The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-03-14
FIGHTING THEM OVER
What0ur Veterans Have TO Say About
Their Old Campaigns

Rebel Flass and Other Cariosities.


though / cannot tell yon about ali there Is IN
them. ] VIII finish telling about what there
is on the walls before we look at the cases.
IN 4 group next the corner Of the room IS
haversacz, cartridge box. swords and bayOnets
One OF the bayonets was taken OF the gun OF
dead soldier &C Gettysburg; the cartrIdge-box
belonged to one OF the members OF the ltlh
Me.; sword cut in twain by bali at Antietam;
long, twO-cdgcG straight sword that we can
not classify, rs we have never seen one like it
before. The blade is about two inches wide
nearly its full length. and about three feet
long. The handle is just a round piece of
wood, with no guard. We do not know where
this sword was found.
Next hangs the Gag Of the Both La, and is
the best preserved We have IN the room. 1t
was captured by Private Harry Davis, of the
goth Ohio, &c the battle before Atlanta. July
p, 1854 ii is made of bunting and silk, rcd
ground and light-blue cross bars, edged with
white, and - gilt stars. It is made to fasten
10 stan with cord passing through rings about
one inch apart, sewed on the edge Of flag.
Tie next flag is three stripes red, white and
red, blue field, with eight stars IN a circle, with
three stars inside the circle. 1t is about five
feet wide and eight feet long, made Of silk, and
nearly one-third torn away. On the white
stripe is lettered Rife ScOats," and below this
The motto Death Before Submission" We do
not know what State the Scouts were credited
Cav. at Selma, Ala.
Over the door as you enter is the flag of the
LIST Nd battery. This flag was captured by
the 1884 Ohio at Hatcher's Run, April ,, 1865
Il IS made of bunting; cross-bars and ID stars
Lower down on the wall we have two Of the
three frames containing the wartime envel-
opes ana the large picture Of "AndersonYile
Prison-Pen," by Thomas O'Dea. This picture
rests on the pedestal that holds the bell of the
first State House Of Ohio at Chiliicothe The
bell Is not very large, and weighs, perhaps, 300
pounds Ii was cast in the year 1901 at Nor
witch by B. Davidson.
Please sit down in the " old armchair, used
by Edward TIfin, first Governor Of the State of
Ohio" Governor from 1893 to 1907. The old
chair is well preserved. and il is amusing to
notice the visitors sit down in it. Some think
they are not allowed TO, and others ask no
questions, but sit down, with There; l can
say l sat IN the chair of the first Governor! ="
During the centennial last Fall we counted %
different persons sit down In the old chair in
10 minutes, and four out of five would make
the above remark. We became very tired of
answering the question as to whether person
was allowed to sit in it, and made little sign
and placed on the top, Sit down IN the chair
If you wish TO-" and were bothered no more
And when their attention would be called TO
the desk. they would, if they had not already
done so, walk right Overland put their name on
i
the same desk be did"
Now, then, we viii step over to the large
case and see what Te have there. This case is
four feet wide and eight feet long and there
are large variety Of things ia it.
The first thing we viii cali your attention to
Is this Bible, printed in the year 1892. 1t is
one Of these known IS the " Breeches Bible"
Is is laid opan so that you can see the title page
OF the New Testament, and it has very odd
ways Of spelling, such as newe, and what locks
like the letter for s and the letter used In
place Of V, as loue for love. The printers no.
tee reads thus: Imprinted at London by the
Deputies OF Christopher Baker, Printer to the
Queens Most Excellent Majesty, 1892" Now,
our Y0ung readers VIII ask WHY this Bible is
called the Breeches Bible?" If they will take
their Bible aud read the 9TH verse of the Sd
chapter OF Genesis they win End quite differ
ence IN the way theirs reads and this one. In
this Bible it reads as follows: a. Then the eyes
OF them both were open, and they knew they
were naked, and they seWed fg-tree leaves to-
gether and made themselves breeches" At
nrst glance the type looks ike German, but il
is the old English text The Bible is the
property Of Joseph Crafty, Of Columbus, O., who
kindly loans it 10 the Relic Room.
Next 10 the Bible is qneer-looking thing
and you could hardly tell what it is until you
read the note alongside. Il is a gourd.' This
gourd Is one of the first grown In America: :
Hnd Cherokee war; IS now about 265 years DID,
and the property Of 4. J. Hinton, of Ross
County, O. 1t has been handed down from
father TO eldest son for several generations
Mr. Hint0Hs father always kept it wrapped in
tissue paper, and would not allow anyone to
handle il, bat at last il has been placed in our
Relic Room by the son, through Rev. 2. L. Hin
ton, Of Columbus, O.
This is what We call the " Old Corner" of the
ease. The Breeches Bible. printed 1892; a
WEIGH Bible, printed 1916; German prayer
book, 1865; German Bible, 1857, and an arith-
retic. 1896. A volume Of " The Lucubration. :"
Isaac Brickenstaff, esq, I7I2; q pewter mug 10Y
years old, used by family by the name of
EyestOne IN The early settlement of Ohio.
Here is part Of Mexican cap picked up un-
der the walls Of Chapultepec aud brought
home by Capt w. g. Iannyh Co. g, 18th
e. S. Vols. There is not much Of it left
This epaulet was worn by Capt. Rial Near
thur war Of 1879; and the little canteen was
carried and the coczade worn by Joseph Obern
ht the surrender Of Hull at Detroit in 1873.
There IS " British cap" Ii is blue trimmed
with red. The top is square, with four-point
red star, the points extending to each corner.
with silver bullion tassel and red band around
the bottom, with gold lace. The top is made to
fall 70 enc side Ii was used in the war Of 1872
The diploma Of Aaron Burr, dated 1852 and
executed IN New York, IS on parchment and
VI b-AS ANA haAA std HUI even DElNg
broken.
Here is the muster-rou of Co. B, 1st bat
talon Of Engineers, c. S. A, from June 80 To
Aug 81, 1864. 1t was found, with many other
papers, in headquarters at Houston. Tex. bv
i. Faris Of the z5th Ohio. 1t is printed on
brown paper, and part Of the writing has evil
IDENTIFY been done by q German, as the curls and
dots peculiar TO the German writing are there.
But il is a very plain, bold hand, and English.
Fall in for bareback =" Does that sound IA
miliar comrades? Well we are not going to
issue any at present but we wanted to call the
young folks attention to the ones we have
These are old vets, and Is one of the first
things that attracts the cid soldiers attention.
and starts them OF talking about how they
served them up at meals. This small riece
was sent home by G. II. Osborn, Of Co. ID. iIsth
n y, to his mother TO show Ter the kind of
bread re had, and she kept it as relic of the
war; but falling into Mr. Osborn's possession
again. be has placed it here The large one,
made BY Il. A. Cooper, Cincinnati, looks as
go0d rs ever only that il has been broken. bpt
not so as to fall apart. The cracker was sent
70 Miss Hannah Ellis, Of Hillsboro. O.. bv
Serg'ts Brown and March, Of Co. A, Goth Ohio.
April /, 1852, from Harper's Ferry It's loaned
by Mrs. Hannah Dryden fnoe Ellis). The
other ono docs not look so tempting for the
edges have been trimmed off and the face var
nisbed, then put in frame TO preserved ii. but
we took it out of the frame before putting II i'm
the case with the others. 1t was issued. with
the little sack Of tea accompanying to Charles +.