The National tribune., 1891-08-13
FIGHTING THEM OVER
WLat0ur Veterans Have 10 Say About
Their Old Campaigns
A Regular Comrade Goes for Capt. JonCs aud Dc
tends Con. Grant.
A CRITIC CRITICISED.

desire 10 make reply ana CORRECTIONS az hl"lio
instances. Acting uTon that ieclhI' 'nhe
this opportunity 10 say something IN les'HH 10
what ant Jones. Co. l. Goth n. a.. has sand IN
his criticism Of Gen. Grant IN his articles en-
titled Lookout Mountain published IA the
issues OF May and lunc -.
la his article of May he tries TO mako II
appear lhat Grant could and should have cap
turcd the whole OF Bragg army and 10 hho"
how Il might have been done, he says that
Brapp's WAGON train WAS camped on the west
side OF the ridge ana gap al Rincgod, Ca on
the night of Nov. &c, and would have been
there on The morning Of the 2'ta, ana Woula
have been captured with all of Bragg army d
the Regular Brigade, 81 the Fourteenth corps
had not found a rebel battery that bad GOT
lost orstrayed, or something else aud captured
ID on the night oi Nov 20, thus giving Hcn.
Bragg warning OF the ncaruvss Of the Federal
forces Gen Bragg, taking advantage OF thls
timely warming, had moved hls wagon tiaih
through the gan, thereby saving ~ ana lls
whole army. Thus claiming hat the la'ure
OF Gen Grant TO rapture the whole OF Bmggs
army WAS an the fault of The Regular brigade,
in that they captured this battery.
Now. lct Us see Suppose the Regular ln-
radc had not captured the battery, and not
being thus warned, Bragg and ms wagon tram
bad remained parked on The west side oil the
ridge and had been captured by Grant The
next morning. Does DO follow that brapgs
whole army would have been captured because
his wagon train WASP Did Capt. Jones never
hear OF an army losing their wagon-tIam ana
yet the army cscHpey Aud, again, could not
Brpgs army have been captured just as easy
after bis wagon train had passed through the
gan rs ID could bef0rc2 And was not the at
tempt nude 10 drive the enemy from his posi-
tion on the ridge aud dad It not prove
failure?
Taking into consideration an Of the crcum-
stances. ID is safe 10 say that Grant did all that
could have been done Et thgt time, with the
knowledge Of the condition and position OF
both armies then ia his possession; and pre-
sumo that Grants knowledge OF the situation
at that time .he being the Commanding Gen
eral0 would be somewhat more extended than
that OF Capt Jones.
Tho failure 20 capture Braggs army was not
on account Of the warning given to Bragg
by the capture OF that rebel battery. lad
Can't J0uos's Brigade and every other bTl-
Fade Of Grants army captured force capa-
bic OF giving an equal amount OF resistance
that the battery captured by the Second l5r-
gadc, First Division, Fourteenth Corps, were
capable Of giving, then Braggs army would
have been captured. So that II was the failure
on the part of the rest OF the army 10 con-
tribute their share toward tho capture Of
Brapg's army 10 the extent that the second
Brigade First Division, Fourteenth Corps did.
Capt Jones quotes from statement made By
James Nj. Carr Co. j, G9th Ohio, rs 20 the regi-
ments that composed the Second Brigade, First
Division Fourteenth Corps. Sergt Carr says
that the 18Th TN aud Ggih Ohio, together with
the nth Mich, and battaiioHs Of 18th, 10Th,
18th and 18th Regulars, constituted the bri-
rade. The facts arc that The l3th ll. and nth
Mich aid not belong 10 that brigade a. all. The
10th ILL., belonged 20 Gen. John b. Iurchin's
Brigade ] don't know what brigade the nth
Mich belonged 10. but they certainly did not
TE..rs Ia IHrrlrf la rafF.
