The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-30

from the command of the Fourteenth Corps
and ordered to proceed to Carlinvillc, H., and
report by letter TO the Adjutant- General of the
| Army, at Washington, ID. G.
| The command of the corps now devo!red
| upon Brig Gen. Il. W. Johnson, who retained
command until Aug. 81, 1854 when. having
been appointed Chief of Cavalry for the Mill
tary Division of the Mississippi, he reln-
quished command to Brevet Maj. Gen. Jeher-
son c. Davis, and on Aug. "a, 1864, Gen. Davis,
| who had been assigned to the commau@ ef the
| corps according to his breyet rank, by War De-
partment General Orders. No. PAL. dated Aug.
8. 1864 formally assumed command.
Gen. Jefferson c. Davis entered the military
| service of the United States as a private SOL
dicr Ill the Sd Ind. OIL the 18th of June, 1916,
and served with that regiment during the
! Mexican War On the 18th of June, 1918, he
! was appointed Second Lieutenant in the 1st
4 Art pra,noted First Lieutenant on the goth of
| February, 1852 and Captain Oh the 1ith Of
| May, 1861. On Aug. l. 1861, he was commits
stoned Colonel, 22d Ind, and appointed Briga-
| der General OF Volunteers on the 18th of De-
cember. 1861. He was brevettcd Major U. S.
| Army, March 8, 1862. for gallant and meritori-
Gus service in the battle of Pra Ridge, Ark.
lieutenant Colonel, May Is, 1864, for gallant
/ and meritorious service i'm the battle of Resaca
| Ga: Colonel. May co. 1864. for gallant and
meritorious service in the capture of Rome,
| Ga; Brigadier General, March Is, 1865, for
! gallant and meritorious service in the battle
| OF kenesaw Mountain, aud Maior-General
March l3 1865, for gallant and meritorious
service in the battle of ,Ionesboro. Ga. He was
also brevetted Major General of Volunteers OH
Aug. s, 1864.
Gen. Davis retained command of the corps
until the close of the war, taking a most
! prominent part in the capture of Atlanta, in
the march to the sea, and in the campaign of
The teroilnas- never a day an hour absent
from ms command till the war over and
| until his Government disbanded the great
army of which he formed SO honored part"
He WAS honorably mustered out of the volun-
| teer service Sept. l. 1866. And on the reor-
ganizaton OF the Army he was assigned to the
2od Inf, then serving on the Pacific Coast.
| lie Tor time commanded the Department of
Alaska. and when TINT Department was broken
! up his regiment was brought down to Oregon,
then commanded by Gen. E. r. s. Candy.
When in the Spring of 1873 Gen. Candy was
murdered by the Modoc Indians the command
of the Department devolved temporarily, on
/ Gen. Davis and while in command he SO con-
| Quoted matters that the treacherous Modocs
were severely punished His last military
duty was as n member of the Board at Chicago
! appointed to reconcile and determine certain
conflicts of opinion as to the battles of Stones
| River and Chickamauga. He died at Chicago,
| I'LL, Oh Nov. 80, 1879.
GEORGIA AND D>CARoLINAs CAMPAIGNS.
After a short rest at Atlanta and short cam
| paign in pursuit Of Hood the Fourteenth Corps
| moved with Sherman's army, Nov Is, 1864, on
Its march to the sea. The march through
Georgia was an uneventful one. and no fighting
occurred In February, 1865. Sherman started
on his march through the Carolinas The
Fourteenth and Twentieth Corps formed the
Army OF Georgia, Gen. Slocum commanding
| both corps.
