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The National tribune., 1883-11-08
wnasr's Brigade st Mowers Gap.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
L. -. - p o. % go r -

10 lflN- EGIbof \ ATs0AAL IRAEINE.
In your issue Of October IS, 1883, E Melon
aid, Of Union City, Mich. says, in regard TO the
battle OF HOover's Gap Tenn. that 4 seems
20 him thai wilders brigade claims all the
credit, &c Now, then. right here comes IN one
Of the points that makes THE TRIBUNE yalna-
bic 70 the ex-soldie-. With your permission
shall try 10 give Comraae Mcdonald a little
more light on the subject. The battle Of
HOover's Gap, Tenn, was one Of q series OF
engagements brought on By a forward move
3nent Of the Army Of the Cumberland which
begun jane "a, 1853. Our brigade known as
the Wilder brigade Of mounted infantry was
the Third brigade. Fourth division, Fourteenth
Army Corps. The Fourteenth division had adj
vance Of corps, Third brigade advance or divis-
ion. and Seventy second Indiana advance OF
brigade; Col. A. @. Miller commanded Seventy
second regiment, Col John T. Wilder com
1nanded the brigade Gen. Joseph J. REYNOLDS
commanded the division, Gen. Geo. III. Thomas
the corps Gen w. s. R0sscrans the army
The forward movement from Murfreesboro'
began june "a, lSs3. Our command moved out
on the Manchester turnpike, right wing Of
Seventy second Indiana As adTanee-guard I'M
der command Of Iieutenant-C0lonel :. C. Kirk
patrick The enemFs yidettes were encountered
within ten miles Of MurEreesboro' These were
driven TO the Gap, which was about FIVE miles
further, with such energy that they failed to
rally on the reserve which was intrenched In
the Gap and supported by one piece of artillery,
and betook themselves 10 flight Their panic was
also communicated 70 thc reserve, which also
lied. Col. Kirkpatrick az once saw his oppor-
tunlty, and moved into the Gapon the gallopaad
on down the little valley which the Gapled into
TO the village Of Beach Grove, distance Of two
miles, sending company c 70 a Hill TO the left
10 take in signal post that was gesficalaring
TO ole Hardee, and, paying no attention to the
roll Of tae drums now plainly 10 be heard in
the nebei camps TO our front and right, went to
distributinga lot Of tobacco Just captured, TO the
men. Colonel Miller who knew his lieutenant.
followed closely at his heels, saw at once the
importance Of the position, deploysd his regi-
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WAsGToggD THURSDAY

in feeble condition to go South, which, how
ever, did in the spring.of 1864. To many of
the boys, and to Lientonant Frishie espe-
cially, / owe a lasting debt of gratitude for
many kind acts shewn ME, at all times. The
author of Teuting On tho Old Camp Groand,"
"Oh Bury The Brave on the Field Where
They FALL and manyother stirring war songs
could do no mean act. It would please me
to hear from Lieutenant Frisbie through THE
TRIBUNE or personally; as, also from William
c. zimmerman, Webb, Balm, or Parker, or any
of the old regiment. / intended writing a
longer letter, but will wait for response to
this have been subscriber to THE TRIBUNE
only few months and think very highly of it.
J. P. CALDWELL, M. d..
Co. ID, 18th Ill. INF.
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CHARLES F. KndAEL,
Company q, Goth Illinois Inf
DAYTON. OHIO.
Tie UHwritfen History Of The ginfh Indiana.
IT.. IL. E.lst..r II No. r rrr,r-,r-,-rr.


