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THE 9th MASS.
What Became of It After It's Baltimore Ad-
venture.


EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: When
the 9th Mass. left Philadelphia about 400
volunteers came with us to Baltimore. As
armed with clubs, they were beaten back
at the riot in Baltimore. They used their
clubs with good effect, and fought like
heroes. They returned to Philadelphia,
were mustered in and armed and equipped,
then came through Baltimore as regi-
ment to Washington.
After fighting our way through Balti-
more the 9Th Mass. went direct to Wash
ington and camped in the Senate Chamber.
We were in Washington three days, when
the 7th n. Y. relieved us:
Col. Jones, commanding the 9Th, was
ordered back to the Relay House, on the
Baltimore g. Ohio Railroad, to guard that
point.
Gen. Butler joined US at the Relay Sta
ton and got permission from the War De
partment to reopen communication through
Baltimore. The War Department would
not allow him to take the whole regiment
and leave the Relay Station unguarded, SO
he took the 1st Battalion and Minis bat
terry and 100 sappers and miners. 1had
the honor of being one of them.
Gen. Butler made a very shrewd move
there. AS the telegraph wires were all cut
and the enemy was anxious to learn our
movements, to mislead them he had an
engine attacileu 10 DOtn efluS OF tue lIdiIl
and started toward Harper's Ferry. The
enemy, watching our movements, sent mes
sengers on their fastest horses to notify
their friends of our coming. When they
were well on their way Butler had the train
stopped and had it run back into Baltimore,
where we expected trouble, but were happily
disappointed. as we were very well received
After establishing communication with
the North we returned to the Relay Station
and served out our three months enlist
ment, and We're relieved by the 4th Wis.
We returned to Massachusetts,, were mus
tered out and re-enlisted as three years
men; served in the Department of the Gulf
under Maj-Gen. Butler.-CHARLES w.
KICKER, Austin, Tex.
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When the 10 days armistice had ex-
pired we marched out on the Charlottes-
vile road and camped close to Johnston's 8
army. The next morning, April 26,
Johnston surrendered. That ended our
fighting.
PEACE ONCE MORE.
After that we went on to Richmond and
to Washington. l went by boat from
Richmond to Alexandria, The army
came in on the 10th, and we lay there until
the 23d, when we marched north and camp
ed near Washington. We participated in
the Grand Review just as we had come out
of the swampS, for we had not had the
chance to draw new uniforms. We had dis
pensed with knapsackS long before. We
Just rolled our blankets up in our ponchoS,
tied the ends together, and swung them
over our shoulders, and gun, cartridge
box and haverSack completed our equip
ment We We're Sunburned, brown and
dirty, a hard-looking set no doubt But
we had not forgotten how TO march properly,
with that long, swinging stride that had
taken us over so many miles, although
we had not drilled for a year or more. 1t
has been said that that step down Penn
sylvania Avenue OF the armies of the United
States shook the Nations.
The boys enjoyed themselves hugely in
the city after they were rested. l remem-
ber one evening the boys caught sight of
u
crowded around his buggy, and forced it to
stop near the camp, calling all the time for
a speech from the General. So he made
us q rattling good one, and such cheering
was never heard before nor has been since
in that neighborhood.
The mastering out soon began Of all
except the veterans. On June we march
ed down to the depot, to take the cars for
home. At every station great crowds
would be gathered to see the soldiers.
Some were merry, others sad. AT Indian
apolis we were given banquet at the Sol
diers' Home. We marched to the State
House, and turned over our guns and ac-
couterments.
Gov. Morton and Gen. Hovey welcomed
us home. Morton said among other things:
Boys, you have been good soldiers;
now prove to the world that you can make
good citizens. The fight is not over yet;
you have whipped them on the battlefield;
now you must whip them at the ballot
box"
After we were discharged and paid off
John A. and j. L. Crowell and left the
rest at Evansville and boarded a packet
for Weston, KY, arriving there on June
Is. We marched out home, 10 miles. OF
the 81 recruits who left Mount Vernon,
Ind, in August, 1862, 13 returned at the
close of the war.
The 25th Ind. was organized at Evans
vile, Ind, and mustered into the service
for three years, Aug. 10, 1861. It's career
was varied and creditable. Col. James
Il. Veatch was the first Colonel, being
promoted Brigadier-General on April %.
