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meet one OF stewart 3
boys of Battery b, 4th U. S. Art, l will take
off my hat to shake hands with him. and the
same to one and all of the 1st Wis. battery
boys. / believe they were equally rs good as
Stewards and for accurate shooting nothing
could stand before them aud live. / never
saw them at target practice, but It was reported
that they could hit target four feet square,
center, at every shot at half mile range, and
/ believe it was fact
! recolleet that at Alexandria, La, in 1864,
the enemy planted gun on the edge of the
prairie about mile from our camp, the
ground descending little toward them, and
the view unobstructed by anything. They
fred two shots into our lines from it: the first
one going into the ground about 10 or 90 feet
in front of my tent and did not burst. The
other passed overhead aud exploded in the rear
of our lines. We were camped in line of battle
and expected to be attacked any time. The LIST
Wis. battery was in position close on the right
of my regiment loaded one of .hcir rife guns
and gave them shot, which dismounted
their gun; or, to use the expression which !
heard at the time, Ha! ha knocked it into
a cooked hat the first time"
We did not have any more trouble from that
quarter, the enemy keeping in the woods.
My terminate. who was boy under Is years
of age aud myself, at that time only II years
old, dug up the SHE'LL and in less than 90 min.
utes after it left the gun had the cap off and
the powder out. My terminate was Allen
Rutherford. lie was drummer and belonged
to Co. b. He was taken prisoner in the woods
east of Mobile Bay by dash of rebel cavalry
on our wagon-train, and went into Mobile
ahead of the Union army. The LIST Wis. bat
terry stands very high in my estimation, and
for good shooting have expressed it extremely
mild to what some oethe battery boys could do
If they would let the facts be known to the in
terested public.
] have been waiting for some one in our
brigade to gay something about the Vicksbure,
Red River and Blakely articles published il,
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. The brigade was
there all the way through, as their list of
killed and wounded will show, although not
mentioned in those articles. Come, 47th Ind,
seth Ohio, 2Sth Iowa, 99th H., 29th Wis, LIST
Wis, and Cd Ohio batteries, where are you?
Get to the front again and have some life about
you. Let the cOmrade who wrote about Vicks-
burg although he belonged to the Goth Ill,
which was afterward brigaded with US, know
that we were there also-ALBERT ROBERTS.
Drummer, Co. f. 29th Wis, Marion, Iowa.
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open field just south Of Mddletown. hasty
| glance and we beheld OH the one hand the
| three Confederate divisions that had passed to
our rear in line of battle parallel with the
| Valley turnpike. They were marching with
| quick-step thaving yet met with no resist
ancc), and the only force to oppose them was
| few hundred men that had rallied just west of
the pike Nobly they stand their ground un-
til they are literally swept from the field by
| this advancing host, and the Contederates
sweep across the pike and rush on until they
have passed beyond Belle Grove House, which
Sheridan's headquarters
This advance the part OF the rebs had not
been without resistance, for they found seat
| tered all along their path little bodies of men
belonging to the Eighth and Nineteenth Corps
who had rallied, and who made all the resist
ance possible under the circumstances. But
for the resistance that was made by these men,
the Sixth Corps would not have been able to
change front and face this victorious enemy.
Comrade Bleakley seems TO think that the
Eighth and Nineteenth Corps ought to have
done the very thing that was performed by the
Sixth Corps; but lie forgets to put himself in
their place" and, again, he forgets the forma-
ton OF the army that morning. Gen. Sheri-
dan, on page 3d. says: The Sixth Corps lay to
the west of the brook, in readiness to be used as
movable column" They were used as such,
and l am ready to give them all praise for the
glorious manner in which they performed
their part; but when l am asked to forget my
comrades that touched elbows with me on so
many battlefelds, and say that the Sixth Corps
is entitled to all the credit most emphatically
say
As the Sixth Corps was forced back during
theawful fighting of that ver-to be- forgotten
afternoon their pathway was dotted with
killed and wounded men belonging to tho
Eighth and Nineteenth Corps, who, having |
lost their own commands in the confusion of
the early morning hours, fought with any COM
mand that they could find facing the enemy.
In all the sketches that ! have read have |
not found the credit given to the cavalry | |
think justly belongs to them. What could we |