Tie UHwritfen History Of the Ninth Indiana.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
in THE TRTBUNE Of October 4, Conrade A.
S. Mccormick gives us the reason why the his
tory Of the Ninth Indiana infantry has never
been published, as hundreds Of Us thought it
would oe-a matter that never was cleared up
10 my mind till 1 saw lis statement Now, /,
like himself. think something Oaght TO be done
70 bring that before the public. A great many
Of the Ninth Indiana boys have considerable
money iBFested n that manuscript. /. for
one. have Si3.50 and d great Elany have SO
and So, and many probably even more than L
and If those manuscripts have been saved, il
seems 70 re we ought 70 have the history 1t
is my opinion that Mr. HurIbuFt did all he
could, and ] believe if he had lived we would
have had the history long ago. Aud, further
more, as = was Customary IN oar regiment
when a c9BIrade was killed or died. to cancel
his indebtedness. / think We had better LET 60
what we paid, unless il was deposited some
where fOF that pGrPsse alone, and select some
OF our comrades who are stIIl living near 8ichi-
gan City, Ind. TO look up the matter and make
report 20 the Editor Of THE TRIBUNE, so
that we can. il possible, arrive at the facts. and
II it is possible, have our history published
after all.
Soldiers Of tho Ninth, speak up, Let's see
II we are al dead Or sleeping. have not seen
q word IN The TRIBUNE from any Of my regi-
lneBt except myself If / am the sole sur
ylyOr, ] want 10 know It.
C. DoERING,
Company II, 9th Indiana " vi
CLEFT0E. EAK.
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To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
The recent Reunion of the Twenty-third
Massachusetts volunteer infantry, held at Bev-
eTly, Mass, September %, reminds me of the
part taken by the Twenty-third at the battle
of Roanoke Island In THE TRIBUNE Of april
II, Comrade Putnam wrote that the Twenty
third went into the engagement on the right
OF the Twenty fifth" The fact is, that the
fifth, marching by the right flank, and forced
their way through that horrid swamp and on
emerging from 1t found themselves on the left
and rear Of the rebel battery. As soon AS the
Johnnies saw the blue coats coming out Of the
swamp they gave us a volley and retired, and
the advance of the Twenty-thiFd regiment was
the first To enter the Notifications; but our
regmental flag was still in the swamp, and so
was the Twenty-frsts flag, but captain Of the
Twenty-frst had flag about his person, and
raised it temporarily on the rarnparts.
Now, about that charge OF the Hawkins
Zouaves. Immediately after the battle the
New York pictorial papers furnished to the
world an account OF the zonaye's charge, claim
ing that they carried the works at the point of
the bayonet. When they (the zouaves) en-
tered the fort they found, beside the Union
troops, nothing but one dead mule, few of
the enemy's dead and wounded, while of those
that could get away there was not one within
a mile Of the works when the ou-zeus" made
that charge
/ make these statements TO show that the
Twenty third regiment did take an important
part in the battle of Roanoke Island, and that
they have never been given proper credit for
it. f. G.. LUCE.
serg't Co. d, sd Mass. Y. I.
New BEDFORD, Mass.
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The Fourth Minnesota at Allatoona.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