Lieut. Col. w. II. Morgan was made Colonel.
The veterans of the regiment were mus
tered out of service July II, 1865, at Louis
vile, KY, with 26 officers and 460 enlisted
men. it was engaged in Is battles and
skirmishes, losing in the aggregate rs
killed, 255 wounded, four missing, and il
captured. It marched 5000 miles, went by
rail $50 miles, on transports 2,430. 1t
] 046 at first, and received as
recruits in all $50 men.
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THE CAMDEN EXPEDITION.
Some Interesting Details from an 18th Iowa
Youngster.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l was
much interested in the story of the Cam
den Expedition, told by comrade in the
issue of Dec. 2S last. Twas one OF the boys
who marched and fought from first to last
in that campaign, n member of Co. B. 18th
Iowa, Thayer's Brigade. The battle the
comrade speaks Of was fought on stream
called the Little Missouri. Gen. Shelby $
Cavalry attacked the 29th Iowa, guarding
the train, and would have captured it if
it had not been for the 50th Ind, who
soon showed Gen. Shelby that game he
could not play.
The comrade speaks of the Prairie D.
Anne fight. Our regiment was on the
first line-of-battle, the Goth Iowa being on
the sklrmiSh-1ine. We wern among the
first to reach the enemy s Notifications, but
found them, as the comrade stated, evacu-
ated. Then Steele moved on toward Cam
den. We camped that night close to Mos
cow. The next morning We lay in camp
till about 10 o'clock, that is, our brigade,
while the balance of the army was moving
toward Camden. We were all lying
with our. guns stacked; All at once
Shelby tried his old trick OF attempting
to capture our train. AS our rations were
getting short, and / guess his were too,
Col. Edwards yelled, "Fall in line," and
we were quick to obey the order, and
double-quick back 10 an open field south
of the road, and drove him back to
MOSCOW. lnere We IOugHC tlll almost sun
down. Then we marched all night to
catch up with Steele. This is what was
called the battle Of Moscow.
When we reached Camden we rested q
few days, and on April II, about o'clock
in the evening, our regiment was ordered
out Is miles west of Camden to reinforce
the colored regiment tt at had gone out
with the forage-train. We marched all
night, fighting as we went.
We found the train at Poison Springs
about o'clock next morning. The enemy
was surrounding us, and her was as hard
a battle fought for the time as any of the
war We were completely surrounded
Between and o'clock the enemy ad-
vanced on the front of our train. The
first colorci regiment guarded the front and
and our regiment the rear. The colored
regiment fought till half its men We're killed,
wounded or taken prisoners, and they were
driven back to our line, and the enemy came
right on yelling. We checked them by a
terrific volley. Here this fight ragged till
II or II o'clock. Capt Duncan was in
command of the regiment, and he ordered
us to cut our way out, and out We went.
So they got our train at last.
This, suppose, will be called the second
fight at Poison Springs, according to the
comrades statement We reached Camden
about 4 o'clock next morning. In this
battle 400 fought 5000. Both sides lost
heavily, our loss in killed and wounded ard
taken prisoners being 10O.-E. TILLOTSON,
Co. B, 18th Iowa. Van Vert, Iowa.
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money back which completely changed
his opinion OF Shcrman'S men.
We camped right there that night, and
about 10 o'clock heard tremendous series
of explosions in the rebel camp, lasting
about 30 minutes. Ammunition, of course.
On the 5th we still lay at the old mans
farm. We marched into North Carolina
ON the Sth. We reached Fayetteville on
the 18th, and next day came to the Cape
Fear River, driving the rebels back again.
An advance crossed over, and on the 18th
the army crossed and formed in position,
expecting fight. which it did not get.
On March 20 our corps was ordered to
reinforce the Fifteenth, as Johnston had
gotten over in the way Of it, and was max
ing stubborn stand. We went % miles
that day, and next morning, after going
two miles, formed battle-line, and were
soon "in it." Our regiment lost two killed,
II wounded and two missing.
A LITTLE RASHNESs. .-
We camped on the battlefield that night.
