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The National tribune., 1884-06-12
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The sth Iowa at the Capture of Mobile.


Under the above heading, in your paper of
May g, 1881, ComTade w. II. Ward, of 9TH Yer
mont veteran volunteers, says: While life
lasts shall not forget the hour about o'clock
a. m, April 81 when suddenly the fire from the
rebel batteries ceased, and in a few moments
the firing on our side stopped. Silence reigned
for perhaps a minute, and then the shout went
up from every Union soldier, The Johnnies
have surrendered
Now, have in tny possession record and
by referring TO said record to find if the fort
was taken on the 9Th, as stated by him. or on
the 9Th, as / remember it TO be- / find that it
was on the 8th Of April. He is also wrong in
other respects. The sun was just sinking below
the western horizon when Colonel James L.
Geddes, of the Sth Iowa veteran volunteer in
fantry, I'm obedience TO orders from General
Carr led his regiment in charge upon the
fort They threw themselves amongst the
fallen and matted timber of the swamp. and
urged their way as rapidly as possible across
\ the mouth OF the ravine. A loud shout from
I the rest OF the division, as if the whole were
about 10 charge, distracted the attention of the
enemy, while the bold advance Of the 9Th Iowa
/ seemed TO strike him with dsmay. Some of his
men, who were posted behind log breast works.
fired scattering yolley and ran for their lives
But from the extreme left of the rebel Tide-pits
a heavy fire was poured upon our boys, until
1 the foremost Of them, mounting the bluff came
1uil upon the rear OF the enemy who occupied
them. The frightened rebels, seeing the boys
come clambering over the bluff, and not know
ing what force there might be behind, threw
! down their arms, and three hundred or more
were made prisoners on the spot. Others re-
treated rapidly toward the center of the fort,
and line of battle was now formed by the
! enemy to check the further advance of our
troops into the fortress. For more than three
| hundred yards the 9Th Iowa fought its way TO-
ward the enemy's center. But il was then dark,
and in obedience TO orders we halted and con-
| strncted line Of rihe-pits at right angles with
the fort and within the fort itself When the
rest Of the brigade came up viz, the 6lst, I0Sth,
and l2ath Illinois, the whole, with the 6th in
advance, marched through the fort, and found
that the rebel General j. H. Holtsclaw and his
men had quickly evacuated the fort This is
( the truth OF the matter, and all firing was
stopped before 8 o'clock p N. on the Sth of
April, 1865. i would like TO hear from any
| member Of my old regiment or brigade, either
through TIRE TRIBUNE the best soldiers paper
/ have taken, out of fiye) or by letter.
WM H. COLDER
Co b, eth Iowa Vet. Vol Inf
! MANCHESTER, Iowa.
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The Knoxville Spy Question Settled.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
After the battle of Missionary Ridge, Novem-
Der "a and %, 1863, our corps was sent to
Knoxville. Our regiment was stationed near
the town. while the corps went to Strawberry
Plains. One day the order came for our COM
pany to march into town. We went to the
prison, and the spy was brought out. Awagon,
containing his coffin, was there; he got in
the wagon, and, being ordered to sit down
upon the coffin, did SO. Our company This
guard fell in behind. We marched through
Knoxville TO the gallows, around which we
formed in a hollow square. The spy was then
led upon the scatfold and the rope placed
around his neck. AS he fell the rope broke.
The first knot was made before we arrived
lie was again led upon the scaffold, and as he
assembled he said he thought he ought not to
be hung. The officers then asked if any one
present could tie hangman's knot. A man
named James Lynch, of our company, stepped
forward, tied the knot, and we were again
ready. The drop fell and the spy was dead.
He was hanged about the last of December,
1868. His name was George Ephraim Dodge.
He belonged to the 9Th Texas, company d.
Comrade Patty is right in regard to his name
and the time he was hanged.
| take The TRIBUNE, and it is splendid
paper. When read what the boys say about
fighting the old battles, my mind goes back to
81, -'65. 1t makes no difference to what regi-
ment they belonged; there is q tie that we
can never forget. Soldiers who stood in the
front line of battle for the small sum of thir-
teen dollars per month, yet with families to
support, cannot forget each other. No, never
JOHN G. WALDIE,
Sergeant, Co. @, 74th Reg III. Vol, LIST Brig,
I'd Div, 4th Army Corps.
OREGON, ILL.
I'VE also have another letter from Comrade
Black, of the 74th Illinois, stating that by a
misprint he was made to give June (instead OF
January 10, 1864, as the date of the spy's exc
cution. He still insists, however, that the
| name was e. H. Dodd mot Dodge), and says
he had it from his own lips. James K. Fletcher
company D, 18th Kentucky, writes that he
too, understood that his name was Ephraim E
Dodd.-ED.
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that must hear some Of the sola boys talk aght
again, and, as the daiiies fnli Of matter that
don't strike the tender SPOT ike TIE TRInrxE
said TO myself something that I may want must
take back seat must hear some mere about the
way the thing was done.-Dsnnis Nle6farvey Ma
tonal Military Home, Elizabeth City county. Va
Your postal received, in which you call for am
muniton. Well you shall have shot. knowing
il will bring down fifty-two live FRiBuNEs /
wish every soldier Of THAI glorious Grand Army Of
could bat give yoa q shet then you would
have ammunition enough 80 hEht until evry sol
der received Just reeopmifion.-E. L. LGphan, 81
Wey bosgSet street progidence r. =
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TRIBUNE PREMIUMS,
And What Our Club-Raisers Think and Say o
Them.

