The National tribune., 1902-03-06

Nv. They participated in the operations
against both Fort Henry and Fort Donel-
! son. Later they went to Pittsburg Land
| ing, being among the first troops to reach
the landing. At that time the regiments
were in Gen. Hurlbut'S Division. Later
the 18th and 2Ith ky. We're consolidated
and sent TO Nelson's Division of Buell
army.
RATTLE or CoLIIERvGLLE.
John W EInme. Co. &, 'j';rh Ind, Bou!
der. Col. writes: a comraie of the 18th
u. s. in an August issue Of the National
Tribune. writing Of the battle of Collier
Vile. Tenn. claimed all the credit for his
regiment. The 6tith Ind. or rather six
companies of tho regiment-C. ID, f., +,
q and I-wcre ut Colicrville. and had
been fighting at least an hour, when
the train bearing Gen. sherman and his
old rt gimcnt. acting as body guard, came
in The c0mradc also stated that his Cap
tain met the fla" Of truce sent by the reb-
els This is a mistake. Col. ID. G. An
thOny. 6tith Ind. met the Confederate Of
ticer bearing the flag of truce. who de-
maTdcd the unconditional surrender of the
fort and garrison at collcrvillc. At the
time Col. Anthony was not aware of the
near approach of Sherman and the 18th
L. s.. but he sent a reply 10 Gen. thal-
mcrs that he would have To fight for Col
Iierville if he secured if. The rebels at
once opened on the fort with eight pieces
Of artillery. We had no cannon. The
fight lasted until :; o'clock. The six com
panieS of the 6Gth Ind. had present for
duty about 240 men. The 18th L. :. had
present about the same number. OF the
4S0 men present we lost in killed, wound
ed and prisoners 100 men. The rebel loss
was estimated at from 90 10 80"
TIFF INDIAN TERRITORY.
Comrade K. VI. ]. Shriver, Past De
partment Commander of the Indian Ter
ritory. G. y. r., who served three years
and eight months in Co. \. 18th Ohio, is
now living at Miami. Ind. Ter. He writes
very enthusiastically of the city and eli
mate. Miami is a town of 1000 inhabi-
tantS, located 10 miles sOuth of the Kan
sas line and IL miles west of the Mis-
souri, line. on the east baRk Of NcOsho
River. surrounded by a productive ana
beautiful prairie country, with timber
along the streams. The city has an
$1,000 school building that accommodates
100 school children. and nine church
buildings, Belonging to different demonina-
ti0nS. Nearly all Of the fraternal organ
iZatiOns are represented there. among
which is Il Post of the q. y. X. The
town is also supplied with an electric
light plant and telephone. exchange, also
one Of the finest artesian wells in quality
and quantity of water that can he found
anywhere. The main line of the st.
l.. x S. F. K. X. from Kansas City
to the South and Southwest Iuns through
the town, supplying good mail and passpn-
ger service. The United Suites statutes
forbid the introduction or sale OF intox-
icating liquors. Miami is the only town
in the Indian Territory wherc title to real
property can be secrred.
A GERMAN VETERAN.
+. y. Wagner, Wanensburg. Mo-,
writes: Il was born near the old castle
Of Tim. in a beautiful valley in the Swa-
bian Alps. Wurtemberg. Germany, and
landed in Midwinter in the city of New
York. 1t was my misfortune to settle in
a German community, and therefore I did
not learn the English language until |
was sitting around the campiires in Ken
tucky. When the war broke ont | enlist
ed in the famous 9th H., and was sworn
III at Springfield. ILL.,. April n, 1861, as
private i'll Co. +. | served as a private
three months: at Paducah / was made a
Corporal, and rs such | served eight
months: after the battle Of Shiloh ! was
advanced TO Sergeant-Major, and served
as such until Atlanta fell: at Rome. Ga,
received commission as Captain,
signed by Gov. Yates, of Illinois, and
marched with Sherman to the sea, and
was ut the Grand Review ut Washing
ton, May 24, 1860. | was wounded at
Fort Doneison: at Corinth ! was shot
through the left thigh and the right arm,
and on the march to the sea | received
shot III the left arm. After the war | re-
turned to Germany, but | could not for
get my comrades with whom / fought and
marched for four years, and | really got
hOmesick and returned TO this country to
l1nfil I shall h.. laiJ in b. To- t,I
| love"
a CAMPFIRE CHAT.
Chas. II. Cowdin, Co. |, 34th Ohio.
Rockford, Mich, writes: 81 noticed in n
recent issue Of The National Tribune a
letter from Peter il. Williams ana as |
infer he is a reader of The National Tri
bune, this is a little campfire chat with
him. Suppose YOU read about Berwick
Jones, that spy: He is in a hard row
Of Stumps, amt he? Wonder if he is go
ing TO get out. He makes me think of
Jim Hcdgers. You know what stories
Jim used to tell Of being with Jenkins; so
the boys used to call him Jenkins How
about that pleasure trip we took from
Beverly TO Richmond and Libby Prison?
We started from Beverly the morning Of
Jan. il, 1865, and marched over North
Mountain. Cheat Mountain and a spur of
the Alleghanles, arriving at Staunt0n Jan
20, where we took train without our haY-
ing TO bother about tickets or getting our
baggage checked, and awoke the morning
of Jan. u, 1865, in Richmond, where we
were taken i'll out of the wet until the
morning of Feb. -, 1865, when 1000 of
Uncle Sans boys We're happy, being sent
from Richmond to Gods country and
was one of them"
OBJECTS TO ADMISSION OF CoNFED-
ERATES.
Comrade l.. Il. ThompsOn, Co. +, 26th
ILL.,, Homer, ILL.,, writes that he has no
malice against Confederates, and has Of
ten assisted those who were in need; STILL
the object of National Homes being TO
encourage patriotism and provide for
those needy veterans who in the dark
days of 81 to 60 upheld the flag, he can
not see how the Government can consist
emily admit eX-Confederates. Comrade
Thompson was in % hard fought battles.
CoLoRED TROOPS At TUPELo.
NJ. II. McCullen, Co. @, SD Ind, Ben
ham, Ind, writing of the battle of Tu-
pelO, Miss, says: 'The darkies were
surely there; they We're attacked by the
Johnnies about II o'clock at night; the
moon was shining brightly, and l dis |
tinctly remember that our regiment was
formed in line and -quicked to the
extreme left to support the cOlOrcd troops |
When we reached the scene the fight was |
over. The cOlored troops had held their |
ground and did not need our assistance |
CONFEDERATE HOMES.
Comrade NJ. =. Murdoch, Sd and 18th |
Iowa, Marston, ILL.,, writes that he holds |