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Heard Shields Rebuke Mcdowell.

EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In The
National Tribune Of June ., appears an
article on Port Republic. by +. NJ. Gun
bingham. Co. II. 1st Va. Cav: also. an
article. Feb. Is. by Comrade Stafford |
have read both articles with Il great dca
Of interest. Each is right in some things
hut COmrade Stafford is wrong as to Nc
Dowell being ut Port Republic. He shonld
have been there. no doubt. and l want to
say that Gen. Shields did call Mcdowell
a coward and Il traitor-both; but that
was at Front Royal. l remember very
distinctly the circumstance. This is how
it was: Gen. Shields had had fight with
Jackson. at or near Winchester; Shields
crossed the North and Shenandoah Rv-
ers at or near Front Royal, with the in
tcntiOn of heading Jackson off mt Port
Republic. The Second Division of FRS:
Corps was encamped on the hill between
the river and Front Royal. We were in
line at the time Shields rode up to Nc
DOwell, and asked him for help. | stood
in line, not 10 feet away. McDowell's re-
ply was: II have no orders from Washing
ton to CO." Then our Gen. Ord rode up
and asked Gen. Mcdowell to let him take
his division and go: Mcdowell made the
same answer he had before made to
Shields Then it was that Gen: Shields
called Mcdowell a coward and traitor.
with the variations on. Gen. Shields had
his arm i'm sling at the time, having been
wounded the day before. Gen. Ord sent
his resignation TO Washington, as | I'M
derStOod, refusing to serve under Nc
Dowell. If you remember, he was re-
lieved and sent to the West, and the See
ond Division. First Corps, lost a good Of
ficer. l remember how anxious we were
to go, as we had not smelled any powder
Later on we did not care so much My
opinion is. and has always been, had Nc
Dowell done his duty Jackson could not
have reached Lee on the Peninsula
KIRK BROWN, Co. G. Goth Pa.
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Who Were These?-Where Now7

EDITOR NATIONAL tribune: | wish to
ascertain the whereabouts of two soldiers
of Sheridans command operating in the
Valley in the latter part of 1864. soon after
his famous ride. They were in Clusters
Brigade, and became separated from their
command during an engagement near
Waynesboro. When the troops fell back
to North River, near Bridgewater, these
two young men, in trying TO get back to
their command were passing my home |
took them upon the wayside. treated them
kindly, and thought | would turn them
loose, but found it would be dangerous to
do so, and took them to the nearest
Provost Marshal--at Staunton. They
were sent to prison. ] would be glad in
deed to hear if they are now living. They
were intelligent and men of gentlemanly
bearing. and | have often wished l could
meet them again.-FRANK X. BELL
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The Right Wink;atistone River.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In The
National Tribune of May II. appears an
article on the battle of Stone River. writ
ten by Samuel Weldh. 51st Ohio. He says
that an hour before day they were called
TO arms. waiting for dayhreak and the
enemy; ard that if the right wing of the
Army of the Cumberland had been as Wig
liant as the left wing. it would have been
well for the army on that last morning ut
1862. 4 few words. now. as to the pre-
cautions the right wing took on the morn
ing of Dec. 81. 1862. AT 3 O'Clock that
morning the commanders were all astir
and vigilant. Capt. f. r. Edsall and
Lieut.. A. L. Baldwin. of Gen. Kinks staff.
visited the line Of 0utpOsts and found ev-
erything quiet in front. Gen. Kirk was
our brigade commander. At the same
hour Lieut.-Col. Jones. of the 3th Ind.
patroled the woods. 600 yards in front of
the p:ckets: but no indications of the
presence or purposes of the foe were dis
covered. AT ; o'clock the division was
quietly called to arms. and thus it awaited
daylight. At 800 in the morning-and
not 10 minutes after the dawn of day
they were on us. They moved in four
heavy columns. battalion front, four bat
talions deep. with strong reserve held
in mass. Capt. Edgarton's battery could
not ut first distinguish the enemy. but
threw few shells in the direction of their
fire. On they came. making for our bat
terry. and at the first killed and wounded
terry. and ut the first fire killed and wound
ed - horses. The enemy rushed to the
Edgarton guns: the boys fought them with
their swabs: Capt. Edgarton assisted in
loading ard discharsing one Of his pieces:
and here he was wounded and fell across
the trail of the picce-and in this position
lie was bayoneted in the breast and left
for dead.
