The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports. Page: 437
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THE CHICKAMAUGA CAMPAIGN.
Company K, and Sergt. William K. Van Horn, Company I, who com-
manded their respective companies with marked ability on the second
day of the fight. Lieutenant Harlan's last words as he fell were a
cheer to his company to press forward. Lieutenant Adams, though
the youngest officer of the line, displayed great courage, and when he
thought himself dying said, with a smile, "I shall die, but .that is
nothing if we whip the rebels." Captains Lewis and Deardorff fell
in the thickest of the first day's fight, and Lieutenants Rothenbush
and Sabin on the second. For them all it is enough to say that they
fell at their posts facing the foe. Lieutenant Mather, commanding
Company H, was ever conspicuous in the discharge of every duty.
For Captain Henninger, Lieutenants Steele, Taylor, Cottingham,
Houser, and Davidson I desire to say that they were ever at their
post and performed their duty to my entire satisfaction. Half of
the Thirty-fifth are dead or wounded, and to those who remain I can
only say that their commanding officer looks upon them with feel-
ings to which no language can give expression. To have belonged
to the Third Brigade will hereafter be the crowning glory of your
old age.
Returning our heartfelt thanks to our Heavenly Father, the God of
Battles, that we were all able thus to discharge our whole duty, and
sorrowing as soldiers only can over the deaths and wounds of our
noble comrades fallen, we pray that the future may find us ever
ready to combat treason both on Southern battle-fields and, when the
war is over, among the vile traitors of the North.
Yours, respectfully,
H. V. N. BOYNTON,
Lieut Col., Comdg. 35th Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Capt. J. R. BEATTY,
Acting Asst. Acjt. Gen., 3d Brig., 3d Div., 14th A. C.
No. 60.
Report of Lieut. Frank G. Smith, Battery I, Fourth U. S. Artillery.
HEADQUARTERS COMPANY I, FOURTH ARTILLERY,
Chattanooga, September 26, 1863.
CAPTAIN: In reply to your circular of this date, calling for report
of part taken by this battery in the engagements of the 19th and
20th instant, I have the honor to report that when the action of
the 19th began the first section of my battery, under First Lieut. G.
B. Rodney, was placed in the front line, between the Second Minne-
sota and Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteers (the Thirty-fifth Ohio Volun-
teers being on the right), and the second section, under Lieutenant
Stephenson, on a hillside 60 yards in rear of the right wing of the
Thirty-fifth Ohio Volunteers. The firing began before we had fairly
taken our positions, and 4 of my men were disabled before I could
open fire on the enemy. After a sharp engagement of half an hour's
duration, the firing slackened on both sides. Lieutenant Stephen-
son's section having suffered severely from the musketry fired at
the infantry in his front, and as it was impossible to use canister
(should it become necessary to do so) without injury to our own
men, I directed it limbered to the right, with the intention of plac-
ing it on the right of the line. At this time, however, the Ninth
Ohio Volunteers advanced in line and took position on the right of437
CHAP. XLII.]
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 30, In Four Parts. Part 1, Reports., book, 1890; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth152978/m1/448/: accessed May 8, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.