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The National tribune., 1888-03-01
At Stone River.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: After the reb-
els had massed and charged on our lines, and
our boys were broken and scattered, Silas Rich
ardson and Shelton c. Osborne, of Co. ID, 18th
H., hid in thickly- grown place in the woods,
and shortly they saw couple of fierce-looking
rebels, with long boards reaching down on their
breasts and wearing coonskin caps with the
tails on, coming that way. They were evil
IDENTIFY fre-eating fellows of the guerrilla stamp,
and as they drew near our boys covert, one of
them says to the other, in Boosting tone:
am goin ter shute the fust - Yank /
find" Silas turned to Shelton and said: THAT
fellow will not shoot me-" And running his
skilled eye over the barrel of his rife, ne sent
the fire-eater to place where fire is said to be
very plenty. The other one jumped around,
stamped and cursed wildly at the fall of his
comrade, so Silas borrowed Osborne's gun and
put him out of his misery too. The boys then
covered their empty guns with leaves, and
when captured soon afterward were asked
where that firing came from. They proved
their innocence by showing that they had no
guns. These heroic boys and five others from
their company went to rebel PRISONS but, for
tunately, at that early period Of the war, were
not held long, and were back in time to march
with Sherman to the sea.-THEo. ii. MACK
Sterling, Ill.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Having Eeen
and read several letters written about the bat
tie of Franklin, concluded TO send you my
recollections OF the same. l think the writers
are correct but, like the boys who saw the dog
fight, they saw it from different standpoints,
and while their statements differ widely they
write honestly. Therefore, what / write shall
be correct so far as my own regiment is con-
cerned.
Riley's Brigade was composed of the 18th
and 10th Ky, Tooth and I04th Ohio and Sth
Tenn. Ny regiment, the I75th Ohio, which
had been stationed al Columbia. was on the
morning Of the Both assigned temporarily TO
Riley's Brigade, and was placed in reserve, to-
gether with the 10th Ky. The 10th was to
the left of the cotton gin, the right resting on
Columbia pike. When Wagner's Brigade was
driven in from the outpost the 104th Ohio,
which occupied the works Immediately in front
of our regiment, was forced 10 give way, and
fell back TO and through the ranks Of the 10th
Ohio. Then it was that the I75th Ohio and
18th Ky which was on their left made that
gallant charge and retook the works, and the
I04th Ohio boys rallied and came back to the
works with q rush. No Drawer men ever wore
the blue than the l04th Ohio, and their being
forced back by overwhelming numbers on thai
Both day Of November, 1864, was no proof o.
+ cowardice; in fact, their prompt rally and dasl
back to the works is proof positive that they
/ were neither cowardly nor demoralized. The
! 175th Ohio did not belong to the Twenty
1 third Corps, but, as stated above, was tempora
/ rily assigned 10 it that day. We properly be
/ longed TO the Fourth Division Of the Twentieth
f Corps, Gen. Rousseau in command
I see that some of the communications &
4 THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE rather reflect OF
/ Wagner's Brigade. Now, boys, this is not fair
1 for we who were there know that after havini
l been driven back by the enemy who otltuum
bered them ten to one, they reformed tbei
ranks, and with cOlors flying helped to bea
back the exulting foe, who, under the leader
ship of the rebel Gen. Cleburne made charg
after charge, determined to punish US for TIA
repulse we had given him the day before a
Spring Hill but, thanks TO the boys in blue
be failed to get there, but instead lost his ow
life. The boys who fought at the famous col
ton-gin did not belong to one regiment alone
but were from the different regiments name
above, including Wagner's Brigade.-A. /
DENIsToH, CO. c. 10th Ohio, Westboro o.
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He Indorses Lieut.. Hopkins.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your issue
OF Feb / notice a communication from Lieut..
T. f. Hopkins, Co. L, 149th n. Y, disputing
the statement Of Capt. Joseph II. Moore, Co. b,
147th Pa, and / know that Lieut.. Hopkins is
correct ! was member of the 18th N. Y,
in the same brigade with the 149th N. Y,
which was the Third tGreene's) Brigade, of
the Second Division, Twentieth Corps. Our
brigade was commanded thas day by Col. David
ireland, of our regiment, aneI know positively
that the Third Brigade, or part of it at least,
were on the front linein the charge around the
point of Lookout Mountain. | remember well
when we surprised a camp Of rebels in the act
of cooking breakfast, and our regiment gobbled
up about 90 prisoners then and there. Had we
brought up the rear we could hardly have done
this / cannot say where the other brigades OF
our division were, but neither they nor any
other troops Except the Johnnies) were in
front Of US in that charge. We could see the
rebs plainly only a short distance from us, and
a shot from them killed the man next to me,
and the same bullet passed through him and
killed the man behind him in the rear rank
also.-C. A. ToMPKINs, Co. i, 18th n. Y, Glen
Castle, N Y.
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didn't tell you so ?" said gentleman to
an acquaintance whom he Glanced to meet on
the street; it's always the way" What's
always the way?" inquired mutual friend of
the two men who happened along just then.
"Why, just this" replied the first speaker
" You see Smith, here, the last time l met him
he had one of the wosrt coughs you ever heard.
He complained Of loss OF appetite, of night
sweats, of low spirits and other uninistakable
premonitory symptoms Of consumption. l told
him to get a supply Of DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery at once He did 50, aud look
at him now Did you ever see a healthier
looking man? The Discovery has snatched
thousands from consumptives' graves. l knew
it would cure Smith. It's always the way"
The National tribune., 1888-03-01

