The National tribune., 1897-07-22

Experience on the Mississippi.

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Experience on the Mississippi
Lieut.. S. r. DoolittIe, Co. Fl, 7th Kan
Cav, lakewood, Kan, writes I" In MarcN,
1853. | was at Memphis, Tenn, and had to
20 TO Leayenworth by boat. The officers Of
the regiment placed 25 colored men (slayes1
and my servant in my charge to get them
free. got along well as far as ST. Louis. Az
the boat was crowded, nobody knew who had
charge ofthe men. At St. Louis we changed
boats, and took passage on a stern wheeler
called the Sam Gates. Before we reached
Lexington, Mo-, the Captain learned that
the men were under me. l was suspicious,
and walked off the gangplank at Lexington,
and did not go back. My servant. George
Fowler, now living at Mound City, Kan,
says that about 20 miles from Lexington guer-
rlllas captured the boat, stood the colored
men IN line and shot them. As they drove
George down the gangplsnk he ran through
the line and escaped with shot in the leg"
Little OT-Duty Fun.
II. Sprague, Portal, Neb., writes: while
near Savannah after the surrender of Fort Nc
Aliister, about 20 of my regiment went down
the river to get barge-load of oysters. We
poled around the boys and frog-pouds until
we got tired, and then loaded our craft with
olvalves. On the third day we tried to push
up stream again, but the wind was blowing
hard, and we went aground ON a small island.
Alter 50 hours waiting some soldiers from q
transport came down in a saiibOat. We
nailed them and agreed to pay dollar apiece
tor transportation. In the evening we arrived
at camp without oysters or boat"
Medal for Four-Years Men.
George B. Gerard, Co. F, 14th Wis, Brad
ford, ILL.,, thinks Congress should give O
medal of honor to every soldier who was in
the service four years or over. He does not
believe those who went out in 1868 should
be so rewarded, as they did not see so much
hard fighting
Michael Denterle;n, Co. K, 47th Ohio,
Dayton, o., writes: "The flag of the 47th
Ohio was the first planted on Fort McAllister.
The regiment entered from the river and
was the first in the fort
Eli Amben, Sergeant, Co. C, I'd N. J.,
Honeapath, S. c., says that when visiting
Anderson, s. c., some time ago he found in
small graveyard the graves of five Union
soldiers. One of them had marble head.
stone, on which was cut w. A. Chase, jf,
Co. A, LIST Die. battery, Lubec, Me-"
Scattering.
Fred Mather, So Linden street, Brooklyn,
n. Y, wants to thank several comrades who
have written him giving the eolors of the
18th N. Y. (1st Fire Zouaves).
F. NJ. Brown. Headsyille, w. Va, has q
Bible with name of John Botford on the hy-
leaf. 1t was found on field of the second
battle of Bull Run. 1t is known to have
been owned by Union soldier.
| j. o. Jones says that H. NJ. Foster, of Selig-
man, Mo-, has handsomely engraved
double-barreled shotgun which bears the
name of Joseph Golcher.
Mrs. S. E. Guard, Taylor's Falls, Mimi,
| is veterans widow. Her husband, she
says, enlisted in 1852, was discharged in
| 1864 on account of a wound in his right
hand received at Tdpelo. He went home
| living skeleton. He never saw a well day
| from that time until his death, in 1878. He
was principal musician in the It'll MINI.
He had IS per month pension from the time
of mis- discharge. She feels that she is en-.
/ titled to something more