Evening star., 1920-02-15
Visits of President Lincoln
TO Battle Front Is Recalled
Executive Took Keen and Anxious Interest il,
the Battle of Fort Stevens on July II and
IL, I864-WasMngt0 City Imperiled.

hHe ol skHuuAneTS ana advanced
with the audacity gained from pre-
vious baptism in fire. across the open
field. directly under the deadly
rebel fire. to those leafy coverts. On
they advanced, sweeping past the
Lay house. on the right. and throw
ing up rifie-pits at once. which they
held through the night. and on the
left pushing up to white fence of
the Lay house. or. rather. it's blazen
runs. when the rebels sent two re-
inforced brigades. pushing our skir-
mishers back on that side.
1T was a bit of display on their
part of bold front, as at that very
hour-7 o'clock Tuesday night-the
main portion Of their forces was
stealing away toward the fords Of the
some ninety of their dead.
Left Wounded Comrades.
I'm hospital tents beyond the third
tollgate the rebels left sixty-three
, of their wounded. including eleven
officers. none of them being above
the rank of captain. With these
wounded they left a surgeon, two as
sistant surgeons. twelve soldier
nurses and a chaplain"
The Star then pays q glowing trib-
ute to the troops charging the enemy.
and adds: The 5th Wisconsin VOL
unteers. Col. Allen. and the sth
Maine Of the 1st Division. 9Th Corps.
we're among the troops who came to
the defense Of Washington from
Grants army and encamped near
! Fort Stevens. Their term had ex-
pired. but they patriotically agreed
to remain on duty so long as there
was any danger to Washington"
engagement the press of that day
records the following names: OF the
10Th New York cavalry, commanded
BY Maj: S w. McPherson-First
Sergt. A. c. starbit. sergt. Thomas
and J. Maloney. The casualties Of the
sSth. 1929 and 18Th Pennsylvania
regiments were: George Crump, Ar
thur Corbin. Jacob Rimer, Oliver
Shay. John Mccormick. Christian
Brandt. Frederick Franck. Frank
George Margord. The ssth Pennsyl-
vania lost in all during the second
days engagements fourteen wounded
and two killed. One writer says;
Our troops lost about 800 in killed.
The insurgent loss was not 20
great. from the paucity of their num-
bers in the engagement They left
upward of ninety of their wounded
at the house of Mr.. Blair and a few
Of their dead in the field"
In the charge of the 9Th Corps.
which drove the Confederates con-
siderable distance back. those men
toned as having been killed were:
Adjt William B. Loughlin. Lieut.
Col. Fisher. Lieut.. Col. johnson, Capt.
Lambert, Maj. Jones, Lieut.. McLough-
lin, Col Fisher and George w. Farr-
er. Other casualties were: Sergt. John
Friend, 18th Pennsylvania: George
Roberts: 9Sth Pennsylvania; Michael
Bruenner. F. Walters, George Everts.
Sergt w. K May, Sergt. D. whitney.
John Sherlock, Jonathan w. Byrnes.
John Quinn. John Tierney. Corp. C,
Evens. First Lieut.. c. G. Townsley.
Patrick Cannon. David Close. First
Sergt. H. M. Nevius. Corp. George
PeIlser. Maj. John W. crosby, James
Dunnegan. Sergt Campbell. Lieut..
Mclaughlin, Corp. Jerome Hill.
Sergt. John McBlackstone. sergt.
Charles H. Davis. John H. Fralick.
William Stone. william Lagrange.
brook. George Pendigham. George W.
Wise. William Nichols, James H. Ors-
ten. Thomas Cox. Michael Grimes,
Robert Powell. George F. Parlow. N.
J. Welcome, Charles H Fuller. vii,
liam Price, William Hazard. Paul
Farnham. Eastman Dulin. Orton Cole.
A. F. Barrenson. John Gillespie,
Frank Hill, George Gerold, George A.
Bessey, Col. John P. Ballier, Capt.
Davis Cissett. Lieut.. John e. Bailey.
Lieut.. William H. Cousens. Lieut.. Wi,
liam Wilson. Lieut.. George Shuler and
Jacog Tolpeli. A number OF these
either died on the field of battle or
later succumbed to their injuries.
Some of the Confederate wounded.
left behind. included: r. c. Tur-
NJ. Hitchcock. First Lieut.. F. Vinsor'
Charles Lotion. w. l. Nick. T. NJ. An
try. W. Stanton. w: l. Brown, r.
Harris. Lieut.. J. B. Shepherd. F; NJ
Hardy. Capt. A w. Davis: w. O. phil
lips, Capt. J. W. Butts, Lieut.; W. S.
D. A. Bollin, w. ]. Whitaker. 7: h.
] Hickman. w. P. Bernhard. NJ. NJ. Dun
lap. ]. B. Hill, ]. W. Martin. A. Brfga-
man. Robert Martin. Noel Binson, w.
Burk. C. Blaylock. H. II: Lilies. lanes
H. Gallaspi and Lieut.. z: ]. Williams
Sleeping their last sleep in the
little cemetery across the road from
walter Reed Hospital are forty OF
the Union troops who so Willingly
eacrificed their lives that "a nation
earth" Every Decoration day their
graves are strewn with flowers by
tender hands. and the people OF
Brightwood and vicinity. aided by the
Grand Army. assemble to pay tribute
similar honors were shown to the
Confederate dead buried a short dis
lance farther up the road.
Portion of Parapet Remains.
A portion of the parapet OF old
Fort stevens remains, particularly
that portion dedicated and conse.
Grated" by the presence OF President
lincoln during the battle which pre-
served to us undestroyed the city OF
Washington. and perhaps the nation
as well.
1t is here that it fs urged to erect
the statue of Lincoln, recently re-
moved from in front Of the court
house. and a more appropriate place.
indeed, could not be found for this
purpose Several markers have AL
reafy been erected here by survivors
Of organizations engaged there dur
ing the civil war. The fort itself 10
) private property. but it's owner. being
a patriotic. .public-spirited man. would
Of il at a very reasonable figure in
order to preserve 1t as q government