The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-10-03
A Veteran Of the Whole War.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I have seen
it stated in a recent publication purportinQ 20
be historical, that it is doubtful If any Union
veteran is now living who was under IRE both
at the First Bull Run and at APPROPRIATION" Ia
is not surprising that such a statement should
be made, because the number Of such If any,
must be very small. There were quite 3 num-
Der of men who were under fire" July 81,
1861, and April 8, 1865, but / presume most OF
them have been mustered out forever. But
there is at least one Union veteran who
fills the bill Of Bull Run and Appomattox to
perfection, and he is now living" in every
sense of the term.
He entered the Army of the Union as a Cap
tain in the 9th N. Y. in April, 1861, raising
company for that regiment in Binghamton,
the home of my family. He was soon promoted
to DO Major, and in that capacity commanded
the regiment in the First Bull Run Gen. Henry
w. SlOcum, then Colonel Of the regiment, hav-
ing been wounded early in the action. The
brigade to which the 9th N. Y. belonged on
this occasion was commanded by Col. Andrew
Porter. The fact that it was under fire as
| Bull Run is evinced by its loss Of IS killed
and 295 wounded and missing, as stated in the
| official reports
At Appomattox this Union veteran was in
| command of the First Division, Fifth Corps,
and on the morning of April 8, 1866, he de-
/ plOyed his division across the Lynehburg
road west of AppOmattOx Courthouse, which
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/ Between Bull Run and AppomattOx this Union
veteran was under fire in the battles Of West
! Point, Fair Oaks, the seven days fight and
| Malvern Hill on the Peninsula at Antietam,
| Fredericksburg, Salem Church (ChaneeIlorE-
/ viilel and Gettysburg, in command Of the Sec
ond Brigade First Division, Sixth Corps, con-
sisting Of the 5th Me-, 10Th, 9th and I2Iss
| N. Y. and the 95th and 96th Pa When thE
army was reOrgaDized By Grant in March, 1884,
/ he was placed in command Of the Third Bril-
| gade of Griffn's Division, Fifth Corps, consist
| ing of the Ist and 10th Mich, the s3d and 119th
| Pa, the 18th Mass, Goth Ne. and A4th n Y,
/ all veteran regiments.
At the head Of this brigade this Union
veteran was under fire the 5th and 9th Of
May in the Wilderness; at and about Spottsyl.
vania Courthouse the 9Th, 10th, 18th, 18th I4th
| and 18th Of May at Jericho Ford (Nortk
| Anna River the 23d, 9th and 18th of Mayl; al
Bethesda Church (COld Harbor] the Both and
3lst Of May, and the 1st and ID Of June; In
the assaults on Petersburg June Is ana
| june %; during the primary operations OF
the siege of Petersburg from the last
mentioned date until the 18th Of August
! when he led his brigade in the attack on Lees
left flank at Globe Tavern, and again rs
Ream's Station Aug. 20 and 81. Again on
the lines Of Hatcher's Run, Oct. IL, Is and q /;
! on the BOydton plank road, Oct. 90 and again
Nov. z; then on March p at GraYelly Run /;
| March 30 on the Quaker road, near Dabney's
sawmill March 81 on the White Oak road,
and April 1 at Five Forks. Here, on che Ac-
cession of Griffin to the command Of the Fifth
| Corps, this Union veteran assumed the COM
mand of the First Division, Fifth Corps, and
led it in the final hunt" from Five Forks By
way of Prince Edward Courthouse, Prospect
Station, Appomattox Station, and, a. before
related. was in at the death at Appomattox
Courthouse, where bis division blocked the
Lynchburg road west Of the village early in
the morn ng of April g. which completed thu
conquest Of the Army Of Northern Virginia
This is manifestly something Of record a. .
Union veteran. His name Is Joseph J. Bartlett.
He is now Second Deputy Commissioners al
Pensions. 1t is, therefore, clear that there 10 =
Union veteran now living who was under IRE
at Bull Run and Appomattox, as well - great
many times between "A. 3.