The National tribune., 1892-01-07

lie says that IN his cudeay0rS 70 determine o
certain events. he discovered that the s9th Ohio
and the 95th Ohio occupied the same ground
at the same instant, without the officers or even
the members of either regiment having been
aware of the fact.
He also says: "The proof Of this I get in
this way. In endeavOTing 20 locate the ground
occupied by the S9th Ohio, it became necessary,
or was part OF the evidence required, 10 locate
where Capt. Russell. Of Changers staff was
killed. and in doing this found that two men,
one from the S9th and the other from the
95th Ohio, were both near the Captain when he
fell, and took from his body various things be-
longing TO him. One got his watch, field glass
and memorandum book. The other one got
some papers on which the Captain attempted to
write before he died also small memOran-
dun book containing a letter from Confederate
officer to the Captain, and some photographs Of
the Captains relatives"
Now. COmrade ID. Q. Miner, Adjutant Of the
95th Ohio, was the man he mentions, and my
self the other. There was no SJth Ohio man
had anything TO do with il.
Capt. Russell fell from his horse In front Of
the 95th Ohio az we advanced up the hill into
our position in line Of battle. He fell immedi-
ately in front Of me, and / stepped over his
body as we advanced. We halted Just there.
i saw him take the paper mentioned and PEN
Gil from his pocket and attempt to write, but
he died immediately
picked up the paper aud pencil that drop
ped from his hands, and put them in my
pocket, thinking that | might need them my
self soon. We fought fercely for some time,
when the rebels fell back a short distance.
Adjutant Miner came along the line and ex-
claimed: There is Capt. Russell, killed, boys;
let us carry him back" Comrade Miner,
Adam Patterson, OF my company, and myself
carried the body back a short distance. Com
rade Miner said he would get some of his
effects, as we might have 20 fall back, aud the
rebels would get them. He got his feld-glass,
watch and pOcket-book. / got the articles
mentioned from a pocket. We then started to
run TO the regiment. as we discovered that it
was moving to the right and as I ran placed
the articles in my pocket. COmrade Miluer
and myself were both wounded soon after and
never met again until we met at the National
Encampment at Columbus, % years afterwards.
told him had those articles yet. He said he
thought the Captains father was living yet; that
knew man in ST. Louis who knew his ad-
dress and would write 10 him about it, and
thus through COmrade DoltOn the articles were
returned TO the Captains father over 20 years
afterward.
Comrade DOltOn has fallen into an error in
placing one Of US in the S9th Ohio. The two
regiments did not occupy the same position at
the same time, and neither one knew that the
other was there, but as COmrade DOltOn says
that members Of both regiments pointed out
the same position as the one they occupied.
this explanation occurs to me. As l mentioned
before, after our first fierce engagement we
moved along the line TO the right some dis
tance, and the 69th Ohio may have moved onto
our former position, and thus the two regi-
ments may have occupied the same position at
different times.
Fiie only point Of Importance about it Is that
each regiment gets its proper position in the
T..sgF a II
Hoping that other comrades can throw more
light on this subject. l rest for the present.
w. III. SMYTH, Co. III, 95th Ohio, Commander
Post 62i, Harlem Springs, o.