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Fort Harrison.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Gen. Cecil
Clay's vivid account of the sI0Tming and capt
ure of Fort Harrison, Sept. %, 1864, is very in
teresting, and is the best description of the bat
tie have seen. In regard 10 the 55th Pa. TAX
ing the lead Of the Third Brigade on that day
there was purpose in IT, aud they would not
have been So honored if our regiment had been
stronger. As we emerged from the edge of the
woods Gen. STANDARDS Aid dashed up to Col
Roberts, who was standing very me, and
said. Put your strongest regiment in advance
and 20 right over these works" We were in
advance up to that time. but as some of our
companies were acting as skrmishers, We were
obliged 10 give way to the 5oth Pa, who were
much stronger
Col Roberts looked the warrior he was as,
with sword in one hard aud revolver in the
other, he bounded forward at the order, aud
the brigade responded with cheer as up the
nights they charged
At the breathing place mentioned by Gen
Clay Just under the broW Of the hill, about %
rods from the fort. and completely protected
from the rebel guns, the lines were merged iuto
QUE and when the order of &" forward" was
again given, we ro,e up as
bore tie dear old flag that day. and fell shot
through the wrist and side about 10 rods from
the fort but the flag went on, snatched from
my hands by another member of the color
guard rs / fell, with the brave boys to victory.
The 5Sth Pa. we'll sustained the honor of being
the leading regiment Of the Third Brigade on
that glorious day. but the 2lst Conn. were right
on their heels, and if the 58th flag was the first
on the parapet, got there just the same, or
what was left of the three companies that par
ticipated in the assault IL was well planned,
well executed, and resulted in glorious vic
tory.-H. A. CAMP Co. !, 21st Conn.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In looking
over an Old edition Of your paper-I think IL
was one OF September last read an account
o. the charge on Missionary Ridge, wherein
C0nrade j. Anderson, o. 20. IL, 56th Ind
claims that after lbe famous charge Gen. Grant
appeared horseback upon tbe Ridge at the
time cur boys we've firing the captured cannon
81 the enemy, and having asked tie question
what regiment u Was, the answer was the 56th
IND. Gen. Grant replied IL was the FIRST On
the Ridge; and his horse becoming frightened
from the firing Of the guns. the men were re-
enested - stop firing when the General told
them 10 pound away.
Now whether tie cOmra6e means 10 claim
The CORY Tor has regiment OF nos / am unable
u discern: but ! cannot Jet this pass unnoticed.
s. ] was one Of the boys that WAS there myself.
and for the good Of all concerned will state
that tie 18Th and 55th Ind. were consolidated
- form the fret lime 10 this charge. aud yye
were LED by The gallant Col. Fged Kuetiier. com
mandinR the 7Jth Ind; and, as tie c8mTlde
Says, The question was asked by Gen. Grant,
and that ne addressed Cur Colonel [knefierl
who replied, E" the 79th and seth Iud." As our
Colonel was the one spoken TO, I hardly think
ne could give one regiment precedence ever
the other, Is we were IN one line from the start
until VIC reached the top Of the Ridge
Now, as 20 the firing Of the cannon. Lieut.
IL. Aagsoln, OF Co B, 18th Ind, Was the one
who loaded and fired the FIRST shot; and after
tie boys of our company had loaded the other
two guns, two Of the captured Johnnies fred
them, making three guns used and three shots
fired ia all
The retreating Johnnies had built some FIRE.
IN tie valley east OF the Ridge and after tax
thlrd shot had been fired these fires were
speedily put out.
