The National tribune., 1903-05-21

him over, took the coIors and brought
them off the field.
At o'clock the night of the 14th,
Lieut.. A. d. Sanborn, John l.. Hadley
and myself, all of Co. L. went to the
field and worked until nearly daylight
of the 10Th, picking up our wounded, on
our advance line, and removing the
wounded from the brick house and NOV
ing them to the rear of our first line of
battle there were three. We found
some Of our wounded in the hog-yard,
their clothes frozen, and many others
nearer the sunken road. All of them said
that no line of battle had come up to
where they had lain from the early after
noon of the 18th.
The loss of the regiment was quite
heavy. Out of 10 commissioned officers
seven were killed or mortally wounded,
and 10 wounded. The number of enlist
ed men killed or mortaliy wounded, So;
total number of wounded, 1876; casualties
1913 out of 1903 engaged.
But the point | wish to make is this,
that tie State colors of the Granite
State carried by the 9Th Regiment, waved,
and that the men of the regiment fell,
nearer the sunken road at the point
named, than those of any other regi-
ment.-JoHN X. MCCRILLIs, Co. +. 9th
N. H., 143 Pleasant ST, Marlboro, Mass.
Pine Mountain and the Death of Gen. Polk
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: There be-
ing some controversy still existing as TO
what battery fired the shot at Pine Noun
tain, Ga, that caused the death of Gen.
Lconidas Polk. of the Confederate army,
and believing that credit should be accord
ed to the proper parties, / take pleasure
in adding my mite regarding this mat
diary of June IA. 1864
I'VE are facing Pine Mountain, our
lines being, l think, about 800 yards dis
tant from the crest of the mountain, along
which runs the Confederate line of works.
Have been exchanging compliments with
the rebel skirmishers all morning. The
batteries are now and then firing shct
to let the Johnnies know We are here. The
nearest battery is 'SimOnson's 9th Ind
just to the left Of our regiment, which has
just come up and taken position. Along
the crest of Pine Mountain, on the rebel
line rides a squad of cavalry, apparently
Confederate officers and their staffs. Some
of them, dismOunting, advance close up
to their works and are ;ntently watching
our movements. Gen. Sherman, who has
just ridden by, seeing them, ordered the
battery men to touch them up; teach
those fellows to keep cover meaning the
group of Confederatcs. Three shots were
fired, and one of the men was seen to
fall Just before night, Capt Reed tells
me Olutlis Nhpt- clIilpuSbl IL
message, saying that Maj Gen. Leonidas
Polk was killed by those Shots and that
SimonsOn remarked upon hearing what
the shots from his battery had done: 4
am satisfied; l have avenged my brother
The battery boys tell me that it was Corpl
Frank McCollUm who sighted the gun and
Charley Miller who pulled the lanyard"
Thinking that notes made at the time
are more likely to be, in the main, correct,
than the memories of the old comrades
after n lapse Of nearly 40 years, / am
writing this. l would like to hear from
some member of the 9th Ind. Battery, to
know if / have the names of the boys
who took part in that days work right.
Are there any of them still living? 1t may
be new to some to learn that Capt. 81
monson himself was killed few days
hter.-G. II. BLAKEsLEE, Eddyville,
Nebr