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The National tribune., 1891-06-18
FORT SUMTER.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In a recent
issue Of your paper there appeared an article
under the heading Of " Cheering the Admiral"
and the writer inquired about the boat attack
on Fort Sumter. In reply 20 that comrade, and
for the information of all those who witnessed
that Inflated expedition, / will state that, on
Sept. -, 1868, every ship in the blOckading
squadron sent its complement of men TO
make the attack on Sumter. We formed along
side the gunbOat Huron. which lay at anchor
inside the bar. Capt. Williams was in COM
mand. The Powhatan's first and third cut
tiers were on the right Of the line, the third
cutter (the fagboatJ being first in line. We
were lowed past the iron fleet and inside the
line Of Fort Moultrie.
As soon as the order was given 10 cast loose
the sailors pulled toward the inner bay. Will
liams ordered the boats round 10 port, which
brought us head on 10 Sumter Then / could
see that the expedition was quite large, and if
we all landed at the broken face Of the fort it
would be ours. as we had the best officer in the
feet in command. Unlike the General in the
army our commander could not move to the
rear Of the line, 10 keep his men in position
or use signals, as we were midway between the
enemy's forts but he kept his position on the
right Of the line, and with that formation we
bore down on Sumter. We did not go far how
ever, before a sentry hailed US aud discharged
the harbOr 10 open on Us. which they did with
lightninglike rapidity.
Despite their fire we landed with the Pow
hatan's two cutters and barge, manned by
one officer and six boys, or about 80 effective
men, 10 charge on Sumter. We waited some
time for the rest Of the boats TO land, but no
more landed, and to charge with 80 men was
sheer nonsense. Our commander, after a care
ful Wow of the bay, said that the expedition
was scattered and that it was all up with us.
At tile words some went for the boats and
showed of under tremendous fire. Williams
called them back and he reasoned with them,
and told them it was impossible to reach the
feet. He then asked the rebel commander to
cease firing, which he did, and demanded our
surrender; but tho men on tho boats said
never that they would sink in the bay first.
Williams would not leave, but surrendered
with about 10 men and the boys mentioned
above.
We headed for Fort Moultrie, and continued
In that direction until we neared the surf and
the rebels continued their fire until we dis
appeared. We reached the monitor Lehigh
without any more loss Of men.-JAMEs Cos
GRIFF, one of the Powhatan's u. S. Marine
Guard, 1862 to 1865, 434 West Center street,
Shenandoah, Pa.
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The % III. Cav.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: VIII you
please give us a short sketch of the ID III.
Cav, and greatly Oblige several subscribers.-
GEO. PLUM, Derby, Kan.
TANsWER.-The Cd H. Cav. was mustered
into the United States service at Camp Butler,
Aug. - 1861, with AZ commissioned officers
and ,040 enlisted men. Silas Noble was Col
onel until Feb. 10 1868. when he was mustered
out of service. He was succeeded by John J.
Mudd, who commanded the regiment until
killed in action, May 3, 1864, while acting as
Chief of Cavalry on Gen. McClernand's staff,
on a transport on Red River. Daniel B. Bush,
ir., succeeded Col. Mudd and remained in COM
mand Of the regiment until July "a, 1865, when
he was discharged. He was succeeded by Ben
iamin F. Marsh, jr., who commanded the regi'
ment until mustered out of service, Nov. %,
1865, as Lieutenant Colonel, never having been
mustered as Colonel. The regiment re-enlisted
az veterans in January and February, 1864, and
was consolidated into five companies in 1865.
The regiment commenced its campaigning in
Missouri, and did a great deal Of scouting after
JEFF Thompson. They were ON the Smith ex-
petition toward Fort Henry, Tenn, and got
within Is miles of the fort in the early part Of
1862. They were the first troops in Columbus,
Ky, where they captured some large guns and
other stores The regiment was divided in
the Spring of 1862 seven companies guarding
Columbus, two being with Grant at the battles
of Forts Henry, Donelson and Shiloh. and three
in Illinois. They were in the battle of Bolivar,
Tenn, where Lieut.-C Col. HOgg was killed.
They were on Grants campaign through Mis-
sissippi, and were in Holly Springs whom that
place was surrendered, Dec. 20, 1862, several
companies Of the ID cutting their way out.
The regiment was in the FiCksburg campaign,
and did some gallant work. They were trans
ferred to the Department of the Gulf in Au-
gust, 1863, and were on the Red River expedi
ton under Banks, doing hard fighting and
scouting, capturing the town of Liberty, for
which they were cOmplimented in general or.
orders.-EDTTOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.l
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The RlnOdI Ninth.

