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The National tribune., 1899-06-08
THE JOHNNY's SIDE.
WeIl.Dispcsitioned I'd No. Veteran Tells Of Fighting
Uncle Sans Boys in Arkansas.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: see in
your paper of Feb. 16, 1899, letter from j. H.
Wyman, Co. F, 9th Iowa Cav, East San Jose,
Cal. lie speaks OF the battle OF Ashley Sta
ton, in Grand Prairie,. Ark, and claims this
battle was fought Oct. "a, 1864, with Gen.
Shelby commanding the Confederates and
Col. Dagger the Union forces.
On this date COL Shelby was in front OF
Kansas City, Mo-, fighting. The battle of
which Wyman speaks was fought some time
in September. We captured the 54th ILL., be-
tween and o'clock p. m. He claims Shell
by's cavalry numbered 5000. Here he is mis-
taken, for there was not more than 5000 in all,
and when the fight came of some of that num-
Der were off on other duties. There was only
one regiment and battalion that fought Col.
Dagger, and believe, they would not have
outnumbered 800. The battle only lasted
about two hours, instead OF four.
When all ceased firing and drew sabers, the
attention of the Yankees was called in an
| easterly direction and OURS in northerly
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D UNION VETERANS UNION.
Patriotic Resolutions Passed By South Dakota Com

Patriotic Resolutions Passed By South Dakota Com
mand.
Farragut Command, IL, q. v. o., Pierre
S. D., at a recent meeting passed the follow.
ing resolutions:
Whereas this Command Of the Union
Veterans Union is composed of members
who in the war of the rebellion were the
men behind the guns" supporting and up,
holding the hand of Lincoln in his great
struggle for the Union and to keep the flag
floating where it had been raised for free,
dom and humanity; and
Whereas we remember bitterly the fire in
the rear while we were at the front fighting
and suffering and many brave boys dying
on the field and in the trenches and prisons
and
Whereas we believe and know that the
fire in the rear at that time added to oul
sufferings, prolonged the war and gave
immense aid and comfort to the enemy; and
Whereas the fire in the rear in the present
war reminds us forcibly of the copperheads
and their disloyal, reasonable and nefari
GUS words and acts in the war of the re-
bellion:
Resolved, That we sustain, encourage
uphold and support the Administration in
it's Philippine policy and send words OF
cheer and encouragement to all the brave
Resolved, That in time of war, while the
army is at the front, We favor more patriot
ism and less politics in the rear.
Resolved, That if Dewey and his jackies
and Otis and his soldiers plant the Stars
and Stripes on the moon, We will stand by
them and demand mighty good reason fol
hauling it down.
Committee: Col. Fl. D. Jennings, Lieut..
Col. S. G. Trine, Adjt A. b. Nelsol.
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FIGHTING THEM OVER.
What the Veterans Have to Say
About Their Campaigns.
A BITTER STRUGGLE.
Desperate Resistance Made BY the 27h Mass. Against
Heavy Odds, Which Resulted il Capture.

Heavy Odds, Which Resulted ia Capture.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l was
gratifed and much pleased to read the article
by Col. Walter G. Bartholomew, of Tampa,
Fla, in defense of the 9th Mass. in their fight
at Southwest Creek NC.
have read in the Rebellion Records the
accounts that he mentions, and been much
surprised that unfair statements could be
recorded as facts in such place.
1t has been long my wish that some of our
officers or the boys more acquainted with the
details of that dusty little fight and the pre-
ceding incidents leading up to it than was,
would contradict some of the gross misstate-
ments and fill in some of the garing omissions,
and give the Old 9th Mass. and its command
ing officer, Walter G. Bartholomew, decently-
fair showing for the deeds performed then.
| recall seeing the Colonel chuck his
sword into its scabbard at his side and start
off down through the woods to see for himself
what was down there and return in Is or 20
minutes without bit of color in his face
Boys" he cried, looking up and down our line,
and without trefnor in his voice, they are
coming, and we are going to fight 'em; we must
hold this line in spite OF h. Now, steady,
and don't fire until l tell you, and then fire
low"
Right there the battle began-a few shots
away down to our left, lot more nearer, and
then the Colonel's ringing order to fire. For
half an hour we had little Gehenna of our
own, with men falling killed and wounded all
about us. How the bullets did whistle. and
the twigs dropping in shower from the trees
overhead. Steady, men," came from the
Colonel again, ss our En6elds went off with a
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Largest Department Of the Grand Armv.

