The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-01-21
Last DAYS Of Harris Brigade.

EDITOR CLARION: Mr.. L. II. Foote
, IN series OF articles (closing with tn
Issue of October Sth, 1SS4), contribute,
70 1HE CLARION, on the Last DAYS o
Harris Brigade, does me injustice il
ms account Of the engagement d
Hateher's Run and at Fort Gregg. 1t
Col Manlove (as gallant a soldier a
ever drew blade in any cause). is place.
by Mr. FoOte IL command of the l2tl
Mississippi Regiment at Hatcher's Run
and Capt. A. X Jones {the present eff
cient Chancery Clerk of Claiborne coun
| tyi, IN command of the same Regimen
at Fort Gregg. With the exception oI
three days (two days an leave to visii
my brother, DIR. b. l.. Applewhite, now
of Dexter, Texas, who had been return.
ed to Richmond, Va, from Point Look
out, Maryland, and was sick in hospital
and not expected to recover, and the
| day after the engagement at Hatcher
Run, where | received severe contu-
SION from spent ball on the inside OF
the right knee joint, at the close of the
| engagement, which disabled me fof
marching on foot for few days), ]
| commanded the 18th Mississippi Regi-
| ment from the morning of December Sd.
1864, until the capture of the Regiment
at Fort Gregg.
As 10 the capture of 1t. Col Manlov,
at Hatcher's Run, Mr.. Foote should
know, if he was with his command. that
Col. Manloye was with his own Regl-
ment in that fight, and was wounded
and captured ty the Federals, on the
day after the engagement, on the skir-
mish line.
1t Col. Thomas b. Manlove, of the
18th Mississippi Regiment, was placed
in command by Gen. \. H. Harris, OF
the 18th Mississippi Regiment. a few
days after the fight at the Yellow Tavern
ON the Weldon Railroad, August 2lst,
1854; (in which action | was wounded
through the thigh, aud continued il
command until the morning of the 30
of December following% when, in a neat
address to the Regiment, feelihglv ano
gracefully deliyed, he turned the com
mand over TO this writer.
Mr.. toote commits some inconsist-
ences in his otherwise well written artl-
cles, two of which | will notice. In
writing of the arrival at Amelia Couri
House, he says: Il succeeded in gain
ing re-mount here in place of mine
killed under me at Fort Gregg" Man,
gallant men yielded up their lives al
Fort Gregg, but not a solitary horse
There were none there to kilI). When
the 10th Mississippi Regiment, com
manded by 1T. Col. James II. Duncan.
Of the 10Th Mississippi Regiment, anc
the 18th Mississippi Regiment, com
manded by myself, took position il
Fort Gregg, we found Maior-Generai
Wilcox in the Fort, who, after ordering
Us to hold the Fort to the last extremi
~, retired, and with him the last hors,
that had occupied the Fort. In hi.
closing article III the issue of October
Sth, 1884, he says: Before me lies .
piece of the battle flag of the 18th Regi
ment 1t has a bullet hole through ii.
received at Fort Gregg" The 4Stb
Regiment, was at Fort Whitworth, and
qot in Fort Gregg; nor was there a fas
IN Fort Gregg. The 18th and I6th
Regiments were without cOlors. Color
bearer Jarvis of the 18th Regiment.
was captured in the action at the Vel
low Tavern, August 2lsh 1864; and con
cealiug the flag on his person until after
dark, divided ii among his captured
comrades. How the 10th Regiment lost
its flag ! do not know. That the 18th
and 4Sth Regiments would have defend
ed Fort Gregg as well as the 18th and
10th Regiments, | have no doubt, had
their positions been reversed. All were
gallant regiments, and shared together
the dangers and hardships of many
arduous campaigns.
For the correctness of my statements,
| refer Mr.. Foote to Captain A. K.
Jones, of Port Gibson, who was captured
with the writer at Fort Gregg; and to
Gen. y. III. Harris, Of Nicksburg, Oh
whose staff he states he was temporarily
on the ID of April, 1865, when Fort
Gregg was captured.
Very Respectfully,
r. II. APPLEWHITE.
BRooKHAvES, Jan. 9TH, 1885.