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does not believe any such c0mradeship as Buel
describes ever existed between an officer and
has men in the Regular Army, etc. To this
Comrade 3ucl rolers 10 comrades ia Battery b.
j being one mentioned, 10 substautiate his
statement
First I am willing 10 hold up my right hand
and give my testimony la confirmation OF what
" the CannOnccT says in regard 10 Capt. Stew
art and Ais men. Capt Stewart was an old
soldier la the Regular Army. lie rose from
private 10 Captain IN the battery, aud therefore
knew what thorough discipline meant. To
have good men il was necessary 10 have good
discipline Although the "Old Man" was
strict, be was kind. j think him one Of the
kindest hearted men j ever knew an officer
THAT incurred the loss Of bis mon ~ though
they were bis children; who never punished
unless IL was absolutely necessary. especially
after the battle o. Antictam, and then 4 think
be would rather have taken the punishment
himself
As an illustration Of bis manner Of treating
private soldiers under has command give this:
Meeting him one day on the parade-Rround,
and wishing 10 speak 10 him, ] accOsted him ia
/ the manner prescribed by the Regulations,
1 which he recognized. Then j commenced talk
/ ing 10 him, but before talking long j stood az
/ ease, when the Old Man" said stand 20
attention siT," but in kind, gentlemanly
\ manner, after which be stood and talked with
me Just the same as il be had been one of the
boys On had been nj officer ofequai rank
Thus he would stand and chat with the men,
and joke, aud still maintain his dignity as an
J officer IN the Regular Army. lie was Ms fond
4 OF joke an any one / ever knew. ] have seen
| him sit on has horse aud shake with laughter TO
hear the boys guyinE other officers that were
riding with him while on the march Some
one would say, "Oh. sec the balloon" 10 see
the officers crane their necks looking for the
balloon.
Did we love the "Old Man" we boys Of old
Battery B2 Alta Reunion Of the Iron Brigade
Association loi which the Old Man " was one
OF the Vice Prosidcutsl, held 40 Madison, Wis,
a Few years ago, some ID OF the old battery
boys were present We heard that the "Oid
Man i" was 10 town, 50 we were on the watch
for him 10 come into the chamber where the
Association WAS held. lie came about o'clock
and took his seat IN the Vice Presidents chair.
Although order had boon called the boys made
a break Tor him. If Comrade Warner had been
there lac would never have doubted the CON-
radeship that existed between Capt. Stewart
and has men. To see the hearty handshake
{ aud the tears In the eyes Of those old comrades
would have convinced the most skeptica Of the
comradeship that existed between the "Old
Man" and bis boys.
Then the Old Man" took command Of hii
old boys aud would not leave us, even 10 20 Il
the gathering Of the other officers OF the Bri
/ gRde. We, the " Old Man aud bis boys, mad,
for ourselves name Of which we are not
ashamed We are proud Of IT, Capt Stewart
, holds place Ia our hearts that is not held by
any other human being. Did we love the Old
Man ~ We loved him then, We love him still. -
' D. ii. STILLMAN, Battery b, 4th u. b. l.. A.
Cartwright Wis.
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sOnrads bolton SIN Maintains that 81 war a Bigger
Fight than Gettysburg.
EDITOE NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

N your issue OF Jan. q,
1892, q coIDrade under
takes, evidently, 10 an
swcr a former article Of
mine, wherein ] compared
Gettysburg with CAicka-
mauRa. There Is a vast
difference between asser-
tons with nothing 10
back them aud plain Gg-
uros with uuquestionable
proofs % sustain them.
lhaye no war eagle" in
my bonnet" aud 10 oc-
casion nor desire 10 have.
] simply believe that his
tory should not be dis
tOrted. nor facts, 10 order
10 make history favor an
uutTuth. i have not
found one single state.
mcnt showing the nam.
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REQUEST space n
your paper 90 answer an
article Ina the Jan. 25th
number, entitled +" The
Old Man." where the
author Of I" The Can
noneer" SAYS: Ihavo
before me a letter from
ComTade Warner, Ofthe
ia0th y. T., ia which
be says that he has read
the Canuoueer that
be knew Battery B we'll,
as all must know IL who
served in the Fifth
Corps, hut he thinks
that ] lluclJ rather
idealized the Old Man,
Can't Stewart % Warmer
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rDsirof, Free Press

