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as he passed Inc into their lines. He gave
me directions how TO find a c0lored boy
named Pete, described him, and told me to
say Charles sent me. lie said that he would
90 on TO the picket-line, and if the coast was
clear, would give whistle, and ! should
come. j soon heard the signal, and be took
me through the picket-line, and, after bidding
ME good-by, left me and went to his
quarters.
/ kept on until I came to the main street
of the town, passed down that street until
came TO large mansion, passed around the
house 10 the back part of the yard to cabin
occupied by Pete. i knocked at the door
Pete opened it. told him Charles sent me.
He bade me come in. j told him who was
and what l wanted, and he told me that the
next night he would take me down to Broad
River, where cur gunbOats were patroling;
that when the boat came up the river, could
put out my signal in the edge of the swamp,
and a boat would come ashore and take me
on board.
had noticed chicken-house in the corner
of the yard, and now proposed to Pete that
he should kill one and we would both have il
to eat. He WAS afraid to make 4 noise | told
him that if he would give me some matches
would kill the chicken without their
making any noise. We went to the chicken
house. lighted match, and placing it so
that the fumes should pass under the nearest
chickens nose, had the satisfaction of seeing
it drop without making any noise Pete was
very much pleased with the performance
"Well. Boss, " said he, ~ knows how to
git chicken ahtah dis.''
Pete soon had the chicken dressed, and the
feathers went up the chimney in smoke. By
midnight We were reveling in as fine chicken
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The 1st u, s. Vol. Inf.

Editor National Tribune: At the Re
union of the GAR. at Philadelphia in
September, it would be very desirable if
the members now living who constituted
the LIST u. S. Vol. Inf, could meet in
grand Reunion. The regiment was
formed Under peculiar circumstances, and
rendered noble and efficient service to the
Government. 1t was recruited mostly at
Point Lookout, Md, from Confederate
prisoners of war who were anxious to take
the oath of allegiance and do what they
could toward bringing the war, OF which
they had been unwilling participants on
the wrong side, to timely close. With
that end in view, without stipulation as to
where they would be sent, they volun-
tarily enlisted under the protection of our
glorious flag.
They were sent to the frontiers, reliev-
ing troops from Northern States, which
were sent TO reinforce the armies of Sher-
man and Grant They served their
country well and faithfully; more gal
liant or heroic band of men never served
under our flag. They endured privation
on the frontier, helping guard the outer
posts Of civilization, as is proved by the
number of their graves at Fort Rice.
N. ID. As one of the surviving officers
of the regiment, would like to be able at
Reunion to grasp the hands OF those Old
veterans OF the South. Would be pleased
to hear from such of the command who
can attend.-Henry c. Archibald, Lieu
tenant and Adiutant, 1St U. S. Vol. Inf. +,
Philadelphia, Pa.
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BERDAN'S CRACK SHOTS.
;ome OF Their Experiences on Bloody FIelds

Some OF Their Experiences on Bloody Fields.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l am a
subscriber for THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE;
would rather live on short rations than do
without it. seldom see anything from the
I'd U. S. Sharpshooters (Berdan'sl. The 1st
and I'd S. S. we're recruited from Maine to
Minnesota, composed of expert marksmen,
armed with Sharp's rifles, and used as skir-
mishers and sharpshooters; and from the
advance on Fredericksburg to Appomattox
we saw hard service. l was with them
from start to finish, except when disabled by
gunshot wound at Antietam. But returned
in time to take q hand in the Chancellor
battle. At Gettysburg was severely wound
ed again.
have often thought, had it not been for
the Sharpshooters on Little Round Top that
third and awful day, history might have
recorded different ending Of that the great
est of all battles.
returned to my regiment after this second
woundng, and re-enlisted for three years
more; received a furlOugh, and returned in
time to cross tho Rappahannock with the
boys and get into the Wilderness. "Oh,
wasn't glad to get out of the Wilderness. "
After the desperate charge at Spottsylvania,
with Capt. S. +. Norton Ia better soldier
never lived) and two others, volunteered to
90 over the breastworks into the woods and
drive out some rebel sharpshooters. After
advancing short distance l was sternly
confronted by dark-complexioned, rather
tall man, with rather long hair, and wearing
slouch hat who stepped from behind a
large oak and cried: "Come in, Yank!" Did
do it? Not much. l threw myself to the
foot of another tree, and he wasted his shot
on the bark If the gentleman is living and
should see this l would like to correspond
with him.
Besides our casualties in battle, we suffered
q loss of about 80 killed and injured in a
collision on the railroad near Warrenton,
mostly from Co. L.
We were in the Third Corps until it was
consolidated with the Second; remained in
the Second until January, 1864, when the
three companies from Vermont were consoli-
dated and attached to the 4th Vt, rs Co. G,
where we remained until the close Of the
waTs
Now, / would like to hear from some of the
comrades Of the I'd U. S. S. S. Speak up
MANLIus HOLBRooR, First Sergeant, Co. E.,
I'd U. $. S. S., and Co. G, 4th VT, Island
Brook p. o., Canada.
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Tho ED Ind, Battery.

