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Comrades, get your retoes ready,
WHOSE FLAG WAS TT?


What Regiment from Maine Lost Their
CoIors at First Bull Run.
TT has been many times asserted by Maine
veterans of the war that Maine never
lost flag to the enemy" This state
ment is SO fattering to the reputation of
Maine regiments for cool bravery in battle,
and is universally believed by Maine veter-
ans, thatTft is almost too bad to throw shade
of doubtfnlness on the brilliant record claimed
for our State by It's gallant soldiers.
Col Kershaw, who commanded the Cd s. c.
at the first battle of Bull Run in his official re-
port WAR Records, Vol. ii, p. 527), says:
among the trophies taken by my regiment
was the flag of the 1st Regiment, Second Bri-
gade, Fourth Division, of the State of Maine
with its proud motto Dirgo,' and small
Federal ensign"
The organization of troops at the first Bull
Run battle, as given in War Records, Vol. ii,
y. 314-15, shows no such disposition of Maine
regiments as specified in Col. Kershaw's report
If the incident of tho capture OF O Maine flag,
above quoted, is true, from what regiment was
it taken? The 3D. Sd, 4tb, and 9th Me. were all
engaged in that battle and suffered severe losses,
but never heard before that a regimental flag
was lost on that day by any regiment from that
State. Will some of the survivors of the first
Bull Rum from Maine speak up and either
deny or ex plain the statement Of Col. Kershaw
Referring TO the official report of Col. Charles
ID. jameson. I'd Me-, be says: "Sergt William J.
Dean fell severely wounded while nobly bear
ing the beautiful California stand of colors pre-
scented to the regiment the day before by the
ladies of San Francisco formerly residents of
Maine. The eolors we're lost, but regained."
Col. Jameson's report quoted here probably
refers to the same incident related by Col.
Kershaw, and if So makes good the proud
boast that "Maine never lost flag to the
enemy.'- GRANVILLE FERNALp, Washing
ton, d. C.
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BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.
A Pennsylvania Comrades Say About tn
Death of Gen. Mansfield.

TN THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE of Aug. % ap-
pears an article headed " What Confeder-
ate Troops fought the 10th Me- in the East
Woods?" written by Maj. John NJ. Gould,
of said 10th Me-, in which he says that Gen.
Mansfield was MORALLY wounded in front OF
the 10th Me-, and was carried off the field by
men of his regiment. Now, / dislike very
much to contradict comrade, but in this case
i must do so, and assert that Comrade Gould is
radically and entirely mistaken when he says
that Gen. Mansfield was killed in front of his
regiment. The 10th Me- and the 125th Pa.
were in the same brigade (Crawford'sl, and on
Wednesday morning Sept. II, 1862, moved on
the East Woods in line of battle, the 10th Me.
on the left of the Smoketown Road, leading
up from Antietam Creek to the bunker
Church the 125th Pa. on the right of said
road The East Woods at that time covered
pretty large tract of ground and extended pos
sibly 900 yards to the right of the Smoketown
Road, approaching the Bunker Church. To the
right and beyond S. Poffenberger's farm. there
is, or was. a strip of the so-called East Woods
that extended partly across an old field to the
right-mind you, not the left-of the Smoke
town Road. 1t was right here during the de-
ployment of Gen. Williamss Division that our
corps commander, Gen. Mansfield, fell mortally
wounded while examining the ground in front
of the 125th Pa, and was carried to the rear
short distance by Sergt John kOhoe and Prl-
yate samuel EdmlnSon, oil 20. Is oil sara regl-
ment. After carrying him to the road they
were relieved by men of the 10th Me- They
carried him down the road a short distance
and placed him in an ambulance, and he was
then taken to the farmhouse of Mr.. G. Lyon,
where our gallant old General died that night
This all occurred on the right of the road
and the spot where Mansfield fell is at least
400 yards to the right of said road The 10th
Me. were on the left of the road all this time,
but Comrade Gould still insists that it was in
front of the 10th Me. that Gen. Mansfield fell,
and has at this date a tablet marking the spot.
This tablet is, however, mistake TO the cx-
tent of 500 yards al. least He also says this in
his letter:
Maj. Jordan and placed board marker
over the spot where Gen. Mansfield sat when
shot"
Now, there are dozens of other witnesses, as
well as myself, who know that the General was
on horseback, riding medium-sized roam horse,
when he was shot, and he reeled and partly fell
from the saddle. The horse was caught by
some men-I think they were Of Co. of our
regiment; and all this occurred on the right of
the Smoketown Road in front of the 125th Pa,
and the 10th Me- were all this time on the left
of the road, at distance of at least 500 yards
to the left of where the General fell. These
are the facts in this matter, and / am positive
that Comrade Gould is in error when he says
Gen. Mansfield fell in front of the 10th Me-.
ED. r. DUNCAN, First Lieutenant, Co. *,
125th Pa st. Augustine, Pa.
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Comrades, get your uetoes ready!
WAS ALWAYS THERE.
But He Was Not the Youngest nor the oldes
Soldier.


