The National tribune., 1893-11-16

got away We located Gen. Johnston's Head
quarters and searched the house. Breaking
open q trunk found he dress uniform of a
rebel General with sde-arms anil a large
l..ck of p,pers The idea struck me TO as
tonsh TIE boys. So put the uniform on
snd we nj started back to cann about four
miles 10 the rear Oar troops lined both
sides Of the road, and great was the commo-
tion al The sight / rebel General arm-in-
arm with Un-on s,ldicrs laugh ng and talk
ing most Elniharly. Well, enjoyed it all,
rs you may suppose, for it took little TO
amuse as in those days, and reached my
company al right | afterward sold the
Uniform TO Lieui. Meredith for Sl3. He
sent it to Gov. Narston ut indianapolis"
Pope Settled 1t.
j. NJ Paw k, Cap.a u, Co X, 39!h Ohio,
writes: '' ] well remember upon the morning
of the eyaeua ion of Corinth. in 1862, of
marching in wiilrour regiment to the town,
and our Major, Eiw. +. Noyes, hoisting our
coloTs on The arsenal Of the retreating rebels,
Soon after which Ger. Nelson rode in from
the north and ordered The Major TO report
himself TO his commanding officer under
arrest for having the audacity 10 hoist the
flag before Nelson could claim the hcnor.
just about that time Gen. John Pope who
was our commander rode up, and the Major
repor; ed TO him as under arrest by order of
Gen. Nelson for hoisting the American flag
in Corinth. Nelson wanted to explain to
Pope, but Gen. Pope told him he could ex-
plain to q cuurt-martial."
Barper's Ferry.
Marion Cox Milton Center, o., has been
much interested in the recent papers on
Harp.r's Ferry. He says: when that bat
terry opened on US from Bolivar Higbts on
Sunday, we were in our quarters. We lost
one man almost Immediately. He was
standing by his tent, and she'll took his
head off. A solid shot soon after passed
through our Adjutants horse just back of
the saddle. A man in our company named
Burket kept dog TO catch chickens with,
and he, too, was wounded, in the foot"
The comrade will never forget the 126th
N. Y, which came to Harper's Ferry on n
miserable day. His regiment treated them
to hot coffee, which they were glad to get.
The time of the writer's regiment, the 67th
Ohio, had been out for quite a while, but
the regiment was held, perhaps to help in
the surrender, because they were not given
chance to fight. The writer was very young
at this time, but he remembers incidents
pretty well.
H. JOueS, w. hs S<a AuWdt 1o"@ tibJ,
Iowa, makes a correction Of our statement
recently that his regiment left the State
after muster-in, in 1853 1t was mustered,
he .says- in -Sentember. 1862. and left ON the
22d OF. the month; it was mustered out
July %, 1865.
The Old Songs.
John r. Mills, 96 East Main street, Val
paraiso, Ind, has over 500 war songs and
memorial poems, and would like to negoti-
ate with some printer comrade to bring
them out in boOly-form or in sheet music, OF
he would be willing TO dispose of them in
manuscript He has the most complete col
lection in the country, he claims. He will
exchange songs with any comrade.
Information.
John IT. Watson, Sunset, Tex, says that
Nathan J. Johnston, Co. G, 1st Tenn, is
slowly dying with cancer, and is destitute
He wishes the addresses at once of any of
his former comrades.
r. N. Martin, Remove Pa, sends rs the
wax impression of seal that he says used
to belong to college in Virginia, but which
was given to Bucktail Post, 142, Remove,
some years ago, with instructions to return
it to the college 1t was mislaid and has
just come to light, and the comrade would
like information about the owner. On the
diverse are the words, "Collegium Femin-
cum Chesapeake" and around Bible in
the center is inscribed: "The entrance of
thy words giyeth light"
Determined TO Enlist.
John A. Annable, Co. A, 11th Mich.
Cav, Otsego, Mich, was thrown out twice
when he tried to enlist, on account of his
small size When, at length, he was ac-
cepted, it was at the intercession of the Cap
tain with the mastering Officer. who pictured
to him the tribnlations of the soldier; but
Comrade Annable was too plucky, and the
official sent him into the ranks, where he
did most creditable service.