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A Pathetic Incident of the Atlanta Campaign

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: While
looking over diary kept by Serg't Ais
paugh, who died at Rock Rapids, Iowa,
Sept. 10, 1889, the following entry caught
my attention:
"Near Atlanta, Ga, Aug. II, 1864.
''Today Major of the 18th Mich. Inf.
met rebel Major between the lines of
skirmishers, and delivered to the rebel
Major letter and picture"
Perhaps some of the survivors of
Baird's Division of the Fourteenth Corps
will remember this occurrence, which was
jotted down in his pocket diary by Com
rade Allspaugh, who was on the skirmish
line that day. A year or two after the
writer had secured a copy of the diary,
which, think, was in 1888, was reading
peppers Personal Recollections of Sher-
mans Campaigns" and found the follow
ing concerning that incident of the Atlanta
campaign. The Federal officer was Maj.
FitzGibbOn, of the 18th Mich. The Con-
federate was Maj. Arthur Shaaf. The let
ter was written by Maj. FitzGibbon and
addressed to Miss Emma J. Kennon, Ok
ford, Ga, the lady whose picture was sent
into the rebel lines amid such strange sur
roundings on that August day in 1864.
With the letter and picture were the per-
sonal effects of Lieut.. Ross, of the 66th
Ga. Inf, G. S. A, who had fallen NOR
tally wounded and been left within our
lines q few days before.
Miss Kennon was to be the wife OF
Lieut.. Ross, who, prior to his death, had
requested that the picture of his betrOthed,
with his personal effects, be sent through
the lines, accompanied by letter to Miss
K, giving an account of his Deaths. A.
Mcneil, 31st Ohio, Redwood, Ohio.
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Securing a Commission.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: l have
been much entertained in reading Capt.
Beecham's account of his tribulations in
securing a commission. l have no doubt
but he gives it correctly (perhaps cOlOred
a little), for the amount of red tape used
in those times was something fearful, and
the dignity that encircled some Of the
officers was appalling. My observation
and experience was that it did not strike
as high as Colonel very often, but it
hit below the Colonel quite freely, and
the lower the grade the worse they had it.
The place where it ran riot was among
the lower grade of staff officers.
Capt. Beecham's experience, by itself,
would give wrong impression of the
way commissions were obtained; mine
was the other extreme. In the Winter
Of 1854 l was Sergeant in the Both Wis.
After the battle of Nashville we were Or
dered to Louisville for provost duty. 1
had no thought of getting commission or
Of applying for one. l quote from my
diary my experience:
During the last of my stay at Louis
vile l was quite under the weather. Re-
ported to the doctor on Feb. %, for the
second time during my term of service-a
little more than two and half years.
Did not go to the hospital.
FEB. 26.-Today have felt little bet
ter. This evening l received Second
Lieutenants commission from the Gov
ernor of Wisconsin, in Co. G, 50th Wis
On March l received my discharge pa
pers and the next day received my fnal
statement and pay and started for Madi-
son.
That was all the fuss there was about
mine.-R S. ANDREWS, Second Lieuten-
ant, 50th Wis, 364 Lincoln Avenue, Chi
cago, Ill.
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prison pen as I ever saw a lady, except
at the Jail in Columbia, where one buck
ster lady came almost every day to our
Jail door and under the eye and by the
permission of the guard, sold us the bread
of mortal life. This lady, though old,
wrinkled and poorly clad, was one of the
most beautiful women that ever saw,
for Handsome is that handsome does"
These other ladies who stood upon the
platform and listened to the music and the
singing, were younger and more fashion
ably attired, but there was nothing espec
tally attractive about their appearance.
Another pleasant feature of the Asylum
prison was the fact that the prisoners
from Camp Sorghum, who were greatly
in the majority, all treated the officers of
the. Fourth Division of the Ninth Corps
as equals and as comrades. While in the
Jail we were made to feel somewhat lone
some, there being only about 4 dozen of
us, but after We removed to the Asylum
Prison we were with the majority, or
rather the majority were with us, and
our brother officers of the white divisions
of the Ninth Corps, soon learning that
conditions had changed, dropped their old
arrogant and cOntemptOus ways toward u.s.
and from that time on, while we remained
in captivity, the term ''nigger officer" was
applied to us no more and disappeared
from the prison vocabulary.
DELIVERING THE MAIL.
Delivering the mail occasioned more
keen excitement than any other event
within the Asylum Prison. There being
more than a thousand of us, all of whom
had friends in Gods country who wrote
us many letters, some of which we re-
ceived, our mail at times was large, and
required not little time to deliver. This
was accomplished by the Adjutant of the
prison reading the names of the recipients
from the veranda of the prison hospital,
around which hundreds of prisoners con-
gregated anxious, as we all were, to get
word from home. When mans name
was read he shouted Here" and the let
ter was passed from hand to hand until
it reached him. Our letters came I'M
sealed, so that the Confederate authori-
ties could examine them, and they were
the brightest oasis of our desert of cap
tivity.
CTo be continued)
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United States, but we of the line remained
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United States, but we of the line remained
in the Confederacy.
Where a man is under the pay of one
Government, and is being boarded and
clothed by another, while at the same time
his father-in-law is providing for his wife,
one might think that, as a business prop
osition, he had struck snap. While that
was the exact situation of many of us.
we did not seem to appreciate our good
luck. l presume very lew men in this
world know when they are well off.
Within a few days after we became set
tied in our comfortable quarters in Column
bia, we organized lyceam, or lice-see-em
q am not sure of the correct photography,
which society every prisoner there, with
out single exception, joined, and every
day we submitted very important ques-
ton to a discussion of the Committee of the
Whole-the most interested if not the most
interesting of any society to which l ever
had the distinguished honor of belonging.
The gentlemen who had previously &C.
cupied our rooms did not leave them in
very attractive condition, but we soon put
them in apple-pie order, so to speak, by
making them as clean and cozy as it was
possible under the circumstances. There
was, however, one discomfort connected
with our quarters that gave US much an
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Adventures Of an Iron
eABri6ade Nan ~,
COPYRIGHTED 1902 BY THE PUBLISHERS
By CAPT. R. K. BEEcHAM, I'd Wis.

