The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1891-03-28
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More About Fort Gregg.
William H. II. Beckwith. Co. II,
seth N. r.. says that his regiment,
which belonged TO the Twenty-fourth
Corps, took part in the capture Of
Fort Gregg. The writer was not in
the charge. being detailed with Gen.
Cooley's battalion OF sharpshooters,
but he could see the fort when 1t was
captured. Some time in the forenoon
u charge was made, which failed. and
he could see soldiers lying on the out
side OF the fort. A part OF the TWEEN
ty-fourth Corps was ordered to rein
force them, and the seth N. Y. was
one OF the regiments. The colonel
was shot through the head and killed,
and q number OF others were shot.
When they reached the fort they
broke the door on the outside, .rusIed
in and used their bayonets, but before
the enemy would yield most Of them
were killed.
Neal G. Spring, Company I, 9th
Ohio, says that the First Brigade,
First Division, fourth Corps,
composed OF the 9th and 62nd Ohio,
39th Illinois, 85th and 199th Pennsyl-
vadia, captured Fort Gregg. The
writer was wounded there and knows
what troops were In the charge. Aft
er the main line OF works was taken,
the 62d Ohio was deployed as skir-
~; n 49,, aud fha ,,a ~, a., Z n do, ~ tba l,,;
gade supported them. The rebel
skirmishers were soon driven back to
the fort. The First Brigade was
drawn up in line OF battle and the
rebels were Smelling them with telling
effect, when cheer went up from the
brigade and the color-bearer OF the
writer's regiment stepped to the front
and said that his coiors should go into
that fort; but he and great many
others lost their lives in the charge.
The colors OF the seth Illinois and
9th Ohio were planted on Fort Gregg
about the same time. but the color
guards were all killed Us soon as the
dag was planted. National Tribune.
Those Batteries on Little Kenssaw.
Comrade John Clark, OF Barnett's
Battery, gives an account Of his bat
terry at Kenesaw Mountain and Jones'
boro in The National Tribune from
which one would be led to infer that
Barnett's was about the only battery
in Sherman's army. He says Bar
nctt's and Gardner's were the only
Union batteries engaged in Little
Kenesaw. Now l don't pretend to
have seen all the fighting around
Atlanta but l know that our battery
Battery H.. 1st ILL., and the list
Iowa battery were on Little Kenesaw.
the latter being a little TO
our left, and that we had
not only one artillery duel, bat
for IL days in uccession-from June
81 to 3O-we had them every day.
We dismounted several Of the enemy's
guns on Kenesaw Mountain, and the
lst Iowa had a peculiar faculty OF
plugging their little shells into the
rife-pits in the valley, as the John
MES can testify from experience.
At Jonesboro we were with our
division-the Second OF the Fifteenth
'Corps-md as usual did our share OF
the work, firing shell and case-shot
during the whole battle. The batter
les in Sherman's army were all good
none better were ever known; but,
comrade, don't take all the credit;
pass it around.-P. u. Swick, De
Gress's Battery.
Good Records.
j. l.. Taylor. Company L, LIST Ar
kansas Cavalry, knows that his regi-
ment did not put down the entire re-
bellion, but did all it was commanded