The National tribune., 1895-02-14
At the Chattahoochee.

ograph XIV Gen. Howard, speaking of thu
work Of preparation when Schoheld's troop;
| were about to cross the Chattahoochee, says
My demonstration began about shutdown the
night before July ~ Then we
ceased until fixed time in the night, when
all sleepers were startled by an alarming
cannonade that continued for half an hour
Referring to my diary i found this entry
under date of July z: After dark several
batteries along the line open up and make
the night hideous for two hours
Again, following Gen. Howard to the
passage Of the Fourteenth Corps across the
Chsttahoochee, he says: Wood later moved
down east of the river. sweeping away the
Confederates till PAGES Ferry and Palmer's
front was uncovered; then Palmer's ponteon
bridge was laid at his leisure and in safety.
Referring to the diary find the pen
tooneers laid their bridge in hurry: July
II, at 8 q. M, o portion of the Fourth Corps
came down the bank of the river, the enemy
falling back without firing a shot. Our
pontooneers rushed down to the river, and in
q very short time the Fourteenth Corps was
moving again toward the Gate City,
"In q foot-note of the same date I find
The rebel troops across the river had been
in our front since the morning of the 10th,
and from that time till the 18th we had car
ried on brisk business swapping handker-
chiefs, coffee, pocket-combs, and knives for
tobacco. A large rock near the middle OF
the river served as safe place to deliver the
goods.
$50, on this morning, when We noticed
our enemies rushing around nervously, pack
ing up their traps and forming in ranks, We
inquired, What's the matter, boys?' One
IS Al, ,oI 81
ing down on our side of the river And,
skirmish-line of Union soldiers coming down
on quick time at trail-arms and not q shot
fred by friend or foe"
Our Pct Mule.
. Daniel E. Long, Vistuls, Ind, writes
During the war 1 was a member of Co. !,
88th Ind. Our company had little innocent
looking mule that we captured on the
Atlanta campaign, which we converted into
pack mule. On this particular occasion it
was my turn to lead said mule, which, by
the way, was very gentle and meek-looking
creature, and being of very sympathetic
nature wished to be very kind to our "gen-
tie Annie" for that is what we called her, on
account of her gentle appearance. We
broke camp very early in the morning, and
as it had rained all night every thing was
wet and heavy and as l saw the boys load
ing on their wet tents, felt very sorry for
poor Annie. As each wet tent was loaded
on she would drop her ear little and close
her eyes, and even her lower lip would relax.
AS the boys continued loading on tents,
complexities, frying-paDs, and coffee-pots, /
said to myself poor Annie, and to further
show pity for her, stopped down, and was
trying to put the narrow girth On the mild
one so as not to hurt her. But just then she
reached gently forward with her hind foot,
and sent me about two rods to the rear.
Well, that was the last knew until / re-
covered consciousness O couple of hours
afterward, when found myself in charge Of
Serg't Williamson, by the roadside, waiting
for an ambulance. The first thing / said
was Where is Annie?" The Sergeant,
after be could speak without laughing at
my odd actions, related the whole affair to
me. The result was q ruined mustache, the
loss of two upper front teeth, and cut in
my upper lip, which the Doctor stitched to-
gether. 1 then and there swore vengeance
on all the mules in the Southern Confed-
eracy."
Cedar Creek.
n. 8. Parker, Sergeant, Co. A, 10th Vt,
Petaluma, CAL, writes ses in F. 8. Dick
inson's article ON Cedar Greek, In your issue
of Nov. Is, that the cavalry captured 45 of
the 4S pieces of artillery taken from the
enemy on that day. i do not dispute his
statement, but / know that the 10th VT,
First Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Corps,
charged and recaptured three guns of Bat
terry M. 5th U. s. Art.-Capt. Meningitis"
Information Wanted.
@. D. Fowler, Berwick, Pa, would like in
formation AZ to whereabouts of Freeman
Dietrich, who enlisted in Go. f or ID, 152 Pa
Fl. A. After the war, he went from here to
Milton, from there to Wiliiamsport, Pa, and
from there no one knows where he went to.
/ understood he called himself there Charles
Diterich. His children would like to know
if he is living or not.
Another cbout Nelson.
J. P. J. DeBeck, 81 Bremen street, Cincln-
natl, o., tells the following of Gen. Nelson:
"At frst, when Gen. Nelson took command,
the officers and men were shy of him on ac-
count of his roughness, but several of his
regiment had seen service in West Virginia
under Gems. Mcclellan and Rosecrans, and
believed in standing up for their rights.
Among these were the 1st and I'd KY. and
9th Ohio. On the march to Shiloh in March
and April, 1862, the orders were very i'm
perative about keeping in line and against
struggling. One day Little Red II never
knew his real name, but he was q little
Irishman, probably weighing 100 pounds,
of Co. G, Cd KY dropped out of line into a
fence-corner to rest. Nelson came thunder
ing down and espied him.
"Well, blue blazes wasn't in it. Nelson
used all the pretty words not found in the
dictionary, but Red never budged until
Nelson stopped to get breath. Then Red
came back with Be Cad, Ginral, can ride
"a far in day as ye cam"
70 Resaca.
N. w. Chapman, 22d Wis, Sharon, Wis,
writes: MY brigade (the Second, of the
Third Division, Twentieth Corps) was in
the front line at Resaca. My regiment was
in front of the four pieces of artillery capt
ured from the rebels at Resaca. There was /
only deep ravine between Us and the four |
guns. 1t is certain found some of the dead |
of our regiment (22d Wis. and helped to
bury them after the battle / do not claim |
our regiment took the guns altogether, but |
we had dead men in the intrenchments |
around the guns. found Lieut.. Dickson's |
son, of Co. A, 22d Wis. He was within four |
feet of one of the guns. Hooker was in the |
front, and nearly an hour in the vicinity of
my regiment. We had advanced on the |
rebel works and were ordered by Gen. |
Hooker himself to intrench and hold the |
hill we had taken. Gen. Hooker said : |
Boys, hold this hill at all hazards, and |
don't shoot to the rear. If You see anything |
You do not like give it the cold STEEL / |