The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1898-02-03
THE CHARGE At JoNESB0R0.
COmrade Hudson Endeavors to Set the
Whole Matter Right.

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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: II is anus
ing to read the different opinions as to the
charge at Jonesboro, Ga. | notice Conirade
Henry B. Hardy, Of Co. X, Goth ILL.,, corrects
Conirade McElliott, Go. t. 14th Ohio, who
corrects Comrade EIou,er, Co A, 69th Ohio.
| was member of Co. G. Goth ILL.,, the next
company on the left OF Co X, so | was a
close neighbor tor Comrade Hardy | wish to
set him right
He is correct in all but his statement that
the charging column consisted of g 10Th Ill.
on the right, Goth ILL., in the center. and the
18th n. Y on tue left. Itwas the 14th Mich.
on the right.
We charged across an old field and jumped
4 ditch about six feet wide. into whi h great
many OF our boys fell, and after we had cap
tured the rebel works and battery, the 10Th
| Ill. came up behind us-Cos. e and X on the
| right OF the Goth ill.-and the left of the 18th
| Mich. came on the works aud battery about
| the same time.
| All claimed the honor. / remember going
| through the embrasure, and seeing the boys
/ of both regiments claiming the guns. / also
! saw one of the 18th Mich-a boy not over II
or Is years old-bayonet a rebel vino was try
ing to load cannon after the Captain had
surrendered He pinned him to the ground
the bayonet going through his breast. i
guarded the Johnny after we got back to
Atlanta. He was getting we'll the last saw
| of him.
| The 18th \. Y. seems to be very hard to locate
| see in the issue of Jan. 6, Comradc Homer,
Goth Ohio, saw the 18th \. y. and the Recu-
lars charge across IN open field and capture u
| slx-9un battery. This is a mistake. The regu-
| lars did not belong to the same brigade with
no V tIa
| within 100 yards Of the battery, as the 60th
| Ill. was between them, and the battery was
only reached by Cos. X and c, on the right of
| tire Goth.
The 18th Y. Y. was on the left of the Goth
| Ill, and as they came out of the brush near
! the rebel line they fired voley into thel 7th
| which killed 100 men, including their noble
| Colonel, Grower. | saw them stagger and
seem to be checked for a moment, but the
| boys rallied and captured their part of the
line, after losing about One-third of their
I number.
| Comrade Snyder "misses it" when he says
the 18th y. Y. was in the Third Brigade.
| The 18th y. Y. was transferred from some
| where, and took the place Of the 10th Ill.
| (MOrgans old regiment) sometime in July or
August, in front of Atlanta. So the 18th y.
| Y. was in the First Brigade, Second Division,
| fourteenth corps, with the bUth and 10th
| III. and the 10th and 14th Mich
The 18th were Zouaves, and wore red caps
and sash, and in nearly every battle lost more
men than any other regiment. | write this
only to put the 18th n Y where it belonged,
and if the comrades will refer to the records
| they will see | am correct.
Can anyone tell who bayoneted the rebel
gunner? We captured the entire line of in
fantry, and either three or four cannOns in
the angle of the works and two pieces about
one hundred yards south of the angle. 1t
! was Govan's Brigade. | have a Bible | cap
tured from Johnny. The name in the
| Bible is VIM. Munroe Reauiord Co. III, 10Th
S. c. V. | would gladly return it to him,
but the sack of onions and cornbread with
Bible was clear loss. Boys, write again. |
like to read your letters.-G. W. HUDSON,
Co. c, Goth ILL.,, Bethany, ILL.,