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The National tribune., 1894-07-05
MORGAN AND HIS MEN.
Some Corrections of Maj. Connolly and Some
Additional Facts.

Some Corrections of Maj Connolly and Some
Additional Facts.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I see an
article in the issue of June on Morgan
raid, in which are some statements that are
incorrect.
l was born near Columbia, KY, and am
acquainted in every County and most of the
towns in that part of the State. Now, do not
know Just where Morgan crossed Green River,
but do know that Morgan did not cross
Green River at Columbia, because Column
bia is not on that river, nor in many miles
of it.
AS Morgan passed through Lebanon, KY,
he must have crossed Green River east of
Greensburg, and near the home of Gen.
Hobson. Morgan crossed the Ohio River a
little above Maukport, Ind, using two small
steamers, furnished, perhaps, by friends for
the emergency. Very little opposition was
offered to his crossing the Ohio. Maj.
Pframer and a few old soldiers and hand
ful of militia, with two light cannon, was all
that opposed Morgan's crossing. A little
way out Morgan's command murdered a
Lutheran minister, and burned his property.
| saw the ruins in 1867.
At Corydon, Ind, Maj. Pframer and his
little army made a stand little south of
the town, but Morgan soon fanked them,
and the Major and his handful of veterans
fed back in time to save themselves from
capture. But my old friend, Capt. Shealds,
commanding the militia, did not fare so well,
but was "gobbled," with all his men, about
300 strong.
The owners of the Cerydon FIGURING Mills
were compelled to pay several thousand
dollars to save the mills from destruction by
fire.
Mention is made by Maj. Connolly of Gen.
Morgans brother. A few weeks after the
battle of Lebanon, KY, between the Goth
KY. and Morgan's command 1 stood on the
spot where Morgan's artillery was placed,
and looked down the slope. At the little
brick depot, where the Goth KY. surrendered,
was informed that Morgan's brother, while
experimenting the planting of this artillery,
was killed or MORALLY wounded. Did
Morgan have more than one brother? |
was also told that the citizens of Lebanon
persuaded the Colonel of the Goth KY. to
surrender, in order to save the town. Is this
true?
Also, was told that Morgan compelled
the prisoners to march on foot and keep up
with the mounted men; that many of them
fell down exhausted, among them Sergeant,
whose name l have forgotten. He was
struck over the head with a gun or pistol,
from which blow he died.-W. L. De Mum
BRUN, Co. f, 18th KY, Pastor q. B. Church,
JOslyn, Ind.
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by striking rebel officer across the back Of
the neck, who fell off in the grass without
throwing up his hands"
How Lyon Died.
James Williams, Co. ], list Iowa, Spring
vile, Utah, corroborates Comrade Kerwin's
statement of May as to Gen. Lyon first
being wounded in the right leg. The
second wound, Williams says, was in the
left leg; the third, by canister-shot, In
the small of the back. He received this
wound while sitting on his horse in front of
the 1st Iowa, facing and talking to the men.
He rode through the regiment, and fell off
his horse dead. Someone started the story
that he was killed by his own men, which
was simply impossible for them in the posi-
tion that they were.
Too Good for Them.
Gen. Dabney FL. Maury tells in his Recol-
lections of Virginian" of an old lady in
Fredericksburg who was reduced to taking
in boarders in order to make both ends meet.
On one occasion of peculiar stress, the larder
was so empty that the good lady took to her
bed and summoned her servant. Nancy"
she said, there's nothing in the house for
my boarders to eat except mush. But give
them that. If they are Christians they will
accept it in resignation and thankfulness.
And if they are not Christians it is deal
too good for them"
Scattering.
J. B. Hammell, Dell Roy, O., has THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE files for 10 years, and
as he expects to leave for the Pacific Coast
this Fall, he desires to dispose of them. If
any old soldier would like to purchase all,
or any particular year, he will be glad to
communicate with him.
Thomas H. Robertson, Co. A, 68th N. Y,
Ridgedale, Tenn, has the account book of
the sutler of the 18th Ohio, found on the
field of Resaca; also, pile of envelopes
ready to be handed in to the Psymaster
with amounts due and soldiers name on
them. There was also found stencil plate
belonging to Geo. McCary, 10Th Ohio.
Comrade 7. B. Titus, Oxford, Pa, suffered
with chronic diarrhea since discharge from
the army; and tried over so doctors, but
never got any relief till he found a certain
cure. He will answer correspondence.
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REQUESTS JUST ENOUGH,
But It Would Be a Bad Plan to Present
Them as Proposed.