have accomplished that day had it not been !
for those swift riders that passed quickly from |
the extreme right of our line to the extreme |
left, who, by their pnsh and dash. caused the |
enemy to halt and reform their line that had |
become broken by their rapid advance? Com |
rades, there is glory enough for every one that |
took part in this battle of Cedar Creek, and |
We do not need to cry down any other COM |
mand in order to add luster to our own. Each |
command performed its part as circumstances |
permitted, and all together. each corps in line, |
under our gallant Phil, we won one OF the great |
est if not the greatest victory of the war
GEORGE w. COREY, Co. Fl, 34th Mass, South
bridge, Mass.
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River to Maryland flights, which we did IN
good order, taking all our stores with US. Ihat
night the .lohnnies set fire to the old wooden
bridge that spanned the Shenandoah River,
also all the Government sheds.
1t was on the Sth Il think that Gen. Early s
army tried to take Maryland flights. but in
doing so they only found tartar, for we We're
fortified equal to Gibraltar, and the whole
Confederate army could not have taken 1t.
Shortly after that army, which had been
reinforced, moved up the Shenandoah valley
and attacked them in return at Hailtown ana
next at Berryville, and / do verify beileve
that If darkness had not set in just when 1t
did our army would have captured the whole
batch of Johnnies
Next came the battle of Winchester Aug II.
90, and all the world knows what the boys in
blue did on that day. Next came the battle OF
Fishers Hill, Sept. 10, "a. Now, did not orr
boys give Gen. Eariy's army what Paddy
gave the drum? There are, doubtless, many
boys living to-day of the Eighth Corps who
will remember how they climbed up the
craggy sides of North Mountain, (our I'd bat
TALON was in this corps. while the Nineteenth
and Sixth Corps kept up faint attack in front
until they SAW that we had banked them, and
then they began the attack in earnest. When
the Johnnies saw that they were hanked they
"skedaddled" pell-mell, leaving everything
behind them.
Next came the battle OF Cedar Creek, OCT.
10, "a. Our I'd battalion was on picket duty,
and by some unaccountable act the JohnnIes
fsnked us before daylight, and took many OF US
prisoners. 1t looked quite bad for our army in
the morning; but, 10 and behold! the gallant
Gen. Sheridan retrieved the day in the after
noon. and turned a defeat into a great victory.
At night all of us unfortunate prisoners of
war were forth with marched to Stauntom and
Libby Prison at Richmond. Now, as we
marched through Lexington some people there
spit in our faces and called Us "Sheridan's
barn burners. ALFRED TURNER, Chaplain,
John A Logan Post, No. 81, Department of
West Nirpinia q A E sand Hill w. Va
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~ t(L-h AlS hSaN vi
Cedar Creek " have
appeared N any ac-
counts d during the
past year wherein the
writers have attempt
ed to show that their
regiments, brigades,
divisions or CO rp s
were entitled TO all
the credit for the
great victory that
crowned our arm S
that day; but none,
so far as | have read,
that does so much in
justice TO other com
mands as the account
published in the issue
of June 9. written by
J. II. Bieakley, Sec
ond Lieutenant, Co.
NJ. 9th n. Y. ii. 4.
He quotes from Gen.
Sheridan's Personal
Memoirs TO prove
that the Sixth Corps
did all the fighting
land his quotations, as
far as they go, are cor
rect, but he fails to
find the following,
on page 81, where
Gen. Sheridan says:
+" The frat directions i
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FADING the thrill
ing account of Lieut.
Col. l.. l.. Polk, 43d
y. C., a b out our
greatl y b e / o V @ d
Lieut.. Col. L d ward
Murray, | was moved
TO say a few words.
Murray had command
of the Sd battalion.
9Th n. y. H. A., which
went with Gen. Hun
tiers army to Lynch
burg: but, with many
of our com "a d e S,
never returned.
Ny diary says IL was
the 9th of July, '64,
when the advance
guards of Gen. Early's
army attacked the out
posts of our LIST and I'd
battalions, 9Th n. Y. ii.
A., who were guard
ing Bolivar flights
and liarper's Ferry,
and, as we had no
breastworks at Bolivar
flights, we retired in
good order to our
works at Harper's
Ferry, and there with
the aid of a Massa-
chusetts regiment we
kept them at bay all
day. and as the john
MES were be ing
h cavity reinforced,
Col. Graham thought
it advisable to retire
across the Potomac
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lTH much interest, /
read in your issue No.
564, the account of the
capture Of Fort Hind
man, or Arkansas Post,
and the part taken by
the two guns of the 1st
Wis. battery. The
boys of the battery and
all other Wisconsin
troops have been, and
