The National tribune., 1892-08-25

low him. and he put them in on his right-the
right of ALL thought had almost found our
enemy" but have been marching through
Georgia these past Il months for little more
light and certainty.
But in studying the c found that the
beautiful map made apparently with SO much
care BY the Government Engineers had
number of errors which had perplexed my cor
RESPONDENTS and vexed me. After years of try
ing TO reconcile official reports and private
letters with this map l saw should have to go
to the field again and study the ground. There
is no map in existence, so far as L know, that
will serve student of the northern part OF the
field. Tho Board Of Publication of the official
Records have Just issued copies of McClellans,
Houston's and Micher's maps, and all three
are defective aud erroneous. You Will also re-
member that in 1889 we had two places pointed
to us as where Mansfield was wounded; both
were wrong, and the right spot was not shown
U.S. Therefore, in September, 1891, Maj VIM.
p Jordan and mysalf arranged to attend the
Reunion of the 125th Pa on the field. We
were cordially received by the venerable Col.
Higgins a veteran of the rebellion ana the
Mexican war He diselaiiaed all personal
knowledge of the wounding OF Mansfield.
Mai Jordan and easily found the rock where
he stood when demonstrating with MansfIcid
about the character of the men in our front.
left She Major to defend the true story and
went myself to view the third, impossible,
place where very, very few of the 12oth
thought Mansfield fell. Maj. Jordan and l
placed a board marker over the spot where
Gen. Mansfield sat when Shot, and l do not
think there will be any more dispute where or
how Mansfield fell.
From the soldiers. from letters, old residents,
and deeds of land / reconstructed the map as
nearly as I could and made many things intel
ligible hitherto dark. / staid seven days Ia
the field. Since the first word from Maj. Rob-
bins, 4th Ala, / have been trying to learn
what regiments the five stray companies OF
Geergians belonged to- aud here comes the sin
GUAR part of this long story. Lately, got
letter from Mr.. Sidney Lewis editor of the Ssh
a,aeIite, OF Sparta, Ga, vino was private in
the 9th Ca of Colquitt's Brigade. He writes
that very early in the morning the companies
A of all five of Colquitts regiments were sent
out and fought Independently of the brigade.
ard. Judge unknown 10 its commander and
staff since they failed TO mention it IN their
several letters to me and in the official report.
Capt. Morgan, of the 9th Ga, afternard killed
at Petersburg led this battalion and they
fought in East Woods, on the right of an
Alahama regiment OF some other command.
Coiauitt's Brigade was the 9th, 23d. 9th. and
2Sth Ga, and 18th Ala. / had received many
letters from them all, but only one officer
wrote of the detachment under Morgan.
We started ali this trouble the afternoon Of
the battle by marking 20 GEO. on the head
boards of the dead. | shall not consider the
Trouble ended until have letters from several
Confederate soldiers who saw the 10th Me-, or
saw Gen. Mansfield. noticed our old dog
jumping around between the lines But to-
day it looks as if we shall finally land worry
near where we started. 1t was net the Goth
Ga, nor the right of Colquitt's Brigade we
fought, but one company from each of the 6tii,
23d, 9th. and 18th Ga. and 18th Ala, with
about An equal number from the 9Th Tex. and
4th Ala, the very best, it proves now, of Lees
army. This is as far as | have got at present.
If live shall hope to learn more.