The chronicle=news., 1913-09-13
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Captain ". ". NcDoaaid OF Aibts-
querQue. New Mexico. member of ths
national eOuneil OF sdminixtrstida.
q. A. r.. WAS In the chattasooga
caapaixn OF lxGs. and had some iu.
tsvsstius experiences hero With the
seth lliinios regiment. Of which hs
was Z member. lie writes TO the
chattsnoosa Encsopmsat Assoeia-
slon that the veterans sii'over the
northwest are taking . iiveiy inter-
esi In the coming rneampn~ns. 8sps.
Is-:o. OF the Grand Army .of the Re-
public. Relating his war time cx.
perisnees here. Capt. Mcdonald says
10 part:
"a am glad that chatianooxa vas
selected. Around Il clusters moro
civil war battlefield interest. and
moro sad memories for the veterans
who fought there. each for bis own
Ideal. than on any other battlefield.
was q private In Co. "I'' s6ih llii-
nois voiunseer infantdy. Colonel
Thomas y. Champion commanding. ]
vas in the battle Of chicamauka from
Friday evening. September 18th until
sundown OF tho :Oth. Our diviaion
General 2ieedman's - attacked
l.onnsr~et's corps at y. M. sun
day. His troops were on . timberrd
ridge west Of the SuodErass house.
1T is true history that Gen. Geo.
H. Thomas saved the Army Of the
Cumberland from serious disaster.
and Il can NJ truihSuliy be paid that
Gen. st.cdman's dtvislon saved Gen.
Thomas from = complete rout.- II not
capture. Our brigade was stationed
n Moccssiu point over . month dur
ins the siege Of Chslsanoosa. and
lived on an ear Of corn . day for
good part Of the time. Our brigade
vas In the battle Of Lookout Noun
tain. The ssth illinois was on the
right Of the brigade. bringing the
right oi the regiment up 10 the paii-
sade which surrounds III mountain
top. Tn. ssth gained the highest
point Of any regiment engaged In tho
battle.
The cravens house on the side
Of the mountain was used ~ . com.
misary store by the Confedcrates. i
got . piece Of picked pork OUT OF
this house just after the ssth Illinois
and the sth Kentucky regiment had
thanked the confederates out Of their
brcsstworks south and west OF the
house. Our brigade camped on the
nose fthe mountain that night.
Gen. Whitaker. bsing q Keatuckisn.
asked Col. Rsraes. OF jthe sth Ksa.
lucky. to call for fifteea volunteer
from his regiment to place Old Glory
on the top Of the mountain. which
they did without any opposition. a.
the confsderates had left the noun
tain during the niGht. Then both
regiments went on top o fthe noun
tain and remained there ten days.
Our first day on the mountain
was spent In viewing the battle OF
Missionary ridge. and when. late in
the evening. we saw the Army Of the
Cum mberland start on the grand. mat
chless charge up the ridge and take
the last line OF works occupied by
the enemy. We said: We'll. the Army
Of the Cumberland. a. victors. can
look out over the Chicamauga. the
valley OF death. where. two months
before. they had met defeat by these
same confsderatss a neddsenss1lT
flfederates and feel satisfied; It was
worth the cost
~ was on the Atlanta campaign
from tsart to finish. Our regiment
and brigade after the battle OF Chat
tanooga, became the second brigade
OF the first division Of the 4th army
corpa and took part in the battles Of
franklin and Nashyille. Our corps
was In East Tennessee when General
Lee surrendered. and was. mustered
out at Nashville. June 10th, 1856"
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