Z nope this may prove a fUll explanation
and ii tiie comrade Is mol fully satisfied / hop,
he wtil come 10 our Reunion this Fall aud vi
vii welcome him aud refresh his memory by
showing him some Of my correspondence, y hici
am guarding very carefully ior future refer
ence
~ The way, ! can tell the conrade ever
mile be Travelled from 90 10 80. If he was wit
his regiment during all TINS time; can ais,
give Iin the name Of every camp we estab
4lsAeas every hight NC participated IN also, thr
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Shiloh.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Permit me to
say a word or two concerning theaiieged de-
moralIzaUiou Of Grants army on that memorable
9Th of April. Nobody denies that we were
driven in the morning; but about O'clock in
the afternoon we reached the position that we
held and from which we started driving Beau
regards army Monday morning. The enemy
made the most desperate efforts to break our
line, but they were unayailng, and If neither
party had been reinforced there is every prob
ability we would have fallen back on Monday ;
but as it was we got Wallace with his 1000
from Crump's Landing in the night after Sun
days battle, and should most undoubtedly
have driven the enemy Monday even without
the aid of Buells army, the extreme advance of
which item or a dozen men with fag) reached
the river opposite our position about O'Clock
Sunday afternoon We were glad to see them, the
more so as Wallace had taken the wrong road,
and consequently did not arrive on time. Let
me call attention to one fact that has always
been overlooked in speaking of the great mass
of stragglers under the river bank" Ny regi-
meut which was one Of the Oldest, best seasoned,
most depleted regiments there, had some seven
men sick III our hospital tent all OF whom made
their way to the river and were counted in the
crowd. 1t is fair to suppose that this would be
less than the average number sick iii such hos
pitfalls in 4every regiment who ayailed them
selves of this method of Guiding the john
MES Taking into az count the number of regi-
ments there these uien who were not able
for duty, but who dragged themselves to the
river 10 avoid capture, together with SUIT
lers, teamsters, aud other non-combatants,
were sufficient to make quite a crowd with
ont the addition Of any skulkers. We were
glad to see Bueli's men, but we were not de-
pending them to come up aud tie the rebels
hands behind theirbacks 50 that we could whip
them.-O. B. ORMsBY, Assistant Surgeon,
18th Ill.
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They Broke IN tbe Ball,

EDITOR NATIOEAL tribune: While Gen.
Grant was besieging Ficks5urg, the 9th and
39th Ohio and some other troops were on duty
at Memphis, Tenn. The guard-liue around
the city was so long that one-half Of the troops
were compelled to be on duty all the time
Some of the men of duty were in the habit
of running the guards aud going down town,
especially at night, when they would meet at
some convenient place and, in company with
some of the Memphis ladies, have pleasant
time dancing. Our officers sent out special
patrols to bring in the runaways, and these
patrols broke up many Of their gatherings.
Now, if there is anything that soldier hates
ID is to have his pleasant pastimes interrupted
either by friend or Zoe, and he viii generally
resent aud seek revenge in some way.
Our officers resolved to have grand ball to
relieve the mOnOtOHy of camp life, and selected
a suitable building not far from camp. The
day before the ball we could see our superiors
in rank dashing hither and thither in carriages
through the city IN company with the Tennes-
see bellies. Just before shutdown a wagon uu-
loaded a couple of demij0hns Of ardents at the
ballroom door, and as soon as darkness settled
over the city the dancing began, aud all went
merry as O marriage Dell'
The house in which the ball was in progress
seemed TO attract the attention of quite a crowd
OF outsiders. Their number increased until il
was surrounded, when some one cried out,
Let them have 1t, aud threw a brickbat
The crowd rushed forward and hurled perfect
storm of missiles at the house, smashing in
doors and windows and tearing up things gen
orally. They then hastily dispersed.
The officers rushed out of the demolished
building into the silent slumbering camp, and
ordered the men into line. They were some
time waking and getting the sleepy soldiers
into ranks We were kept up for some time
bat, finding nothing to do, We were sent e
bed. The next morning we we're again called
up and after a thorough search two men were
identified as participants in the riot the night
before. One was sent TO Rock Island. H.. Z
/ serve out a few months Imprisonment, but
don't know what became of the other.
few of the persons in the ballroom were
hurt. but not seriously. / would like to hear
from the boys of the Ohio Brigade through the
columns of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, or by
letter, aud would be pleased to see them all al
Columbus next Fall.-PERRY LEWIS, Co. II
9th Ohio Pawnee, Ill.
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Yal,erde Once More.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE; In regard to
Comrade SIMPSONS communication OF May 10,
! would like TO say few words. | do not see
how II happens that COmrade Sampson knows
so much, he Was not there, aud 1 was. 80
let rs drop off from hearsay and tell facts and
just what we know. 20. u, Ist DragoOus was
first the field early ia the morning and was
until p ~. supporting the battery, when
Capt. Lord came on the field with 20. ID as
body guard TO Gen. Candy, al winch time Co..
was placed with 10. ID, under the com
mand oil Capt. Lord. Previous TO this the bat
terry had been upOn the west side Of the river,
while Co. WAS Ola the east side, or the same side
as the enemy, thus acting as support IN front
of aud between the two forces At p. nl.
