The National tribune., 1889-11-28
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of the War Department. and will appear when
the Official Records are, published. l never
| saw Graham after the Fall Of 1863, but some
time after the war heard that he was Oh the
detective force of Cincinnati. / venture to say,
if this was So he made a good one.
After the Bristoe affair the Artillery Brigade
OF the First Corps underwent some changes.
| Halls I'd Me. was detached and went in the
| Reserve or home to recruit, and Dow,s 9Th Me-,
Rgby's Maryland battery and Mink's Battery
| III, 1st N. Y. l.. A., came in. Dows battery
was soon afterward sent to tho Second Corps,
and the Marylander5 went to the Reserve but
| Mink remained with us
TO THE END OF THE WAR.
! Early in October or the last of September
at any rate soon after the battle of Chicka-
mauga-the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps were
/ sent out to reinforce Rosecrans's army, and
| they all remained out West during tho remain
! der of the war.
At this time (say, October and November,
| 1863 the Army of tho Potomac struck its "low-
water mark of strength in actual present for
duty. After the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps
went away and the nine months regiments in
all the corps were mustered out, do not sup
pose the army could muster more than $4,000
mnskets, il so many. The First Corps did not
have quite 10000. the Second Corps not more
than ii 900, the Third about 1000, the Fifth
and Sixth probably 1000 apiece, and there
was about 5000 or $500 cavalry. Therefore
the writers who criticize Meades Mine Run
campaign fasco" do not take sufficient
account of ali the facts. The defense of
Washington was then, as IL always had been
the primary consideration, aud in the Fall of
1863 the Army of the Potomac had doubtless
become so weak that Ii was not considered pru-
dent to take tho risks which an energetic
offensive campaign south of the Rapidan would
have involved. i know / used TO hear these
matters discussed by officers about Gen Pat
riek's headquarters, and tho impression got
at the time was that our authorities at Wash
ington had adopted a waiting policy. partly in
belief that every day of delay weakened the
Confederacy, and partly because it had become
necessary 10 take energetic steps to recruit up
our own forces for final effort
After the Bristoe affair Lee retreatod again,
the army following him back TO the country
between the RaPidan aud Rappahannock. Here
an affair occurred at Rappahanuock Station, in
which RusselPs Division, of the Sixth Corps,
showed
THAT THE OLD SPIRIT WAS STILL STRONG
In the breasts Of our men. and taught tho
enemy lesson of caution which their long
immunity from serious attack had put them
very much in need OF.
Lee now retreated 10 the south side of the
RapltAnr and about the first week in November
the Army of the Potomac took up line based
on Culpeper Courthouse. and picketing the
north bank of the Rapidan with cavalry or
infantry or both, from the mouth of Cedar
Run on our right TO Germania Ford on the left
distance of over 90 miles. The troops now
generally supposed that this would be Winter
quarters, ms the season was unusually cold and
wet, the roads bad. and there was every indiea-
tion of severe Winter for that latitude. They
therefore went to work at once to build huts
and soon made themselves quito comfortable.
The camp of the First Corps was along the
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Pony Mountain, where the signal station was.
The ground was ridge forming the divide
between two small streHms eInptyiHg into tho
Rapidan, so that it was dry. and afforded good
drainage for the camps There was plenty of
timber In the neighborhood both for log huts
aud fuel, the front aud flank were easily guard
cd. the railroad from Alexandria was soon re-
paiSsd and got ia running order to Brandy
Station, and soon after 10 Caipeper. 40 that we
had a competent line Of supply, and everybody
settled down 10 the pleasant anticipation OF
good long rest.
Bnt this did not suit the home guard editors.
who. with Horace Greeley nj their head, now
redoBbed their shrieks OF "On 10 Richmond"
] never felt such unspeakabls aud indcscriba.
BILE disgust in my lifa ms at this time. Being at
provost headquarters | had plenty of oppor-
tunity 10 raad the papers and their editorials
aud the articles from their "spocial c0rre-
spondents in the field" ased 10 make mo so
fnAd lbAt couldn't SEQ straight.
The editors were all either too old or loo
cowardly To come n the front and exploited
their patriotism by nrgipg gallant soldiers
on TO useless slaughter, ~ if their exploits in
the aatne direction The previous Winter, when
they gaaded the President to order Rurnsides
miserable butehery of fredericksburg, was not
enough.
fSorE-'Fhe name Or the Sergeant killed nj An-
ticiam was Henry Hertzog He was ono Of the
Old Regular lie iiad Tcresybd bullet through
Ihr lower part al the abdomen. aud was carried
back into Miorn barn, which janimed with
wounded Iucn from the battery aud the 10Th r. "
supporting ~, Herizog tn great agony aud
kbr@ hc eoiild not tive more than half an hour M
hia bowels were hll cut la piecaa SO ile quietly
Haid ia someone him. g Nhat little life have
ielt Is not worth living ia This agony" lie then
deliberately drew isis revolver aud shot himself
tbtt,'iEh tlls head
Lieut. Dawson rites 10 say that lao was wounded
la ihr lex and Tigiit breast al gettysburg and not
ia either He also states that there are several
minor inaccuracies in the OF the left half.
battery hat not Of serious historical Importance
Ia sn not remark able that thnss errors should oe-
cur n fstinR - years afeFward without noies or
data of any Kind. II s doubtfn II any soldier
could write perfectly accurate account of the
operations of battery the next day after the
baltle-ED.l
tTo be coBtiHBod.l
CarToll's Brissde at Gettysburg.