If Comrade Samuel Welrh will read the
history of the right wing of the Army of
the Cumberland. and especially William
5. Dodge's History of the Second Brigade
Second Division. Twentieth Corps, he will
see we were Just as vigilant as was the
left wing. will give him the casualties
of my division. the Second. at the battle of
Stone River: Officers killed. g: officers
wounded. 81; non-commissioned officers
killed, %: non-commissioned officers
wounded. 1860: privates killed. 173: pri-
Yates wounded. 1872: total killed. go:
total wounded. 962: aggregate. 2O1 This
is taken from records now in my posses
>ion.--J. V. PowNALL, First Sergeant.
Co. +, ooh Ind. II. +. D., Fulton.
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First Battle Victim in Kentu Ky.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In Tho
National Triblne. May 20, tomrade
Forbes. co. \, 18th Ky, claims that the
first clash of arms in keEtucky was be
tween his regiment and a fore of rebe
cavalry. Oct. ~. 1861. and that the first
of his regiment. Comrade Forbes certainly
has forgotten that there was a battle
fought in the Kockcasilr Mountains. Oct
II. 1851, called the battle of Wild Cat
This battle was fought by the SD Ind. tC
Ky. and the 18th Ohio on the Union side
The rebels were comma nded by Gen. Iol
licOifer. and consisted of tive reg ments OF
infantry. three regiments of cavalry and
one battery Of artillery.
Early on the morning of Oct. u Iolli
Golfer made the attack on the Mon posi-
ton. with great determination. but he was
met by well-directrd fire from the Union
army. and after fighting for about two
hours was driven from the field with severe
loss. Loss on the Union side. two killed
Lewis &. McFarrrn. Go. ID. :}3d Ind, was
killed at the first fire on the skirm;sh line
VIM. No2lar. Co. l. :'3d Ind. was the se.-
ond man killed. These two were the only
IL of the 3%d. Ind. wounded. The battle
of Wild Cat was the first battle of the
Army of the Ohio. which afterward became
the Army of the Cumberland.
Strange there seem to be but few writer's
on the subject of the war in Kentucky who
know that there was such battle, and
Of its Importance. they asserting that the
first battle fought in Kentucky was Mill
Springs. The chief cred of the fight be-
longed to Col. COburn. of the 3'd Ind. The
18th Ohio did important service, and would
have fought gallantly had the lIoosiers not
whipped the rebels before the Buckeyes got
a fair show
Lewis q. McFarren, killed Oct 81. 1861
was the first Union soldier killed in bat
tie in Kentucky.-W. Ii. CONNER, co. X,
SD Ind.
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First Soldier Killed in Kentucky

Comrade ]. r. Roberts, Co. L, 1st XIV.
Cav, writes from Missouri: II see in
your paper of June % j. II. Mcbride
states that Lewis G. McFelren, Co. ID,
33d Ind, was killed at Wild Cat, KY,
Oct. q, 1861. l saw the soldier lying on
quicked. and fell in on the right of the
33d Ind. / will say that James Mari
man, of Capt. John Smiths company q
of LIST Ky. CavD was killed Sunday even
ing, Oct. 90. and Capt. Smith was wound
ed, by Zollicoffer's advance guard, near
Little Rockcastle River. hartman was a
schoolmate Of the writer. l saw the grave
few days after the body had been re-
moved and taken home by his relatives.
