The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-01-04

the time the cavalrymen could make their
roundabout way to the top of the ridge their
prisoner was gone The writer would like
TO know what became of the young Iowan
he nnrsed all night on the hard-fought field
of Pea Ridge. If this should meet the eye
of the young Iowan, or any comrade, please
write, giving the desired information, to
P. 0. Box 162, Brunswick, Mo.
| Tells How 1t Was.
L. L. Parr, Co. ID, 18th Ind, La Crosse,
Kan, says that VIM. Schwartz, Co. III, lat
Ohio Cav, in correcting VIM f. Doyle does
not help the matter much. Wilder's Brigade
was not on the Knoxville expedition. The
cavalry of Col. Long ON this trip was the
list, Sd and 4th Ohio Cav. and the I'd Ky.
Cav, with $50 men from the 9Th Ind. Cav.
| and the same number from the 9Sth Ill. Cav.
We crossed the Tennessee River with
Col. Long, and took part in the capture and
burning of the rebel wagou-train OF over
70 wagons during the battle of Missionary
Ridge. The 18th boys were the last TO leave
Cleveland the morning of Nov. 81, 1863,
when the Johnnies said $50" Co. d lost
one man, MORALLY wounded, Co. F two, and
there was one wounded in Co. Z and one in
Co. G. We lost several in this trip.
have always understood that the 18th
Ind. boys, under Lieut.-Col. Jordan, led the
brigade into Knoxville. We went with Col
| Long into North Carolina, and returned to
| Charleston and did our own share of the
picketing, scouting and foraging. The
writer carried a dispatch to Chattanooga
for Col. Long and returned just in time to
take part in the charge when the Johnnies
| failed to capture the wagon train at Charles
| town.
I'VE remained with Col. Longs Brigade
until Jan. IL, 1864, when we started to join
our regiment at Nashville, and Jan. %
started home on veteran furlough. We only
want credit for what we did. No brigade
| in the Second Cavalry Division need beg or
| steal honors. They all did all they were
! asked.o
He Would Like to Know.
J. w. Durborow, Two Taverns, Pa, writes:
Can you tell what qualities, virtues duties
| performed, or injuries received, entitle a
soldier to be placed on that roll of honor
now so much harped upon by soldier-haters,
| members of Congress- Commissioner of Pen
sions, and even by the President of the
United States? There is something mys-
FERROUS in the way pensions are granted or
rejected on the ground that you were not
disabled for manual labor in a pensionable
degree When we look at it there is bat
one side considered, and that an unknown
one TO the claimant. In all other courts of
claims the claimant is permitted to be pres
| ent and hear what is objected to the claim.
Here the soldier is requested to file his claim,
with proper affidayits, then to report TO an
Examining Board of Surgeons, who are also
sworn, and they make their report. In the
meantime the soldier is required to furnish
the sworn statement of his family physician
or several others of good standing, and of a
commissioned officer or two comrades, and
also of the Regimental Surgeon as to treat
ment while in service. The first part of the
evidence is not allowed to be divulged. The
latter is known TO the soldier claimant, and
if it has anything TO do with the granting
of any pension, would like to know where
it comes in.
Usually the evidence of the family physi-
clans, comrades, and neighbors are cast to
the winds, and from some unknown source
the news is obtained that claimant is not
disabled in a reasonable degree as appears
from competent evidence on file. What
constitutes that roll of honor?"
First into Wilmington.
John Hills Co. K, 10Th KY, Sears, Mich,
claims that his regiment furnished the first
men into Wilmington, N. c., after the sur
render. They came from the west of Fort
the river, and took up their march toward the
town. After some skirmishIng they arrived
near the town. They crossed small branch of
the Cape Fear and entered the marsh meet
ing the enemy there and losing several men
wounded. They had to stay there that night,
and listened to the shells of the Yankee
batteries screeching over their heads. The
next morning white flags were floating over
the city. They took up the march When
they reached the river they found no way to
cross The negroes on the other side called
to them to come on, as the last rebel had
gone. The writer and some seven or eight
others left the ranks, looking for boat,
which they found, and then the squad
crossed. After they had been in the city
short while, and were at the market-house
they saw that the advance of the Federals
were just landing. The squad found the
tobacco-house they were looking for, filled
up with the weed, and as they came out the
advance-guard was passing by. The men
went down to the river, waited for their
regiment to land, and went into camp.
David l.. Foote, Co. K. 18th Iowa, Oregon,
Ill, wishes some one living in the neighbor-
hood of Ashland, Ore, would write him by
mail, giving description of the country and
its advantages for settling
w. Siegfried, Co. G, 18th Ohio, Sumner,
Mich, wishes to know if Comrade n. w.
Ogdin, or any one else, can tell who the
scout was that Ogdin speaks of in THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE of Dec. 7. He thinks
he can give some light on the question of
what became of him. Comrade Siegfried
was at the siege Of Knoxville, Tenn with
The I'd Battalion, Civil Engineers. Shortly
after Longstreet had moved to the East,
squad of cavalry came to the camp of the
Engineers battalion. The commander had
a scrap of paper which he read before them,
and which had been found on the body of a |
man, pinned to his coat. 1t was plainly !
written, John FurgasOn, Co. K, 18th Ohio, |
hung by order of A. p. Hill, General COM
handing the rebel army, Dec. 5, as spy" |
When this was read, Segfried's company |
was ordered out ON the Strawberry Plains |
road, and they went to farmhouse belong |
ing to a Union man, Mr.. Johnson. Here |
they saw the dead body of the man who
had been hung. He was dressed in black, |
but had on the regulation Government shoes
and stockings. They went in single file to
look at him, and the man behind COmrade
Siegfried was the dead mans brother, also
named Furgason. The corpse was taken
to Knoxville and buried decently in the
cemetery north of the city. The body had
been found hanging to limb by the daugh-
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