10 Inc GQlt0T
I wish to say few words through the col
umns of your paper IN regard TO the battle OF
Allatoona Pass. | was q member of company
E. Fourth Minnesota infantry, and / notice
that some Of the articles in your valuable
paper concerning that battle seem to ignore
the Fourth Minnesota entirely. We were sta
toned there along with the Eighteenth Wis
consin infantry, TO guard supplies for Sher-
mans army, and we had the east side of the
railroad. We built good, substantial works and
feled trees all over the side of the heights
to obstruet charge, if one should be made
At the time the fight took place nay company
was on picket guard. We heard the rebels
when they came up in the night, but had or
ders TO stay as long as we could and we stayed
until daylight, when the rebels advanced a
skirmish line. We held them in check awhile,
and then . skipped Tor the fort, to which we
had orders to retire / am sure the rebels
charged only twice, and were repnlsed both
times. We were on picket on the south side of
the fort, about a half mile away. l notice
that one writer says we were attacked by 10000
rebels, but | distinctly remember that their
force was said TO be 5000 and ours 1,500, and
that our loss was about one-half of our entire
force, and the rebels about 1900.
/ went over the field Immediately after the
fight and / know the Johnnies lay around a
great deal thicker than our boys, though
counted fourteen officers of the Seventh Hi
nois lying side by side cold in death, and that
looked very tough TO me even then. They
were all fine looking young men. We had the
signal station en- our side Of the track, and
don't think the battle lasted more than an hour
at the most. We would have lost the place
anyhow if Sherman had not sent re-enforce-
ments to US. We had a summons TO surrender,
but General Cerse could not see it, and so we
kept the bareback and sow-helly for Old Te-
cumseh's boys at the front would like to see
an account of the battle from some Of the Off
GERS of the Fourth Minnesota or the Eighteenth
Wisconsin regiment.
Respectfully, yours,
O. 4. PERKINS,
Z r(trrrt HfL Minr Inf
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u.s. Six Of Us escaped. and had not the Elev-
enth Pennsylvania heard our firing and re-
turned, we would have all been captured.
The writer was among the number that es-
capped, and | left on foot, as my horse was
killed. This all occurred within our lines. II
any of the boys can throw any further light
upon this subject, would ne pleased to hear
from them. BENZ. f. BETH,
Private of Co. F, % Mass. Cav.
WARgFN MSgDN Co Mo
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An Interesting Question Raised.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In THE TRIBUNE of October 18th Comrade
L. N. Essex of New York. asks which, were
the three best cavalry regiments in the service
according to the records in Washington. I can
name, without referring to the records, two
regiments called the twin regiments that,
in my Judgment, did more fighting than any
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other cavalry commands in tho seryice-the
First Pennsylvania and First New Jersey cav
airy. w. +. M0YEE,
SUGAR VALLEY, PA. LIST Pa. Vet. Cav.
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To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Thinking that, perhaps, some of the boys
who got there" at the start would like to re-
view their early fights over again, have COM
piled the inclosed account of the battle of Big
Bethel, from the original letter, now in the
possession of its writer, ComTade w. w. Thorpe,
late chaplain, Third New York infantry, and
at present chaplain of John l.. Bashore Post,
No. 49, Department of Iowa, located at Gen.
tervilie, Iowa. Conlrade Thorpe WIS among
the first to go to the front, and his letters may
be of interest to many that have almost forgot
ten him. CoInrade Thorpe, it is believed, bu-
ried the first soldier killed by the rebels
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have endeavored to procure alist of the killed
and wounded in the battle of Big Bethel, but upon
inquiry at headquarters find il s q matter which
General Butler that his estimate about twenty
killed and 100 wounded. 1t is probable that the
rebels sustained much greater loss than the Fed
eral forces. One of our brave men climbed a tree
near the battery and succeeded in picking off eight
men, after which he received bali through the
heart and only livedlong enough 20 say: " Send my
love to MOTHER Among the killed Lieut..
Greble, of the United States artillery. He was
struck the right of his forehead by rifled can
non ball, which carried away half of his head He
seemed TO have prenlonition of his sad fate Dur
ing the whole of the engagement he had a most
melancholy expression OF countenance. When be-
ing asked by Colonel Townsend if he would place
his pieces lii the field in front of the battery he
piled: L viii, SIR that is my profession He was
efficient officer and great favoTte among his
fellows. He leaves young wife and large circle
of friends to lament his untinely fate His funeral
takes place tomorrow june II at Fortress Monroe
Sergeant Williams Cady, company F. Third regi-
ment who was wounded in the abdomen during
the morning engagement is dead. He resided in
Albany. His parents reside at No. IL Lark street.
BY profession he photographer, and came
with the regiment reporter for Albany paper
He was a man of excellent Christian character
His last words TO his captain We're: . die perfectly
happy. Tell my father that died doing my duty
Bid him geod-by. Captain, hope will meet you
in Heaven. l hope you will come out safely. God
bless you'll have nothing more to say
Yours, most respectfully. w. w. THORPE.
Chaplain, Sd N Y. V. l.
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BIG BETHEL.

WARREN, MARION Co, Mo.
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-05
"a. Seamonds, an old miner, has been az.
rested % an accomplish. VIE
Window Gard ening


. Those who have plants ia the ground
which they intend for oonaing IN the !,
window make q mistake if they delay
taking them up until frost is threatened.
u the plants have been left II the pots
which have been plunged in the open
ground the change isnot SO sudden, but
il the plants have been turned out Of
the pots and their roots have been al.
lowed free growth, it is another matter
With many plants turned out, the bet
ter plan is to raise new ones from cut
tlngs for next winters blooming and
let the old ones go. But it is often de-
sirable to take up and pot an old plant.
In such case do not wait until there is
danger of frost, and then hurriedly dig
up the plant and crowd it's roots into a
pot. Suppose the plant to be taken up
is 9 geranium; begin at least month
before the time of removal to prepare
it for the change. It will have made an
enormous top which must be cut back,
and the plant brought into neat, com
pact shape. The change from the open
ground to the pot should take place be-
fore cool nights have checked the
growth =-s
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completly dely gu t ne powers OF Ian,
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the 1oot OF the glaciers, foot-sore and
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pauslng ~ greatness shence as we re-
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ued IN the bosom OF tnls glsanuc mon
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trast, II the term pc admissible, to the
Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-10-05
Where Water Does Not Rain
Down, but Drops in Small Lakes