Frank Decker, Of Capt. Alexander's COM
pany CID, was killed in the fight Oct. 81.
1851"
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came early, and the fight was in the night.
SIX companies OF the 3D. Iowa, at the head
of the brigade, were diSmountcd, and Col.
Noble led them himself. Then came the
10th Mo-. held ready for charge, and the
4th Iowa in support. Two companies of
the 10th No. rode right into a fort and
were mistaken for rebels, but having no
support had to turn and come back The
I'd Iowa turned to the left and was ordered
to charge in the thick woods. The 4th
Iowa was ordered to 20 in. to take no
prisoners, but go for the bridge So. on
we went. over logs. stumps and bitches
a, ID, and Il found n battery and had a
handto-hand fight with them: but they
got the guns; and by good luck &. +, i.
H. hit the road to the bridge and were
mistaken by the enemy for their own men.
and they were not fired upon. They got
onto the bridse-a double-width wooden
structure. battened with cotton, all sat
nr,ted with turpentine. There was hand
tO-hand fight for the battery at the bridge.
and we lost good many men from the
18th Iowa; but we got the guns and all the
men who were not killed-as most of them
were. On our side Jones, Of l.. was the
last man killed. Heacock. of r. was
killed. Private w. Scott of f, unorscd
the rebel commander.
The bridge was saved from fire and
captured and Columbus was ours. The
Sd battalion Of the Ith Iowa charged
through the bridge and into the streets.
driving the rebels out i'm confusion. X. G..
Woods. prisoner. made his escape.
and with comrades returned and capture Il
the Colonel who commanded his captors.
together with the Colonel's staff.
Now, that fight was over in less than
an hour. and the victory was To the 4th
Iowa Cav. They carried the defenses by
storm. aided only by n few hundred dis
mounted men. 1t was done in the night,
with no certain knowledge of the position
of the enemy they attacked-and they
were but 300 against 1900
The Cavalry Brigade lost "a klled-of
whom the 4th Iowa lost H. the rebels lost
loo killed, wounded and captured The
18th Iowa captured al prisoners. including
81 officers: with ~ guns. 1G caissons
seven battle flags. 125.OOO ba IS of cotton
10000 sacks of corn, H. locomotives. go
cars and the two remaining bridges over
the Chattahoochee: round house. machine
shop, naval armory, two rolling mills, with
machinery. arsenal and all kinds of goods
60 pieces of artillery. 100000 rounds of
ammunition: the ram Jackson. burned to
the water, having six long guns. and she
was sunk. The rebels had DESTROYED one
to keep it from falling into our hands: il
was called chattahoochee.
One Of the results gratifying to the SOL
diers was suppression of the Memphis
Appeal. rebel paper of Memphis, that
had been fleeing before us till here. Mt
last. we took the plant and DESTROYED il
he was compelled to give bond to never
publish another rebel sheet.
On the 18th. after destroying everything
thaf was of any use to the rebels. we
started for Macon.-W II. RIcKMAN.
60. l., 4th Iowa Cav.
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Correct History.

Comrade H. N. Boyd, Sergeant, Co. l.
7th Ill. Cav, writes from Kansas
"In issue of June % Comrade G.. III. Rob
inson says that r. J. Cook, of SOth Ohio
made n mistake when he said that Mai
Appleton, who was killed at Farming
ton, Miss, was q Major in the 9Th Iii
Cav. l saw the mistake and looked fol
some one to correct it. Comrade Cook
only made three mistakes in few lines
First, Maj. Zenas Appington mot Apple.
tom was the man killed; second, he was
Major of Sd battalion, 18th III. Cav, and
his home was at Polo, Ogle Co., Ill.,, from
which County he went with Co. b, 7th
III. Cav; third, the 9Th Ill. was not at
Harrington, Miss, on the date named. In
the Adjutant-Generals report for Illinois
under 7th Cav, on page 68, vol. 5, you
can find this record: Maj. Zenas Appling.
ton; Polo, ILL.,; killed in battle, May IL,
1892
Il would be glad to get line from any
Of my old comrades"
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1st KY. 10Th Ohio. under Col Ross. 18th
Ky, under Dclfosse. and Laws's Battery.