Detroit Free Press
He had resented the afFront with vigor and
emphasis when the tailor presented bis bill and
insisted on payment.
Bah" be said, scornfully, bah sir; it takes
nine tailOrs to make a man"
Il know it does" responded the tailor, pleas
antly, and now that I've done my share, why
in thunder don't you go around TO the other
eighth"
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fred at short range would have passed through
his body. AS 10 Simms, who is given as the
man who shot Gen. Kelley, he was about so
yards 10 the right and rear of the General when
be was hit, while the shot which struck the Gem
eral came from the direct front. When Simms
was searched he had no arms. There we're no
threats or demonstrations made az TO shooting
SImms.
Scattering.
James Cosgroye, New Market, r. j., served
in Co. /, 1881 n. Y. He never sees anything
from the members Of his regiment and would
ike TO hear from all Of them. He would Ike
to know If COmrade Barlow or Bsrto Is living
William w. Sterling, Co. H. l37sh ". y,
CutchOgue L. L., n. T.. wants someone to send
him the poem ." Barbara Frstchie."
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SMOKERS GAP.
A COmrade Says Other Troops we're There Besides
DlsmOunicd Cavalry and Militia.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBuSE:

SAW in your issue Of
Dec. 10, 1891. an article
Of DR.. John T. Maggie in
regard 10 the fght st
Smokers Gap. July IS,
1854 Now, think that
there was glory enough
in tho late war to 90
all around, and not just
one branch Of tho SER
vice to take it all. /
happened to be in the
skirmish line that day,
and also saw some Of
tho Johnnies.
] happened to DO I'M
der the command OF
Gen. ThobHrn at that
time, also Col. Walls,
and also saw Col. Dan
Frost, who died that
night after the fight at
a little log house, about
a mile east Of the bat
tIelield, ON the left Of
The National tribune., 1892-02-25
CHRISTIANS IN WAR.
A Pennsylvania COmrads Who was a LOYAL and
Religious Soldier.
EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune /:

FREQUENTLY the ssser-
tion is made that war is
destructive ofreligious life.
and that IL is impossible
for n soldier in active cam
paigning to maintain his
Christian character. While
this is true in a measure,
yet there are exceptions TO
all rules, and / have no
doubt but that there are
some who have maintained
their "high calling "
through the late terrible
The National tribune., 1892-02-25

NOTICE comrade Z. c.
G., Of Battery ID, 5th u.
s. Art. takes exceptions
20 my article regarding
which army occupied
Round Top during The
haitlp 0f Gettysburg, as
asked ny Comraie Hog.
uius. Ia the issue 0l Oct.
~. 1871. That was the
real Issue: which army
uut what particular
regiment or battery -oc-
curici Eonnd Top. But
"a rvi icuce is generally
credited. rs il Is either
direct or remote, lstuOve
tn give mina as an eye
witness, and also gave
any regiment which has
tory has given a place
Gnpn Round Tor. rs fur
hrcyideuce that ] had
- Lnn. hmm
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A Good Snggestlon.

himself poor mans friend, says he would like
10 notify the authorities at Washington, while
they are opening the Cherokee Strip for settle
ment to have them keep their eyes on the
specializing class. He says that about half Of
the people in Kansas who own land in that
State are proposing TO run in and take land,
which they will hold four or five months, and
then sell it 20 the cattlemen, and will employ
some cowboy to prove it up for them, and thus
keep the poor man out Of home.
The National tribune., 1892-02-25
Corn Parching at GraTelly Spring.

Joe Ewing Co. G, 5th Iowa Cav, says that
while parching corn tho other day and reading
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE at the same time his
thoughts went back to the time when he was
parching corn over a campfire with the smoke
in his eyes and an empty stomach at Grayelly
Spring, Ala, in the Winter Of 1S64J65. He felt
the pangs of hunger. marched again in his turn
to the Sergeant and received his
half ear Of corn, which was the ration for day,
and could again see the 9Th Ohio Cav.'s tents
to the east aud Battery l., 4th Arts, shanties
and dug-outs, with the boys squatting around
the fire parching and eating corn, and discuss
ing grape vine kilograms; but bis thoughts
finally came back to his present occupation, and
he found that the corn he was parching had
burnt as black as his old hat He wonders how
many Of the old 7th Ohio and 9Th Iowa. Cav.
boys are left to remember the days spent In
parching corn at that camp, and If they can
still hear the cry of bareback and sOwbelly.
The writer will bet that Gen. Wilson will not
come to the front 10 answer this rOll-call.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
Nhai0ur Veterans Have 10 Say About
Their Old Campaigns

Another Siory a. 20 the Dsfrnse OF Round Top.
ENRON NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
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Gettysburg.

