The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-11-13

muffled, as at other times when we wantca to
move and not let the Johnnies know it,
Comrade Booths myth and % years imagi-
nation of enormous proportions, and his play
on fiction, as ZehTing would make some be-
| lieve are as real and true as was the fighting
on the 10Th and goth of September on the
bloody field OF Chickamauga
j noted each day the occurrences as | SAW
| them, and find rs far rs COmraio Booths de-
scription of the brigade is concerned, they are
true TO the lettor. OF course there were many
things he told OF the Both Ohio that could know
nothing OF, ms / have always noticed q soldier at
his post. and in battle, could see but very little
and that little was close by; hut one in the
rear, and Sinking duty, always knows more of
what is going on than the Commanding Gen
era.
Comrade Zchring did not belong to Turchin's
Brigade, and therefore had better not assail the
hstorion of the Both Ohio with such strong
language, unless Ire is better posted.-G. L..
CANT, Co. G, 92d Ohio, Turchiu's Brigade,
Athens, Tenn.
Another Blast from Comrado bottoms DuGle.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: When / saw
the headline "Chickamauga" in THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE and reading on noted that
the serial was written by HISTORIAN" /
thought had struck u jewel-a thing long
looked for, and could scarcely wait to attend to
the business in hand, before reading Comrade
Booths article.
The first instalment looked upon rs n little
escape of accumulated steam, and hoped when
he should get down 10 real work III future
numbers, that l should find something about
Chckamauga that would be reliable, genuine
history-a record Of facts.
have now completed No. ", and say, with
deepest regret. that it is rs reliable MS about
niuc-tenths of the histories, so called. | am
the more sorely disappointed, since his belong
ing TO Gen. Turchin's Brigade, had hoped to
find something reliable about that brigade, es-
pecaly as TO its charge" on Sunday evening,
Sept. 90, 1868,
The comrado evidently writes from memory
TO which he has added an immense amount of
fancy and also some recollcctions from
others equally as far from the facts as his own
statements.
Isncerely do not believe that Comrade Booth
has any idea of where his brigade was when it
was ordered to withdraw from the fTont-in
fact | do not believe he is aware that 10 was
so ordered, nor the cause of it, If he knows of
such order. Nor do think that he knows any
thing of the circumstances under which the So
called famous charge" happened 10 be made.
One TO read his account would judge that the
charge" was somewhere near the place where
tho brigade had been located during the day.
As to Mrs Turchin's saving wagon train in
the afternoon, / will pay the comrade hand
somely for proof Of il, and its location.
Had he written his account as n narrative
from memory, and not claimed 10 be a " histo-
riau," aud by that title hoped to convince tho
ignorant that he WAS stating facts, no one
could have complained; but to make lot OF
such statements as he has, and that over the
claim TO be historian" is altogether too
much TO pass by unchalengcd.-G. +. DoLToH,
Is South Main street 81. Louis, Mo.