Soldier.
"A LLOW me little corner in your most
"a valuable paper, which l have been
A reading ever since the '70's. and have
noted everything that would inter-
est an old soldier. / have noticed the claims
of some soldiers to be the youngest, aud others
to be the Oldest Some claim to have put their
flag on certain works. Now, let Inc claim
something. 1t took every one of Us to get
there. ] will not go outside Of the command
to which belonged to sum up the whole mat
ter. The real soldiers generally speaking,
were the men aged from 20 to 90 years.
We had old men and boys in the command
to which I belonged, but when there was any
real hard work to do the old men were too old
and the boys were too young. / took notice
that in the beginning of the struggle it was
hard for the old men to get in the service and
it was also hard for the boys; but along in the
latter part of '63 and Of all "a the different
States were after names to fill their quotas
rather than men to make soldiers. They
would take a criminal and give him his choice
to 60 to prison or 60 into the army.
recolect that some 90 Germans came to my
company just before the battle of Spottsylyania
Courthouse, as fine looking set OF young men
as one would wish to sec, and there was not
one that could speak one word of English !;
neither could they understand word that was
said to them. They were all there on the
memorable 18th day of May. 1864. We all
went over the works, and hadn't gone but q
few yards when the rebs made counter
charge and drove us back over the works and
there we stayed all day. But never saw one
OF my Germans from that day to this. Each
and every one Of their names counted for old
Massachusetts, one of the bcst States in the
Union; but what good were they to our army?
do not doubt but that they would have been
good soldiers with German commander. AS
it was / could not understand them; neither
could they understand me.
The old men and boys were useless. in a
measure, on hard march. / do not mean to
say that there were no exceptions OF course
you will find now and then boy that is quite
a man; also, you may find an old man that is
quite boy, but such cases were few.
Now, if there is any one on your picket-line
that wishes to get shot at me let them fire
away. / was there from April, 1861, to June,
1865 ] never was in an ambulance, neither in
hospital. i spent the most of my time on the
pcket-line, and know what it is to be shot at.
i am now over so years of age and l am less
than hundred; so you see that was not the
youngest, neither was l the oldest, but | was
there all the same, and never missed muster
until l was taken prisoner in August 1851.
n. NUGGET, Captain, LIST Mass. s. S., Snoho-
mish, Wash
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A Wife's Victory.
[From the Voice, N. II


II beats all-tiis determination of the women to
do all they make up their minds to. My income
being limited, asked my wife to exercise care In
time came for me to pay the bills would not be
To be donbly careful, asked her to keep ae-
would look over the accounts to cast out hat we
should Judge unnecessary. The first hitch we had
was in the matter of Pearline / felt that il was
not in the line of economy to put Pearline into the
dish water Pearline into the washboiler; Pearline
into the clothes soaking water; to Pearline
for house cleaning purposes; and. despite the argu-
ments of my wife, succeeded in cutting ont that
expense from the account Things seemed to go
nil right for little while, but noticed that
my shirts cuffs and collars began to look yellow
as get out and wife kept complaining about the
look of her dishes. they were greasy" and
gave me gentle hint that the item cast out of
account had not been economical rs supposed
NV shirts were wearing from the hard rubbing they
were getting and the soda and common soap were
lust about finishing things. Almost Disguised with
matters / concluded TO give Pearline chance to
show its economical properties; for wife would
only answer to every complaint about the looks of
my linen: There's nothing that beats Pearine."
You'd be surprised what change it wrought.
found that my linen kept perfectly white, and
don't hear the complaint about the fearful back
ache after wash-day No more complaints about
the greasy dishes; and our neishbors, who don't
use PearIine. ask wife how she manages to keep
her paint so clean I've concluded for economy
to let wife run matters in the house while the
outside affairs for the house. Wife said I'd come
TO my senses some time.-Angier.
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Comrades, get your retoes ready!
HATCHER'S RUN, VA.