VIM. d. Eldred, BigIerville, Pa. would like
to know IL the boys Of Dick Coulter's 18th Pa.
remember the time they came up the Emmits-
burg Road and through the Seminary yard at
Gettysburg, and how they were received with
grape and canister In the oak woods. The
writer's companies (B and AZ were marched over
the field that day while the rest of the regi-
Incnt was left in line Of battle to support the
batteries. The two companies charged the en-
emy's sharpshOOters and drove them in, but
the line Of battle pushed the skirmishers back
over the ground they had Just driven the rebel
sharpshooters from. The 11th Pa. has a grand
monument to mark their line Of battle, with a
bronze soldier on the top, looking over the
field, while the dog, Sallie, is lying at the base
keeping guard. All the boys Of the I1th will
remember Sallie who used to fight the enemy
in her way. grabbing at the bullets as they
struck the dust. She was killed at Hatcher's
Run while fighting. The writer lives close to
the monument at Gettysburg and passes it
often, and it brings tears to his eyes when he
thinks Of the past. He would like to CORE
spond with some Of his old comrades.
The National tribune., 1892-02-25

A. T. Sutton, Co. c, s3d Ohio, Rockford, o., no.
ticed in a recent issue a request by Comrads
Stem, Of Texas, for some one 10 write an inter
esting article on the Tyler StOckade. The
writer says he was a prisoner there and had
anything but a good time az it was there
where he received the hardest knocks Of his
life. He was sent from there to Hemstesd Pen,
which is situated 100 miles south Of Tyler, so
they could have plenty Of room to scratch.
The National tribune., 1892-02-25
The Ist MINI.

J. F. Early, postofics box 10, WILDER, Neb.,
saws that Gov. Alex. Ramsey was in Washing.
ton on the morning Of April IA, 1861. and
offered the services Of 1000 men 20 suppress the
rebellion. His offer was accepted, and the lst
Mimi. was organized for three months, but
changed to three years service, aud were mus
tered into the service April %, by Capt. Nelson,
and ex Gov. Willis A. German was made Colo
mel. The writer enlisted April q, 1861, in the
Chatfeld Guards, which had been previously
filed and Differed, and their services had been
accepted for the 1st Mimi, but owing to the dis
lance from st. Paul and slow transportation,
the Ist was filed by companies near by, and the
writer's company became Co. A, I'd Mimi. AS
the company was above the maximum, the
writer was mustered into Co. G, 81 MINI. In
July, 1862, at MurphysbOro the ID Mimi. met
with reverse and Co. G.. was left alone in the
field; after a short time joined the 2d MIMI,
and served with that regiment until ordered
home for reorganization Of the Sd. In this way
he enlisted for the LIST, served in the 2d, and
belonged to the 81 during the Summer of 1862
and 1863 He served a short time with Co. ],
9th Mich, at TulahOma, and also served with
the ed Ky. at Murphysboro.
The National tribune., 1892-02-25
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
How They DId ~.

18th Ohio, Jacksonville,
o., writes: " In Z b o
issue Of sept. % Com
rade Keep, 10Th Ohio,
claims that his regi-
ment. which assembled
Lookout Mountain on
Sept. 9, 1863, was the
first OF the Union
troops upon il. He is
mistaken. The 18th
Ohio climbed Lookout
Mountain on Sept. 8,
by an old Indian trail,
near Trenton, Ca,
drove away the rebel
pickets, and unfurled
its flag on the edge Of
the palisades in the
sight of the whole
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Fourteenth Corps, which lay encamped in Look
out Valley beneath u.s. Negley's whole Division
crossed the mountain on Sept 8. In THE Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE Of Sept. II Comrade Blum
din, of the 25th Pa, says that it was impossible
for the 5th Ky. men 10 have climbed up crevice
in the palisades at the point Of Lookout to
plant their flag. as they claim TO have done on
the morning after the battle. There was then,
and probably is now a erevice where there was
not more than 10 or - feet OF perpendicular
hight. The wall around this eTeyce was pitted
with marks made by shells from our guns on
Moccasiu Point -
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Ths WOundlng OF Cen. Kelley.