are yet. very modest in
letting these little facts
come to light, as | have
never seen anything
before in The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE from
any of them. / think
it is about time some
of them should begin
to blow their bugles
and let these little cx-
PLOTS which do not ap-
pear in h istory be
known. They will be
worth much in future
generations, to be re-
lated the same as the
account of Stewards
Battery at Buena Vista
in 1917 is to us now.
If / am ever in luck to
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EVERAL articles have
appeared about the
battle of Peach Tree
Creek, fought July 20,
1864, written by COM
rades who were there.
l never saw anything
from tae comrades of
the Second Brigade,
$ econd Division,
Fourth Corps. Well.
comrades, We were
there by a large major
ity; or, at least, / think
the Johnnies thought
SO at that lime. We
were on the extreme
left that day. and as
our regiment had beer
on the skirmish line
all day without any
thing to eat, we were
sent a short distance
to the rear to prepare
8 o m Q t hing 20 eat.
While eating a very
late dinner we heard
that WELL rebel
yell, and not taking
tine to finish our meal
we rushed to our guns
none too soon, for the
rebels drove two repi-
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Y, had been for some weeks in command o.
the First Brigade, which consisted of the 10Th
n. Y, 45th Pa, sth Mich and 36th Mass
There was no 69th Pa. or 25th Mass. in East
Tennessee. The 6eth Pa. was in the Second
Corps, and the 25th Mass. in North Carolina.
The right of the First Brigade was in the
fort, and the other regiments were iii the pits
from the fort to the Holston River. The fort
was garrisoned by Lieut.. BeDjamin's battery
(E. Cd U. 81, a section of Capt. ROemer's 34th
n. Y. battery, and two sections of Capt. Buck
ley's mot Berkley's) battery CD, 1st r. /. Art
in all four 20 FOUNDER PARROTS, four light r.
Founders, and two 3.inch steel rifed guns.
The infantry consisted of the 10Th N. Y,
"Highlanders," 100 men); Co. A, Tooth Pa.
two companies of the Goth Mass, aud the 2d
Mich, on the flank Of the fort; total of about
$50 mnskets and so artilerymen.
1t was McLaws's Division, three brigades, and
Anderson's Brigade, of Hoods Division, that
made the assault. Pickett had nothing 10 do
with it. not being present at all, McLaws, Hood,
and Hindman commanding the three divisions
of Longstreet's Corps at Chickamauga and in
East Tennessee The assault was in two sepa.
rate columns of regiments upon the SOU Invest
face of the northwest baston by Humphreys
Mississippi Brigsde.-the 18th, 18th, 2lst, 22i,
aud 23d Miss..-supported by Bryan's Brigade,
the composition of which is doubtful. At
Chickamauga Gen. Bryan commanded the 10th,
5Otb DIST, ana oou IRA. ne assault from the
north was by Wofords Georgia Brigade-the
10th, 18th, oath Gs.-and Cobb's and Phillips
Georgia Legions. Andersons Brigade consisted
of the 7th, Sth, 9th, 11th. and 59th Ga, aud
approached in the interval between Hum
phrey's and Woford's Brigades.
Kershaw's South Carolina Brigade, of Me-
Laws's Division, took no part in the assault, but
were intended, if the affair succeeded, to at
tack the line of the First Brigade, south of the
fort. The assault lasted about 10 minutes, and
was one of the most disastrous in its results in
the history of the war The Confederate loss
was 129 killed. 45S wounded, and 225 prison.
ers. Total, 913. The Union loss i'll the fort
was seven killed and eight wounded. The
flags of the 10th Ga, 18th and nth Miss. were
captured. Gen. Humphrey was among the
killed. 1t was great piece of work, and the
Ninth Corps took bloody revenge for its re-
pulse by McLaws from the stone wall at Fred
ericksburg the previous December.
II have made any mistakes, am open 20
correction. Can't some of the men who were
in the fort tell the story? Their gallant de-
Tense changed the whole course of the wars
history in East Tennessee. Ii they had lost the
fort we could not have held Knoxyille.-S. A.
RANLErT, Adjutant, Both Mass, Boston, Mass.
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cry interested was /
In an account in your
paper IN reference to
Gen. Speed S. Fry. 1
was not in the army
at the time OF the
hattie of Mill Springs,
but afterward served
nearly two years as
dispatch carrier at
the headquarters of
the above-named Gen
eral. In the Spring of
1851 the General was
ordered by Gen. Scho-
field to Knoxville,
Tenn, which order he
j m m e d lately re-
sponded to, and on
short notice we were
in the saddle and on
the move from Camp
Nelson, Ky.
The Gen erals
health was poor, and
when we arrived at
Camp Burnside head
waters of the Cunlber-
land River he was
taken violently sick,
which, of course,
cansed a delay. The
only mail routes from
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Louisiana Tigers.

