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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1895-02-23


a private letter from Florida. part of
which is elsewhere printed in The Trib-
unc, relates that. during the recent
disastrous freeze i'm Florida. i'm twelve
hours the thermometer ran down fifty
i've degrees. from ~ above to II above
zero. Notwithstanding common com
rldintsof cha~ngoablenesS of the climate
If the northwest this section never
NEW Il dive SO headlong us this. 1t f.
Wen that such information be spread
mons tn" people. for in conjunction
with the hard times there will be more
or less talk this spring about the desir.
ability Of emigration. In addition to
the discomfort implied 10y tn. freak Of
the Fluridian thermometer il is well tC
remember that thereby an industry.
which it haS taken twenty years ~
bring 10 its present state of advance
ment. seems To have been absolutely
wiped out. There is no harvest this,
year on next on the year thereafter.
nor yet in the fourth year or in the fifth
II is IS If a productive piece of real es.
tate had been destroyed after the in
urance had been allowed to lapse.
The west Of Ireland is again threat.
encd with its periodical famine, a recur.
renee which il seems OUT az the
or legislation or administration, oi
change of ctops, or redistribution of
land, or any governmental or economic
device TO avert. 1t comes about 80
often, like the cholera or the Siberian
grip, and has To De lackoned with as a
persistent factor in the concerns of that
much suffering country. 1t is as yet
only prospect, but the outlook Is seri
Gus enough 10 awaken anxiety ana lp.
j. ehcnSion. Should ii come. the right
thing will be one about II on this si1,
Of the water, as il has often been done
before. and II il, meantime. gratifying
at least 1" the benefiCiaries that -
many of the sons of that unfortunat,
island have made SO much one i:
American politics that they can afforG
10 contribute generously in such ?
crisis
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The paragraph referred to is: 1.-THE great
problem will never be answered as TO what
might have been the result had Foster slept
and reported to Sheridan an hour later, after
the cavalry had been driven in. In all
probability the surrender Of Lee might not
have been al Appomattox.n
For the last 90 years have thought that
the word Just quoted could only be applied
10 the First Division, Fifth Corps, and our
lamented Gen Cbas. Griffin.
What ] saw at that time and what /
have read since have convinced me that had
that grand old division failed on several oc-
casioDs during that memorable campaign, the
order of history would not be the same that
il is at present" Lee would not have sur
rendered at Appomattox,o etc.
Let me here remark that the last cam
paign of the war, although brief, WAS for the
Fifth Corps hard campaign. There were
hard fighting, hard marching, aud hard
luck. accompanied by those privations
which the rain and Sand and dust of Vir-
ginia can furnish without stint to hungry
man.
On the 29th Of March we broke camp. and
started 10 the left and rear of Petersburg.
That day our Second and Third Divisions
were driven back by the rebels in their
effort TO crush the left flank of Giant 8
army.
The First Division was brought up that
night by forced march, and posted along a
ridge near an old saw-Inill. We threw up
some temporary works here during the
nignt, and in the morning, when the rebels
renewed the fight, we not only repulsed, but
drove then from The field. think there is
a problem 10 solve here as TO what would
have been the result II Griffin and the First
Division had slept that night.
We took up cur march, and the next day
drove The enemy again at White Oak road.
j would like TO draw attention to a little
night-woTk done by the Third Brigade,
which, in light Of after events, becomes of
sufficient historical interest to be men
toned.
The night after the battle of White Oak
road the Third Brigade kept advancing out
an old country road, TIL about 10 or ii p.
M, in our efforts to form a junction
with Gen. Sheridan. 1t was a miserable
road TO travel in the dark, and we were glad
when we were ordered to camp that night
We had hardly lain down to rest when an
Orderly came into camp inquiring for COL
Sellars. in command of the brigade As
soon as he found him he said Colonel, you
must get back out Of here; you are six miles
from your main line, and nearly ON to
The rebel camp"
Very quietly we folded our tents and went
back over that old stubby road again to our
main line, which we reached about 2 or 8
a. m. We cooked some coffee and thought
we would get few hours rest, when the frs,
thing we heard was old DAM Butterfieid
blowing +" Forward!n and out we started
with the whole division on this same old stul
road, TO the place we had been the nigh,
before, when we were joined by Sheridan
about II a. m, and in the afternoon the
famous charge of Five Forks was made
where Sheridan wrote TO Grant that the
+ fifth Corps came down upon the rebel flank
like a whirlwind."
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less said about IL the better. The boys VINO
were there will remember it and appreciate
my feelings as / endeavored to eat this DIM
ner and keep back many recollections lest the
tears should fall. i was treated very kindly
and met many OF the oil prison guards who
assisted in keeping me in due subJectlon
during my Summer visit among them. i
found the old south gate-post still IN the
ground. / get piece o; IL, and made ar
engagements with my Johnny friends to take
il up and keep it until / sent for it. 1t is in
the ground five or six feet, and appears to be
sound. 1t was cut off years ago, and is the
Only post left in front of the prison.
Christmas afternoon i accompanied some
friends to TYLER 10 witness sham battle
between the North and South; and, true to
history the Yankees came out best. 1t was
a grand sight!
Before leaving. / went back to the old
spring and took my last drink of its waters,
and, looking over TO the hillside, the old
memories came throngng back-memories
of love and friendship that was closer than
a brother: memories Of heroic sacrifice and
unselfshncss and undying loyalty; of starv-
alton and suffering and death of the many
who entered only to recruit the grand army
of dead heroes and patriots, toward whose
ranks the Grand Army of living are ever
Fastening. Feeling as if never wanted to
gaze upon il again, ] left il realizing that In
one respect the experience of 30 years ago
and the experience of to-day are alike, for
then as now the song of my heart is Home,
sweet home. "A. J. SWANGER, 120th Ohio,
Shiloh O
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BRUSH MOUNTAIN.
Some Details of the Cavalry Fight There
Made Clear.