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please allow
me small place in your columns to say that
in the months of March and April, 1863, the
smallpox broke out in our army which lay at
Young's Point, La. and as the men would take
the deadly complaint they were placed on a
steamer and taken to Millken's Bend II miles
above the Point; and the same boat would
bring the dead down every morning in order
to bury them in the levee, that being the only
dry land TO be found, as the levees were cut and
the country overnowed with water from the
Mississippi River. have seen the rough board
baskets piled up on the bank like dry goods
boxes. The leyee was full of dead soldiers, and
the provisions and feed had to be hauled on this
mound aud the wagon wheels would cut down
to the boxes in which the boys were laid. Every
morning the dead march would be played, and
sometimes 100 would be laid to rest, having an
swered to their last roll-call on earth. ! would
like to know il the bodies were ever moved from
that Point. / often thought when the dead
march was played and the volleys of musk etry
| fired, that my turn would come; but, thank
God, / am here yet, minus one arm.-WILLIAAl
| EDMoNDs, Co. g, 4th W. Va.
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FORT BLAKELY.
7 Gallant 4oth u. at Fort BIakeIr

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Nearly every
regiment that took part in the battle of Fort
Blakely has been reported in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, but the gallant old 10th III. This
battle-scarred regiment has an honorable fight
ing record, and l am surprised that no word
of praise or commentator has ever appeared
in your columns 1t was organized IN 1861,
and had its first baptism in blood at Fort Dom
els0n, and closed its honorable fighting rec
ord of over four years service in defense of its
country at Fort Blakely, having marched
over 10000 long, weary miles, and had in
ranks over 700 men. It's devotion and gal
lantry on many hard-fought battlefield is
recorded in history. its officers were held in
high esteem, and regarded as men of courage
and fidelity. Col John A. Davis was killed at
Bolivar Tenn, and Lieut.. Col John J. Jones,
now deceased, took command. All the field
officers are now dead but Gen. Benz DornbIaser
aud he is idolized by all. The men were loyal
+ true aud brave, and fighters from way back.
/ But what i started out TO say was, that this
regiment was at Fort Blakely; il was there to
( fight and il did il with vim, yigor and victory
/ il was in the Thirteenth Corps, and its position
/ was near the left of the line il stood the test
\ Of the most terrific cannonading and musketry
I with a bravery that is seldom witnessed, and
on the eve Of the 9th participated in the charge
and capture of the fort with the bravery anC
willingness that is characteristic Of all true sol
/ diers. Blakely was captured, and ] claim tn,
/ old 10th III. held full hand in the memora
/ bic fracas, and don't you forget i'll. p. REED
] Co. b. 10th H. Washington d. c.
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How He Got tl,e pnrk

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: As Battery I,
ist Ohio L. A., commonly called " Leather
Britches" battery,) lay at Chattanooga, and
Hood was near Nashville trying to cut off our
communications we were put on quarter rations.
piece of pork was very desirable to us; there
was lots of it on the depot-steps, which was in
barrels, stacked three tiers high. A rock was
placed against the lower barrel to hold it in
place, and thus support the other barrels.
Horatio Sherman The has now passed his last
muster) and Cracker Bill" the writer, under
took to get some of that pork. By putting
mud on my boot, and making marks across it,
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ALnxurY and a Nccessitr.

