The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-02-04

Now. that beats all marching records, as
the barn was 40 miles from Charlottesville.
He strangely omits TO mention the Incl
dent of the flag. The rebels set up the
18th Ohi0's flag i'm one corner of the barn.
Comrade Harvey Fisk. of the eth Ind.
drew the flag up into the loft of the barn,
ripped ii from the staff. and secretcd il
in the lining of his coat. He wore il to
prison. whence he escaped. and when Inc
returned to the army he delivered the fiae
to the 29th Ohio.
After we became prisoners we marched
much of the time i'm the rain. with moth
ing of consequence to eat until the even
ing of the third day. and then we were Civ
Ell some bread, but no meat. Comrade Hair.
speaks OF dinner so kindly served on long
tables by the women of Charlottesville
generous in quantity and excellent in
quality. They simply passed around few
cold biscuits, of which | believe | was Sc
fortunate as To receive two. l never hear,
of cOmrade who was so lucky as Hart
who was aroused from slumber in the old
barn. 1T midnight. and invited to a feast
of bread and meat. and, later, at Char
lottesyille was RECALLED by the ladies with
chicken and turkey: pastry and wine. If
had enjoyed that feast l would not have
been so hungry when | arrived at Lynch
burg, nor SO weak that / could scarcely
stand alone. Lucky Hart
GARfNG FOX GRAVES.
Comrade w. II. Rochelle. 9th n j
and ID y. ]. Cav. Sparta, y. j.. writes
that recently he succeeded in securing TIVE
headstones for graves of comrades inferred
in Sparta Township; SO that now every
veterans grave in that Township is
marked by Il stone or n monument. Com.
rade Rochelle has procured 20 of theSe
hcadstOnes and caused their erection. liz
says that there are four cemeteries I'm thu
Township. and adds that in the Presbyte
rian Cemetery two veterans lie i'm paupcl
ground: that the Freellolders have been
asked and have promised to have then,
removed to the Soldiers Plot. and that
if they neglect it further he will have il
done by subscription.
BIG CHARGE BY yIRcINIANs.
J. c. True. Of Oatville. Kan, sends this
for Picket Shots: Il have read with in
terest your comments on Virginia W
North Carolina, G. S. A. It's over the
dead line, but | always have feelings par
tial to an old dog that's game. Allow
me to tender the waste basket this camp
fire Pickering. Once, it is said, at Cor
federate Reunion, in a group of happy
comrades, a North Carolinan was modest
ly relating what little he had seen i'm the
war; AT the close of his reminiscence
a Virginia reb broke in with: L tell yeI
boys, say what yO'v a-mind tub, thah was
10 troops like the Virginians foh a
cha-a-rge! No, sab! Tell you what l saw
myself once. A most terrific fiah WAS
opened on one Of ouah batteries in an ey-
posed position, and tn enemy made des
pate cla-a-rge f0h the guns; regiment
OF North CahOlinians wah advanced Il
the rescue-but undeh that whitening fall
they laid down. Ouah regiment OF Eir
ginians wah ordered forward! and passin
through and ovah their PROSTATE ranks
H. IL. Il
the guns. oh, thah was 10 men like tho
Virginians on a cha-a-arge! The Tar
heel slowly shifted his cud Of tobacco
spat on the ground while the Virginian
was getting his second wind, took up the
talk thus: Boys, that's so! Nobody
can compah with them Virgmians when
it's a charge! No sab. Tell you what
boys, mebbe you won't believe it. but I've
seed it myself-Ive seed them EirginianS
cha-a-rge! Yes, sch, I've seed 'en,
cha-a-rge pore sick sojah 80 cents foil
a glass ov buttermilk.'
SOUND PENSION SENSE.
s. NJ. Swearinger. Battery d, W
Va, Chester, w. Va, writes: Il am in
favor of straight $12 month pension foI
all Union soldiers who served 80 days
or more; the same to their widows, mar
ried whenever! l have to wait till l an
62 for the $12 a month. must wait
five years after February. 1904. Now, il
filled the bill for Uncle Sam and Tough,
for him in 1862, why not pay me thf
same as though had been p or 80 years
old when | did the work! Give it alike
to all who wore the blue and fought fo,
the flag! l got $12 under Commissioner
Raum; Hoke Smith thought that was
more than Union soldier is worth and
cut it to So. Commissioner Evans thought
had enough, and Commissioner Ware
l,ne. ,yv,yn II mi
that if vote of the veterans was taken
80 per cent. would vote for S12 straight
THE 9TH MASS.
Benz. A. Spear, Co. I, 1st Mass, and
Co. X, 9th Mass. writes that he led his
company in the charge at the mine il
front Of Petersburg, July 10, 1864, and
recalls that in his regiment, commanded
By Gen. William +. Bartlett, the one
legged hero. there were Sl2 killed and
wounded inside of six months. Gen. Bart
lett was afterwards Military Governor OF
Virginia in Reconstruction times.
MANNED SOLDIERS LEAGUE.
w. A. Pardee, Allegan, Mich. makes
an appeal for the officers of the United
States Manned Soldiers League who have
done such good and effective work at nc
little cost of time and money to them
selves.
THE BATTLE OF THE FOG.
Jas. w. Kissinger, jJth Pa. East Liv
erpOo. Ohio. wants some one TO give Tho
date of the Battle of the Fog. He say:
there were two foggy mornings. the 16tl
of May, 1864, at Drewry's Bluff. and til,
18th of June. in front of Petersburg. HI
thinks the 18th of May was the heavier
fog.
WANTS TO HEAR FROM HIM.
w. p. Guynes. Captain, 1st Ind Co.
U. S. Vols. Pollock, La, would like t.
hear from the guard caught alseep Oh tn,
banks of the Mississippi River ut FOr1
Ripley, Mimi, in the Spring of 1865
He would also be pleased 10 hear of the
the whereabouts of his light cavalry sabel
left in the sitting room of the depot al
Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 20, 1866.
THE SONG BY COL. GEDDEs.
Jas. D. Coddington. Topeka. Kan.
writes: 'SGnle Of the Sth Iowa boys ma.
be able to tell me where l can secure &
copy of words and music of n song called
Answer to the Bonnie Blue Flag. II
was composed by Col. J. J.. Geddes. Stl
Iowa, while we were in prison at Mali