Gen. Candy took command in person aud moved
the battery about mile up the river and
across into the timber upon the east side. Here
Is a large bend thus while the battery was not
over 40 yards from us Il was almost entirely
out Ot our sight. lsuppOse We were ordered TO
remain iu that place, and were dismOunted at
the time the battery taken. We knew
there was rumpus about the battery, but
waited orders. AT this time Lieut.. L. Ber-
nard tactIng Aid for Gen. Canbyj came alter
US aud said Our battery is taken; for Gods
SAKE 90 and retake IT," Those were his words.
We mounted and, 20. ID in front, went al
quick galop to within 80 yards OF the battery,
when Capt. Lord gave orders 10 dsDOunJ aud
fight Oh foot. Co. ID obeyed orders, but Capt.
Ciahin got excited aud said - -,
come on, boys sometimes Capt Clafin STAN
mers); 50 Co. q tried to charge. We passed Co.
ID and went right up to the battery, when,
! finding we could mol get through, we turned 10
the left and joined Co ID at the river bank aud,
dismounting, fought on foot until ordered 10
retreat by Gen. Candy. We charged by tours
aud think but the first set reached the bat
terry. Five men wounded out of eight
and three OF rs saved our bacon by quick
lodging. Now Comrade Sampson asks Were
those 100 men to SIT still on their horses and
let that armed mob take that battery" Well
don't suppose they were. We did protest, bat
a mob IS mob, and never listens TO reason
Bat Comrade Sampson, Cos. q aud did moi
mount 90 men ali told on that day, aud why
use the hgures-I60 men-twIce2 Ii looks to me
as If you want to climb up by kicking some.
body else down.
as TO that mob being poorly armed we'll, one
Of their double barrel shot.guns fell into oul
! hands and one barrel was loaded with 10 navy.
revolver balls. Poorly armed Well, | an
| glad he did not fire. | own up to not doing al
| that we might have done. but, Comrade Sanip
| son, have some mercy. We, as dragons, wer,
not feeling we'll that day; it had been a baC
season for the ague; we feel better now. d,
not wish to enter into controversy, but mus
/ speak just once.-CYRUs PENNocK, Sergeant
! Co. u, LIST Dragons Greenyaie Me.
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wounds received at New Berne viii commg-
nieate with him they will hear something to
their advantage.
Henry W. Burns, Kismet. Tenn, says that
through the medium Of THE NATIONAL TGIB-
UNE he found the whereabouts of John e.
Burns; and now desires the address of Robert
l.. Burns, who belonged to one OF the galvan-
lied regiments that were sent out 0n the
plains. He married in Kentucky. aud lived
there at the breaking out Of the war Either
be or his heirs will hear Of something 10 their
advantage by addressing him, as ahout 500 is
coming to them from his mothers estate
G.. 4. Fitch, Co. d, list ~ Y Media Kan,
says Col. IL. l.. Potter is mistaken when be as
seTts that the Excelsior Brigade did not charge
and take q battery &C Gettysburg, as claimed
by ComTadc Rafferty,. He also says that Col.
Potter was not with the regiment from the
time they left Falmouth until they returned
TO Brandy Station, and thinks be should not
express an opinion upon subjects which he
knows nothing about personally.
J. II. Wertz, Assistant Surgeon ID u. 8. Col
Ored Inf, CTestiiue, o., writes regarding the
quelliug of the mutiuy on tine Ocean Queen,
and says he thinks that 10 occurred before the
year 1864. He had a friend named Tracy, who
was passenger on this ship at tbe time Of the
mutny, who subsequently, became q member
of the 18th Wis, who related the story 70 him.
and the impression left on him was that the
tragedy occurred before 1864.
