The National tribune., 1891-06-18

portion of his command. In doing this he was
halted by Corporal Of the l3Sth Pa. The
rebel General. paying no attention 20 the order
TO halt, dashed forward, when the Corporal
fired, and A. p. Hill fell dead on the Outposts.
He was brave 20 a fault, and was one Of Lees
most trusty officers. His death fastened the
downfall Of the Confederacy.
After the entire line Of the enemys works,
together with many prisoners, artillery, etc,
were taken, our regiment, with our corps,
FASTENED back to the place where the first
attack was made. and then moved TO the right,
MP the BOydt0n road, toward Petersburg, where
they were formed fronting Petersburg, almost
in the rear and on the left in support OF Burn
sides Ninth Corps
One rebel fort after another was taken, until
night came on, aud Lee, finding himself almost
surrounded, withdrew his army back along the
Appomattox, escaped, and evacuated Peters
burg.
Strange as it may seem. in this terrible
battle my regiment only lost one enlisted man
killed, and one officer and eight enlisted men
wounded
Early on the morning Of April 3, ] passed
over q portion of the battlefield, and beheld
many horrible sights. I entered fort almost
in the rear Of Petersburg. which was said 20
have been occupied by South Carolina regi-
ment. Our troops took this strong earthwOrk
after considerable loss but 80 desperate was
this South Carolina regiment they would not
surrender until many were Drained with
dubbed musketB. When entered the fort all
the dead had been removed but many pieces
Of broken skull despatched with blood and
brains were lying around.
The army now commenced q rapid pursuit OF
the enemy mp the AppomattoX River road in
the direction Of Burksyille Junction. few
days later, near this place. our army seemed TO
stand squarely across the path Of Gen. Lee.
On the 9th the regiment was detached from
the army 10 guard rebel prisoners back to City
Point, our base Of supplies. In this rapid pur-
suit Of Lee our wagons with supplies, could not
keep up with the army, consequently we were
soon short of rRtions and were in a suffering
condition for food when we started with the
prisoners but we emptied our haversacks and
divided our last crumbs with the prisoners, who
were still more i'm aant than we. Onr march
was necessarily painful, but we kept on rs best
we could and when evening came we went into
camp near some railroad station, where some
Christian Commission men gave us lew
crackers, which we shared equally with the
prisoners.
Next day, in the latter part Of the afternoon,
we came 10 a station, where plenty Of crackers
were issued to us. Next morning we again took
up our line Of march, and when within about
SIX miles OF Petersburg a General, with few
Of his staff officers rode past us from the front
hhA taAt VI Allt MtlfoNlN utNe AAab As'b AaA
surrendered 10 Grant. This caused great cheer
ing, and many Of the boys were wild with JOY.
Our steps now became light aud firm, and soon
we entered the city we had besieged for long
time. We began 10 realize that at last success
had crowned all our efforts, that the end was at
hand, and that peace should reign once more
over the entire Union.
When we had reached the heart Of the city
we were allowed 90 rest about an hour and a
hulf The ri faoE this OUnnFfunffU 10
bring the rebel prisoners provisions, and they
asked them how the Yankees treated them;
when they were told in the kindest possible
way, saying their enemies even shared the last
crumb with them, etc.
We again took mp our line Of march, passed
out through the city, and soon came upon tho
rebel works taken by the Ninth Corps and
Army Of the James Traces Of the terrible bat
tie fought were visible in every direction. We
arrived at City Point in due time, and at once
delivered our prisoners on board Of a large
steamer az the wharf Soon after this troop
OF mounted men appeared at the wharf on their
way 10 Washington each bearing rebel flag.
counted As. They were Lees battle flags.
in conclusion, will say that no doubt have
made a few slight errors IN trying 10 describe
the part taken in this battle by the gallant
l26th Ohio and If 90 j hope comrades will set
me right by letter or through the columns of
that grand champion Of soldiers rights, THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Should this article meet the eye Of any Con-
federate soldier who was in front Of us when
we broke through their lines at Petersburg,
should like very much 20 hear from him. i
have often been told that the 23d N. c. was in
the works where we broke through.
Would like very much 10 hear from the Con-
federate Lieutenant who marched at the head
Of the column Of prisoners, and who, / believe
lived at Martinsburg Na.-SoLoMoE RoUscULP,
Co. X, l2Gth Ohio, Thornville, o.