The 1st Ky Cav. took d position OH tie
east side. along Il fence, dismounted The
plckets were driven in. and took their
places, and the rebels advanced in double
line. through Il cOrntield-they were in vast
numbers. y long line of fire swept across
the open field. The artillery on an eleya-
ton, sent grape and canister over our
heads; far around TO the left the lines
were holly engaged; far to the right the
rebels came steadily on. In front Of the
1st Ky. the rebels made their first charge.
A deafening yell, and Oh they came. The
carbines OF the LIST Ky. rang out the can
non above us belched: the enemy reeled.
and fell back; reformed and delivered a
destructive fire right in our face and
moved us down. The rebels would fall
down, load. rise. charge and fire-until
they were within so yards of US How the
splinters flew from the fence before that
hail Of bullets. 1t seemed that every car
bIne cracked at the same time i'm our line.
Our fire was too much for the enemy. and
he fled for shelter, leaving the ground
strewn with his dead and wounded. We
were out of ammunition and / was ordered
TO bring up box from the rear Receiv-
ing the box, / heard desperate fighting on
my left, and saw heavy force of rebel
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w. r. Gabbard, Co. e, 47th KY, writes
Both of my maternal Observation-Disclosures
were soldiers in the Revolution. Their
names were John Baker and Jonathan
Harrison. John Bakers son, Robert Baker
was Captain in the War of 1872. Robert
war against rebellion, serving in Co. G.
47th Ky. My fathers uncles, Jacob and
George Gabbard, fought in the War of
1912; my grandfather. Henry Gabbard,
had % grandsons in the Union army in
the war against rebellion. My GRANDPA
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THE RECAPTURE OF FORT sTEDMAN.

A. ]. jenkins, Co. f, 2O5th Pa. writes ::
who took Fort Stedman? 1t was recapt-
ured by Hartranft's Brigade 1t had been
taken earlier in the night, from the 18th y.
I. The brigade consisted of 2OOth. 2O5th.
goth Pa, which, at 3 o'clock in the morn
ing were called out and marched on double
quick to ravine near the fort. In front
of the fort was the 2O5th with the 2OOth
on the right and Goth on the left. At
daylight we had orders to charge the fort
which we did; the 2O3th charging the fort
in front, the others being, as stated, to the
right and left; and we recaptured it.
see that Serg't Reynolds. of Co A. goth
Pa, now claims all the honors of that af-
fair. | know that regiment did good work !;
but look up the history of the 2O5th Pa.
and you will find that ours was the regi-
ment that was placed in front of the fort.
Private John Lilley, Co. Ii. 2O5th Pa, cap
tured the rebel flag there"
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Comrade f. c.. Evans. Co. G., 44th ILL.,.
writes: ''Comrade Vaughn asks if any
one can equal Comrade Washburn's rec
ord. Well, | guess so: right here i'm his
own Department | enlisted Aug. %,
lS6l-l was I'D years old that day l
served three years and enlisted for another
three years; in all served four years and
two months; was always with the COM
pany; on the march, in the lire of battle.
on skirmish. forage and in fight; never i'm
hospital. Was in % battles Was wound
ed at Chickamamga Sept. 20. 1863; away
for repairs till November "a: got back in
time for battle of Missionary Ridge. ana
hadn t missed a march, fight or move.
Discharged at Camp Irwin, Tex, Sept.