ing with negro soldiers, could not be hui
inflated in that way, but it almost broke
the hearts of very many of the officers of
the white divisions, majority of whom.
l honestly believe, would have been glad
to see the officers of the Fourth Division
hanged or shot, if thereby they could have
been relieved from the terrible humiliation
of marching through Petersburg with
negro soldiers. This episode seemed to in
spire a deep-seated hatred and prejudice
in the hearts of the officers of the white
divisions, against the officers of the colOred
divisions, and for a long time after many
of them hardly treated us decently. OF
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Missouri in the War.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: How
many regiments did Missouri furnish the
Union army during the rebellion, including
State Militia? Can the Militia Join the
G. A. RIA. NJ. WHITE, Starks, Neb.
II. Including the Militia, Missouri fur
nished 30 regiments and 20 companies of
cavalry, six batteries of light artillery, one
regiment Of engineers, and 63 regiments
and 20 companies of infantry, making a
total of 81 regiments, six batteries ami
46 companies. 2. Any member of the
Militia can join the g. A. r., if he served
at any time under the command of n
United States Officer.-Editor National
Tribune.l
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KIDNEY TROUBLE, LAME
BACK AND RHEUMATISM
CURED BY SWAMP-R0oT.
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Sent Free by
CURED BY SWAMP.ROOT.

much worse. / felt certain that the coast
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came to the conclusion that / could not live
in this climate Later / became convinced
that what i really had kidney trouble.
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Among the many famous cures of
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Eighteenth Corps, but its companies were
distributed to number of posts along the
seacoast, and it does not seem to have
been assigned to any division or brigade
Editor National Tribune.
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Tacoma. Wash, Nov. Goth. 1901.
DIR. kILMER & CO, Bighamton, ". Y:
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18th N. Y. Fl. A.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: To what
brigade, division, and corps did the 18th
N. Y. FL. A. belong?-A SUBSCRIBER,
Cleveland, Ohio.
1.-THE 18th N. Y. III. A. belonged to the
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alive at the time he escapsd- managed
to find something in theIsiiape of food for
this cOmrade, which he ate with relish
probably there is no other relish in the
world equal to hunger. (bfd this comrade
Looked mighty thin and hlgreat need. He
was still there under guard when l re-
turned to my cell. butt never saw him
again. and have never, been able to learn
whether he lived to ree,fth North, which
is doubtful.
Sometime during the oAeltumn the gen.
eral officers prison of the Confederacy,
which had been located at Charleston. was
removed to Columbia, and located across
the Congaree River at u'fplace designated
by the prisoners there eb1lfined as "Camp
Sorghum" Learning, orr believing, that
my old Captain, Nat Rollins, who was
captured at Gettysburg. Was among those
prisoners, l wrote him there, and after
a time received a reply. BON Dec. u, a
new camp having been established, we
were turned ont of our comfortable quar-
tiers in Columbia Jail, while all the prison.
ers from Camp Sorghum were removed to
our side of the river, and together Occu-
pied this new camp, but my old Captain
was not among them, as his time of SER
vice had expired, he had succeeded in get
ting out on q special exchange.
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SCATTERING,