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THE TRIBUNE Waterbury watch that received
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The Unknown Soidier,s Grave Near Corinth.

To The Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In your issue of May %, Chaplain Cotton, of
Purdy, Tenn, wants to know if any comrade
can tell the name of the soldier whose remains
are buried ON the side of the Purdy and Corinth
road, four and half miles north of Corinth,
Miss, at the foot of hickory tree and whose
grave was discovered by Hon. t. L. Dickey, of
Chicago, during the recent Shiloh excursion.
In reply, l would say that the name of the
soldier was John H. Murphy, a member of
company ID, 18th Tennessee cavalry. He went
to the rescue of two of our boys who had been
captured by party of guerrillas, and was by
the latter shot and killed He came think,
from Sewer county, Tenn.
D. NJ. JACK,
Co. D, 4th Tenn. Cav.
SULPHUR Rock ARK
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Co. c, 1st Battalion lid. Cav.
GETTYSBURG, PA.
The 9th New York Heavy Artillery at Cold Hartor.

me oth stN lofa hcaff Artillery at I0lu HGrb0r.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
] noticed in your issue of the 18th ult, in
Fighting Them Over" letter from Comrade
ID. A. Bradley, in which he speaks very dis
paragingly of the 9th New York heavy artil-
lery I'D division, 9Th corps at Cold Harbor.
Now, it is true that it broke and ran at Cold
Harbor, and il is also true that If the I'd Con-
necticut was not able to rally those new and
panic-stricken men, but LET them through their
lines, the 106th New York was able to and did
rally them under the command of our gallant
Colonel Townsend, and they reformed and went
into the fight to win, and ever after were as good
regiment as was in the 9th corps. At the last
charge on Petersburg, in front of Fort Fisher
and the Lookout, they did splendid work with
the enemy's guns III a fort that / have forgotten
the name OF. But, you see, one pair of eyes in
the ranks cannot see all that transpires on one
field. l have read with interest the letters
from that noble officer, Captain Peter Robert
son, of company G, 106th New York volunteers.
who led us on so many hard-fought fields and
seems to. have received little or no credit. 1t
was Captain Robertson who, when other officers
from different causes) failed, raised his sword
and said, Follow me!o and by his courage.
GOODNESS and efficiency led his men to victory
upon every field.
Let us hear from the boys of the 9th New
York heavy artillery and from that noble regi-
ment, the old 67th Pennsylvania volunteer in
fantry. l would also like to hear from any
member OF my company.
FRED. z. BULLS.
Co. /, l06th n Y.
GafYT.rTT Ncp "A
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STILL THEY COME.
The Latest Reports From The Tribunes Recruiting
Officers.

