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German Pages 47 Year 1895
^ev
hsntfdfß ^olbai
atnetihanifiAjtn ^üv^evitKiege
oxlvuQy ^cm
gclialten vor
Northwestern University
am
5.
in (Epanfton, 311.,
Dßcember 1895, — von —
Williatn Vocke, clicmaltgem iUid},
'iL
'DJJilitärbienft
I)öf)eren
^d)inimelpfennig,
bolbt, ilvingelin, ii>cber, Veppien, ^d)irnier, Tilger n.
unferem
l)a6en bie
in ber Ok[djtd)te bee ilriecgeö
.hartnng,
viigel,
.r->erfer,
3tud)
Dffiyere
uiele
0[ter[)auö,
ii>eil?el,
2d)ur:i,
:i.-^ni"d)tierf,
iiMigner,
^tcil)l,
mie
[inb,
AÜlirer
beren i)tanien
:)fange'o geliefert,
nnuergänglid) ©teinuiclir,
glän:;enber
'^(n^al)!
bef)aupten, ba§
iBeüölferungöjat)! ein a^vö^a
if^rcr
andj
()icr
in
anrufen,
ii^aci
un;
idj
öffentlidKU iHirträgen mie
auGbrüdlid) u'ieberljolen
lln;
:
eingeborenen anierifanifdien 'iiniffenbrüber geborten \u ben beften ort()eil
rein
btenten,
beutfd)e
uor unferen
uorauö,
Irup;
anumdjfen.
baf^
einge;
uiete
uon
auö beut alten 'initerlanbe meljr ober meniger (.'^rfabrung im .Uriegö:
roefen mitgebrad)t (jatten.
^3o
fd)rieb
ber
(?Ijef
^unt, Division of the Potomac, unterm 29. auf bie beabfidjtigte ^iBilbuug
man
roaren, 30g
T'eutfd)e
X)ii)i[ionen
!j)aneben Ijatten bie Jientfdjen jn '.Einfang beö ^riegeg
borenen
ben g-a(;uen.
:iu
befiebelt
nidjt
unb ganzen
'i^rtgaben
[ie
'3)eutfdjeu
raie folgt
"
I
:
uon
ber ^^Irtitterie 'Dtajor
!^i\U
'.JlrtiÜertetruppen,
an (Sapt.
—
further propose to equip Captain
;;5.
1861, unter i^inraei^
Bookwood's
®.
(Stone;
(43udjljül5)
Company with and he can of
four six
pounder guns and two twelve pounder
His Company has
howitzers...
a
number
German
of
artillerists,
up with instructed men from the Brigade
easily fiU
German regiments
(
Blenker's) to which
I
propose the battery
be attached.
The German regiments and
soldiers.
at least, those
number of
contain a
artillery officers
suggest the propriety of placing, for the present
I
regiments
guns may be servOne Company, Captain
in the forts that the
ed by drafts from the instructed men.
De Kalb reginient, is composed almost exGerman artillery soldiers, and should there be a artillery, could readily be made available."
Morosowicz's, of the chisively of old
lack of field
Vide
(
Vol.
uub
2,
Records
Official
p. 76g, bte
ber ^eiten:;al)l
id)
of the
Union and Confederate Armies, unter ber '^liujabe beö 33anbe§
bei fpätevcn (sitaten
alö
für:;
Rebellion
Records (R. R.
)
beiddjnen
roerbe.
53uU JHun
^sn ber 3djlad)t 6ei
mae '}ixma
in bie glud)t ge[d)lagen
fünften 'I)iui[ion, beutfdje
am
Truppen unter bem
33lenfer, in ber 'Jfeferue auf ben ,f)ö()en
ber fltct)enben i^unbeötvuppen fjalten bie
^uni 1861,
21.
mürbe, befanb
unb
üon
beö Oberften £üui§
burd)
'.?Üö
uiele
bie
feiner
unb
unferen
uidit bireft
gegen
(^^eneral ^uifepl) ^'. 3ol)»Ü'-'*» >" feinem
2,
p.
478) unb
biefe
nur bem Umftanbc ^u^ufdjreiben,
!Cffi!,iere
eigenen
g-remont madjte
l^er;
erften .r-^anpt(3runb,
:
pursuit", (R. R. Vol. tuar offenbar
ben JRücfen
[tanbl)nfteo
" The apparent firmness of the U. S. troops who had not been engaged, which checked our
vSd}lad)tberid)t an
at Centreville,
il)r
beifte
il)r
lücirum bie ^KebcUen bie 'l^erfolgung nid}t fortfetjten fül)vt
'|>Dto;
58efef)t
(^entreuille,
uerliinberte
ber bie
bie erfte '-I^rigabe ber
^KebeUeu nn ber weiteren 'l^erfoh3nng.
3Ba|f)tngtou uorviirfteu,
in
fid)
fid)
unb oolbaten Hebung
Truppen bieg
bamal^ nod)
bamalö
ebenfoiüof}!
" apparent firmness"
baf^
ber (^üljrer foiuofjl
im Äriegöbnnbmerf abging. geltenb
:^m alö
ol§
t)atten,
ii>eften
im Cften.
unter
2ßäf)reub
beö
yirietjcijaljveö
erften
®ie
lanbe traurig an^.
eö in
fal}
g-üf;rer ber ^Rebellion, bic
unferem
Spitze unferer 33unbegregterunt3 geftanben, Ijatten gleid) Sincoln'ei, in i()rent i^orfja6en baci i'anb
unb
ftürjen, unfere 3eitgf)äui"er geplünbert
roä^renb
fd)icft,
[tantntenb,
am
lagen,
bie
beften
in
bie 'Waffen nad)
überall
g-aft
53ull 9htn, bei l'erington, $i>ili"Dn'5 C^reef,
Gknerat Sijon nerloren, unb an anberen Orten.
im ©ntfteljen begriffen unb
®on
©enerat
befe^lsf)aber
'^-üfjrer
(Jrroäljhmg
bem ©üben
u'ir Üiieber;
erlitten
mo mir
©eorge
33. 9Jlc(FtetIan
folgenbe 9Jtelbung
am
unferen brauen
Unfere '^(rmeen raaren nod^
nod)
Xia mod)le
erprobt.
nid)t
bem Oberr
23. !j)e5ember 1861, au§ l'ouiöinUe
"The
:
ger
bem ©üben
(5arlo§ ©nett, ber 23efef)I§^ber ber DI)io 3(rmee,
3tnberem
unter
bie
nadj
ben unfeligen i^ruberfampf ju
militäri[d)en ^-üljrer, au§
unferer
i(}m ,5,ugeu)enbet (jatten.
fid)
tl^eureu ^^ater;
uor beut Äriege an ber
affair
little
in
front of
Munfordville was really one of the handsomest things of the season
"
(R. R. Vol.
SßiHid) ber
unb
3(rmee, jebod}
fdjon
u. f., bie bitten reben laffen
5tm
1*7.
pickets
1861
!l)e5ember
unter ""^Inberem mie folgt
my
511).
in
fteine
X)iefe
iJ3efeI)l
5(ffaire
betraf
ba§
bes Oberften 3higuft
uon Irebra, beibe Offiziere au§
lange uor
bem Kriege
naturatifirte
$öir mollen bal;er über biefelbe au§ jenem 5ßanbe,
amerifanifd)e 33ürger.
The
p.
feineg OberftlientenantS .^penn)
preu^ifd)en
©.14
7,
^nbiana 9tegiment unter bem
rein beutfd;e 32.
front
:
:
fd)rieb 33uell
"McCook
au^ l'ouiöuille an 9JtcC>lettan
reports the rebels attacked
of the railroad bridge at 2 P.
M. to-day.
pickets consisted of four companies of the Thirty-Second
Indiana,
Colonel Willich
(eö
maren im ©anjen 418 9Juinn), under
Lieutenant Colonel von Trebra. Theirforce consisted of one regi-
ment Texas Rangers, two regiments guns.
Our
loss
and 16 wounded.
Infantry, one battery of six
Lieutenant Sachs and 8 enlisted
The rebel
loss, 33 killed,
Terry of Texas, and about 50 wounded. ly retreated.
The
men
killed,
including Colonel rebels inglorious-
— — 9
3tm bafi
^eßruav 1862
8.
@e[ed;t
"
liertd)tete53uelT, nad)bein ev bic (iiir^el()etteit
have the honor
I
nad) "b^a^jina^ton
c]citau fefti^eftetlt ijatte,
lute folgt
ü6er
—
:
to inclose herewith the official report of a
skirmish at Rowlett's Station, south of Green River, Kentucky,
on the lyth of December, i86i, between a portion of Colonel Willich's Thirty-second
and a brigade
Regiment
of Indiana
Volunteers(German)
enemy under General Hindman.
of the
The
gal-
lantry displayed by the Thirty-second Indiana on the occasion
has been noticed
copy
of
which
is
general Orders from these headquarters, a
in
enclosed for
with this letter and the report.
file
Colonel Willich was at the time on other duty, and the troops
engaged were commanded by Lieutenant Colonel von Trebra,
whose
skill
and gallantry on the
merit the distinction of the
field
brevet rank of Colonel."
Ter
C>3eiteraUiefel)l,
huitet luie folgt
:
"General Orders. No.
"The
uicfd)ein
uoit
in
ofntjent
3d)ret6en bte
')febe
ift,
— Headquarters Department
of the Ohio,
Louisville, Ky., Dec. 27th,
23.
general
commanding
1861.
takes pleasure in bringing to
notice the gallant conduct of a portion of Colonel Willich's regi-
ment, Thirty-second Indiana, Munfordville, on the lyth
Four companies
at
Rowlett's Station, in front of
inst.
of the regiment,
under Lieutenant Colonel
von Trebra, on outpost duty, were attacked by a column enemy, consisting lery,
one regiment of cavalry, a battery
and two regiments
until re-inforced fight
of
of infantry.
by other companies
was continued with such
effect
of the
of artil-
They defended themselves of
that
the regiment, and the the
enemy
at
length
retreated precipitately.
The artillery.
attack of the eneni}' was mainly with his cavalry and
Our troops fought
into Squares
when charged by
as
skirmishers,
rallying
rapidly
the cavalry, sometimes even defend-
— ing
—
10
themselves singly and killing their
with
assailants
the
bayonet.
The
general tenders his thanks to the officers and soldiers
and
of the regiment for their gallant
He commends
occasion.
troops under his cipline
command, and enjoins them
and Instruction which insure such
The name
" Rowlett's Station"
of
conduct on
efficient
and example
as a study
it
to
this
to all other
emulate the
dis-
results.
will
be inscribed on the
regimental colors of the Thirty-second Indiana Regiment.
By command
of Brigadier
General Buell,
JAMES.
FRY,
B.
Assistant Adjutant General, Chief of Staff.
3n bem fein
fteljt
J)teginient
oon großer
über ben
ber
I)tev
ftrotegifdier
&xmi
bringen nnferer
gü^rer, Wlcevt
bie fic^ nid)t
hi^
weit
langten jnr jont
^Heife,
bebedt
^onnen[d)ein
^n
ef)renben
bem 32.
ale
l)anbelte
fid)
nm
®d)U^
ben
fül)venben O'ifenbaljnbrürfe, oI)ne bte ein i^or;
benfbar geioefen luärc.
erfrenlid;e
i>ev[tarfnngen,
bie
nnfeve
^'s'.n-ti'djritte,
gelbjngöpläne
adein über bie ganje (3d)lad)tenlinie
oom
nnferer
ntlantifdien
l}inan§ erftrecften, fonbern «ndj ben
^Jiiffiffippi
im Cften nnb i^üben ber J}?ebeHenftnaten nrnfafUen, bie trüben il^olfen, bie
l)atten,
wetdjen
fotlten
glän^enber i^iege
ben 33ergen beö füböftlid)en
junäd)ft auf.
e§
im ^liovben nuui)ten
über ben
roeiten Jlüftenftrid)
einesi )"old)en
tonnte,
3)er ©ieg nnferev '4:rnppen loar
anegefteUt roirb.
geeignete
erhielten
'i^erid)te eutljalten [inb
fidj
rüt)men
Xüdjtigfeit
'.)lrmee in Atenturfi) nid)t
T>ie 'Jtüftungen
Gruppen
baj^
Sebeutnng, benn
dl'wev
obigen
bte
uev;,eid)net,
^eugniffeg feiner nülitävtid)en
^nbiana 9tegiment
bem
i?aiibe, in
{]an;,en
einziges
'Dort
ftanb
ber
frifdien
.ilentnrfi)
fo
nnb
ben nörblidjen
balb [oüte
9Jcntl)
unfer
ge;
.C^ori;
i^olf
im
für bie ,3iifwiift fd)öpfen.
