The National tribune., 1907-09-26
THE I'D n. j. AT FREDERICKSBURG
TOrbert's Brigade Was Distributed t0
Various Points, With the I'd n. J. Held
in Reserve.

Editor National Tribune: In reply to
my inquiry in The National Tribune of
July II about who was wounded of the
I'd y. J. at the battles of Fredericks-
burg, Va, Dec. 1915, 1862, / have re-
ceived a reply from Comrade II. b.
Van Velsor, of Chicago, who served in
Co. H, I'd n. ]. He writes that the I'd
n. j. was not engaged in any of the
battles at Fredericksburg, Va, but that
the regiment was held in reserve during
the entire four days of the battles there.
He did not know Of any one of the regi-
ment being wounded, as they were not
under fire from the enemy. That state
ment agrees with the official report of
Col. A. T. A. Torbert. who commanded
the brigade, consisting of the I'd, Sd,
4th, 18th and 23d y. ]. at the battles
at Fredericksburg. The report is in
Vol. 21, Series l, pages 40 and 527,
War of the Rebellion Records. (Those
records are very interesting reading
He gives the locations of each regiment
during the four days, and that the
losses were: One man wounded in the
I'd n. j.; no one killed in the Sd n. j.,
two wounded: in the 4th regiment, one
commissioned officer and eight men
killed, two officers and 33 men wound
ed, Sc captured; 18th regiment, four
killed, 90 wounded, five prisoners; 23d
ed, SO wounded and nine taken prison.
err Comrade Lieut. T. w. Aston, of
Co. G, I'd y. j., Newark, y. J.. says that
Comrade VIM. II. Knauss (Kanouse OH
The muster roll, see New Jersey Roster
was wounded in the jaw by a fragment
of a shell from one of the guns of Hex
amer's lst y. J. Battery, but he does
not know of the wound being serious,
except as he has heard Comrade Knaus,
tell since the close of the war. The
regiment, he says. after crossing the
river, and marching a short distance
was formed on the south bank of Deep
Run. Hexamer's 1st y. j. Battery was
on ton of the north bank of that run
or guiley, and was shelling the woods
at the foot OF the hills below Freder-
icksburg. One of the shells from those
guns bursted when a short distance
from the gun, and q fragment of the
shell hit VIM. II. Knauss on the Jaw.
He further says that Comrade Knauss,
in years after the war. stated that the
wound caused him much pain, and fur
ther says that VIM. H. Knauss is a
member in good standing in Lincoln
Post. II, Department of New Jersey, at
Newark, unless transferred very recent
ly. We have taken some pains to get
the history of this matter, with the in
tention of giving due credit to the CON-
rade. as all men should have who were
seTIouSiy WouHueu IN Ddttie. COmrade
VIM. Ii. knauss (kanouSc, as names
were not always spelled correctly when
written upon the muster-in rolls) has
been a resident of Columbus, O., during
the past 10 or more years, and has very
often related the fact of his having
been severely wounded, and that he
| lay unconscious upon the battlefield un-
! til found by the burial party, who had
dug a grave in which to bury his body,
when life was discovered in tho hndy
and he was conveyed to a hospital and
his life saved The story as told by him
has created a great deal of sympathy in
the minds of comrades. He was elected
National Commander of the Union Vet
eraT Legion of the United States at the
National Encampment held in Colum-
bus, O.. last September. He is very
prominent also in taking care of the
graves of Confederate soldiers who are
buried in the Confederate Cemetery al
| Columbus. O.-those $500 who died
while prisoners of war at Camp Chase
Ohio. He assisted Mr.. w. p Harrison
| in putting up a $1,000 monument tu
the memory of the Confederate soldiers
at the cemetery in 1903. Comrade w
II. Knauss is aTi honorary member OF
the Society, Robert L. Lee Chapter
Daughters of the Confederacy. located
here, and he takes very active part
in the memorial service held each wear
at that cemetery. He is very popular
with the ex-Confederate soldier, and
with the Daughters of the Confederacv
in the South. He was nearly smothered
with flowers in the profuse offerings
made TO HIM upon his visit in New Or
leans few years ago. He spends free
ly of his seemingly ample means. and
makes liberal donations to aid ex-Union
soldiers and their families. attends fu-
I1~YalS and gives small silk flags at