What was Seen by a Wisconsin Comrade at
the Battle Oct. "a, 1864.
"HE seth Wis, commanded by Capt.
Fisk, moved out of its much loved
bombproof near Fort He'll, in front OF
Petersburg. Va, about shutdown, Oct.
90, 1864. to raid the Sonthside Railroad. We
marched rapidly for eight miles to the left OF
our intrenched lines and halted On the old bat
tIefield of the Weldon Railroad. The darkness
was intense, as the night was cloudy. The
stencil that arose from this noted field was not
much comfort to the bold soldier boys of the
First Brigade, Second Division, Second Corps.
Gregg's Cavalry passed US, and we fell in and
followed the cavalry marching slowly for sew
eral hours. At daylight the 18th Me. and Both
Wis were thrown forward as skirmishers. We
advanced, deployed, as we had done many
times before, through the thick brush of old
Virginia. After pressing forward for half an
hour we found the rebs strongly intrenched on
the south bank of Hatcher's Run.
1t was now broad daylight and we could
hear the cavalry boys peppering it to the enemy
on our left We opened fire on them with ter
ribe effect. We were finally ordered to charge,
and with wild yell we dashed across the
creek and carried the works without the loss
of man in our regiment. Three of the rebels
Law dead pierced to the heart by musk balls
We pressed forward up through the brush, and
opened fire on another line. They fired some
scattering shots, ana GS we advanced they threw
down their guns and passed to the rear as
prisoners.
AS we were standing awaiting orders red
headed rebel officer came dashing through the
brush, as if the devil had kicked him. He was
bareheaded and was mounted on sorrel horse
that had seen hard service. Aswe drew our old
muskots down on him he threw up his hands
in token of surrender.
He proved to be the Major of the Goth Ca
Cav. We were relieved by the LIST Mimi, and
sent to support battery. l don't remember
what battery, bnt think twas Stewards. Tho
lS4th Pa. went with US. The battery unlim-
bered in the dooryard of farmhouse, and
banged away at the enemy. Motifs old
Diamond Division got intoa muss in our rear,
over in some second-growth pines, and we were
ordered back to help Motifs men. The 36th
Wis. only numbered 60 mnskets and three Off
GERS. We about faced, and a sight met our
eyes which was not inviting, for we could see
the faded end Of Motifs Division coming out of
the woods into cornfeld with 5000 yelling
rebs after them. We charged into the enemy's
flank, poured in volley, captured stand Of
co ors and many prisoners Rain commenced
falling and the battle of Hatcher's Run ended
Cold and hungry we left the field amid the
groans of the wounded.-EDMoND w. DAYTON,
Co. d, 36th Wis, Bird Island, Mimi.
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Comrades, get your cetoes ready!
MISSIONARY RIDGE.
Another Claim as TO Who was First up TIN
Big Hill.