Comrade Jacob Fisher, 139 w. Adams
street, Rochester, Pa, has medal found
at Fair Oaks, Va, bearing the following
inscription: wv. S. Merritt, Co. D. 10th
N. Y. S. V. Georgetown" The owner
or relatives can get the same from Com
rade Fisher.
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An Unkind Cut.
Boston Transcript.)

81 wish / had lots of money"
"If one could get what he wished for,
think l should wish for common sense;
not for money"
Naturally everybody wishes for what
he hasn't got.''
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ZL2nHEL
7o1 E. ST, South.

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FOUND HIS BROTHER.

Sometime ago Geo. w. Kennedy, of
Rice's Battery. McIntosh's Battalion.
Army of Northern Virginia, now living in
Newmarket, Va, had a communication in
The National Tribune in relation to his
care of dying Union soldier after the bat
tie of Charlottesville. The publication
brought a very kindly letter from the
brother of the dead boy, who thanked Mr..
Kennedy very heartily for his attention.
and the much that he did to comfort the
dying moments of his brother. Such things
make life worth living.
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
A VERY YOUNG SOLDIER.

Comrade E. Fl. Dodge, of Hinton, W.
Va, is among the young survivors of the
civil war. COmrade Dodge sends the fol-
lowing sketch of his life:'
II was born ON the 10th day Of April
1919, and at the time the war broke out
was living in Adrian, Mich. When the
call was made for 5000 volunteers for
the three months service, l was connected
with the adrian Cadets" as a musician.
This company was enrolled on or about
the 18th day of April, 1861, in the list
Mich, and was mustered into the United
States service on the LIST day of May. This
command proceeded direct to Washington
and participated in the capture of Alex
andria, Va, and afterward the battle of
Manassas, or Bull Run. Being considered
too young for service, was mustered out
and sent back home, but found on my
arrival, recruiting going on in almost ev-
cry quarter. Again enlisted in Co. 3, 47th
Ohio, for three years or during the war.
This regiment was almost constantly in the
field in West Virginia and the Army of
the Tennessee. My enrolment in this regi-
ment dates from the 10Th day of June,
1861, and 1 was mustered out on the Goth
day of August, 1864. l again enlisted on
the 18th day of September, 1864, in the 4th
Mich, recognized for three years or dur
ing the war and was finally mustered out
on the Goth day of May, 1866, making a
period of five years. service in the volun-
teer army and retiring from the same at
the age of II years. In view of the fact
that several parties are laying claim to
this distinction, l place my record before
you and challenge any soldier of the civil
war to produce its equal; viz, enlistment at
the age of IL years; five years continuous
service in the volunteer army; three bona
fide discharges from the U. S. Government,
and service constantly in the field, and at
the present time SO years of age. By re-
ferring to the records on file in the War
every regiment with which l
was associated will be found second to
none in valor and efficiency, and all par
ticipated in some of the most serious en-
po pements of the war"
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THE PETERSBURG EXPRESS.

VIM. G. Hansell, 51st Pa, Camden, n.
j., writes: "The Petersburg Express re-
ferred to by Comrade John G. Ladd,
think. was the 10 or 13-inch mortar placed
on the track of the City Point Railroad at
City Point, and brought up to the deep
cut at the bend just outside of Petersburg.
OH or about June %, 1864. The gun was
there a few days only. 1t was removed
because the track was injured by the fir-
ing of the heavy charges. 1 would like
to know who manned the gun and to what
regiment they belonged. The shells from
this mortar passed over my regiment, the
51st Pa, as we lay in front of the Mine
or Crater, which position we occupied
from June IS to Aug. 10, 1864. We do
not want to know anything about the guns
brought to the front after July, 1864. We
all know there was large number
brought in during July and early August"
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Low RATES ON RAILROADS.

