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The National tribune., 1895-06-06

line was opened in the center Of the ceY6G
Sherman himself from near tie HswSfd
House had this part OF the field Ia fall view,
and immediately ordered sehoAeld to mass
bis artillery there and open UPON the enemy's
flank as they were crowdins to the east.
This was done, the smooth gnns Akisg
spherical caseshot rapidly. The advance 9f
Cheatham was checked with terriblS or
mage, and the Fifteenth Corps rallyiug aud
Masking a counter-eharge The ensnfy were
driven back pell-mell The lost guns, sx-
ceptiDg two, were retaken and the intrehchs
ments reOccupied"
When the battle opened about noon on the
22d of July, Gen. Sherman was MP in a large
pine tree that stood between two Of our gous
He had steps of boards nailed on the tree about
40 feet from the gr0uua and in the forks thefo
was a small platform, and he was sitting
there with his iieldglass looking over into the
city and examining the Confederate works
shall never forget the sight when the first
crash or discharge Of the infantry came TO
his ears. He started down that tree back
ward, and when he got down, mounted his
horse and started on q gallop to his Head
quarters. the Howard House, which was
about 800 yards away. His Orderiies were
with him, but he soon had them on the road
with orders to the different corps.
There is one other incident of that battle
that l shall not fOrges. When Gen. Nc
Pherson went to ShermaR's Headquarters be
rode close by our battery. 1t was the first
time that / had ever seen him to know him,
and 1 was there when he was brought back
in an ambulance, dead.-JOHN S. VAN ARs-
DEL, Sergeant, 22d Ind. battery, South Bend,
Ind
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ABOUT THAT RUNNING.