loberten bie l)e(Ien toiegeöfUtmmen
nad)maHge
3Irmee, ®eorgeJ^.^l)oma§, mit einem
lange
f leinen
i^efe(;löljaber
ber (Fumberlanb
Irupp oon Union§ftreitern,be;
ftel)enb au^^ fediei 9iegiiiicntevn
^Jiovcjenö
19. ;\anuav
1SG2 nntevna()m
^Reiterei.
einicjer
bev
einen
?sein^
g-rii()
','lngviff
uevjrDeifelten
unfeve Vinien, mnvbe aber nad) einem metjvftünbigen in
mit ad)t
SRebeÜengeneral ^ot^icoffer
ber
yuolf Äononen nnb
^Regimentern ^^nfantevic,
am
3»fti"t«i^ e'"^'" •Weßinieut .Uninülevic unb
i^ei]enii6er
il)m
53attcrien,
jioei
anf
Kampfe,
meld)em Bcilicoffev feinen Xob fanb, »on üier 3hgimentern bev i3unbeg=
tvnppen
anfgevieben.
benn
veid)e,
taufenb
uevfolgt
nnb gän^lid)
Tie uon nnfeven tvnppen gemad)te ixnite war
eine nnenblid)
in bic A-lnd)t gefd)lagen,
nmfaf^te
fie
^^^fevbe
yuölf
weit
SJceilcn
^e()n
Anlivuierfe,
an bem .Uampfe Teutidic
lanter
^Regiment,
bvauen
bie
IRcCsoof,
iKobcvt
ano
einen
gabe;(Fommanbenr erhoben, mcfUialb nield)e
uier
bie
jener
einefi
3d)lacl)t
:)i\'gimentcr
nnter
mad)ten, befel}ligte, mäbrenb bas 9. Cd)io
@n[ta« Äiinxmerting,
baö
Cl)io
9.
bennod)
xH.
ben
llicromell
nntrbe jebod) febv balb :,nm 23ri;
('''r
er in
ermähnten
(Mcneralo
beo
i^rnbcr
fid)
abev
bie
isincinnati,
llic(>oof, :inm Cbevft ertorcn hatten,
i^rigaben,
batten, befanb
tbeil
roevtfjüoÜe X^xo-
(jiidjft
Unter ben uiev ^Regimentern
uianttiovvätt)e, ed)an:;bann)erf:ienge, etc., etc.
i^nnbeetvnppen
uon (Memeftven, über
.Uanonen, tanfenbe
nnb IRanlefel, übev 150
Tentfd)en anö (Jöln
bem a.
beibeu
ber
eine
l^nnbcötrnppen ^i^efebl
::)i.,
an§;
beö l^cajorö
ftanb.
'ii>ie
naä)
einem mehrftünbigcn bintigen aber nncntfchiebenen ,Uampf mit '3d)uf^maffen ber
fdjliefUid)
3ieg errnngen mnrbe,
berid)t roie folgt
" Along the
:
er^ihlt aiccO^oof in feinem ^d)ladjt;
lines
each of the regiments and
of
from the enemy's front a hot and deadly
was
continued for
was opened... This
Seeing the superior number of the enemy and their
results...
bearing
fire
about thirty minntes, with seemingly doubtful
I
conchided the best mode
of
settHng the contest was to
Order the Ninth Ohio to charge the enemy's position with the
bayonet and turn his
ment
to
empty
ed to Charge.
their
left tiank.
guns and
fix
The order was given
the regi-
bayonets,this done,it was order-
Every man sprang
to
it
with alacrity and vocifer-
ous cheering, the enemy seemingly prepared before the regiment reached him the lines began
to
resist
it,
bat
to give way.
This broke the enemy's flank and the whole line gave way " confusion and the whole turned into a perfect rout.
in great
(R. R. Vol.
7, p.
93 and 94.)
— @eneral 3:i)omüö
"The
—
deftätigt biefe 3.i>affentljat in folgeuben
enemy on
gth Ohio charged the
way and
giving
fusion."
Ter
the whole
field,
retreating in the utmost disorder
i'piftortograpl) ber
(Fumberlanb^'^h-mee ©eneral
and con-
fämpfte unb ben
fonnte,
am
[agte
19.
oofer,
'"^(rmeecorpö
O.
get()ei(t,
.'pomarb
beftanb.
iSavi
ju benen bag
gel)örte, iüeld)e§
Sd)nr5 unb
borener ':?lmerifaner, bie anbere nnb J^rei bentfd)e Offiziere, Veopolb
ynar ber
uon
anber ^5d)immelpfennig, fomie ber eine ber fed)ö i^-igaben bes (Sov\)tinfion i^intei)
Ten
fjievau
9Jt\'Vean'Q
fid)
l'd)lo[-;
Alügel
ved)ten
ciuf^evfteit
aincvtfautfd)e
Inippeu unter ^djur:;
^atte inou
uon un[eren
iC^oroarb
nid)t
il^-iqabe
liiifs
bci^
von
btefer
ganzen Xage§ auf feinb(id)er
fid)
unfevem red)ten Flügel bemegteu
uad)
uon Sd)uv5, fonbern uon
allein
iiub
ii>äl)renb beö
nuf(^eftellt.
auö uiaf)vgeuonimen,
5'inieu
(Kolonnen
grof^e
und) liufG bcovbert.
''^lrmce;('^orp'o
uon (Miifa'c beut[d)e 33ri(]abe inne,
l)atte
luareu bie
(Seite
—
15
i'er|'djicbenen
aud) runr
;
anbcvcn feiner
Offiziere uiieberljolt auf bie grof^e (Mefa()r anfnterffam geniad)t luorben, baf? ber (\-etnb [eine A-lanfe umge()en unirbe
l^iclbnngen undeaditet unb
olle biefe
ber Alante, odgleid)
il)nt
aud)
niemals
"
On
ernftlid)
erflärt
"The
:
Toublebai)
C^'Un'ingfte :;ur
feine
am
Stärtung
l^corgen ein
uoUe
'^n'feljl
')tid)tigfeit l)at,
ift
O'ongref^ausfdjut^
über^eugenb nadigemiefen raorben, 06; in
feinem i^ud]e
über 0*t)ancelorouilIe
subsequent investigation by the Congressional
Committee on the Conduct
of the
and necessarily unreliable
;
Howard were
ber C^orp^jC^onimanbeur
baö
1864 uor bem
in
fei bft
War"
the Conduct of the ©enerablliafor
gleid)
lief^
.^oofer
Xaf;; biet,
unb
beftritten
uon
fdion
bieferljalb ^ugeftellt u)orben uuir.
bod)
;
t()at nid)t
in
left
that subordinates
War was
high command,
would
very
much
of a farce
long as both Hooker and
for so
it
was absurd
Any
them.
testify against
suppose
to
officer that
did so would have soon found his military career brought to a close." iiJa'j bie
(Stellung
mobl für ben
fd)led)tefte
eine
mar.
unb barauf
Sd)utj batte.
rem geben, erfolgte fudjt.
'lliit
unb ein
',Hngriff eignete,
großer
in
elfte
(iorpö geuui()lte
feinem amtlid)en inn-idit, beffen
btnmeift,
ber
baf;
(R. R. Vol. 25, Pt.
Aeinbe mar gegen
(i
es
Ubr
Ucberfall, ber
baber
unb Sd)ärfe
in
ber
i,
giebt er bterfür
red)te
als
Alügel
nid)t ben geringften
p.p. 647-65S.)
gelungen,
'.}lbcnbo,
baf; bie;
ins .Üleinfte bie lerrainuerbältniffe
biö
er
ift,
jebod) für bie Tefenfioe bie benfbar
'^(uöfül)rlid)feit
(Mrünbe an, inbem
'.}(n:iat)l
fd)ilbert
Sd)ur^
erflärt
fo
uon ^tftänbiger Seite nienmlo angefoditen morben
^}tid)tigfeit
felbe fid)
von bcn rber^Csonunaubeuren für bad
betrifft,
eo
unfere red)te uod)
(Mefdjidite
beller,
ber .Kriege
Almifc \n um;
lid)ter
Jag
feines
Unfere Solbaten lagerten, bie @emel)re jufannnengefteUt,
uuir,
(^Ueid)en f
orglos
— uinf)er,
mit Äovtenfpiel iinb anberen fingen
fid)
tüurben au\ bte beuorfter^enbe |)ir[d)e
unb onbere§
bem
^at)l ün§
neu
SBilb,
.ii
53unbeölvuppen
bie roeljvlofen
üon
iljren
bem
g^einbe, bev
ein
in
unb
(Sc^ur3
jum
TeuenS
iSteljen
Vinie
löfte
Ijöljeren
Oberft
©olbaten
bie
5sri-''iit
unb
jum
nom
Offijier .^ubert 1)itger 3eid)nete
au§.
befonber§
mürben
Trotj
roel)r'S '4)iüifion
Sob,
roie
^Uibcm nun
''^n'effe
fid)
C^-inljalt
S^a\^
rid)tcn, fo bie
Unerl)i3rte.
unb
mad)te
man nun
©o
fprengte
3)er tüdjtige beutfc^e 5lrtitlerie;
ber
uerjmeifeltften
Äül)nl)eit
unb
gefd)idte§ (Jin;
3tnftrengungen
iljrer
IDeuens unb ©d^urj jebodj notlftäubig
bem brauen 33ufd)bed uon Stein
©omoljl ©teinmeljr ale .»poumrb
als
l^ieib
man
fie
uon ber
il)m bemiefene ^Tapferfett
Tiuifion
fid)
bcfonberg
646 and 635.)
Gruppen gröfUcntbeilo T~eutfd)e nmren,
("saft
in
ber
gan:;en
fo
englifd);ameritanifd)en
mit ben bobenlofeften ©djmäljungen unb ^e;
^^f)"^" allein legte fidj
uon
erften
(Ib. p.p. 630,
bie gefd)lagcncn
baö
be§ Vanbeö mürben
ba
auf.
3lruppen
bie
fd)redlid)ften ii>irrmarr
burd)
jn tl)un.
aud) Tieuenö
fd)impfungen überljäuft.
unb
beibe
unb einigen anberen imferer Aüljrer gelang, bem meiteren
anerfennenb über Wilfa äuf^ert.
ereignete
llnorbnung
''^tenfierfte,
[ic^
in il;ren 33erid)ten biefem 9Jcanne für bie
l)öd)fte
;
auf bie T'inifion
^ferbe, mäljrenb etma 100 feiner tapfe;
bie jmei T)iüifionen
iBorbringen beo (}einbeö
ba§
[ie
t)ülf(oä
^Baijonetangriff auf, ftürjte jeboc^
in bie (lftud)t gef dalagen, biö eö fdjliefilid)
joÜen
milber
im
forberte nod)
in feurigen JCsorten
balb barauf fd)mer ueruninbet
Offiziere
@d)reden
3-lud)t
in
einmal
ha^
pani[d)er
baci
\iä)
fafjte,
nidjt
Illinois ^tegiment mit ber SHegi;
ren ©olbaten auf ber 2Baljlftatt blieben.
greifen
bie
tonnten, fanben,
it)rer
fid;
82.
grof^er
(Joloni
iiurid;tete,
Offiziere
nom
,f)ecfer
in
bidjten
unb im dlMcn
bringen unb bem J-einbe bie ©tirn ju bieten,
'^u
alte
mentSfaljue mir feine
bie
in
fid)
in
unter iljuen ein
il)rev
fid)
ber
©olbaten,
bie
33lut6nb
[türmten
ganje
bie
nerfuditen
braue
ber
nun
unb
üerlreibenb,
33erfteden,
ilireii
bei* ?S'einb,
ber g-lanfe
':)Uö
ld;vecflid)eg
preisgegeben maren, bemäd;tigte
5Dennod)
unb
geeigneten ©ebraud) mndjen
SBaffen
unter
au§
ouf(3ei'djeud)t
2i>albe I)eruov6rnd)en,
^di
bie
aufnterf[am, a(§ bie tPiafen,
ntaftvopl^e erft
mitten in unferen Linien befiinb.
23rigaben
—
16
ftcto
uor allen
am
man
liebften
jur Saft,
unb
^^iel
feine
Gruppen,
uerfd;rie, uerantuiortlid;.
