The National tribune., 1890-01-30
were in great luck to get through with it as
well rs they did.
They an Saw II on RartIett,s Line.

were in great luck to get through with it rs
well rs they did.
They al Saw II on BaTtIetts Line.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have been
reader of your valuable paper for about IL
years. aud during that time the numbers have
been few that / have not looked over carefully,
and ] like il better the longer | read 1t.
would not think of trying to do without it.
Your Story of the Cannoucer" is perfectly
splendid. That commde must have seen the
most that he writes about for no man could
give such a vivid picture from hearsay !,
with Comrade Griswod, of Co q, wish to
thank him for the mention of our regiment
the 44th ". Y. But no veteran of tho 1ith
wants any hOnors that are not shared by the
SD Pa Those other regiments are good ones,
but we did not know them as we'll There IS
one incident of interest of the Third Brigade,
connected with the battle of the Wilderness,
that the Canuoueer failed 10 mention. e.,
Fighting Joe. Bartlett lost one of his stars,
taken clean out of the epaulet by rebel bull
let, and he was just cute enough TO wear that
epaulet through all the campaign and for auGhC
l know he may be wearing it yet. 1t certainly
was good advertisement TO his men that he
was well 10 the front.
The Canuonccr also intimatcs that Rartlctts
Brigade thought more of RlttonhouseS lHth-
fms battery than we did of Stewards. II that
was true il was because we know them better,
for they wcro with us when the Army Of the
Potomac was organized.
His description of the charge" of Battery
at Bethesda is wonderful. and If II does not
set the veterans fire at this distance, 1t does
almost. We all saw il on Rartlctt's line.
Let me ask you. Mr.. Editor, i'll all serious
ness. 10 continue the good work you are doing,
fighting our battles for us; and we earnestly
hope and pray that this Congress will iuihii the
pledges that were made TO Us so long ago-that
If we would fight the war through we would
be taken care OF in our old age. Our part OF
CoHgress-Senators Ingalls, and Plumb and Rep
resentative Tuucr-we are sure will do their
part. and we know from what we have heard
the people say that both parties expect 1t, and
expec: it to be done now.
Hoping that Paddy Harris mon will not
"chaw up" the "Cannoneor" to the extent
that he viii have 10 stop writing before he gets
10 AppomattoX-H. w. GEORGE, Co. ID, 4ith
n. Y, Ellsworth, Kan.
They Looked Grim and Forbiddiug.
Comrade L. f. Northup, Pttsburg, 4th Pa.
Cav, of Gen. Griflin's Orderly Escort, writes
as follows:
l did not see the h" Charge of Stewards bat
terry" at Bethesda Church as related by the
"Cannonecr," but ! heard Gen. Griffin give
Capt Stewart his orders, and after il was over
position OF the battery. The first thing We saw
was the rebel battery on the knoll in front of
Stewart. il was the sickest looking outfit you
ever saw. Two guns were dismouutcd, another
was turned around, and a fourth was some dis
lance back while the whole ground about them
was covered with PROSTATE men aud horses.
When Gen. Griffin approached Stewards bat
terry. Stewart sent a Buger 10 tell him that II
would not be safe for him (Grilinj 10 ride into
the battery. because their position was within
sharpshooting range from the woods in rear of
the euemy's battery that they had wiped out.
Gen. Griffin did not pay any attention TO
this but rode up on the higher ground where
the battery was. where he was soon Joined by
Gems. Bartlett and Ayres.
The men in the battery were mostly bare
headed aud in their shirtsleeves; their caps.
jackets and bouses strewed about on the ground
among the guns, where they had stripped for
the fight Their hands and faces were black
and dirty with burnt powder and dust aud
they were sweating like butchers, as the day
Was very hot. Some Of them were bloody
from slight wounds. They were at ease"
some lying on the ground at their post, others
sitting on the trails OF the guns. and others
leaning against the gun carriages. The guns
were all loaded and the laDyards hanging
ready for action. The whole battery had
grim and forbidding look about IT, as if they
were ready for anything and ached for another
fight. Meantime old Stewart was walking up
aud down in a peculiar stil-kneod, game
cockcy gait that he had, talk ing to his men, and
telling them that they Gould whip any --
battery on Christs earth, bar monet" shall
never forget those savage, blackcned faces,
those stripped forms, and those wicked eyes as
they watched the wreck they had made Of that
rebel battery and waited for another 20 come
on. They were the cocks of the walk that
day, aud they knew 1t. They did not need to
be told Of il by anybody; they did not seem TO
care for their comrades laid low.
The Cannoneer" speaks about Capt Stew
art asking Gen. Griffin for infantry support 10
20 out and haul in the rebel guns, etc. / do
not remember this, and / thought heard all
that passed between the General aud Stewart.
When ] read the article it struck me that this
might have been q touch Of fancy on the part
Of the "Cannoneer but If so, there was no
harm in IL. The account is Enthusiastically correct.