Three or four others and myself went
ahead Of the army that night to the forks
of the road, and slept in an old cabin close
to the road. Just before day we were
awakened by troops passing. We had
barred the door, and as it was only log
cabin we were in we felt comparatively
safe. Pretty soon there came hammering
at the door. Get out" cried voice in
answer to our cautious inquiry as to what
was wanted. "'rhe army is moving"
We peeped through the cracks and could
discern the butternut costumes of the
passing men. We lay still and let them
pass. We were glad TO be able to join the
regiment afterwards, ] tell you.
On the 22d We marched to Bentonville
The rebels had all gone. We crossed the
Neuse River, and went through Goldsboro,
where we found the Twenty third Corps,
which had come in there on the DIST from
Newbern.
We stayed there until April 9. Then
we received information of Lees surrender
There was great rejoicing, Of course. On
April 10 we began moving again, and on the
14th arrived at Raleigh. The rebels still
continued to retire as we approached, seem
ingly not desirous of fighting. Numbers
would drop out. and when we came up
would surrender, saying they were whipped
and that it was no use to fight any more.
Soon Johnston asked for a few days to
consider the terms of surrender offered.
On the 18th We received the news of Lin
coins death. II was a great blow to the
boys, who got much excited over 1t, too.
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crossed the river, leaving their tents, and
we took the town and camped. Twenty
five pieces of artillery were captured, with
1000 stand of small-arms and other sup
plies. OF course, the rebels had not known
what small force was charging them.
rebels had set fire to the bridge, and it
burned down.
GEN. HOWARD SURPRISED.
Gen. Howard and staff came in the
advance of the army. When he rode up
he was surprised to see us bluecoatS, and
wanted to know to what command we be-
longed. "To Sherman's BummerS," was the
reply, and we told him we had run the rebels
across the river. The word "Cheraw'
came to be great word with the army
after that. and we We're looked upon as
having done a good piece OF work.
A pontoon bridge was laid and our regi-
ment crossed and we drove the .jChnnieS
some distance until we came TO a planta-
ton, where we waited for the rest of the
army.
While we were waiting some of the boys,
discovering another grave, although it did
not look like one, uncovered bedsteads,
kitchen utensils and furniture and took
them all into the house, telling the old
man who owned them that he had better
keep them there, as they were in danger
of being broken out there.
The old man stood around watching us,
and exclaimed:
"Well, well, l was fooled one time. They
told me that Sherman's army was destroy
ing everything they could lay hands on,
so l hid them out there. That's why
| buried the things"
So one of the boys said:
"Old man, where did you bury your
money!"
He was rather slow to answer. The
Lieutenant with the crowd said:
"Why, it's out there at the root Of that
tree"
become pretty good guessers on things like
that. Sure enough, the money was there
considerable "Confedrit" and but few
greenbacks. But the old fellow got his
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we "eHL
tearing up tracks where it was thought
advisable. and finally came in sight of
Columbia, S. c. We could see the reb-
els, but they did not seem about to show
fight By Feb. II a pontoon bridge
was across the Saluda, and at 10 o'clock
over with the regimental colors, and planted
their flag on the State House. When it
came our turn to march down we could see
smoke from several buildings. We went
through the town. The rebels had set
fire to the depot and other buildings near
by. We were told that they had lot of
supplies stored there which they could
not carry with them.
BURNING OF COLUMBIA.
The fire started by the rebels kept spread
ing, and finally that night there was the
largest confiagratiOn / ever saw. ] saw
women and children running up and down
the streets, who had lost their all. Next
| morning the arsenal was blown up by some
of our boys, there being a large quantity
OF atomunition stored there, which we
could not carry with us. | remember that
we took North with us a family of loyalists
who had sheltered many Of our men who
| had been prisoners, and this fact of their
Kindness had been reported North, and il
was decided that they should go with us
to Gods country" Eighteen miles be-
yond Lynch River we found Johnston
waiting On March 3 the army got close
TO the Johnnies, who kept falling back
| towards Cheraw, on the Great Peedee,
the terminus Of the railroad from Charles
ton. The Confederates had thought Sher-
man was aiming for Charleston, so they
had run everything out on this road to
Cheraw. Consequently when we turned
on Cheraw they could not get their supplies
away.
