Evening star., 1935-07-14

linen came the command 10 Ao-
vance. We did. And when we un.
furled the pennants Of the Old Ver-
mont Brigade Gen. Early knew what
he was up against and cleared out.
He remembered Us from the Battle
Of the wilderness.
early left some sharpshooters in
an old house (6404 Georgia avenue,
which still stands. They held Us
up for a minute or two, but We drove
'em out and continued to drive the
Rebs for about another mile.
Il was in the party sent back to
bury the dead. We picked them up
from where they lay scattered over
the field-most Of them killed by
sharpshooters.
I'VE had about finished the Job,
and who do you suppose came driving
up? 1t was Lincoln again.
"Ill always remember what Lincoln
looked like and what he said. He
looked sad. He didn't say anything for
a minute. We all stopped working.
Mr.. Lincoln held up his hand and said
I dedicate this spot as the Battle
Ground National Cemetery
Then the President and his aides
rode away.
No that wasn't the end Of the
war. We kept on fighting. We chased
Gen. Early for couple of days on out
through Rockville, Nd, and Pooles-
vile, and on to the Potomac River,
where he crossed above Leesburg and
escaped into Virginia"
THE historical value Of the battle
before Fort Stevens within the
city limits Of Washington is prob
lematical Gen. Early, after q stiff
battle with the forces under Gen.
Wallace at Monocacy and two severe
marches in extremely hot weather,
reached Washington too exhausted to
make an attack against the meager
forces of about 700 men, many OF
whom were civilians and wounded
soldiers.
The delay at Monocacy gave Gen.
Grant chance to rush reinforcements.
which arrived in time to drive the
Confederate troops away.
According to history, the purpose
of the attack was to cause Gen. Grant
to shift part of his troops out Of Vir-
ginia to protect the Capital. In this,
the raid was entirely successful.
In later years Gen. Early explained
why he didn't make an attempt TO
take Washington with his exhausted
troops.
What could have done with it If
had taken it?'' he Is quoted as ask
ing. If had gone in wasn't sure
of ever getting out. And value to the
cause was in my mobility"
Maj Campbell enjoys living In the
vicinity of this historical battle. He
was born in Londonairy, VT, January
20, 1874. He joined the Army In the
Spring Of 1852 and remained until the
Summer Of 1865.
His brigade went from one cam
paign to another in rapid succession
from May, 1864, when he took part in
the Battle of the Wilderness, until
October of that year, when he fought
at Cedar Greek. During this time his
outfit suffered 3,116 casualties.
Following the Civil War he re-
turned to the National Guard and IN
successive promotions reached the
rank of major.
He has spent much of his life in
Washington, where he was clerk in
the Pension Ofice from 1888 to 1915,
many Of his Winters in Florida and
divided the Spring and Summer be-
tween Vermont and Washington.
MAJ. CAMPBELL'S home Is not
A'A many blocks from the cemetery.
the last grave Of which is waiting for
him. He likes to visit the cool spot
where he will be buried.
He has found a friend there In
Maj. Frederick L. Taylor, U. s. A, re-
tired, who is superintendent. They
fight their respective wars over again,
and it always is Maj. Campbell, the
Civil War veteran, who finishes the
comparison Of conflicts by telling Maj.
Taylor that according to statistics.
the World War wasn't much Of a
fight"
why listen to me-" he exclaims.
"Out of 100000 American soldiers
fighting In France you lost only about
116,0 men.
But listen to these figures-out of
about 100000 men in the Civil War
we lost about TOO, 1000 men"
And Maj. Taylor can't refute the
logic Of those figures.
The friendship continues. The
younger man, living with his wife in
quiet comfort, and the other waiting
to take his place in Battle Ground
National Cemetery.
The names of the 40 men carved on
the 40 white markers are the names
of his friends. They are Sergt. Thomas
Richardson, Sergt. Alfred C. Starbird
and Pvts. Elijah S. Hufotin, jeremiah
Maloney and William Tray Of the
25th New York Cavalry.
E. C. Barrett of the 40th New York
Infantry.
E. S. Bavett, John Davidson, Mat
thew j. De Graft. G. w. Farrar and
Mark Stoneham of the 43d New York
Infantry.
Corpls. A. Matott and william Ruhle
and Pvts. Andrew ]. Dowen, Andrew
Manning and John Kennedy Of the
122d New York Infantry.
Lieut.. William Laughlin and Pvts.
Andrew Ashbaugh, Phil Bowen, John
Ellis, George Garvin and II. McInttre
of the 61st Pennsylvania Infantry.
William Hoffman of the ESD Penn
sylvania Infantry, sergt. George
Marquet and Pvts. Bernard Hoerlo,
Charles Seahouse and Frederick wal
ther Of the 98th Pennsylvania In
fantry.
Sergt. John NJ Richards Of the 139th
Pennsylvania Infantry.
John Dolan Of the I'd Massachusetts
Cavalry.
Patrick Lovett Of the 37th Massa-
chusetts Infantry.
John Pocket of the 7th Maine In
fantry.
Corpl. George W. Gorton Of the 1st