%, 1861
The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1904-08-19

II Is common In our farm houses to
set the cream In the pantry or In the
cellarway. where all kinds of food
are also kept It Is safe to say that
cream cannot be set In such places
and give good butter. Some people
may like butter that tastes OF dough.
nuts. pies. cookies, llmburger cheese,
onions. celery. cloves, cinnamon,
oranges. apples and the like, but most
people like TO have the aroma that
belongs 20 butter rather than to the
pantry. Probably the one greatest OBJ
stacle TO getting good flavor In farm
made butter is this one OF the setting
OF milk to rise In the pantry II is
such a firmly settled custom that Il
win be with difficulty broken up, In
spite OF the fact that much such but
ter has TO be sold to the poorest mar
ket and al not above ten cents per
pound. The nose of the housewife is
so accustomed 20 the smells OF tho
pantry that she never thinks OF them
when she Is putting her milk away to
undergo the process OF cream raising.
Cream In the pantry should be abol'
lshed. and In It's place should come
cream In the cream room, place set
aside for this operation and sealed
against the entrance OF all odors that
viii give the butter a disagreeable
taste. The woman that does that Is
very likely to get a great reputation
as maker Of nne butter.
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The Hand Separator to stay.

There has been war between the
men that believe In hand separators
for farm use and the men that believe
that all milk should be hauled to the
creamery. The latter declare that as
good butter cannot be made from
gathered cream as from the cream
taken from fresh milk brought in.
This may be so; but one thing should
not be lost sight OF, and that is that
the hand separator has come TO stay,
and the argument Of whether II Is a
good thing may as wen be discon-
tinued. The time will he better spent
n put upon the questions that have
come with II, Every situation has It's
own problems and every new inven.
ton brings a lot OF new problems Il
wa only natural that the hand sep.
arator should have its new phases and
its new questions. Some OF these are
hard 10 settle The hardest Is the
one relating 10 the freshness OF the
cream when delivered 20 the butter.
maker This problem win be- settled
as hive an c'hrr ura''rns before 81
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They were talking about the feel
ing Of unrest and dissatisfaction that
pervades certain sections OF The ooun.
try up at the Yale commencement.
Frank r. Dole. who Is famed as tho
owner Of the Edgewood Kennel Of
bun terrier dogs. listened attenuvely
and suddenly broke up the whole con.
ference with his remark:
Ernest Seton-Thompson. or Thomp.
son.seton or whatever his name hap
pens to be this month. was up look
ing over my kennels the other day.
You know he IL strong on this new
fad OF nature study. and no was re-
marking on this same spirit Of unrest
In the animal kingdom. Says dogs are
Just as dissatisfied as msn-and
skunks. Claimed he could understand
their complaints and while chatting
carolcssly flung a bit OF dog biscuit at
Edgewood Monarch, The dog snap
ped II up spat II out. Ape th8n
growlcd "A
"'Therer exclaimed Seton Thomp-
son, or whoever he may be, rhat did
I toll your That dog said plainly.
"'Tain't half so good blscu as my
mother used 10 give me New
York Times.
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Men frequently misjudge the value
OF feeds by their density. Thus there
Is strong opinion among farmers
that cornmeal is better for milk max.
ing than bran. Il Is heavy and has a
beautiful color and the COW owner as
sociates II with rich cream. But the
fact Is, bran Is. In the main. more val
liable for milk making than is corn
meal, In spite OF the attractive ap-
pearance OF cornmeal. The stomach
OF the COW is better suited TO take
care OF bran than OF cornmeal, be-
cause Il is more bulky. The COW was
made for the purpose OF using up Just
such waste products as bran would
be without farm animals TO consume
II. And bran cannot be judged by Its
lightness. The question OF using or
not using bran is one that must be
decided on It's price. compared with
the prices OF other like feeds. Al the
same price as corn II Is far more
profitable to be used for the making
OF milk. Its protein content is high.
but not so high that the digestive ap.
paratus of the animals will be injured
by IT, American farmers should not
permit a pound of bran to go across
the waters, but should buy and feed
every pound OF H. thus not only max.
ing the profit that may be made out of
Il, but saving the fertility for their
land. for the fertllizing qualities OF
bran are considerable.