J. M. Terry. 564 Broadway. New York, would
like to know the formation o: the Louisiana
Tigers when they made the charge on the left
flank of Wiedrich's and Ricketts, batteries on
East Cemetery Hill. Gettysburg, on the eve of
July 3, 1868 also, did Hoke's Division attack
tho batteries in fsaptl at the same time; also,
did the Tigers torJniin town or in the fields to
the south OF the town for this charge?
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G. A. R. Double Quick,
The last great contest.
ONE MILE DOUBLE QUICK,
For the FOLLOWING prizes:

F0r the JOtt0WIHg prizes:
1st Prize, Chickerinp Piano, Value s75O.00.
I'd Prize, Estev Organ. Value $500 co.
Sd Prize, White Serving Machine, Va'nc $4,000.
4th Prize, Champion Garland Range, Value SIS co.
HALF MILE DOUBLE QUICK.
49, 1900 Il ID Value SITS 90.
M Prize, Columbia Safety Bicycle. Value $4,000.
Sd Prize, Van VIC Gds Range. Value $1,000.
4h Prize, Standard Se,oino Machine. Value $4,000.
These contests wiU take place at the
Ball Park, Washington, D. C., Sep
TENDER 21st, 1892, and are open to all
comrades of the G. A. R only. En-
trance Fee to the Mile Double Quick,
$500. to the Half Mile, $500. En-.
tries wiU close September 18th, 1892.
For rules governing these contests, or
applications for entries, address,
c. c. SHANKLIN.
~ Euclid Aue., Cleveland, o.
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CONTROVERSY is not
my object in writing
this, but my statement
may quiet the troubled
waters some in rela-
tion to the " Volun-
tesr Regiment in the
Regular Brigade"
First, assuming that
it is true that there was
a war 81 to 81 years
ago, which is a doubt
full assumption.-at any
rate the statements of
the comrades make it a
very mixed affair, and
/ sometimes conclude |
am reading Millions
=" Paradise Lost" The
accounts are so airy
tina. | ask the girl /
left behind me" what
she knows about it,
and if l had a hand in
it? Her answer is:
Yes. and you had an
arm in it." / was
wounded at Chicka-
manga, and when ] re-
turned to duty, being
still con valescing, /
was detailed on the
Departm t Court
Martial at Chatta-
nooga, where | re-
manned until our army
confronted the enemy
in front of Atlanta.
My Colonel (Wm. l..
Stoughton) having lost
q leg at Marietta, ! ap-
piled for and obtained
an order relieving me
from the court, and
ordering ME to Join
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PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Fort Gregg.

