The National tribune., 1900-05-10
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From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
TAKING THE 1sT MISS. BATTERY.


g. ]. Hazelhaker, Sergeant. Co. X, Sth
ILL.,, Prescott, Kan, noticed Corpl Mitchel's
account of the taking Of the 1st Miss. l.. A.
battery at Champions Hill, and also T.
T.. Conner's account of the 32d Ohio's
charge. The latter comrade left out the
9Th III. and put in the Sth Wis, in the Third
Brigade, Third Division, Seventeenth
Corps: The Sth Ill. on that day was en-
the left extreme left of the brigade, with the
SD Ohio next to the right The 9TH Mo:
was lett with the train. The rebels charged
McCalester's Battery. which was at our
left, supported by the 124th Ill. We were
ordered to lie still, and when the rebels
came near our battery we were ordered to
charge, and our brigade, including the SlSt
and 18th ILL.,, went out of that brush with a
rush. The rebels fell back, with the 124th
Ill. after them. The 1st Miss. Battery was
on hill in our front, and had been firing on
McCalester's Battery, but began to pay
their respects to our brigade. The Sth
Ill. soon got up under the hill. Our Off
GERS told us to hurry forward, as they had
the range on the right of our brigade. We
went for the 1st Miss. Battery, and when
we closed with them there were lots of Sth
ILL.,. 124th ILL.,, and 32d Ohio boys there,
so do not believe any one regiment took it.
But we made good, clean job OF it. From
the way the rebels held to the ditch for
protection that was cut out along the road.
do not think the l1th and S1st ILL., boys had
any fun III routing them out.
LINCOLN STORY.
A. S. Kinser, Co. Fl, 9Th Pa. Cav, Noble,
Ore, tells n Lincoln story, told the writer s
1ather IN his presence nearly so years ago
by Capt. III. III. Gear, Il pioneer of Galcna.
The Illinois volunteers spent the last few
days during the Black Hawk war in COM
pany with some Regulars, in charge of
several wagons loaded with Quarter
masters supplies, on the way TO some post.
Ihe weather was growing colder every day,
and as they had only one blanket apiece,
and as Lincoln and Gear We're both more
than six feet tall, the blankets only reached
from their chins to within few inches of
their knees. They made several appeals
to the officer, but were told that in all prob
ability they would start for home in a short
time and it would be useless extravaganza
to issue more blankets. "One morning"
said the Captain, ABE came to my bunk
shivering, and said if j would go along we
would go to near Headquarters, lie down,
put one blanket on the ground and the other
over US, and when the commanding officer
came out to attend roll-call we would stick
out our bare legs. | agreed. The COM
mander came out spoke to some one with
him, then to us in no dulcet tones. Abe
explained in his peculiar drawl. We were
'it2.bLioSoNU NItiiOut alleE
call there was hauling over the Goals as tC
discipline, explanations and apologies by
different officers, and We got more blan,
kets.D
CAPTURED BATTERIES.
f. NJ. Dougherty, Sergeant, Co. F, 1O4tll
ILL.,, Streator, H., says that every regiment
in the Army OF the Cumberland seems tr
have captured those two guns at Mission,
ary Ridge. 81 was there and went up just
east Of the battery. but did not capture it
will tell of another battery called the
LADY Breckinridge Battery" at Averys-
boro, n. c.. The advance of Sherman's
army struck Johnston's; l think it was
kilpatrick's cavalry that was the advance
When we got there they had driven the
enemy from their rifle-pits and there stood
think, full battery Of the enemy's, marked
as have indicated. 1t seemed that all the
horses had been killed-all white horses
| want to know who captured those guns.
j. A. Rogers, West Leipsic. o., says that
in order to settle the long-continued dispute
concerning who captured the guns Lady
Breckinridge" and Lady, Buckner," 1t is
only necessary to go to Columbus, o., tc
see those self-same guns, marked, Gap
tured at the battle of Missionary Ridge by
the gallant 12Th q V " T."