Some Details of the Cavalry Fight There
Made Clear.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In Gen.
Howard's Monograph XII, Of Jan. TO- he
mentions the cavalry fight near Brush
Mountain thus: When Gen. Forces men,
by sharp skirmish with the Confederate
advance gained the crest, TO their astonish-
ment they had in plain view before them a
serious conflict already going on between
our cavalry under Garrard with Wheeler.
Garrard was losing ground, and would have
been badly routed had not Lekgett at once
sent Force a battery of artillery" etc.
In this fight Gen. Garrard did not attack
with ali his force. Col Minty's Brigade, in
the advance Of Garrard's Division, attacked
Wheeler's forces and was repused, and when
Gen. Johnston says Garrard was put TO
flight 1t would have been proper to have
said "Miniy.n Wbeeler's forces outnum-
bered Minty three to one; the 1000 horse
men with which he coun;ercharged out
numbered Minty's Brigade alone.
/ never heard of Wheeler capturing any
flags from Minty. and do not think he did ;
but no doubt he captured couple of COM
pany guidons, which lie claims to be flags.
Wilder's Brigade was moved up and COW
cred Mnty's retreat, and repulsed the enemy,
holding the ground until they gave mp fur
ther demonstrations. quote the following
from the History of the 18th Ind, Wilder's
Brigade:
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As soon as the rebs were driven into their
works that morning the 22d was filed left
across the railroad to support battery in
an orchard. The battery was doing some
lively work. The rebel battery across the
river and on the same side of the railroad
had trained their guns on this battery of ours,
and were making things hot when we were
called away by Gen. Lawler to join in the
charge. We recrossed the railroad left in
front and passed through piece of timber,
coming out into cleared field in rear of the
Dist There must have been the whole or a
part of the 18th Wis. in that charge, because
Capt. James Long says, March 80, 1863, the
18th was in it, his company losing one man.
While we were passing through that tim
Der the rebels turned their batteries on US
from across the river, throwing shot and
shell right into oUr ranks cut ting the limbs
off above our heads 1t was the most deaf
ening, noisy, hideous place / ever was in,
unless it was on the 18th when we were
driving the rebs into their works at Vicks-
burg.
The Dist Iowa reported one officer and
nine men killed and AZ men wounded; the
Odd Iowa, two officers and 10 men killed and
two officers and GO men wounded; 22d Iowa,
two wounded.
Co. A, 22d Iowa, was left to bury the dead
and to gather the wounded to he field hos
pital if any were found. Something hap
pened then that l think worth narrating, as
at all field hospitals the wounded were car
ried mp to the large tent and laid down in
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The cath Iowa.

