The National tribune., 1893-05-25

as quickly reformed After our troops had
passed through we stopped the progress of the
CoDfederates on this part Of the field. and not
until night did we fall back to the Notifications
and then under orders to do so. The next day,
on the edge of a field close by, we buried the
fallen heroes of the Second Brigade Never
did Col. A. l.. Burr and his staff exhibit greater
GOODNESS and bravery. Riding to and fro
along the line in front of his brigade amid
storm of leaden hail, be rallied and entreated
them to stand firm. The 1S9th n. Y, under
Capt. Slocum, did gloriously AS a token of re.
gard for COL Burr for his gallantry in this &C.
ton, the 1S9th presented him with an elegant
horse few days after the battle, and Gen.
Chas. Griffin, commanding First Division
asked Col. Burr to send the names of those in
his command to Division Headquarters who
displayed conspicuous bravery in the action at
Hatcher's Run. that they might be published
in General Orders.
1t occurs to me that Comrade Hill is off on
this affair, and is just as surely mistaken to put
it mildly, as he is in his statement of the battle
of Oct. 81 1864 at Hatcher's RIM, in which he
uses the following words: when we had
gotten nearly back to where we started we
found the Second Brigade of our Division with
fixed bayonets to prevent us going further.
This brigade was composed of the 187th 1S6th,
and 1s9th N. Y. Zone year regiments), and were
the same that fired into our men Oct. 81, 1864,
at Hatcher's Run"
Now comes the real truth of the matter. We
were one-year troops but as far as the 169th
was concerned more than hree-fourths were
veterans. All the officers were veterans but
three or four, many having served as non COM
missoned officers among the first 81 regiments
from New York-two-years regiments. AS to
firing into troops at Hatcher's Run Oct 81
1864, we we're not in it. The six last companies
of the 1S9th n Y. did not arrive at City Point
Va, until Oct. "a. 1864. On the night of Oct
q, 1854, we were encamped on the south side
of the deep cut where the railroad comes
through the bluff to the river We could hear
the cannonading during the battle, and seemed
to think we would like to be in it, On the
18th of October we moved toward Petersburg
two and half miles, pitched tents, and assisted
in building some works connecting the inner
line of defenses at City Point. On the first day
of November we took the cars at City Point and
were moved by rail to Warren Station Is miles
from that point. 1t was here at this time we
first became associated in any way with the
Army of the Potomac in the field.
l cannot believe, AS COmrade Hill says that
Bartletts Veteran Third Brigade was in that
rout of Feb. z, 1865 at Armstrong; Mill, or
Hatcher's Run. He is so much mistaken about
the October fight and troops engaged, ! know
he is wrong about the running and throwing
away of guns in the February fight as far as
the Second Brigade in concerned.
We consider it, under all the circumstances,
the ield-day of our lives. We gained honors
on other ields-at Lewis's Farm, March 90; at
Boydton Plank road March 30, where i've men
were killed by 12-pound cannon-b ball in Co.
+, 189th N. Y; on the 3lst at the White Oak
road, when we were complimented by both
division and corps commanders-Grifin and
Warren; and again at Five Forks where
Gregory and Bartlett swept the reverse line of
intrenchments as clean as with broom aud at
Appomattox, where skirmishers from our bri-
gade drove in the last picket-line ever sent out
from Lees army.--DwIeHT WARREN, First
Lieutenant, Co. c, 1S9th n Y; Postmaster at
Three Oaks, Mich.