©djurj
'.?lnbercn (^arl
"dutch cowards"
bie Siieberlage
gegen ein glän^enbeö
©d)ur:;
— nmr
Avcunb
ja ein pcvfönlidicr
Don isoo
felb^iu-^e
—
unfcvcci '|n'(iubcntcn
c^Uin^^cuben,
feine
biivd)
17
in
er hatte in beut 'ilHÜ)(;
;
lipvadie i^el)altenen ;1Jeben, bie fänuntlid) ben Stempel
unb
l)Dt)cv (Melel)v)"anifeit
anfriduirtev 'iMiteiianboliebe tvn("(en, bao xHeniU'vfte
beigetragen nnb „ben beften feiner
Aeinben willfonunener
Ijaib feinen
iid)inipfe eineo (Seiglingci
"
angenommen,
fogt, allgemein
fonbern 1)ei)enö toadie
mar
eö
ber
niele
baf;
Hieobore %.
u'ie
l)atte,
bef^;
nut bem
i()n
of Chancellorsville
änfierfte fort,
"to
jRedite
all
"
befel)(igte,
appearance,
responsible in their early
Tie
('vnttäufd)ung
biefer
i>er;
()eranö[tellte, bafj nidjt (Sdjurj,
fid)
Taö
bie &ted)te inne batte.
jebod),
bie
Dodge
panic." alö
bitterer,
ninn
German
took pleasure in holding a
fo
benn
fonnte
nidjts
We(egent)eit
bie
^diurj
fo fiibrt
letters, for the origin of the
nm
als
The Campaign
baf;
"and the newspaper-men",
läumber mar
fein,
beffcn C'»"vnHil)lnng
\\\
genug getljan";
tuiabcn,
t^n
feinem ^^erfe über
in
'ST'obge
;-^eit
luie in englifdier
bcuti"d)er
an ber ganzen
i^obenlofefte
non aiiomimer 3eite
xHngriffc
anci
bem
i^jauptquartier ber XHrmee ftammten.
l^mpört über
biefe
melpfennig unterm 10.
i^efd)impfung fdn'ieb ber braue alte ^djim;
feige
1863, an >3d)ur5 unter '^Inberem mie folgt:
l^cai
To I am an old soldier. command the brave men of this
"General,
proud
to
this
hour
brigade
;
I
that unless these infamous falsehiods be retracted tion
made, their good
and
I
shall
whom
I
;
if
who have from our
in
in
they are,
spirit will
the head of the
the
of
demand
am
sure
be broken,
same brave men
the good canse of our If
possession of the facts, I
I
and repara-
In the nanie of truth
to lead.
name
ask, therefore, for satisfaction.
I
be not sufficiently igation
at
had heretofore the honor
and common honesty, country
and soldierly
will
no longer be
have been
but
our superior
oiificers
demand an
invest-
I
that the miserable penni-a-liners
scandalized the division be excluded by a public order lines,
slanders be
and that the names
made known
to
of
me and my
the originators of these brigade, that they
may
be held responsible for their acts." 3d)ur;, beantragte ebenfaUo bieO'infetumg einecillnterfud)nngfigerid)t§, bod.)
mürbe
teine :Kücffid)t
barauf genommen.
5)ie beften I1iilitär;^d)rifts
— be§
fteltev
l'anbeö
@erecf)tigfeit
©amuel %\ cellorsville "
was the
"The
crisis of the battle,
ing of this
It is
campaign
its
oolle
"The
Battle of Chan-
much comment
has been a subject of
quite the custom in writing and speak-
and the yielding
But such
men.
"Ji-uppen
ber angefeljeuften
Eleventh Corps, which
of the
gÜbly pronounce
to
yielding of this corps,
cowardice of
beutfdjen
feinem iBnd)e,
way
giving
bitter criticism.
ben
.^lataftroplje ^icr mitt(jei(en.
i-5ateö fd)reibt in
:
feitljer
!^d) roiU batjcr einicje
Uifien.
ü6er bie Urfadjen ber
llrtl)ei(e
and
inbeffen
tjciben
it)iberfaf;ren
—
18
a view
is
its
failure
due
to the
corps to the
of this
void of just discrimi-
nation and conveys an Impression utterly at variance with the facts..."
" That corps, as
upon ed,
was
it,
it
there stood to receive the attack
in the attitude of a pugilist
when about
to
encounter an antagonist unbound and free to
Could any equal body
act.
made
with his hands pinion-
of
men
in a similar Situation
long withstood the terrible onset coming upon
anche precipitated from an Alpine height
it
like
have
an aval-
?..."
"General Howard had received from the commander-in-chief in the
an explicit order early in a Position to
urged
Courier
day directing him
a flank al^ck.
in the strengest
Howard on his
meet
to
terms the changes required
;
refused utterly to be counceled by them.
came bringing flank, but still
intelligence that the
he refused
to give
but General
Courier after
enemy was massing
heed
to the portents of
To General Schimmelpfennig who was
an attack.
put his corps
His division Commanders
eager to find
out what was going on in his front he gave Orders to avoid bringing on an engagement, to stop reconnoitering, and take the Position assigned him..."
" giving
What way
tegrity of the
than that
Howard
then must
of the
it
we conclude was
the cause of the rapid
Eleventh Corps and thus endangering the
whole army?
was due
Can
to the
it
be put
criminal
in
in-
any milder form
negligence of General
in not carrying out the orders of the general-in-chief
?"
— 'tljeobove 3(. ITobcje äuji;evt
—
19
feinem
in
fid)
53nrf)e
ü6er bie 8c^lad;t wie
folgt
When
"
the onset
came
it
was impossible quickly
Schurz's regiments were
front.
all
hemmed
in
their rear.
them and the woods
pits before
appear
half the regiments in this division
and the testimony would tend
their credit,
burned from
five to thirty
of
whether
and perpendicular that time
at
them.
to
any two divisions
changed front and made
a
that the
men
telescoped.
The enemy was on both
Their defenses were rendered useless. sides
have maintained
show
They were
rounds each.
rifle-
more than
Still
to to
change
to
between the
in
It
is
an open question
of the
army could have
good defense under these circum-
stances. (Jtnev unfevev tnpfcvftcn itnb
%huv
Tionblcbcn), bcv fpäteve
jeneö (Forps
ber Sd](nd)t bie 3. Tii'ifion
SBerle,
to
lo A.
Cffi^^iere,
OUnterafj'lltajor
evftcn 'i(vniee;Cun-p5, bev in
befeljligte, fprid)t
" Chancellorsville and Gettysburg
"From P.
gebie(]enften
C^omnmnbenv beo
",
form an impregnable
his line as
it
in
the
:
to 6
Howard
His division Commanders did not
line.
to
him
that
but he seemed perfectly satisfied with
air,
was, and
for
General Schurz pointed out
share his indifference.
was
in feinem
M. when Hooker's order was received
M. when the assault came, there was ample time
his flank
fid;
roie folgt auz-^
not at
all
desirous of changing
it
in
any
particular.
"
It
disaster,
is
always convenient to have a scape-goat
and the German dement
in
in case of
the Eleventh Corps have
been fiercely censured and their name become a by-word for giving
way on
this occasion.
done by calling attention that
when
violently on
a force its
is
It
is
füll
time justice should be
to the position of that corps.
not deployed, but
flank, resistance
is
is
iinpracticahlc.
assert
Not Napoleon's
Old Guard, not the best and bravest troops that ever could hold together in such a case, for the
I
Struck suddenly and
first
men
— to use a homely but expressive word — driven
existed,
assailed are
into a hiiddle
;
— and a huddle cannot
fight, for
—
20 it
has no front and no Organization.
Under such circumstances the men have but a choice of two evils, either to stay where they are and be slaughtered, without the
power
of
defending themselves, or to run, and the only
sensible thing for
them
do
to
is
to run
and
to rally
on some other
Organization..."
"The
Howard's and Devens'
disaster resulted from
came
disregard and inattention under warnings that front
and flank
was sent
to
all
Horseman
through the day.
after
horseman
headquarters with the Information that the enemy
were heavily marching along our front and proceeding right
and
;
last of
all
an
Howard scouted
attack.
utter
from the
in
officer
to
our
reported the rebels massing for
the report and insulted the informants,
charging them with telling a story that was the offspring of their imaginations or their fears..."
" The Germans were bitterly denounced for I
think very unjustly,
of the
this catastrophe,
for in the first place less
Eleventh Corps were Germans, and
in
than one half
the second place
the troops that did form line and temporarily stop Jackson's
advance were Germans.
Principally
Colonel
Adolph Busch-
beck's brigade of Steinwehr's division aided by a few regiments of
Schurz's division
who gave
Buschbeck
a volley or two.
held a plank road for three quarters of an hour, with artillery on the right, losing one third of his force.
around his flanks and took him
in
ance became hopeless and his
men
The enemy then when further
reverse,
folded resist-
retreated in good order to
the rear of Sickles' line at Hazel Grove, where they supported the artillery and offered to lead a bayonet charge,
reports are to be believed.
Warren
says he
if
the o£ficial
(Buschbeck) took
Charge of some batteries of the Eleventh Corps and formed them in
line
across the Plank
Road without any
infantry
support
whatever.
"In
reference to this surprise
Couch
re^kinks that no troops
—
~
21
could have stood under such circumstances, and
fully agree
I
with him." rie bev
obicjen >2d)riftfte((er uieifeu aiid) bavaiif
^^^otoinac
bem geinbe ®(^hi^
with
'?(rmee nid)t
in
friU)crcn 3d)lad)ten
bauoncjelaufen
feiten
()iii,
fouiol)!
unb
[inb
bnf^
nnbere Iruppen
alö
in
O'avl
feines 53erid)teö nnftreitig bev iiMil)rl)cil gcntäf;
my own
who now
eyes troops
am
"I have seen
:
down upon
look
affect to
vov
[päteren
^d)nv!i fagt
the
Eleventh Corps with sovereign contempt behave much worse
under circumstances p.
(R.
trying."
less
far
R.
Vol. 25, P.
1.
658).
nnb
3Bie weit biefer rentfd)cn()nf! bie gan^e IHiMnce bnvdifendite bie @enuitl)er l)öl)erev
ber (2'd)lad)t6erid)te
Cffi^fve
uevcjiftete,
entljaltenen
üevftecften
3d)lnd)t(ieridit
bee
Tiuifion§;6'omnuntbenv5
bev :iuieiten Tiinfion bed evften '?(vmee;0*ovpö nuig
i^er
^hujjug
folgenbe
'J)er
fclbft
in einigen
nnb gvnnblofen
^^(ngriffen
fd)nlbignngen gegen bie bentfd)en Trnppen. beni
anö ben
cvfid)tlid)
ift
an§'
uon
!jo()n C^. '}^o(nnfon als.
bienen
'-lu'ifpiel
:
" At an early hour on Saturday morning (May 2) a German
me and
battery of 12 pounder guns was sent to
with Orders to hold
commenced on my from the in the in
at
it
left
and while
right, this battery
was
I
for a
in
position
the heav}- firing
few moments absent
was withdrawn from
most cowardly manner
its
position,
and
with the horses upon a run,
fled,
the direction of our brigades at the United States Ford.
regret
I
meet the reward which
@§
I
do not know the Commander's name, that he might
deserves." legt
his dastardly
(R. R. Vol. 25, P.
1.
non bent Tienfteifer nnb bev nülitävifdien Iüd)tigfeit eine§ ganzen Xng eine iMittevie untev feinem
ben
^*onunanbo
,^engnif;
ab,
mit
bem
l)at,
fein
gntco
nodi
lid)en '-ln';,eidinung bcvfelben
fannt madit.
and treacherous conduct
276.)
p.
T'iinfion'j;('^onunanbeuve, bev
bitf;
placed
When
hazards.
all
\li>ie
tonnte
ev,
bie "i^ittevie eine bentfd)e
inbcm
umv
?
ev
baf; er fid)
wcbev mit bev amt;
'.^lamen ibveo
.hauptmanno
'^Ind)
I)ätte
es
ihm, ba
er,
uue
Rauptet, nuv menige '^lugcndlirfe abinefenb umv, nid)t fdiiuev fallen bie 'liamcn fofovt \n ermitteln,
menn
de;
bieo unterlief;, übevtnuipt miffen,
er mivtlid)
mit fold)
l)ol)ev
ev be;
tonnen,
Iviitvüftnng
— über baö angeblidje feige
^ui^em
er angtebt.
(eidjt gciuefen,
laffen, roie
?(uciveif;en ber beutfdjen ^Batterie
mu§
3Binb
ber
lüie
ergriff,
Ueberbieö baj?
35>erfe
bebient
bie
eö
()ttt
So
im
if)n
ebenfo
ein (Jrempel ftatuiren
gegtanbt
er roirflid)
,^u
Ijätte,
ha^ 33or;
elften C^orpö anf
Tobge
fdjreibt
who
obenerroä^nten
feinem
in
rebuke
severely
niost
say a word in favor of the Service
all
Dilger on the road, just
own hands from
with his
luie
gerabe bei ber (fongrefnmterfudjung
'^h-tiüerie
general officers
the conduct of the Corps, of the guns.
firf)
bentfdje
mav.
