The National tribune., 1902-04-17
MANY BROTHERS IN THIS COMPANY.

MANY BROTHERS IN THIS COMPANY.
S. q. Carer. Co. II. Seth H., Omro,
Wis., writes: Il have been reading Com
rade L. Hildebrand's article in The Ma
tional Tribune of March -, wherein he
tells of there being four pair of brothers
in his company. | can go him several pair
better. Co. II. 36th Ill, in which L had
the honor TO serve from 81 toss, CON
tained eight pair of brothers, all enhsting
in 1861. namely. Wallace and Oren Ben
son, Rober and Samuel Archibald, Horace
and Hovey Chittendcn, HanisOn and Cal
win Jones, Cornelius and Barent Van
Ness, John and Washington Floyd, Oscar
and Jerome Ford, Oren and Allen Pickett.
Wallace Benson was severely wounded
at Perryville, and Oren taken prisoner Mt
Chickamauga. Robert Archibald was
killed at Stone River. and Samuel taken
prisoner at Chickamauga. Horace Chit
tenden was severely wounded at Stone
River. Harrison Jones was killed at
Stone River, and Calvin shot through the
breast. Cornelius Van Ness was severely
wounded at Chickamauga, aud Barnet
died in front of Atlanta. Washington
Floyd was killed at Stone River. Oren
Pickett was killed at Pea Ridge. Ark. OF
the 16 brothers four were killed in battle,
four severely wounded and crippled for
life, one died in the service and two cap
tured and boarded at the Andersonville
Hotel. All were young men at time Of
enlisting, and were \ No. l soldiers.
ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC.
Comrade John NJ. Valleau, Co. c, 1O9th
Pa, 964 n 9th St. Philadelphia, Pa,
noticed in the issue of March % the claim
made by Comrade Il. B. Valentine, Co. h,
Bucktails, Duncannon, Pa, that w. y.
Holland, of that company, wrote the poem,
4 ba -
rade Valleau says that he finds in an old
book in his possession the poem All
Quiet Along the Potomac" with the fol-
lowing note: The piece, sometimes print
ed with the less characteristic title of
The Picket Guard has been claimed for
several authors, Northern and Southern.
1t appeared in the Southern Literary Mes
senger in February, 1865, as written by
Lamar Fontaine, private, Co. |, I'd Va.
Cav, while on picket on the bank of the
Potomac River i'll 1861. More recently 1t
has been claimed for another Southern
soldier named 'Thad Oliver but it is now
known to have been written by Mrs.
Ethel Lynn Tor Ethelinda) Beers, of New
York, and first published in 'Harper's
Weekly in 1861. The phrase. 'All Quiet
Along the Potomac was a familiar one
in the Fall of that year, and in the in
different announcement that was one day
added, A Picket Shot, the author found
the inspiration of her poem"
CLAIMS OF co. D. S0TH OHIO.
Serg't d. f. Fryer, Co. d, S0th Ohio,
New Comerstown, Ohio, writes that he
served in the above regiment from Decem-
Der, 1861, to August, 1860, and that the
company had the following brothers: d.
F. Prayer, J. L. Prayer, Andrew Hess,
Enoch Hess, David Keeler, Asbury
T. i.
G.. Wizard, l.. W. Wizard, John ID. Thomp-
son, VIM. II. Thompson, Allen Talbot,
Joseph Talbot, Daniel Hardsock, Henry
Hardsock, Jacob Hardsock, William
Moore, S. J. Moore, S. S. West, I. X.
West, Frank Guess, John Guess, j. X.
Guess, Andrew Phillips, Ezra Phillips,
Joseph Slater, Harvey Slater, Adam
Slater, David Beatty, James Beatty,
Philip Capper, Martin Capper, William
Drake, John Drake, Charles Newell,
Richard Newell, Peter Newell.
SIX BROTHERS IN ONE COMPANY.
E. f. Keller, Co. H, 9th Pa, Kres-
gerville, Pa, writes that three families
furnished 16 soldiers to the U. S. army.
There were six brothers in Co. II, 9th
Pa, as follows: Reuben Kunkle, killed,
Winchester; Lewis Kunkle, prisoner,
White House Landing; Nathan Kunkle,
WOuHueu, OccutIudl NIeeh, ' d-s JOtl Nuh-
kle, wounded, Cool Harbor; Peter kunkle,
Paul Kunkle. -Four Beer brothers enter
ed the Union service; Philip served in the
1st Pa. Bucktails; Peter in the 9th Pa;
Jacob in the 141th Pa; and Joel in the
176 Pa. Six Green brothers served in
Pennsylvania commands; Joseph, William
and Thomas in the 9th Pa, and Edwin,
Stephen and Harrison in the 11th Pa.
A YOUNG SOLDIER.
Comrade John C. Lyon, Arroyo Grande,
Cal, is among the youngest soldiers of the
civil war. He was born in Van Buren,
County, Iowa. May 4, 1919; enlisted Feb.
16, 1864, in Co. A, 1st Iowa Cav, and
within 80 days after enlistment was in
Arkansas fighting the Johnnies. He was
on the Red River expedition. He was
mounted orderly for Gen. r. NJ. Reynolds,
Acting InspectorGeneral at Memphis,
Tenn. He was in Gen. Geo. a. Clusters
escort on the march from Alexandria,
La, to Austin, Tex; was chosen as order
Iy for Gen. Custer, and served as such
until muster-out at Austin, Tex, Feb. 20,
&c. He has been member of the q.
4. r. for 80 years. and has served three
years as Commander of Col. Harper Post,
i26.
BUT ONE COMPANY So"
COmraue L. ii. MCDOnalQ, CdldlS, Me-,
writes as follows: "After all these
these years of peace and happiness that
we have spent together, comes the 1Ojth
Ohio with a rival Co. Q. Now, comrades,
want to protest. / want it distinctly IN
derstood that in all the regiments of the
North and West that made the fighting
strength of this Nation there was but
one Co. Q, and that belonged to the 2OOth
Ind. There was only one 'Si Klegg," F"
and one Shorty" one Pete" and. one
Sandy" one old white mule called Abed-
nego. These all belonged to Co. ., 200th
Ind"
HEROISM AT FORT GREGG.
David r. Bryan, Co. A, 54th Pa, 80
Market ST., JOhnstown, Pa, writes: Our
regiment took part in the assault on Fort
Gregg. Maj. Nathan Davis was killed as
he mounted the breastworks. Charles
Backley secured the flag that was over
the fort. We lost quite number in the
charge. Our fag-bearer was killed and
the flag fell inside the Confederate works.
One of our boys jumped down and picked
it up just as our boys came rushing into
the fort"
A SUGGESTION FOR THE ENCAMPMENT.
E. G. Mansfield, 9th Conn, West
Haven, Conn, writes: Would it not be q
picturesque feature in our parade at the
National Encampmcnt to have company
of infantry, one of cavalry, and battery,
uniformed and equipped as they were dur
ing the civil war? Think it over. Talk
it up. Perhaps the District of Columbia