MT A. g. La Grange, writes from Garden City,
Mimi: We have used up the old supply, and
want 10 lay in a new supply for Winter use.
We do not like to be without it in the house.
Ii is aen 10 bread-a family necessity; in fact,
/ think all well-regulated families will event
ually keep it, both as q luxury and a necessity;
and when that happens 1 think few years
will be added to the average duration of human
life. Ny daughter has experienced great bene-
fl from the use Of your treatment. Nothing
could be more satisfactory"
The reference is TO the Compound Oxygen
treatment dispensed by Drs. starkey & Palen,
No. 1929 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa Send
for Treatise and Monographs, free to all appli.
cants.
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Youngest SoIdler.

A. c. Ware. Co. A, 9th Ohio, Oregon, Mo-,
claims that Reuben Bowhart, Co. A, 9th Ohio
is one of the youngest soldiers. He enlisted
July Is, 1861, in the above named regiment, at
the age of II years and six months. He was
mustered ont of service July rs, 1865, having
served four years, He is now resident Of San
Diego, Cal, on the police force, and weighs $50
pounds. He was on the block as the youngest
enlisted man at the National Eneampment at
st. Louis, and at that time was awarded the
ribbon.
VIM Rider, Co. F, Goth Ohio, Willston o., while
not claiming to be the youngest soldier, was one
Of the kids" He enlisted Feb. %, 1864 at the
age of Is, and was in Is battles from that day
until the 18th Of January, 1864, when he re-
ceived a gunshot wound in his right leg in
front of Petersburg, from which he has suffered
ever since. He is now drawing the magnificent
sum of So month He would like to hear
from some of the comrades who expect to at
tend the National Encampment at Columbus
next Fall.
Jno. Matney, Co. Fl, 45th KY, Ashland, KY.
claims to be one of the youngest soldiers. he
enlisted IN Co Ii, 45th KY, at the age of Is
years two months and eight days.
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Flrst Division. FlfLeenth Corps.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Thomas Nc
CunniH, Co. G, 9th Iowa, in correcting William
Leler, Sd Mo-, as to the position of the regi-
ments and brigades of the division, is the worst
mixed-up fellow ever heard of. The division
at the close of tue war as follows: First Bri-
gade-76th Ohio, Sd Iowa, 18th Ill.,, 9th and
18th Mo-; Breyet Brig Gen. William Woods
Justices of the Supreme Court. when he died
Second Brigade40th and 103d ILL.,, 10th Ohio,
97th Ind, 9th Iowa; Brevet Brig Gen. Rob-
ert Cotterson, of the 97th Ind, commanding.
Third Brigade Cor Iowa Brigade, as it was
caledl-4th, 9th, both, 30th and 3lst Iowa;
Brighten. Geo. A. Stone, of the 25th, com
handing. McCunniff says the Iowa Brigade
recaptnred DeGress's battery. Well, 1 suppose
they did; as nearly every regiment in the
old Fifteenth Corps captured that battery. The
old 9th Iowa have never claimed that honor yet
They captured lots of rebel bullets on that hot
22d of July day, though. CHARLES CHANDLER
Sergeant Co. A, 9th Iowa, Hiawatha, Kan.
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The success of Some of the agents employed
by B. I. Johnson & Co., Richmond Va, is truly
marvellous. 1t is not an unusual thing for
their agents to make as high as $50 and $50 a
day, and sometimes their profits run up as high
as $40 and $50-even more. But we hesitate to
tell you the whole truth, or you will scarcely
believe we are in earnest Write them and see
for yourself what they will do for you.
The National tribune., 1888-03-01
VALVERDE.

