The National tribune., 1906-07-19
An Iaciseat Before Chickamaura.

battle l was told by Gen. Wood, whose
DIVISION was lying at Lees and Cor
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
belonged, was then the extreme left
of the army. A full brigade of the enc
my mad appeared on the bottom of
Ch1ckamauga Creek opposite the mill,
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 a 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 force 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 l saw
Maj. Startling coming from the west,
and l 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 mistak-
en- and so is Wood. 1 have just come
from ARMY headquarters, and can as
sure you that there is not single Con-
federate infantryman nearer to us than
Rome, Ca 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 l 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 25 or 80 of these ambu-
lances in line, and such a sight Men
with legs and arms off, frightfully shot
up. At this time the officer in charge
of the train came up to us, inquiriHE
for the General Hospital at Crawfish
Springs, and Maj. Startling asked him
10 what command he belonged, and
what KIM Oh troops ndu opposed MS
brigade. He replied that he belonged
to Minty's Brigade and that there were
both cavalry and infantry on east side
of the creek. Starting did not wait to
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 if so, upon what
did he base his belief, when he was re-
cHiyinp almost hourly from his
corps commanders that the enemy was
in each of their fronts in force?"
4 Southern Abolitfonist.
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 sin. Mrs. loves
parents came to Arkansas in 1884 and
she was born there. Her father was
Isaac Murphy, who was elected 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 majori-
ty of the people of that County (Little
Rock) and elsewhere were Unionists,
but were overslaughed by the rebels.
| Thank God that He keeps the right
| though there is often a feeling that He
! is very slow about 1t.
The Old BucI<taiIs.
William T. lobe, 1st P. r. v. c. and
| both 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 1st Rifles. 18th P. r.
V. c. and 42d Pa; the numbers of the
Reserve regiments in the line were from
| the 30th 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 a distinct organization, and
really the only BucktaiIs
Addition and Subtraction.
w. G. Ferguson, 81 Pulaski street,
| Brooklyn, y. Y, differs with l. 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. ID. Ullman, who was promoted
| to Brigadier-G General. Upon the con-
| sOlidation of the 18th with the 102d
| Col. Hammerstein was transferred TO
the latter regiment as Colonel, June 29,
1864, and discharged Jan. 7, 1865, be-
| ing succeeded by Col. Harvey S. Chat
field, who was commissioned a Colonel
April 13, 1865.
A Good Man.
| ]. c. Barnmell, Co. K, 120th Ill,
| Creal Springs, H., wants to tell the
comrades that Congressman Z. L. Chap
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 Chan
| have been in every war since 1876, on
the right side and true to the country
DanvilIe and Libby.
Joseph C. Underwood, Co. Fl, 34th
| Ohio Union City, Ind, was a prisoner
in both Danville and Libby Prisons. and
Fs-fll oil a fa1 IL.