The National tribune., 1890-10-30

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And the 18Th Ind. was "Tbar.''
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: vas been q
subscriber to der NATIONAL TRIBUNE for about
eight year. und most always sometimes read
der Editorial bago first und sean over der
" Fighting Dem Over" columns last. Ven
see Something's apOut pattlo vat der 18th Ind
wash in ! reads i'm. Veil, twas funny how
some of dem vellers writes pelievo dey
want TO dell der druth, but der druuble seems
tn DO, dey can't see all Offer pig pattle ground
at Once-if dey do much fighting. Und some
wants to gif somo particular regiment and
Gurnel all der braise; dot wash nix fair! l
dOught dot left der schoOlroo in der Spring
of 81, ven vas yust 10 year old, ind enlisted
to go und fight" nit j. c. Sullivan Of der
18th Ind. und CO. i. Yah. ind ] bought we
leave indianapolis und =" our girls pehind us"
on der night of der 9TH Of July, 1861, und dot
on der 18th of der month-yust seven days
after We left home-we knocked OUT der
Shonnes at Rich MOuutan maybe l vas mis-
taken; und / dinks NIL der vilo we fights at
Sheat Mountain, Greenbrer, und all ofor West
Virginia, ind dot we sharge at Kernstown in
1862; maybe ] wash mistaken; maybe | wash
ouat stealing shickens NIT "Bill Sutton and
Leopold PAUL.
Yah, drinks all der vile dot Lieut.. -Gurnel
Foster leads us. NIT our guns ut right shout
dot we shargc und drive der Shonnes until
dark; ] wash dinking all desc long years dot
l grab hold of der bride OF der horse-a cream
colored hOrse--of one of Stonewal's Aids, uBd
Bob Owens grab his bride on der onner side,
und dot We sent him, a prisoner, to der rear;
but maybe / wash mistaken; maybe | wash in
der rear-guarding der knapsacks
/ drinks all der vile dot my Captain. j. M.
Wilson, say 10 me a few weeks after dot. ven
/ had got into some trooblcs, " Frazier. If 10
wasn't for your undauutod bravery OH der
battlefield Of Winchester, und your widowed
mother, whom | dink deserves a peter sou,
| I'd have you shot rs an example for der regi-
ment; now, d-n you, go TO your quarters"
| Now, Mr.. Editor, ! dinks all dose dings und
maybe some moro, but Maj. Capehart, in do
| scrlbing dot leodle fight, seems intent only on
| bolttiug Il good Oilicor-Nathan Kimball, OF
der 18th Ind, in praising another good officer,
! OF equally as good n observation-disclosures Gurnel
| Creighton, und making II appear that he
| Capehart-was dor only one who vas shmart
enough TO detect, In advance Shcncral Shack
sons indentioHs. Speaking Of Kimball, he
says: His regular profession vas dot OF
| physician. und of course, dor psness he vas
| now following vas comparatively new to him,
| though be had somo practical experience with
| Lander in West Virginia, Under Mcclellan ind
! R0seCrans." l-s-h dot sol Veil, Dr. Cape
| bart, will you shust dell us If your regular
profession vas not dot OF physician" und
blosse dell rs old soldiers how much " practical
| oxberiencc" you had oop 10 dot timer
Further on, Dr. Capobart. in shpeaking OF
Shenefal Kimball, facetiously refers to him as
der doctor in immediate shEFgo Of der case !"
Veil. DIR. Capehart. viii yust remark dot der
doctor IN immediate shargc OF dot case " got
his baticnt through all riat Capohart also
says Hoping TO scduec der shy Confederate
| from his lair, Shields fcigncd timidity, und
! moved hurrodiy back TO Winchester" Vol,
dot wash drue; md, being drue. how Is DIR.
Capehart going 20 mike IL correspond init der
remaIk, further on, dot Shields und kimball
had been quite unaware OF Shackson prox-
iTnity?' Veil, dose wash some funny dingsl
/ goes my neighbors house into, und shake
mno fist under hs nose, shust like John l..