Ohm N. LOVEJOY,
12lst n. Y. South Val
ley, y. ". says; II have
been p constant reader
of THE NATIONAL.
TRIBUNE for over 10
years. For the last
year Fort Gregg and
its capture by the
Twenty. fourth Corps
has been told by many
participants from all
points of the compass.
In the issue OF Dec. 81,
1901. b., Boston. in his
article lets on the
light. / can now To-
cate Fort Gregg. or. az
he calls it, Battery
Gregg One comrade
said the Sixth Corps
had nothing to do with
breaking the lines be-
fore Petersburg. All
who have any kn0wl-
edge of April 2, 1865,
know that the Sixth
Corps C b arg ed the
enemy at A o'clock a.
m. directly in front of
Forts Els her and
WEIGH, carrying every
thing in their front.
The Second Brigade,
l. III.
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Why Don't They Write /?

Thomas I. Gahresth, Go. ID, Sd Tenn, Vir-
tue, Tenn, says he would like TO hear from the
IwcntT-third Corps and wonders if they are
al dead. Some of tile hoys ough; to write, &C
they saw plenty of good, hard service.
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ments Of our brigade across Peach Tree Creek,
on our extreme left, and the gallant 4Oth ind
was giving way as We reached the lire. Then
we commenced to grind out leaden pills with
our Spencer rifles, checked the enemys adj
vance, and. think, saved the day for il our
flank had been turned it would have placed
the Twentieth Corps in q very bad fix indeed.
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ETS have the Fort
Sanders affair correct
while we are about it /;
for such papers as
The NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE aud the stories of
eyewitness are TO be
the material fer the
future historian, and
now is the time to
correct errors. Com
rade ID. w. Edmistou
gives a fairly good ac-
count OF. the assault.
but is decidedly 50 off"
in some respects.
Probably the best
accounts of it will be
found in the histories
OF the 10Th y. Y, Both
Mass, 18th Mich, and
Wood bury's Ninth
Corps. To these / re-
fer. as well as to q let
ter written by Col. S.
N. Benjamin to COM
rade ]. C. Stephenson,
of the Tooth Pa.
Gen. Ferrero COM
manded the First Di-
vision of the Ninth
Corps before We
crossed the mountains
into Tennessee, sue
ceeding Gen. WEIGH,
who died in August,
1868. Col. David Nor
riSap of tho roth n
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The Colonel at Fort Gregg.

Z. Stiles, Co. b. S5th Pa, says: SIN recent
issue of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE Comrade
Oyerholt, Co. b. S5th Pa, wants to know who
the Colonel of the 199th Pa. was, as the Col
onels long legs were the first to straddie the
parapet inside of Fort Gregg at its capture
The Colonels name is Brisco of Philadelphia"
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Marks pATEHT 4RTIFICIAh LInBS
uith Rubber Hands and Feet are
Natural in Aetion, Noiseless in Mo-
ton, and the Most Durable in Con-
struetiOn.

Itisnot unusual
10 see ~ Etrmff
working in Ire
fields wtthJan
artificial eg,
or an eng neer
with hand - the
throttle. o. "a con-
Ciucf0r.brs seulan.
fireman. Carpeu-
ter. mason. miner.
ia fact men Of
ev cry vocation,
wearing one or
twoaEtifcial legs,
with rubber feet,
OF Marks Pat
euts, performing
n much labor as
mon In uC-SaN...s,u
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AT CEDAR CREEK.

A Massa chusetts Man Thinks the Eighth and
Nineteenth Corps Did Some of the Fight
ing.
ENRON NATIONAL TRIBJJSE.
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PEACH TREE CREEK.

A Fourth Corps Comrade Thinks They Did
Their Share of Fighting.
EDITOR NATIONAL Tribune.
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A GOOD BATTERY

That was the Opinion of LAWYERS Brigade
as to the 1st Wis. Battery.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
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A Young Soldier.
l Good Record.

Gabriel McKinzie, Cyclone, No., Go. G. 4lst
ILL.,, was born June 3 1916, served from July
g. 1861 to the 22d of July, 1865. and
never missed but one march the regiment made
during the war; was wounded April Is, at
Shiloh in the head again at Jackson. Miss,
July H. 1863 in both knees and abdomen;
was the youngest of six brothers, all who served
not less than three years
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IN THE VALLEY.

a Heavy ArtiIleryman Tells of the Way
Old .Jubal Early was Handled.
Enron NATIONAL TRIEITNF.
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FORT SANDERS AGAIN.
EDITOR Ma.

Fifteen Minutes of the Bloodiest Work of
the Whole War.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIRUNE:
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THE REGULAR BRIGADE.

One of Its Commanders Says 1t Had VOiun-
teer Regiments.
EDITOR NATIONAL. TRIBUNE:
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
Thai0Hr Veterans Have 10 Say About
Their Old Campaigns
ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS.
The Rough Ride of Gen. Fry's Dispatch
Bearer into Knoxville.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
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Mistook the Regiment,

David stambaugh, Co. A, I48th Pa. st. Glars
vile, Pa, says: Capt. Ray, in recent issue
undertook to take New Hampshire comrade
to task for his account of the battle of Cold
Harbor. Comrade Ray is little off in some
of his writings, especially when he says J. A..
Beaver, now ex- Governor, commanded the 4Sth
Pa as it was the 14Sth Pa"
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NDER the head of
GG-.aar frroal- b,.o
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ETvS have the Fort
Sanders affair correct
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Ohm N. LOyEJOY