The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-02-27
Says Gen. johnson was Right.

Lawrence Gates, Angola, Ind, writes: " In
your issue of February 13 is letter from
DIR. Hooton, Seth ILL.,, Brigade-Surgeon OF
Dan McCook's Brigade at Chickamauga, in
which he claims that Gen. II. w. johnson,
u. S. A, made some errors and misstate-
ments in narrative published Jan. 90
am rather of the opinion that the Doctor has
forgotten his dates and was not by Col.
McCook's side all of the time he speaks
about. Gen. johnson was right when he
said that the battle was brought on by q
report made by McCook to Thomas that
there was q brigade north of the river etc.
"McCoek was ordered to take his brigade
on the evening of the 18th and destroy
Reeds Bridge. There he found out that
Benning's Brigade of Hoods Division crossed
that night, and after McCook was ordered to
withdraw at daylight Of the 10th he sent
the 69,h Ohio to set fire to the bridge and
then started for Rossville, as per orders from
Gen. Granger.
McCook, after starting his brigade, went
to the Kelley House, where Thomas and
Baird had just established their Headquar-
tiers, and there / suppose, the information
was given to Thomas about that rebel bri-
gade. /, myself, saw the two Generals and
Dan McCook there that morning as the
regiment Of which / was a member had just
come to stop.
Immediately thereafter Thomas ordered
our division, Brannan's, to 20 forward and
turn to the right, and it was then that We
came in contact with more than rebel bri-
gade.
|" l know that Gen. johnson did not try
to claim that McCook's Brigade took part in
the opening of that battle by trying to cap
ture that isolated brigade. We found ont
that nearly all of Bragg's army had crossed
that night at several points, and not Sc
hours before, as the Doctor claims"
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Other Men Were There.
c. L. Bartlett, Captain. Co. l., 9Th Ohio
Cav, writes In your issue of Feb. 6, Mrs.
Dahlgrep, in her article on Col. Uric Dahl
gren, does the members of my regiment an
unintentional injustice That part of the
article ascribing the reconnaissance to Fred
ericksburg says that 100 men of the 9Th
Ohio Cav. joined his command after they
were well en- route, but these latter were
used to guard crossings and secure retreat if
necessary.
while in camp near Bristoe Station, Va,
Col. Lloyd was ordered with his regiment
TO make a reconnaissance to Catlett's Station,
as the enemy were reported near there in
force. We left camp Friday afternoon,
went to Catletts Station, spent the night in
the saddle, in the morning recOnnoitered the
country, found no enemy, and returned to
Catlett's.
About 10 a. m. Capt. Dahlgren with
Capt. Sherras's company of Indiana cavalry,
came up, bringing an order for a detail of 100
men with carbines from our regiment. The
regiment not being fully armed with carbines,
it was necessary to detail from the different
companies-Co ID, Capt. Barrett, and Co. L,
both under command of Mai. Steadman,
with details from other companies, making
the 100 men.
ave were soon in the saddle, and under
the lead of Capt. Dahlgren and guide, who
lived in Fredericksburg, started off to our
left across country. We reached the Kappa
hammock Sunday morning at the ford below
Falmouth, but we could not cross. Mai.
Steadman then turned back from the river
out of sight Of the shore Our guide finally
found we could cross just above the old
bridge. AS ordered, / sent an Orderly to
Maj. Steadman to let him know the crossing
had begun.
THE Orderly failed to find the Major for
some time, and when he came up, Capt.
Dahlgren, with those who had crossed, were
out of sight. The Major probably thought
he would not be up In time to render any
assistance to the force already across, as
they would probably be in Fredericksburg
before he could cross the river. So he
on the north bank. My recellec-
ton is that about One-half of my detail of
20 men of the 9th Ohio Cav. crossed with
Capt Sherras's company, formed ON his left,
and took part in the charge"
a Murdered Soldier.
Comrade N. M. Clifford, Lenapah, /. T.,
writes: Soon after the war man named
VIM. Hoffman, who had been a soldier in