Kenesaw, with the exact time of receipt and
sending-C. H. FISH, North Loup, Neb.
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Random Shots,

Fl. H MARITIME Co. B, goth Iowa, Center
Point, Iowa, wishes, through THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, to thank the comrades who have
sent him the copies of the song There's a
Hole in the Bottom of the Sea-" He thinks
there must have been a lot of noisy comrades
at the National Encampment at st. Louis last
Fall, and they must all read THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. lie received answers to his request
for the words Of that song, published in the pa.
per of Jan. 5, from the st. Lawrence to the
Gulf and from the Atlantic to the Pacific, and
they are still coming.
Jacob Buch, Sergeant, Co. G, 9Th y. S. Cav,
Champaign, H., was very much pleased with
the editorial which appeared in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE of recent date in regard to the dispo-
sition of the surplus. He says it comedies
with his idea exactly.
d. r. Oakerman Co G. 46th Iowa, says that
the 100-days men should be entitled to as much
credit as their comrades who served longer, for
they did all that was required of them and did
it well.
Shelton Flanagan Soldiers Home, Kan
thinks that no Intoxicating liquors should be
sold within the limits of the National Military
Homes. If the inmates of the Homes were al
lowed to vote on this subject, the majority
would favor the suppression of it.
Patrick Hodge Co. G, 112th N. Y, Gerry, N
V says that while squad of Union prisoners
were being marched from Libby to Belle Isle
! in September, 1864 number of the women Of
Richmond gathered on the sidewalk and spit
at the prisoners as they passed.
| c. L. Hewitt, Co. l, 9TH Mimi. GAINESVILLE
| Minn says that there is an error in the da
gram published in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Of
Dec. / in regard to the siege of Spanish Fort
| The troops were placed behind earthworks and
on the side of a ravine, instead of in the posi-
ton indicated by the diagram mentioned.
| S. F. Lent, Co. X, 25th Wis, Delavan, Mimi.
| saws that Comrade Bishop Is correct when ht
| says the 25th Ind was the first organized body
The National tribune., 1888-03-01
KILLED rNInN MEN.

The Dragons under the eye of Capt Lord,
returned this fire with their Sharp's rifles.
The infantry, in regular route step, now began
moving towards Fort Craig, five miles distant
the dragons, with the General, acting as
rear-guard. The enemy did not pursue.
! am not competent TO criticize the conduct
of our officers, but this / know, that neither
Lieut.. Clalin, commanding Co. g, nor Capt.
Lord were towards Had Capt. Lord disObey-
ed orders on the field he would have been
court martialed and cashiered.-CAsPAR WEIs-
sENFLUH, Co. d, 1st Dragons, Old Forge, Pa
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Cant. Lord,s pragoons IN the Flght.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: You have al
ways shown very commemorate disposition to
see fair play between the boys as they are
fighting their battles over again in The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE.
Now, for the purpose of removing an unde-
served stigma that has been cast on an organ
ization to which ] belonged for FIVE years, l beg
leave to submit to the comrades the following
truthful statement of facts. The whole thing
is yet fresh in my memory
Comrade A. B. Simpson, in his account OF
Sibleys campaign into New Mexico, says at
the battle of YaIverde Capt. Lord and his dra-
gOons refused to charge. This is wholly untrue.
They did not charge because the order was not
given. / hope comrade Simpson is soldier
enough to know what that implies. The facts
are these: Cos. ID aud G of the LIST Dragons
were the Generals escort. At p. m. on FEB.
81, 1862, we arrived on the field. OuT'troops
under Col. Roberts had for hours successfully
fought the enemy, silenced his artillery, the
shots from our batteries dismOunting some OF
his guns. After visiting various parts OF the
field with the General, we were halted close to
MeRae's battery. About 3 p. m. the enemy
made charge on this battery. They came
more
LIKE AN ARMED MOB
than soldiers. But number of them having a
revolver in each hand and large bowie-knlie
between their teeth, presented quite business
like appearance. Showers of bullets now came
whizzing over our heads. So far none took
effect But as that multitude drew near, our
position became decidedly unhealthy. The
man just in front of me Monroe by name) fell
dead from his horse, and other casualties oc-
CURED. Still, we were sitting there on our
horses, and no orders TO do anything. But
now, without orders, we drew our revolvers and
began to fire into them. Then some fright
ened idiot of an infantry officer, who, with his
men, was right close to US but between Us and
the enemy, gave the order, Stop that firing
They are our men
At last Capt. Lord commanded, DRAW saber!
and $50 sabers few out of their scabbards in a
hurry; but instead Of wheeling US into line to
face the enemy, as we all expected, and then
ordering Us to 20 into them, the command was to
dismount to fight. The order was of course in
stantly obeyed. This was almost instantly fol-
lowed by the command to retreat TO the river
bank and cover the retreat of the infantry.
Here, now, freely own, we got mixed up, and
each one on his own hook made for the desig-
mated post, about 100 yards distant. But there
was no panic. From the river bank those two
companies of dragons, as near as / recoiieet
for about 10 minutes kept up CALLING ire on
those lost guns of ours, to prevent the enemy
from turning them on our infantry, who were
now crossing. Gen. Candy was one Of the last
TO get across, riding the horse of CorpI Brown
his own having been killed. On the west
bank, in plain view of the enemy, the army, OF
what was left Of IT, quietly reformed. The enc
my now turned our lost guns on us in solid
earnest, ana Union shells intended for the
Johnnies
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Gite Them Their Due.


