The National tribune., 1905-11-09

pulsed. Seeing his men falling fast
and thick around him. he would fall
back, form Il new line and come again.
more determined, if possible. than ever;
but To no avail. Prisoners taken that
afternoon said, with pride and chagrin,
that there was the first time Pat Gle
burne's Division got the worst Of it,
We were placed there to stay by Gen.
Leggett: To hold the hill at all hazards.
We Were Crocker's Iowa Brigade ana
The Maloy Wisconsin Brigade. These
TWO brlgades were never known to YIELD
an advantageous position to the enemy.
and we We're not ready to extend such
courtesy to Pat Cleburne at that time.
although we had all learned, long be-
fore. to have Il thorough respect for
the fighting qualities of Cleburne and
his troops.
We soon found that this bald hill we
occupied not only overlooked our lines.
but overlooked Atlanta as well. The
hill has since been known as "Leggett' s
Hill"
one reason for Cleburne making Sucn
Il desperate fight was that on the day
before lie was routed by other troops
than ours from this position, and know
ing the advantage to be gained by oc-
cupyng it, he dis1iked To- have it said
mat he couldn't retake it, But take ii
&c could not, because we We're there
% stay. Some of the prisoners said of
is: The Yankee fools didn't know
%hen they were whipped" Possibly
that was fact. but we knew enough
and had the courage to hold the hill
against Pat Cleburne's Texas Rangers
At one time the rebels were both i'm our
front and rear, and we fought on both
sides OF the breaatwOrks; but with such
Generals as Leggett and Blair we had
every reason to believe that we must
win i'm the end.
Many an amusing incident happens
III the midst of battle and this battle
was no exception in that respect. Col
5elknap, of an iowa regiment, person.
ally seized Il rebel Colonel by the coat
collar and pulled him over the works
ana made him prisoner. Some of the
boys of the 18th Wis. dragged q rebel
Captain and his horse over the works
saying: Say, Captain. come over and
see us; we will treat you right" But
Edward Riley. Co F.. nth Wis. re-
sorted TO novel method Of capturing
prisoners. One poor fellow. who was
wounded slightly, was lying outside OF
our breastworks, afraid To go back. but
refusing to come in. Riley, who had
some experience with the lasso, secured
rope from the cook and lassoed The
rebel and pulled him i'm.
My son was at Atlanta a short time
ago. He went out and looked over the
battle-ground. especially that part occI1.
pied by the Third and Fourth Divisions
OF the Seventeenth Corps, and from his
description there has been little chang.
| In the past 40 years. The old breast
works are nearly decayed and The
grounds III part are used as q pasture
| while other parts had Il nice cotton cror
growing. lie also gave me a descrip.
ilon OF the monument erected i'm homo,
OF Gen. Mcpherson by This great ant
patriotic Nation, which. | must say. i.
u IN ff gt>t.
meht has Al limestone base, with hi.
| name cut i'll IL; large black cannon
set on end for monument, and a little
! IRON fence around IL. Now ii would
seem To me that this Government coult
! nave monument erected that Woult
do honor 10 SO great Il General as wa.
! MCPHERSON. l am satisfied the grant
old Army of the Tennessee would bt
pleased 10 help raise fund to place :
suitable mOnument on this historic
2round.-Frank p. DeIany, Co T.. IN
| Wis, Independence. Iowa