The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-01-24
1st ALA. CAV.
What Has Become of all the Old BOysi

any mention of the brave boys who did such
good service in the Army of the Tennessee
The 1st Ala. Cav. was organized at Corlnth,
Miss, in 1862, by Gen. G. NJ. Dodge, and num-
bered over 1900 of strong, solid, hardy mount
aineers from the northern Counties of Alabama.
These soldiers were Union men whom the
rebs had attempted to cOnscript and they lied
to our lines at Corinth. Their families were
cared for by the Government and the men en-
listed Gen. Dodge sought and obtained an
order from the War Department organized the
regiment, appointing his Adjutant-GeneraI
capt. George Z. SpencCr) Colonel.
Col. Spencer earned his stars before the close
of the war, and was United States Senator from
Alabama for II years after. He is now mining
in Nevada.
Capt. Ozro ]. Dodds, of the s1st Ohio, was
the first Lieutenant Colonel. He died IN Gin
cinnati year or so ago.
Adiutant Godfrey, of the Cd Iowa, was the
first Senior Major, afterward Lieutenant-Colo-
mel: now member of the Utah Commission.
Residence, Des Moines, Iowa.
Maj. Frank Cramer came from the 1st Neb.
Not heard of since the war.
Mai. Fiefeld came from the 18th ILL.,, and
died in Minneapolis, where he located soon
after the war.
Mai Sanford Trammel raised Co. L. and was
promoted to a Majority for solid service. The
last heard of him he was in Kansas trying for
a pension.
Co. A was differed by Capt. Jerome J. Kinds,
First Lieut. George Emerich and Second Lieut..
Joe Kinds. Jerome Kinds is in Washington, a
son-in-law of the celebrated DIR. Bliss En-
erich is lost to me. Joe was Minister to Rio
Janeiro in 1870; now farmer in Illinois.
Co. B was differed by native Alabamians.
The Captain was brave and gallant officer. l
cannot recall his name.
Co. had several sets of officers Capt.
Cameron was the first commander; he died not
long ago at OttOwa, H. Capt Lathy was the
last, he is now living at Harold, Oak.
Co. c, was commanded by Capt. J. d. Shurt-
lift. Frank Upper was Lieutenant and after
ward Adiutant. Capt Shurtliff has been a
resident of Turner County, Oak, over 20 years
He is now County Commissioner, and his ad-
dress is Parker, Oak.
The first Captain of Co. E was Phil. Stern
berg, who was killed in action, and Capt M. r.
! Flint, of the 10th Mo Cav, came to his place.
| A Lieut. Moore, / think an Albanian, was
next to Flint in command. Capt. Flint was on
staff duty with Gen. Corse at Allatoona. He
1 now resides at Fargo, and holds responsible
/ position on The Argus.
/ OF Co. F the writer does not remember the
! officers Names nor what became of them after
/ the war.
! Co. G came to the regiment under Capt. Reed
I think many Of the members were Tennes
! seeans, brave lot of men, under n fighting
/ leader. Lost sight of them.
Co II was commanded by Capt. Joseph Ford
of Wiunebago Co., III. Lieut.. Peak, after
wards Sheriff at Plana, H., was in this com
pany.
| Co. l was commanded by Lieut.. Smelling
| The Captain was prisoner of war, and
never met him. The Second Lieutenant wa
/ Tom Spencer, with whom the writer attended
! school years before the war; but did not NEE
I in the service-neyer knew he belonged to the
regiment until some years afterwards met hin
| in Washington in the rooms of the Military
Committee of the Senate, and was introduced
! by Judge Noah, then clerk of that committee
1t was then l learned we not only had been a
| school together, but in the same regiment; til,
latter we did not know before. Lieut., Spence
was on detached service under Gen. Thomas il
the Army of the Cumberland, while the regi
ment was in the Army of the Tennessee. Co
| / was special escort for Gen. Sherman il
the march to the sea Lieut.. Smelling havin!
been a colporteur through that country before
the war, knew every stream and crossroads
and kept by the side of Uncle Billy all tn
way, to post the old man.
Co. K was commanded by Lieut.. Hornback
who came from Ohio / have never learned
of his whereabouts since. He was a goot
/ fellow.
Co. was raised by Capt Trammel, an,
/ differed by Lieuts. Edwards and Fishback
Edwards afterwards was Adiutant- General 70
/ Gen. VIM. Vandever, now Member of Congress
/ from California, and also for Gen. Jno. M
COrse. Fishback was promoted after Tramme
and Edwards were made Majors, and died Fl
Illinois several years ago
Co. NJ was raised and commanded by Capt
LOmax, who after the war died in northwestern
Missouri. genial gentleman he was.
There were several other officers l canno
place. wat" Day, now of Huntsville, Ala, wa
Adjutant, and another Day was Second Lieu
tenant of one of the companies; also Lien
tenant, Ed. Coe, of Clarinda, Iowa, who cam
to the regiment from the 18th III.
Adjt Frank Upper, who lost leg by tor
pedo while going through Georgia, is now il
the Clerks Office of the u. S. Courts at Denver
DR.. McGaughey, one of the Assistant SUI
geons, is a popular physician at Leseur, MINI
John Gardner, bright non commissions
officer of one of the companies, is at Athens
Ala.
Who knows where DR.. Swaving is? He wa
Surgeon of the regiment and from Pennsylvania
There is Lieut. John 0. ID. Smith; Serg
Bolton; Second Lieutenant of Co. Nj forge
his name-a good fellow; Granville Tucker,
Co. L, and lots of other good fellows. VIII
can tell of them? George Jenkins, First Lieu
tenant of Co. NJ, lives somewhere in Ohio.
If any Old-time Albanian reads this, an
will drop line to The ArguS, Fargo Dakoti
giving his address, he will hear of me. l al
writing this Christmas day, because | recall
years ago last night when we were all locate
at Camp Davies, an outpost at Corinth W
went out to Georges and had a dance, and til
pickets were fred on. Who remembers abou
it? Oh, yes! there was Lieut. Gray, ou
Quartermaster; where is he? His suGcesso
McWorkman, died here a couple of years ag
His son lives at Tracy, Mimi. Lieut.. kellogg
Commissary of the regiment, is living at Mil
neapolis; he was on the staff of Judge Rea, I'll
last National Commander of the GAR hoJ
l shall hear not only from one, but hundred
of the old comrades of the 1st Ala. Cav.-Co.
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