The National tribune., 1897-11-04

One of our neighbors. a very old man, hear
| ing that the Union forces were coming, ran
down the road crying: The Yankees are
coming. The Yankees are cOmiug,' Our
disappointment vas great when we learned
they were still st Cumberland t;ap over -
miles away. Oate the rebels ok my
father TO their camp and said they wese
going 10 hang him Tor no other rc1son than
that he was q Union man. vowed then thas
II ever rot chance I would be Yank or
Lincolnite. i avaIled myself of the first
opportunity, ami served - months :or Uncle
Sam, and was engaged in the battle at De-
| catur. Ala"
No Respect for Parole.
Enos Norton. Sergeant. 18th y. Y Ind'D't
battery, Nanticoke. y. Y, attributes much
Of the success of the Northern arms 10 he
cruel treatment of prisoners by the rebels.
lie says: When our men were closely en-
gagged, with all the horrors of prison life
staring them in the face, rather than be
captured and suffer slow starvation they
woHld fight to the last even if it meant GER
tain death It would have been much
easier for the Southern army TO have paroled
their c1ptiyes on the field. They would
nave had neither to guard nor feed them
The Northern soldiers would nave gladly
stayed out at least until exchanged while I
the Southern soldiers turned back - tho
army immediately / have seen Confeder-
ate soldif1s recaptured WAC had been pa
rolled only three or four days"
Scattering
Sers't s. Z. Skinner, Co. I, 03.h y. Y,
Nf.-f Pei
his old hate which ne carried with him dur
ing his thres-years' service. When Comrade
Skinner was taken prisoner his flute went
with him to Libby. He gained the good
gr&ces of the prison authorities to sueh an
extent that he was taken to see jeff Davis.
Joseph II. Gilmore, Bradbury. o., writes
that he enrolled April % 1861. under Prssi-
dent Lincoln's call for $4,000 three months
men, and served in Co. III. 1S.h Ohio until
August. He re-enlisted in the 2d w Va.
Cav. for three years, but served eight months
over that time. COmraie Gilmore was in IS
engagements, and twice his horse was shot
from under him. He was never in a hos
pital.
James French, Co. F, 18th KY. Attilla,
KY, presents a candidate for the honor of
being the oldest soldier living. James Nell
son, who now resides about two miles from
u.
Co. +, 18th KY, Oc;. 2l, 1861: Nelson was
born in February, 1913, aud was too old to
enlist as a soldier, so became teamster for
the company. The teams were soon taken
away, and he carried gun with the 18th
Ky. until hororably discharged Jan. II,
1863 His first fight was at Shiloh He Is
now member OF Lincoln Post Departments
of Kentucky.
f. 7. Stoneburner. Cooksviile Wis, writes
that he servest in Co. T, 35th Wis. from
February 1864, to Jan. %, 1866, when ne
was mustered out at Madison lie was
with his regiment during all its hard
marches; was under fire seven days at
Spanish Fort. aud participated in the fight
at Fort Blassly, which resulted in its sur
render. He applied for pension nearly 16
years ago, and was recently allowed So per
month.
W. d. Prutzman, BarbertOn, O., has the
discharge papers of Lee 4. Remley, Co Il,
23d Ohio.
Mrs. L. Johnston, Kearny, Neb., thinks that
enough credit is not given tie loyal women
who remained at home and supported ftmi-
lies while their husbands were battling for
the Union. Those women who went into
field and hospital as nurses did not suffer
near so much as many who remained at
home
Ebert n. Norton, San Francisco, Cal,
writes: !" l would like to know how many
veterans of the late war voted for Mai. Nc
Kinley last Fall on their birthdays? l was
one and | have been curious to know how
many old ex-soldiers were born on the Sd of
November"
+. II. COlcord, Vinton Iowa has the dis
charge of Nahum C. Baker, Co. E. ID VT;
also, the warrant of Henry VI. Newhall, Ser
geant, Co. II, 4th Iowa Cav.
L. C.. Leeds, Sergeant Co. c. 18th Mich,
Dallas Tex, writes that during the dedica-
ton of the Confederate monument in his
city there was on exhibition beautiful
sword aud gilt scabbard The seabbard had
filigree work at both ends and at the center,
where ring was attached for hanging to a
belt. On label was written Taken
fron a Federal officer within 10 minutes
after he was shot at Cape Girardeau. Mo-. in
April, 1868" Tne sword is now the prop
erty of Judge Ed. Bower.
/. l.. Toombs Richmond Okla. Ter. writes
that Gen. r. ". Johnson had in his division
at Atlanta the 18th Ind. battery the 20th
Ohio battery, and Battery c, 1st Ill. L. \.
Capt Mark II. Prescott commanded the
Illinois battery, and not Capt. digger, who
belonged to- an Ohio battery.
Peter c. Shaft, Co. A, 4Sth Pa, Amber,
Pa, writes: :" In the issue of oct. u there
appears an article from Charles RI. FIourHoy,
who claims that the Nineteenth Corps cannot
be said to have opposed the enemy at Cedar
Creek, as their camp was surprised early in
the morning, and those escaping ran pell-
NELL down the Valley toward Winchester.
This is mistake. At the first voIley fired
into the Eighth Corps the Second Brigade,
First Division, Nineteenth Corps of which
my regiment formed Il part, moved to the
left Of the pike and went into line in rear of
the Eighth Corps Ny regiment lost eight
killed and rs many wounded"