Editor National Tribune: / was inter
ested in the proceedings of the 10th an
nual Encampment, Department of New
Mexico, as published in your issue of May
II. While our comrades in that Depart
ment are "shOrt" in numbers they appear
"long" in enthusiasm.
One statement, however, appears to be
somewhat strained, if not entirely broken
1t says: ain territory New Mexico is the
largest GAR. Department in the United
States"
This is the first intimation received al
these Headquarters that we are not in
the United States. I turn to the books
and find that New Mexico contains 122, :
$50 square miles, and the same authority
says that in territory the Department OF
Washington and Alaska contains 600, ,5S9
square miles, or is nearly five times the
size of New Mexico.
The fact is people in the East are not
posted as to what the West really is. For
instance, some do not know that por-
tons of Alaska are 1 500 miles west of
Honolulu, and that Honolulu is 1000
miles west of San Francisco, and that
portions of Alaska are farther west of San
Francisco than Portland, Me-, is east of
San Francisco. Don't be SO careless,
boys, in your statements.-S. W. Clark,
Assistant Adiutant-General, Department
of Washington and Alaska, Seattle,
Wash.
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crash that checked the rebel fire for moment,
but soon it roared out again, and the game OF
death and wounds went on. -
| They were creeping around our flank row,
and enfilading; flank shots came in on our
| right, and the Colonel said: "Boys want to
face you to the rear. March back q little,
turn round and give it to them again. Now,
cool and steady. About face! Forward!
| Just as if We were on parade we moved
| together across the road and bevond the
enemy IS flank, faced around and into line, and
blazed away again.
Twice we rallied to our colors in this way,
under heavy fire, which does not look much
like being routed" does it? On our third
rally we came out by an old rail fence, behind
which was part of the 18th Conn, mostly
recruits, who seemed demoralized and broken
up; the first we had seen OF the rest of Upham' S
Brigade. There were some of the vets among
them, and they gathered with us when the
Colonel rallied us for final stand around our
colors.
Twas here that mimic ball crushed the
COlonels leg, and in the consequent lull in our
fire the rebels rushed over us and resistance
ceased.
Now, this was no fight of Upham's Brigade.
They had nothing to do with it. Twas the
fight of less than 200 of the 9th Mass. against
the whole OF Hoke's Division of the rebel army,
with Col. Bartholomew in sole command.
And we were not routed or driven foot, but
were rushed upon and captured by an enemy
numbering 10 to /, after losing nearly 60 OF
our comrades in killed and wounded.
Col. Bartholomew was brave and efficient
soldier, good and kind officer, whom we all,
as regiment revered and loved and time has
so far failed to dim that sentiment along the
line, and nothing would so arouse the enthusi-
asm of the old 9th as would his presence al
our annual gathering now, which failing
health and distance has long prevented.
When capture seemed inevitable the Color
Sergeant, acting buried our colors beside
some logs or stones, and We recovered them
afterwards all right.-F. A. ROBBINS, Cor.
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AFTER THE JOHNNIES.
Sharp Work Arours Jackson In JuIy Is6,