Organized in State-at-Large during July
and August, 1862 to serve three years; mus
tered out July II. 1866. Col. Eber @. Byam
resigned June 30, 1863 Col. Ed. Wright,
Brevet Brigadier-General,w was in command
at mus;er-out. The regiment had an enyi-
able record. At Champions Hill, while in
Hovey's Division, Thirteenth Corps, 10 lost
70 men killed. 1t was one of the 300 fight
ing regiments Its total loss was nine officers
and 119 men killed, and three officers and
2i2 men died.
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Brigade:

ave took position June 16 on the left of
the army, and before Brush Mountain.
Skirmished heavily all day.
"June 19-Moved to MONDAY Creek to-
wards Marietta, and fought Wheeler's cav
airy all day. Lost two killed and two
wounded.
"June 20-Moved down to Belle Plain
road, dismounted, and covered the retreat of
Col. Minty's Brigade, who were driven back
in haste by Wheeler. Then had o very sharp
fight with the enemy, who attacked us in
flank and to the rear, where they had fol-
lowed Minty. The brigade partially changed
front, and although the enemy made several
desperate charges they were broken each
time by the fire of our Spencers. Lost two
killed and four wounded in The regiment,
among the latter Lieut.. g. I. Hadyn. After
the fight fell back to Winn's farm, where
we had left our horses"
Now, this affair was not so unfavorable to
Garrards Division, aud Wheelers report
that he lost but 10 killed and wounded is
an absolute untruth. GaTrard's Division
was opposed TO far superior force of cav
airy, and frequently Tapped on and fought
against the Confederate infantry. On June
% Wilders Brigade reconnoitered as far as
Sutallee Mills towards Canton, capturing a
Confederate scouting party. On the ODD
the division crossed MONDAY Creek, dis
mounted, and fought all day, returning to
their camp at night.
On June &c they moved across MONDAY
Creek, and took position TO stay; and on
June %, while the attack Oh Kenesaw Mount
ain was being made, they engaged the en-
envy cavalry and infantry in their front all
day.
On July 2 Garrard's Division moved back
four miles to Big Shanty for supplies, and
next day moved down to Marietta and drove
out the enemy, capturing n number of pris-
oners. Thus Garrard's Division uDdoubt-
edly kept up their end of the line.-WM E.
DOYLE, Adjutant, 18th Ind, Steyensburg,
Va
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CONSUMPTION CURED.

An old physician, retired from practice, had
placed in his hands by an Eas, India missionary
the formula of a simple vegetable remedy for the
speedy and permanent cure of Consul ption Bron-
ohiiis Catarrh. Asthma and all Throat aud Lung
Affections. Also n positive and radical cure for
Nervous Debility and all Nervous Comp aints.
Having tested It's wonderful curative powers in
thousands of cases, and desiring TO relieve human
suffering, will send free of charge to all who wish
It, this recipe In German, French or English, with
full directions for preparing sud using. Sent by
mail, by addressing. with stamp, naming this
paper. w. A. MOVES, $50 Powsrs' Block. Rochester
M
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'wAY DOWN IN TEXAS.

A Visit to the Camp Ford Prison by One
Who Suffered There Thirty Years Ago.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Enclosed
YOU will find an account Of visit TO the
Camp Ford Prison-grounds, near Tyler,
Tex, on Christmas day, 1894, by C0mrade
A. J. Swanger, Co. K, 12oth Ohio. He Wis
tied the old prison for the purpose ef secur-
ing a correct survey of the premises and
surroundings for his forthcoming his
tory of the prison. We invite any Of the
former inmates to send him sketches or
"reminiscences of their experiences while
there.-JoHN A. BERING, Major, 18th Ohio,
Lynchburg, o.
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Now, If you viii read the rebel accounts
Of this time you win find that on the night
OF the 3lst Of March their scouts came in
and reported to Gen. Pickett that the Fifth
Corps was mp in force, and on the strength
OF this report they Withdrew from in front
Of Sheridan, and fell back on Five Forks,
TINS making our junction with him the
next morning an easier task than it might
have been. have never doubted that our
small brigade Of about 1900 were taken
10y their scents to be the advance OF
the whole corps So that think our night
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a CHANCE TO MAKE MONEY,

