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NAVAL CoRREspoNDENTS

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ton.
NAVAL CORRESPONDENT
B- >. Osborn, the New York Herald"
principal naval correspondent, was
twenty-seven times under fire, and was
seriously wounded seven times by bolts
and conclusions while on board the
Montauk and Hartford. He formerly
commanded a vessel in the Buenos
Ayres navy and on account of his ex-
perience in naval warfare was ever well
come on board the flagship of Admiral
dupont, Farragut and Porter. His let
ters from the Montauk, when lying be-
lore Fort McAllister, in the Ogeechee
River, were republished in the official
papers or Russia, Denmark, Sweden and
PRUSSIA. When Farragut ran the forts
at New Orleans he was the signal Off
Ger In the rigging with him and was
specially honored by Farragut by be-
ing permitted to plant the first Union
nag on the west bank of the Mississippi
above New Orleans.
A. X. Fulton, the son of C. G. Fulton,
the proprietor Of the Baltimore Amer
lean, was an engineer of Admiral
Farragut's flagship, the Hartford. and
furnished the American" with the
earliest, fullest and most graphic Ge-
scriptions of all the naval engagements
fought by the great commander at va
rious times on the Wabash, Nahant,
Bibb, Marblehead, Weehawken, Mon
tauk, Ericsson and other vessels of the
navy, and during the siege of Charles
ton and the attack on Fort Sumter in
April. 1868, he witnessed the fight, and
his account Of the engagement at
tracted widespread attention ans re-
suited in controversy between him
self, Admiral Dupont and the Navy
Department
Thomas M Cook, afterward editor of
the Wilmington Herald" sat afoat on
the flagship of Admiral Porter, pencil
and book in hand, and watched the
bombardment of Fort Fisher; George
w. Hosmer, in the hottest Of the great
battle of Gettysburg, was full of fire
and facts in his neat and accurate ac-
count OF that decisive conflict Of the
war which was the first account Of the
great victory; Charles H Farrell dis
tanced all his competitors in his ac-
count of the battle of Fair Oaks; Will
days and nights for the last Confed-
crate newspaper; Ashley and S. M.
Carpenter shared with the old Army of
the Potomac its glory and repulses;
Thomas w. Knox, "Sigel," in Missouri
described the brilliant battle of Pea
Ridge; Frank X. Chapman, afterward
Secretary of the Board of Trade at
Cairo, looked after maps and plans all
along the lines in the neighborhood of
Cairo; William Swinton Of the New
York Times" with his risks and dam
gers at Antietam, Manassas, Charcel-
lorsville and Fredericksburg, gave
graphic pictures Of desperately fought
battles which he afterward embodied In
book form; l.. A. Hendrick, the inde-
fatigable, always had a description Of
battle; De Beverly r. Keim bivou-
acked with the lamented Mcpherson,
and was always mild and mindful Of
his duties to the press and the public;
Joseph McCullagh, Mack" of the Gin
cinnati Commercial" who is now ed
itor of the ST. Louis "Globe-Democrat," p"
escaped death on a cotton bale by ieav-
ing the Queen of the West when she
was captured; Mr.. Bodman of the Chi
cago Tribune" escaped at the same
time in a skiff; S. B. Black served IL
the Potomac fotilla and was killed by
the Confederate batteries at Matthias
Point June q. 1861
A NOTABLE LIST.
We have not the space to mention the
names Of many other war correspond
ents who are entitled to all the praise
we could bestow. They are historians
Of the war and nearly all of them, in
chronicling it's events, could say with
Aneas: "All Of which saw, and great
part Of which I was" Among the spe-
cial war correspondents not otherwise
mentioned whose names deserve preser-
walton we can recall ]. B. Bingham,
afterwards editor Of the Memphis Bull
letin"; John A. Brady, William Z. Car
roll, Thomas NJ. Cash, Isham Of the
Chicago Times; William Wright OF
Paterson, n. j., the founder OF the hrst
Republican newspaper in that state,
who died March q, 1866; George W.
Clarke, S. NJ. Carpenter, John J. Daw-
son, L. G. Gray of the New York ''Tri-
bune," Edward T. Peters Of the Phila-
delphia Inquirer" Henry M. Flint,
Druid" Mr.. Denny, Mr.. Denning,
Theodore Barnard, Fitz Henry Warren,
L. Whitelaw Reid, now editor Of the
New York Tribune; r. D. Francis OF
the New York World" Henry ]. Ray
mcnd, Galen II. Osborne, who died in
service Of the New York Herald at
Hilton Head on November 20, 1864;
Edmund c. Stedman, 1.-The poet banker
correspondent for the New York
World" and Tribune; General Chas.
G.. Halpine, Miles O'Reilly," NJ. Daley,
a. Davidson, n. Davidson, John T.. r
Doyle James w. Fitch, Samuel r. Glen,
who had a fort named in his honor in
Nashville, Tenn; c. H. Griffen, Q. P
Howe. Frank Henry, Sinclair of the
New York Tribune" Edward Cropsey
of the Philadelphia Inquirer" Edward
G. p. wilkins, Sam Wilkeson of the
Tribune" Charles II. Hannah, George
H. Hart, afterwards Colonel on Gov
ernor Piermont's staff; r. j. Hinton, A
Houston, F. G. Long, afterwards Clerk
in the Interior Department, Washing
ton; Henry Wikoff 'Chevalier," Nal
colin Joes, Mr.. Deryse, S. c. Mason,
afterwards editor of the Savannah
HERALD; William II. Merriam, Homer
Merrill Staley, A. H. Byington, c. r.
Wing, Hammond, w. H. Kent, G. A
Paige, w. H. Cunningham, Coffin, c. G.
Carlton of the Boston Journal" E. A
Paul and Frank Henry Of the New YORK
Times" Stetson of the New York
World" A. F. Puffer, afterwards Cap
tain on Major-General Buffers staff
Theodore II. Scribner, William j. Stark
Charles S. Shanahan, afterwards cor
respondent with Maximilian in Mexico;
w. w. Shore, William II. Stiner, ). B
Black, Oscar G.. Sawyer, Henry Thomp-
son, George Alfred Townsend, Cath,
/. r. Trembly, A. B. Talcott, James -
Wardell, Theodore II. .Whipple, Theodore
c. Wilson, Benjamin F. Webster, j.
HoOdruff w b. Ward