Now, Sherman's Bummers were men
selected from the different regiments,
mounted, and sent out on the fanks of the
army to gather provisions. Sometimes
they would get ahead of the army, and this
was the case as We came to Cheraw. was
with one force When we came in sight of
the Confederates their tents were still up
We raised yell and charged. They
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.

Norton Schermerhorn, Aberdeen, S. D.,
writes of wading Bull Run at Bristow
Station, Aug. 2S, 1862, and of some OF the
comrades being taken with chills and
cramps and being left on the field, joining
their commands at night. On the 2Sth
they participated in the second Bull Run,
and on the 31st fell back to Chantilly,
fighting there Sept. 1 during hard rain.
On the night of Sept. 1 he and others We're
left in front, and were taken with chllls
and cramps again, and in the morning
were taken prisoners and sent to Gaines
vile, then to Leesburg, and Point of Rocks,
but later to Columbus, o. A Sergeant
of the 3Sth n. Y. was in command of the
men, 1000 in number, some of the officers
being afraid of going to Richmond, he
says, and denying their identity. The
Sergeant carried a cane, and had to hire
a bus to go to Columbus.
G.. j. Sheehan, South West, Mo-, wants
to know of any Government land unsettled
that may be taken up by citizens.
Henry Morrison, West Brighton, n. Y,
says that during the attack by the Goth
N. Y. on Longstreets forces stationed
on the high ground across the Nansemond
River, May l, 1868, he came back from
the front in a storm of bullets to the South
Quay Battery" to have the direction of the
artillery fire changed from where several
of the Union men were mortaily wounded.
He reached the fort in safety, and when
inside got up on the first gun-carriage
and pointed out to Col. ID. w. Wardrop
the direction wherein our men lay, and
asked to have the artillery fire changed,
which was done. The comrade wants to
hear from some one who recalls this in
cidcnt.
C. E. Crammer, Co. A, 9th Iowa Cav.
Portis, Kan, wants to know if there are
any of the boys living who remember the
famous pigeon roost Just west of Browns
ville Ark, during the Fall of '64, while the
regiment was in camp at the latter place.
They would fly over the camp morning and
evening; after the soldiers learned where
they roasted they would go out and kill
them by the sackful. Dock Raborn, a
noted bushwhacker, used to lay for the
men, and some of them lost their lives while
after material for pigeon pies.
G.. w. Rodgers. Co. c, AID Ind, Santee,
Mo-, protests against the statement in
Letters from the Field" that the fighting
at Lookout Mountain was not above the
clouds. The oath of November was cloudy
and rainy. The clouds were very low.
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MORE ABOUT SHILOH.
Conrad, Fink Does Not Think One Regiment
Saved Grants Army.

EDITOR NATIONAL. TRIBUNE: In the
issue of Nov 80, 1899, appears a we'll
written article on Shiloh, by 2. E. Johnson,
36th Ind In my opinion. the comrade
assumes too much when he says: Il now
assert without successful contradiction that
but for the 36th. Ind. coming in as they did
at the time on the left at Grants army on
April 6, the rebels who had been ordered to
the river would have got here; they would
have killed or captured the bulk of Grants
army, crossed the Tennessee River, met
Buell's army and defeated it, and at least
taken all the country from there to, and in
Guiding, Nashville"
The comrade of the 36th Ind does not
stop to think that there were other troops
mot less than $4,000 as good men as ever
fought in any battle in the world, in line at
that time, and they helped repulse the last
charge by the rebels before dark Sunday
evening. The comrade saw only stragglers
at the landing. l admit that there were
about 5000 of them and that Grant had lost
10, 600 by capture and killed and wounded
during the day. Grant would still have
over 15, 900 out of the $4,000 he had at the
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The fighting at this point was very light
compared to what ii had been earlier III the
day, but on our right it was more severe
According to history and official reports We
fought the same Confederate troops that We
of Stuart's brigade fought earlier in the
day-Chalmers' Mississippi Brigade,
Jackson's Alabama Brigade, and Cages
Battery. l believe it was not Buell's army
nor the gunboats that saved Grants army,
Sunday evening, from defeat and capture,
and in my opinion the 36th Ind. alone did
not do it; they did like the rest of us, helped
do it. 1t was bulldog fighting by the men
of Grants army that saved us, and nothing
else.
