The National tribune., 1901-03-28
INHOSPITABLE KENTUCKIANS.
Col. Theo F. Allen Writes of Treatment at
Hands of 4th Ky. Cav. While Prisoner.


most interested in "Bugle Notes from
Dixie" contributed by George Dallas Mos
grove of the 4th Ky. Confederate Cav,
now running each week in your paper.
MOsgrove's historical sketch of the East
Tennessee Campaign, extending from Sep
tembcr, 1863, to April, 1864, is most vivid,
and brings back from distant corners of
memory many circumstances and events
almost forgotten.
This Winter campaign in the SwitZer-
land of America can most fifty be de-
scribed as the Valley Forge of the civil
war, and veterans of both Union and Con-
federate a. mics who went through the Sc
verify of that campaign can bear witness
to Mosgrove's fidelity of description of
those trying times.
The 18th Ohio Cav, to which / be-
longed, and the 4th Ky. Confederate Cav,
to which Mosgrove belonged, came togeth
er so often during the campaign that we
we'll knew the smell of each others pow
der, and became so well acquainted that
we could almost call each other by our
first names. AS AlOsgrOve has stated, |
had the misfortune to go down under the
fire of his regiment, and became a pris-
Oner in their hands. Even i'll those days
| knew something of the proverbial hos
pitality of Kentucky, but let me say that
on the occasion referred to, when i became
the guest of the 4th Ky. Cav, this hos
usual standard. They gave me mighty
little to eat, and although l was in com
pany with them for II hours, not ore of
them offered me q drink! Now, in those
days, II hours was mighty long time
between drinks. Appealing to the readers
of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE, | would ask
if anyone can blame me for attaching my
self to one of the Kentucky boys horses
and leaving their inhospitabe company,
even without stopping long enough to say
good bye?
observe also in one of his recent chap
tiers that Mosgrovc says that they were
looking for me at cambridge, Bean Sta
ton, MOrristown, Blain's Crossroads,
Strawberry Plains, Maysviile, Sevierville,
Tazewell and other places where we were
engaged. In reply / beg to say that /
was present on duty at each of the places
named, but they could scarcely expect to
take me prisoner every day, or even every
other day, when l had in mind all the
time the lack of Kentucky hospitality
when they did have me, and the fact that
during all those II hours not one of them
asked me to take drink. No, sir, there
were good and sufficient reasons why |
should skinny on my own side" and not
get over Oh to the other fellows side any
oftener than l could help.
Mosgove's mention of the scarcity of
food during that winter, and our fighting
each other for the possession of the little
mountain mills wherein to grind our small
portion of corn, brings the whole matter
back to me most wildly. The upshOt of
these scrimmages for possession OF these
mills usually resulted in the 4th Ky. Cav.
holding possession of these mills ON Mon
days, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and the
9TH Ohio Cav. took possession by force of
arms on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur-
days, while the unfortunate owners of the
He Ill
at which time the mill-race was exhausted
and the mill lay idle day to permit the
accumulation Of water.
Notwithstanding the extreme hardships
Of the East Tennessee campaign, / love
to linger over those times in my day
dreams, and l remember with warmest
affection all the 'boys" who rode with me
in those days, whether they wore the
''blue" or the gray"
It is over-the war and pain;
Life's Winter Is white on the sod;
Perchance l shall dream all the dear
dreams again,
Under the sunli ght, the rose and the
Under the daisies of God.
I regret exceedingly that Mosgrove's
regiment was not with Morgan on his
great raid across the States of Kentucky,
Indiana, and Ohio, as this experience
would have given Mosgrove the opportun-
ity to excel himself in the description of
this greatest raid on record. The historian
of this raid, writing from n Confederate
point of view, has not yet appeared, or
at least has not come under my observa-
ton. The Union cavalry in pursuit of
Morgan's men on this raid had an expert
ence Of n lifetime when we marched
through 600 miles of fried chicken. with
butternilk up TO our ridlereins!-THEO-
DoRE +. ALLEN, Captain, 7th Ohio Cav,
Brevet Colonel. U. S. Vols, Cincinnati, o.
Ex-senator Shoup.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: see in
the last issue of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
an account Of Senator Shoup, and it men,
tions that he was n First Lieutenant in
the I'd Colo, and that he was Colonel of
the Sd Colo. Cav. There must be some
mistake, for the reason that the I'd and
the I'd Colo. were consolidated at Van
Buren, Ark, and we were ordered to st.
Louis, Mo-, where we received our horses
and were made cavalry. After the con-
solidation there was no Sd Colo. of any
description, to my knowledge, and the
Colonel Of our regiment was James Ford.
| was member of Co. II of the original
%, and Of Co. G of the then new ID. /
know pretty much all the names of Off
GERS, but have no recollection of any
Shoup. In the year 1864 this consolida-
ton took place, and there were but two
regiments Of Colorado, and / would like to
know how Senator Shoup could have been
a Colonel Of the Sd Reg't when there was
no such regiment.
If L am IN error, please inform me. and
oblige your longtime ubscriber-E'RAN-
CTS COOPER, Anamosa, Iowa.
IOur correspondent is in error. There
was a Sd Colo. Cav, organized at Den
yer, Sept. 81, 1864, to serve 100 days. 1t
was mustered out Dec. 81, 1864, by reason
of expiration of term of service. Geo L.
Shoup was Colonel of this regiment The
Volunteer Register shows him TO have been
First Lieutenant OF the LIST Colo. Cav. up
till Sept. 20, 1S64.-EDITOR NATIONAL
TRIBUNE.l
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Commanding Oficers.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Will you
allow poor private to say few words
in your valuable paper? I wish to cor
rect Comrade Holman in his account of
the battle of Shiloh in your issue of Feb
Z, wherein he gives Col. Woods credit
for commanding the 14th Iowa and Col.
Shaw the Sth Iowa.
Now, | don't know who was Colonel of
the 9Th hut | In knnw that w m Shaw