W. III. Hess, lSt No, 0dcbolt, Iowa, takes ex-
captions TO the number Of killed and wounded
given by THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE Of that
regiment at Wilson's Greek. The regiment
left Springfield Aug. with $50 rank aud file,
and two days after the battle, while on the
road to Rolla, AdJt Hiscock counted the men
and reported 373 left, among these being over
80 slightly wounded. He also says that the
regiment was composed Of Americans, Ger
Ill
while Co. G was entirely composed Of French
men
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"ObstInnte.n

This lady was not obstinate, but the disease
which vexed her WAS. For ten years she had
a weary aud broken-down feeling, with neural
gia aud internal troubles, among which were
heart palpitation and stomach disorders ac-
companied with great pain in the head Her
first report after beginning to take Compound
Oxygen showed but little improvement, but
she kept on checriiy and hopefully until steady
gain rewarded her patient efforts. month
later she noted the temporary disappearance of
most OF her symptoms. For while they trou-
bled her by occasional return. In few weeks
she wrote: The most obstinate symptom is the
head trouble. Other symptoms are not so Sc
we're Again: am OH the third treat
ment; my stomach aud pain in the heart have
not troubled me at all since the first three or
four days OF using it, / am steadily increasing
in flesh and strength. You cannot imagine
how much have improved in my looks. :"
Thus do the most obstinate nalades yield TO
the Compound Oxygen treatment; end sufferers
who have hardly dared hope 10 be well have
been refnrnshed with yigOr aud vitality.
This Is a deeply interesting subject Would
! you learn more ahontit2 Write 10 Drs Starkey
q Palcn, 1873 Arch street, Philadelphia, Pa.
for books, which will be sent free and will tell
ali you ask to know.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: ! noticed in
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE of July Is, COmrade
DreW's account OF the 9th Maine at Rappahau-
mock Station which IS correct rs far as / know,
except one statenentlu regard 10 our flag. Com
rade Drew says that at almost the same mo-
ment cheer arose on the right and near the
center Of the eartbworks, where our color
bearer had stuck our banner beside rebel
battle-iiag. This WAS the shout OF victory from
the I2lst n. Y. and the 5th Ae., who not only
captured our prisoners, bal our banner also"
The above statement Of COmrade Drew wish
to correct, If you viii kindly allow me space
for l claim TO know something about that
charge.
Oar COloF-Sergeant was John Gray, Of Co K
I Our lag was rolled up and the case on il. When
1 we were about ready to charge Col b. K.
! Harris said 10 our Color-bearer: Take off the
case and unrou your nag, Sergeant; We want
1 you to put 1t on that tort, pointing 10 the
rebel works; but the poor fellow was shot when
about two-thIrds OF the way to the tort, aud the
! writer Of this took the flag from him as he lay
+ Oh the field aud carried il on 10 the fort
Corp'i VIM Biackman, OF the color guard, and
I Comrade Hersey, OF Co. i, were with me on the
rebel works also Others. whose names / cannot
call ~ mind. twas not n any one eises hands
/ from the time that Serg't Gray fell until next
morning, when 1 delivered il up To Corpl An
/ defs0n. ne being the senior Corporal in the
I guard TT for duty.
When We started on that charge we had a
i Sergeant and eight C0rporals in the color guard.
/ Two were killed, died before morning-John
/ Gray aud James L. Mitcheii-and three were
wounded
/ never knew until read Comrade Drew's
account that there were any doubts as to how
the 9th Die. flag got on he fort. But then one
man cannot see 1t ALL even in his own regi-
/ ment
This is the first time that have attempted
+" % blow my bugle," aud if you Will find room
for this / will promise to be careful in the
/ future.-R. \. MAKER Serg't. Co. +, 9th Me-
I ~ ! L.-----.--- .Lr--- .....n.LL
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The igIth t,bio.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: ] have read
with pleasure Conrade Browns c0Inmuuiea-
ton about the 10Th Ohio fiji THE TRIBUNE of
April s. and thank him for the valued Informs
ton concerning the, wholesome fear of That
regiment which the rebels appear to have had
We can now understand, better than before,
some incidents of the Atlanta campaign, and
why we were successful IN driving the rebels
out of every position taken. As will be- re-
membered, the Twenty third Corps was one
or the other of the tanks oil the army during
that campaign, and it would now appear that
whenever we could get far enough around,
aud near enough to the Johunes for them to
be impressed with the splendid soldiery bear
ing" Of this famous regiment (which we then
and most of the time since only thought was
style and good clothes, they at once got up and
busted.
1t also explains that little episode of the
burning OF the Eowah Iron Works. when
Reilly's Brigade kicked up such racket by
firing so many thousand rounds Of ammuni-
tiGn.
