The National tribune., 1908-01-02
PlCkEf ShOio
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
After Cedar Mountain.

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= Geo. f. Lelleck, Sergeant, Co. c, 5tl
Conn.,, Union City, Conn, was wounded
in the battle of Cedar Mountain, cap
tured and taken first to the rear, ant
after several days landed in the hospi
tai at Staunton, where he received falr'
ly good care at the hands of the REPS
The hospital being needed by the Con
federates for their own men, he was
taken with the other prisoners to &
Jail, where with 10 in cell they were
badly crowded, but pretty well fed
Sixty-three of them were sent to Libby
Prison, where he went into the hoSplta
: there, remaining some time. After Vari-
Gus changes he was finally sent to pa
role camp at Alexandria, where he tool
French leave with comrade of co.
of his regiment, which they started tc
the front to find. After walking eight
or nine miles they came to a line OF
pickets. who directed them to brigade
headquarters, where after being closely
questioned they were sent back to the
Provost Marshal at Alexandria, tho their
regiment was only about a mile from
the brigade headquarters. They were
put in Jail at Alexandria, and Kept d
short time, then sent to Camp of Dis
tribution, where they found many sol
diers, who had been trying to keep
from being sent to the front. They
went back to Parole Camp and re-
unlli all officer lIOlll lfltIE
ment came and signed for them, and
took them with him back to the reSi-
ment at Fairfax, where the snow was
shoe deep, but that was better than
Parole Camp.
The "Scrub, Brigade.
Following up a previous article, John
W. Brown, Second Lieutenant, 31st Ind,
Trilla, H., says that the brigade was
with Grants fleet Of so transports going
up the Tennessee River, when it was
assigned as the Third Brigade of Hurl-
butts Division. The brigade was COM
manded by Gen. Jacob G. Lauman, and
consisted of the 18th and 25th Ky. and
31st and 44th Ind. 1t was the first to
land at Pittsburg Landing, and while
he was eating breakfas. on the morn
ing of April the long roll was beaten,
and they fell in and marched to the
position to which the brigade had been
assigned the day before. 1t proved to
be that the Scrub" Brigade occupied
the key to the battle-ground, and Gen.
Johnston knew it. He sent two bri-
gades, Gladden'S and Stevens's, to drive
them back, and sent Gibson's Brigade
on the flank. The brigade's fight be-
gan about 9 o'clock, and it held the
Hornets Nest against the best that the
South could do. Seven distinct charges
were made against It, every one of
which was beaten to standstill, with
Gen. Johnston killed in leading the last
assault. Comrade Brown was on the
battlefield for about two weeks after
the battle. and the scenes were awful.
The woods had caught fire and burned
flercely over the dead and wounded
Each man OF the brigade had fired
about 100 rounds. Often they waited
until the enemy was within 10 steps
before firing. Between 1 and o'clock
the brigade was ordered to the left to
fill a gap made by some troops giving
away. They made a charge, drove the
enemy back, but were flanked on both
right and left, and compelled to fall
back themselves, tho they went back in
good order. They were in the fight un-
til the end, which was about p. m.
Veterans I'm Texas.
]. W. Hadlock, Ell Paso, Tex, says
that he enlisted in August, 1862, in the
10th VT, where he served about one
year, when he was detailed for Mounted
Orderly to Gen. James B. Ricketts,. He
also served with Gems. French, Carr and
Prince, of the Sixth Corps. At the bat
tie of the Wilderness he acted as Aid
and reported to Gems. Grant and Meade
up to the close of the battle of Spot
sylvania. He was wounded and his
horse cut in two, and he got another
horse and was again wounded. He did
valuable service in plotting the Second
Brigade, Gen. William Morris, out of
the Wilderness after the whole army
had moved by the left flank to Spot
sylvania. He did very good service at
Spotsylvania on the first night in find
Ing Gen. Sedgwick, securing intrench-
ing tools and helping intrench the lines
bcfcre daylight. Gen. Sedgwick was
killed at his side during the next day.
He belongs to Post 35, Chelsea, Mass,
and is at Sfesent Sewer Commissioner
for Ell Pago:- He took a Civil Service
examination for Mounted Inspector at
the port of Ell Paso, and passed second
In class of 80, and was appointed by
Collector Garrett, whom he served for
about four years without receiving a
reprimand. new Collector came in
then who dismissed him quite unjustIy
He was the only man that was dropped,
except one who had not served his six
months probation. He has secured a
better position, but he feels as if he
had been very badly used, and that
there is none of the preference for vet
Grams that the Presidents order i'm
plies. Secretary Loeb wrote him that
the President had ordered his case to
be investigated.
Kearny's Division.
Lyman E. Stowe, I'd Mich, 1913 Cath
crime St., Detroit, Mich, says, with ref
erence to Gen. Hooker's letter, that if
all the complaints against Gen. McClel-
Ian were as ill-founded as Hooker's and
all his Generals as egotistical, il is mo-
wonder that Mcclellan was uncertain
and unsuccessful. Hooker was a good
General and fighter, and his division
was as good as any IN the army, but
he was no better fighting man than
kearny, Casey or Dick Richardson, nor
his division any better fighting men
than theirs. Any of these men would
have been quite as glad to receive or
ders to advance on Richmond as Hook
er. In fact, Richardson and Kearny
expressed themselves so even to their
men, and uttered their indignation at
being held back. Richardson had been
the Colonel of the I'd Mich, and COM
manded the brigade of the I'd, Sd and
5th Mich. He was as familiar with his
men as he would have been with lot
of farm hands, like the grand old farm
er that he was. He and Kearny were
great friends, and Kearny put great
confidence in Michigan men, for he
used to say, Put Michigan men on
guard tonight, for Kearny wants to
sleep" He always said to the brigade
Il know when you are on picket there
is no unnecessary disturbance, and If
hear the pantherlike scream of the
Michigan boys / know there is a fight
ahead" There was hardly a private
soldier who did not feel the blunder at
yorktown or after Seven Pines of the
foolishness of leaving the high and dry
and Sinking off into that God-forsaken
swamp hole, Harrisons Landing.
The Iron Brigade.
John Walrod, Faribault, Mimi, in
eists that Gen Mcclellan bestowed the