The National tribune., 1909-10-21

Erection they were placed, died, and the
Imatter was dropped.
These three German Regiments, two
under Krzyza nowski and one under
IWickham. are the some other infantry
that had Just come into action" that
Buell. saw driving the Tigers from the
| batteries back to the stone wall a short
time before he saw Carrolrs Brigade
| charge straight at the ravine and stone
wall" Here are three competent, dis
interested eye-witnesses that three Ger
man regiments saved Wiedrich's and
Ricketts's Batteries, and that CAROLS
Brigade took no part in their recapture
and restoration.
| Howard's and Hancocks headquar-
ters were nearly a mile distant from
each other at this time. 1t must have
taken five minutes hard riding to reach
| Hancock, two or three more to reach
Carroll with the order, and Is minutes
for Carroll to reach Cemetery Hill.
Here are nearly 25 minutes consumed
from time of attack to. arrival of Car
roll to take part in an attack that did
not last to exceed Is to 20 minutes by
the accounts of many of those present.
Dickelman admits in his last article
that the Sth Ohio and two companies of
the 4th Ohio were absent from this af-
I fair, making their brigade line less than
that of full regiment. If il was "haIf
ens's Batteries" as stated by Huber,
and the 4th Ohio came up in the rear of
the 33d Mass, the left of Carroll would
: be a quarter of mile or more from
/ Wiedrich's right, IL in continuous line.
/ Wiedrich and Stevens being about a
quarter Of mile apart, in fact, would
also make Carroll some distance to the
right of Wiedrich. The 4th Ohio was in
a safe place, as the 33d Mass. showed
no disposition to retire from their line.
Huber also quotes from Orlando
Smiths report, THE regiments lying at
the foot of the hill and whose line was
broken by the Tigers were the 18th
Conn, 25th. 18th and 107th Ohio is not
wholly true, and was not when his Ad-
jutant-General wrote his report for him.
writers and those present do not give
Hoke's (Avery's) Brigade any promi-
nence in this affair. They, being more
in the open, could not breast the butch
cry of the cyclone OF chain lightning
those seven batteries were feeding to
them, and did not come on so far as the
Tigers.
| Mai. VIM. Houghton, 14th Ind, in a
letter published in Buells book, says:
The most Of the brigade passed to the
right of the Cemetery gate. the 7th w.
Va. next and 4th Ohio on the right, and
the 21st N. @. was in our front at the
stone WALL This shows the brigade
fought on the left of the Tigers. He
also says: I'VE met Ricketts,. who was
frantically imploring US to save his
guns" I dc not believe Ricketts, ever
deserted his guns and men in the crisis
to look after CAROLS Brigade TO save
them or for any other purpose. We have
il from rebel authority that Ricketts,
fought Battery HUI to a finish on that
occasion. Ricketts, was just that kind
of a "hairpin,'' he stuck.
One Confederate writer states: THE
guns of these two batteries were
spiked" another that two guns were
spiked" ] want a comrade OF these
batteries to state in The National Trib-
une how many, if any, were spiked or
otherwise disabled for immediate SER
vice.
Dlckelman says: About 8 p. m. Gen.
| Carroll was directed to move his COM
imand toward the Peach Orchard to sup
lport Gen. Sicliles."
Houghton says: During the day we
had been in reserve Immediately behind
the Twelfth Corps line. Good place.
playing second fiddle to Sickles, by sup
porting the Twelfth Corps"