The National tribune., 1903-08-13

From wartime picture.
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commanded by Gen. Hancock. March p,
1862. we disembarked at Fortress Mon
roe. April we drove in the rebel pick
cts near Warwick c. II. From April II
May 4 we were in siege ut Yorktown. Left
Yorktown May 4: overlook the rebels at
Williamsburg. where we had Il hard-fought
battle Our next battle was GarnettS
Hill. June 90: next. GodenS Farm. June
81: Savage Station. June %; Malvern Hill
July ]. The regiment waS engaged at
White Oak Swamp. June 80. Tut had got
lost the night before hunting water. and
with SerS't J. ID. W. Henderson and Pat
Donahue wandered around nearly all day
hunting for our regiment. About / p. IN.
we were with about 1000 more water
hunters) put in front in support Of artil-
Terry. where the rebels made three ineffect-
i've charges on our line. Their loss was
fearful. They came up in three columns.
division front. Our batteries We're sup
ported by three l'noS of infantry. My next
battle was Antietam. Sept. II. 1862; next
Fredericksburg. then Fredericksburg sec
Ond. Gettysburg. RappahannOck Station.
Locust Grove. Mine Run and the battles
of the Wilderness. Next battles We're Cold
Harbor. Weldon Railroad and storming
the works at Petersburg: next battle. Say
lOr's Creek. April 6. 1860, where / was
taken prisoner and held for three hours.
i got my freedom by Gen. Ewell surren-
dering his corps. Mustered out at Har-
risburG. Pa, July 16 1865. Came home
and went to work at my trade as plas-
terer.'
Comrade Andrew Meaker. Hawleyton.
n. Y, reports: Il was with Co. X. S9th
N. Y. and served from the Fall of 1851
until after the battle of Fredericksburg.
Was with Burnsides expedition to Roam
oke Island. and through the various battles
back to Fredericksburg. l can't just say
which was the most dangerous places |
was in. / love The National Tribune so
well l can hardly wait from one week to
the next for it."
Comrade Samuel Brooke Adrian. Mimi.
reports as follows: Born on farm in
Crawford County. Pa. 1870 In 1853 my
father E,c~ed to Southern Indiana. and
soon engaged III The steam sawmill bust
ness In November. 1861. | left the mill
and enlisted in Co. II. 49th Ind. Dec IL.
1861. the regiment crossed the river at
Louisville, and marched CT to Southeastern
Kentucky. arriving at Cumberland Ford
on Feb. -. 1862. Was with Gen. George
MOrgan's forces that captured Cumberland
Gap IN June 1862 where we remained
till the following September when we
WIZ VI
and Kirby Smiths raid into Kentucky.
We made a hasty retreat TO Greenups-
burg. on the Ohio River The privatlonS
and lrardships endured on this long forced
march were many and severe. After max
ing a short campaign mp the Kanawha
Valley the regiment returned to the Ohio
River. and on Nov. IL. 1862. shipped for
Memphis. Tenn. Was with Shcrman's ex-
petition against Eicksburg or Chickasaw
RlnTS i'm tho latfar par ~ Of narpmlar
1862. where our regiment suffered great
er loss than it did in any other engagement
during the war. Later with Sherman at
capture of Arkansas Post. With Gen.
Grant in his campaign in rear of Vicks-
burg. our regiment taking n lively part in
the battles of Thomson Hill ard Cham
pion Hill. and in the charge NJ Black River
Bridge; then on to Nicksburg. and after
the failure of our charge there on 22d of
May. orr regiment was sent back to Black
River Bridge TO guard the rear. After
the fall of NlckSburg we were hurried
off with Sherman after J. +. Johnston, who
halted in the Notifications at Jackson and
gave us several days hard fighting. After
we returned to Vicksburg, l was given a
30 days fnrlough. The river was low.
and about half my 80 days were consumed
in travel. When | returned l found the
regiment ut New Orleans. Sept. II, 1863
we crossed the Mississippi River. and took
ears at Algiers for Brashear City, on Der.
vic Bay. Then made a march up in the
Opelousas country, and arrived back at
New Orleans on Nov. %, 1863. Boarded
the steamship Blackstone. and was taken
out to the mouth of the Mississippi River
and around on the Gulf and dumped off
On Matagorda Peninsula Texas Spent the
Winter in Texas. April. 1864. shipped
back to New Orleans. and from there up
Red River as far as Alexandria, where we
had some lively skirmisifng. June % ar
rived back ut New Orleans and went into
camp on the old Jackson battle ground be
low the city. July 2 moved camp mp TO
Algiers. La. Nov. 3, 1864. ordered aboard
the steamship Thomas A. Scott for New
York City. Nov. 10. 1864, arrived at New
York, and on Nov. %, 1864, the 49th was
discharged at Indianapolis. Ind, just three
years and eight days from the time | en-
listed. In 1872 came West to MOBILES
County, MINI, in which county / still re
side, and took Government land and went
through the hardships of frontier life. w,
stayed by our land and improved it, ant
now find ourselves living in a fine, well
improved country. i am drawing n pen
sion of SO per month. ] have no fault
to find with my treatment by tn" Pension
Department"
Comrade C. F. Waldron, Welaka, Fla.
reports as follows: Born at Cleveland
Ohio 1871. Enlisted October. 1861. in Co
+, Doth Ohio. Sent into West Virginia
January, go; in the campsign under Gen
Lander, near Paw Paw; thence to Mar
finsburg and to Winchester and In thu
Shenandoah Valley under Gen. Shields
missed battle OF Winchester. being detail
ed that a. m. on wagon guard. Taken sicl
near Edinboro latter part Of May. witt
typhoid fever and thus missed the Por
Republic campaign. Was in Banks's IA
nous retreat down the Valley. Took {
relapse, sick four or five weeks again, ant
Eejoined the regiment at Alexandria, Va
Early in July We were on the move toward