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: Give a brief
history Of the 9th Ind.-GEORGE w. HUNTING
TON, Co. H. 9th Ind, Liberty Falls, ". Y.
1.-THE 9th Ind. is one of Col. FOx's 1900 fight
Ing regiments" and was at first three months
regiment, but afterwards reorganized under a
three years enlistment. Leaving Indiana in
September, 1861, it proceeded to West Virginia,
remaining there until the early part of 1862,
meanwhile being engaged at Green Brier and
Camp Allegheny. In the latter fight the 9th
distinguished itself and lost eight killed and 10
wounded. IL was ordered TO Hazen's Brigade,
Nelson's Division, of Buel's army, which il
reached In time to lose II killed and 1853
wounded at Shiloh. hard experience fol-
lowed. and the regiment fought its last fight of
the year at Stone River in Palmers Division,
losing IL killed, 81 wounded and IL missing.
Then, at Chiekamauga it left Is killed, OF
wounded and - missing. Crosses Brigade, OF
Palmer's Division, Fourth Corps, received IL in
October, 1863, and during the Atlanta campaign
the gallant Stanley commanded the division,
and Gen. Kimball on the franklin Nashville
campaign. Its four Colonies were Robert III.
Milroy, Gideon C. Moody, William III. Blake
and Isaac c. Suman. Its losses were: IL off,
Gers, 100 men killed and died of wounds; two
officers, 300 men died of disease, accidents, in
prison, etc. 1t was mustered out in September,
1865, while with the army of occupation in
Texas.-EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.l
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Read Better than Pension " on page 2.
GEN. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN
An OpIRIOn OF the Little Napoleon b. an frIsl
NlI.rnn

An OpIRiOn OF the Little Napoleon b. an irish
Veteran.
EDITOR NATIOEAL TRIBUEE: ] am pleased
with your explanation concerning the articles
on Gen. Mcclellan, but not with some Of your
correspondents, who njustly criticize and mis-
represent him. Having been a member Of the
Army of tho Potomac from its organization
until its disbandment take keen interest
in everything said concerning its talented or
ganizer aud most loved commander.
One of your correspondents states that he
was a great sdmireT Of Mcclellan until be was
captured by the enemy and found that the
rebels wanted Mcclellan elected President. In
answer 10 this sO-called admireT, will merely
remark that ! was with over 200 Others capt
ured on Oct. 80, 1864, and was questioned as to
how the election was expected to go, etc, but
attached no importance whatever to such
queries, for, as every well-infOTmed man and
woman in North America we'll knows, Presi-
dent Lincoln was so misrepreseuted to the
people Of the South, that they would prefer
any other man 10 him ut that time.
Another of your correspondents attemp pied
10 prove that Mcclellan never fought battle
This must certainly be amusing 10 the veterans
who fought under Gallant Little Mac" on
the Peninsula, and at South Mountain and
Antietam. II will now be in order for the So
ciety Of the Army Of the Potomac, at its next
meeting, 10 award said correspondent its best
leather medal.
President Lincoln. on Sept. 10, 1862 latter
Mcclellan had won the battle of South Mount
ain and for the second time saved the Capital Of
the Nationl, teegFaphed him the following
heartfelt aud memorable words: GOD bless
you and all with you.p Gen. Scott telegraphed !:
Bravo my dear GefIeTai 4
Others OF your coTrcsp 0ndents, including Gen.
Pope (whom Lees veterans to this day speak
Of as their COmmisaATy -Ccneral), have mis-.
represented the SERVICES, patriotism, aud ability
Of Gen. Mcclellan.
Life is too short to waste time replying to
parties whose prejudice evidently warps their
Judgment. All sueH refer to tho following
extract from q letter written by Gen. Sher-
man TO the editor Dec. Q, 1885, and published
In the Army aud Nary J04HHal Feb. 81. 1891 {:
Grant and Mcclellan both had pre-eminent
qualities, and these arc pretty well understood
by the world. No mere assemblage Of men,
however eminent, can change the verdict"
Ii is now clear TO everyone who has studied
the records of the war that McClellan's origi-
nal plan Of attacking Richmond was two years
later adopted Us a NECESSITY, and that it led to
Appomattox. E1tE
That Mcclellan was q high-minded, loyal,
brave and able General is now almost uni
Vorsally &dmitted.-VETERAE, 69th n. Y,
MeaRhor's Irish Brigade, Fort Bayard, N. n.
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BLACK RIVER BRIDGE.
UHwritten History-Only the 2lst and Esd low
Took Part In That Charge.

