held every shot told with frjghtfui sf-
leci But ihe enemy were not at ali daunted
They marched steadily Oh. and hailed perfect
tcsipcst ~ balls upon Way we a. well a. our
1esses. were moi every one shlt down viii forever
tts4islA "a siery 70 me. We did not mind the
3eaecn bail however, and kept pouring our case
shot inio tise dense Of the foe who came
Oh ln prcciGlOIs and overwhelming force And
they fought ApienaEdiy TOO. Our shot tore their
ratiss Fide open. and shattered them In a manner
tiiit was irghitH 10 witness; hui they closed up
~ sFfrfaz
Fete5ans
= Amen they got within four hundred yards. we
e'psel oiii Csc slot and opened on them with can
lsief ana aucil destruction never elsewhere Wit
messed AT ccii discharge great ears were ma de
Ia tiielr rsis-inaeed whole ecgf.taf,ifs Ttarlx,
Neiii Gown before that murderous fire-bni they
Closed up N'i2 az order and discipline that was
ssFe-lts lrlng. They seemed 70 he animated Vii a
tiie courage ~ despair. blinded with the hone Of a
sl'eeas Nle-yis, .iley could by Al oFerw leining
Fls4l afiEc ts from our position.
y wac si'Flsi - see Their ranks torn and shat
tered hy every discharge Of canister while their
ots-a and egisg lay d piles; yet still they kept
advancing rs IA t1c face Of our fire. At one time
tisuee iincs, enc behind the other were steadily
advancing ssd three Of their flags were brought
~ range ~ ulle Of guns shottsd with canister
tlfS- shlsspa Inc gunner. and down went
those tlree flags, and gap WAS opened through
t1oss Three iiiacs as u thlBdeTbot had torn
tsr9ISn i-clB- alld Tie ceaa lay ia swafhs But
tAcy al Dnoc closed up and came on never paver-
llg- f3pli through the woods over the fence righ,
Through the field, UP 70 our gums, and sweeping
Steff tiiilB before them. captured every piece
v Len lyc delivered our last fire they were
nitsin ihteen OF twenty PAGES 81 us, and. as our
h9sses mao All been killed or wounded we could
H9i carry Oh our guns Id. .ossTaaI.
For further particulars Of the patriotic de.
poriment Of Gaseys division, the reader is re.
fsrred 10 Abbefs History Of the Civil War in
America, chapter seventh.
MEs F. W. CRANE,
Gunner's Wife.
SoU1H BRooKFIELD, \. Y