The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-08-29

Gen. Grant Was Kind.
G. w. Colby, Co. G, 9th H., Butler, H.,
writes: Early in April, 1863, while lying
| at Millikens Bend, La, there was an order
issued to our regiment for guard for the
General Headquarters for an indefinite
period. /, as Sergeant, was ordered to pick
my men. As many of the boys were out on
duty l could not get all l wanted.
zone whom / took, although a good
soldier in most things, could not govern his
appetite, and which often got him into
trouble When we arrived at Headq uarters
1t was raining, and rs we had nothing but
shelter-tents the General told me take the
fly off of the commissary tent and put it
up for the boys.
AT that time the Generals son, Fred, !
believe, was there, a boy of about 10 years.
He was dressed in uniform like his father.
He had handsome pony and beautiful
gold-mounted saddle, and was the constant
companion Of his father. Every evening we
had game of ball on the lawn in front of
Headquarters, and the General would sit on
the porch enjoying the sport as much as we
did
The first day, in stationng the guard, it
fell to the lot of the man with an appetite
to be posted at the commissary tent. When
the Grand Rounds came with relief in the
small hours Of the night he was lying help
less, with his gun and demiiohn by his
side. OF course / took in the situation at a
| glance, and put him out of sight. At the
| break of day the General came out on the
porch. approached him, and after salute
| related the whole circumstance, and asked
| for instructions what to do with him. After
studying minute he asked me if had re-
| ported him to the regiment. / told him no,
| that there was only two beside myself that
knew anything of it. He then told me to
send the man back to the company and say
nothing of it, for the temptation should
have been kept out of his reach. And now
of the five who knew of the affair am the
only one left"
Medal of Honor.
Theodore HERRING, Co. X, 1st Wis, Fond
du Lac, Wis, thinks the G.A.R at its Ma
tional Encampment should ask Congress at
its next session to pass All act TO have medal
| struck off and presented to every old veteran
present with his regiment or company when
it sustained loss in any one battle equal to
or greater in percentage than the Light Cav
airy Brigade did ut the charge of Balaklava.
THE cost to the Nation would be very light
and the medal highly priced by the veteran
and his family. | think this Nation even at
this late date ought TO remember its heroes
with such medal of honor. The country is
full of them yet, for Col Fox, in his Reg-
mental Losses gives a list of ~ regiments
that sustained even greater losses than the
Light Brigade did at Balaklava."
Time Of Disaster.
j. W. Miller, TifHn, O., writes: az read
with great interest To Nashville from the
Tennessee by Maj. Connolly, 14th III. Cav
l was member of McLaughlin's Squadron,
Ohio Volunteer Cavalry. We were brigaded
with the 14th on the Atlanta campaign. l
was detailed as Orderly for Gen. Capron
at Resaca, Ga, and continued as such until
the fatal St)neman raid
i was with Capt Wells, 9Th. Mich. Cav,
who was Acting Assistant Adjutant- General
TO Gen Cspron at the time OF the surrender
Accompanied by Lieutenant we started
together to get through the rebel lines. /
was shot through the right side, and the
Lieutenant through the hack. Capt. Wells
got through without being wounded. They
coDfiscated buggy, and hauled me along in
this way until | was captured. / was i'm
prisoned successfully at Andersonville, Mil
len and Savannah.
al never saw the 14,h after that disas-
trOus raid. Gen. Carr0n and Capt. Wells
trusted by them in The delivering of many
important messages and orders.
After the war / wrote Gen. Capron when
he was in Washington. He had not for
gotten me. He sent me an interesting letter
in reply. / would be glad to know what
became of Capt. Wells. l have never heard
from him since the day / was captured and
wounded"
Took Them at Their Word.
c. Banks, Co. II, 1st Ohio, Dover, Kan,
writes: "Soon after the Army Of the Cum
berland had fallen back from Ch!ckamauga
and had its lines established rebel band
came out on the enemy's front line and
struck up The Girl l Left Behind Me-
This caused us to start cheer that was
taken up by others and carried on and on
until it died away in the distance to our
left.
"Our battery, the 9Th Ind, thought, to
make it interesting, they would drop a
couple of shells over among the musicians,
but only succeeded in changing their tune
to Try, try again This proved more than
the battery boys could stand, so they took
them at their word. When we heard the
band again it was away back in the rear,
almost out of hearing, playing Dixie
While we would hear the band occasionally
after that, it never come out on the front
line again while we were there.
1--WE were lying at the time at the bridge
over Chattanooga Creek OF the main road
out 10 Chickamauga, and near the old tam
yard. We afterward moved over to the left
near Fort Wood. The 9Th Ind. battery fired
the shot that killed the rebel Gen. Polk on
Pine Mountain, Ga. Capt or Maj. Simon
son, of the battery, being killed the next
day, June Is, 1864"
At BuZzards' Roost.
n. n. Coons, Chief Bugler, 10th ILL.,, Mon
mouth, ILL.,, writes In your issue of Oct.
% in Gen. Towards Atlanta Campaign, 1
saw that the Goth III. was credited with the |
skirmish-line and work ut Buzzards' Roost, |
May g. 1864. ! fail to find the 66;h in our
Division. 1 am positive the advance was
Gen. Morgan's First Brigade, Second Divis-
ion, Fourteenth Corps, and on the skirmish- |
line was the old 10th III. blew the Skin
mish calls all day, and late in the evening |
the regiment passed through the Gap and |
struck snag, as the bugle calls could not
move the boys either to the front or left.
Gen. Howard and staff came riding up On |
the hillside, where + and the commanding |
officer of the skirmish line were standing,
and ordered the line to move to the front |
and left, as Gen. Howard wanted to draw
the fire from rebel battery. volunteered |
to go over on the line, as there was hill |
between US and the. line. got to the Skin
mish-line aud delivered my message One