"Those
:
nnb
fpciter feft^nfteden
e§®olbatenpf(td)t gemefen loäre, roenn
ran§ er fagte.
erfüdt joar,
alfo offenbar erft fpäter
tfju
luorben fein, benn eä luäre für
oerroefjt
^erauSgefteUt, 5Üglid)fte
bie C?ntrüftung, bte
9iamen
bie
—
22
his last
Buschbeck's
at
gun
round
a
line, fired
of canister
when
the corifederates were within a dozen yards. W^o in
einer
.r-inbert "Tätiger ftanb,
1;reffen, richtete ftiftete
fämpfte aüenml ein
'iia
beutfdjen 9JNlitärfdjn(e, rnfjig, befonnen
Kanonen
er feine
ftetä
fetbft,
nad) InSfprnd) ber beften ^üljrer,
^erljeernngen in ben
i^teiljen
nnb
im beiheften
^id unb
nie fein
oerfefjfte
nnter benen
©ebilbet
.C^elb.
fül^n
biente,
er
größere
beö g'ein'^e^, at^ irgenb ein anberer '^(rtiUerift
feineä 9'tangeg.
?eute mie rifantfd^en
bie
beCi
geeigneter einen (Solbaten
im
5)ie
3)eutfcl)en
ift
Ijie
node
feinen
nid;t
feljlöljaber
^^otge
unb i§n gänjlid)
unb Sdjulbigfeit jn t^un. baft bie beutfd)en
gut fämpften, meil
beö 9fürftrittg
fie
fo
Gruppen
bei
überhaupt fein 3"=
Ijatlen,
ber
uon 5rn"S ©iget ju
berufen lourbe unb ifjuen oollftänbig fremb mar.
balb uuridjtig, meil bie Truppen
fefjr
perfönlidjen 2)?utlj in 'Jroge
trauen ^u il;rem neuen (JorpöiC^ommanbeur .^omarb
uor ber Sdjlac^t in
nnb mie
9trmee fuljren bennod) männiglic^
"ipflic^t
unb ba behauptet toorben,
O'fjancedorSüitte befjljalb
fie {)(inbe(ten
Ä'riege jn bemornlifiren
ganzen
ber
in
fort, roie e§ fic^ gebüf;rte, il)re
(5§
^ic^möfjer in ber eng[ifd);ames
2>aterlanbe§ Schaben broljten, benn nidjtö
menn man
untauglid^ gu mad)en, al§ ftedt.
feigen
tonf^ten nid)t mie nnpatriotifd^
©djmäfjnngen ber ®ad)e
i^re ift
nnb
D^iobinfon
"i^reffe
erft
fur^
it)rem 23e;
'4)ieö ift bef;;
gut fämpften, al6 unter ben llmftänben
^u erumrten ftanb, obgleid) bie .r->altung ifjreö neuen
(^ommanbeure befoube;
reo 33ertrauen fa aud) nidjt einjuflijj^eu geeignet mar.
'Dodj felbft
menn ba§
—
—
23
lliuHlücf (uitte a(igeuicnbet tucrbcii
föuncn, fallo
^}lrmee;(>ovpö geftanben
ift
in
uiev
Ifeieruc
bie
nianboo
bcv
laffung
dou
5urücf,
fcbiif
über
biiö
war
fd)mälert, fd)U)erte
eine
(^vanb
riinfton,
^igel.
morüber
unh unter
er
[idi
mcrben.
mie
co
in
lauge
(^U'balt, fo
fein
uorgelcgt,
"•^.H-iifibeuteu
'.Hrmce^l^'ommaubo
and he desires him
bcuuod) uor, feinen
mie
ber, er
iuimer,
feineu
auö beut
er
audi
'.^(bfdiieb
:;u
isaterlanb in Okfabr
uub
ift
Tcrartigc
nelimeu.
babcn
'-1^6(1116
:
as he
^igel
it."
auf
allein
Ter Teutfd);',Hmerifauer
ift
auf bie
ftol^
benuibvten (^igenfdiaften feiner Vauboleute, aber er empfinbct eo aud)
meuu
nid)t bei ibueu überall u)o
tugenben ^u betbätigeu, ber bödjfte erfüllung angelegt mirb. ehrten aucge^eid)uet
ober
wenn ihm '.}lrmeeu
aud)
uou
ernftlid) in
bie '^vflidit erbeifdUe,
Arage
beffen
unb
l^iilitärc geftellt
bereitet batte, fo itant>
fid) hei
;-^urürffel3ungen
.hallerf,
er
eo
auf
bod)
uidit
uub
fou'obl
aufrid)tiger
'^^flidjt;
ONbge unb an anberen
baf^
er
alo
@efd)idit'5fd)reibern
merben, nameutlid)
fo
X^ca
feinem
Aä()igteiteu
um
bie ebelfteu :[-^nrger;
gilt
l^uif-iftab treuer
^igel batte
uub
unrtlidier
per;
einem .Uricge menn baö
in
iebeu einzelnen feiner tapferen 2öl)ne brandet,
uidit bie geringfte 'in'red)tiguug.
fdjuier^lidier,
ben
Stauten
command
do the best he can with
to
bieomal
.Uriegouiiuifter
mit^utbeileu
telcgrapbifd)
fonlidie :1iürffid)teu geftül.Ue ^^^efdimcrbeu
lid)er
ge; be;
(^^immanbos entbobeu 5U
feiueö
President) has given General Sigel as good a
:;og
(soininanbo
^ruppen^afjl
beffen
Aebruav 18(53 bö()eren Crteei
ftellte,
mitten auf beu .Uopf traf, iubeui
aumies, bem
can,
'-iu'vnn=
'.Jlrmee; ('»'orpö
baö
iibevtnig
itub
auf
fdicint
eine,
(vom;
bec
Tiefe in'fdmierbe untrbe uou .noofer nod) 'ii>aif)ington beförbert
uub uuferem ^Icagel
^uni 2(5. ^Aaniuir
bio
uon benen ^igel
Uebcrnnl)nie
ix-i
luurbe
12.
auf
'-i.^er:;id)tleiftuug
aftiueu ^ienft bleibe, bao (^icfud)
^luar
Ivintbeilung
ir^ierburd)
unterm
uoUfoutiuen [veiundiger.
ein
.*>oofer,
frübeveu
Jnippenfövpev
foUtev
an
Teuticben in biefem Vanbe
gcuicfcn,
befehligte.
bev
\n
.Oallerf,
gerl)eilt
an bcv 3pil?e beö 11.
2ii"(el
bic
lang imb
fcbvte
'^J^otontac^'Jlnnee
rtd)t
;-^cit
riuifionen
grof^e
elfte
bao für
beim Ätger^ 9tüdtvttt umv
ein i'd)led)ter Troft,
J^ie '|Hitoinac;'^lvincc
18(33,
[o
()ätte,
in
im
nugeaditet uermeiut;
''|>often
uerblieb,
Cber;(fommanbenv berDovrageuben ^l^iiffouri
uiel
benn ber
:1i\inge§
^.^lergernifi
Tieufte .nalledc., alo im
rieufte feines bebriingten 'Initerlanbeö, baö and) ibm grofje 'Jtuö5eid)nungen fjatte
ju tt)di werben laffen.
Ueberbieö
Ijatte er als
(v^ommaubeur be§ 11.
—
mit Aalledf, fonbevit mit .^oofer ut
(Sorpei ntd;t birefl g(eicf)3eitig
—
24
^riuatbrief (R. R. Vo). 25, P't 2, p. 70) ju Reiben baei 6efte CS'ini)ernef)meit. für
^icjel'g
[agt
:
^tücftritt
d)
i
t
unb
.riingalie,
in ber ^sotDmac;'^(vmec,
[ie
ttnSgefei^t
nom
nor ber
United States"
Army Corps
"
of
Corps
"Ohio Commandry
gel)altenen
m
e
g
i
t^ut
e
v
" t.
"i^uidjdetf,
Jpoff;
i2>d)mä()ungen, benen
ben
in
fd)i.inen
i9orten be§
"And
:
Von
majority
large
of the
of the
what
of Schurz, Stein-
undoubted representatives
Gilsa, of
Loyal Legion
" Afield with the Eleventh
^vortrage,
German element
the
of
the
?
They bore
And such It
maüce
of
—
defeat like gods
defeat
takes as true a
Or wrong
!
man
to
or right,
bear
Defeat like that as win the frght
of
?nie§ v
beut|"d)cn ('i'ommnnbeure
tvot^ ber feigen
Embittered by the gibes
On
e
iuiterlanbes and) ferner bienten^nerbient
6ercbten '^(uobrucf
the
d
153. '^^^ennfi)luania -Ttegiment in feinem uor metjre;
wehr, Hecker, Buschbeck, thesc,
nid)t
'^tUee
mit bev bie üdvigcn
be^i
I)erv|'d)te jroifdjen
gegvünbete Urfadje
^d)uv,^, ^teinmeljv, uon (^'Hlfa,
maren, bev ©ai^e
6apt. Oraen diia
mev
;
()at
befonberg fjeriiorgel)o6en ^n merben nnb finbet
ren ^aljren
nuö feinem
iinb
(5\n beiiti"d)er >5d)riftfteller
I)ingie()t,
Pilger, .^eder, u. %.
i^riartnng,
[d)tie[?en,
)"d)eint batjer feine
feine '®tn[en
()at
§ getfjan, uier nidjt 'Hlleö
T'ie Viebe
mann,
(S'ö
uorgelegen jn t}a6en.
„®ie ^Satertonbäliebe
n
l)at
tljiin,
mit bem eriDöfjnteu 5(6banfung§i"d;rei6en an ilpoofer geridjteten
the bloody slopes of Gettysburg, with
fire,
and on every bloodsodden "
From Lookout
its
!
threefold baptism
field
to the rebel sea",
they wrote the courage of their convictions, in answer to the aspersions of zealots, and overwhelmed with unfaltering devotion those cavilers
who demanded
of
them the impossible
at
Chancellorsville. l^iad)
ber
^d)hid)t
uon
(sl)irfanuntga
jnr ("»nmticrlanbrxHrniee beorbert.
ftürmung uon ^oofer
lieber
Lookout Mountain
unirbc bao elfte ''}lrnu'e;(5Drp§
feine
fd^reibt
'i^etbeilignng
ber nnfterblid)c
an
ber
(är:
Ibomaö an
" The bayonet-charge of Howard's troops, made up the side
and
of a steep
difficult
its
rank with the most distinguished feats of arms of
will
top...
over two hundred feet high, com-
hlll,
and driving the enemy from his barricades on
pletely routing
this war.
Lookout Mountain unb Missionary Ridge
ytad)
unter ®f)crman bic .Uäiiipfc ©eovcjia
biird)
(5'aroIina§
5um
'20.
©lücf,
gen 9iovben,
Cften mie im
int
unb
tf)eil,^unc(imcn,
am
madite ba? Povpö
mit if)m im Iviumpl)
morben
3d)lui5 bes
burdj
rücfte
mar,
ytricijeö
bie
bem
12. C^orpö, mit
an bcn ((Vü[Uen unb
'l5}efteu
feljvtc
bcm
Iiatte fo nebft
i)evjd)mol:^en
"Jlvutce^Cün-pci
^,o(\
^aunnnal) am,
unb
(5()avleöton
(jcgen
I)innuf
;}(tlnnta mit,
(^tn^en
es
(\an]
fiefoubere
u)id)ti(-(ftcn
Aclb^üt^en
bivo
nad)
(ovdeerßcfröut
|)aufe ,5urürf.
^ijxikaxxxaxx^a. uno nun micbcr \nv (^*umlierlanb;XHvnu\'
mir
"irH'nbcn
nod) an cinic\cn
'^H'ii'picU'u {\l(in:;cnbcv
Tie 3d)lad)t (langen '^Irmee
linten
unb
f)atte
fid),
um
obgefcfinitten
tonnen,
:;u
nerein^eltc
maren.
\u
über ber
ein
entf;e()en,
:;u
uon
auf ben
^^n ?iOi(\c beffen
iveinb,
famen am
maren,
bereu
O'k-fedU,
(^H'ueraho 'iMtirb,
"regulars"
uon
beftanb.
^nei
ciehLirten
benen
eine
T'iefe
ber
planhiieften (Mebiet
ifjren
3>er(iinbnnßö;
ber
unter
'^^rißabe
eine
o()ne
A-lantcn
l^rigaben
^\oi)n .0.