B. S. Narrower, lst Ind II. A.. Detroit, Mich,
says the comrades should be careful not to send
to Congress any man who fayors reduction of
the revenue until every dollar that the Gov
eminent owes to its disabled defenders is paid.
B. F. Hamilton, Haskell, Kan, thinks that
Congress should pass bill Immediately to
equaliZe bounties and make good to the soldiers
the difference between gold and the greenbacks
with which they were paid during the war.
Israel West, Deer Creek, Mimi, thinks the
best way to dispose of the surplus would be to
give every old soldier pension of 50 month.
Mrs. Kate Gilmore Bentonville, Ark, thinks
that every State in the Union should have
Homes for soldiers widows who have nothing
but their $12 month to live on. She cites the
case OF comrades widow at her place, whose
husband has been dead for "a years She gets
pension of $l2 month, but all has to go for
doctors bills, leaving almost nothing to live
on.
E. r. Henry, First Sergeant Co. F, 101st H.,
Dodge City, Kan, trusts that Congress will
pass, at an early date. the bill recently intro
duced by Senator Henderson. He says that he
was in the Mexican war, also in the late war,
and received an almost fatal wound at the bat
| tie of Dallas, Ga, for which he draws pension
| of S. q month. On account of the clause in the
| Mexican Pension Bill declaring that no person
| shall receive more than one pension, he is de-
/ barred from receiving any recognition of his
! services in the Mexican war. lie thinks this
! is not just, and hopes that Congress will remedy
| it.
D. A. Handy, Ashland, Mass, says that the
| veterans should never cease petitOning their
Congressman until the last one of them has re-
ceved his dues.
j. II. Pendlcton, Vine Grove, KY, says that
he sympathizes with anyone suffering from dis.
ability. He served the Government faithfully
for four years, and now receives but So month
pension for the disability he incurred during
that service. He trusts that Congress will
think of the needs of the soldiers and not pass
them by unobserved.
A. Orebaugh, Marathon, o., thinks that all
disabled soldiers should be pensoned without
having to furnish evidence of what happened
% years ago
NJ R. Locke, Etna, Me-. enlisted in Septem-
Der, 1861, in Co. G., 1st Me- Cav They were
told that when discharged they would receive
500 bounty, but few months after their en-
listment a law was passed which required that
they should serve two years to be entitled to 500
Comrade Locke does not think that this was
Just, and says that if our lawmakers would pay
little more attention to the wants of disabled
veterans they would not have such large sur
plus to worry them
L. o. Weeks, Co. F, 9th VT, Proctorsville
Vt, says the Government has not treated its
defenders right. If it had not been for the
brave Union men who gave their lives and
health in the dark days of 1896 this would
now be a divided Nation.
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