UHwritten HistOry-Only the 2lst and s3d Iowa
Took Part In That Charge.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In reading
the letter Of Capt Ross in your paper, was
reminded that the truth has never been told,
that only two regiments Of Gen. LAWYERS
Brigade Yore in that engagement. We had 30
regiments in our rear, but they were not called
into action.
Why Col. Kiusman moved out can never be
told, for be was killed; but certainly Capt.
Wilson, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General on
Gen. LAWYERS stan, was unaware Of his move
ment when he reached Col. Merrill, as some
one called his attention 10 the fact. charge,
Colonel, or he is lost" the Captain shouted,
and went running down the line. Immediately
rang out tho word "Charge!" and both regi-
ments IN one line weht out Of cover into q
charge Of lcaden hail that was mcrcilcgs, and
ne-third OF the two regiments remained on
the field killed or wounded, but the other two
thirds rushed across the plain, over the bayou,
yelling like demons land ! always thought the
rebels learned how 10 yell there) rushed into
the works, and the battle was over. Then
commenced a retreat Of the rebels every man
for himself, and il was a complete rOut al tire
way 10 Nicksburg. As described by resident
saw $4,000 men coming for Yicksburg ia
splendid columns, in perfect order, aud seem
ingly invincible. While the bridge was burning
the retreat commenced, and a moro dcmoralized
set never saw. Bull Run was nowhere"
The writer was wounded and for a moment
stunned, but saw the boys were in the work.
~ be arose and walked 10 the rear, over Coz
yards The Pea Iowa was in line, but had n0
moved. Some minutes afterwards they HELPED
/ gather up thousands Of tho prisoners, Will,
/ the two regiments had moved forward and
prevented some Of the rebels from swimmini
the riyer.-J. H. RUSSELL, ~ West Fourteenth
street, Dubuque Iowa.
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THE GLADLY sLoCoMB."
Something About an Old Gun Used at sDanEah
Fort.