Enclosed please find 50 to pay nay subscription for
two years to your excellent paper. Wishing THE
TRIBUNE and all connected with it much prosper
ity, 1 remain-George Smith, Gold Hill, New.
Herewith send you 50 for three new subserip-
tons to THE TRIBUNE. The comrades who are
taking your excellent paper say it is the best they
have seen, and that they would not be without it
for three times the priee.-D. w. Parker, Carson,
Iowa.
Enclosed you viii please find $40 for ten subscrip-
tions to your valuable paper-all comrades of
Wadsworth Post, of this place, except one.-James
Murphy, Helena Mont.
Inclosed you will please find 81 for years sub
scription to your valuable paper. had come to
the conclusion that my income would not admit OF
the luxury of other than daily paper, but found
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That's About the Size Of IT.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
1t is plain that the interests Of the soldier
have not been consulted in the Warner bill,
and the sentiment with US here is that we arc
better off already under the present laws than
we would be should it pass in its present shape
Why cannot we have for Commissioner of PEN
siens man who viii respect the true intent
and meaning of existing law, and do away
with the technicaIities and arbitrary rulings
TO which We are now subjected?
ELI MATTHEWS,
La FoNTAISE, KAN. Co. /, 123d Ill. Inf
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The Founder of fine Grand army.

As was stated in THE TRIBUNE some time
ago. Stephenson Post, No. 80, Springfield, H.,
has in its possession portrait of the late Major
b. /. Stephenson after whom the Post is named,
and who was practically the founder of the
Grand Army of the Republic. The portrait is
said to be an excellent likeness, and the Post
has permitted Miss j. p Cleveland to have
copyright engraving made from it, to be Offer
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Something About Old Leatherbreeches.

TO the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Can you tell me what artillery officer was
known in the Army of the West as Leather
breeches?" He was a foreigner, I think.
JoHE GILL,
Co. Z, LIST Kentucky Vol. Cav.
DARBYyILLE, OHIO.
[Comrade Ira S. Owens 74th Ohio Y. T..
Xenia, Ohio in his history of Greene county
soldiers in the late war page 76) says: :" On
June 20, 1864, we 1.-THE 18th Ohiol moved in front
to Leatherbreeches' or Buckskin's battery. This
Leatherbreeches' right name was Captain Dill
GER. de was one of the most skillful and
plucky officers in the Union service. When the
war broke out Captain Dilger was an artillery
officer in the Prussian service A short time
after the battle of Run Run, sn uncle of Dill
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The Last Troops Discharged,

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
| have an idea that the 9th Illinois V. V. /.
was among the last. if not the last. volunteer
regiments mustered out of the United States
service. My discharge is dated Houston, Texas,
May Is, 1866. Win you please enlighten me
through the columns OF your paper?
T pTCErryr 27tb Illinois
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ASHLAND, NEB.

