The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-11-14

The Command Not Stoncman's.
VIM. E. Cunningham, Co. G., 9Th Tenn.
Cav, Richmond, Va, writes: " The COM
mand that killed the noted Morgan was not
Stoneman's, as stated in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE by Comrade III. o. Fifeld. but
was known the Brigade of Governors
Guards and consisted of the 9Th, 9th, and
18th Tenn. Cav, and battery of artillery
commanded by Capt. Patterson. The ex-
petition was commanded by Gen. A. G..
Gillem, and our brigade by Col. John Miller,
18th Tenn. Cav.
"We had been detached from the Army
of the Cumberland, and placed under the
orders of Andrew johnson while he was
Military Governor of Tennessee, and he sent
us into East Tennessee to protect the Union
people. Morgan was killed by Sergeant
in the 18th Tenn. Cav, and, if my memory
is not at fault, his name was Campbell. /
shall never forget that night
Il had just settled myself for a long Win
ter's nap when boots and saddles sounded.
1t was a dark, rainy night-so dark that, but
for the almost incessant flashes OF lightning,
we could not have seen the road at times
1 was on Col. Miller's staff and as my old
regiment-the 9Th Tenn. Canvas in the
affair, j feel that in justice to my old COM
| rades the article of Comrade Fifeld should
be supplemented by this, as he failed to
mention the 9Th Tenn. Cav"
The Battery of Napoleon Guns.
Henry III. Cook, Sergeant, Co. III, LIST Mo.
L. A, Ottawa, Kan, writes: Il have been
reading Gen. T. W. Sweeny's letters. At
tie close of one of them he says: We had
battery of Napoleon guns on the front line
that gave the rebels - The only bat
far ne a IL Il
of the Sixte Corps, commanded by Gen.
Dodge, was Battery II, LIST Mo. L. A. This
| battery was kept on the front line from the
time we passed through Snake Creek Gap
on the Atlanta campaign, until the close at
Jonesboro. Here is the only place Gen. o.
o. Howard speaks of the battery in his At
lanta Campaign calling it BlOdget's Bat
terry, as it was at that time commanded by
Lieut.. Blodget.
This battery, commanded by Capt. Fred
Welker, was in camp at Pulaski, Tenn, dur
ing the Winter of 1868, "a, and nearly all
OF the men re-enlsted. The old guns, which
were mixture of rifles and smOothbOrcs,
were turned in, and six brand new 12-pound
Napoleon guns were drawn in their place.
AT the close of the Atlanta campaign these
guns were condemned being too badly
burned for further safety to the cannOnesrs,
were turned over to the Quarterna.ter,
and six guns, not entirely new, received in
their place. The battery joined Gen. Ha-
Zen's Division, and went into position under
the guns Of Fort McAlister at the moment
the charge was ordered, and remained at the
fort two or three days after its surrender be-
fore again joining its command, the Fourth
Division, Sixteenth Corps. So far as | have
been able to learn, there is NO official record
of this fact.
81 have never seen any official report of
the losses in the battery at each engagement,
or total during its service, but know 1T was
heavy, as recruits were being continually
detailed from infantry regiments, / being
one of them, joining the battery from Co. G,
58th ILL.,, soon after the battle Of Corinth,
Miss, Oct. 3, 1862, re-enlisting in the bat
terry. On the 22d Of July, in front of At
ianta, my gun lost every man but three,
killed or wounded. The other pieces also
lost heavily.
"As Gen. Sweeny says, we had no news
paper reporters with us, SO got No credit
through the papers. This letter may wake
up some member of Co. III who is good
writer and has letters or notes to go by, and
the battery get some credit yet for the serv-
ice it performed"
discharge Oh Oonn mCh1iins
J.V. Thompson, Co. F, sOth Ohio Beaver,
Okla. Ter, has the discharge of Lieut. John
McMilin, Co. B, 155th Pa. He will return
to owner or his relatives.
Wounded Comrades Name Wanted.
A. M. Wiley, Box 10, New Hampton, Mo-,
wants to find the man who was shot through |
the left arm above the wrist on the bank of
the Neuce River opposite Kingston, in North |
Carolina, Dec IA, 1862. Name and regiment |
are unknown.
Pennsylvania Troops at Fort Steadman.
Henry nj. Tice, Corporal, Co. d, 207th Pa, |
Galeton, Pa, writes: I'm a recent issue of |
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE / noticed the |
statement of Comrade III. S. Hart in regard |
to the capture Of Fort Steadman, March %, |
1865. He states that the 18th n. Y, 57th |
Mass and the Sd Md. charged and recapturcd |
the fort. Now, had q little experience in |
that little scrap and instead of the regiments |
mentioned doing all the work there can be |
mentioned one division of Pennsylvania |
troops commanded by the gallant Hartranft, |
who did valiant service on this occasion, and |
also in the charge on the works in front of |
April 2, when they covered them
selves with glory"
Better Officer Never Carried a Sword.
]. W. Williams, Co. F, seth ILL.,, Republic,
Kan, writes: Il find in looking over some
of the old papers that there has been some
dispute concerning the death of Lieut.-Col.
Duncan j. Hall, of the s9th Ill. Col. Hall
was my Lieutenant Colonel, and was shot
while on the battlefield of Chickamauga
Sunday, Sept. 90, 1868, and fell within 20
feet of where the regiment was on duty. A
better officer never carried u sword"
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