The National tribune., 1899-07-27


fire upon us from thes ship, but brought field
pieces down on the beach, and there was as
pretty a picnic as | ever saw" COmraGe
Webster would like to hear from his Old
ShipmateS.
SALISBURY CEMETERY.
Israel Young, oath N V, $50 Madison
Ave, Bay City, Mich, gives a description
OF the National Cemetery at Salisbury
which he thinks may be of interest 10 Wm.
Gray, 92d n. Y. He states that this ceme-
terry of seven acres contains 12,137 ECdies,
OF which only 102 are known. All tfese
bodies We're buried by the rebels in treEcfes
24O feet long, which are now sodded ard
bordered with granite curhirg A S1O,CCO
monument to the unknown dead has been
erected by the Government. Comrade
Young states that he was in Salisbury
prison from Oct. /, 1864, to Feb. ., 1865, and
that he would like to hear from any fellow
prisoner OF that period.
ADAY OF FIGHTING.
Moses Bone, Co. B. 18th Ohio, gives an
interesting account of the second battle at
Murfreesboro, Tenn. He says: Cur di-
vision charged across Stone River after
delivering heavy fire into the eEemy on
the other side. In the charge every man
was for himself and we kept no regular
formation, some even staying behind ard
flrlng, which placed the ones; who charged
between two fires. Tie rebel loss was very
great. AS | ran into two cannon left hV
the retreating rebels retel soldier jumped
up from behind them and ran for dear life
My partner took aim at him ard fred TIE
rebel dropped, as if killed. but we did not
go to see. At this battle the Confederates
fired out of trees. as We read of the Spanish
and CubanS doing in the late war. AS
we had been ordered into action that morn
ing Oh empty St0nachS. we were quite hun
CRY by this time. picked up hayersack
that had been thrown away by a Johnny,
and upon opening it found some biscuit
and cold pork. With the addition Of coffee
that had III my own hdyerSGck, We feaSted
royalty upon biscuit cold pork, ard coffee,
and having wrapped ourselves in our
blankets, stretched or the cold, wet ground
and took our hard-earned rest, nOtwith-
standing the presence of dozen wounded
rebels lying within 20 steps OF our camp
THE FORT KEARNY AFFAIR
George Webber, Kelat, KY, says that
Comrade Mcdonald endeavored to correct
him as to the time the bodies were brought
in at the battle Of Fort Philip Kearny, but
that he will still assert that it was after dark.
Comrade Webber says: Mcdonald states
that he was in detail that was sent out
about 8 O'Clock and returned at 4:30. 1
say the trip could not have been made in
that short time. In an article of Dee 0,
1897, o. F. Hamilton, Co. FL, says that
Capt. Ten. Eyck, with SO men, went to the
relief of four 16-mule teams and a cannon;
that he put 40 bodies upon each of the four
wagons, but states that there were only 81
killed. The truth of the matter is he
brought in only 40 bodies, Col. Darlington
bringing in the rest of the 81 the following
day." Comrade Webber finds an error in
the statement of William Wilson. who, in
an article headed Army Life in the Rock
ies," states that on Dec. % they had to
shovel snow to the depth of from six 10 10
feet in order to recover the bodies of their
comrades who were killed on the day
previous. Comrade Webber says the men
were killed on Dec. 21, and that no snow
of any consequence fell until the 29th.
RIVER FULL OF THEM.
c. W. Cook, Drum Major of the SD Ill.,,
says: 1T was Just after the war, and we
we're sailing down the Ohio River to Louis
vile to await muster-out. AS We got near
Cincinnati, an order was issued that no
Ohio soldiers be allowed shore leave here.
This was made because it would have been
difficult to hold them together in their home
city. When all the other transports had
unloaded the boat with the Ohio boys was
still in mid-stream. About this time one
of the boys espied his sweetheart on the
shore, and, removing his shoes and coat,
dived into the water. 1t was not so seconds
before the river was full of Ohio boys bound
for the shore to see their sweethearts, wives
and mothers. 1t was over two weeks be-
fore that regiment was together again.
CAPTURING TWO SPIES.
John T. Evans, Lymna, Me-, tells Of
capturing two spies While his regiment, the
35th Mass, was lying near Lexington,
KY, in the Autumn of '63. He was chosen
by his Colonel and went with Mai Wales
and number of men to the house of
farmer. This they surrounded, and found
the spies in an upper room. They were
marched to camp. One was hung, but the
comrade does not know what became of the
other. He would like to hear from any Of
the. boys who were in that party.
FIRST SIGHT OF GEN. GRANT.
C. A. Ramesbill, Co. A, 9Th H., Little
Falls, Mimi, gives little sketch of the
first time he saw Gen. Grant. He says:
1T was the daybefore the battle of Belmont.
Our brigade had moved from Fort Holt,
KY, down the east bank of the Mississippi
until we were within 10 miles of Columbus.
About 10 o'clock that morning an officer
wearing travel-stained uniform, slouch
hat and single star, galloped through our
camp in headlong, reckless sort of Il way,
followed by about six cavalrymen, but no
staff officers. After they had passed 1
heard voice ask, I wonder who that is?'
A second voice replied, That is Gen. Grant
And third exclaimed Who the h is
Gen. Grant, At the end of the war no one
would have dared to ask such question"
SCATTERING.
Geo. W. Tibbetts, Issaquah, Wash, who
states that he was in Salisbury Prison,
n. c., the Winter of '64-'65, asks some one
to send him the verses on prison life written
by "The Wandering Poet of New Hamp-
shire" He says he can remember only
two lines: -..-
See, cat jumps over the dead-line,
By some prisoner she is SEEM.
F. W. Pratt, Clay County, w. Va, says
that G.. w. Arbogast, who was born in Clay
County, w. Va, Jan. %, 1850, is one of the
soldiers in the civil war. He en-
listed March L, 1863, i'll Co +, 1th W. Va.
Cav, and was discharged at Wheeling,
July 81, 1864. He was with the regiment
and in the ranks one year, four months, be-
ing IA years, one month and three days Old
when he was discharged.
w. E. Webster, Cowan's battery. says
that Corpl Shackey, of the 9TH Mass. L. A.,
is little out of the way i'll a recent letter.
Comrade Webster says: Il DO not find any
such organization i'll FoX'S book as Battery
E, 5th Mass. l.. A. Col. Fox reports the
loss of the 5th Mass. battery as 10 killed
and II of disease; total 80 during the war.
The 9th Mass. battery (BigeloW's) lost 10
men, Is being killed and four dying of
disease. Capt Phisterer's book on the war
gives the loss of the 1st n. Y. battery Cow
an's) as 5S-two officers and Is men killed,