Companies and B, battalion of New Mexico
volunteers, discharged November Is, 1867, were
the last white troops discharged. The 125th
U. S. colored troops, discharged November %,
1867, were the last colored troops discharged
En-
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The Capture of Longstreet's Ammunition Train
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Long live THE TRIBUNEi / am greatly in
terested in Towards historical sketches, as also
"CarletOn's." The latter's version of the capture
of Longstreets ammunition train just before
the battle of Antietam is not, however quite
straight In some minor points, according to the
best of my recollection, and I was there. On
the evening before the surrender of Harpers
Ferry, we all knew that to surrender was all
that was left for the Union troops to do and
the next morning some of us mounted men,
who knew the country well for miles around,
decided of own accord to try to get out Of the
trap. First in this movement were about
seventy-five men (nearly all that were left for
duty at that time out of three companies) of the
1st battalion, Maryland cavalry, about 500
men of the 18th Illinois cavalry, about the
same number of the Sth New York cavalry
and small squad of Rhode Island cavalry. We
started just in the order named. The Mary
land battalion led the column quietly, scabbards
lashed to saddles and stole along the river
bank and tow-path. across the canal, through
brush and timber, through the cornfields and
over ploughed land. We struck the Sharpsburg
road near Antietam and saw about twenty rebs
lying, sitting and standing around fire. About
that number of us were in advance. We
swung into them with our 5abers and when we
rode away (Which was in about four minutes)
! their arms and equipments were on the fire and
q lew oI theJonnlles looked as II tney nad Deen
monkeying with buzz-saw.
We also ran into their lines at Sharps-
burg, where they appeared TO be in great
numbers, but apparently too tired to get
up and go for US. We fell back before our
main column came up, leaving the honorable
| gentlemen from Alabama under the impress
sion that we were the 1st Virginia cav.
| airy. We struck the Hagerstown and Williams
port pike just before daylight at Jones Cross
roads. In a few moments Longstreets ammu.
milton train hove in sight We headed il
north and persuaded the drivers to "whp ZEN
up" One wagon broke an axle-tree There
was large lot of hay on top Of the shells
etc, and we stuck a match in it. Pretty soon
there was heap big" racket We-that is
the Maryland battalion-ran sixty-one wagons
and about one hundred prisoners into Cham
bersburg before the day ended The people Of
the Cumberland Valley, and especially the citi
zens of Chambersburg, were wild with deIigh
| and brought US out the best they had to eat al
we passed along. The rebel captains name
whom the citizens We're so anxious to hang fo
his past ofenses was Clegget Fitzhugh-n,
Miller to it. If any person who reads thi
| knows what became of the same Fitzhugh
would like to hear from him.
THos. McALLTsTER,
Co. c, 1st Battalion Md Cav.
D.
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The Goth Indiana at Charlottesville.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

10 IHe EQltOr NAlIoNAb Tribune.
I notice in recens number Of THE TRIB-
uNE that one of Berdan's Shapshooters cor
reefs General Doubleday in regard to the cap
ture of the 23d Georgia at Charlottesville. l
have not read Dovbleday's book, but if the
comrade quotes him correctly, both are incor
rect. The ID u. S. sharpshooters did not alone
make the capture, but that regiment and the
Goth Indiana volunteers together know that
the Goth Indiana took very active part in the
capture, and divided the contents of their hav-
ersacks with the Johnnies, who were almost
starved. | don't wish to detract from the mer-
its of the I'd q. s. sharpshooters, but merely
make the correction for the sake of the truth
of history. We were with this regiment in
many tight place. and are entirely willing to
divide the honors with them They were a
splendid body of men, and as good soldiers as
ever faced foe. Now, eomrade, as you WELD
facile pen, wont you give u.s. through The
TRIBUNE, an account of that night-Septem-
Der 10, 1864-when your regiment and the Goth
Pennsylvania and goth Indiana captured the
rebel picket-line in front of Fort He'll at Pc
terSburg ID. NJ. BINGAMAN,
Second Lieut., Co. E, goth Ind.
HooPEsToN, Ill.
EComrade B. F. Hickman, company z, Goth
Indiana, Eaton, Ohio, writes that but for the
sl1irmishers of his regiment getting in the rear
of the 23d Georgia, the latter could have slip
ped away easily.-ED.l
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LA FoNTAISE, KAN. Go. /. I23d hi. Inf.

Watch received all right. IL keeps splendid time
and runs right along with the town regulator.-A
Z. Pintler, Dayton. Wash. Ter
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The sad New York Infantry at CHAMPION Pass

