The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-08-23

fighting nearly every rod of the road /; and
Gen. Longs Division, commanded by Col.
Minty, as well as the greater part of the
Cavalry Corps, M. ID. NJ, made the same
journey.
Now in regard to Comrade Castles COM
munication of Aug g 1t will be seen by
Col Whites report that parts Of two COM
paaes were engaged in carrying water to
put out the fire on Tobesofkee Bridge, aud
Col. White placed me in charge of the two
companies to cross the ford below the bridge
and charge the enemy, mounted. Gen.
Howell Cobb was not with the fiag-Of-truce
party,-he commanded the District Tor De
partmen) of GeOrgia,-but sent out Gen.
Robinson, who West Point graduate, quite
young man, and had been, previous to this
time, Chief of Artillery in Braggs army. He
was accompanied by four other officers and
two Orderlies OneOf the officers wass Colonel
and Chief QuartermasteT for Gen. CObb-hls
name l have forgotten: and another was
Lieut.. Griffin, of Griffin, Ga, a nephew of
the Colonel, who was resident of Macon.
Col. White, Mai. Weller, and myself shook
hands with and babe gOOd-by to these
officers when the order came to give them
five minutes to get ont of the road, and as
they heard Col. White place me IN command
of the advance, Lieut. Griffin rode up to me
and asked me to see that his aunt and
cousins were spared when we reached
Macon.
l laughed as / mounted, and told him that
would be all right the ladies were always
treated well at our hands; but it showed me
that he expected we would get thar"
Now, when we pitched into Bount's bat
talon the General dashed up among them
with the fag of truce, and took to the woods
with the bulk of those warriors. But the
shooting was so hot that three of the officers
jumped off their horses and stood by them,
surrendering. | rode on with my advance,
and it was regarding these officers inquired,
although | know they were picked up by some
of the command following as reported, for
one of the men brought me Lieut.. Griffin's
horse that night, and | used him as a saddle
horse for sometime, as he was pretty anil
NAL.
Furthermore, / met all Of these officers in
Macon afterwards when they were paroled.
The General and Colonel escaped to the
woods, but came into Macon and were sub
sequently paroled, and had the pleasure Of
calling at the Col0nelis house frequently,
where / met Lieut.. Griffin and I told the
ladies how kindly he bespoke protection for
them.
After we had got inside the works at
Macon and were preparing to advance on
the city. COrpl Milton Whiteman, Co. Z,
and couple more men galloped ahead, and
Whiteman was shot from house on Cotton
avenue by Harry Crisp, son of an old English
actor named Crisp, who had many years
resided in Georgia, and who, / believe, was
a cousin or uncle to the present Speaker of
the House
Ali the Macon Crisps were actors, male
and female, like Mr.. Vincent Crummes's
family, and Harry has since appeared on the
boards in New York and other Northern
cities. He lay out in the swamps after the
shooting of Whiteman, fearing violence at
the hands of his friends, but, being a men,
bel. Of the Georgia militia, was finally per-
mitted to come in and give his parole, the
war being over. In conclusion, ] would call
attention to the fact that the Colonel and
Lieutenant-Colonel of the 17th Ind. were
both brevetted Brigadier-G Generals as soon as
a report of their services on the Wilson raid
reached Washington. The Colonel COM
manded the Wilder Brigade after the gallant
Col. A. 0. Miller, I'D Ind, was shot at
Selma, Ala, and he also received a brevet of
Brigadier-General, while he had long pre-
viously been entitled to a star.-WILLIAM
E. DOYLE, Adjutant, 18th Ind, Stevens
burg, Va.