The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1896-02-20
" HOWARD HOUSE" AGAIN.
Comrade Moore Questions The National
Tribune's Pictures.

Comrade Moore Questions The National
Tribune's Pictures.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
issue of Jan. 30 notice two cuts-one
the Potter House, the other the Howard
House-in an article entitled Visiting War
Scenes" The first is very good view of
the Howard House, as / remember it-where
| Sherman's Headquarters were on the 22d of
July, 1864, and where he received the news
of McPherson's death. / would say it is a
view of the Howard House from the direc-
ton of the position of DeGress's Battery, on
the right of the Fifteenth Corps line, show
ing the rear and east side of the house.
veraDda, the end of which is seen on the
right, ran along the front of the house, and
road ran along the foot Of the yard or lawn
and along the edge Of the timber shown in
the background.
In the foreground, and to the right, the
batteries of the Twenty-third Corps were
posted, with two Rodman guns on the left
of the house-in this view-wth all their
muzzes pointing at you as they raked the
ground in front of De Gress's Battery and in
front of the building you designate as the
Howard House.
This house is good view of the brick
house that stood on the right Of the Fifteenth
Corps line not far from De Gress's Battery.
These are the two buildings over which
there has been so much controversy as to
which is the Howard House of history.
Our brigade Second Brigade, Second Di-
vision, Twenty-tbird Corps was on line along
the road in front of the Howard House, and
threw up light line of works while the
battle was raging on the left on the Odd of
July, 1864 and our corps remained near this
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to Ut0y Creek.
There was signal or lookout station
built up several feet above the roof, and was
reached by going up through the "deck
shown on the roof. | was all through the
house and on top several times, and remem-
Der writing my name in an alcove at the
foot of the main stairway.
AS one enters thepfsOnt door there was
hallway with a large plate-glass mirror,
which someone had smashed, seemingly,
with the butt of mnsket, and months after
ward L remember of seeing piece of that
mirror tackled up on tie side of one of our
corps wagons, think, in our brigadc.-S. f.
MOORE, 11Sth Ohio, Fsrest, o.
The Editor begs.to differ with the COM
rade. The picture of the Potter House was
from a wartime photograph showing the
effect of the Union fire on it, and there is
another photograph Of the same house show
ing the Confederate works thereabouts In
Gen. Shermans Memoirs he says that on
July 90, while he Vas at the head of Scho-
fields troops, expecting that the enemy
would evacuate, we went back to the How
ard House, double frame building with a
porch mot veranda), and sat on the steps
discussing the changes of battle" The next
day he speaks of receiving McPherson's
body, and / had it carried inside the How
ard House." In the work entitled Battles
and Leaders there is a sketch, made at the
time, of this house corresponding to the one
presented by us. Sherman speaks of giving
his orders on the 22d from the Howard
House. In the photographs the Potter
House is represented Enthusiastically as
square, brick mansion. The lookout box
was on the Potter House.