Big Hin.
"A LLOW me, please, TO add my chip this
IN time only in regard 10 Missionary
~ Ridge, as we don't hear from that
source very often. Comrade Ham
mond's reply 10 b. L. Young was getting very
near to the facts in regard to first troops up the
Ridge-that is, the First Brigade. Third Divi-
sion, Fourth Corps. But ComTade Hammond
was mistaken in regard to the regiments that
composed one Of the best brigades in the army
The regiments were 25th. 35th and seth Ills
32d and 6Sth Ind, 9Th kans., 18th aud 49th
Ohio, and 18th Wis. making the nine regi-
ments in the brigade. This was the organiza-
tion Of the brigade in the Department of the
Cumberland, commanded by Gen. G. II.
Thomas at Chattanooga, Tenn. Oct 90 1863.
When the flag of the 18th Ill. got 10 the top
OF the Ridge there were other troops close up
both front and rear, but am certain, Comrade
Hammond, that Martin Bradford Co. ID, 25th
H., got the only chicken that Bragg had left
at his headquarters, and there could not have
been very many regiments ahead of him with
the Stars and Stripes, for my rccollections are
that such thiEps as chickens about that time
would not be kicked out Of the way by the diff
ferent regiments that claim TO be ahead.
Comrades, whenever the victory of Mission
airy Ridge shall be narrated on hist0rys pages
this gallant charge of Woods and Sheridan s
Divisions, with those of Baird and johnson on
the right and left, will always be the promi-
nent feature of the engagement as told in the
coming years and will be the last 10 lose its
glory and renown.-WM. r. NASH, Sergeant,
Co. ID, 25th ILL.,, Fairmount, III.
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Comrades, get your retoes ready!
BRANDY STATION
The 1st VT. Cav. Took Part i'm the Big Cavalry
Battle There.

The 1st VT. Cav Took Part in the Big Cavalry
Battle There.
- SAW in a recent communi cation from
Capt. L. S. Dickinson, 9Th n. Y. Cav, q
L partial description of the cavalry fight at
Brandy Station, Va. Oct. II, 1863. The
Captain complains of Comrade J. +. S. in a for
mer article because his regiment was not men
toned. / make no complaint; the Michigan
Brigade always did heri0c service, and so did
the 5th N. Y, Ist w. Va, and 18th Pa. But
there was one other regiment not mentioned by
the Captain, that belonged to the same brigade ;
it is the 1st VT Cav, and it is Of this regiment
that wish to speak.
My old diary states that on the 9th of October
1868, we had a review Of kilpatrick's Division
by Gen. Peasonton, near James City. and on
the 18th was on our old camp-ground near Cedar
Mountain. On the 9Th and 9th went back to
near James City, and On the 10th four comp
mics were called in line at o'clock in the
morning and marched two miles to support our
battery. A few shots were fred, but no fight
ing done. Oct. IL we left James City early in
tho morning and fell back to Culpeper Some
rebels followed us. We had slight skirmish
and then moved on to Brandy Station
where we found the enemy in force in front
and right flank. Elders battery was with us and
was ordered in position and opened fire in our
front. which opened their ranks and we charged
through. Serg't Stone, of Co. +, was badly
wounded. After going through their lines one
section of the battery turned on the enemy,
and Cos. II and B were called to support this
section. The rebels soon closed the gap and
charged the battery. but Cos. II and Il were
equal to the occasion and charged the rebels
with drawn sabers which gave the battery time
TO timber up (The other sections had tax
positions farther on.)
In this little fight Capt. Beaman, of Co. B,
Capt. Adams. of Co. IL, and 80 or 40 mon wore
taken prisoners, five or six killed and several
wounded. Mark Warner. of Co. /, and Oliver
Green, of Co. Il, fought in our company and
were both with me in Libby, Belle Isle; Ander.
sonville and Savannah, together with several
Others. Should any of the boys see this sketch
who were with me in Andersonyille would
he glad to hear from them. / think / have
written enough to convince the Captain that
the LIST VI. Cav. was in the fight at Brandy
Station Oct. ii, 1863, aud i believe the 1st VT
Cav. has the credit Of being one Of the regi-
ments that Col. Fox mentions in his "Regi.
mental Losses. "-SoLoN ID. DAVIS, Co. III, 1st
VT. Cav, Harrisonyille, Mo.
The genuine merit OF Hoods sarsaparila wins
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WHAT HE WANTS.