But 1t Would BE a Bad Plan to Present
Them as Proposed.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: veteran"
in recent issue, under the caption What
is Wanted" outlined such requests for Con-
gressional legislation as he proposed each
soldier should send copy of to his Repre-
sentative.
So far as the requests for legislation are
concerned, we all know them to be right and
just to every pensioner, or one who may be
entitled to a pension; but to send such re-
quests to our Congressman will be q big
piece of folly. All such requests will be
buried in the waste-basket without one tear
of love or respect for the same.
No. Let the National Grand Army PEN
sion Committee take hold of it in an earnest
and business-like form, and as committee
in full call upon the Senate and House Pen
sion Committees and urge the attention to
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NOTHING TO LAUGH AT.
The Ram Arkansas and Her Dash Through
the Fleet at Yicksburg.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: My recol-
lection of the ram Arkansas is somewhat
different from the story told in the issue of
June IA. / was very, very close to the
mouth of the Yazoo when the Arkansas
Traveller passed by. / remember that the
ironclad gunboat Carondelet, in company
with the wooden boat Tyler, went up the
Yazoo River on special business. Some
hours later we heard the booming of cannon
away off in the distance Every few min
utes the booming sounded nearer. After a
time we saw the Tyler, under full Roadway,
sweep out of the mouth of the Yazoo.
Farragut and Davis's feet lay between
the mouth of the Yazoo and Vicksburg
But the Tyler was in such hurry to get
out Of danger that she turned up stream,
under full head of steam, for Gods coun-
try. The Tyler had hardly made the turn
when the Arkansas came in sight, steadily
firing at the Tyler. The Arkansas kept on
her course until about two-thirds of the
way across the Mississippi River, and then
turned down stream, going directly through
the feet to Vicksburg.
do not remember that there was single
gun fired from any boat in the fleet until
the Arkansas had passed by and was out of
danger. The whole of our feet was taken
of the stranger until she was gone. AS she
passed through the feet her cannon roared
from each of her sides, making that awful,
horrid boom boomi 1t was awful, for it
was so very close, and the guns were pointed
right at us! We named her The Arkansaw
Traveller"
The story told by shipmates aboard the
Carondelet was, that the Arkansas ran the
Carondeiet on a bar The officer in COM
mand of the Arkansas called to the Caron-
delet to haul down their flag. The reply
from the Carondelet was
q" If you want the flag pulled down, come
aboard and do it yourself"
The same voice that gave the order from
the Arkansas said
Let the old flag wave, Captain; we have
not the time to spare to pull 1T down; good
by, Captain!" and away went the Arkansas
after the Tyler, leaving the Carondelet on
the bar. j cannot yOuch for the truth of
the conversation between the ram and gun
boat. i give you the sense of it as we heard
il from Others at that time. The Arkansas
was our enemy, but we respected the valor
OF it's crew in running the blockade through
so large feet. If ! remember rightly, the
entire ram, gunboat and mortar feet, under
Commodore e. ii. Davis (successor of Com
modore FooteJ, was lying between the Yazoo
and Flcksburg, and a number Of vessels
belonging TO Farragut had joined US, making
a goodly array of battleships
Shjpmate Simmons, the day has long since
passed by for exaggerated statements of our
own valor and our opponents cowardice
Let justice reign supreme, giving merit to
whom merit is due.-JAMEs G. AGNEw,
Mississippi Flotilla Irondale O.
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NO IMPUTATION AT ALL.
Privates Not to Blame for the Holly Springs
Surrender.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: I see in
the issue of May 81 Casting OFF an Impu-
tation." l did not intend any reflection
upon any enlisted man in regard to the
fight at Holly Springs, for not one of them
was to blame for what happened there; no
one was to blame except the man in command
of the post there, for he was repeatedly
warned by Gen. Grant as to the situation.
The men of the 9Th Wis were in no wise
to blame at any time for what the Colonel
did. The 9Th were a noble set of men. /
remember them more times than one
want the odium to rest where it justly
should-upon no other than Col. T. c.
Murphy, who ought to have been court
martialed and shot. Many private soldier
was shot for crimes that were less than that
of Col. Murphy's.-M. L. MOORE, Second
Lieutenant, Co. Z, I'd Ill. Cav, Oregon City,
Ore
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CARNEY PROTESTS.
Thinks Comrade Landegon Not Warranted
in His Reflections.