Fort.
Comrade g. Bullock Of the oath " T. Cav,
and James NJ. Williams, Colonel of the 22d
Ala. tCOnfedeTatel, both representing the Blue
and Gray Veterans Union Of Mobile Ala have
sent Us photograph of the gun Lady so
comb which played an important part ks
Spanish Fort.
The photograph was taken on March 10 1891.
showing the piece ON the ground, surrounded
by the officers Of the Blue and Gray Veterans
Union, the day before the gun was removed -
Mobile. The Lady SlOcomb" is an 9ineh
columbiad Confederate gun, cast at Selma, Ala,
in 1868, and used by the COnfederates In the
defense of Mobile at Spanish Fort, where it did
effective and fatal work. according 70 Gen.
AndreWss Campaign of Mobile" wherein no
mentions this gun in numerous instances.
The gun was disabled during the siege by q
shot from a Parrott gun 80. pounderl, thrown
by Battery L, 1st Ind. Fl. A. It was worked
during the siege by Capt. Slocomb's command
of Washington Artillery of New Orleans, snd
named by his men in honor of the Captains
wife. The gun has been lying in the battery
where it fell ever since the war. 10 has been
written about and sung about, and has become
q most interesting relic.
The 4th day of last July the veterans In
Mobile, of both sides, met in Reunion As
Blakely and Spanish Fort battlefield and
organized a veterans union. the main purpOss
Of which was to commemorate the last battle
Of the war and the valor of the American
sOldiery by Peace Monument. The " Lady
Slocomb" will be used as a crown TO the Peace
Monument.
The members Of the Union desire the aid
Of the comrades Of the Thirteenth and Six
teenth Corps which ended the fighting &C
Spanish Fort, and also the roster of every COM
mand that was engaged there. All communica-
tiODs addressed to Blue and Gray Veterans
Union, Mobile, Ala.," will receive prompt
attention.
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Getting 10 Petersburg.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1. Which corps
was in advance in the march to Gettysburg on
the morning of July L? 2. Name the order in
which each of the corps arrived, and whom
E. N. GARvIN, Ogden, Iowa.
q. Buford's Cavalry Division; then the First
Corps. 2. The whole Of the First Corps got
into the line battle by IL a. M, July /.
The head of the Eleventh Corps reached
Gettysburg at 12:45 p. M, and the rear at las
D. m. In the course of the afternoon the Third
and Twelfth Corps came up. The Fifth Corps
arrived about p. m, July 2 and two hours
later the Sixth Corps began TO arrive upon the
hold.-EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.l
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Imnrobable.

tsrnith, Gray 4 Co.'S MOHt!y.l
Johnson-Giglamps the poet, went out in a
boat at Rockaway last week, and was never
heard of again. Yesterday they caught a
shark there aud Ia his stomach were two sill
yer dollars; so-they think he must have sWal-
lowed poor Giglamps
Bronson-I don't see why. What would q
poet be doing with 20 much money As thAtf
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Credit where Il is Due.
He Lost the Tip Of His Ear.

BF. Johns, Corporal, Co. A, 10th Pa, says
the "CannOneer5 account of the battle of
Spottsylvania is most vivid and interesting
and while reading it he can imagine that he
hears the booming Of cannon, the shouting, and
the wild rush of battle. His anecdOte of poor
Harvey reminds him Of q similar occurrence.
Just after they passed over the Second Corps,
living on the ground, q boy who had been with
them only short time commenced TO cry, and
said. 81 cannot stand this; am going back"
When the writer told him that he should not,
and was cooking his gun and threatening him,
= ball cut off the tip of the boys left ear. He
dropped his gun and ran like deer to the rear.
1t was getting very hot at this time, but the
writer could not help laughing ut the way the
kid jumped and scratched gravel. He would
like to hear from him to know how much
pension he gets for the loss Of the tip of his ear
The I'd Iowa Cav. was All Right.
J.E. Adcock, Co. E, 9Th ILL., Cav, st. Joseph,
No., asks COmrade McTeer why il was that the
troops were not stampeded on the first days
retreat from West Point, Miss. The writer can
answer his own question by stating that the
Second Brigade. composed of the 9Th, 7th and
9th Ill and "a Iowa Cav, covered the retreat;
the Cd Iowa Cav. being the rear-guard and
nobly doing their duty. The writer saw no
stampede, but knows they had very hard fight
ing to keep Forests cavalry and French's in
fantry away from the command. 1.-THE Tennes-
see cavalry had had the staying qualities of
the 4th u S. Cav. stampede would not have
taken place on the second day. It is natural
to suppose that the troops which were in the
rear and did the fighting on the first would
have been in the advance on the second day,
and that is where the Second Brigade was. On
noon of the second day the whole country was
covered with stampeded cavalry, and had it
not been for the Second Brigade. ably supported
by the 72d Ind. Mt'd Inf, the whole command
would have been inside Of AndersonYille.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1891-11-12
A WOMAN TRAIN DISPATCHER.