P. II. Burns, 22d Ind. battery, Crawfords-
vile, Ind, writes: II observed letter
frum one Geo. Collins, Of the 18th Ind.
battery, who seems to claim the privilege, in
time of war, of stripping other batteries of
horses and equipments to supply the 10Th.
l was member Of the 22d Ind. battery, and
don't find in all my diary record that any
battery ever demanded, or was supplied
from ours, either in horsefesh, men or
harness. We used them all ourselves. And
at Pulaski, Tenn, Nov. 81, 1864, know
we were shipped North on the cars, but
everything went with us. We stopped,
though, at Columbia, and there did service IN
going out to meet the enemy, as they fanked
us on the LETT and then in the night OF the
2Sth about a. IN. crossed over Duck River,
where on the nights OF the north bank the
next day, the 29th, we shelled the rebs with
our l2-pound Nepoleons as they came looking
after us; then, with our good, well-kept
horses, made that narrow and historical
escape from right under the camplires of the
Johnnies that night, and were at the battle OF
Franklin the next day."
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hut where he had just taken the corn, and
which was occupied by Southern Union
man, and We could be company for each
other, and Sampson promised TO bring us
both food every Sunday. He said he believed
Massa Lincum's sojers would come that
way pretty soon," and We could join them
when they came along.
decided to accept the first proposition as
the speediest way to get to our lines, although
thought it the most dangerous. lie seemed
disappointed, but said: "All right, Boss"
He left me, but soon returned with his dug
out, in which he padded me across the river
in the middle Of the day. AS landed and
took my haversack he told me which way to
60 to find free colored boy % years old.
He told me the boy was an Octoroon named
George, and almost white, tall and good look
ing.
thanked him, shook hands with him and
bade him good-by. AS he showed off felt
that had made a mistake in not accepting
his other offer and remaining on the other
side, but it was too late now for regrets.
followed Sampson's directions, and had not
gone far when / heard someone chopping
wood, and proceeding in that direction soop
came to the object of my search. My late
friends description was perfect; the fellow
was almost white, and as fine looking man
as ! ever saw.
asked him if his name was George. He
told me it was then asked him if he knew a
powerfully-built negro across the river by the
name of Sampson. He said he did. | then
told him who was and that wanted to get
into our lines, aud that Sampson sent me to
him. He bade me wait until he could see if
there was any one in sight. He went away,
but soon returned, took my hayersack and
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A Day at Gettysburg.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Having
never seen any account from anyone from the
l51st Pa, / will endeavor to give my expert
ence in the Gettysburg campaign. On June
20, 1868, we started from near Frederick
City, Md, at O'Clock in the morning,
marched to Emmitsburg, and lay till next
morning. About O'Clock we crossed the
State line into Pennsylvania.
We heard for the first time the rebs were
in Pennsylvania sure. On July / we got up
| quite late and started to find the Johnnies.
We got to Gettysburg at noon, going up on
the Emmiisburg pike till near the town,
when we turned to the left and marched to
Seminary Ridge.
Our regiment was in front of the Seminary
Building on reserve till about 3 O'Clock,
when we were ordered to march out to
where Reynolds was killed to take the place
OF the rest OF our brigade, who were nearly
all killed. While we were dressing our line
we had several men killed. Then was the
| first sight had OF the rebel Stars and Bars.
There was full regiment from 80 to 100
yards in front.
We were ordered to fire by the regiment,
| then to load and fire at will. / was i'm Co
Il, at the left of the regiment. Our regiment
| stood alone; no more men to the left of us,
anu Ju-o bHCu Jul Nttplstili " esIuIoohJ gave
command 10 deploy as skirmishers. That
saved some of our lives, for we scattered.
We were soon Outflanked and had to run,
| leaving nearly half our regiment where we
stood. When we went there we had 466
men and 81 officers.
Just as we were ordered to fall back there
came up an old man wearing citizens clothes
He said to me: For Gods sake, don't let
them oevils in the town tonight, and We
will give you all you can eat and drink
My answer was: "Old man, we have to
obey orders" did not ask him his name,
as did not have time. l was sent for and
had to CO. suppose it was John Burns.
We fell back to the Seminary, stopped, and
fired few more rounds. Then the rebs out
fianked us and got a cross-fre, and we had to
| git" Lieut.-COl. Mcfarland had had his
horse shot, and he was standing within three
feet of me. He said:
"Retreat, men. Fall back in good ORDER +"
But that was easier said than done. Just
| then he fell, shot through both legs.
stopped to help him. but be said: Never
mild ME, but run" AS l always obeyed
orders, l did run SO fast the Iebs could not
catch me.
Some of us got through the town and were
turned in the old Cemetery gate. That night
at roll-call the regiments number that an
swered to their names was Just 80. On our
monument, near where Reynolds monument
stands, the loss is ~ killed, l72 wounded, 72
missing. Total, 322-R. ID. SAYRE, Co. b,
l5lst Pa, First Brigade, Third Division,
First Corps.
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PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Chargin. at JonesbGro.

