The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-10-17
They Fought All Dsy,

| FRANK Jones, Reading, Ia, says ne was
First Sergeant, Co. L, 1S4th Pa, and his reei-
ment was attached to the First Brigade, Sec
ond Division Second Corps. He says The
Second was attacked at Ream's Station
| Aug. %, 1864, while on their way to Weldon
Railroad. We fought the rebels all day.
| Charge after charge was repulsed. Late in
the afternoon the rebels determined to break
the lines at the gap. A regiment of New
York heavy artillery was in this gap. The
| Adjutant of the 146th Pa. ordered Co. f TO
hold the gap and support the other COM
pany. The charges became so desperate that
hand-to-hand encounters were the rule.
In the evening the Johnnies broke
through the gap. Our boys went back to-
ward the old camp While on my way back
Gen. Miles called to me and ordered me to
stop all | could aud fern line. / did So
the line being composed of 300 men from the
1S4th and 45th Pa, 36th Wis, 10Th Me, and
few other regiments. Gen. Hancock
also appeared on the scene from his Head
quarters close by. He also was forming
line. Gen. Miles ordered his line to follow
him and charge to house on the south side
of the breastwOrks. 1t was done under a
terrible crossfire. Gen. Hancock also
had charged. will say we met the Ninth
Corps coming to the relief when the Sec
ond Corps was going back into their old
camp at night.
/ was on the right of that line. 1t was
through my exertion and determination that
line was formed to save the portion Of the
line"
Where's That Yank?
W. G.. Whitefeld, 35th Ala, Paducah, KY,
wants to find the Yank who caught the
Johnny reb around the waist July 20, 1864,
at Peach Tree Greek, six miles from Atlanta,
about o'clock p. m, on Sherman's left, in
the edge of the woods. l pushed him be-
hind our line and passed on, and never saw
him again. Suppose he went TO prison. /
feel to-day like could hug him as tight as
he did me then"
For the Eye of j. Il. Martin.
The Editor wishes the address of ]. r.
Martin, LIST Iowa Cav.
Some Soldier Tricks.
Joseph H. Pecott, Co. |, 47th Ohio, Boise
City, Idaho writes 1--WE often think, What
would the Old soldiers do if it were not for
the good old NATIONAL TRIBUNE, to let one
another know that they are dead or alive?
Recently l told the boys all about the old
time dog-pies. L wish now to remind them
of their password to 20 to Louisville at
night to get their canteens filed with the
best old Kentucky rye.
Bill, what post are you on tonight?
we would say.
Well, am on Post No. 81
"'WelI, at 8 o'clock 1 will go to town and
get our canteens filed
Later he would come along, and the
man on post would demand:
Who comes there?'
Man with the shad.'
l. l., AZ H.
one shad meaning, Advance, man with
the canteens, and drop one canteen.
In the day time the boys used to get the
pie-peddlers to bring them whisky. We
used to pay an old woman So day to bring
1.-The canteens to town and back. We would
put as high as IA and 16 canteens around
her waist, and she had big shawl on. She
would trot to town. Oh, Iny how we
laughed Coming back was the worst. The
old girl could hardly tote the big load. We
can tell our old tricks now. We are not
afraid OF being put IN the guardhouse."
Home for a Veterans Son.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / want a
boy to do light work on small farm. Will
board clothe, and pay all doctors bills,
should any occur, and educate him in CON-
mon branches. / will give him the comforts
of good home / have no family but my
wife, in a good, quiet settlement as there is
in Texas, and very healthy; plenty of free
district schools. The County has just gone
in favor of prohibition, and this part Of the
County is thickly settled. A desirable coun-
try to live in. l am within three miles of
Boyd, on the Chicago, Rock Island, 81 Texas
Railroad. veterans son-orphan-pre-
ferred, between the age of 10 and 10. | can
furnish references if required. Write me-
JOHN w. RATLIFF, Co. l., 9Th KY. Cav,
Boyd, Wise Co., Tex.
Not as He Knew It.
C. Davis, Sd N. H., Carrolton, Wash, |
says: In Siege of Fort SUMTER by James
w. Albert, he says Gilmore was sent to Sher-
man as Chief Engineer at Port Royal in Oc-
tober, 1862, and was present at the lombard
ment of Forts Wright and Beauregard. l
don't see how that was, for my regiment
landed on Hilton Head Nov. or 9, 1861,
and it was taken two days before that.
ALBERT also says that March 80, 1863, he
was promoted Colonel of Engineers, and then
sent by Halleck to Morris Island. When
he was on Folly Island he was MajOr-Gen-
eral, to my certain knowledge, for l have
stood on guard in front Of his tent often on
that same island, and was at the taking of
Morris Island from the beginning to the
end"
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