The National tribune., 1890-03-27
A GALLANT CHARGE.
accidents at lookout Mountain aud JonesbOro.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE; think that
some of the boys by their letters are consider
ably mistaken about planting flags on Lookout
Mountain. Now. / know what / am talking
about, for ] was there-that is, | was there on
the goth or OH the 9th, when the fight was all
over, and Mt q time when ! was cool and un-
biased, and could impartialiy form an opinion.
As 1t was late when arrived stayed all night,
and saw no White Stars" except what saw in
the sky above
Early the next day, after breakfast and dim
ner, vcntured over 10 the peak OF the mount
ain and looked down, and was surprised 10 see
the clouds below me; but when the clouds broke
away the beautiful Tennessee revealed herself,
and glittcred like n serpent from the base of
Lookout TO the mountains of far of North Car
DINA.
As had been detailed for duty in the " Old
Eastwood Brigade some time before, and had
helped the mules ont of the mud between
Bridgeport and Chattanooga, this transition was
wonderful 10 me, and j took out my old pocket.
book and sketched some of the surroundings.
While on the mountain looked around aud
found the hole that the flagstaff of the 9Th Ky.
had made, but all the other flagstaff holes around
u appeared fresber, and there were no crusty
formations on the inside of them. At that
time had no doubt but what Whiiakcr's men
were the first on top; aud If So they were not
out of their sphere, for Kentucky wrote some
of her history in Mexico and was the first in
battle under Harrison in the Northwest
There stood John Bull and all his men.
But here stood old Kentucky"
have also at this late day great respect for
the White Stars" for "0ld Geary" never
gave his men any rest if he could help IL, aud
as soon as one thing was performed he jumped at
another, aud 10 keep his men continually on
the 60 he was forever offering his services TO
his corps commanders. Once ! heard the re-
mark at the front that the only rest Gcary's
men got was while in breastworks on battle
fields
Now word right here about an Ohio regi-
ment and the way it planted its flag. When
the 10th u. :. Inf rs skirmshers drove the
rebel skirmishors back into the strong breast
works OF their main lines nj JonesbOro, Ga
some Ohio troops rushed up and halted on our
left, and Immediately heard the order " fix
bayOnets" and 20 seconds later they were dash
ing toward the rebel breastw0rks in the woods.
On they 20, the men OF ono Ohio regiment
being torn into fragments by thousands of mus
ket-balls before it reached the edge of the
woods, but its survivors, with fixed bayonets,
still moved on
Our men were doing what Pickett's men
failed 70 do at ettysburg-chafgo upon we'll
filed breastworks aud take them Men were
thrown out Of the ranks, officers were hurried
from their saddles and wounded, riderlcss
horses, with stirrups flying, dashed widely 20.
ward tue railroad on the left, where they fell
down 10 die. The air was filled with Kissing
sounds, and the smell Of birthstone and the
breastworks in the smoky woods became a wind
row Of IRE for our boys TO look at, bat through
u all the survivors of that Ohio regiment
moved on aud took many of Gen. Chcathani's
men prisoners, and successfully planted their
flag On the breastw0rks. What was the mum.
Der Of that regiment?
That evening walked along by the edge OF
the woods aud observed that not only every
tree had been hit, but that almost every twig
and bramble bore evidence Of the terrific fire
OF the enemy. There, too, lay the Ohio boys
with their uniforms all bloody and torn, but
the survivors had moved on, aud with bayoneis
Of cold steel opened for all Of us the gates Of At.
lanta.-GEoRGE SCOTT, LIST battalion, 10Th IT. :
Inf, Fort Edward, n. Y.