Joseph Schlund, Co. Fl. 10Th Ill, Oak Park,
ILL.,, writes: al have read with special in
terest several descriptions of the battle Of
Jonesboro, Ca, and was surprised at one
omission in all Of them. Just a short time
before the charge l noticed Gen. Sherman,
Pap Thomas, Jeff G. Davis and, think, J.
d. Morgan, our division commander, short
distance in the rear of our line-of- battle, at
the foot Of the hill. Then came an order for
inspection of arms, all charges to be drawn,
etc. OF course, we all knew that meant a
bayonet charge. / am sure these orders were
carried out through our regiment, the 10th
ILL.,, and presume the whole line had the
same Soon after this came the order: Fix
bayonets! Forward-Carry arms-Double-
quick--March y 1t was up over high hill,
apparently an old cottonfield, with the rebels
in the woods above. I shall never forget
that line going up, with flags flying. The
line could see seemed mile long There
was no halt or waver anywhere. Then the
rebs opened on Us, but overshot rs great
deal. We never stopped until we were over
their breastworks, which We're very strong.
1t was a most glorious day. Somewhere
about midnight we were awakened by such
an explosion of artillery as we had only heard
at New Madrid, when our gunboats passed
the rebel batteries at Island No. 10 in 1856.
Some said it was fight at Atlanta, others
| that it was an explosion, and during the day
came tidings that Atlanta was evacuated and
| the forts blown up. 1t is not given to m:ny
| to have seen 4 bayonet charge of such magni-
tude and carried out in SO magnificent style
aud with such thorough success"
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Diplomacy Necessary.
Tid-Bits.