The composition of the Fourteenth Corps
| during the march to the sea and the campaign
of the Carolinas as follows:
| Brig--G Jefferson G. Davis commanding
First Division-Bri Gen. William P. Car
lin; Col. George p. Buell., in command March
rs to April a, 1865; Brig Gen. Charles C. Wal.
cutt. First Brigade-Col. Harrison c. Hobart
10Th ILL.,; 42d. SSth Ind; 33d, oath Ohio;
2lst Wis. Second Brigade-Col. Geo. p. Buell.;
Leni-Col. Michael II. Fitch, in command
| March % to april 4. 1865; Col. Geo. p Euell-
| 18th, 2lst Mich; 69th Ohio Third Brigade
Col. Henry A. Hambright, sick from Nov. Is,
| 1864: Lieut. Col. David Miles wounded March
| 10; LieutC Arnold McMaban, in command
/ March 20 to %: Col. Henry A. Hambright-
3Sth Ind: 21st, 74th Ohio 79tl, Pa.
Second Divsion-Brig. Gen. JAS d. Morgan.
First Brigade-Col. Robert F. Smith. Brig Gen.
Wm Vandever-I6th. Goth H.; 10th. 14th
Mich: 18th N. Y. Second Brigade-Leut-
Col. John S. Pcarce; Brig Gen. J Ohm G. Mitch
ell-34th, 18th H.; 9Sth, 10Stb 18th, 121st
Ohio Third gade-Lieut- Col. James w.
| Langley; Col. Benz. ID. Fearing. wounded March
19-s5th, Seth, 10th Go. A, oath ILL., attached),
| I25th H.; 22d. 9th Zone CO.. Ind; 52d Ohio.
Third Divison-Brig. Gen. Absalom Baird.
First Brgade-Co Morton c. Hunter-S2d
Ind; 23d Mo-; 11tl, 18th, 31st, S9th, 92d Ohio.
Second Brigade-Lieut.-Co Col. Thomas Doan
] Brig Gen. Newell Gleason-75th. S7th, 101st
lad; % Mimi; 105th Ohio. Third Brigade
| Col. George p Este; Lieut-Coi Hubbard X.
| Milward; Brig Gen. George S. Greene-7ith
| Ind; 18th KY; 14th, 35th Ohio Artillery
| Maj. Charles Houghtaling III. Light, Bat
| terry G.; 2d III. Light Battery | Indiana Light,
| 10th battery; Wisconsin Light, 5th battery.
/ BATTLE OF BENToNvILLE.
On the morning of March 10 the Fourteenth
| Corps was in Camp about midway between
| Fayetteville and Goldsboro, N. C., toward which
latter point Gen. Sherman was moving. About
! Z a. M the First tCarlin's) Division moved out
upon the road and begsn the advance. Aftera
| march Of abont FIVE miles they encountered the
| enemy in strong force, and after brisk en-
/ gagement were compelled to fall back with
considerable loss.
The lines were soon reformed, with the Sec
ond Division lMorgans) on the right of the
First, while brigade Of the Twentieth
Corps (Robnson's) had come up and had been
| placed in an opening n Carin's line Finding
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was too late to withdraw, the Union troops
| all along the line began throwing up hasty
| feldworks. While this work was in progress
/ the enemy, in overwhelming force assaulted
| Carlin's Division and Robnson's Brigade, and
was driving them from the fields, when Fear
| ing's Brigade, of tho Second Division, which
had been in reserve came to their support and
| after desperate conflict the enemy were driven
/ back in confusion. In the meantime the enemy
| had also heavily assailed the Second Division
on the right, but it held its ground and adj
minstered such punishment that the attacking
| party was compelled to fall back with heavy
/ loss.
A iull along the whole front ensued, and the
work of reforming and reorganizing the Union
| lines rapidly carried on. Morgan's line,
on the right of the road. was still intact, with
Carin's troops in new line in the rear of their
/ former position.
| About 5 o'clock the long line of the enemy
| was again seen emerging fram the pine woods
1 and swanpy thickets in 'front.' and sweeping
! across the open fields As soon as they ap.
| pearcd the artillery of Carlins lines opened
/ upon them with destructive effect They still
moved on, however. but were met with we'll
tacks were finally repulsed. Meanwhile the
conflict was hotly raging in front of and around
| Morgan's Division, in the low swampy woods
| to the front and on the right ofthe road. This
division had fled into position between 1
and o'clock in the day, with two brigades-
! MitchelIs and Tandeyer's-in line of hattie