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
/ agree with Sergeant Beech, company B, 4th
New Jersey volunteers as to the fighting
qualities of General Torbert's brigade; but
when he says that his brigade did it all I think
he is wrong, as the 32d New York volunteers
did some hard fighting at the same place. He
viii remember that when the charge was made
Newton's, Bartletts, and Torbert's brigades
were all mixed up, and it was hard to tell who
did the best fighting. For my part 1 thiak
they all did well. 1t was fearful charge, as
all viii testify, but We drove the Johnnies from
their position, and gained the crest of the hill
all together The 32d New York volunteers
lost their colonel and major. Colonel Madison
was killed leading his men in the charge and
Major Lemon was killed as we were forming
for the charge. We lost some fifty officers and
men killed and some hundred wounded. Ser
geant Beech speaks Of his brigade charging, and
the others lying down, and / would like to
know what he means. /, for one, did not see
any of the brigades lying down while General
Torbert's was on the charge. / would like to
hear from some of the SD New York yolun-
teers. /. 3. MORGAN,
NEW HAVEN, CoNy. Co F. sod N Wv,
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WASHINGTON, Ia. Co. 4
no die Editor NATIoNAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In recent issue you ask to what COM
mands the men belonged who were shot by
Wade Hampton's orders for foraging in North
Carolina. My understanding at the time was
that there were eleven men found lying in
one pile, on top of one another, and on the top
ones breast was pinned, death to all For
agersi" The one upon whose breast the paper
was pinned was member of company |, 50th
Illinois V. v / have forgotten his name. He
was not foraging, but carrying dispatches from
one wing of the army to the other. He was
highly respected by the entire regiment and
curses loud and deep were heard on every side
when it was found out that he had been SO
brutality murdered. G. f. GREEN,
WALsENBURG, Colo. Co. K, 50th Ill. V. l.
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guuo riuno Epilepsy (fsl or Spasns Free to Poor.
zulu UtiIU = DIR. Kruse DDS Hickory ST. Louis No.
Mention The National TuOune.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
What Our Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns.

Death to F0ragers-Shermans Retalatory Order.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In your valuable paper of the 0th ult. Com
rade Joe L. Casper, Goth Indiana volunteers,
asks some reader to give the facts concerning
the murder of a lieutenant and seven men of
Shermans army at Chesterfield, and sergeant
and eight men near Featherville, S. c.. each
being marked with a strip of paper, on which
was written, Death to Foragers"
i do not know of the particular cases to
which he refers, but similar tragedy occurred
to comrade of our regiment which, with your
permission, will relate: Robert III. Woodruff,
company H, Both Illinois infantry, was muir
dered while foraging, by guerrillas, February
28 1865, two or three days before our arrival
at Cheraw, S. c., and tag pinned to his breast
with the above inscription.
The facts were reported to General Sherman.
He ordered that a rebel prisoner, chosen by lot,
be shot in retaliation. The fatal lot was drawn
by South Carolinian named William Miller
BrOwn-f my memory is not at fault. The
prisoner was placed by an old snag of a tree,
fifteen or twenty feet high, against which he
rested, in the midst of a large pine forest a
detail of twelve men from the murdered mans
company, under command of Colonel Rhodes,
acted as executioners, and company A of same
regiment as guards. The prisoner-an aged
man-made short speech before his execution,
stating that he was conscript had been in
the service but short time, was class leader,
and had family of nine daughters.
The execution was conducted according to
the usual military order-six of the guns
loaded with bullets and six with blank car
tridges. The unfortunate man stood up and
received the fatal charge. Five balls passed
through the heart, or near it, and the sixth was
fired into the left thigh by one of the detail,
who had the curiosity to know whether his
gun was loaded or not. The poor man stood
for several seconds before he fell. He died
without a struggle. The writer was one of the
guards and an eyewitness of the execution.
General Sherman communicated his retalia-
tory order TO Wade Hampton, which had the
desired effect of preventing the murder OF
Union foragers by their inhuman captors.
VIM. l.. DIHEL,
w AcrIrNr1.rnNr o. 4 2ntI Ill Inf
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NV' " HUI 7 N4lLIs OtfNs
SULPHUR Rock, ARK.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1884-02-09

Tine silver dollar in this count
~ stood at a premium above gold for
oyer twenty years, and held this su.
perior position, SC tar as bullion and
currency value is concerned, until
it was destroyed by hostile legisla
ton. We now say destroy the legis.
lation that the full and true value Of
our silver currency may be restored.
Remove the cause of the depre citation
and the depreciation will cease to
exist. This is the substance Of the
whole question in nut shell.-Min
ing Review.