3dilad)tlinie
nöüin
^Hui'iriffen
in
Sl'u\c\
mürbe uon ben
entblöft
beo
nabe, fafite
baf; ;
ber
bie
H. 5th U.
"l.'anif
Wott
mciter
S. Artillery eroberten.
um
fid)
griffe
unb
(]röi>erc
Aein;
ber
rii'ifion
ano
focienannten
;lfebellen
Aludit (^efdilac^en, mobei biefclben bie and fedie .Kanonen beftebenbe
hani's Battery
im
^erftreute
erften lac^e ber ^d)lad)t
beu erften Iruppen, meldie ben beftiqften
auo('(efet^t
mir ung
C^ilmärfdien (ffiattanooc^a :;u5umenben
in
in's
eine
meiteci, unn)ivtl)i"ame'o
@efa()r
merben,
Truppenförper
.^n
mar mobl
('^"hirfamaui'ia
plöl^lidi in ber ^ii^ilbnif^
[tief;
(H'vftellen
beci
bei
llnfere
,Urte("(e.
nui
erbauen uuillen.
bcutidier iapfcrfeit
Tie
in
t^eci
bie
Burn-
(^-k'fabr ia(\
^^ruppenmaffen
er;
ber >od)ladjten fücjte eä jebod), baf; baö ^u 'inm '^erueer'ö
— 2?rigabe
tu
3?r(innan'ö
unb
trieb
iljm
ßef)övenbe
^^iuifion
Jlampfplai^e erfc^ien, unb
über baß
"Our
abualjm, ba^ raoüen
raieber
uon unferen eigenen (Fommanbeuren ttuf:!ert fiel)
er^äl)len
(Sreignii^' loie folgt
:
unö
©eneval
laffen.
bem Ijer jeljt
Sairb
—
Assisted by
force.
my
fidence to these
men and
after they
I
induce them to
had passed
Complete destruction seemed
Major Fitch,
staff-officers
Captain Gary and Captain Williams,
was only
raiv
firf)
troops behaved with gallantry and yielded only to
overwhelming
it
0\)\o ^Regiment auf
9.
ben Spief^ roanbte, ben geinb uov
tuie e§
unfere 23atterie
—
26
strove to restore con-
make another
far to the rear that
I
Four pieces
inevitable.
stand, but
could do of
so.
Colonel
Scribner's battery were captured after firing sixty-four rounds,
and the eneniy sweeping brigade before
it
had got
a torrent, feil
like
into position, took
its
upon the regulär battery and after
a struggle in which whole battalions were wiped outof existence,
drove
it
back upon the
line of
We
General Brannan.
are in-
debted to the Ninth Ohio Regiment of Brannan's division, for recapturing this battery."
(R. R. Vol. 30, Part,
2öie baö 9. Oljio auf ben
manbeur 5]an Xerueer
"As
the
chafing like a
in
J-einb
losging
erjäfjlt
feinem ©(^(ad)tbertd)t
i,
p.
276.)
ber 23vigabe;'5:om;
roie folgt
enemy slackened his fire, Colonel KammerHng, wounded tiger that he had been behind at the
opening, ordered his
men
to charge."
ber ^fadjt einen i1lunition'3,;,ug
ju
beTOadjen
(.^Tämmerling
unb be^ljalb
(;atte nnitjrenb
fjinter ber Öinie
Away they went, closely followed by the Eighty Seventh Indiana and the Seventeenth Ohio, the enemy falling back precipitately. The Ninth in this charge recaptured the bleiben muffen.)
guns
of Gunther's Battery
Artillery,
and held them. "
(fott t)ei^en
lieber bie ferneren ^Ijaten beö 9. DI}io
er^ä()U ^inni X^eroeer weiter
"He
(the
Burnham's Battery) Fifth
(Ib. p. 428.)
9kgimeut§ an bemfelben tage
:
enemy) advanced
rapidly,
slowly until his flank was brought opposite a
murderous and enfilading
fire
was poured
my left giving way my right wing, when into his ranks
by the
—
—
27
infantry and by Rodney's section
Having observed
lines.
ency of his attack,
shotted with canister.
moved up
withstanding this he steadily
Not-
second and third
his
his great force as well as the persist-
had sent messenger
after messenger to bring up the Ninth Ohio, which had not yet returned from its charge
made from my
I
my
for
impetuous advance
of the
in
sullen withdrawal.
be§
(^nn^en
Iiericf)tet
3:ageg
enemy, the Ninth came gallantly up
unb
final
which resulted
struggle,
im
)}euer
0>)e[n((enen
univen
*'
[ofi^^ugef)en,
leeren
hatkn,
unb bann
if)nen
the hin into the midst of the enemy,
©ie
to their position
35>affentf}at
biefeö
am
9iad)nnttag bie
biö
fie
mit
gefälltem
on the
9iegimente'3,
bie
them
like chaff,
hill."
and)
in
bem
Tnrd)in auf Seite 72 feines 33uc^eä über
©eneral ^ofju
33.
"extraordinary dash
rounbernng in ber gan5en nid)t üblid), [id]
unh
ntd)t
langen
23erid)t
nennt,
^^n ben iHn-id)ten
lange biefel6eu
in
i^ijidac
Staunen unb
ber .OeerfiUn-er
3?e;
if't
@emeinfd)aft mit anberen
berjcnigen Offi:;iere, bencn
3."i>ir
finben baliev iu
bem 11
beö
5?cfel)lcil)al)erS
uom
l^eiftungen ber ein^^elnen 'r'iüifionen
eine
C^ö
eS
iior=
bieö
if't
Irnppenförper
?lrmee=(?orpg,
unb 93rigaben,
5(rt ber i^etljeiligung ober bie
bie
grof^K Trurffeiten
14.
Tlioma§, über ben (51)irfamauga ^-elbjug luolU
naljme auf bie
erregte
etma ju fpeeiellem T'ienft ab6efoI)len merben.
üielmefjr bie 5(ufgaBe
unterfteüt finb.
e^renbe (Jnuäfjnung finbet
mit 51ue;einanberfet?ung ber Veiftungen tleinerer Truppen;
förper ju befaffen, fo gelten
'?(rmee.
"
beS
i^evid)t
unb
einen
down
gallant charge
a
scattering
33rannau (^. 401)
bie
ilu'e
'iMiponet
©tüifionS'.Cfommanbeurö
mauga
@e;
um
fdiiief^lid),
fäl)rt er fort
Here again the Ninth Ohio made
and then returning
Truppen madrenb
baf^ feine
ha\i,
^satronentafdien bev ^i^enr)unbeten,
fie bie
^u
unb
©tellnng 6el)nupten \n fönnen, genötf)igt nmven, auf ben Jyeinb
in his
)
[erner aucifülivltd),
9Jiunttion ausging, tuefi^alb
fangenen
it
longer to withstand the
In this last attack his loss must have been
(Ib. p. 42g.
inin ^erueev
however, and when
last
men
brave
time to take part in the
very severe."
At
original right.
seemed impossible
bireft
umfaffenben O^eorge
.1^.
genaue Tarlegung ber jebodi
feincrlet
iu-^^ug;
Jüljrung ber einzelnen JHegi;
— menter
in ber ®d)(ad)tltnte.
iKvjige
unb ebe[mütt)ige
^n
—
28
0§io mod)t
23e5ug auf bas 9. jebod)
Jetbljerr
ber f)od^;
glänjenbe ^(nsnafjme, inbem
eine
^hiölaffungen über bie 33etf)eiügung uon JRei)no(b§\33aivb'§,
er [id; in [einen
^^almer'g unb 23rannan'ö '4)iin[ionen an ben i^ämpfen beg 9J^orgen§
5lnberem
folgt äußert
roie
"As
:
unter
soon as formed they advanced
upon the enemy, attacking him
and driving him
in flank
in great
disorder for a mile and a half, while Brannan's troops met him in front as
head
he was pursuing Baird's retiring brigades, driving the
column back and retaking the
of his
been temporarily
covering Battery H. 5th U. S. Artillery,
bayonet."
^ie
beforgt biefer eble I1?ann mar, ha^
erfidjtüc^
at the
Unterm
:
bem
nirgenb uorentI)ttlten tuerbe,
1864
11. ^fnnitnv
CM)to D^egiment ber
9.
befonberS auö 50^9^"'
ift
er
bei'd)H)erte
ß^icfamauga unootlftänbig unb ungenau lüiebergegeben
um
feftjuftetlen,
ob bie§ etnm
burcf)
törbebörben in 3Öa[^ington ge[d)eben
unb am [olgenben
,r->allerf
'3)ana,
gerabe
re-
point of the
bei
fid)
.IpaUerf,
Rettungen [einen nad) 2Sa[t)ington ge[anbten ^diladitberidit über
ba[^ bie
bü§,
which had
(Ib. p. 250.)
n)of)(iierbiente ii^orbeer
bem
artillery
by Baird's brigades, the Ninth Ohio
lost
9.
and)
biejenige Stelle in
ment betraf unb
bie in
einem
bem
f)ätten.
(?r tl^at
auf Seite ber Wilic
Jage barauf
[ei.
i'iJiir:;
unb ha^ ©direiben beä Sedieren
um
ein 33erfef)en
[(^rteb iljm befiljalb
nod) ber ^ülf§;.^rieggminifter beutlid)
läf^t
erfennen, ba[; eö
fid^
Sd)lad)tberid)t banbelte, bie jeneö ^iegi;
"New
in ber
^luöjug ausgela[[en uun-ben mar.
(R.
York Tribüne"
R.
Vol.
P't
30,
er[d)ienenen i,
pp.
257
and 258.) Ikbrigenci
mar bem
5(m 20.
galten.
ber (fumberlanb;'?(rmee
nad)
®aft)ingtou,
ilfegiment nod)
ÜJouember
in
erboben mar,
meldjem
er
eine grö[!ere 9(uQ^eid)nung uorbe;
nad)bem Xl)oma§ :ium
1863,
rid)tete
18
f)t.ibere
einigen Ijunbert ;)^egiment'S;(iomma]ibeuren
empfabl.
Unter letUeven befiubet
(^fmpfel)lung
ling,
er
ein
Offi!,iere,
ber
33efel)l6ljaber
amtlid)e^ Sd)reiben
'^Irmee,
unter ibueu 7 axi^ ^ur
l^eförberuug
Obevft (^hiftao Äämmerling, be[[en
fic^
mie folgt begrünbet
er
:
" Colonel Gustave Kammer-
Ninth Ohio Infantry, as lieutenant-colonel, commanding
the Ninth Ohio at the battle of Mill-Springs, at the head of his
— regiment "charged the enemy's
with bayonets fixed, turned
left
and drove them from the
their flank,
and again
the
at
Charge upon an advancing column of the enemy "retaking
Battery H. Fifth U.
S.
Colonel Kammerling
commands one
Service, the efificiency of
Commander."
as a
Artillery, at the point of the bayonet."
which
is
DDV allen ^\a,
ljcvüov(]el)oben.
lenfer
^d)lad)t
fein
^Itec^tnientevn uiiv
\Hvniee
jener
to his
Ijat
büvfen es anläfUid)
pp. 201
3,
and 202.
befonbevö
i"old)ec>
luirb
eviuäl)nt
in
)
biefcni
nnb
feine
ber
lnnnberlaub;'>(vniee anefdjlie^lid)
ftolj
befennen, bev gvöf^te ^2'd)lad)ten;
feiner
rKec^inienter
feiner
ein^iiße'j
energy and capacity
alö in beut ev[tevu)äl)uten 'l^cvid)t
iSd)reiben baö 9. Ol)io :)iec3inient alö lüd)tißfeit
of the best regiments in the
due
(R. R. Vol. 31, P.
nacl)t)vüi.fltcl)ev
'')lod)
9.
field",
Chickamauga, September the igth he led the Ninth Ohio
battle of in a
—
29
bliitißftcn fo
fel)r
nnb
dcbeutenbften
ancn^e:;eid)net
baö
alö
Ol)io.
3"
Jierueer'Q
^inin
i^rii\abe
fänipfte
bei C^liicfamanc^a
neben beni 9.
Df)io, baö 35. OI)io 'Jtegiment nnter feinem luaderen Cuiunnanbenr S^.
^oijnton.
'Jceiblo'j
'i}.
erfennt aud) biefer uortrefflidje 'Dlann, ber ein '.Hngen;
jeuge ber itjaten bcö 9. 0()to iKeginientö luar, bie auf5erorbentlid)en i>er; bienfte beöfelben an, inbent er fid;
barüber
in ber
"Cincinnati Tribüne"
mie folgt änfu'vt
" The
ing for Orders, front,
at
Chickamauga, Coming up from guarding
moment
wlien the fight was furious, without wait-
first
the trains at a
it
day
(the Ninth Ohio) swept far beyond the
and charging two
regulär battery,
"The
it
drove
second day
füll
off
the
it
Derveer's brigade, to which füll
into the face of
brigades which had
enemy and retook
charged it
in
the
Union
captured a
the guns.
morning with Van
belonged, across the Kelly
Breckinridge's
advancing Division,
field
and,
outstripping tbe rest of the line, fboiigh all were advancing on a run, it
pushed on
to the
guns which had been supporting the Con-
federate advance, disabling the whole battery."
