The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-01-08
TEE SIXTH CORPS.
The Fart II TOOK in Inc action Of April :.

ahe fGfl ~ le0h IN TIE Acton OF April :, lNb5
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE; In the
Picket Shots in your edition Of the 18th OF
December, ] find an article by James Camp.
bell, First Lieutenant Co. q. 27th Mich, who
states that II Capt Charles q. Gould, 9th Vt.
Sixth Corps, earned a medal of honor, il must
have been in some other action than the one at
Petersburg, Va, April ?, 1865; FOR, according 10
Comrade Campbell, 81 the Sixth Corps was not
engaged in that fight"
This statement Dis an astounding one, and can
only be accounted for on the supposition that
much war hath made the cunrade mad; for
rs member OF the Vermont Brigade, Second
Division, Sixth Corps. ] was participation in
the assault on the enemy's works "a Peters
burg before dawn OF the evontful "a of April.
1860, and personally assisted with a number Of
Others in resCuing Capt. Gould from inside the
work into which he had jumped, and whcrc he
mad been twice bayOnoted. besides receiving
other wounds Therefore. without dotracting
an i0ta from the credit belonging 10 the
thousands ol. boys in blue who nobly upheld
the flag of the Union on that never. to be-lor-
gotten day, ann in a position TO state that
the hon0rs paid Capt. Gould lie was emiuently
deserving OF, and in honoTing him the Govern
mcut honorod itself
IN connection with the foregoing asl, the
insertion OF the following, written by Gen.
Humphreys who is An acknowledged authority
II
tomac aud who nj that time was i'm command
Of the Second Corps: when the Confederate
intrcnchmeuts We're carried by the Sixth Corps
on the morning Of the "a. Gen. Lee az ouce
notified Mr.. Jefferson Davis that be would be
compelled 10 abandon his lines during the fol-
lowing night and Gen. Meade, when the Gags
captured by the Sixth Corps &C Petersburg
were delivered 10 him, said do not wish 10
make any invidious distinctions between your
own and fine a her p4rrtG ~ his army hut fau-
dor compas me TO say that in my opinion the
decisive movement Of this campaign, which re-
suited in the capture of the Army OF Northern
Virginia, was The gallant and successful charge
81 the Sixth Corps on the morning OF the "a Of
April Aud ln resting our case, as the lawyers
say, quote no less parsonage than Gen. u. $.
Grant who says: Gen. Wright penetrated the
lines with las whole corps. sweeping everything
before him aud 10 his left toward Hatcher's
Run, capturing many guns and several thousand
prisoners"
j nm unable TO find a similar record respect
ing the Ninth Corps, but notice this reference
in one OF tie State histories: 1.-THE Ninth
Corps lGcn. Parke) attacked the rebel works GA
the right iH tie early morning. after
carrying the outer line of inireuchments was
repulsed from the second line with serious loss
and made no Roadway thereafter during TIE
day"
The woarcrs Of the old Greek Cross have no
contention with their comrades IN other corps
but believe that justice should be done though
the heavens fall, and in pursuance of this be-
lief send you this communication, feeling as
sured that the record o. the old Sixth Corps
rests upon "a foundation solid enough % defy
criticism, and too closely interviewer with that
OF the Army OF the Potomac 20 be disconnected
from it-AUsTIH II. HALL, A9iutant, 81 VI,
A. A: q, Department Of Vermont GAR, Island
Pond, VI