Correspondence the Boston Herald.
While the ack of water in Arizona is
one Of the most serious annoyances to
the railroad, the presence OF too much
water is one of the railroads gravest
dangers. This is easily explained, para
doxical as it may seem. The sudden
and furious storms which change dry
gulches into tori ents and surge against
the railroad dump with tremendous
force pre- cent one of the most curious
and difficult problems in the mainten-
ance of the railroad. You look out up
on a stretch of sand glistening in the
sun. Here and there are assures and
channels baked and dry, It is the pic
ture of q dusty, parched waste. Not
3 drop OF water is to be seen. Sud-
denly the sky is covered like black
clouds. The rain descends like myriatis
of swiftly advancing lancas. The land
scapes before and behind lis hidden by
gray sheets OF water pouring from the
skies. Against the car windows the
raindrops rush with the violence of
the storm which is fairly appalling. The
train slackens its speed as though beat
en- back by the onslaught of the storm
god. Water enters at the cracks of the
doors, and you look anxiously at the
windows, expecting them to give way
before the rush of the tempest. You
hear nothing save rain rafting like file
firing, and the roar Of the storm
Presently a lull comes, and you areen-
abledto look out. Where is your parehed
desert? Along the sides of the track
leap angry rivers, turbid and foaning
tearing at the embankment like wild
beasts seeking release from their prison
walls and rushing at length, madly
through the culyerts hshing right and
left with terrible force The dry assures
in the soil are filed with eddying tor
rents, the sandy beds of sunken rivers
are covered wjtha mighty tide. ana the
low plains lie foods. Of sullen water,
whose wrath is spent. Then the sun
comes out. Soon the torrents run more
feebly, and in short time the desert is
parcfled and bare as before.
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raised O fine crop of tomatoes. il ~
gardens to find that they contain too.
much acidity 81. are too sour. his Il
owning to the soil or shelt tered Situation
they have occupied Tomatoes raised 81.
light, rather poor sol, ID q sheltered
or warm situation are always sweet IN
favorable seasons, while those raised ii
rich soil or IN partial shade are always.
sour. When raised IN q poorish light
soil, they will ripen at least ten days,
earlier. r%.5ss s ssz= as5 r +
The Guenon theory Of judging COWS.
says the Farm and Garden, is either
true or false; for it cannot be- both.
Surely, 1.-THE de1ineations are that a COW
will give certain quantity of milk for q
given length of time the system is com
plete if the results are in accordance
with the claim. We are in the predica-
ment OF accepting a theory white.
rejecting it practically, Vi for
the best breeders hold the escutcheon
marks in high favor, and yet dare not
affirm that their best cows always have
the most perfect escutcheons. If the
theory is correct it enables any person
to become en- expert Judge, and if it is
not to be relied upon there should be
no more nonsense about it.
The roofs Of barns should be steep,
and if OF wood the surface either paint
ed or the shingles dipped in lime water,
to make them more durable. Straw and
dirt collect under fat-roofed shingles
and cause rapid decay.-New York
Times.
D. Lovejoy, Of Haddanfeld, New Jer-
sey, has raised mammoth sunflower
in his garden. It's weight is sl3 IL
pounds, and the seed surface is 81 IL
inches in diameter.
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A PuZZling Cow.

The Philadelphia Press says that a
ful]~blooded Jersey COW, named "Da isy,
25 years old, owned by Mr. John S. Jew
ell, residing near Princeton, N. j.,
dropped fine calf on July %, but had
no milk for it. On August l, she dropped
a second calf, weighing so pounds, and
the delayed mi fountain was then de-
vleoped, SO that both calves have now a
supply. Taken altogether, this is an ex-
traord'nary case. The cows age is itself
out Of the common, as we'll as the twin
calves, while the cause for difference
Of nine days in their ages and the delay
of milk until the birth of the second,
must form puzzles for the veterinary
students sufficient to employ them for
some time. Meanwhile it is pleasant to
know that old 'Daisy" was at last &C.
counts in fair way to raise her babies,
which are doing well and greatly re-
semble each other.
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Notes for the Farm er.