Comrade Averin Returns to the Charge
with the Lincoln Cavalry.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Serg't Kent
is slightly off his base when he makes the
assertion that / was writing about some
thing of which / don't know, regarding the
running from near Winchester to Bloody
Run. We were there on that memorable
morning-the 18th of June, 1868.
The Sergeant is correct that we received
an early morning salute from the masked
batteries to our right front as we were on
our way towards Martinsburg
Milroy, as we were impressed at the time,
was going to leave the Coniederates at Win
chester without any more contention, but
as we had gone about three miles out on
the Martinsburg pike we ran into the rebs
lying in wait, and the first thing was the
shower of shot and shell, with an occasional
piece of railroad iron, slashed at US.
Brave Old Col. James a. Gallagher COM
manded the regiment front into line, and
was about to order our regiment to charge
those rebel guns, but was stopped by one of
Gen. Milroy's Aids stating that between US
and the batteries were strung telegraph
wires
We were marched and countermarched
along the edge of the woods, while the 9th
charged the guns and took them, and, as
the Sergeant says, could not hold them on
account of their support acting as did the
Lincoln Cav.
1 would ask the Sergeant where did those
brave men fall back to and retreat to while
the Confederates were square in front of them
and between them and Harper's Ferry ? Those
men who reached Harper's Ferry did not
retreat, but fought their way through the
rebs after losing fully one-half Of their men.
Had you seen those brave mems bayonets
and flags when they reached the ferries of
the Potomac, you would not claim all that
you may think happened on that long be-
remembered morning.
The Sergeant must be aware that the LIST
n. Y. Lincoln) Cav. was very seldom left.
Irecollect in the Spring of that same Summer
a company of loyal Virginia cavalry and my
company IF, 18th Pa. under the command of
Capt. Samuel Speese, made a scout from
Winchester by way of Front Royal to Pied
mont Station, where we ran into band Of
Johnnies that had been over to Charlestown
the night before and captured the Maryland
cavalry that was doing duty at that place.
We ran into the Johnnies and recaptured
the boys, after losing quite number Of our
men. On our way back to Winchester we
course of a couple of weeks we had the very
great pleasure of reading in one of the New
York papers what the lst n. Y. Cav. had
done at Piedmont Station. That was, you
see, dear reader, the result of having regi-
mental reporter. We never had ones.
K. AVERILL, 18th Pa, Watsont0wn, Pa.
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NO TERRORS THERE.
A West Virginia CavaIryman BelittIes the
Night Passage of Monterey Pass.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / desire to
correct the statement of Edward S. Hastings,
9Th Mich. Cav, in regard to the affair at
Monterey Pass on the night Of July 4, 1863
Only one man that know of was killed.
After the barricade was broken down saw
no more real fighting, as the rebel train was
guarded by a thoroughly whipped and worn
out set of men in full retreat from Gettys-
burg.
Comrade Booth, Of my company, and l
came upon squad Of rebel cavalry behind
an old building in the woods and captured
them and their flag.
Capt. John Seltsor, of our regiment, took
this flag and rode off with it, and was in
formed at the time that he gave it to Kilpat-
rick, saying he had captured it with his own
hands.
Soon after this / cornered two Johnnies
against fence in the woods, got both their
sabers, and let them go TO the rear; threw
my own and smallest of the Johnny sabers
over the fence and kept the larger one for
trophy, which 1 carried in the company till
Oct. 10, when was captured, and they got it
back again.
At daylight il was found we had 800
prisoners, 200 vehicles of various kinds,
many of them loaded with plumber from
Chambersburg and other places. There were
several hundred horses and mules, and the
wagons were parked in a large field and
burnt and we started down side road To-
ward Smithfeld, and our going was some
what accelerated by the advance of Long
streets Corps.
Now, this is all there was of a fight. I
took an active part in it from start to finish,
and while the results must have been very
damaging to Lees army, / must say that
the damage to us was only such as was COM
mon to the cavalry.-B. F. JONES, Co. B, LIST
w. Va. Cav, Ladora, Iowa
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On Oct. II we marched through Greenville
and three miles beyond, toward Rheatown, on
the railroad where a considerable sized cav
airy fight had occurred that day. Here our
division camped, but the cavalry and Ninth
COrps pursued Mudwall" Jsckson's army
some distance beyond Bristol, Va, when the
Johnnies broke into fragments, and so scat
tered as to make farther pursuit useless
Burnside In few days returned, and con-
tipued his march on TO Knoxville. He left
our division some cavalry, an additional
regiment or two, as well as the I'd n. c.,
then organizing, and a lot Of recruits, which
daily increased from the loyal mountaineers,
to occupy and defend this part of Tennessee
This we did successfully until about Nov. j.
At this time our commander appears to
have awakened out of kind Of Rip Van
Wrinkle slumber to find that a storm was
brewing. He called in his "home-guards, !"
which had been scattered all over the
country.
We moved our camp to near the town Of
Greengille. and got a battery or two into
position ready for action. While here, on
Nov. 6, our cavalry had hard fight near
Rogersyile. and suffered some loss from
capture, and on the same date Co. III, 10th
Ind, was out foraging some four miles from
our camp, in the direction Of Rogersville,
and ran into large party Of rebs and were
hard pressed TO make their escape.
Learning our cavalry were being driven,
probably Bulls Gap would be occupied by
the enemy, and that a much larger army
than ours was in the vicinity Of Rogersyifle,
as well as considerable force in our imme-
date front, our position looked somewhat
dubious. So we left for Bulls Gap, dis
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AT THE REAR.
Some Experiences at Home During the Fight
for the Union.