/ Sullivan, md say. Como nit your house out,
und lick you md your poys so bad ms never
wash COON NIT der pack yard ouat, ind
| knock dundor und bliEcu out init you'll Den
| turns arount aud runs init der pack yard
ouat, und ncfcr dful dot Weller und dor poys
is in close proximity" 10 me. eA?
| Veil, dot wash 80 fannyl Now der fact is,
neither Shields, kimball nor anyone cIsc vas
| surprised we were looking for uud counting
the attack. One would diuk from der account
of Dr. Capehart. dot der 9th uud 7th Ohio
were der only regiments not rcuulsed In der
sharge. / wash all der dime dinkiug dot der
18Th Ind. vas not rcpulsod but maybe wash
mistaken; maypo managed TO get suddenly
sick, shuat before der pattic, mudder," und
wash in der hospital. Is also occurs to me dot
one man don't always Somcd ines hear nil der
remarks dot der officers shpcak, ven dere va,
some fighting going on. Capehart heard Pat
rick OF der 9th Ohio, say, "Gecp COOL" old
your ground" Remember Cincinnati" und
+" Der bully lager beer" or words to dot effect
as der lawyers say.
Veil, dinks dot ! wash number one Ia my
company dot time, und being on der right
flank OF der regiment could hear some dings
dot my Gurnel shpeAk und so | will dell it
After der artillery had been fighting a GOO
vile, der infantry opened Ike der duyvel, uud
Sullivan, who had been chatting all der dim,
because his men had not peeu called oil. said
M his eyes flashed fire, "Gottl dot ish vat
likes to hcarw Poorly soon, after leedle vile
der order COON for der 18Th, nnd Sullivan
being In command OF der brigade, Lieut.. Cur
mel Il. g. Foster took us to der battlefield; We
COON Oh der field shust as der Gurncl of de
Saith Pa. wash killed. md der poys of dot regi
ment und der 10th. und der pOyB OF der Iitl
Iud. vas fighting like der duyyel, but SLOWLY
5 falling pack; ven dcy us dcy say, " Hooray
here COON der Sheat Mountain Zouavesw Do
wash vat va wash called ali dose dimes. Foster
see right away vat der dTouble wash. Den
poyB all fight like der duyvcl, Indiana Ohio
, Pennsylvania. und Virginia, all goot, one shus
80 goot US anodder, hut doy wash In der opel
felt und der Shonuies wash der stone fence
der straw stack, und der trees pehint Foste
led us Bhust like 10 wash on dress barade RICH
oup NIT dot strawstack uad woods down
about der center, der poys began To get imba
5 tent, und der line wash bulged q lecdle on
G like rainbow, init der bow towards der Shon
8 MES; den Foster yell out so lout rs never wash
0 YELL d-n IL. 10 in den |" Dot order vasl
1 yust as goot und obeyed gust us promptly, usI
der Won We read apout in der history. who say
o "On, Stanly, on Sharge, Shester. shargop
o Der comrades OF Ohio Pennsylvania, unt
/ Virginia, ven dey see how We march right ava
, Offer dot field, Offer der dead und der dying
3 rally once more, elf some more cheers, und &
& in nit us, and ve chase Stonewall Shackson
Z till dark. Now, Mr.. Editor, wash waiting s
6 long for SOMEBODY who could write peter as
/ mo TO deli der part dot der 18th Ind. dako mi
S dot pattle, und nopody don't do holdings mi
IA IL, so do der bestI can. dink all der poy
4 do vell und dot der 18th, NIT Gurnel H. !
d Foster, turned der tide Of pattle und saved de
n day. Vat has become nit all dem old l3t
o poys2 Wy you don't shpouk ouat. eh 2 Dire
G cheers for der Red White. and Plue und de
i soldiers friend-der NATIONAL TRIBUNE :
d LEE" FRAZIER, Go. u, 18th Ind, Berryvill
II Ark.
"a Bid Net Capture Qaito SO Many Rebels.
!, EDITOR EATIoRAL TRIBUNE: la your pap1
a Of Sept 10, appears "A communication from ~
A J. H. fhOrnbury OF Batteries + aud A, LIST II
L. A, Of Princeton, Kaps., who makes n stat,