The National tribune., 1886-03-18
FIGHTING THEM OVER.
What Our Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns
1T DID SLING GORE.
Comrade Denies that The iGth III. was Pacific
Regiment.

Regiment.
To THE EDITOR: In your issue of Jan.
Comrade &C Il" of Co B. l0th H., had some
thing to say about " One Regiment that Siung
No Gore" think his statement will be niIScon-
strued by many, and that as ii regiment We VIII
be- REGARDED as almost worthless would be
pleased To have enough of your valuable space
to correct that impression. The lOth was or
gaulzcd aud ready fOr muster at CAIRO, III,
ABrll 20 lo0l. five days alter Air. Llncolns
call for 1000 troops; bnt we were not mus
terei as a regiment until april -, lo0l. We
remained ia Cairo and vicinity until about
March |. 1862, when ne moved with Gen Pope
ONO New Madrid and Island No. 10, and at the
Close OF that campaign the rebels, IN trying 10
make microscope were captured by the loih ana
10Th H., uo otner regiment being Within three
or four miles when they surrendered their entire
force oi a,,out 600. We were very highly
complimented by Gen Pope OH that as well As
other ocC;lS tons. We were III the CorInth cain
pai-rI and Oh Nav 3, l-62, where Charlie says
We had the square stand up-and-shoot tight,
we lost one killed aud five wounded. capturing
l. ami killing 50 rebels. See AdJt-Geherals
Report, Vol. !. p 3ji.) Were in Nashville dur
iug the time Buell. and Bragg We're III Ken
tucky aud when HoserrGns came through we
were a<si med TO Mor-an's Division of Changers
Reserve Co rs. aud held Nashville during the
hat,le of stone River Were kept in reserve
until after the caprure nf Mission Ridge, Jan.
], 1854. ReeuiIsted a. veterans. Were III The
Atlanta campaign, and, If my memory serves
Me Ight, some places were quite hot At Rocky
Face, Ga. our company, with others, was on
hand. and had killed and two wounded.
Nearly every one had holes shot IN his clothing,
and one bad . bullet holes through his hat and
blouse, not one touching him. And think the
comrade found II hot enough Aug. 26, 1864 when
he was wounded; and If lie needs statement
10 enable him 10 get pension, / can make 1t
af..rx Va an 10 frnnT
nearly AL the time. Near the mouth of Peach
Tree Greek, Ca, we had bout with the
Johnuies; lost ore killed and they lost IL.
We're on the march to the sea aud up through
the Caroimas At Rivers Bridge, s G., Feb. ),
we lost quite Il number, but captured the place,
being hotly contested and we were in water
from one 10 five feet deep from q a. m until dark
Gen. Howard, who was present, said it was the
best thing of the war" On that march there was
hardly day that we were not fighting, aud
when Johnson attacked the Fourteenth Corps
at Bent0nviiie we made forced night march.
Reaching the right Of the army,we were pushed
in on the flank, and got far enough around 10
capture part Of .IohnstOn's headquarters mate
rial. Sherman did not have support near us,
and ordered us TO retreat, and just as We were
doing this Hardee and Wade Hampton attacked
US. Our brigade, with part of First Brigade,
held their combined forces in check, and about
dark quietly withdrew across the swamp, los
ing 54 Een, and am satisfied the rebels lost
at least three times as many. The regiment
was always fortunate, so much so that We were
called the Lucky Tenth" l cannet account
for it, unless il was our superior drill and dis
cipiiue, aud that our officers were not looking
for promotion through long list of killed and
wounded, and am satisfied with the result.
will venture the assertion that we drove the
rebels oftener, never turning our backs to them
at any time, except, as stated, at Bentonville
n. C., and captured more prisoners, with less loss
of men, than any regiment from the State, and
Will almost say the United States-J. n.
BRowN, Co. l, 10th H., Chester, Ill.