R. B. Hayes Post, No. 20, Beatysville,
w. Va, has unanimously resolved that the
railroads are not treating the comrades
right in the way of excursion rates, and
that unless special arrangements can be
made for the next Encampment, that each
Department should only send its delegates,
and the rest of the veterans remain at
home.
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VIM hdu tuheu pIeCdutiou " sew WIFI
in the lining of his clothes a goodly num-
Der of greenbacks. He also secreted and
saved his watch when captured, which
later he sold for Confederate scrip. This
comrade loaned me money, and during our
stay in asylum CamppAwe managed to
buy about double the ] amount of pro-
visions furnished us by the COnfederacy,
with all of which we managed to get two
very moderate meals a. dry.
Our water supply came from the Asy-
lnm, and was conducted through the par
tition wall by wOodeH spout running
into four wooden troughs, two of which
we used for drinking afia the others for
washing purposes. Tlielwater was pure,
and We always had aniabundance of it.
CHANDLER's STRING BAND.
|. One pleasant feature OF this camp was
"Chandler's String Bandt' consisting of
four pieces-three strilged instruments
and one flute. These boys gave us, free of
all charge, some of the best, if not the
very best, music that ever enlivened the
ears of the weary. "Sherman's March to
the Sea" was written by a, comrade while
we were in that prison. made copy
OF the song at the time on Confederate
homespun paper, which was the best we
could obtain there. The paper is dated
Asylum Prison, Columbia, South Caro-
lima, Jan. Is, 1865" and 1 still retain
the copy.
One member Of the band set the song
to music, and it was sung by him for the
first time in that prison. The fame of this
band was nOised abroad in Columbia,
especially "Sherman's March to the Sea-
and several times number of ladies came
and stood upon platform on the prison
wall and listened to the music of the band
and the singing of that song. Thus were
these l0diaS . within tba,rn
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WILLS PROBATED
One Disposes Of a s55, 900
Estate, and the Other Of
One Valued at
$4,000

The will of Bernard McKensey, of No.
322 Hudson Boulevard, Town of Union,
which disposes of an estate valued at
nearly $4,000, has been admitted to
probate by Surrogate Lillis. The estate
Is divided share and share alike between
the widow of the testater julia Ann
McKensey, who is named as executrix,
and the children, Arthur A. Mekensey.
Katherine r. McKensey, Ella L. Nc
Kensey and Julia G. Alderman, OF No.
322 Hudson Boulevard, and Margaret
I. Burke, of No. 4OS Cleveland place.
The will of Pauline Beck of No. 255
Bergenline avenue, Town of Union, has
also been admitted to probate. The es-
tate is valued at $4,000, of which all is
realty except $1,000. To Sophia Lutz,
wife of Conrad Lutz the testatrix leaves
all of her jewelry. To Albert Beck, a
son, is left outright the saloon business
at No 255 Bergenline avenue, but he is
to pay d rental of $50 month to the es-
tate for ten years. During that time
the executrix is to pay to each of the
children $50 month providing the i'll
come will warrant it. At the end of the
ten years the property will be sold and
The proceeds distributed equally between
the three children, Mrs Lutz, Albert
Beck and William Beck, share and share
alike
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EPW0RTH LEAGuE.pLANs.
Social and Literary Entertainments
VIII Soon Be Held.

Friday evening of this week the Ep-
worth League of ST. Paurs NJ. e.
Church, Third street, will hold a social
and literary meeting. This is open to
everyone
The Epworth League held an election
of officers short time ago. The follow
ing were ed:-The pastor, the Rev.
W>H. Ruth, President; Mrs. Chamber
lain. First Vice President; Miss Kate
LaBaw, Second Vice President; Miss
Annie LaBaw, Third Vice President;
Mr.. w. Fl. Ruth. Jr., Secretary; Mr..
George M. Ruth. Treasurer.
The Sunday School Board decided last
Sunday to observe rally day, the second
Sunday in October. Beginning with that
day the church will hold meetings every
evening for ten days. Out of town min
listers will preach every evening.
The Mercy and Help Department of
the Epworth League, under the leader
ship of Mrs. Chamberlain. will give a
peach social Friday evening of next
week, September 26. A literary pro-
gramme will be given.