The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-03-12
EAST TENNESSEE.
Stealing Hams aud Getting Sick on Bad Flour.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: ] see in
recent issue a blast from one of Hazen's old
brigade about fOraging down in East Ten
/ nessee which mentions the fact that the Isl
Ohio was called the walking smokehOuse,
/ aud he wonders il any of the LIST Ohio boys
remembers this time i for one remember il
very distinctly, and ] remember having a good
sized ham 10 tote 30 camp myself and tell
you there was a good smell IN the camp Of the
LIST Ohio that night Of ham-fat frying in the
pan And didn't we enjoy It, after being Sc
long on short ratons i'm Chattanooga?
There was one little incident attached 10 this
that makes me remember il SO we'll lt is this;
As COmrade Crowell states the lst Ohio was in
the lead that day, and Of course got there first
TO the smokchouse), as they always did, and
had the first choice which was the first they
came to, so that the head OF the regiment did
not get down TO where the hams were. At any
rate, we that were back a little most all got
hams, There was one Of the boys from the
9th KY, OF better known In the brigade as the
Louisville Lcgion-and they were q host j can
tell y0u-charged In with as and managed 10
get one Of the finest hams. They always did
get the best in a charge, and there was nothing
they would not take, AS have known them TO
even take the rebel brcastworks and one fellow
took his rebel brother prisoner. Bat this was
not the fellow az all, for this one only took a
ham, and was marching along with ii when
the Colonel of his regiment rode mp 10 him aud
asked him where he belonged. He answered,
" To the Legion" We'll" said tho Colonel
"gct out Of this and 90 with the LIST Ohio; /
don't intend TO have any smOkebouse robbers
IN my ranks"
Wodid not like 10 be called such hard names,
for we had rather "A good reputation as a Tegi-
ment that would not rob anything after the
Legion bad been there) or take anything we
could not carry, and Of course we rather re-
scented this and reported 20 "Old Brickt0p,' as
we used TO call Mai. stafford who commanded
the LIST Ohio on account of his red head. what
Col Berry, Of the Legion, had said. Did you
ask ii he swore? You can call il sworc IL you
want to, but he naturally fumed, and some Of
the boys said they actually smeied sulphur
but think IL was the meat, that probably had
saltpotor in it, Anyway, he was net long in
finding this 9Th Ky. man who had Joined u.s.
and he asked him what he was doing there and
the poor fellow told him what the Colonel Of
the 9Th XIV. had done. This only made Mai
Stafford hotter, aud caused him 10 use different
language from what our Sunday teacher
does and gave him 10 understand that he
would father what the list Ohio did but lac
be - If he would the whole brigade.
would like TO ask il any Of the boys Of
Hazen's Brigade ever got sick by eating bread
made from siCE-whcat -four on that march 20
Knoxville? ] did. and ] don't think / was
much worse scared during my army life than
was few days after the above incident Oc-
CURED. ] had foragei some -four aud sorgum
molasscs, intending to have some hap-iacks,
Smoasses and ham gravy for supper but. owing
10 our getting 10 camp late, WAS obliged 10
wait tll morning. j was on time in the morn
ing with a troakis fit for King. and we did
il justice, too Breakfast over. assembly was
sounded, and we were out on the road again
making haste FOR Knoxville. We had gone but
mile or SO when ] began 20 get sick and
faiuty, but said nothing until one Of my com
radcs, seeing looked pale asked me what the
matter was. j told him how felt, and told
him l believed j WAS poisoned he seeming 10
think about as did.
Well, j kept getting sicker and scker until
finally i told my Captain ] would be obliged 90
fall out Of ranks as ] was very sick. ] made
Tor the fence and bad just time % reach il when
j commenced 90 vomit and it seemed 10 me
that il had gone clear back 10 1861 aud was
hunting up my first army rations in order that
u might get chance 10 clean me out, aud il
u had not been that my feet were so big have
no doubt but ] would have turned inside out.
The Doctor riding IN rear OF the regiment,
came up 20 where ] was and asked me what in
thunder ] was doing. ] told him what had
been doing and what ] had been eating He
had 10 laugh al me, and told lin ] could not
see where the laugh come in. wanted him
to DO something FOR rue, or ] would die right
there and then, but he told me there was no
danger az all, what had caused 10, aud also that
u would be likely 70 happen 20 me again.
told Elm i thought not, for j never could get
enough ratiOus ahead DO cause such an overflow
again. With tine exception Of feeling weak and
sore / never felt any bad ect-CHAs. BANKS,
Co II, LIST Ohio, Silver Lake, Kan.