The National tribune., 1903-06-25

Mitchelrs Division: marched OF. and tooi
possession of Bowling Green ana Nash
vile. Then made the raid on huntsville,
Ala.
"The Andrews Raiders were of our com
mand | saw Andrews quite often. After
many forward and backward movements,
we finally marched over the. mountains TO
Chattanooga. Then Bragg went ahead of
rs and marched on Louisville. and we
after him. Nothing to subsist on; forceo
marches-from Chattanooga to Louis ,ilie:
ambulanccs illed: impressed vehicles fill
ed. 4 large per cent. was sent to the hos
pitals and the balance went Oh to fight
the battle of Perryville. Our regiment
was small. Captain in command; the
loss very heavy, as compared to numbers
the Color Bearer with all the ColGr
Guards killed: the Flag shot to fragments.
Gen. John NJ. Palmer presented us with
a new Flag. Perryville was our first and
severest battle. After Perryville the bat
ties came in quicker succession-Stone
River. Chickamauga. Lookout Mountain,
Mission Ridge, Resaca and kenesaw
Mountain. Shortly after the battle of
Kenesaw Mountain the regiment was sent
to Chicago for muster-out."
Comrade II. C. Hill. Clarksburg. Tenn.
winner, reports as follows: Born in Ten
nessee, 1879. Enlisted August, 1862. in
Co. j., 7th Tenn. Cav: mustered out June.
1865. at Camp Chase, Ohio. / was cap
tured March 1864, and was in Anderson
vile and other rebel prisons until May,
1865. My regiment lost 1913 by death in
rebel prisons. Ny p isol experience was
the closest call | had for my life. En-
gag5mcnt in battles and skirmishes was
dangerous while they lasted; penned up in
rebel prisons was dangerous all the time"
Comrade C. Penn, Neigh, Neb, winner.
reports as follows: Born in Maryland,
1872. Early in life. with my father,
moved to Eastern Ohio, where we fol-
lowed the blacksmith trade. My father
and | shod horses that Travelled from
Mary and to Oregon. / served three years
and thee or four months in Co. G, I'd w.
Va. Cav. My father and my brother-in-
law. John Detwiller. sarve1 in the 10th
Ohio. John was killed at Piedmont. One
Of the closest calls had was while scout
ing with Amcs Mckee, of Co. Il. and Al
bert Leonard. of my company. We rode
into an ambuscade. Mckee and Leonard
We're killed. My horse and | slid over the
bank of the mountain road and amidst a
shower of bullets got away. My time was
out in September, 1864, but / served until
late in November. Never in a hospital,
and never had furlough. Just counted
one all the time in the ranks"
Comrade Henry c. Thompson, Salem.
| Ind. winner. reports as follows: Born
81 years ago in Washington County, Ind,
and have lived here all my life except four
years out West and three years in the
| army. ! was in the 10th Ind. Mt'd Inf.
| Co. Il. My regiment was in 81 battles and
skirmishes; all through the siege of Vicks-
burg and all through the Red River cam
paign from start to finish. l was taken pris-
| oner in that campaign up Red River, and
| want to say that that was my hardest
service / was - months in Camp Ford.
| Texas, a prisoner. \ year ago l fell from
a wagon and broke my hip joint, which
makes me n cripple for life. L have been
a subscriber TO The National Tribune fpr Is
or 90 years. 1 am Commander of Samuel
! Reid Pest. 81, Department OF Indiana,
| Salem, Ind
Fred Shoutz phil,iosburg. Pa. winner
reports as follows: Born i'll 1874. Clerk
by occupation. and Il son Of veteran by in
heritancc. Ny IA her, David Shoutz
served three years in 9TH Pa. Re erves
also in the Regular Army. He was an old
subscriber of The Nat 'onal Tribune. After
he died. in 1885. ! thought so much Of the
paper that l have taken it ever since"
Comrade Harrison Hays, Ballard,
Wash. winner, reports as follows: Born
in Fayette County Ohio 1888. Lived and
worked on Il farm up to the time | went
into the army. EnliStcd Nov. .. 81, IN
Co. ii, 9th Mo. Served in Southeast
and Southwest Missouri until Spring of
1863, under Gen. Davidson; was then
| transferred to West Tennessee and Ken.
tucky, under command of Gen. A. J.
Smith. in February, 1864, Gen. Sher-
man took us from Nicksburg to Meridian
thence on to Red River, where we Joined
Gen Banks and went on the Red River
| Expedition. Returning to Vicksburg, we
, went on up to Memphis. where under
Gen. Smith, we engaged Gen. Forrest al
Tupelo, Miss. Then returned to Memphis
and went on expedition against Gen
Price in Missouri, when my three years
service ended. Had my hardest fight al
Pleasant Hill. La. Ny regiment had 2SC
engaged, in which we lost so men killed
and wounded: the Second Brigade, Third
Division. Sixteenth Corps, under com
mand of Col. Shaw, lost fully one-third
of its number. We first engaged bat
TALON Of rebel cavalry under Gen. Tay.
lor, and demolished them completely; then
engaged the infantry. 1t was one of the
hardest-fought battles Of the war in that
section Of the country. was also en-
gagged in n short, hard fight at Kane
River. My brigade, under Col. Shaw
covered the retreat of Gen. Banks's army
and we were constantly under fire, unit
we reached Alexandria, at which place
We had numerous hard skirmishes. an