The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-07-24
The SHILOH CAMPAIGN
Last Words from Our Contributors.
Interesting Points Elucidated.

on hand from participants. They are replete
with interest for those who have followed the
course of the narrative, but owing to the
crowded state of our columns we have been COM
PEELED to hold them over from week to week
until the concluding chapter has gone to press.
The best that can now be done with them,
therefore, is to select the salient points from
the letters, and allow each writer to present
his view of the battle at its most critical
moment
THE 71sT OHIO.
DR.. ]. J. Grover of Indianapolis, takes Col.
Stuart to task for injustice to his regiment
in the official report OF the latter printed in
THE TRIBUNE He claims for the list Ohio
equal credit with the 55th Ill. for repulsing
the attack made by Chalmers on the extreme
right of the Union line. He says:
We can never forget the fierce two hours battle
that folowed-the rebels to gain and we to defend
that positionl Unsupported ON our right, CALAMITY
supported the lett by the 55th H., but with
reserve, no cannon, we for two long hours fought
three times our number with stubborn, native
Valor characteristic OF the rank and file OF the army
on that i-fated day. 1t was there that gallant
Lieut.-Col. Kyle received his death-wound, and it
was there that many of our bravest and best boys
offered up their young lives i'll defense of their
country IS flag.
A. j of Co. K, 41st Ill., writes an interesting
letter full of praise of the gallantry of that
regiment He closes his letter as follows
Everywhere was heard the praise of the fist A
Colonel rallying his men the first day addressed
them as follows Men look at that little 4lst Ill.
God bless themi They have fought all day, and
are at 1t yet See If we cannot follow their ex-
ample"
THE nth ILLINOIS
s. S. Price writes us from across the Continent,
IN Santa Barbara Co., Cal that he has been
greatly interested in reading the Shiloh Cam
paign.' He says:
Col; Veatch's report of the onslaught upon the
i4th Ill: and 18th Ind of his brigade Sunday
brings the scene wildly before my mind as at that
point received musket ball in tile joint of the
right shoulder, which, passing out through the
seapuia OF the left, disabled from getting off
the field until picked up by OF BuelIs men
Monday evening.
THE 77TH OHIO
Eli B. Dawson comes CALAMITY forward in
| defense of that regiment. He says the 18th
occupied position on the right of the brigade.
rayine in front, heavily wooded, obscured
the view TO the front. He writes:
The nth was not in line of battle more than five
minutes before the rebels opened fire We
could not see them for the heavy brush in our
'front.' AT the first voIley we had three men killed
In my company I'd and several wounded There
was rebel battery hill in our front firing
us at battery the hill in rear, near Shiloh
Church Mr.. Beach, of the 18th H.. says: The
I.th ilred one yoliey and ram" think the 7Ith
ONO lost fully as many men killed and wounded
as the 18th Ill, and claim that the nth and J7th
ONO held their ground the first lines of battle
al Shiloh as long any of the regiments did.
r. B. Griegs, of the same regiment, says:
beg leave TO say to ]. ". Beach that he Is clear
of OF his base. The SD gave way long before the
1Ith. II the SD could have held its position the
18th would not have had TO fall back The SD was
IN advance and 10 the left Of the 77th about GO
yards, and when the SD gave way the rebels came
IN on our left flank, and we were compelled TO fall
back and be taken prisoners.
A. s. Winchester Co. Il, seth Ohio Oakland
Cal, comes TO the defense Of the nth Ohio
with statement of its losses at Shiloh, taken
from the Home Netrs, published at Marietta
Ohio, where the regiment was raised, namely,
~ killed, rs wounded, and 90 missing, which
agrees closely with the official reports. He says
OF the missing:
capts.. a. w. Mccormick and A. Chandler and
something more than Is Of the missing were
wounded and several killed, an account Of the
death of which know was published afterwards
The loss was an extremely large one for a green
regiment, and II they lost SO heavily while running
will somebody please figure up the losses Of some
OF the regiments that did not run?
THE ID KENTUCKY.
F. r. French writes from Catlettsburg, KY,
as follows:
The important feature to my own regiment of
the second day fight the capture OF 20 prison.
and tile charge of battery late in the evening
to the left OF Shiloh Church, in which we took
with the aid OF another regiment unknown to me,
two pieces of cannon and turned them upon the
fleeing enemy, giving them charge that they
had prepared for US. Your correspondent had the
pleasure of being one that helped handle the gun
THE SD ILLINOIS
John Yarnell, Sergeant in the SD H. is
responsible for the following yarn:
Perhaps the last charge made at the battle of
Shiloh was that upon the SD III. This regiment
WAS just from Chicago full GOO strong with KNAPP
sacks the size Of cracker-5oxes and, fortunately
for themselves and the rebel army did get into
line of battle until the latter full retreat As
il was cold and Wet the boys could see no neces-
sity OF standing and shivering in lire OF battle SO
dnany of them scattered around the fire near by
10 themselves. bat just as their wet clothes
began to steam Gen. Nelson, with his horse st
full speed charged in upon the left of the regiment
and rode its full length shouted for the Colonel
and asked, in voice of thunder Who in the
hell commands this mobi 4" The yoley of oaths
that followed did not kill any one and the regi-
lnent was soon in line and straight as picket
sence. The regiment was excellent one veter-
aized and stad in the field to the end Of the war
THE 3GTH INDIANA.
Nathan Nicholson has vivid recollection of
the work done" by his regiment ON Sunday
evening. This regiment was the first of Buells
troops 10 cross the river, where it took position
in rear of the batteries and assisted in repuls-
ing the final attack. He says:
think did good work. Col. Crosse made Us
aspeech that evening. He told us to keep cool
not TO get excited or disgrace ourselves but
good start, and kept 1t up through the war.
THE 18TH OHIO.
J. w. Clemson, of Charlottesville, Ind, re-
ferring to the action of McDowell's brigade
after it had fallen back to the Purdy road, says:
We had the hottest hand-to-hand fight OF the
day. As we were marching by the right flank we
could plainly see the enemy. They had the Stars
and Stripes floating over them, and we thought
them our men; but on coming as close as 200 feet
of them they pulled down the Z. S. flag and shot
up their nasty rag OF secession. At that place
lost a good many men. was over that part OF the
field the next day, and counted SO4 dead rebels
THE 18TH ILLINOIS.
George W. Kneipp writes:
About O'Clock p M word passed along the line
that we must whip the enemy right there as 1t
Here isswhere first Gen. Sherman He was
on foot, moving about in front Of line with his
hand done up in a silk handkerchief 1 have seen
him fssny times since the front line taking OBJ
serya.ons. To our left men had "a game of
prisoners base over battery, which changed
and relaxing it till dark. believe our men kept
the guns.
THE 10TH WISCONSIN.
T. G. Boss OF Sherburne, Chenango Co., n.
Y, writes an intelligent account OF the open
ing guns at Shiloh.
We marched to the right until we came 10 what
may have been left of the other companies, our
steps qtic1ened by the increasing rattle of mus
kerry, and the steadied by the boom of
cannon As Te halted and dressed up four men
came bearing bleeding body to the rear. 1t was
Col, Moore, of the 2lst NO. and some of US stepped
aside Tor them 70 pass We soon reached higher
ground than we had occupied in the night and to
our right and fl long distance In front were some
away; TO right, and quite a little in advance
was Col. Moores command, alternately pressing
up towstvs, the battery and falling back. When we
had formed the men in line Capt. Patch ordered