" In the afternoon
it
charged into position on Snodgrass
—
30
—
Hill (Horseshoe Ridge), and three times in succession
the slopes in front of Ue6er
it
with
Biegiments äußert
bie [päteren $;I)aten beei
it
cleared
bayonets.
its
©eneral 33ot)nton,
fidj
lüie folgt
the
" At Missionary Ridge
it
enemy's
and carried
line
fortified
assaulted at the steepest spur on
without
it
Throughout the Atlanta Campaign, wherever tained all its
its
high prestige.
whole Service was
Qq
nllgemein
ift
Eingriffen
33efel)le feineö
evtannte
gab ben
main-
it
and
at the front,
jugeftanben,
eigenen Obeiften
ütieratl fofort
er
jnm
i^cfetjl
baö
ba|j
W\t
l;atte.
unb wie
^Jluf
beut (id)lad)tfelbe
folgeube
Artillery",
auf ber anberen
Sept. ig, 1863,
S. Artillery.
;3n|'-'tnift
bte®enfmäler
ber einen Seite be^ifelbeu
for the gth
"
is
not so
Ohio."
Elle id)
much
Tas
^fcgiuteutc) befiubet fid) jebod; auf ber
im 3Jtouat 9iouember
a
monument
eigeutlidje
be'ä
Uuionftreitcru
jroeiten
bie
Jageö
betten auf ber 3[ßa!)lftott
jur ;}ted)ten
in
blieben.
üon mo au^
erljeben
fid)
düngen
@enteinfd)ttft
etroa
biefeä
anberen
jmei
ber
8000
mo bo§
'^-öljren,
Oljio
Otegiment
^Kebellen abiüeljrte tobte
unb
unb üenuunbete ftef)t
bie ^Sdjladjt lenfte.
ftattlid)e
9.
in ber 9tä()e
am
mit etiua 7000 anberen
Etuf jenem i^ügel
^^oma§
beö
"Horseshoe Ridge"
ueryueifeltfteu Eingriffe
nad) breiftüubigem blutigen
alte Slorffjauö,
of
for that battery
Xeufmal
bce .f^auptquartierö unfereei unoergef;lid)eu l:l)omaö
9tad)mittag
S.
ground morning
this
^^enfnuit [taub, mad)te biefer braue alte if^aubegen bie
" This
:
ber
was captured by Liddell's Division and recaptured
^ameraben uor bem
it is
fid)
mit meinem alten 1^iüifionö;@eneral 33airb unb einigen
33emerfuug
mit t^m
unb unter i^nen aud) bn§;
':)(uf
"Fought on
:
bie
üor fein Diegiment,
" Burnham's Battery H. 5th U.
:
by Kammerling's gth Ohio Vols. ^at)regi
alei
alle ii>inbe.
uon C^()idamaugn ergeben
Battery H. 5th U.
fid)
aüen fetneu
ein fegenbeö 3[i>etter faufte e§
Jelb unb jcrftieb ben ^seiub in
befinbet
bei
imüergleid)Iid;em i3d;arfblicf
bie l'age, trat ()elbenmütf)ig
'-Eingriff
baei
jeuige ber
^Regiment
feinem einzigen gnlle irgenb lueldje anbeven
in
üerfdjiebeneu 'I^ruppenförper, bie bort fämpfteu
as
pause.
a
fought,
honors savor of the smoke of victorious battle."
füfinen
über
Its
it
roo 'Ste-
nod) l;eute ba§ 55or ber X\)üve.
jur Viufen eine mäd)tige
— @tc^e.
gebliebenen in
be§ 9Jational;'l>artö uon C^ljicfamauga
,3"i" b'^i^i' "^er Cftnuieilnutg
im i3eptem6er
biefeg
tjatteu
3'^'ji^f'^
beö
'-Veteranen
—
31
and)
iid)
Ol)io,
9.
bie
ß^attanooga :iu[aminenge[unben, unb am
nn§
Unb
Ijatte.
gemeibten otätte,
ber
nact)
bantit
bie
3öt)ne [enfen möge, Hetzen
uon
älte[ten
iljncn
Vor beer Iran;,
einen
v2d)lei[en, auf benen
il)re
\Huobrud' ian'^, unb
be[e[tigten
neten
alo
a\\2 tillleben
benn
be[onbcro
ibaten
[eine
[tol^^eu,
burd)
alö
rü[tiger
brauen
ber
unglüi,flid)en
i\>illid)
unb
;3n ber 3d)lad)t
'Hk-Cfoof
am
bei
l^iorgen
beö
[orgen;
ein
tonnen,
^Vlinoio :1iegiment, bie böd][te
geebrt
l)atte
un[er gro[u'o
^t^t^
9.
Cbio
(
unb
ameritaui|d)en
3tamm.
eci
nod)
[id),
bei
ba^ mir ber ibaten
fur^ (vruiäbnuug tbun.
i'Iurfreesborough
redeten
ge;
:1iegimeut inill
32. gmtiiaxxa
:)tegimenteo
un[creö
bao
\u
amerilani[d)eo
ermorbeuen
bitö
Stone's River
Üticberlage
brürfen
24.
i'A'anneouiabl
[eiueo
75. Vebeniöjabr
(siti)
uom
•öeuor mir (s'bidamauga i)erla[[en geziemt beö
lell
,*>anb
43ürgertitel, [oubern aud) uu[ereu ebleu beut[d)en
(Bcxxcval pttUidi
[ein
(*«h-ei'o
.Uämmerling,
bie
bod)
[reie
('»Ijartanooga
in
Cber[t
[übrt,
allein
nid)t
violbaten[cier
[einem ,*>eimatbcun-te
jel^t in
ben ,Svamp[geno[[en
3?e[riebigung,
un[eren
iüng[ten
namentlid) aber bem
l^canne, ber
unb
beidiaulidieo
luäljrte itno,
burd)
ber
bei
tonnen,
\n
iiortre[[lid)en
^urüdgelegt freiem,
ibni
er[üUle,
ben 3d)lad)t[elbern
au[
[id)
bin*
[ie
Ijatte.
^'ie[e roieber
ben
r'urd)
Überlebenben .Uameraben
[id) bie
übrig
Aniniilien,
uor bem un[terblid)en J>lben unirbigen
Cvl)rfnrd)t
ber ^Sc^roelle jeneö Jpau[eö.
[ie
uoran[d)reiten,
bie[e
[ie
it)ren
tage pilgerten
erfteii
bie frouniie '^HH-ebrung, bie [ie
fid)
nod)
lucniijen ntit
bcif^gelicbter A-übrer inne geljabt
il)r
ebeniou)oljl alö and) ber patriDti|d)e 0eift, ber it;rer
bie
nteiften
Alügelo
unter
31. Tecember 1802 'iiMUid)'o
'^^[erb
)
")[.
mar
bei
"llJcl).
unter ibm
— uuivbeit
erfd)o[fen
uerimmbct
lunv
er
iiiib
(R. R. Vol. 20, P't
fallen.
geraec^felt,
^tte
(Joinmanbo er
fetjligte
er
über
feine
nnter
beni
Äentncfi)er uon
eblem
ba§ 32. ^nbiana
i,
(Lfinige 'JJionate fpäter
nuö;
uitb
ba§
jur
'.?(rmee
übernommen.
t^rigabe
geftellt
t^jicfamanga
i^ei
rituifionsiÖeneral 3iid)arb
ilJadjbem
er
mäbrenb
^d)lad)ttageö
erften
beci
t)erf(^iebene 'Eingriffe be^i j^-einbefi erfolgreid) abgciuebrt Ijaüc, fd;lng
bem 32. ^nbiana 9tegiment
9tebeüen;(?^auaUerie
mittag rücfte
i^nr
ftief;.
gegen bie neryueifeltften
über
allein
ju feiner Sinfen ben g-einb jurücfgemorfen
unb 6
.5
9}iittag erlittenen 9tieberlage nnfere$
Xl)oma6
©eneral
9tei;nDlbs,
^tücfjug
ben
für
bed'te
(Sd)lad)tfelbe
äBillid)
mar.
mit
ber
I)atte
im llebrigen beljanptete
;
iHrmee,
33efel)t
33rigabe,
ber
Sd)lad)t
3
Tiinfionen
bie
jum
glänjenber,
fo
bie
uielrf)e
liefen
bem
er
^einbe
ber
ttnfül;ren
I
was
mir nun
nal)e;
lieber
nod) einige vcätje auö
unmittelbaren iun-gefet^teu,
beö
my
the attack on
bem
(Mcueralö ^oljufon
immediate front was progressing
received an order from Major General
to follow the latter.
Thomas,
to say
to
him
based upon the belief that
was
Ijeroorging.
Scl)ladjt
withdrawal of the entire army; Reynolds I
erfdjeint
:
"While well,
feineö
;,meitägigen
mollen
feine auf;erorbentlid)en Iljaten
i3d)lad)tberid)t
fünf
SSunbesarmee im groj^en ©anjeu mit einem
bie
5000 @efangenen aue
bem
auf
letzte
üon etma GO .Hanonen, mebrcrcn taufenb Äleingemeljren unb
33ertuft
ju
roeit
'-'f)iM" '-'"/
Stüdfjug erging,
Ijatte
am
nnb (Zentrums üon
^lügelö
Itanonen unb meljrere l^unbert ©efangene abgenommen, unb bieä
um
^tad);
Xurdjin
Ul)r 9?ad)mittagfi, in ^olge ber
feiner
Üinil^renb
am
er fanb, baf^ ber tapfere
redeten
ber
3feft
^almer unb ^airb,
biefelbe
er
;
il;n
auf
er
bi^a
bel)anptete
3tebeIIen-@eneralö VibbeU
nor als
er jebodj gleid) inieber
meit,
3Jfeile
Vinie jnrücfgefe()rt
X>(ngriffe beö
er feine (Stellung, bis jn)ifd;en
eine
am
er
nnb nerfolgte
näd;ften iTiorgen ben (Seinb iior feiner Vinie in bie Alud)t
mit
be;
einem
;3otjnfon,
2.Ö.
eine Srigabe, ^n ber fein früljeree 9^egiment,
i-^lut,
gel)i3rte.
J^änbe ge;
in bie
ilfedellen
beii
296.)
p.
luieber
fofovt
(id)
—
32
fearfully attacked,
I
at
that all
though
first,
once sent a I
staff officer to
supposed
was quiet on I
feit
Thomas
for the
then Palmer, and
his
my
General
order was given front,
whereas
I
confident of being able to
— my
hold
menced
the
command
my
to save
withdrew
was enabled and by
staff officer
might be disastrous.
Reynolds and Palmer coni-
movement, followed by the heavy force
thus exposing
hilation
—
position, yet a retreat at that time
Before the return of the
ever,
33
right.
I
them from complete
engage the enemy
enemy,
word
to
my
They, how-
destruction.
By having
good order.
in
to
of the
barely had time to send
Willich
reserve he
in
four different directions
in
prompt movements he saved the troops from anni-
his
and capture.
At the time the order was received to withdraw he was
engaged with the enemy immediately
him
in
my
rear.
the order to withdraw, believing that he
He
with General Granger(?)
and with
his brigade
To each
of
I
did not send
was then engaged
withdrew, however, in fine
style,
covered the retreat of the army.
my
brigade Commanders
am under many
I
obligations for their good and gallant conduct and their valuable
Brigadier-General A. Willich,
suggestions.
commanding
First
Brigade, was always in the right place, and by his individual
daring rendered the country great Service. Veteran deserves proniotion, and (R. R. Vol. 30, P.
Kjomao
in
[etnein
p. 535,
1.
oben
I
536.)
ermäljuten
This gallant old
hope he may receive X'teiev Cfmpfeljlung id)liet^t
©djreiben
in
folgenben
'li^orten
it." ficf)
an
:
"Brigadier-General Aug. Willich(is recommended for proniotion)
and
for gallantry
Chickamauga, where
efficiency in the battle of
he most nobly sustained his reputation as a soldier. iu'i
Missionary Ridge
i^-itjabe be[tel)eub
32.
^'subiana,
befe()(igte
il'iUid)
tu ii>oob'ö
mio neun ^Keguneutevn, 5U benen aud)
uon bem
er
fid)
nidjt
trennen
lief;,
bev Örftih-ntung ber ^tibige luurbe il)m bie [d^iuierige
— mobl —
geftellt 'ifjtil
bie fd)n)ierig[te längft
in (^H'nteinid)aft
Xl)al gelegenen
bev A-etnb nnfeve l"d)üifen bntte.
[teilen,
S^;\a'^cn
ben
O'ifev
bvaug
eigenem, baö
iage vov
'}lni
unb eljrenuoÜe
Cvdjavb Slmb, ein^^uneljmen,
in C^ljattanooga jmei
feuvigem
gehörte.