Fourteenth Corps
When Rosectaus organized tho Army Of the
Cumberland and took command Of that army,
this brigade was formed o. the following rcgi-
ments: lst ~ and 81 baitaions, 18th Regu-
lars isl and "a battaiious, 10th Regulars; lst,
% and 81 battalious, 18TH Regulars lst and %
ba.iaiioHs l9tE Regulars, and Battery ~, 5th
IL o. Art These organizations composed this
brigade known throughout the army as Tire Reg
uiar Brigade. After the battle Of Chickamauga
the lgth Ohio WAS attached 10 the brigade. At
the organization o.. the brigade Lieut. Col. J..
O. Shepard, OF the 18th Regulars, WIS put ia
command After the battle Of Stone River
Gen. Baird was in command, but alter the bat
Gle OF Clickamaupa Con. John III. King was rs
commander. Scrg't Carr goes on to say that
the 10Th III. and Goth Ohio were Ia the Grst
line aud the 18th Mich. and the Regulars in
tic second line, aud that the fTst line took
position behind q high embWkmeHt, which
appeared 10 be grade Tor some railroad, from
which they were ordered 10 charge and fire a
y0.lcv, which they did, and captured the bat
terry, and that the second line then came up
and Col. S.ouPLion then took command, he
being the senior Colonel OF the brigade and
that one 81 the 63ih boys got The battery bait e.
flag and gave it 10 Col Moore, and that Col
Stoughton demanded IT, and that Col. Moore
told him that be could not have il unless he
(stoughton, was better man than he Moore
was
"a the first place. there was no second line
and no railroad embauEment tbcre, but the
ground was level aud covered with q thick
growth Of young pine; and what right would
Col etouPhtou have % take charge Of affairs
when tHe brigade had q General in command
OF itf Now Commde Carr admits that he
don't know how many guns OF prisoners were
captured. aud when bic docs that De admits that
be don't know very much about g. for every
orc that was there and took part in tic affair
knows thai there were four puns I know that
much, and ! was with the Regulars that he
cams WcrC iu the second Iiue. And again, tie
reply that be claims Col. Moore made to Col
S'0Urhton is pTeposteT0us. Had Col. Moore
made that reply 20 bis superior be would have
been Faced under arrest, charges preferred
against hlmr aud court MHItiaied. SUCH things
loak big On paper but they didn't work Sc
pleasantly in reality.
The fact ls tlw every regiment and nearly
every company mad as many fs one OF tE0 mon
ln heM tIHt -Ac trug 81 icw guns in front
VIII ihe prospect Of battle always wCre
taken suddenly W.th tlc dyzcutcry and they
would Layc 10 iail out and they always lorgo,
20 iall in again in fact found Il more con.
Neuirui DO got lrsi from The company and meyer
hnd b until a.i danger WIS over. And then 4
goa would stop 10 listen 10 their story they
would have you believe that they had done
about a.l lhr Sighting. They had been 10 oveTy
charge tEat was made, md lciued t1 caBturf
every battery that Was captured. and planted
every Gag tHgt was planted ou ne Gucmy,J
WORKS. ln fact, they tried o. make you feel n,
li iHey t"a done more than tho General IN
command aud could have done more if thf
General Fat only issued the orders But p
years is most TOO long or Capt Jones 10 waii
before Doe tries % make tho American ucorl,
believe that more coH.d have been done than
Was done had some other man Say Capt. Jones
Tor instance been boz command Of tic army
from November 13 o. ~, I-U3.
1omWaos I think J voice tic feeling Or napy
Of toe readers 81 TIN NATIONAL. TErTI.NT
when say think that there p Far t0g rIuel
cnlusIug oi leading Generals Lv sul0r9 inaf.s
II Goes DOT look we'll especially after tIre gt,
criticised dead that makes 81 l88l. coward I,
Give your antagonists au opportunity 10 de
fcId themselves.
AZ Z have never written 20 THF NATIONAL
lAiIIhI before. j don't know that Won vii
give ll's space ln yugE paper but I'd won a,
pi9"#Ny 'aFi. Jones VIII 90 Cor me- aud Com
race taT also. But b they do D shall take +
al ~ good pant aud try ana defend invaclf fh,
best can, which pTDIsbiy won't 49, ,,,,,,. ~