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: have been
much interested in the story Inside of Rebel
DOM because often we were close to DR.. Can
non and his comrades. In your issue of Feb
l6, under diary entry of July %, he says
What has become Of Gen. Grant? We ey.
pected vigorous pursuit, but everything has
been as quiet the past few days as if there were
no Yankees within hundred miles"
The following CLEAN from my own diary:
"July II, 1863.-This morning the enemy
surrendered the city Uackson) TO Gen. Sher-
man, having evacuated during the night and
set fire to the city. By daylight our troops
entered the city. We, being on picket, were
ordered back to camp. In the afternoon we
moved camp close to their works. | took a
stroll up III the city Most all the principal
business buildings burnt down. State House
saved on account Of the yard being filled with
sick and wounded rcbs. Some very fine
residences. A few cars at the depot. Some
cannon and good many small larms. Wells
filled with arms and ammunition. Torpedoes
put down in the streets In the evening went
to camp Raincd at night
July 1S.-To day looks rainy. Lwcnt up
to the big fort on the hill in the State road,
built to accommodate II guns. One 81 rihed
piece with one trunnion broke off. In the
afternoon we received orders TO march. We
started little before sundown, passed through
jackson down to Pearl River, where we stayed
all night waiting for the bridge TO be finished,
which was not completed until the morning OF
Sunday, 10, when we crossed pretty early and
started after the rcbs.
The day was very hot and dry. The
different articles stfewn along the road showed
the hurried retreat Of the rebels. In the after
noon the artillery opened out in our front. We
were ordered forward on quick time. We
came to very large field mile or more across
J with the rebels posted on the opposite side
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| were also prisoners. Our Surgeons arranged
! hospital and cared for the wounded thai
night and the following day. Our boys who
were taken prisoners were paroled after few
months. and remained in parole camp at New
Orleans for sometime before being exchanged,
so il was nearly year before their return to the
regiment
We soon learned the cause of that sudden
| and unexpected attack. There were two COM
panies OF the 1st La Cav with us, acting as
scouts; three of them deserted our picket line at
| night, went over to the enemy'S line and in
formed them OF our strength and position and
of the PaymaS:cr intended visit the following
Gs.y
In the Spring of 1861 while on that famous
Red River campaign, VIC travelled over the
same read and halted to rest on the same old
battle-ground. With the events of that day
fresh in our memories we took one last sad look
at the little mounds that marked the resting
places of the fallen ones, the Blue and the
Gray, in that lonely spot on the banks of the
Grand Coteau.
Our drum corps numbered but three drum
mcrs and two fifers after that battle AS
Maj. Greene, then commanding the regiment,
thought was the best drummer left he put me
in charge of the drum corps l would some
times forget the duties assigned to me and fire.
quently missed beating the calls. remember
one day he sent the Sergeant-Major after me,
who informed me that Maj Greene wished to
see me and to report at once. When | called,
he said:
"See here. Porter, you missed the sick call
and Orderly's call to-day, and had to send for
you, and if you can not do better than this |
shall have to stand you on the head of a barrel
in front of my tent to punish you"
did not wish that to occur and to be the
laughing stock of al the boys, so looked out
that made no failure to be on hand thereafter
The boys in our company named me "Old
76," as was always with the regiment from
the time we entered the service to the mastering
out in 1855, putting in three years of continu-
GUS active campaign duty. My twin brother
Perry and Iwere the two youngest soldiers in
Our regiment, being but IA years eight months
old when we enlisted.
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direction. As to our dead that they buried
there they were killed by the 54th Ill.
] remember nothing of the house Of which
Wyman speaks having the yellow flag on it.
He spoke next OF robbing us OF our coffee at
Stony Creek. beg to differ from him in re-
gard to this, for that was luxury the Con
federate army never INDUCED in. Twill admit
they gave us quite scare at Stony Creek, but
VIC saw nothing of them after that.
/ bear no malice toward Brother Wyman,
and would be glad to hear from him. One Of
my closest neighbors, Col. H. NJ. McCrory,
was in the 5lth I'LL. NJ. LYON, Co. E, I'd
Mo-, Diantha, Tex.
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SCATTERING.
There Are No More ..Rookics" In Manila.
Scribner's.

A picket standing upon stone wall, so
that he might get better aim, suddenly
went down in a heap, crying out, Boys,
I've got it,; but he was up again in min
ute, hopping about on one leg, and shouted,
"I.ll be Id if l care; Pm not arookie any
more" He had been shot through the
ankle. The Rockies" is a term applied to
the recruits who came to Manila after the
fighting, and they have always been joshed
and shut out of discussion among soldiers
with some such sighting remark as, What
can rookie know? he wasn't here for the
scrap" Well, there are no more rockies in
Manila to-day.
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the senior company,
and were the first TO
be paid. On our re-
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masters tent JOHN
Calkins, our cook,
announced dinner.
In the meantime the
next company was
marching tc the Pay
masters tent.
Our cook asked,
'Who will take some
hot coffee out to the
boys on the picket
liner AS | had jay
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a plantation a few
days before, | volun-
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it a good chance to
have a good ride. l
did not wait to cat
my dinner, but was
helped on to my pony
by one of the boys,
and the cook handed
me the pail Of coffee.
l was cantering
~lon .o,,;n tho
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ABOUT DoNELsoN's CAPTURE.