in His Reflections.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: On the
31st of May last your paper contained an
article to which the name of j. W. Lande-
gon was appended. In that article he says
Il desire to blow my own horn little in
reference to it, and also say few words in
reply TO Comrade Carney"
Now, / will simply say that after / read
his article thought at first that it would
not be worth while to make any reply what
ever; but as some people think that silence
gives consent" or, at least, a tacit approval,
/ have concluded to say few words my
self. And it seems to me almost self
evident truth that after the lapse of so many
years an old soldier cannot be expected to be
exact in his memory of every single par
ticular. If he did, he would be man pos
sessing very remarkable memory indeed.
related my story as well as l could recol-
lect it, and made no insinuations in regard
to others. If / had mentioned the COM
rade's name or reflected upon him in any
manner, there might have been some ex-
cuse for what he said about me.
AS to his remarks about the peach brandy
which he tries to make fun about, I am
willing to leave the decision of the following
question to any fair-minded man, whether
citizen or old soldier. Suppose, for instance,
that notice appears in a newspaper about
some club or society having banquet, and
stating that the spread consisted of roast
beef, fried chicken, fried oysters, and a lib
eral allowance of champagne; would anyone
ever go far enough out of his way to ask,
sneeringly, whether that banquet consisted
Of the fried chicken, or whether 1T consisted
of the champagne?
Ae to hanging the negro, any good soldier
knows that the orders of superior officer
must always be obeyed.
i think, like another comrade who re-
Gently expressed very much the same senti-
ment that do in this sentence, that there is
altogether too much inexcusable fault find
ing among comrades about trivial matters.
l often see things that do not in all respects
meet with my approval, yet l do not feel
called upon to 60 out of my way to attack
the statements.
/ advise the comrade in future to Guilt
waite little more friendly spirit toward
comrades who have made no reference to
him whatever. He speaks as though he be-
longed to the scouts. / have taxed my
memory and ] cannot place him. There
were, however, many scouts in the army,
and because / cannot remember him that is
no reason why / should say that he was not
scout. He admits that to the scouts at
Gen. Meade's Headquarters the credit was
due of quietly and expeditiously capturing
the rebel pickets, and cannot see why he
wants to try to make very curious kind of
fun by running off the track to tackle the
statement about the peach brandy.
In my case the peach brandy served very
useful purpose, for it enabled me to bear up
under the pain and inconvenience of a severe
wound, and aided me in escaping from vim
dictive enemies who might have felt jus
titled in taking my ife.-A. B. CARNEY, LIE
Roy, Pa.
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Comrade Boring Thinks Gen. Sherman
Showed Bad Generalship When Fighting
Hood.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / am go
ing to offer criticism on General who
ranks second in history and popular opinion
to Gen. Grant, and regarded by some in some
respects as his peer.
L do so partly to give vent to my con-
victions, and partly to seek information,
through the hope that some well-informed
comrade will reply to my statements, and
thus enlighten me.
/ claim that the battles of Peach Tree
Creek, Atlanta, and Ezra Church, fought
respectively On the Doth, ODD, and 2Sth of
July, 1864, in which Gen. Sherman, with a
well-equipped, well-disciplined and power
full army of nearly 10O,0 900, permitted Hood to
withdraw rom his front on the night of
July 10, and move his army around Sher-
mans right, and the next day attack him
square in rear of his left wing, then dupli-
cate the action ON the night of the 21st on
his left, and assault the rear of his left wing
on the 22d with still greater damage, and
the loss of one of the finest men and best
Generals in the Federal army, who rode, I'M
attended by staff or bOdy-guard, directly
into the enemy's ranks. receiving his body
full of rebel bullets, was all very bad gen.
eralship on our SIDE Sherman, with all his
cavalry, scouts and pckets, should have
known where his enemy was, and been pre-
pared to face him and give Hood disastrous
open field fight, instead of having his wings
clipped as they were and allowing his foe
each time to return to his Notifications in
Atlanta.
But Hoods third flank movement vas
only baffled on the 28th by accident, as Gen.
Logan happened to be moving the Fifteenth
Corps to the right and accidentally met the
thanking foe getting to the rear of Sher-
mans right wing the second time. But
Logan and his corps were equal to the
emergency, and Hood was sent back into
Atlanta the third time, but leaving large
per cent. of his army lying in silent ranks
upon the field of Ezra Church.
I.claim that thousands of brave men sleep
the long sleep upon these three battiefelds,
or have their names enrolled upon the PEN
sion rolls, through the bad management or
of Gen. Sherman and his officers.
One flank movement from Hood, or the
battle of Peach Tree Greek, was enough.
The other two never should have been
fought as they were nor resulted as they did.
B. F. BORING, Co. ID, Both Ill, Terre
Haute, Ind.
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The 10th Mass.