7. N. Fordycs, Captain, Co. O, 1st w. Va,
having seen various accounts Of the battle of
Philippi and the WOunding of Gen. Kelley, and
having had command of the advance company
while charging through the town. was in posi-
ton to know more about that circumstance than
ANYBODY else At the outskirts Of the town,
when they found the enemy in full retreat,
they came to q halt. Just then Col. Kelley ap-
preached the writer and had turned to speak to
him when he noticed the Colonel place his hand
on his left breast. Running to him he said:
'yCaDtain, lam wounded" He assisted him from
his horse, and with the help of Serg' IS LamdOn
aud Morgan carried him to a house about 200
yards in the year and laid him on q bed. A
couple of days afterward the writer constructed
a litter and with three men Of his company car
ried him 10 miles to Webster, put him on the
cars and sent him to Grafton. The shot which
wounded the Colonel was evidently q spent
ball fred at long range, as there was no report
near them at the time, and q bullet Of that size
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Association or some other comrade TO send him
By letter the names of all the officers and men
who served in Go. + up 70 the time the reg-
ment WAS consolidated with the Oath n. Y,
after that TO its discharge in 1850.
If Angeline Lapham, formerly Of Lebanon,
Ind, will write to Capt. J. o. SedigO, of Leb-
anon. Ind, she will hear Of something to her
advantage.
Jerry marry, CoFunna, Mich, a veteran who
has seen considerable service, would like 20
know a good town in which 20 set up laundry.
VIII the comrades Of Robert Manser, who en-
listed in 1861 for two years service ia the
Union army, either at Buffalo, n. T., or Phila-
delphia, Pa, please send the company to which
he belonged aud the name Of the Captain Of the
company, so that his widow and child may OBJ
tain a pension. Address, Mrs. Josephine s.
Man5er, $50 Royal street, Mobile, Ala.
Sigmond Eicholtz. Morrow, o., having seen
Picket Shot written by Christ HilDebrand,
Lieutenant, Co. +, 28th Ohio in TIE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE Of Dee. 10 1891. which does not give
his address, be would like to get it, as he wishes
To cOrrespOnd with him
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Ought To BE Grateful.

g. w. Remission, Co. F. 11th W. Va. VI. V. ~,
Franklin, Ne, says that the old soldiers ought
TO be forever grateful 10 TIE NATIONAL TRIB-
UsE for the decided stand il has always taken
in their behalf. the able manner in which it
has presented their case to tho country, and
the hard knocks it has given to soldier-haters
by bringing figures to prove their assertions to
be lies
The National tribune., 1892-02-25

l.. j. Mosher. Co. G.. LIST MIMI Seneca, Kan,
writes: Please publish in your paper the sim
pie fact that the 1st Mimi. was mustered into
the United States service on the 29th day Of
April. 1861, and thereby stop all foolishness
as TO who, which, or what is entitled to that
The National tribune., 1892-02-25
A History Of the sixteenth Corps.

T. o. Hanlan, Orting. Wash, says that there
is an organization of the Sixth Army Corps
Association in Washington. He is tabulating
records and compiling brief history Of the
corps. Any Information pertaining to its Or
ganization, incidents, etc, will be appreciated.
The National tribune., 1892-02-25
CAPT. LANES STEWART.
EDITOR NATIoNA

The Cannoneer's Statements About the sold
Man'sh COmradeship Confirmed.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
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Here's an Old Fellow.

Frederick w. Fout, SO Olive street, st.
Louis, writes: "A late issue contained the
name of an old soldier 90 years of age and the
writer wanted to know who could beat that.
Well, there is an old soldier who visits US reg
ularly every week. His name is Jack Haines,
and he served on the Mississippi Flotila. He
receives n small pension, is member OF Blair
Post. GAR, of this city, and 100 years Of age.
lie will be able, from present appearance, To be
az the Reunion in your city i'm September next
The National tribune., 1892-02-25
Good Hnmss in Waiting.

James f. Back, Co II, I'd III. Cav, Hand, s.
d., would like TO correspond with some maid or
widow, with a view to matrimony, between the
ages Of 81 and -.
Frank Lindley. Liscomb. Iowa wishes the
address Of some good. mddle-aged woman, SOL
diers widow or daughter preferred, who will
take the homework OF his wife's shoulders
The woman will have steady employment and
good salary, as his wife Is an invalid. He will
not answer unsatisfactory letters.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1892-09-14
Preparing for the Reception.

