The National tribune., 1890-08-28

I made the charge on the battery and he knows
| that the 18th Mich. Cav were in the center ON
the road. Several times the 9TH Ohio Cav. have
! claimed honOrs that belonged 10 the ilh Mich
| Cav. They also claimed a share Of the reward
| that was offered for the capture OF JEFF Davis
| He has nothing against the 9Th Ohio Cav. as a
regiment. and did not thiul, that any officer or
| soldier Of that regiment would write ANYTHING
| so utterly coutrarT TO the facts The dth U. <.
| 9TH Pa. and 4th Mich. charged and captured
the battery. This was known 10 every man on
the raid.
). w. ii. writes regarding the RAISING Of the
| Tag over independence Hall. philadrlphia
red 20, 1851, by Abraham Lincoln that the
allair was not lmprOmptu. and there were 2.Gg0
persons present. Publicity had been given 10
the event, and several days previous Stephen
Benton, Chairman of the Committee ON CITY
Property, wrote n letter to Capt Thomas F.
Parry, informing him that new American
nag with - stars would be raised Feb p aud
requesting that the artillery corps Of Washing
ton Grays, which the Captain commanded,
might be present to fire n salute aud otherwise
take part IN the ceremonies Permission was
later accorded the Gray5 to do.this by the
Mayor The flag was raised 40 sunrise and the
morning gun Mt the Nayy-yard was fred at
That time, as was usual when the flag was
given to the breeze the Grays fired The first
gun Most of the cannoneers who served the
pieces that morning entered the field in April
following, and Of them are still living COL W.
&. Ward, 115th Pa. Col C. G. Knight 10th
"a; Gen. }. w. Hoffman,, Colonel 5Gth Pa
Capt. Joseph L. Elliott, list Pa: Lieut.. Louis
Baugh, Odd Pa. and probably others.
III. II. Fellows, Go. /, 18th Mich Manchester
Mich, says thata number Of years ago Mai Wise
man, AdjutaHi-GeneTal of the Second Division,
Fourteenth Corps, gave a description Of q charge
at JoncsbOrO, which was ACCOMPANIED with
map giving the location Of the troops making
the assault, which the writer thinks was cor
rect although he was criticized by the Rcgu-
lars. The 18th Mich. and 10Th H. 10Th Mich.
and 18th n. Y. /ouaves formed for the charge.
AZ the same time three 4-gun batteries from
the Fifteenth Corps cam0 up or the gallop and
took position on the side-hil and made it verv
lively for the gun battery in the angle Our
brigade charged, took the 4-gun battery, Gen
6Oyan aud staff, the cOlors Of the 1st Ark
and 300 prisoners. As they went over the
works, one Of Go. c, 18th Mich, bayoneted one
OF tho cannoneers, which fixed the circum-
stance in his mind that they were the first to
reach the works and take the battery.
Charles +. Damon, Sd r. /. H. A., Leomin-
ster, Mass, says that Comradc Finley. Co.
J. 52d Pa is mistaken when he saws that
has regiment was the FIRST to enter Charles
ton ,. C., and put the first flag on the rebel
fort after the evacuation of that city. The2lst
Z. ,. Z. T.. under Lcut.-CoI Bennett was the
first to enter Charleston the morning after the
evacuation. Regarding the placing Of the first
nag, the writer states that Lieut. John Hackett
Co NJ, Sd K. J. H. A., with Comrades Kerr, lib
belts, Butthorn, Farrar, Scott CLANCY and Cal
Iahan, took boat from Morris Island and
atterau exciting race with the boats crew from
one of the monitors succeeded in planting the
first flag on Fort MOultrie Hacltett was but
little IN advance Of the navy people but got
there all the same.
W. ii. Clark Co. d. 98th H., Corning. Ark, /
having seen many statements regarding the !
turning of the left wing Of LOngstreet's Corps /
at Chickamauga, says the brigade which did /
this work was Widcr's aided bv one of the |
best batteries in the whole army Ioomiss.) |
lie makes this assertion in order to draw out |
some OF the old comrades who belonged to the |
18th Ind, I'D Ind, 123d and 9-th III. He I
would also like the addresses OF Gen. Wilder /
and B. Smither5 of the I'D Ind.
Gen. Grants Remains.
j. II. Madden, Past Commander Kenesaw Post.
Danyille, H., heartily approves the editorial +
which appeared III 4 recent issue regarding the I
removal Of the remains of our dear old COM /
fade and commander, Geu. L. ). Grant, to the .
capital. lie thinks ID will be disgraceful if his |
body remain in the city Of New York and if /
the spot Of ground which it occupies continue TO
be used solely as matter Of speculation. When |
ever pension bill passes Congress the specu- /
lators, bOndholders aud Wall street brokers set |
up howl through the subsidized press of that I
city, for the only use they have for the soldier
IS in speculation. They speculated in their /
blood during the war, for whenever battle was |
lost they ran up the price of gold, and now that /
the war IS over they try to speculate in the 4
ashes OF our dead commander Nine teuths Of i
the bountyjumpers and deserters OF the war 4
came from New York City. They were the
hired substitutes Of this same crowd.
l.. NJ WInslow Co. d. 10th H. Cav, Sioux