This regiment was organized at Lynnfield,
Mass, Aug. o. 1861, the necleus being the
LIST Battalion of Rifles. On the expiration
of its term the non-veterans were mustered
out, and the organization, composed of vet
Grams and recruits, remained in service until
the latter part of June, 1865, when it was
mustered out in accordance with orders from
the War Department. In September, 1861,
it was assigned to the brigade composed Of
the Goth Mass, 7th Mich. and company of
Massachusetts, sharpshooters, and COM
manded by Gen. Lander. On the wounding
of Gen. Lander the command devolved upon
Col Edward Hincks, the Colonel of the 10Th,
and in November, 1862, he was commissioned
Brigader-General. He was succeeded in
command of the regiment by Col. Arthur T.
Devereux. The regiment suffered severely
at Malvern Hill, losing 10 killed and a large
number in wounded and missing; at Fred
ericksburg, losing los in killed, wounded
and missing, and at Antietam, where eight
were killed, 10S wounded and large num-
Der reported as missing. At Gettysburg,
while In Gibbons Division, it lost II out of
141 engaged, or over IL per cent. Among
the other battles in which it was engaged
and lost heavily were SpOttsylvania, Cold
Harbor, Wilderness, and Deep Bottom. The
number of deaths in the regiment was 294.
The number of officers and aen killed in
action or died of wounds was 161. The re-
mainder died of disease and other causes.
1t was one of the 300 fighting regiments
given by Col Fox.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER
Rhat0nr Veterans Have to Say About
Their Old Campaigns

1.-THE Editor would be glad 10 receive articles o
from 600 to 600 words serial papers of greater
length. for publication on the first page OF. ana
written exclusively for, THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
The subjects submitted should be OF interest to tile
veterans in general, and should be treated with
especial regard 10 historical accuracy of statement
Articles on the behavior of some particular reg-
nIent or brigade some field whereon IL dis
tinguished itself. ia some campaign in which 1T
took a prominent part, in some siege wherein it
acted Extensively extensively; "reminiscences
of prison life the march or the camp, personal
adventures all such solicited, will receive due
consideration, and if available will have early i'll
seTtion.
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Excursion to Asbury Park, n. j.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad CO. will
sell excursion tickets to Asbury Park, n j.,
and return, from all points on its lines east of
the Ohio River July 8, 8, and 10, good return
ing until July Is, with privilege of extension
until Sept l, provided the return portion of
the ticket is deposited with the Joint Agent at
Asbury Park on or before July ID.
The round-trip rate from Baltimore will be
S705. Washington 1925. and Lexington $13.75,
and correspondingly low from all other points
On the B. 81 o. system.
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THEIR RECORDS.
Brief Sketches of the Services of
Various Regiments.