Some Experiences at Home During the Fight
for the Union.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: 1t is not
my intention TO write up the battles at the
front, for l think that is being quite effect
ually done by comrades all along the line,
but to give little history of the hardships
of the families left at home while their hus-
bands, sons, and brothers were at the front
fighting the battle for the preservation of
this glorious Union, and also give little of
my own experiences at home and of for the
war
When the the war broke out our family
consisted of my father, mother brother, and
myself We were keeping country tavern
nine miles from Wausau, Wis. In Septcm-
Der my father enlisted in the 10Th Wis. A
little later my brother enlisted IN the 9Th
Wis. battery.
My mother and myself were then left
alone in the wild woods Of Wisconsin, where
the Indians and wolves roamed about. There
was not a house in sight of ours. j worked
hard to raise provisions and hay and grain
for our stock and travellers teams, while my
mother took care of the house.
In the Spring of 1862 the COpperheads
undertook to get up an Indian war. Pick
cts were placed around the towns. Scouts
coach came by our house loaded with women
and children fleeing from the savages. But
the whole thing turned out to be scare,
gotten up by the Copperhaads to keep from
going to the army.
In November, 1863, my father was dis
charged for disability, returned home, sold
his tavern, and moved to Waupaca Wis.
lie then went into the recruiting business.
A company Of home-guards was raised in
our town. composed mostly of school boys
Our teacher was elected a Lieutenant. The
writer was among the privates. We soon
became quite efficient in military tactics.
We continued on regular muster until the
latter part of December, 1863. The Both of
December about dozen of we school boys
about my age enlisted in Uncle Sans army
as recruits in veteran commands at the
front.
On Dec. 81 we started for Camp Randall,
Madison, Wis. We had about 40 miles to
travel in sleighs before reaching the railroad
station, and furious snow storm overlook
us. Nothing of aris Importance transpired
until we reached hilton Junction. There
We had to change cars, and the boiler of the
locomotive exploded, tearing great hole
through the car where / had been sitting
but moment befnre, and turning the car
over on its side There were good many
passengers in it at the time. The dead and
injured were taken into the depot and placed
in row; those not dead were scaded SO
that they would rub the skin off their faces,
writhing in agony. There were some soldiers
on board returning to the army from fur
Tough, some of whom lost their lives.
We were soon On board another train,
bound for camp, where we were marched
into the stockade. There were about 1000
recruits and drafted men in the camp at this
time.
Here we waited about month to be
mustered in. In due time the writer was
off for his command, then stationed ut Nash
vile, Tenn. / served through the war, and
returned home. HIRAM CALKINs, 9Th Wis.
Battery, L. A., Hampden Sidney, Va.
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"PERsIMMoN KNOCKERS"
A. Sketch of yyiIcox's Division in the East
Tennessee Campaign Of 1s63-'64.


Tennessee Campaign of 1S63-64.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The oc-
cupation of and campaign in East Tennes-
see in 1S63-64 by Gen. Burnside has been
ignored by writers in regard to Wilcox's
Division of the Army of the Ohio, or Burn
sides Army. Gen. o. b. Wilcox's Division
was organized at Camp Parke, near Camp
Nelson, KY, in August, 1863, and consisted
of one brigade of infantry. some detach-
ments of cavalry and three batteries of ar
tillery. The organization was not complet-
ed in time 10 march with Burnside TO Knox
vile but in time to cut some figure in caus-
ing the surrender OF Gen. Frazer at Cumber-
land Gap.
The infantry regiments Of Wilcox's Divis-
ion were the 115th, 10th, 117th and 11Sth
Ind, commanded at first by Col. John II.
Mahan, 1l5th; the artillery was 18th Mich,
DIST Ohio and 23d Ind batteries.
We met Gen. Fraser's army, which had
surrendered while on the march TO the Gap.
They were being taken North by the 10th
Ohio, which afterwards joined us in East
Tennessee.
After that long tedious and hard march
through Cumberland Gap via Clinch
Mountain and Bean Station, our division
reached Morristown, Tenn, on the East
Tennessee and Georgia Railroad, OcS. 8,
1863. Here We formed junction with
Burnside's army. Then moving northeast
along the railroad we opened up the coun-
try TO southwest Virginia, to -hberate the
loyal people of that country from persecu-
tion by the rebels. We continued part of
this army during the hard Service in the
campaign of 1663-'64, but for some reason
Or other our division of that army has no
place in history.
On the morning of the 10th, the Ninth
Corps in advance, we started up the railroad.
Going through Balls Gap we soon COM
menced TO hear reports of the fight and ran
dom shots. This was the opening of the
battle of Blue Springs Our division
formed ready for action as a reserve or
support, and so remained until late in the
evening, when we were double-quicked on
10 the field. The 10th Ind. commanded by
Col w. c. Kise, took position in support of
q battery until darkness caused cessation
of hostilities.
We slept in line-of-battle, and so very
near the enemy that we could hear their
talk and their wounded, lying moaning and
dying all around. But during the night
the Johnnies slipped away.
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Had to Quit Work. A