"iJlufgabe
ganzen Vinie im C^battanooga;
fegelfövmigcn .*)ügel,
Truppen
Wü
mit
bev
Xiuifion eine
fein
llconnte
einen mitten im
uon bem
and
lang evnftlid) be;
iiMllid) vor, tvieb ben
Aeiub
am
— [einen
unb
^Befcftißungcn
bie
erveid)te
opit^e beS
©rant unb 3:^oma§
SJiortjen
näd)ften
—
34
X'er X'iui[iünö;(Jommanbeur2Boob, ber in feinem 33erid)t
P't 2, p. 255) bie O'roberung
arms)
brilliant feat of
hm
was
ascended
umr
unb ben Aeinb uor
iHü;
summit and
^i^abei
it
er
bie
mad)te
er
(^^rftürmung
bei
5)3erg[pil^en
erreidjten
(Me[angene unb
uiele
^3tanbarten, .Uanonen unb ^^n-ol3fa[ten,
aw^::
Äleingcuieljren etc., bauen.
"Gruppen
feinen
er[ten, meldje
Vertrieben,
[id)
trug reidje Jropljiien be[tet)enb
9Bei[e jeidjuete
mit
ii^iÜid)
Missionar}' Ridge unter ben
1200
its
$L>i[Iid)'ö
unb "by a hold
ours. %\\\ jmeiten 'Xage
ber
(R. R. Vol. 31,
Jpüget I)inauf [türmte
steep acclivity, crowned
its
bcm am
glänjenbe 2l?affent(jat (a
eine
nennt, erjäljtt beö l'nncjeren, .mie
gäbe unter iljrem fü()nen g'ü^rer btirst
Jpücjelö
be^o
auf
C'*üt3elfv
Hauptquartiere auffdjlugen.
iljre
(®ieIje3;isDDb'5 33erid;t, Ib.)
;3n glei(^er
and; überatt in ben [piiteren gelbjügen im 2Be[ten
[idj
au§. (S§
^nbiana fertigt
ift
noc^ ju Bemerfen, bn^ [oroo^l baä 9. beut[d)er
in
mürben.
®ie
je;
burd) bie bentfdje ^prad)e.
(s'ö
ift
[id)
ber beut[d)en
ein patrioti[d)er
beiben
ift,
i[t
beut[djen
33en)ei§
[ein fann,
obgleid; mir nidjt ucrteunen
baf; [id) Ijieraug
Ijätte,
unb
bie
uorjüg;
!:Kegimenter mäljrenb einer mel)r al§
ba[ür, ba^'
öprad)e bebient,
Bürger
gemorben,
>2olbüten
i()re
Truppen ober mit bem (General;
Unbequemlid;feit ergeben
bie geringste
breijäljrigen X)ien[t5eit
ber
Offiziere an
I)i3f)erer
nie betannt
in beut '-Berfeljr mit ben engli[d; rebenbcn
bie[er
ha^ 32.
au(^
be;
unb anberer
(^^ommanbo
al§
Offiziere nerftanben freitid) (Snglifd), uermittelten
bod) bie^Befeljle ber 33rigabe;
Iid)e tf)attung
Oljio
©pradje unb jiDar nadj preu9i[d;em (Jommanbo
nid)t
[onbern
moÜen,
ber
naturali[irte
'4^eut[c^e,
aüein ein tapferer ^olbat unb baf;
er
Co
audi in SBirflic^fett
baf; ein innigerer inn-fel)r
jmifdjen
2lmeri!anern unb Xeutfdjen unb eine genauere :iH'fannt[d)a[t mit einanber, mie bie beften ^n^ei^effen be§ Sanbeö
fie erl;eifd)en,
bie 5>3enut^nng
berfelben (Spradje alö münfd;encimert(j erfdjeinen laffen.
einer
unb
— ^vi0a^«
^sxxcvai
-
bao
—
i3cxnti)rtx*h
uom
2.
bev (Mint(ierlaub;xHnucc, alö I)clbenutütlitc(cr
uub
bei
i'etueo ^}tec3imeuteö
3fibgc
llcifi'ionari)
unter '^beriban.
;;5m
^olbat
bcuuitn't.
luaven [nunutUdi Teutfcfte. er
befcl)lii]te
Teccmber 18G3
mir
ba
al'o
i^eberfuug
murbc
er
bie
uou
"On
irupp
C'^t
uub
bte
(>(jtcfamauga
.^n
er
ben
einen mertl);
^i^efel)!,
überfiibreu,
:;u
bev Avont brauditen, fo nnirbe
'X^tann in
uou
über;
[päter in
mit :'(uo:;eid)uuuß eine i^rigabe
evbielt
(^""ouimleo^euten
einer '^Ibtbeiluug ÜiebeUen-.^'auallerie
(Vluc^t
unterm 15.
gefunbeu
ein
'iiMiecler
(''"U'ueral
in
jeben
fiel]
^iqcl, uub
ooUeu '^n-ouiaut;Tratu uou ('^bnttanooga nad) AfnoruiUe itnb
xxnt^
^Ilctffoiiri :')fc(T;imcnt fjatte
unter (Mirtic uub
Aclb^üi]cn tu OJciffourt
^olbateu
4l(tilyolt>t
^liffoxxvi %lc^xxxxcxxi.
2.
C'dcvft iHn-nfiavb Vaibolbt nll in bell
35
übergeben, unter
if)ni
llntermegö ueruiegenen
beiu
angcgrifieu, bod) untrbe berfelbe nad) einem [)c\];m Ireffen
gefdjlngen.
3'^»iii^i"
C^enenU Jbomaö
1*^64 mie
the 28th
[olcgt
:
über
berid)tet
ben
(R. R. Vol. 32, P't
2,
p.
'-iHn-fall
126.)
Dec. 1863) Colonel Bernhard Laiboldt,Second
(
Missouri Infantry, in charge of a train and escort, principally of
convalescents belonging to the Foiirth Corps, proceeding from
Chattanooga
to Knoxville,
was attacked by
a force of
numbering between 1200 and 1500,
cavalry,
the Hiwassff River at Cliarleston
(
as he
Wheeler's
was crossing
He
East-Tennessee).
irame-
diately forniL'd his guard in line of battle on the soutli side of
the river, succeeded in crossing
all his train in safcty,
charged the astonishcd rebels and drove them
"I
rfcommend Colonel Laiboldt
earnestl}^
for his L'xecutive abilit}-
of the
über
for
Arni}' Corps."
C^'mpfeblnng bnttc fd)ou (^ieueral ^^beribnu
('^hidamauga gemad)t unti
promotion
as a brigade-coniniander
cfficiunc}'
Second Division, Twentieth
C^'ine gleidie
rid)t
and
and then
in confusion...
bannif
geftül?t
baf^
in :
feinem 33e;
"Colonel
Laiboldt, commaiiding Second Brigade behaved with conspic-
nous gallantry." XMufiUigo ^Htlduta
ano.
"X^nii
,u'
(
R. R. \'ol. 30, P't
IsiU uu-iter
^og er
('»H'ueral in
ber
i,
p.
2berman
milben
581.")
mit feiner ^Mrmee gegen
"In'vggegeub
beo
uin-blidien
— ©eonjirt iiDvbvang,
je
biefe§ 1)teit[teci fd)uf
unb
fdjiüievißev
mit bcni
3iorbcu
(jeftaltete
bie xMiifgabe
,^ur
(^rfütlung
" District of Etowah
untcvm 15. ^uni ben
er
fiel)
[djüt^en.
,:;u
ben topferen unb um[id;tißcn @enevnl 3'^wesi 53. ^teebnuin
[etjte
(5oiinuanbcuv
non
ftaljn
unb
und)ti(^cv
iBertnubiingeliiiien
unfere
—
36
ü6cv benfclben
(5[)attanooga nnd)
an bev
(5ine :uid)tiße ^^tation
ein.
mar Xalton, benn
5ltlanta
(jätten
"
jum
(i'ifen; fi(^
bie
9ie6e(Ien tl)rer bentädjtigen fönnen, fo roäre bie i'inie eruftlid) unterbrochen
werben unb fdjiuer
jum
bie '?lrniee {)ätte
wegen 93?angeRi an
^tcebnmn
bebrängt merben fönnen.
33efe!jlöt)aber eingefel^t
be§
14.
nad)
8tabt oon 5000
blutigen
fteinen
folgenben
;3n^jrtlf^
:
" Headquarters Cavalry Corps,
Army
of
Tennessee,
Around Dalton, August
Commanding
Oflficer
2B^eeler,
unter einer
33orpoftengefed)t
iL'aibolbt ein «Si^reiben
5Im
— 6000 SJknn
bem genannten &^eiter;@enera( ^ofep!^
einem
^arlamentärflagge bem marferen jufanbte
eigenen ^tegiment nod)
feinem
nebft
5luguft nuirbe bie
9tebellen C^aunderie unter
umjingelt, ber
i()m
unb SDhtnition
bort 23ern()arb l'aibolbt
Gruppen, im ©anjen etum 480 9JJann, übergeben.
einige betndjirte
3(ad)mittng
unb
'^n-owiant
Ijatte
To prevent to demand
honor
U.
S. forces,
14, 1864.
Dalton.
the unnecessary effusion of blood
I
have the
the immediate and unconditional surrender of
the forces under your
command
at this garrison.
Respectfully yours,
etc.
Jos.
Wheeler,
Major General, Commanding." antwortete Saibolbt wie folgt
,!pierauf
"Ofificer I
Commanding Confederate
forces in front of Dalton.
have been placed here to defend
this
post but not to
surrender.
B. Laiboldt,
Colonel Second Missouri Volunteers, "JUe
iöljceler
9cad)rid)t, er
wolle
biefe
il)m
'.^tutmort
60
nod)
^Sturmangriff fd;reiten, worauf
benn
er,
Vaibolbt, Ijabe
il;m,
erljielt
fdjirfte
^^efunbeu
(S'rfterer
5Öl;eeler,
il;m ja
Commanding er
bem brauen Vaibolbt
bewiUigen fagcn
fd;on
Post."
lief;,
einmal
unb bann jum er
in
fenne
ilju [a,
Oftitenneffee
— gvünblid) bae
gegerbt, uiib bnö tonne er
A-ell
Heine Wnrni[on fd)Dn in ber Xafd)e,
fo
wenn
mürbe
er,
^^Mirlirenö
?}elb
baranf
l'aibolbt,
baf:;
I,
p.
»om
nur
(Jnbe
bes
unb
mit fdjmerem
barauf traf inn-ftärfung für Vaibolbt
'iu'rluft
ein.
(
bae
R. R.
323-525-)
@eneral *£teebman fagt über Vaibolbt uub 33erid)t
"ii>boelcr it)n
T^aö mar baö
laffen.
iiM)ecler gegen 5 lU)r -lliorgenci
(^Meid)
Vol. 33, P.
bte
ber .Uampf, ber bie ganje 9?ad)t bauerte
fd)ie[^en
unb nun entbrannte
räumte.
Ijcibe
brauen (fontnuinbeur 33e[c^eib,
ifirent
aber nod) einmal mit einer ^^krlameutärflagge beläftige,
er üjn
ba()iu enbetc,
glaubte, er
[id)er
morauf Vaibolbt ermiberte, bann möge
er luolle il)n |"cl)cn,
;
:;u)eiten lltale e6en[oiiui()[
:inin
.inierauf [djicfte ber fred)e 9tebeU, bev
beforgen.
f)olen
—
37
biefe§ @efed)t
in
feinem
1864:
11. (September
" Colone! Laiboldt, Second Missouri Volunteers, commanding Dalton
is
entitled to especial credit for his stubborn
and
spir-
ited defense of the place previous to being re-inforced", (Vol. 38,
P.
I,
396) unb Il)oma5
p.
©^erman barüber
(Vol.
P.
(Vol. 38, P.
fomof)!
2,
292)
p.
fpred^en
162) als and)
p.
i,
anerfennenb
gleidj
[idj
a\K^.
'^luö
benmnbten Oh-ünben fann
anberer beutfd)er unred)t
3g,
tl)nn,
id)
Ijier
auf bie befonberen Vciftungen
^d; mürbe aber
iruppeufi3rper nid)t näl)er eingeljen.
mollte
id)
nid)t
an
otette
biefer
bem 5(nbenfen meinet
Oberften, ber feinen Veuten eine ftramme "Hiann^^udjt einfd)ärfte unb ju
tüd)tigen
©olbatcn beranbilbete, unter
I1iannf)aftigfeit, mit
ber
er
auf beut ^-elbe ber
Veben opferte, einige 5Borte roibmen. unfere
Tiuifion,
bamalö
unter
bem
Cfs
'i^efebl
"M.
(Georgia unternabm.
'^lad)
uerfd^iebenen
ii>.
