The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-04-24

He last met him at a grand ball at the
North Side Turner Hall. July 16. 1861.
This ball was given in honor of Co. Il, list
Ill. Dragons, later Co. c, 10th Ill. Cav.
The command was Familiarity known as
Schaumbeck's Chicago Dragons.
DEATH OF GEN. POLK.
II. r. Prose, Co. H, 25th ILL.,, Fairport,
Kan, writes: Il do not know what bat
terry killed Gen. Polk, further than the
battery belonged to the Fourth Corps. |
was with my company, which was acting
as headquarters guard of the Fourth
Corps, which was camped just behind Il
small hill. AS l had nothing in particular
to do, | went to the top of hill to OBJ
serve the operations in our front. / no
ticed two-gun section on the top of the
hill. Gen. Sherman rode up and address,
ing the Sergeant of the battery, said: Do
you see that group of men on the top of
that hill! pointing in the direction of the
enemy'S line. Yes replied the Sergeant.
Can you hit it, L can try, SIR was the
reply. The General then instructed the
gunners regarding the length of the fuse,
and the piece was loaded. The General
got off his horse and looked over the sight.
That will do he said, and remounted,
then ordered the gunners to fire. We could
see the shell burst close to the group of
men. Ten minutes later news came that
Gen. Polk had been killed by a battery
of the Fourth Corps. The next day We
moved to the top of the mountain. where
the General had been killed, and prisoners
taken by our corps told me that the Gen
eral was standing with Johnston on his
right and Hood on his left; that the shell
struck Gen. Polk and bursted close behind
the group"
"oLD ABE"
L. T. Clark, Blue Island, ILL.,, answering
the request for history of "Old Abe"
says: "'Old Abe belonged to the Sth
Wis. He was captured on the bluffs Of
the upper Mississippi and was taken south
by the regiment when it started for the
front in 1861. The bird was at the battle
of Shiloh, siege of Cofinth, and accom-
panied the regiment on the Red River
expedition; was present at the siege
and capture of Vicksburg; it went
with Sherman's army of relief to Chat
tanoOga and was with the regiment
in the battle of Missionary Ridge; went to
the relief of Knoxville and was later in
the Atlanta campaign. After the fall
of Atlanta the regiment went with A.
j. Smith to drive Price from Missouri;
later the regiment was at Nashville, and
still later took prominent part i'll the
capture of Mobile. The eagle was with
the regiment during its four years and
six months of service, and was taken back
to Wisconsin. l do not remember when
the bird died, but / believe it was in
1870. His remains are on exhibition in
the State Historical room at Madison,
Wis. The above is the history of old
Abe as told to me by my brother-in-law,
who served in Co. X, Sth Wis"
THE 13TH IND
VIM. f. Chick, Corporal, Co. I, 35th Pa,
UniontOwn, Pa, writes: COmrade Milan
EmmOns, Sergeant, Co. G, 9th Ohio, is
mistaken about the formation of the First
Brigade, First Division, Twenty-fourth
Corps, at Fort Gregg, April 2, 1865. The
18th Ind. never belonged to the division;
it was in the Second Division, commanded
by Brighten. Adelbert Ames, and at the
time of the Fort Gregg affair was at or
Terry"
SHILOH
Henry Harrington, 10Th H., Benedict,
Neb., writing under date of April 6, says:
This is the 10th anniversary of the bat
tie of Shiloh. l was in the Sunday bat
tie. That evening we were relieved and
to our old camp for supper.
Buells command began to arrive that
night. Rain was falling in torrents, and
hundreds of dead and dying lay on the
battlefield. Monday morning we advanced
over the battlefield of the previous day,
which was dotted with soldiers of the blue
and the gray who had been killed in the
battle of Sunday. The rebels began to
fall back. Just about that time a musket
ball struck me in the leg, below the knee.
Benz. West, of Co. b, was wounded in
the arm. / was taken to the camp of the
18th Iowa, and the next Sunday was sent
on board a steamer to be taken to Cincin-
natl. | remained in the hospital at Gin
cinnati until / was able to go home. /
was discharged Aug. 8, 1862. Next Spring
re-enlisted in the old 18th and joined the
boys at Kenesaw Mountain, and went to
the sea with Sherman"
EIGHTEEN PAIRS OF BROTHERS.
John Chestnut, Co. X, 3Sth ILL.,, Winter
roud, ILL.,, writes that his company had IS
pairs of brothers in it; as follows: B. W.
and Joseph Harris, Matthew and Boss
Bridges, John and Joseph Allison, Tower
and Linn Bostic, Mike and Dave Bowers,
Avrey and Dave Hawkins, William and
Eliza Worthey, William and Oliver Babbs,
Jonathan and John J. TreXler, Neal and
Sam Scott, George and Mike Stockwell,
Avrey and Dave Hankins, William and
George Sutton, John W. and Lewis
Brooks, KOstOn and William Welch,
HenSe and Joseph Moulden, George and
Sidney KILLER, j. f. and L. D. McNeley.
VIEWS OF a HAWAIIAN CoMRADE.
w. l.. Eaton, Co. 1, 4th Mich. Cav,
1871 S. King street, Honolulu, II. l.,
writes: Il read in my bible, as my wife
calls The National Tribune, that the diff
ferent Posts are contending for the honor
of the youngest Commander. A. Z.
Straut, of Geo. w. De Long Post, 40, was
born in 1S49, and served in the navy"
Comrade Eaton strongly condemns the
to admit ex-Confederates to
Soldiers Homes. He believes in making
treason OdiOus and not in extenuating it.
SCATTERING.
Serg't W. III. Honneus, 9Th Mass. Light
Battery, Clear Creek, Tex, replying to Col
J. S. Belknap, S5th n. Y, says that SOL
diers living in the South would not con-
sent to the admission of Confederates to
the National Homes.
J. b. Wently, Co. 1, 18th Pa, Horse
shoe Bend, Idaho, writes that he will at
tend the National Encampment at Wash
ington this Fall. Comrade Wently was
here in 1892 He has been a subscriber
to The National Tribune since 1885, and
has all copies on file except those of
81, '9S and 80, when he was in the
mountains prospecting.
Lathrop A johnson, 1O5th Ohio, 1890
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