pendent ON his daily wages, as thousands are,
appreciates the benefit derived from a rem
edy, IF down on the sick-bed. Mr.. Heinrich
Leingbein, Lyons, Ia, makes the following
comment to the above:
g. had been sufferer from constipation
and heart trouble for years. l felt misera-
BILE and hardly able to be about, and was
afraid / had to stop work for good. l used
several medicines but without success until
1 tried DR.. Peters Blood Vitalizer. i soon
found out that this was the remedy which
suited my case. The effect upon my entire
organism was astonishing, and ! feel now
like new man."
Drug stores do not sell it, but local Vital
iZer agents. If you cannot procure it in
your locality write to the proprietor, DR..
Peter Fahrney, Chicago, Ill.
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THE HOWARD HOUSE.
Some Incidents of the Battle of the ead Of
July.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comrade
S. F. Moore, Co. III, 119th Ohio, on April A,
has the exact location of the Howard House.
He says that the batteries of the Twenty
third Corps were posted at the Howard
House, and completely enfiladed that part of
the Fifteenth Corps line, near where De
Gress's battery was captured, and made it
SO hot for the Johnnies that they fell back
into piece of timber, and when the troops
charged to take the works the Confederate
line also charged, and for short time the
opposing flags did not seem to be more than
two rods apart, while our Twenty-third
Corps batteries were raking the Confederate
line with an enflading fire of shot and she'll
that swept the ground seemingly within
two rods of the works occupied by our
troops.
In Campaigns of the Civil War" Gen.
Jacob d. Cox says: woods Division, of
the Fifteenth Corps, hung on by it's right to
Schofelds position, but a great gap in the
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A Memorable Fourth of July.

T. p. Crandall, 50th N. Y. Eng, writes
to inform Comrade Gauldip, Co. E, 10th ILL.,,
that Comrade Tanquary, seth ILL.,, was not
mistaken when he said the Fourth Of July
came on Monday in 1864. Comrade Gaul-
din was correct about the Fourth of July
coming on Saturday in 1863, and if he had
only thought that 1864 was leap year. and
that February of that year had 80 days, he
would not have made the mistake.
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A New Cure for Asthma.

Medical science at last reports positive cure
for Asthma in the Kola Plant, found on the
Congo river, West Africa. So great is their
faith in its wonderful curative powers. the
Kola Importing Co., 1164 Broadway, New York.
are sending out large trial cases of the Kola
Compound free to all sufferers from Asthma.
Send your name and address on postal card,
and they will send you trial case by mail
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lance OF IL miles. We found the cavalry in
some confusion, also heard that the enemy
were over on the Rogersville road, only a
short distance from the Gap, on which Co. G,
10th Ind, went as pickets, under the
guidance of cavalry officer whose name /
awe forgotten. believe that a part of our
cavalry were farther down the railroad, near
Morristown.
BY daylight things were in better shape
for attack, but the rebels withdrew toward
Rogersvile
1t soon became evident that we either
could not join Burnside, or that we must
get move on us for what was always our
base at Cumberland Gap. We marched day
and night, crossed the Holstein and Clinch
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Complete War Map,

Showing battlefelds of Virginia with index.
Compiled from Records Of War Department.
Mailed to any address on receipt of 25 cents.
John d. PoTTs,
DIP. A.,C. 6 0. Ry, Richmond, Va.
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The zth Battery, Ohio L. A.

This battery was organized in January,
1862, to serve three years; veteranized and
remained in service until Aug. IL, 1866.
Capt. Silas A. Burnap, for whom the battery
was named, was mustered out at the expira-
tion of his term, Jan. 6, 1885. Capt. Harlow
p. McNaughton was in command during the
latter part of the service. The battery
served in Humans Division, Sixteenth
Corps, and lost one man killed and one Off
Ger and 81 men died.
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The 9Th Battery, Ohio L. A

