The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1899-05-25

at critical moment, that he was per
sonally congratulated on his gallantry
| by General Schofield, and received a
! letter of thanks from General Judah.
Conyngham was wounded slightly In
| this fight and if he had not been an
army correspondent and had not car
ried his budget of news in n portfolio
| inside his vest, which turned the bullet,
! he would not have been able to write
his graphic accounts of the battles of
Chattanooga, Franklin and Nashville.
Riding to the front in another action,
he was accosted by a general, who, see
ing him in civilians dress, asked who
he was. Upon being informed, the Of
ticer remarked: Il don't think newspa-
per correspondents will go far in here. "
They We're soon in a hot fire, and the
General fell badly wounded, when the
correspondent said: "Iou see, sir, that
correspondents 20 farther than gener-
ais here" and quietly rode to the front
in search of news.
When Hood threatened Chattanooga
Conyngham volunteered his services,
and at the battle of Nashville fought
for n time in the trenches with his
musket, though rendered a command.
Instances might be multiplied of this
kind in the case of this one correspond
ent alone. He was cOmplimented on the
field of ChancellOrsville-his first great
battle-by Gen. Meagher for his serv-
noes as volunteer aid, and had one of
his employers horses shot under him at
Bristow Station.
B. S. Osborn, n leading naval corre-
spondent, was twenty-seven times un-
der fire, and was seriously wounded
seven times by bolts and conclusions
while on board the MOntauk and Hart
ford. He formerly commanded a vessel
in the Buenos Ayres navy, and on ac-
count of his experience in naval war
fare was ever welcomed on board the
fagships of Admirals Dupont, Farra
gut and Porter. His letters from the
Montauk, when lying before Fort Nc
Allister, in the Ogeechee River, We're
repubished in the official papers Of
Russia, Denmark. Sweden and Prus-
sia. When Farragut ran the forts at
New Orleans he was the signal officer
in the rigging with him and was spe-
cially hOnored by Farragut, by being
permitted to plant the first Union flag
on the west bank of the Mississippi
above New Orleans.
A. X. Fulton was an engineer on Ad-
miral Faragut's ship, the Hartford,
and furnished the American with the
earliest, fullest and most graphic de-
scriptiOns of all naval engagements
fought by the great commander at yari-
Gus 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, 1863, he witnessed the fight, and
his accounts of the engagement attract
ed widespread attention and resulted
in a controversy between himself, Ad-
miral Dupont and the Navy Depart
ment.
Thomas NJ Cook sat aflOat on the
lldGSuLD VI VI tSl, pCuNll anu
book in hand, and watched the bonn
bardment of Fort Fisher; George w.
Hosmer, in the hottest Of the great bat
tie of Gettysburg, was full Of fire and
facts In his neat and accurate accounts
of the decisive conflict of the war,
which was the first account OF that
great victory; Charles H. Farrell dis
tanced all his competitors in his ac-
count of the battle Of Fair Oaks; Will
lam H. Stiner shivered out on picket,
days and nights, for the last Confeder-
ate newspaper, Ashley and S. NJ. Car
penter shared with the old Army of
the Potomac its glory and repulses;
Thomas w. Knox, init SigeP in Mis-
souri,, described the brilliant battle of
Pea Ridge. Space is insufficient to
mention the hundreds of others
brave men all, who in the earnest dis
charge of their duty witnessed the
bloodiest battles of the war to tell the
tale. Many of them died in the telling.
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