The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-03-10

geant, John Taylor. Of Co. A, spoke to me,
and asked orr condition on the right, and re-
marked that the few men then holding the
position had about all they could do. There
were no other officers of higher rank than Capt.
Huckey at that time either on the right or LETT.
The most contained somc wounded of cur regi-
ment and some who could not get mp on tho
parapet, but who we're loading for those who
were hanging on aud firing. At that timo our
troops wore on thgIrcaps large brass figures de-
noting their regiment, aud / think had any
other regiment or regiments been there IN great
numbers they could not have escaped tho no.
tice OF an observer. 1t was but little while
before the ammunition of those in the fort y
gave out aud Capt. Hickey thought best 10
ask for volunteers to go back over that shot
swept field between us and Fort Sedgwick
Tort He'll to procure more ammunition and
Inform some one IN authority OF the surround
ings 1t seemed almost certain death To return
on this mission, but some half dozen did go I;
and before the supply could be got the john
MES made dash and great number let 90
their hold and moved some 70 the right aud
some 10 the left along the line; the writer
hereof. who was about returning from the mis-
sion for ammunition, and when nearly BACK
saw the trouble and went to the right and got
IN with the left Of the 207th Pa. on the other
side of the Plank road. Those of the 18th who
remained in the moat at this time were cap
AuANNf dAN illlk Iuls proves ~ NouNAh'iHNiJ
rs anything what regiment took the fort.
or course we charged again and drove out the
enemy, but after little while tho first tactics
were repeated aud we let tho Johnnies hold the
fort for little while; and so this mode OF pro-
cedure continued throughout the greaterpart OF
the day, till about or o'clock p. M, when
regiment Of red bTeechcs came to our relief
from the Sixth Corps, l think-sOme regiment
/ believe. who had been doing Headquarters
guard HUfV FIhara was further At
tempt on the part of the enemy to retake Fort
Mahone after this hour as they doubtless saw
We had received reinfoTcsments. 10 was a hard
days fight, aud q severe one for the 45th Pa.
aud all the other regiments along the line aud
don't think any comrade desires to take the
laurels OF sister regiment Understandings.
That other regiments along 10 the left OF Fort
Malone, because Of its peculiaritics, may have
thought they took the fort directly l will not
dispute, and that they aided materially by their
support cannot be denied, but that any other
regiment than the 4sth Pa took Fort Malone
must deny
One conrade Of the seth y. J., who recently
backs up his assertion by saying that at o'clock
that night be assisted badl y-wounded comrade
from out the fort think eTrs, eithor as 10 the
hour or place. Let him examine the accom-
panying diagram and say. Another thing. at
o'clock r. m. of that day there was comparative
quiet along the line. making II perfectly safe
as compared to what was usual along that line,
10 90 out and help a wounded man of the
field.
remember the " false alarm raised by the
39th y. J. one night by firing at some wild
geose.-Teccntly referred 10 by another comrade
in The NATIOSAL TRIBUSE,-and i wonder
how many there are who will recall the incl
dent Of tho rabbit-chase" down between the
picket lines in front Of Fort He'll, one bright
afternoon ia February, / think, in which the
mud colorcd uniforms OF the JOhnnies were
mingled with those Of the blue. Who knows
who got the rabbit RIGHT general GUIDE,
Go. 4, 18th Pa, 1919 Wylie street, Phiiadel-
pLia, Ia.