This battery was organized at Cincinnati,
o., Aug. 81, 1861, to serve for the term Of
three years; yeteranized and remained in
the service until July 81, 1866. Capt. An
drew Hickenlooper, the first commander of
the battery, was assigned to duty Sept. IA,
1864, as Assistant Inspector General of the
Seventeenth Corps, with the rank of Lien
tenant-Colonel, and was reassigned to this
battery as Captain May Is, 1865 Capt
Theophlus Hates was in command during
Capt. Hickenlooper's absence. The COM
mand served in Humans Division, Six
tenth Corps. Its loss was five men killed
and 36 died.
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The regiment was organized at New
Haven, Conn.,, Nov. IA, 1862, to serve nine
months, and was mustered out Aug. 81, 1863
Col. Charles l.. E. Holmes was discharged
June 19, 1863. Lieut.-CoI. Charles w.
Worden assumed command and had charge
of the regiment until it's muster-out- 1t
served in Growers Division, Nineteenth
Corps. It's loss was one officer and 10 men
killed and two officers and As men died.
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This regiment was oranized at Trenton,
N. j., Aug Is, 1868, to serve three years. 1t
was also known as the 32d N. j. JOS
Karge was commissioned Colonel Sept. %,
1866; was breyetted Brigadier-Genera
March IS, 1866, and was in command of
the regiment when mustered out. The regi-
ment served in Gregg's Division, Cavalry
Corps, Army of the Potomac. It's loss was
IL officers and 116 men killed and four Off
GERS and 1S5 men died
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Organized at Middletown, Conn, Nov. IS,
1862, for nine months; mustered out Sept.
80, 1863 Col. s. M. Mansfield, the COM
mander of the regiment, was a graduate of
West Point and an officer Of the Regular
Army. The command served in Growers
Division, Nineteenth Corps, and lost 16 men
killed and two officers and 81 men by dis
ease, in prison, and from other causes.
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Organized at Camp Wood, Ohio, Oct. II,
1861, to serve three years; veteranized and
remained in the service until July 25, 1865.
Capt Henry s. Wetmore resigned Dec. r.
1862. Capt. Harrison B. York was in COM
mand during the remainder of the battery's
service. The command served in Williams's
Division, Twelfth Corps. Its loss was one
man killed and % died.
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This battery was organized in July and
August, 1861, and served until July 10, 1865,
when it was mustered out. Capt. Charles
Houghialing was promoted Major of ths
regiment, May 20, 1858; Capt. Mark III.
Prescott resigned, Nov. 26, 1864; Capt. JO-
seph r. Channel was in command during
latter part of service At Stone River the
battery lost five killed and go wounded. 1t
served in Johnson's Division, Fourteenth
Corps. The entire loss of the command
was Is killed and 10 died.
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A Discounted Southron.

B. NJ Barnes, 7th Wis, Wautoma, Wis,
says that in June, 1864, when the Army of
the Potomac was feeling its way from the
North and toward Cold Harbor. we passed
over portion of the Old Dominion that had
not been devastated by the war to the ex-
tent that was visible in other portions of
the State. We came to large plantation.
We met the planter, too; he wore
blue swalOw-tail and a tall white beaver
hat, and he had with him negro slave named
Bob" Then the comrade goes on to tell
how the boys robbed the old mans hem
roost before his eyes, almost. The slave Bob
thought it was good time to :" cut stick"
and so he rode off with the soldiers and left
the planter dancing a frenzied jig in his front
ward.
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WANTED-ADDRESSES.

VVTANTED-by Capt George DALEY Gray, Me-
w The address OF Maj. Charles T. Troworidge, $50
q. s. @. 7. 72l-t
VTANTED-By Eugene Wellke, North Topeka
w Kan-InformatiOn 10 whereabouts OF my
three brothers, Robert, Emil, and Rsinold Wellkss
lost 40 wears ago In Texas 1857
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11
A LIBEL on DRUGGISTS.

A druggists magazine tells this
simple and affecting little story
illustrative Of one Of the phases Of
our everyday life: "An old gen
tleman who was hard Of hearing
went in to have a prescription
filled. As it was handed to him
he asked the price. Seventy.
five cents was the reply Of the
druggist. The deaf gentleman
thereupon laid a nickle on the
counter. 4 said seyenty-five
cents exclaimed the druggist,
still unconsciously placing the
accent on the word five. i un.
derstand,' was the reply, and
there's your FIVE cents We'll,
ilnpatiently remarked the drug
his, go on; l cleared three cent
off you anyhow" Whether tn,
story is intended for a joke or is
narrative of cold facts is not sta
ted.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1895-07-11
THE NICARAGUA CANAL.

For several weeks past tile Nj
caragua Canal commission has
been examining the proposed.
route, going entirely over it. says
the Atlanta Journal.
The commission has gone to
Colon 10 examine the work that
has been done on the Panama
canal and to form an opinion Of
the prospects Of the completion Of
that enterprise.
When the commission returns
ii will make a full report Of its in
yestigations and il is probable
that the Nicaragua Canal project
will then take more definite
shape. Il has been stated on
good authority that s70,O00,0OO
will be ample TO cover the entire
cost Of the canal and that it can
he easily constructed in six years
An effort will be made at the
next session Of congress TO secure
government aid FOR the enterprise
and public sentiment in favor Of
il has grown very strong.
The report Of the commission
may have the effect Of arousing
still greater popular interest ii
this great enterprise and thereby
influencing the action Of congress