4 have been selling Dish Washers three weeks,
and have cleared Sis. Can any Of your readers,
without previous experience, beat thiS In uis
business "A woman can make much as man.
Every family wants Dish Washer when they can
be got 80 cheap and they will have one, no msfseE
who IL is IS selling IL I convinced any one
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anywhere city or country. They all want Dish
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Iron City Dish Washer Co, X. f., Pittsburg Pa,
and by beginning at once, you can have enough
money by spring 70 start you I'm most any KIDD Of
business / am going to stick right 70 this Dish
Washer business tHI make $4,000 MATILDA B.
Mention The National Tribune.
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BLACK RIVER BRIDGE.
Some Corrections of Comrade RusselPs State
ments About the. Fad Iowa.

ments About the,eas Iowa.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE Comrade
James H. Russell IN his item of unwritten
history in your issue Of Jan. 81, is off when
he tries to say the Odd Iowa was not in the
Black River Bridge charge; also, when he
saws in former issue that 200 went down
in five minutes.
In former issue the comrade says he was
wounded and went back to the rear and saw
the 22d "standing there, and so other reg'-
ments.n The odd Iowa was in its place IN
rear of the Dist Iowa and not 10 yards dis
tant, and much closer when we went over
those works. The so regiments were not
there.
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"FIRsr- RATE He SAID.

rows to await their turn of treatment.
Among those lying here was one poor Iowa
boy, thought to be near his end, VINO was
passed Ivy and lett until the last one, and
still there was life in his mangled body. He
WAS finally taken into the tent, and was
found TO be wounded In - different places.
After his wounds were nicely dressed he was
asked how he felt. First-rate," he said (;
and was soon on his way up the river, VIII re
his wounds could be properly cared for. A
word from his modest pen would be pleas
ure to reads. c. JOKES, Go. A, 22d Iowa.
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SUFFERERS FROM coUoHs. SORE THROAT, etc,
shouin I've constantly supplied with "BroWn's
Bronchial Troches.'
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WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN
The Significant Closing Days of the Great
Rebellion.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In your
issue of the Doth the biographical sketch OF
the late Gen. Robert s. Foster was read by
me with interest. a paragraph in 1T ar
rested my attention and awakened In my
mind few dormant memories, and touched,
as il were, the pride which an old soldier
always feels in any affair OF the war with
which be was connected.
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EUery man ,rho ,e0re the blue, and eUery
friend Of his, should take THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE. II gires more and better matter
than any other family loeekty paper, and costs
ouLv ttro cents q treek.
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Atlanta Campaign.


R.F. Payne, Co. A, 14th KY, Woodbine,
Ky., writes: i wish to extend my sincere
and heartfelt thanks TO Comrade o. o. How
ard for his able and eloquent article ON the
Atlanta campaign, now appearing in our
grand old paper. 1t is an important and
valuable piece of war history to the COM
rades, which they value and appreciate very
highly. Long live our brave and gallant
old army leader to write many historiesl"
To Find His Son.
Isaac Smith, National Military Home, Wis,
writes: Sin 1859 l left my son, Shandy, at
Spring Hill, Miss. He and l belonged to
Matt Lacy. / was sent from there down
into Tishamingo County, after the death
of Sophia Lacy, when the estate was divided
up among the heirs. In May, 1862, went
to Corinth and obtained employment with
Lieut. Col. Mack Mcclellan, of Cincinnati
I stayed with him about eight months. and
finally drifted to Chicago, Ill, where | en-
listed in the 10Th US. c. My son Shandy
was born Dec %, 1851 He left Spring Hill
and went to Memphis, Tenn, where he
worked in a brickyard up to 1865. l want
to get into communication with my son.
His mothers name was Judy, and he was
born within three miles of Spring Hill, Miss.
was once reported as dead"
RegImental Library.
Louis N. LaFontise, Co. A, god n. Y,
Gainesville, Fla, writes " Reading an arti-
Gle of regimental library in issue of Oct.
reminds me of one not formed with an idea
that our service was to he picnic, but after
one year and half of hard service. While
the 92d n. Y. was in garrison and building
Fort Anderson, New Berne, n. c., q library
association was formed for the purpose of
getting up a library by the officers paying
SIS and enlisted men 81 to become a mem
Der. cannot tell what number joined, nor
how much money was raised, but / know
we had between 200 and 800 volumes, which
were much read and enjoyed by both offi-
GERS and enlisted men. Surg. A. A. Edmes.
ton WAS Librarian, and the books were in
charge of the Hospital Steward. When we
left North Carolina and came to Yorktown
in the Spring of ga, to organize the Army
of the James, the books with other regi-
mental stores were left at Norfolk, Va, and
remained there until the following October,
when the regiment was mustered out, the
writer with some 80 Others being transferred
to the Goth n. Y. Now, will some of the
members of the regiment that were mustered
out at that time please tell me what became
of those books?n
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The 31st Me.
The 18th Mimi.

