The National tribune., 1893-02-16
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.

! Comrade Hobart Says Gen. Mansfield Fell
in Front of the 12jth Pa.
r READ in the issue of Dec /, 1892, re.
\ markable letter from Comrade A. NJ.
Hutchinson, 10th Me-. touching the geo.
graphical location of the spot where Gen.
| Mansfield fell at the battle Of Antietam in Sep
TENDER, 1862. l say remarkable, because in
this letter he contradicts Maj. Gould, 10th Me.
He also contradicts himself, and contradicts
the statements made by Lieut.. DUNCAN, 125th
Pa.
Mai. Gould says in the history of the LIST.
10th, and goth Me. that Gen. Mansfield was
shot in front of Co. C, 10th Me. Comrade
Hutchinson says that the General was shot
right in front of Co. ID. Maj. Gould says in his
| letter of Aug %, 1892: Maj. Jordan and
placed board marker over the spot where
Gen. Mansfield sat when shot" Comrade
Hutchinson says the General was on horseback
when shot, and was not over rod from him
at the time. He also says the General tried to
get his horse the wall after being shot. Then
he contradicts himself by saying Maj. Gould is
not mistaken, either radically or entirely, as
Comrade Dunegan says.
Now. Comrade Hutchinson, from your own
words. if Maj. Gould is not mistaken you must
be- for your statements, which / have just
quoted, are Numerically Opposite to his, and
vice versa. You contradict Lieut.. Dunegan in
about everything lie said in his letter of Nov. B.
1892, although his statements can DO proved
right along.
You say the makeup of Crawford's Brigade
consisted all through the Summer of 1862 OF the
10th Pa, 5th Conn. 2Sth \. Y. and 10th Me.
Just so. but what about the I2ith, l25th, and
12Sth Pa that were in Crawfords Brigade all
through the Maryland campaign? Yet you
knew nothing abont Them. Passing strange,
when these regiments constituted more than
two thirds Of the force OF Crawford's Brigade.
Aud, again, what about that wall over
which the General tried to leap his horse after
being shot? What sort Of a wall was it? Please
answer, and oblge. You saw wall that no one
else saw, and Won did not see three large regi-
ments of troops which were in your brigade;
and last, but not least you make the startling
statement that Gen. Mansfield was in the woods
when shot. But let ne see; you said some
thing in your letter ahuut "conimissary." May
be that had something TO do with those extra
ordinary assertions If not. then. TO use your
own expressions. what was the matter with
you, anyhow"
Now here is what know about this matter:
/ was a private in Co. X, 125th Pa. and was in
the fight that mnrning; saw Gen. Mansfield
ride down between our regiment and he woods,
and when he was opposite our company, near
the right of the regiment he was struck and
reeled aud rarity fell from his horse. Two of
our men, kuhoe and Ediuonson, ran 10 his as
sistance aud carried him down to the road,
where they were relieved by some men. some
of whom were stracglcrs, who took the General
and placed him in ambulance. kohoe and
Edmonson came back to their company and
saw no moro of Mansfield. Whilst being car
ried along the Generals hat fell of and was
picked up afterwards. for Maj. Gould says it
is now in the hands of some of the 10th Ne.
Where the General fell is considerable dis
lance 10 the right OF the road. and the 10th Ne.
were on the left of the road Comradc Hutch
inson says the General was in the woods when
shot, not over one rod from him at the time.
/ say he was in an open field between the woods
and our troops when shot, and more than 90
rods in advance OF our tlhe ad vance, line All
these are facts we'll known TO the following
members of our regiment: Col. Jacob Higgins.
Capt Gardner, Liert. Dunegan. Lieut. Zeigler;
Hon. Thomas McCamant. ex Auditor General
of Pennsylvania; Hen. J. d. Hicks, member of
Congress from the Twenty first District of
Pennsylvania; S. A. Mcfiough. Chief of Police,
Pa. and dozens of other competent
witnesses. How comrade Hutchinson can con-
make such absurd statements is
problem / cannot solve-B HOBART, private,
Co. K, 125th Pa, Ashville, Pa.