We then thought they had made failure,
but see now that it was only to attract atten-
tion to the fact that the 104th Ohio was there,
and so scared the Johnuie5 that Col. Easement
could 90 cut aud with squad of two volun-
teers from each company in his brigade destroy
the works, which ne did. and without any
opposi ton.
AS one of the 1881 Ohio I had thought we
had better keep out of this 81 Franklin" discus
sion, even when the soldiery character of our
Colonel was assailed, as the regiment was not
at that time with the brigade, being on de-
tached duty at Department Headquarters, and
therefore l knew personally nothing about the
engagement. But a good many of us suspect
that all the jealousy and petty spite that existed
was on the part of the famous regiment, and
because we then held position of comparative
ease and safety Excepting at Spring Hill and a
few other places 10 which they thought their
good clothes and style entitled them.
Now, seriously both these commanders and
both commands were fully up to the average,
aud probably not much better and there is NO
need to disparage one to help build up another.
GEO. b. Fem, Co. F, l03d Ohio, Cedar Point,
Kan.
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Peach Tree Greek.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I have Just
read Comrade j. III. Henderson s account Of vino
were the first troops TO cross Peach Tree Creek
etc. wish now 10 correct his account in one
particular, to w.t. lie says the brigade was
aided by Battery !, ID H., in making the cross
ing Of said creek. In this he must be mistaken,
as the writer was there and remembers the
circumstances. IL was the 9Th Wis battery
do not wish TO rob Battery l, ID H., of any
credit due them, but simply wish to correct
Comrade Henderson. The 9Th Wis battery
was attached 20 the same brigade with the 22d
Ind, which he also mentions, from some time
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a Horrible Fnherltanco-

nc transmission OF tue fearful sTsrsa
OF contagious blood 20 son Is the uoas
horrible Inheritance which any ma
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majority OF c4scs, prevented By Eha
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nlshes, and wbich Is found 10 tue rene
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Specific commonly called IS 8 81
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writes: Three years / suffered with
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hrof. Edwn Baar, 234 + End ST NY.
writes; SElgs Specific cured ms
o. tearfll case OF Blood Poison
Or. b. T. WIHEtield, az the Soldiers
Home, Richmond, Va. writes. sss,UglfsY.
SPECIFIC cured me OF Q severe pass az
Blood Poison"
ID. W. l.. Briggs. BROOKLYN. N 2
writes: 81 was a perfect wreck from
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hea - and hope, and Z ana well to-day %
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sciI5r long Vlta Blood Poison. I tried
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ana Two bottles OF ). S. 5. elected =
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The Governor Of New York has signed the

The Governor Of New York has signed the
bill abolishing hanging for all murders com
mitted after Jan. l. 1889, and substituting
death by electricity therefor. This bill is the
outcome of a recommendation contained in the
first annual message of Gov. Hill to the Legis-
lature in 1855 The attention of scientific men
was attracted to the subject by this message,
and in 1886 a commission was appointed By
the Legislature to investigate and report the
most humane and practical method of carry
ing into effect the sentence Of death in capital
cases
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All persons wishing to engage in the canvass
Of this thrilling book viii find it to their ad-
vantage to address THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
for terms, etc. 1t is one Of the best-selling
books of the times, aud those already engaged
in its sale are highly gratifed at the handsome
returns made We also send the book as a
premium for eight new subscribers, or for s.
in conjunction with a years subscription to
TEE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
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aI nnn,f Wnnt RsIlef. Rnt cnrs. ,,

is the exclamation of thousands suffering from
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been done in thousands of cases; why not in
yours2 Your danger is in delay. Inclose a
stamp to Worlds Dispensary Medical Assoeia-
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON O. THURSDAY H.

in 1862 till the close of the war. And, by the
way the writer would like TO hear from those
HOOsier soldiers. Say, 22d. Ind, wake up and
give an account of yonrselyes.-J. b. DUNN, 9Th
Wis. battery, Primghar Iowa.
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boys Of the 18th Ohio and 9th KY, the regi-
iuents that formed our brigade
would like to hear from some of the two
last-named regiments, as they viii all recog-
nlze MP 9. JORDAN. Go. b, 18th Ind.
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