,\J)iU.
fein
1864
al§
:3o^)iifou,
non
22. ^ebrnar
uon
fie
ircue unb
bie
bem 33aterlanb
C^fjre
mar am
(sl)attauooga aus eine iJtecognoöjirung gegen Junnel ni.n-blid)en
auf
.f^inmeici
unb
^i^alton
im
i^diarmüt^eln
beifu'n
mäbrcnb beö ^meiten lageö unirbc unfer:}k'gimcnt gegen xHbeub im Buzzard
Roost Gap
alö "iHirpoften üorgefdjoben, uuibrenb
eine big jmei i^Uilen nörbtid^
pon bort Wi
bas
(>h"of;!
i5)a(ton oerblieb,
ber Xinifion
3Jiit
(Jinbrud)
— ber
TiunfeUjett
fid)
unfer Oberft bte au^ mcx (Joinpagnien befteljenben
[teilte
bem Ä'aiume
auf
äitjjieren 33}ac^eit
Ridge
l)od)
(Jngpa^
l)inein evftvecfte.
auffteigenben
unb
fall
bünn
eineg
6eii)ad)fenen tO^Ö^'^^ ouf, ber
ju unferer 9tecf)ten, gegenübev
als 5luölöufev beä
3Btnb wel)te
—
38
fal)len
33ergfegelS,
®ie Sanbfdjaft
\eiid)i, uitb
om
weite ju unferer 9?ecl)ten,
ba§ fdjroar^graue ©eiuölf^baö ben J^immel
'^Ibljange be?i
Sagerfeuer ber 9?et)ellen unb fpcnbeten
Truppen
feinblidjen
;3nner^alb ®d)u§;
Buzzard Roost, brannten
gelod)te ®peife, bie tuir
unferem bebroljten ^Hiften uerfagen mufiten.
waren im X^unfel
ber 9iad)t
fanunengefdjoben morben,
Jöie
i^orpcften uon
bie
balb
fidj
un§ auf
Ijerauöftellte
beiben Seiten fo bid)t ju;
auf i)erfd)iebenen ^lät^en nur burd)
baf^ fie fid),
einen 33auin, einen jselöblod ober
bie
ben jaljlreidjen bort l)crumliegenben
2Bärme unb
l'idjt,
ben
in
roar ülierauö roilb itnb raul}, ber
geftaltete bte 9Zac§t ju einer äufserft finfteren.
liebecfte,
Rocky faced
ber
Buzzard Roost,
©tuntpen getrennt, mitten
einen
bie
in
^^ennod; beljaupteten mir unfere ^^tellung bie ,5um 5lubrud)
klugen fa^en.
beö näd)ften 9}^orgenö unb jogen uuS and) bann nur menige ljunbert®d)ritt
um
jurüd,
bem
in
beim
^oljufon
aneijnliarren.
um
ber
um
33iei
dladji
ben
9?iitternad)t
(Stunbe begab
biefe
ben
nod)
(.'»'ugpaf!
(Finbrud)
unfer
fid;
ganjen
33efel)l
l)errfd)te
Oberft,
ber
gung
bemälirte,
um
ben redeten
eben
"^er
Sinie jurüd, beftieg bie
er
am
^^^lölVlid) fielen
gteid)
!el)rte
uon nnö im
SJJärj
uon
(J-troa
uon
bei
einer
unb tapfer
roie
er
53efid)t{i
feinblid)er (Seite
barauf uenounbet
l)inter bie
^uf^e be§ ^ügets ftelienbe 5lmbulanj unb erlag
14 "Jagen im Va5aretl) ju (st)attanooga feinen
inncrl)arb
mürbe
Dberft
©tille.
erft
^erum, ^ur
J\-lügel ber S^eferue
ber 'iHirpo[tenfette,nad) ber Jront.
mel;rere ®d)üffe.
©enerol ertl)eilte,
lautlofe
(?l)idamauga er'^altenen 'föunbe genefen mar, mad)fam [ic^ ftetö
biö
iWiidjug
lag,
jum
1864 mit
allen
^Ii>unben.
militärifd)en
0'()ren auf
"X^ort
bem
öffentlid)en i^egräbnif^plat^e beftattet, ber fpäter nebft anberen angvenjenben
Väubereien in einen grof^en nationalen
^^-riebljof
bem nunmeljr
in
gefaEenen unfer
bie (^kbeine
J>elben
rul)cn.
'4jiüifionö;(''kneral
i)fegiment
burd)
ben
lob
uon 13,000
3" auö
feinem '^Inlaf!
feiueö
umgeftaltet mürbe unb in
ben >Sd)lad^ten bei (^l^attanooga '-i3erid)t
beö
über
Ijerben
Oberften erlitten
bie (j'rpebition fagt
'i^erlufteö, l)atte
:
ben
unfer
" About 12
o'clock at night the rebel pickets advanced and there
was con-
— siderable firing,
Among
the
39
—
which some men were
in
Colonel of the Twenty fourth
he has since died."
Illinois.
(Vol. 32, P.
i,
am
eine O'vpebition nad)
unb
'2treif:;u(^eö
Cft lenneffee
einen
er
9,1^
()inein
mit uiig auf
33efeI)I
iintcrnoinmeii.
Üuid) feiner
:;n
unb
ii>eife
bcbriingten llnionoleute in jenem Vanbee^
fdiiuer
(>Hmeval
fd)ül3en feien.
be§
über bie militärifdie 3?e;
fet^nng einiger luidjtiger ftrategifd)er ^^ninfte, foiuie über bie xHrt
tbeile
be§
^Hilmer, uon (sf)attanoo9a
ausfüljrlidjen !ßerid;t über bae (i'rgebnifs
ertf)eilte luertfjüoüe JRat()fd)läge
mie bie von ben rWebeUen
gallant
453.)
oovl^er ^atte ber tapfere 20?nnn
©inen 9[Ronat
and wounded.
regret to report that
I
p.
(Jommanbeurö uom 14. 5(rmee;C^orpö ^oI)n
i)JücffeI)r erftattete
killed
was Colonel Geza Mihalotzy, the
latter
"i.Hilmer
beförbcrte ben
,r-)anptquarticr ber '.Jlrmee mit folgenber xHuffdjrift
" Headquarters P'"ourteenth
baö
an
i^eridjt
:
Army
Corps.
Chattanooga, Januar}^
" Respectfully forwarded, and attention called
24, 1864.
to the
highly
JLidicious suggestions of Colonel Mihalotzy. J.
ipalb nad)
bem Tobe unfereo Tberften
ber Ö^umberlanbc^^lrmce
mit jener
nnh
:1iamen
feinem
otabt
ift
bie
^^\u
ben meland)olifd)en
^tinunen ber vieligen,
burd) fd)niar^en ']3uU)erbampf Vid)tci
bie
,/^(n''5
xHuö
ftill
bie
Ohibeftätte
lannen,
ii}äbrenb ber
bie
beci
ben
blutgetväuften
umren
;,uflüftertcn:
'^um
biefee
unuergef^;
unoergleidjlid^
unb nnmberbar.
uon ben
aufgeftiegcn
unb Ariebeno, uno mabneub
Tac
Cber'lHimmanbo
üorijanben.
nod)
.Uameraben
fd)önen griebbof fdimürfen, raufd)te eö
ob
bae.
(^battanooga gelegene? Aort
2traf;en unb öffentlidKn i^lät^e
Vifte ber
9,1iiI)alotn)
mit meinen
id)
lid)en l^tannec..
ber
in
belegte
(vl)ren ein in
bem ^d)lad)tfelbe uon (sbicfamauga im September
'Aeierlid)feiten auf
^^abrc'o bei"ud)te
ibm ju
Üunne Aort
ber
M. Palmer,
Major General Commanding."
(Ib. p. 104.)
;){eicbe
(5'ö
mar
al§
i^radifelbern
beö
eioigen
—
^rmterlanb, an'o tbeure, fdiliefu eud) an,
baltet
feft
ber Aerne ertönten
mit eurem gan;,cn »>er^en." bie ^subclrufe taufenber glürflid^er ilienfdien,
— bie fid)
befämpft
beveiuft
—
40
6luttger ?iel)be,
Ijntten in
nbev 5)ant' ber (Siege
beö 9hn'benö alö geeinte 33vüber längft luieber bev ^Segnungen eine§ grofjien
gemeinfd)nfttid)en 33aterlanbeö 33er[ö()nung§fefte
Donner on^ ben
t(;eill)aftig
geiuorben, nunmeljr
jnfanunen gefommen luaren
()ier
jnm großen
nnb mie jaudjjenber
;
fernen ^djlnc^ten brö{)nte es über bie 33erge gen ülorben
mie gen ^Süben „2Bir rooUen [ein ein einig i^olf uon 23rübern,
„^n
2öäf)renb
(frfüttung
feiner dloü)
nng trennen unb ©efaljr
ganjen Äriege^ I)aben
befi
iljrer fieiligften
^flidjten mit
'5)ent[d^;5linerifaner
bie
Solbaten
fid) gleid)
glänjenb nndgejeidjnet.
an beren ©eite ^aben
[ie
(Sine
in
5)entfd)tanb geborener anterifanifdjer 33ürger fämpfte
anter
i!)nen
ein in
üiele
Offiziere
^^angef),
Ijötjevcn
non benen gtgen bn^
9)iaiore,
i^txht jroei,
6orpö,
ba§ 15. unter
erfterer
befehligten. 9tebettion,
@§
ift
9?i(^nionb,
ben, benn in (Jljarlefton rüdten :^e^terer
1864 unferem
bie
jeber ein 5trmee;
l^atte,
le^terer ba§ 25. unter
war
e§,
tftauptftabt
rourben,
befetjt
ber *Sübftanten, bie
©d^immelpfennig unb
ber in ber
für bie (h'tjaltung
oon benen
'X^eutfd)en in ber
menn baö
Dtettung
fü(;tt,
©rant
bei
ber
unter Tieutfd)en fton; in
Diic^monb Sßei^el
füblid)en .^auptftabt
id)
ber
nur einige luenige
Union
ift
Ijter Ijabe
am
4. 3tprit
ooÜ oon glänjenben anführen fönnen, ba^
53e; bie
größten unb gefatjruottften (Jpod^e unferer @efd)id)te, in
üoUer 2Sürbigung ber iöorte bes beutfc^en ©djriftftellerö, ber,
©eneral;
alg
oerfi^iebene
unfterblidjen Sincoln ben erften ©ruf! barbradjte.
®er Ärieg roeifen,
nnferen ^ei(;en,
in
©eneral ^eter 3- Ofter^ng,
^oint erhalten
©^erman unb
Uebergabe gunäd)ft oon Truppen
5uerft ein.
5lrniee
bejeidjnenb, ba^ fotoo^l (Jtjarlefton, bie 33rutftätte ber
and)
al§
ftottlidje
unb ©eneral ©obfrei) Seilet, ber
Deutfd)lanb gebilbeter Offizier,
feine niilitärifd)e ^rjiefiung in S>eft
ber
in
eingeborenen anierifnni[d)en
i()ren
9Jlitbürgern in ebelftem 3Betteifer geftnnben, nnb a(§
!"
'-Batcrlanb in 9iottj nid)t
luertl^ ift,
ift,
in
einen
baf;
berjenige,
anberen ©ebanfen al§ beffen
einem freien Staate 3U leben,
fid^
alg
41
unb
tüd)tige
patvioti[cl)e i-^üvßev
i()vem Vitamine, bev
auggejeidjuct
Ih'cin
Ijat,
"inn-trag
beenbct.
ift
aintlid)cn
beii
XMitci
beuti'i^e
9kt3tment auä ßinctunnti, kfonnt alo
nadjgetuiefen,
:Jlnbeveni
^pringö
5unäd)[t an bev ^d)lad;t 6ei Wiii
bae
\wci
evinneve,
ved)t
mentern Xent|d)e bleuten, bes jefjuten ^ni^i^n'^ ber
iü()rt
bettjeiligten
Gruppen au§ t^nd),
jr.
,
illustrated.
New
einem
'-i3udj
foldjen
eö
bie
York, Henry Holt erwarten,
^ugenb
luirb er erfüllt
im
baö .^ödjfte unb
3öie
nugen über
e'o
bietet,
&
in
ben
War
betreffg
I)ier
for the
ein
574
Titelblatt
[tDl:;e
uuiq
ber
33eifpiet
l"liill
Cyclopedia,
Co. 1889/'
Union by
benn e§
ein
ift
unb bee
menfdjlid^e
flar
jv.
ana()r()eit,
fanien
auö
nnb
'3ittlid)teit
reid)
nnf cren
uerniel)rt
nno
unb an
,:oiena
cntc^lüben, ^n
Aveitjeit,
bao
;,n
legen,
i^örer
reidicn
nur von
bie (Solgeiuelt mieber
i^iitteln einen 33eitrag
feine
beut
ber
maf)nt:
~iHninäd)tnif5
inn-nielt über;
abgeben nüiffen, and)
nnb an
biefcr
nnuergäng;
lid;en .Uette, bie bnrdj alle l^ienfd)engefd;led)ter [idi luinbet, nnfer fliebenbee
®afein ^n
befeftigen.