Lizzie E. D. Thayer is the train dis
hatcher of the New London Northern
railroad, and is perhaps the only
Woman in the world who holds such
d position. The New York Sun
kalks thus about her and what she is
called upon to do;
3 From O'Clock in the morning I'M
til 6 o'clock in the evening Miss
Thayer sits in front of the telegraph
Instruments in her New London
office, practically keeping the entire
Iength of the road of 121 miles from
Getting clogged up. She keeps one
of the telegraph wires hot with train
orders and instructions to conductors
IA regard to the work at the many
Stations. She side-tracks freight
trains to let passengers" whiz by,
Dr. perchance she side-tracks a pas
senger train for a few minutes to
prevent freight, loaded with perish
able stock, from getting Laid out"
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DIDN'T COST MUCH.

The recent death of Mr.. Ga
well-known publisher, recalls the fol-
lowing incident. One day a gentle
man named Fleming called on Mr..
c. land both being members of the
same society, the conversation drift
ed in that direction.
tYou were not at the last meeting"
said Mr.. C-to Fleming
mo replied the latter; 81 was I'M
advoidably absent. l have lost my
wife,
Now Mr.. c., who was some
what deaf, failed to hear the last re-
mark, and said, emphatically, well,
you didn't lose much! !" referring, of
course, to the meeting Of the society
''When Miss c., who was pres
ent, explained the situation, her
father was overwhelmed with shame,
and made most humble apologies
Fleming understood at once, and
had no thought of being offended
as Mr.. c. was known to be
scrupulously polite and tenderly
considerable From the Editors
Drawer, i'll Harper's Magazine for
November.
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She regulates the speed of the trains,
makes the passing points, and
decides whether it will be best to
delay an express train 10 minutes to
save a fast perishable freight train
from losing an hour. Her decisions
have to be made instantly, and once
given can rarely be changed. As
long as the trainmen follow her direc-
tions she is responsible for every
thing. The minute a train crowded
with passengers begins its trip every
passengers life is practically in this
little woman's hands. And all these
lives remain in her hands until the
train arrives at it's final destina ton.
So finely is the operative machinery
adjusted that should she make the
slightest slip many lives might be
lost and thousands of dollars worth
of property damaged. From the
moment she enters her office until
she leaves she is constantly conscious
of this grave responsibility, but her
nerves are of steel, and she doesn't
appear to mind it much.
1t was never intended that Miss
Thayer should be the train dispatch
err of the New London Northern rail-
road. She had been the train dis
patcher's assistant for year, and
he resigned. There was no one else
to take his place, and Miss Thayer
was put in charge temporarily. She
had received a great deal of informa-
ton while acting as assistant to the
train dispatcher, and was able to do
all his duties The officials of the
road looked high and low for a man
who they thought had the necessary
qualifications. Their search was in
vain. Meanwhile the road was run
ming along as usual. Finally they
got tired of looking for the man
whom they could not find, and as
Miss Thayer's work had been salts
factory she was made the official
train dispatcher.
Miss Thayer is pleasant young
woman personally, despite the fact
that she makes the operators along
the line walk in the narrow path.
They all like her, however. She is
an expert telegrapher of wide ex-
perience She learned telegraphy in
the little village of Groton, 13 years
ago, and has worked for the West
ern Union throughout New England.
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PERSONAL ITEMS.

Mr. George w. Childs, of Phila-
delphia, who began life with moth
ing. and has become one of the rich
est and best-known newspaper
men" in the world, says that the
source of the great test pleasure in the
world is doing good to others, and
that being generous grows on one,
just as being mean does"
Mrs. Frank Leslie, who recently
married William c. Kingsbury Wilde,
has received permission from Judge
BoOkstaver to reassume, on Nov. 80,
the name of Frank Leslie Mrs.
Leslie said, Il desire the prestige of
my old name, and desire to reassume
it partly out of respect to Mr.. Leslie.
and partly because Of its value in
my business affairs Of course l in
tend to continue my present work !;
l wouldn't give it up for all the men
in the world"
Fifty huge chests were required to
transport from Greece to Berlin the
superb collection OF the relics of Troy
left by the late DR.. Schliemann to the
Berlin Museum of Art
His fathers genius is said to have
been inherited by a son of Ole Bull,
the wonderful Norwegian violinist
The young man, who is a little over
twenty, expects soon to make his
debut in Paris.