One of the best coatings for tree
wound is gum shellac in alcohol 1t Of.
fectualiy excludes air and the wound
quickly heals over.
Texas farmers sold last year $50 ,0O0,-
coo worth of cotton, $50 900 900 worth Of
tattle. 81 900, 600 worth ST wool and NUT
on and 81 100000 worth Of horses and
hides.
Give the cellars thorough renovating
before You commence to store your
fruits aud. vegetables.
Professor John W. Clark, of the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College, has set
out this season 1000 apple trees, 200 pear
trees and 5000 peach trees in his North
Hadley orchard. He has 2ooo peach
trees from which he expects this season
to get 1000 bushels. s~s
Called and sore shoulders in horses
arc often caused by the name working
under the collar while pulling. This can
be avoided by plating the name and ty.
ing 1t up IN such manner that it can.
not touch the collar. It not only Injuries
the shoulder but the name also, which,
is one Of the beauties Of the horse. TO
ledo Blade. X ~
T.
It is well to store potatoes in dark,
cool, dry cellar. Shallow bins are the
best. Sweet potatoes that have been
thoroughly sripened and cried in,the
sun may we'll be9keptin a good dry ce,-
lar, where temperature is about foi tys
degrees. Another plan is to pack them
IN boxes llayered in clean, dry, SAND.
DR.. Hoskins, of Vermont, says: every
Asw know the productiveness of the
garden strawberry under good cultiva-
ton. / have picked four peck baskets
from 8 square rod at q single picking.
&rops OF 200 and occasionally 400. bush
as to the acre are reported, and $50
bushels are only q fair crop. AT 10 cents
Il quart this crop will give return Of
$47O, more than half of WHICH will be
clear profit. There is not nearly the
competition in late berries that there is
In the early CROP" a. 5 Ss:Ss
II the farmers of the country who own
worthless dogs ours without any breed
lns5--collId be induced TO destroy them
and substitute one well bred shepherd
pup, not more, 70 each farm, the wealth
OF every farming community would be
Vastly Increased in many WAYS. NJ Farm
ers soonsf find the col lie saves them many
step. Eager and anxious to learn,
Wiling 10 do any hing Within his power,
the young dog needs On M wise AMI pa
TENT restraint ard int ligenf d ireetion
% y the most usefn hand on the.
place.
often occurs Will, mar who have.
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What a Small Farmer Can Do.

A few days ago we were on an eighty
acre farm in Central Illinois. The own
er has half the farm in grass. has several
half and three quarter Percheron colts
and young mares; all of which he has
reared; has fair stock of cattle, and is
justly proud of his Poland China pigs,
for which be finds good demand from
the farmers in the vicinity, for use as
breeding stock. TIL ere is no shadow OF
doubt that he makes more money, does
not have to work 80 hard. and enjoys
his work more than he would if he fol-
lowed che example of his neighbors and
kept nearly al! Of his land in Indian
corn. Probably forty acres will be add
ed to the farm, this being all that is de-
sired. Lack OF fences on the farm is
often serious obstacle to stock raising.
Where there are division fences, it
seems certain that, in a majority Of
cases, it will pay better. even on COM
paratively small farms, to give consider
able attention to rearing live stock than
to grow grain Observation-Disclosures
Gazette.
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d Some teDderfoot wrote the olloWIng
on g postal card, dated Bismarck, D. &,
III Saw with my o wne eyes AZ dogg
without q Hare onn j " And was Tole hi
9 Maun that no TO Be All IIsita that the
sDoggs hare was Al biode oH by d ssiclone
or q blizerd as to call Them here It'd
sEetes Hell doesn't it IN I'LL ID ]. & 3 oom-
eIang.
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Wise's Axle Grease never gums.
Piless Piles. Pilesi.

- = FIfe5! F1IeS:T F1Tts!. ~ :,
Sure cure for Blind, Bleeding and Itch
ing Piles. Single box has cured worst
chronic case Of twenty years standing. No
one need suffer five minutes after applying
Williams Indian Pile Ointment. It absorbs
the tunaors alIays the itching particularly
after getting warn..in beo) Prepared only tor
Files andlltching for the private parts. Moves