ABOUT DONELSON'S CAPTURE.
B. F. Thomas. Co. G, 14th Iowa, Traer,
Iowa, writes: "Comrade NJ. B. Loops state
ment OF how Co. b, 6Sth Ohio, lost the honor Of
capturing Fort Donelson, in your issue OF Feb
16, is somewhat amusing. There certainly
was lax state of discipline in his regiment
even for that carly stage OF the war, if one OF
the Captains should request of his Colonel the
privilege of leading his lone company against
fort that had withstood the combined attack
Of the army and gunboat flotills, and, after be-
ing refused the privilege, to watch his chance
and sneak of unknown to his Colonel and
contrary to his orders and perform that Grim
inally-inSane act Did Co. b, 6Sth Ohio,
enter Fort Donelson frst7 After Gen. Nc
Clernand's heavy battle of Feb Is, on Grant S
right, Gen. Smith, on the left wing, ordered
Col. Lauman, with his brigade, to attack the
works in his 'front.' This brigade was
composed OF the I'd. 7th, and 14th Iowa and
25th Ind. They led the assault that captured
the outer line OF works, and were supported by
the other brigadeS OF Gen. Smiths Division.
AT daylight next morning flag of truce
approached Col. Humans lines, and was re-
ceived by Lieut. Logan, Co. ], 14th Iowa.
The messenger had dispatches for Gen. Grant
Grants Headquarters were properly some
distance in the rear, and Gen. Buckner was at
Dover, there being distance OF six miles or
more between them. Several messages pass
ed-at least three each way-before terms
were agreed upon. Humans Brigade was
relieved from its position in the captured
works about noon, and marched down the hill
to prepare some breakfast Before reaching
the foot Of the hill Lauman received COM
mand from Headquarters to countermarch his
command to the front; that Fort Donelsen had
surrendered, and his brigade had the post OF
honor, and was TO march in first
AS Humans men approached the works
occupied by the Confederates they found the
men drawn up in line, and when the head of
the Union troops approached them they per
formed the very solemn act of ground arms
This was repeated by each division of the
rebel army that our troops passed, as they
marched directly to the fort proper, which this
brigade occupied during Grants stay at Fort
Donelson. Now, do not see how Co. B. 6Sth
Ohio, could have known or guessed that the
fort would surrender that day. Nor do
believe that there was a Union soldier inside
OF the outer works before noon on Feb. IT,
except those Of Gen. Smiths Division, who
held the captured works."
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Jas. R. Cleritan, Co. C, 9th III. Cav,
Girard, Kan, wants to hear from his old COM
radeA.
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A VERY ACTIVE SERVICE.

J. NJ. Homer, Co. C, 69th Ohio, Louis
Vile, Kan, tells some of the incidents con-
nected with the service of his regiment. He
writes of being in the Army of the Cumber-
land after Rosecrans took command, and par
ticipating in hot battles. The regiment was
in the front line at the stOrming of Missionary
Ridge, and pursued the rebels to Ringgold,
then fell back to Chattanooga, marched to
Knoxville to reinforce Burnside and drove
Longstreet in the direction of old Virginia.
They returned to Chattanooga, reenlisted for
three years or the war, and went at it again.
They joined Sherman's army, just moving
for Atlanta, and were in nearly all the battles
OF the campaign. They were in it at Benton
ville later, and witnessed the surrender of Joe
Johnston's army. All this was but a part of
the splendid service rendered by this gallant
band Of veterans
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FIGHTING REBEL RAIDERS.

TN Sexton, Co. A, 83d ILL.,, writes: "The
boys of the 83d Ill. will remember that on Feb
8, 1868, while we were on duty at Fort Donel
son, Tenn, Gems. Forrest Wheeler and Whar
ton, three noted Confederate raiders, pounced
down upon us with 1000 or 5000 men and II
pieces of artillery. The long roll reused us
from our monday meal. Our force at the
time consisted Of part of the S3d ILL.,, Capt
Floods four-gun battery of the I'd ILL., L. A.
(short of ammunition and the Captain away),
one 32-pound siege gun, and part of one
company Of the 5th Iowa Cav, about 800 men
all told.
"The fight was on at once Our forces re
pulsed every charge they made, which was
kept up until night set in. At9 clock in the
evening passing gunboat dropped few
shells among them, which sent them flying
and we saw no more of them. Our casualte.
were less than Is men killed, a few wounded
and so prisoners, all of whom came back to u.
the next day. The enemy's loss in killed
wounded and prisoners was about SOO."
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SHERIDAN AT MISSIONARY RIDGE.

Robert Simpson, Co. C, 74th ILL.,. Rockford,
ILL.,, answers in lengthy article what he calls
attacks recently made on Sheridan's Division
by men of Hazen's Brigade. The gallant
Phil and his division need no apologies, and
history has attended to the eulogies, he says.
At Missionary Ridge Sheridan rode up with
the front rank of his division, and never way-
cred in the advance up the Ridge until the
rebels were in full fight Hardly stopping
to reform, he pushed down the eastern slope in
hot pursuit, and continued until darkness
stopped the victors. If Hazen's men captured
batteries in Sheridan front it must have been
after Sheridan had passed over the Ridge in
pursuit of the enemy. 49,. .....l .