The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-07-19

don's Mill, to go and report to Gen.
Crlttenden that the enemy were pass
ing around us to the left apparently
moving SO as to get between US and
chattanooga Woods Division. to which
1 belonged, was then the extreme left
or the army. full brigade OF the enc
my had appeared on the bottom of
Cnlckamauga Creek opposite the min,
and during Wednesday and Thursday
they had been passing across our front
from our right to the left. They could
not be seen, on account of skirt of
WOODS, but the dust they raised on the
road not only indicated the number but
the kind of troops moving almost as
distinctly as If they were in plain view.
| L told Gen. Wood that there was little
| good In going to Gen. Crittenden with
such report, as he had been told sew
eral times already that the enemy were
| IN Iorce In our front and would not be-
iieve 1t. On the preceding Thursday my
brigade (Harker's), when out on a re-
| connoissance on the Lafayette road. had
| run into large force of rebels, which
was reported to corps headquarters and
also to Gen. RosecranS. Gen. Wood
| insisted upon my going to Gen. Critten-
den, and got on my horse and started
When close to headquarter tents saw
Maj. Startling coming from the west,
and reported to him as directed After
talking few minutes 1 induced him to
] go over to Wood with me- and on the
way he said: Bradley, you are mistake
! en- and so Is Wood. I have just come
from ariiiy headquarters, and can as
sure you that there is not single Con-
| federate infantryman nearer to us than
Rome, Ga On arrival at the mill Gen.
Wood met us. Maj Startling got down
from his horse, and was telling Gen.
Wood what he had told me. that there
was nothing in our front but cavalry,
and that Wood was badly frightened
quite unnecessarily, when an ambulance
| train drove up and doubled up so that
Gen. Wood and 1 could see into the
| front of each ambulance. Maj. Startling
| had his back to the train, and could
not see what was going on. After he
had explained to the General the posi-
| ton of the rebel army at that time,
Gen. Wood touched him and, pointing
| to the ambulance, said: How do you
| suppose. then, those men got hurt?'
| There were rs or 80 of these ambu-
lances in line, and such sight! Men
| with legs and arms off, frightfully shot
| up. At this time the officer in charge
| Of the train came up to us, inquiring
| for the General Hospital at Crawfish
| Springs, and Maj. Startling asked him
| to what command he belonged, and
what kind of troops had opposed his
| brigade. He replied that he belonged
! to Minty's Brigade, and that there were
| both cavalry and infantry on east side
i
ask any more questions, but galloped
OFF in hot haste to corps headquarters.
| The question is, Did Rosecrans actually
| believe that the enemy were nearer
/ than Rome, Ga? And IL so, upon what
did he base his belief, when he was re-
| ceiving almost hourly reports from his
| corps commanders that the enemy was
in each of their fronts in force?"
A Southern Abolitionist.
Mrs. Mary Lowe, Huntsville, Ark,
says that she is reading the history Of
| the Army of the Cumberland with the
greatest interest, and especially the ac-
count of Gen. Mitchell and the engine
| thieves. All honor to those who were
| abolitionists when the slave power was
| in its insolent glory. Her mother was
an Abolitionist and refused to own
| slaves when her father wanted to give
her two. She was raised near Clarks-
vile, Tenn, and taught all her children
| that slavery was a sin. Mrs. loves
parents came to Arkansas in 1884 and
| she was born there. Her father was
Isaac Murphy, who was elected a Union
delegate from Madison County to the
Convention that voted the State out Of
the Union. He stood firm for the
Union to the last amid cries of "Shoot
him." Hang him." etc. The MAORI
| ty of the people Of that County (Little
| Rock) and elsewhere were Unionists,
Thank God that He keeps the right
| though there is often a feeling that He
! is very slow about II.
The Old BucktaiIs.
| William T. lobe, 1st P. r. ". c. and
| Goth Pa, New Enterprise, Pa, kindly
comes to our assistance in answering
| the questions of F. G. Bancroft. He
says the old Bucktails were variously
| designated as the LIST Rifles 18th P r.
V. c. and 42d Pa; the numbers of the
| Reserve regiments In the line were from
the Goth to the 42d Pa. The first Lieu
tenant-Colonel of the Bucktails, Thos
L. Kane, when promoted to Brigader-
| General. raised and organized the 149th
and 150th Pa, calling them the Buck
| tail Brigade. These were good fighters,
as is shown by their action at Gettys-
burg, but they never equaled in disci-
pline or efficiency the old Bucktails,
who were distinct organization, and
really the only Bucktails.
Addition and Subtraction.
| w. G. Ferguson, 81 Pulaski street,
Brooklyn, y. Y, differs with /. d.
Adams. of st. Joseph. Mo-, with regard
| to Col. Hammerstein having been in
command Of the 1920 n. Y. He says
that the War Records at Washington
and Albany both show that Col. Her
| bert Hammerstein took command of
the 18th y. Y, June 80. 1863, succeed
ing Col. d. Ullman, who was promoted
to Brigadier-General. Upon the con-
| solidation of the 18th with the 1929
| Col. Hammerstein was transferred to
the latter regiment as Colonel, June 20.
1864, and discharged Jan. 7, 1865, be-
ing succeeded by Col. Harvey S. Chat
field, who was commissioned a Colonel
April IS, 1865.
A Good Man.
| j. c. Barnmell, Co. X, 120th Ill.
| Creal Springs, H., wants to tell the
| comrades that Congressman P L. Chan
| man. OF Johnson County, H., Is the man
for them to keep their eyes on, and
send back TO Congress when the time
comes. He has introduced the best pen
sion bill that has ever been put before
Congress, and one that comes nearer
doing justice to the boys who saved the
country Comrade Barnmell knows
Congressman Chapman well, and went
| TO school with his father. The Chap
mans have always been fighters. and
have been in every war since 1916. on
the right side and true to the country.
DanviIIe and Libby.
Joseph c. Underwood, Co. III. 34th
| Ohio. Union City Ind, was a prisoner
in both Danville and Libby Prisons. and