The National tribune., 1890-08-28
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Settled ID Inst.

bama battery in the first days fight at Nash
vile. Go. *, under Lieut.. jules Capnn was
advanced rs skrmshers, and at o'clock found
itself far ahead of the line of battle and 100
yards TO the right Of the battery, in piece
OF timber, where it waited for some dis
mounted cavalry to come up About 23O "a
Chicago battery came up, went into battery
about 60 yards to the left aud about 100 yards
from the rebel battery, which was inclosed by
earthworks. In few moments there was a
hot artillery duel, which ended by the explo-
sion of one of the enemy's caissons Selling
the opportunity created by the confusion, Co.
pushed forward and the cavalry charged at
the same time, but as Go. X was on the left,
and nearer the works, it reached them sooner.
AS soon rs they came out of tho timber before
mentioned, the fort on the hill to the right
opened with terrific force, and this brought
them between two fires, but the fort was taken
The guns turned on the fort on the hill, and
then part of Co. X started on the run with
the cavalry for it. They took that too. About
this time the limo Of battle came III sight, but
not soon enough to take any part in the two
captures. Co X then joined the regiment and
90. Il was sent out under Lieut.. CapOn. Scrg't
George Hays led Co. * toward another fort ON
hill directly in front which was captured,
after stubborn resistance. just before dark.
David h. w. Kirby, Go. X, 18th Ind. Cav,
Chanutc, Kan, says his regiment, after dis
whitc.horse cavalry, and then lay in an old
planters barn-lot until about o'clock. They
crossed the pike into narrow piece of woods,
and went up to % stone fence In front OF them
was the fOur-gnu battery referred to by Com
rade Price. They charged with the rest, but
reached the battery us the guns were being
turned on the rebs
j. +. Bowers, Co. X, 9th Tenn. Cav, Clinton,
KY, remembers that it was Hatch's Brigade
which captured the guns referred to, as the
writer's brigade was ordered to be in readiness
to follow up HatChs charge i'm case he failed.
Bowers wants the address of Col o. ii. Shcrcr,
9Th Tenn. Cav.
Thomas J. Wcedeu, Co. d, 10Th Mo Cav,
Beaver, (postoilicc at PGoria,) Oklahoma, cor
roborates the statement of Comrades Price aud
Rich. The ID Iowa Cav, ID ILL., Cav 18th Ind
Cav and 18th Mo. Cav. made the particular
charge referred to, led by Gen. Hatch in per-
son. Maj Hubbard leaped on one of the guns
and ordered tho men TO turn them on the
rebels.
q. w. Andruss, Co I, 10Th Mo. Cav, Dublin,
Tex, agrees with John Hutchinson that tho
18th Ind Cav, ID I'll. Cav and 18th Mo. Cav.
captured the particular four guns meant by
Comrade Price. The 18th Mo. Cav. was tho
center regiment in this charge, with the Hi.
nois men on the highland the Indiana regiment
on the left. They formed on open ground 500
yards from The battery on the hill, aud adj
yanced some distance when the charge was
sounded. They went down the slope, over a
stone fence, and through an old field. As the
18th Mo. Cav. was In the center, il first gained
the top Of the hill where the battery was and
of Co. l. shot one of the horses.
There were other batteries captured on that
field but Andruss is sure that II is now settled
who captured the four guns that Comrade
Price inquired about.
Defending the Nineteenth Corps.
w. +. Hoskus, Co f, s7th H.. Norris CITY,
H., does not deny that the Thirteenth Corps
was whipped at Mansfield but the Nineteenth
-orps was not, and came up OH that field in the
evening only just in time 10 save the Thir-
zenith. The writer's regiment had been
previous to, the Red River expedition
)ut yet belonged to the Thirteenth Corps. Tho
Mansfield fight began about 2 o'clock ia the
evening. Near shutdown two companies of the
18th were hurried down 10 ravine aud formed
n limo on the left of the Mansfield road There
vas heavy underground Just before them on
he side OF the hill, and the Thirteenth Corps
sas coming down through that timber badly
Just then the writer heard band
behind him and saw the Nineteenth Corps
coming up. They halted about so yards away
nd began to form without the least confusion, |
md in front of the victorious enemy. The |
Nineteenth Corps stuck there too and were I
marched back to Pleasant Hill that night not (
Is whipped men, but because Banks ordered it. |
The writer never heard any sarcasm used on |
he Nineteenth Corps after this affair." and /
here were no paper collars in the Thirteenth |
,orps.
Jasper GULL Co Z, s7th III. M'td Inf, Flint, |
H., says that ut Sabine Crossroads part of the |
Thirteenth Corps, demoruiizcd, came past the |
7th from the front, with the rebels charging
through the woods close after them Col |
'rebbs, of the 67th, rode TO the rear of the coll
mn, ordered about-faCc, and they marched .
ack about 100 yards aud met Gen Emory
With division Of the Nineteenth Corps The /
ieneral was trying to rally the fleeing troops,
nd called on Corpl GULL to assist him. They /
managed to get some of the men together and
orm them in line with the Generals division,
i the Nineteenth, aud the rebels were stopped.
The 18Th Wis. was Not in II.
w. n, Paine, Co b. SD H., Partridge, Kan,
rticizes Comrade Deuniss account of the
elton at Dover. In the first place, the 18th
Wis was not there until after the fight was
yer, being ut Fort Horny. The forces at Dover
onsisted of nine companies Of the SD H. one
cction OF Floods battery, one siege gun, aud
ne company of the 9Th Iowa Cav. The writer
alkod TO some of the 18th Wis. boys when they
anne in that night at 10 o'clock, and they said
hat they could hear the firing all the after
Don, and were eager 10 get into the fight but
oil Low held them back in order to let the
orces from Fort liindman catch up. The |
ght commenced at o'clock p. IN instead of !
IN. Comrado Milks, if he belonged to the
9th Wis., could not have run the rebel lines 10 |
each the gunbOats. because the 18th was be.
ween the rebels and the gunboats The 18th
Wis. did not bury or help bury go rebel dead
r capture 20 prisoners or lose Ii men, not
cling in the fight and returning to Fort Henry
he day aiterward; but the SD iii. lost Is mon.
nd tho cavalry and the artillery lost men.
ol. Lyons was not known in the fight and
ol. Harding had command of the post
j. III. Cook, Co. * SD H., Carlisle, Ark.
riticizes Comrade Denniss account. Dennis
tys that Forrest, with 5000 cavalry attacked
be 18th Wis. and Steinbeck's battery of two
uns in the early Spring of 1868. Cook says
bat tho attack was made Feb. 3, by Forests
'heelers and Wharton's Brigadcs numbering
'om 1000 to 10000, aud the defense was made
y the SID Ill. and Floods battery of four guns.
'ennis says that about p IN. the rebs captured
NO guns, which were recaptured with two of
no rebels by % men of the 18th. The fact
'as tho rebels captured but one gun and it was
OF recaptured until some weeks afterwards by
40 9th Iowa Cav, in Mississippi The -
ounder which he speaks of as being spiked
as not spiked, but continued To do good work
he 18th Wis. and Steinbeok's battery were at
! near Fort Henry at the time, and had no
and III the tight There were several hundred
sbel prisoners and less than 800 rebels dead.
ook never heard of the exploit of s. G. Milks,
nd he thinks ii strange that any member of
le 18th Wis. should attempt To steal the glory
the defense of the post and supplies ut Fort
0nelson, from the SD Ill. and Floods battery.
Comments aud Corrections.
Stephen Trip, Captain Co, X, 18th Pa Cav
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