The National tribune., 1901-08-29

in his diary is followed by The end.
He was killed at Fredericksburg, Dec. Ia
1862, which would seem to indicate tina
he had a premonition of approaching
death.
Mr. Henderson's postofIice address wa
Walton. Delaware Co, n. Y. He en-
listed at Susquehanna, Pa, in Co. X, ct!
Rcg't, Pa. Res. Corps, and remained Wit
that organization until his death. III
parents now live in OtegO, n. y. Hi
mother, Mrs. Darius Henderson, who ha
reached the age of So years, in her lette
transmitting copy of the diary, says:
Il have selected only a little from thu
journal, and that which | thought NIGH
interest your readers most. l am old ant
may have made some blunders in writ
ing, which l have done with an aching
heart, but now at IS years of age L eN
pect soon to see him again. We have
never yet learned where he was buried
whether by our own men or by rebels
The battle was on Saturday, 18th, and
lost one.
ON Sabbath our men went out with q
flag of truce, which was rejected, and on
Monday they went again, and were given
one-half hour TO bury or remove their
dead, which they did, taking them within
our lineS~and laying them down by the
bank of the river, as it was dark, and
expecting to bury them in the morning,
but were ordered to cross the river in the
nlgnt, DONG so IN haste.
This his officers wrote us, and also
that a company was detailed to return
and bury them. Another, Jacob Bona
witt, wrote that if buried it was by reb-
els. \ friend living in that region for a
short time once told that all the Union
soldiers were carefully removed and
placed in the cemetery at Fredericksburg.
I have dreamed of crawling on my knees,
and when / found the mound where l
thought he lay, of digging with my hands
to find our dear boy. o! the gift made
to our country was a precious one to us
our only son. The dear boy wrote in one
of his letters: / am here, and willing to
stay, and give my life, if necessary, to
help crush this rebellion
July /, 1So2-McCalls Division was
in the thickest of the several days fight
ing near Richmond. Gen. Mccall was
wounded and taken prisoner; Gen. Rey-
nolds was taken prisoner also.
Gen. Meade was wounded, but will be
able to take command in a short time.
Gen. Seymour's horse was shot from I'M
der him, but the General escaped without
scratch. He is a perfect tiger to fight,
and is the only General now left of the
Reserves. We numbered 10000 when we
came here, but are now reduced to an eff
fective force of 1000. All the regiments
suffered severely in the weeks fight.
What has become of the army of 49,
coo that Mcclellan had under his com
mand? Not one man over $4,000 is fit
for duty today If there has not been
some mismanagement in McClellan's plans
or the War Department, then l am much
mistaken.
THE FOURTH IN CAMP.
This is the Fourth, and cannon which
have been roaring necessarily since 1G
o'clock by way Of salutes, make the
ground fairly shake. Col. Sinclair is act
ing Brigadier-General. We are about two
miles from James River, en- Theron
Greek. Bridges have been built across
the swamp, so that in case of a move
the several divisions can be moving at the
same time.
1t has been very pleasant since we came
here, though very warm. There are sew
eral regiments of Regulars here who have
to drill every day, and sometimes they
drop down in the ranks from heat Many
of the boys are sick from drinking swamp
water. Gen. Porter will not let them
drink water from the wells.
July 11-From 10 TO 10 sick in our reg
iment, the list has run up to 200 in four
or FIVE days.
Mcclellan yesterday, but | was unable to
be out. We moved our camp this morn
ing about one mile toward the river,
and are now encamped in a large wheat
field. We had a hard time TO find water.
have gone a half and three-quarters Of
a mile great many times to get a can
teen Of water before we dug wells. We
had to dig about 20 feet to find water.
Each regiment has from two to four
wells.
July 11-Yesterday our rations ran out
and we have not had anything to eat in
80 hours. We have TO drill four hours each
day and have dress parade. 1t is one year
TT4n n - CIR I H.
a fellow puff to drill these hot days. Re
veIile at , o'clock, sick call at Z, police
call at Z, guard mounting at $50, drill
At 3, and dinner call at u, drill at 2 D.
H., recall at 4, dress parade at 6. re-
treat at I, roll call or tattoo at 8, and
tapers extingdished at $50.
July 10 have been writing all the
time l could get this morning. We are
having another hungry time. From yes
terday noon till tonight we have had moth
ing TO eat but bareback and coffee with
out any sugar, but quinine mixed in it.
July "a am on the sick list, unable TO
do duty. Dorsey and Wood have made
their appearance, and it is supposed by
that We shall soon get our pay.
July 2G-This morning went on guard.
and was excused as Orderly for the
Colonel for having the best gun and fix
inss and keeping them looking nice.
An ARTILLERY DUEL.
Aug. Last night we were startled
from our sleep at about u o'clock by
heavy cannOnading across the river bv
Mr.. Secesh. who is getting pretty bold
OF late. About 800 shots were fired from
both sides. Shell and solid shot flew
around, but strange to say only four or
hVe from our division were hurt Today
is my regular turn for guard, but | am
excused until Monday next for having one
Of the best guns on inspection. | do not
have to drill or do any duty.
There Is considerable excitement in
camp today on account Of the firing last
night. Two hundred men have gone over
the river to cut the trees along the bank.
Aug. To-day IA from our company
went over the river on a fatigue pa
40 went from our regiment, and about 800
from the division, Capt. ShulI command
ing.
our business was to cut cypress timber
which INSTRUCTED the range. Five hun
dred negroes are at work throwing up
breastworks. Butterfeld's Brigade went
over today and captured some mules, COWS
and one yolk Of oxen. There has been
hiring at Malvern Hill
Aug. G-TOday it has been quite pleas
ant. Seine no of our regiment are on
picket and scout duty across the river. II
Is rumoreG that our forces captured l. 500
men and three batteries. Ii is expected
That we shall move every day. Two days'
rations are ordered in haversacks, and we
are 10 be ready to march at a minutes
notice. We get from 10 10 20 men out
on drill. the rest being on duty.
Aug. Quite a number of exchanged
prisoners arrived today. Col. Roberts and
Sc, other officers were among them.
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