Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-07

visional forces. The Department of Wash
ington had been stripped of veterans to aid
important operations elsewhere. The 9i4
heavy guns in the forts were almost useless,
because there was nobody with skill enough
to fire them.
Here In Washington, like a beleaguered
lord in his feudal castle. sat Lincoln, fairly
desperate over the situation. He wired
General Grant, down at City Point, to send
what veterans he could spare to the defense
of the capital. That was late in the after
noon, July 10.
I've must have them" Lincoln wired. las
we have absolutely no force here to take
the field"
In answer to the appeal General Grant
directed General Meade to send Gen:
Horatio G. Wright with the list and ID
Divisions of the 9th Corps to washington
at once The I'd Division had gone, the
7th of July to the assistance OF wallace.
Immediately the two divisions of the 6,h
Corps were loaded on transports and start
ed for Washington, where they were sorely
needed right at the moment of embarklng
Early was at Rockville and his men We're
in camp, resting for the advance on the
capital.
Early had marched his men thirty miles
under the blstering July sun, in dust Whlch
nearly choked them, and when they reach-
ed the little Maryland village they were IN
no condition to fight.
Just at that moment Lincoln was at the
18th street pier welcoming the 9th Corps,
of which the 1921 New York was mem
Der. which was getting off the transports
lust as fast as possible and into line for
the march to the defenses
Changed Their Route.
The men plodded along in the heat and
the dust, going toward the White House,
and on out to the Chain bridge, where
they had been ordered to report, when
some officer rushed out and asked, ex-
citedly, What in the name of heaven are
you marching this way for? Why the
devil don't you get out to Fort Stevens?
HeITs popping out there and the lids
clear off" Just then Col Taylor, chief of
staff, department of Washington. rode up,
and in more polite. though no less en-
phatic, manner ordered the line of march
changed Fort SteVenSward, and SO 1t was
that the 9Th Corps was right where 1T
was needed when the fight really began.
Cen Wheaton, in his report of the battle
says that the last shot was fired about III
o clock pm. The casualties were officers
and 50 men killed, officers and 1877 men
wounded.
OF this number. eight of the killed belong
ed to the 122d New York, and IS of the
wounded belonged to the same organiZa-
ton. which was placed upon the skirmish
line at the first order.
Six of these killed in the battle who be-
longed to the 122d New York, are buried in
Battle Ground cemetery, almost on the spot
where they fell defending the capital. They
are: John Bently, Company A; Alanson
Mosier John Kennedy and George Richard
son, Company c; John Preston, Company
], and David Hogeboom Company r.
The wounded are: Capt. Davis Cossitt,
Alonzo Fradenburgh, Loriston Adkins
Caius A. Weaver, Thomas H. Scott. Ruel
p BuZZell, James Goodfellow, John Laup-
enthal. Thomas Thornton, Charles c.
Snedaker. Miles J. McGough, Jehial Land
phier, Peter Stebbins, William Q. Swaftz,
Thomas c. Dallman, Merrick G. Smith
James Davidson, William Thompson.