The Portland daily press., 1890-01-21
WHAT A BOY DID AT SHILOH.
"reminiscences of the Manager of
the New York World.
ThrilIlos story of the Great Battle
t--f OF the West.
General Grant as He Appeared Tina
..s., Day.

1869 Here Is a date and locality indelibly
burned into my memory. At 16 years of age
found myself an enlisted fourth class musi-
clan in the Twenty-fourth Ohio regiment, in
which my eldest brother was first lieuten-
ant and afterward captain and colonel. I
had campaigned in western Virginia, and
had seen some Of tho terrors and horrors Of
war at Phillippi and Rich Mountain and
some of its actualities in winter campaign
IN the Cheat mountain district During the
winter Of vi my command was sent to Louis
ville, KY where Gen. Buell. was organizing
lis splendid army of the Ohio for active ope-
eations against Bowling Green and Nashville
Ny regiment was assigned to Gen. Nelson's
command, and the early spring found us on
the left flank of the army on the north side
Of the Green river With unexpected sud-
ienness, Nelson's division was one day in
March sent hurriedly back to the Ohio river,
where 1t was placed on transports and headed
ior the Cumberland river to participate in
Grants movement against Fort Donelson.
Before reaching that point intelligence was
received OF the capture of that stronghold,
and our totilla proceeded to Paducah, KY
At that point Gen. w. 7. Sherman was Or
ganizing his 'cruits from Ohio, Indiana and
Illinois for the forward movement up the
Tennessee river. I had been taken ill on
board the steamer en- route, and my father
who at that time commanded the Seventieth
Ohio regiment stationed ct Paducah found
fae and took me in his personal charge Two
days later my regiment sailed up the Cum
berland river and was with the brigade first
to enter Nashville. When l reached the
convalescent stage asked permission to re-
join my command, but Gen. Sherman said
that the armies of Grant and Buell. would
form coalition somewhere up in the Tennes-
see river, and might as well remain where
was for the reason that my father could give
me better care in my feeble state than /
could have with my own command.
Thus it happened that was with the army
of Gen. Sherman when it felt its way up the
turbid Tennessee river as far as Pittsburg
Landing, and SO it happened that / was at
Shiloh church on the morning of that ter
rible onslaught by Gen. Johnston's army
upon Sherman's division, which held the adj
vance of Grants army operating against
Corinth
/ have often wondered what sort Of a SOL
der in blue must have appeared at that
time. can remember myself as a tall, pale,
Ratchet faced boy, who could never find in
the quartermaster's department blouse or
pair of trousers small enough for him, nor an
overcoat cast on his lines. The regulation
blue trousers used to cut off at the bottoms,
and the regulation overcoat sleeves were al
ways rolled up, which gave them the appear
ance of having extra military cuffs, and that
was one consolation to me-
OMNIBUS SHOTS.
The headquarters mess of the SEVENTEEN
regiment had finished its early breakfast, and
had just taken my place at the table on Sun
day morning, 9th of April, when heard om-
inous shots along our adjacent picket lines. /
In less than ten minutes there was volley fir
ing directlyin our front, and from my knowl-
edge of campaigning knew that battle was
ON, though fifteen minutes before had no
idea that any considerable force of the enc.
my was in the immediate front of our can
Torment. The Seventeen regiment and the
brigade to which was attached, commanded
by Gen. Buckland of Ohio, formed on its
color lines under fire, and, although COM
posed of entirely new troops, made splendid
stand. At the first alarm / dropped my
knife and fork and ran to my fathers tent to
lind him buckling on his sword. My first he
roic act was to gather up a beautiful Enfield
rifle, which he had saved at the distribution
OF arms to his regiment, because of its beau
tiful, curly, maple stock. had been carry
ing it myself on one or two of the regimental
expeditions to the front, and had some twenty
rounds Of cartridges in box which I had
BORROWED from one Oh tne boys Of Company
|. By the time had adjusted my cartridge
box and seized my rifle my father was mount
ed outside, and with a hurried good-by he
took his place with the regiment. By this
time the bullets were whistling through the
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