The National tribune., 1895-12-12

William b. Cary, North Stanington, Conn.
writes: Somewhere near daylight. My D
1864, was aroused from sleep BY being shak III
and ordered TO report to Col. Hammond, 9th
N. Y. Cav. / was ordered by him to take q
battalion of cavalry out on the Parksr'c
Store road and feel the enemy-a delicate
niece of work led the bat allon out past
Parker's Store, across q narrow run with
wide margins of mora~s, and directly saw two
vldels on the road ahead Of me. | pushed
out few men, when the videts retired and
two dism0unted men took their places.
then retired, when the two vIdets followed
me. l advanced again, and they retired
beyond their infantry line. / felt certain
there was some force ahead of me, and in
order to determine how much of it there
was l ordered two men to fire. In response
j received a sharp vollev from body IN the
road, and from the fasks on either side.
The character OF the volley satisfied me that
it was a strong detachment OF infsntry in
front, and gave the order to Withdraw.
But at this point the Johnnies became
inquisitive. They followed us faster than
we cared to have, yet they seemed to fear q
trap, and halted occasionally to reconDoiter.
We tore up the bridge over the run, and l
| sent back word to the Colonel that / had
| found more Johnaies than / knew what to
| do with; would he please to come mp and
| take look at them himself. He did so with
| what men he had, and we detained the enemy
| for some time at the run. But they drove
us back, crossed the marsh, and in an open
| space that occurred near Parker's Store,
| fixed bayonets and charged the bushes, we
| already having taken up O new line Of
defense some distance back
The Johnnies charged again with bayo-
! nets; we retreated to u new line of defense.
| From prisoners | found out the JOhnnies
were Hoods men. The first time ever saw
Gen. Mcintosh was at this point He came
| racing up 10 me, asking, Who's in COM
! mand here?" And on receiving my reply
cried, Hold your line, Captain, for Gods
sake We did hold it until the J0hnnies
took it away from us; but they didn't think
1t worth holding, evidently, for they no
sooner got it than they left it and came after
us again pell-mell. So it went for FIVE
hours.
I'VE reached the turnpike from Freder-
icksburg up the Rappabannock River.
They struck hard for that. and would un-
doubtedly have taken it, but the Second
Corps came up on the run and turned On
hight into line into the ditch beside the
road, and when Johnny came charging
cant cavalry command which had bothered
him all the morning, he was met by such
whitening fire that he halted. went back
some distance, and formed strong line,
which battled with the Second Corps the
rest of the day"
Relics of John Brown.
G. G. Cary, Wabash, Ind, writes: 1.-THE
comrades will be interested 10 learn that
some of the relics OF the John Brown raid at
Harper's Ferry are in possession of a vet
eran who, at the age of II years, is living
retired life with his wife near Linc0lnville,
Ind. Daniel w. Lizer lived at Harpers
Ferry at the time of Browns insurrectiou,
and is quite familiar with the details of his
capture. His aged eyes light up with en-
thusiasm and pride as he exhibits the hand
cuffs that manacled the brave old hero
Beside these, he has the knife aud fork,
pocket-book, razor, spectaeles, and the saber
of his son, that were held by the grim old
patriot at the time OF his capture.
Perhaps these are the most valuable
relics now held by anyone relating to the
Harper's Ferry trouble. He has other me-
mentoes. among which is ballot actually
voted for Abraham Lincoln in 1864. It is
surmounted by patriotic design, in the
center of which is shield bearing the in
scription, A vigorous prosecution of the |
war, and no compromise under the guns Of |
the rebels A notable feature of this ballot |
is that it is printed in red and blue ink |
upon white paper. Comrade Lizer served |
during the war in Co. II. 93d Ohio"
That Iron Brigade.
Fl. NJ. Rawson, DIST N. Y, Pasac. n. j., |
writes "'Go bome,' said Gen. Morrel. |
and tell your friends of the North You
fought at Five Forks with the famous Iron
Brigade of the Fifth Corps Make you an
iron cross, and wear it as badge of honor
This was said when near Washington, June
10, 1865.
AMEN of the 91st N. Y, you are now a
part of the fighting Iron Brigade, and will
be known in history as the First Brigade
Third Division, Fifth Corps. Stand your
ground. Follow the example of the brave
men of the 9th and 7th Wis, and your State
will be proud of you and receive you with
great hOnOrs when the war is over This
was said by Col j. Tarbell, Assistant Seere-
Iary of the Treasury, at Hatcher's Run, Va,
March a, 1865. And the old brigade was in
it from start to finish"
Scattering.
Fred L. Pattison, Olathe, Kan, offers S.
reward for the name and address of the Off
,er who commanded the guard who took
Confederate prisoners from Cum berland Gap
% Camp Dick Robinson latter part of Decem-
Der, 1868; also, the address of Geo. Sayers,
20. c, 117th Ind. He enlisted from Morgan
County, Ind.
Joseph kim, Co. G, 9th U. s. Cav, FIRE.
mont, o., writes: When / left Fairfield,
Pa, as prisoner of war, July 8, 1868, on
he road to Staunton, Va, there was a pris-
,ner walking beside me- He belonged to
8ucktail Pennsylvania regiment fine
cooking young man, round-iace He was
hot through the mouth, and in terrible
Misery and agony. He could not speak
,ouid only grOan. l would like to know if
hat man is living, and if this reaches his
yes l hope TO hear from him. 1 have
,hoto of the Bugler of the 9th u. S. Cav.
t was taken at Corn Hill street, Annapolis,
Id, in 1864. The Bugler gave it to me.
lie was exchanged, with me, as q prisoner of J
var. l would like to hear from him, too" I
II. l.. NaramOre, Sharon, Mass, says Mart ,
and's Brockton Band, accompanying COL !
fletcher Websters regiment had on its rolls !
our brothers named Packard. The band q
obtained but % members.
Humphrey Pierce, Co. B, I'd Mo. Cav,
Tenn, has book picked up near
Itlanta, Ga, in 1865 with the name of Lieut. f
Ohm r. Casson, Co. A, 25th Wis. on the I
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