The National tribune., 1895-02-28
A Trip I'm Dixie.

Aug. IT, 1861, in Co. G, 4th VT; assigned TO
the Vermont Brigade, which was afterward
known as the Second Brigade Second Divis-
ion, Sixth Corps / was present with the
company continually Except 90 days fur
Tough in 1861 until the 23d day OF June,
1864, when / was captured on the Weldon
Railroad, south of Petersburg together with
about 700 others.
II wish to remark right here that / was
no drummer boy, and / shed no tears until
l broke my gun around a tree. / had carried
this gun for nearly three years, and 1T was the
only gun that had ever had drew 1t when
I left the State. / was taken from Rich
mond to Belle Isle, and thence to Danville
until finally was landed in Andersonville
on the 18th day of July.
while in AndersOnville / made the &C
quaintance of Geo. Needler, a Pennsylvania
cavalryman; VIM. Knapp. Pennsylvania
infantryman, and man by the name OF Lee,
q Michigan cavalryman.
"Our quartet with large detachment,
was started for Milen on the night of Nov.
3. We were loaded into freight-car, and
our quartet cut hole through the floor of
the car and made our escape at a water-tank
seven miles from Millen. We made our way
through the country about $50 miles to
Madison, Ga, where We fell in with the
Twentieth Corps, which Needler, Knapp,
and myself joined, and went with, think,
the 154th N. Y, to Savannah, Ga. When
we reported at Shermans Headquarters we
were ordered to report to our respective de-
partment commanders for orders received
transportation and went to City Point,
where the three of us got discharged. Lee
never saw after we got into the army at
Madison. / wonder where my companions
are now"
Homes for Settlers.
Fl. A. Cavnah, Canton, o., asks: "Can any
comrade living in and acquainted with Gal
weston and Harris Counties, Tex, inform
me by letter of the present conditions, I'M
provements, advantages, and prospects to
home. seekers in these Counties; more par
ticularly that portion between Galveston
and Houston?"
John Haag, 9th KY. Cav, Miami, Mo-,
writes: 81 have lived in southern Califor-
MIA about IL years, and know all about San
Bernardino County. A recent correspondent
says that that Government land is more pro-
ductive than the praries of Illinois. / would
not give 10 acres of good illinois land for a
thousand acres of Government land in San
Bernadino County, Cal. It's hard for
iack-rabbit to make his living there. 1t is
nothing but dry sand desert. If the land
was any account thousands of people in
southern California would have taken ii
long before this time. A mans work would
be thrown away on such land without
water"
Lost and Found.
M. c. Dobbns, 2O6 Park avenue, Plain
field, n. j., has a GAR. badge, No. X,
1856, picked up in W. S. r. r. Depot. Wee
hauken, n. j., and handed to him by q COM
rade. The owner can have same by address
ing him.
A Blind Act.
Frank Carroll Terrell, Tex, writes: "On
foggy night in December, 1864, at Savan-
nah, Ga, a small friga ran the blockade,
and coming up the Savannah River anchored
at city wharf, the Captain supposiDg he
was within his own lines. But the city was
occupied by Sherman, and when his army
arose in the morning they were amazed TO
see the rebel flag floating in their very faces.
OF course that would never do, so Sherman
Immediately brought the frigate's crew
ashore and held them as prisoners. Com
rades do you know the name of that vessel ?
Boys OF the I'd Mich. Cav, Co. K, awake,
and write me; am seeking for informa-
tion."
Information Wanted.
Otis Fl. Shurtiff, MarshalltOwn, Iowa,
wants the name and address of members of
Co. f. SD u. S. Inf, that were in the sery-
ice during the years 1861, go, and 70; also,
the address of Henry Worden, 9Th Wis.
Prisoner by the Scalp.
William G. Reiff Co. Fl, 91st Pa, Hager-
man, N. NJ, writes: During the conflict at
Gettysburg it will be remembered that the
Union forces took possession of and held
both Big and Little Round Tops, which were
much coveted by the opposing force. Dur
ing the third day the enemys sharpshooters
became so annoying that small detach-
ment of cavalry were ordered out in front of
Big Round Top to disodge them from their
positions among the rocks some distance off,
and not far from the DEVILS Den.
"After getting there one of our cavalrymen
seized Confederate by the hair, and wheel
ing his horse started at full speed towards
our lines Those of Us who witnessed this
unusual proceeding were thoughtless enough
to utter rousing and prolonged cheer from
summit of one Top to the other.
eff the cavalryman who did this is alive,
and this meets his eye, let him speak up.
If the unfortunate soldier is yet alive that
took that forced march, let us hear from
him, too"
Model Home.
James McKenna, National Military Home,
Wis, writes: ut is not often that your
numerous readers see or hear from any of
the old vets located at the National Homes
for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers Permit me
to say that this Home takes first rank among
them. The present commanding officer is
COL C. Wheeler, a distinguished officer of the
old I'd Wis. Since his coming to this Home
as Governor everything has been made
pleasant for the old soldier. The good-con-
duct man is treated as soldier and a gentle
man in every respect. This is no place for
drunkards or men who will not respect
themselves or others. Discipline is as much
enforced here rs in the Regular Army of the
United States. The Governor is ably as
sisted by Maj. Moses Harris, U. 8. A. ire
tired), an old Army officer who had seen
long service before the war on the distant
frontier, and who rose from the ranks
through gallant conduct On the field during
the late rebellion"
@Think am Bilious" This re-
mark covers variety of disorders. There
are many kinds and degrees of bilousness.
The liver is an organ on whose working