Our Indiana friend says they fought
about an hour in this place, and did not
lose single man killed or wounded. Com
rades who fought at Shiloh, what do you
think of saving Grants army by single
regiment and not losing q man? Thoes
rebels at Shiloh We're good fighters, and
aimed to kill as many OF us as We did OF
them.
The rebs did not get us Sunday evening
We slept on our arms in line where we quit
fighting at dark, in a ralnstorm: Rein
fOrcements by Buell. kept coming all night
Gen. Lew Wallace came in on our right with
6,000 well-drilled troops, who got at it early
Monday morning.
Buell's men opened the ball on the left
Stuart's Brigade, to which we belonged, was
next to the right to join our old division
.(Sherman's) and were again under fire till
the rebs left the field and fled for Corinth
The battle on Monday was light compared
with that of Sunday, and we had TO sleep in
another big rain Monday night:
The official report of the War Department
gives the losses in the 55tR Ill. as follows:
Killed, 81; wounded, 1877; missing, 25.
Total, 273. We went i'll the battle with less
than 600. Most of the missing were badly
wounded, and died i'll rebel hands Few
of them returned.
There were other regiments that lost
about the same percentage in killed and
wounded. The 9th Ill. lost more men
killed and wounded than any other or
ganiZation in the Union army.-JACOB
FINK: First Lieutenant, Co. ID, 55th H.,
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beginning of the battle.
Now l make the assertion,
and hope without contra
diction, that those men
under Grant who fought
the whole Confederate
army at Shiloh all day
Sunday, April 6, 1862,
would and could have re-
pulsed the last charge be
fore dark. without the aid
of Buell's army or any
other help.
AS / stated in a previous
article, my regiment, the
55th ILL.,, was in Col. ID.
Stuart's Brigade, of Sher-
mans Division, but de-
tached, and formed the eX-
treme left of the Union
army. After several hours
of hard fighting we fell
back and We're placed in
position by Gen. Hurlbut
on the left of his division,
and so became the extreme
left again. After the cap
ture of so many OF Prem
tiss's men the rebels ad-
vanced and appeared in
our front.
At this time Gen. Am
mems Brigade, Of Nelson's
Division, Buell's army,
came to our assistance and
formed on the left of Stu
arts Brigade; 54th Ohio
on the left, 55th Ill. next,
71st Ohio on the right,
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so miles to Join our army. which we could
have done by going two miles il the
Johnnies had behaved themselves at
Ream's Station. About three months
after we got back our regiment, with Gen.
Gregg's Cavalry. made dash through the
lines at Ream's Station, and while there
l looked over our old battle-ground. Our
dead had not been buried: their clothing
had been taken; their flesh had vanished
WARREN w. IRISH, Co. B, 10th n. Y.
Cav West Falls N Y
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KNOXVILLE. PA Dec II.

KNOXVILLE, PA, Dec. II, 1899.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The
Dewey watch is received and / am very
much pleased with it. So far 40 days. it
has kept good time. j. II. SABINE.
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hard. It wasn't a cof-
fin either, but another
box Of bacon. So YOU
see the charge was
true that Sherman's
men did rob graves;
that is, graves of this
kind.
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COMPLAINING
XTIfh the
C0ZE ESZERM ARMX
By JOHN D. MARTIN, 18th Ind.
SAVANNAH EVACUATED.

vessels could venture up. Wehad hardtack
served to us at Midway Church, sent by
Sherman from these supplies.
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Hoods Sarsaparilla is the best friend the blood
ever had; clcauses it of everything
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SUITE COG D, I67 DEAnponN ST., CHICAGO, ILL.
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CURES BY INHALATION.

Air Is the only agent fine enough TO carry
any medical influence into the small air cells
and homes of the living germs, that will ettec.
tual1y destroy the cause of these diseases. 1t
was the agent that carried the disease the.e,
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When the 10 days armistice had ex-
pired we marched out on the Charlottes-
vile road and camped close to Johnston's
army The next morning, April 26,
Johnston surrendered. That ended our
fighting.
The colored American., 1900-10-06


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