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THE CONFEDERATES STORMING REDFIELD’S REDOUBT AT ALLATOONA.
Capture of the Colors of the 39th lowa Regiment.
THE
BATTLE of ALLATOONA
One of the Gamest and Bloodiest Fights of
the War.
Some Facts Never Before Published.
How the Confederates’ Ammunition Gave
Out, and a Courier’s Message Caused
Them to Retreat From a Field
Almost. Won.
Hold the Fort; for I am Coming!
BY JOSEPH M. BROWN.
In the preparation of the following
paper the writer has been guided by '
the belief that at this period, —over a i
quarter of a century after the civil i
A. humorous dare-devil—tlie very man to suit my purpose. Bulwbb.
OUR “BATTLE OF ALLATOONA ’ NTJIvfBKR.
war, —the American people should de
sire to ascertain the truth about the
events of the nation’s history between
1861 and 1865, and prefer the records
of facts to that of self or sectional glo
rification.
It is even yet impossible, and will be
for a generation to come, for any native
American to write of these events with
out bias for either side to the great con
troversy. Therefore the most that we
can demand or have the right to expect
is that the narrator state the facts clear
ly, leaving him free to draw any de
ductions or make any explanations
which his preferences will dictate.
The writer of this makes no attempt
at concealment of the truth that the
main object he has had in view in its
preparation is to correct some errors
ATLANTA, GA., DECEMBER I, 1890.
which northern historians, or other
writers, have fallen into about the battle
of Allatoona, and to give to the Con
federate officers and soldiery who par
ticipated in it the just praise, by infer
ence or otherwise, to which their merits
entitled them. At the same time he
believes he has been fair in all his state
ments of the conduct of the Federal
garrison who certainly fought with des
peration and devotion to their cause,
which they undoubtedly believed was
' the right one. Neitherside should be al
lowed to furnish all the statements for
the future historian, and neither side
should desire to wear stolen laurels.
The writer went to Allatoona in the
early part of the summer of 1886 with
General Corse, who commanded the
j Federal forces in the battle, and found
him in every sense a most high-toned,
cultivated and estimable gentleman.
He was also there at a later date with
others who were in General Corse’s
command. In July of the present year
he visited the place with General
French, the commander of the Con
federates in the battle, a gentleman
of refinement and charming social
qualities in peace as he was of strong
and acute military ability in war.
AVith these two commanders he went
to the points occupied by them during
the conflict, besides inspecting the posi
tion in general. He has also obtained
from the War Department in AVashing
ton copies of the official reports of the
battle by the officers on both sides, and
has had copious correspondence with
Confederate and Federal participants,
NO. 23.