ne .cdnt The sReakS and lousy beggarS at The
North ,Cho rduished our ;coneR aud burned on,
homes and pIHadered our people TO shut their
gnat-Jloirn mouths and let the truth be told
lind the Globe, Fkieh deSpiSes this burglary
and grand larceny called the pension system,
proposes to see TO 1t that GroUer GeCeldnd SITS
IN the saddle the merit four gears, and slaps all
the dirty beggars in The face. The Pension
fraud mast go. Co. and az should go to the
depths Of he'll, and Harrison and his hireFings
should 90 lrith durham N. c. Globe.
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memory, and, if not entirely satisfactory to Mr..
Hull, OF Virginia, viii refer to some kind old
man that was too innocent to invade the mud
banks of the Old Dominion. To the boys and
men Of the Second Corps who SO nobly assisted
in preserving the Union, the intelligent man
of this day will not ask them what victories
they won. 1t was written at that time with
bayonet and ball. and no man can etface it
until all history is burned up and all partiei-
pants dead.-C T. BARR. Co. L, 14Sth Pa,
Fourth Brigade, First Division, Second Corps,
Kingston, n NJ.
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Heroes ,cho hare ledme Union armies to nc

Heroes .cho hare led the Union armies TO nc
pushed foe, agiH tell you here, comrades sehO
fought Nth them, heroes rho sustained them,
and heroes rho io,cered their s'cords to them on
the field Of batle-they eriH tell you that Che
soldier uoters Of Net0 York-of tchOm there are
%, 600 at least Demoerdie-arW not support
the nomination. Of Dir. Clerelaad.-BuTke
Cochran, Democratic Congressman, in speech
at Chicago Convention.
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Treatment OF Rebel Prisoners.

G. E. Davis, Cd MINI. battery, and Co. F, 9Th
Y. r. c., Sank Center, Mimi, would like to say
to DIR. Wyeth, who wrote the article in the
Century about the treatment of prisoners at
Camp Morton, that the writer was Post Orderly
under Col. Sweet for over year at Camp
Douglass. H., and was in and out of the prison
every day and saw the rations issued to the
prisoners there. The same butcher delivered
their beef, and the same baker made the bread
for the prisoners who did for the troops On
guard duty. The writer knows that they had
all that they could eat, but they wers too lazy
to keep themselves clean.
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Important to Fleshy People.

We have noticed page article in the Boston
Globe on reducing weight at very small ex-
pense- 1t will pay our readers to send two-cent
stamp for copy to Potter Circulating Library,
10 Hamilton Place, Boston, Mass
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Mention The National Trfbusa

double of those adjusted. At this rate of adj
justing claims it would take nearly six years
TO dispose Of the claims now pending; a nice
prospect for those who heard so much about
liberal pensions, but who have never yet seen
one OF Uncle Sans pension checks. and never
will in time to do them any good" 1t is the
rule at the Pension Office to take up claims in
the order of their fling, although it is also the
intention OF the Commissioner to consider
the new applications in preference to all others,
and this order has been made by Gen. Raum
Still, the evidence for an increase is much more
easily obtained than is that for an original
pension. The Pension Bureau has to wait for
comrades to file the necessary evidence,
and in many cases this evidence is almost I'M
attainable at this late date. All that is neces-
sary for increase is to show that the disability
for which pensioned has increased, or that
some other disability not mentioned in the
original application has been discovered,
to enable the pensioner to be rerated. The
Pension Bureau has also asked several times
for an increased force to work up the accamu-
lated claims, but Congress has repeatedly
ignored these calls for increase, and. on the
contrary, have threatened to reduce the force,
which is kept diligently at work by Gen.
Raum.-EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Where is Comrade Clifford?
VIM. A. McKellip, Commander of Burns
Post, Ii, Westminster, Nd says that Geo. w.
Robinson, who lives near that city, recently
brought him soldiers badge or medal, which
was picked up by Philip Keller on July 1,
1863, On the road leading from Westminster to
Manchester, Md. The writer says that If one
will recall the route taken by the Sixth Corps,
it will be noticed that it marched over that
ground to the battlefield of Gettysburg. The
medal is well preserved, and is inscribed as fol-
lows: Mai. Gen. Hooker" with bust of the
General, and ~. P. Clifford, Co. E. Cd Regt
Vt. Vols, Chealsea, W.T." ON one side, and on
the reverse. "War of 1851. Ball Run, York
town, Williamsburg, Seven Days, Richmond,
South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg"
1t will afford Comrads McKellip pleasure to
restore this badge to the owner. if living, or to
any member of his family who may be en-
titled to it.