The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-08-26
COL. RoGERs's DEATH.
Member OF tAe Gjh 0aio Settles the can;r
EorSy.

A Member or Gie C5ih 0aio Settles the C9ntr0-
EorSg.
To THE EprToR: In TRE TRIBUNE of July
% appears an epIstlo from G. w. Buyinger, Nj.
d., surgeon 30;h Ohio in regard 10 tho death
Of Col. Rogers. Ia was good thing that B0g-
erv was so prOmiscuOus ia order that he might
besprcad all over that battlefield. This learned
sawb0ues mus; have beCn an extremely SAGA
cious individual, aud his prophetic soul must
have been stirred 10 It's Depths else lac would
not have taken the precaution 10 have carried
the tape-line which settles now and forever
the distance in feet and inches from the ditch
in front Of Fort Robinett where Rogers fell,
" iu d . feet" What sublinlity OF exactacss!
History can now be MADE up with certainty.
Magma est yertas, II preyalebit.' This Escu-
lapias proceeds TO settle The matter about the
death Of Col. Rogers horse in this wise: ="
aver that the horse which was lying dead near
Rogers was not his, but rather that o. Col.
Kirby Smith or Adit Ileyl, OF the s3l Ohio"
The taPe.linc would have settled the matter
about the horse just rs chectuSily rs il has the
spot where Rogers fell. The ga Ohio occupied
that portion OF the field ia front Of Fort Ro5i-
nett on the extreme left Of the line OF battle,
and the 43d Ohio was several hundred feet TO
our night, and a. 40 tiiae We're they upon the
| right. j was there when the frs. and last shots
were fired. Col Saith and AdIt Hcyl were
]
way of 20 our right. I have written several
times that I saw Rogers fall, which ke did
within 30 feet OF the G3j Ohio. He was killed
! from his horse Oct. 4, 1852. Neither he nor his
! horse ever reached the ditch. No one man can
claim lie killed BIN, he was literally riddlcd
with bullets, and that is all there is OF il. The
| hOrse-tracks which Chaplain Try alludcs 10 on
the edge Of the ditch were made by thc horses
Of battery which wheeled into line right
there on our left for the purpose Of Smelling the
! sharpshOoteTs in our front, in order that we
| might bring in qua which wc had before
| charged upon, belonging TO Capt. Iobinss ,rcbel)
| battery, and before the rebel divisions under
| Rogers aud Moore made either assault Capt
! Charles Il. Brown, Of Co. y, CID Ohio, now
Member Of Congress from the second Ohio dis
trict) captured tho rebel Capt. Tobin aad his
buglor early in the morning without GTing 9
shot Dr. Buyingcr says: =" Ii would have been
a lasting disgrace TO SANKEY'S whole division u
have allowed any mounted man to have got So
near" Now for the Doctors information. Oul
command had positive orders 20 hold THEN
Ere until the rebel advance got close, and then
10 shoot low" which We obeyed. Previous u
that there had been only dcsult0ry Gring oI
either side, and by sharpshooting.
The Doctor tells that story which has been
told several times about the wonderful eXpiO.
of Lieut.. Nisbet Comfy, wherein he had the
/ band-tO-hRnd combat with rebel officer anc
AllItA siio man. ASp'' '.'.e o3SSsAlASi
: imaginary as the one FalstaG had with tht
"kuaves ia buckram." Lieut. Comfy was no
acting in the capacity Of Adjutant of the %,
Ohio on that day, aud he aCyer did after i
either. That honor belonged TO another man
, whose na;ae i can give If anyone wants il
Capt. Oscar l.. Jackson, Of Co. ii, NOW Membe
, Of Congress from the 18th Pennsylvania dis
, trict,) was shot IN the head few feet from me
aud y0t carries the lead received on that day
/ i had the honor OF writing the official report q
the part which the 63d Ohio played in that en-
I gagement at tho dictation of Col. John "
spraRue, its gallant commander.-GEo. Has
{ KIN, ODD Ohio. Osoola, Mich.