"Have you ever read the article on how
to tell a bad eggf"
mo, l haven't; but my advice would
be, if you have anything important to
tell bad egg, why, break it gently"
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met with no other adventure until the
end of the week Saturday night got into
a rolling country, away from the swamp, and
kept Oh until daylight, when, helng very
tired, and finding no suitable hiding place, |
sat down btbIEG t;te in Il icntc-cOrner 10
rest tCr few minutes, and hefOIc | knew it
was fast asleep. l must have slept for at
least four hours. / was awakened hy Il negro
who was coming along singing and eating a
watermelon by turns. | wanted piece Of
that melon, SO waited quietly until he got
opposite NE, when | called ont: "Boy!"
He dropped the melon, winch broke into q
thousand pieces and rolled into the dust,
while he jumped as though he was shot, and
then turned and faced me, while his hands
went up and he cred: "Who is yer?"
told him that L was his friend, and an
escaped Yankee prisoner. lie was quite ali
intelligent ncgIo and replied: you can't
fool dis DIggcr, wId dat Confederate uni
FORM" l had sumo difficulty convincing
HIM that spoke the TRUTH my speech being
the main thing IN my favor, as he had
learned the carpenter trade from NorIhern
mali, and also 10 read and write, as he alter
ward told Inc. AS soon as he was satisfied,
he told me We must get off the road aud INTO
the swamp, as de white folks" would SOON
De dlois Oh tntiI way 10 cnutcii.
spoke about the watermelon and my de
sire TO have one, and hc told Inc lie lould get
me plenty. We had 10 pass through 4 large
cornheld IN order to reach the swamp We
came acIoss several melon patches, but The
frost had destroyed all the fruit, and so
had 10 60 without my watermelon. As we
neared the swamp Sampson (fot this Was
the negro's namel commenced gathering ears
OF corn and pIlIng them up on his ann.
asked him what lie was dong that for.
lie told NE he was going to feed the fishes.
asked HIM no more questions, but cen
tented myself watching him and talking On
other subjects that | knew would interest
him. As soon as he got all the corn he
wanted, he stInck of into path into the
swamp, which in time brought US TO the
banks CT the Savannah River
Here he left me, but soon returned without
any ccln- We sat on the log and talked for
over an hour. He told me that he was
conductor en- the underground railroad"
and that the route was across the river, on
South Carolina soil, through Grahamville,
then orcr corduroy road to Broad River,
which nyeI was patroled by Uncle Sans gun
boats. lie agreed TO put NE across the river
IF fwan;ed him 10 or, if would rather re-
main there, he would conduct me to little
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SYNOPSIS.

The author enlisted in the California Bat
talon, at San Francisco, Cal, in March,
1868. This organization became Cos. Z, F,
L, and NJ, I'd Mass. Cav, losing its identity
as a California command. While scouting
near Vienna, Va, in February, 1864, de-
tachment of a little over hundred men, g,
under Maj. Read, was ambushed by Mosby's
men. A number of the party, including
Maj. Read, were killed, and %, amcng them
the author, were taken prisoners, while the
others escaped in the darkness. The pris-
oncrs were sent 10 the Pemberton Building,
Richmond, thence to Andcr. onville, and
later to Savannah. Twenty-ope of the 25
taken prisoners died in eight months. The
author then decided 10 attempt escape, and
after securing Confederate uniform by trad
ing with the guards, lie climbed the stockade.
After leaving the prison he is aided by
friendly rcgrCCs.
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A Gnrreafi0n.

The history compiled by Comrade r. S.
westhrook, Altoona, Pa, Is of the 49th Pa.
not Of the l49th Pa, as stated in the issue If
March 10.
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STRICKLAND, Argos. Indiana.
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Went Out Early.

Melan cthon D. Murdock, Sd and sth Iowa,
MarstOn, ILL.,, writes: IL was among the first
TO leave Iowa for the front in 1861, and
know the boys went from pure patriotism.
We were not Lincoln hirelings, for early in
1861 we only received $l1 PER month, and
then did not get our pay till in November OF
said year, and if it had not been for the wall
of blue that stood between the rebels and our
homes we would have had no Government IN
a very short time. We saved the best Gov
err ment on earth and the homes Of the best
people on earth, and all the boys who Wore
the blue ask is justice. In conclusion l will
say that l love your paper and l love the
boys in blue, and l have deep interest III
their welfare, and it does seem hard to see
them as they suffer through life, MANNED and
sick, yet sighted by those they saved"
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Relics of Shiloh Battlefield.

P. D. Hall, Co. B, 1st Ala. Cav, Victory,
Tenn, has 25-cent piece of date of 1856,
which he picked out Of the mud near the
present landing while on visit to the
battlefield in 1896. He thinks that it was
dropped by some wounded soldier. as the coin
shows stain apparently made by blood. Com
rade Hall also has U. S. belt buckle, found
on the field. On the inside of the buckle
are the initials "A. T.. O." He would like
to learn who it's owner was and his fate.