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE has in hand several
hundred requests for regimentsl histories All such
requests will be acceded to in due time although
those now received cannot be published for at
least six onths, owing to lack of space Numerous
sketches have already been published and of these
none can be found room for g second time.
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If any young old or middle-aged man suffer-
ing from nervous debility or weakness will
write to me ! will send him full particulars of
genuine certain cure. Will also furnish
remedies cheaper than they can be put up by
Druggist prescription. No humbug No
deception. Address Thomas Barnes Lock Boz
$50, Marshall, Mich.
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such request, and demand the same In
the name of the Grand Army. Both atten-
ton and respect would follow, and good
would result.-W. F. DESMURE, Aurora,
Ind.
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DIR. Peters Blood yitaiizer i.

one of the most powerful blood medicines in
existence, and will cure all diseases arising
from impure blood and disordered stomach.
Can only be had of local Vitalizer agents.
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The 18th Wis.

The regiment was organized at Camp
Tredway, GAINESVILLE, Wis, from October to
January, 1861, to serve for the term of three
years. 1t left the State JAN IS, 1862, under
command of Col. Maurice Msloney, going
to Leavenworth, Kan, where it arrived five
days later. Col. Maloney, who was an officer
of the Regular Army, was discharged Aug.
l, 1862, that he might rejoin his old COM
mand. VIM. P. Lyon was commissioned
Colonel upon the recall of Col. Maloney,
and commanded the regiment until Sept
IL, 1865. He was brevetted Brigadier-Gen-
erai Oct. 25, 1865. During the early part of
it's service the regiment was engaged in
garrison duty around Fort Donelson, and
afterward at Stevenson, Ala. Upon return
ing from veteran furlough it was assigned to
the First Brigade, Fourth Division, Twen-
tieth Corps During most of its service this
regiment was engaged in guarding supplies
and posts in patroling railroads and holding
important positions, and was not engaged in
any important battle. The total enroll
ment was 1881. Five were killed in action
and 1s8 died of disease and other causes.
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NTANTED-InfOrmatOn of Maggie Brady, daugh-
w ter of Terence and Mary Brady who resided in
1854 or 1855 in New Dggngs, Wis., and was married TO
soldier during after the of the rebellion Adj
dress her brother, Bernard Brady S27 Sherman Ave-,
N w, Washington, D. Q. Illinois and Wisconsin
papers please copy. 9. 665-H
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"ANTED-By Geo. f. Lemon, Washington, d. O
w The address of LOremus p. Wilson. Admin
stratOr of the estate of Elias T. Wilson deceased Co
F. 9Th Ill Cav who formerly received mail at BrOcton,
ILL.,; or the names and addresses of children Of the
soldier.
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WANTED-ADDRESSES.

IITANTED-The addresses of comrades who served
w with Owen Coleman. late private Co K, 18th ".
Y Inf VoIs.-By his widow, Ellen Coleman, No. 531k
Vermont St, Cleveland, o.
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The AID Wis.

The regiment was recruited by Col. Cobb,
formerly of the 5th Wis, during the Fall of
1864, and was organized at Milwaukee, Wis
1t left the State Oct. 10, 1864. under the
command of Col. Anasa Cobb, going to
Nashville, Tenn. It soon after went to
Jacksonville, an important supply depot. 1t
was stationed at Jacksonville until Nov 60
During the remainder of its service it was
engaged in guarding railroads and supplies.
The only battle in which it participated
was the battle of Jacksonville. The total
number of deaths in the service was rs.
One was killed in battle, and the remainder
died of disease and other causes.
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A CRITICS NJ.

COmrade Boring Thinks Gen. Sherman
Showed Bad Generalship When Fighting