The committee of arrangements
are busy getting things in shape for
Gen. Adlai Stevenson's reception
next Friday night. The stand for
the speaking has been erected in Carr's
park and every thing is moving along
smoothly.
Good crowds will be here from all
the surrounding towns and country.
A gentleman from Chapel Hill in
formed a reporter that there will be
200 citizens and students over from
that place.
The D. &. n. railway will issue
round trip tickets from Henderson to
Durham for So As, and will run train
back that night after the speaking.
Let everybody come.
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DURHAM RECORDER.
WEDNESDAY, Sept IA, 1892.
From Mondays Durham sun.
DEATH OF T. C. GooDSoN.

He Died Saturday Evening in Dam
vile of Fever.
A telegram was received in the
city yesterday morning bearing the
sad intelligence of the death OF Mr.
Thomas G. Goodson, which occurred
in Danville Saturday evening at s
o'clock, at the home of his brother,
J. w. Goodson. 1t was quite a
shock to his many friends here.
They knew that he had been quite
sick with typhoid fever but had been
receiving encouraging news of his
condition for the past week, and ex-
pected he would soon be well enough
to return.
Mr.. Goodson was one of the young
tobacco buyers on the Durham mar
ket, and left here on the afternoon of
the 22st of August for Danville, to
spend two or three weeks with his
brothers family. he was Complain
ing of not feeling very well, and had
been for week or more before leav-
ing, and was in Danville only a few
days before he was stricken down
with the fatal disease. Kind friends
and fond relatives lowered around
his bedside and did everything in
their power to restore him to health
again, but it was to no avail. The
death angel snapped in twain the
brittle chord of life, his suffering enc
ed, and his spirit winged its flight
from earthly scenes to a fairer cline
Mr.. and Mrs. J. 7. PinniX, Messrs
r. G. Burton, Al. Bailey, ]. ]. Bald
win and w. NJ. Yearly left over the
L. & D. road yesterday afternoon te
attend the funeral.
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A Mountain Girls Crime.

A Richmond correspondent
says: Octavia Hodges, a pref
ty mountain maiden, has been
received at the penitentiary
here to serve six years for kill.
ing a sewing machine agent
named Cunningham. She is
nineteen years old, slightly
above medium height and has
a handsome figure. She was
born in Franklin county. The
girl and her mother moved into
a cottage near the railroad sta
ton at Rocky Mount, the coun
ty seat. A few years ago she
met VIM. Bryant, a mountain
lad from Patrick county, who
won her heart.
When seen today the young
woman told this story: Zone
morning in May, 1890, the sew
ing machine agent, Cunning.
ham. came into my house. lie
had been drinking and soon
began to quarrel. He was or.
dered from the house but would
not 20. / told him If he did not
20 / would kill him. Picking
np a chair he advanced towards
me. As | stopped 10 get a pis.
toll from a trunk he pushed me
down. Greatly excited, afraid
Of the man and hardly con-
scious Of what ! was doing, |
pointed the revolver at Cunning
ham and fired. The shot enter.
ed the heart and he fell dead"
The girl was arrested and
locked UP. The jury rendered
a verdict Of six years in The
penitentiary. The Court Of
Appeals sustained the judgment
Of the lower court.
The girls friends'will appeal
to the governor for pardon. She
was engaged TO be married to
young Bryant, who remains
loyal to his love. She Is the
only white female prisoner in
b e penitentiary.
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A TREE in Ashburnham,
Mass, has two kinds of foliage,
that of a pine and that Of an
oak. In the fall Of the year
burrs fallon one side and acorns
on the other.
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18th, 1892.
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LEAVES = DURHAM, N. G.
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Arrive Lynchburg Los pm. And
way Stations $50 pm. - So pm daily
for Lynchburg and Way Stations.
Trains arrive at Durham Dailv6.45
Arrive at Lynchburg sos pm. All
trains, Durham Division, arrive at
and depart from 18th Street Sta
ton, Lynchburg, Va.
Wlnston-Salem Division. leave
Winston Salem 7.15 am, daily.
Arrive Roanoke 1915 am.
MAIN LINE-MES BOUND.
LEAVE LYNCHBURG-DAIL
5.2oam. for Roanoke, Radford,
Pulaski, Bristol. Parlor Car to
Roanoke. Pullman Sleeper Roanoke
to Memphis via Knoxville and
Chattanooga.
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Pulaski, Bristol; also for Bluefeld,
Pocahontas, Elkhorn and stations
Clinch Valley Division; also for
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daily; arrive Richmond TAT m,
arrive Norfolk 700 a m. Pullman
Palace Sleeper to Norfolk.
Also Pullman Palace Sleeper be
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