Organized ut Camp Release, Fort Smell
ling, and St. Peter, MIMI, Fall of 1862, to
serve three years; mustered oat Aug. Is,
1865. Col. Stephen Miller, the first COM
mander, was promoted Brigadier-General,
DC. 90. 1868. William X. Marshall, Brevet
BrigadieI. General, was in command at mus
ter-out. 1t is credited with IL battles by
the War Department.. AT Nashville, while
in MeArthur's Division, Sixteenth Corps, it
lost six killed and "a wounded. Total loss,
died.
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SHE DREAM ED 1T.
How Col. Sherman was Forwarned of II
Capture.

How Col. Sherman Forwarned of His
Capture.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE. In read
ing Gen. Towards graphic pen-pictures of
the Atlanta campaign, every soldier who
participated in that proracted succession of
bloody encounters has his wartime enthusi-
asm reklndled and memory Of minor incl
dents refreshed. The writer of this will
supplement what Gen. Howard says of the
capture of Col. Sherman, his Chief of Staff,
by relating an incident that occurred that
morning at the Generals Headquarters.
Abraham McMahan. Surgeon of the Gath
Ohio, was then acting Medical Director OF
the Fourth Corps, and was present when
Sherman paid his respects to the General.
After the usual salutations Howard asked
him if he had anything fresh. Sherman re-
piled nothing, except that he had received
letter from his wife in Chicago the night be-
fore, and with it new uniform, which was
then open for inspection. He said his vile
wrote him she was feeling very blue over
dream the night previous to writing, to the
effect that he had been captured and was
then a prisoner; nevertheless, she would
send the letter and clothes.
Gen. Howard told him he might stay in
that forenoon and reply to his wife and as
sure her of the unreliability Of dreams, and
he would go down and rectify the picket
line, reported defective.
"Oh, no." said the Colonel, I'll do that,
for / want to show the JOhnnies my new
suit.n
Howard consented and pointed out the
locality of the gap to be closed, and Sher-
man rode straight into IL, and shortly after
had gray escort to admire his new outfit,
and that afternoon took in the sights of At
lanta nearly two months in advance of his
Headquarters comrades.
This incident was made known to us the
day it occurred by rebel deserter or pris-
Oner Il have forgotten whichD, who came in
soon after Sherman went out. The dream
part of it was told me nexttday by McMa-
han. idi +f
Howard might have told how Sherman
fell in with q Confederate officer who, afOre-
time, had been guest OF his at the Sherman
House, in Chicago, and through their former
friendship the Coonel's hardship as pris-
oner was greatly ameliorated.-C. WooD-
RUFF, Adju,ant Gath Ohio, Peru, o.
A Sluggish Fire. 1t is well known
that on cold winters day one of the most
exasperating things is clogged-up furnace
fire, which just half takes the chill OFF the
air, but doesn't warm the body aud make
life comfortable. Investigation usually re-
veals cinker" in the CRATE. The human
body is q stove, and our blood is the fuel.
If the blood is vitiated or poor the fire can't
burn, and chilIs, fever and sickness ensue.
Clean out the grate-use clean coal! You
can learn about a medicine mot stimnlat-
ing bitters or drug that has been in use
over 100 years-the honest Swiss German
remedy known as DR. PETERS VITALIZER
by writing to DIR. Peter Fahrney, Chicago,
Ill, who will send you full information.
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The zOth Mass.

Organized ut Bedford, Mass, in Fall of
1862, to serve three years; mustered out
June 16, 1865. Col. Burr Porter was dis
charged July %, 1868; Guy v. Henry, a
graduate of West Point, an officer in the
Regular Army, and Brevet Brigadier-Gen-
eral, WAS in command at muster-out. 1t
served in Brooks's Division, Eighteenth
Corps. Total loss, five officers and 81 men
killed, and 125 men died.
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The 2Sth Wis.

Organized Mt Milwaukee, Wis, in Feb
ruary, March, and April, 1865, to serve one
year; mustered out by companies at differ
emit dates from Dee. 80, 1866, to March "a,
1866. Uri B. Pearsall, the first commander
of the regiment, was brevetted Brigadier-
General. 1t lost Is men by death during its