The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-09-30
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B. E. Boulton, Co. F, 18th Ind, Howard,
Kan, thinks Gen. Leggett did injustice to the
Fifteenth Corps in his articles on the battle of
Atlanta. He says the Fifteenth Corps was not
defeated, though it did suffer from temporary
flank movement, but there was nothing in the
shape of panic. The troops deliberately re-
formed and retoOk the works without any
help that the writer knows of He says
" There is not and cannot be anything but the
best of feeling between the Fifteenth and Sew
enteenth Corps but it is our belief that the
Seventeenth Corps had enough to do that day at
home"
James d. Powell, SD Ohio, Powell, Neb.,
says good word for his regiment and for the
Second Division of the Fifteenth Corps.
j. Z. Stewart, Co. ID, 127th ILL.,, Rchfeld,
Kan, thinks Comrade A. C. Stewart 1I6th ILL.,,
and other contributors to THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, have not done justice to the 127th
Ill. in their accounts of the battle of Atlanta
1t was in the First Brigade Second Division,
Fifteenth Corps. lie says it participated in
that three miles dOuble-quick time to the sup
port Of the Seventeenth Corps and also was
with the regiments that returned and made the
charge TO regain the lines that the Second
Division had lost"
A. II. Boyle. Blue Knob, Blair Co, Pa,
thinks the navy is neglected by the writers in
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. He thinks the
Government has not dealt fairly by the sailors
in the matter Of prize and bounty money due
them for captures of cotton and other property
in the Mississippi and other Western rivers
Z. King, Chester, Geauga Co., o., saws Bat
terry |, lst n. Y, and Battery G, LIST Ohio, COM
prised the artillery that was run out in front
at Averysboro. and whose fire silenced that of
the rebel battery, blowing up one or more of
its caissons.
J. L. Parker, Co. G, SIst Ohio, writes his ex-
perience at the battle of Atlanta, July %, 1854
and pays a high compliment to the courage of
the Goth Ill. He says the boys of that regi-
ment were stayers.
j. K. Roberts, Co. X, 10th ILL.,, Christopher,
Ill, tells of the gallant conduct of the 10th at
Shiloh. The long list of casualties in the regi-
ment shows that it well deserves the praise
bestowed upon it by Comrade Roberts
Several communications have already been
published denying the statement that the 9Th
VT. lost its colOTs at either Port Hudson or
Baton Rouge. Serg't James McGarry Co. b,
9TH VT, Beaver City, Utah, who was one of the
color guard, declares in very vigorous language
that the regiment never lost its colOrs, and in
dignantly denies the charge that tour guns
were taken from US and we We're compelled to
do fatigue duty at New Orleans"
G.. III. Eastman, Co. f. ID n. H., North Con-
way, n. H., corrects Comrade Force, Goth Pa,
in regard to the regiments with which the lat
ter was brigaded. He says it was the 2d ~ H.
instead of the I'd n. y, the others being the
lst and Ilth Mass. He SAYS the 26th Pa was
composed OF as brave boys as ever followed the
flag. COmrade Eastman hopes it may never
be such hard times as to compel him to give up
THE NATIONAL tribune; he would rather
live on bareback again.
Charles Banks, Co. III, LIST Ohio Silver Lake,
Kan, refers to the controversy as to what
corps did the fighting at New Hope Church,
and says: whether the Fourteenth or TWEEN
tieth Corps did fighting there or not can't
say, but l do know the Third Division of the
Fourth did some fighting there. and for the
length Of time engaged lost more men than
any other division on the Atlanta campaign
This battle was fought on the evening OF May
q, when we lost !, 900 men,"
George w. Hines, Co. c, 9Sth Ohio, Deers-
vile, o., insists that the Fourteenth Corps was
not III the fight at New Hope Church. lie says
the fighting there ON May % was done by the
Twentieth Corps, with loss OF 500 men, and
OH May q by the Third Division of the Fourth
Corps, Gen. L. J. Wood commanding, which
lost some I.G00 men.
co Holt, Sergeant, Co. G., Both Me-, Can
ton, Me-, says that Carleton" in THE TRIB-
UNE of Sept. 8 gave the wrong name to the
Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the 30th Ne.
after Col. Fesseuden was wounded; it WAS
Lieut.. Col. Hubbard, and not Blanchard Com
rade Holt says: " received u bullet through my
left hip, and rode Col. Fessendens horse back
to the river crossing, he being carried ON q
stretcher by four of my company"
V. q. Conner, Co. X, 2lst Mich, Ionia, Mich
writes that one brigade of Sheridan's Division
at Perryville was composed of the Both and
S5th ILL.,, oath Wis, and 2lst Mich, commanded
by Col. Gensel of the Both Ill. The fifth and
I'D Ill. and I'd and 18th Mo. composed one of
the other brigades of Sheridan's Division.
q. G. Parke, 9th Ky. Cav, Dexter, Mo-. sends
brief account of a scouting expedition in
Kentucky in December, 1861.
w. III. Ward, Co. G, 9TH VT, st. Johnsbury,
VT, rallies to the defense of his regiment from
the charges made in recent communications
He served three and half years in the 9TH VT,
and knows whereof he speaks. He says that
no Drawer or better officer than Col. VIM. g..
HolbroOk ever commanded q regiment, and the
staff and line officers of the 9Th would compare
favOrably with those of any other. "Our arms
were never taken from US either; and the I'M
kind statement that because we lost few of
our regiment ON the skirmish-line at Spanish
Fort we were sent on spade duty is GER
tainly not the case. Gen. Butler never had our
cOlors in his possession. They were furled and
kept in our Colonels quarters until after the
court of inquiry and the issue of General
Order, No. 9S, by Gen. Butler himself"
John III. Hawley, Co. +, l30th ILL.,, Green
vile, ILL.,, says that Carleton" omitted to
mention his regiment in the account of the
battle of Mansfield, La. He says the both Ill.
was brigaded with the 18th and SD Ohio, 18th
KY, and 23d Wis. The 18th Ill. was not in
that brigade. He thinks the l3Oth Ill has good
reason to remember the engagement as almost
the entire regiment NEARLY 600 men) were
either killed or captured, less than 90 answer
ing to roll-call afteI the battle. The writer's
recollection is also that Gen. A. j. Smith, and
not Gen. Banks, commanded during the second
days fight.
G. q. Luttman, Co. F, 18th H., Neenah,
Wis.,, says the comrades who are writing up the
battle of Belmont have omitted to mention the
18th I'LL. He says he was Orderly Sergeant of
Co. +, and knows he was in the fight. He
writes: / am sometimes almost led to think
that Was never in the army BY reading the