The National tribune., 1904-07-21

anu was parofed IN Marcn, 1904 ne tofu Il
me his prison experience. one being the |
affair OF the little dog and of the prison |
ers starving 4 &c days, when the dog |
killer gave hin mp 10 the rebel officers |
to save the rest from starving. While |
Serg't Beal was relating his prison ex-
periences l wept and cried out: Is there |
God? Is there a God! and will He |
suffer such cruelty TO go unpunished:
Serg't Beal died in the Summer of 1860
and is buried at Humphreys. Ill. If the
veteran who made the request will address |
me at 1870 Superior Ave-, Chicago. ILL.,. |
l shall be pleased to answer any question |
he may ask concerning the affair"
A SURVIVOR FOUND.
From Creedmor. l.. l.. n. Y, Comrade
A. ID. Linberger, Sergeant Major, I'd y.
Y, writes: ITO my great surprise, in
looking over your issue of June % l saw
that there was living one of the old 81
y. Y. Not seeing any account OF any
member of that regiment before. l sup
posed they were all dead But here comes
comrade of Co. Il, Capt John +. Null
ford!
His memory of the first battle of the
war, Big Bethel, June 10, 1861. brought
to my mind our experience and hardships
Well do | remember the night before,
when as SergeantMajor, | was instructed
to notify all commanders of companies to
have GO rounds of cartridges and two
days rations issued-and our march over
and through Hampton! At daylight at
the junction of the Newport News and
Hampton roads we were fired into by the
18th y. Y. Our loss was one killed and
several wounded.
After retreating short distance the
regiment was formed. and our mistake was
discovered. We then marched to Big
Bethel where we marched up the hill,
then marched down again. You will re-
member, Comrade w. J. Sterling, what
mob we were after passing the danger
point-arrving at camp after / o'clock
that night; and what a time it was the
next morning to get the boys out for roll
call. Here, we were only four days ut
camp when we were ordered to move TO
the front: marching all night and day
ID miles ont and ID miles back! Raw
recruits we were: but tough And how
the Colonel did timber us up with double
quick on all battalion movements. The
Colonel did not stay with us long after
that: left us to go into the Regular Army.
My last racket was at the mine explo-
! sion, July 30. That was a hot morning.
You say you were there-not 10 miles
away. But you were lucky enough to go
through all ard be mustered out with the
| regiment. Did you reenlist! You must
have been an original two-year man. Am
| right? / am delighted to hear from any
one who enlisted ut the first call, because
no one else thinks We amounted to much.
on near very little ABOUT the tWO-yeaT
men, who left business, family and other
ties. without moments warning.
My company ca was from Williams
burg. l.. l.. Capt. Abel Smith. jr. orga-
nized April ID, 1861, and accepted by the
Governor on the morning of April 16.
We were sent to Albany, and you. Ser
geant, and your Co X were joined to
make the Sd y. Y. and mustered into the
L. S. service on May IA, 1861. What a
time we had on our way to the front.
Coming down the river, arriving i'm New
York City. hanging up in the Park Bar
racks, until ordered to Fortress Monroe
arriving there on June 6. and then. four
days after, we were initiated into the first
battle of the war.
I'VE were there to do our duty. But
the man higher up took good care of us.
and to-day you and | are here to record
the facts Am glad to know that you are
alive and well. Your name seems famil-
iar-no doubt you will remember me-"
THE 9TH IND.
Comrade Nelson Purcell, Co. E, 9th
Ind, writes from Cumback, Ind: Il see
that the President made speech at
Gettysburg on Memorial Day That was
a terrible battle, July /, 2. 3, 1863! 1t
was certainly the turning point of the
WARRIOR, what would have been the out
come if Lee had defeated Meade? 1t was
hard fight. The 9th Ind. lost great
many men.
ION Memorial Day l had q flags put
on graves of comrades here--dear old COM
rades! They are gone: but they served
well their country while they were here!
Oh, you who love our country, keep green
the graves and the memory of the men
who saved it for you!
There are here two graves of rebel sol
diers, and we keep their graves in good
condition. One was in North Carolina
regiment-Alias. A. Allen was his name
The other, James Steward, was in rebel
Kentucky regiment.
The 9th Ind. was in a great many
hard battles. 1t went ont in August, 1861
and fought under Banks and Pope and
Hooker and Grant. Col. Silas Colgrave
was a plain. good. brave, able man and
ofticer-good TO his men. do not know if
he still lives. Lieut.-Co Fessler was good
officer. brave and able. He was i'm Indi-
annapolis the last | heard of him. | do
not know what has become of our Majors
and other officers. l hope they live and
prosper"
ABOUT THAT CHARGE.
Comrade Z. B. Kanada, Captain, Co. D.
10th Mo. Cav, writes from Moscow.
Idaho: I'm reply to Comrade w. H. Rick
man, Co /, 4th Iowa Cav, i'm issue of
May 20, i would say that he is a little in
error as to the 10th Mo. Cav standing
until the 4th Iowa Cav. forced their way
&c
battle on the Usage. They were always
ready for fight; there was no discount
on their fighting qualities. l am so for
getful now. that | will not attempt my
self. to explain how it was: but would
like to hear from some of the boys Of the
10th Mo. Cav. on the subject
CROPPED HIS WHISPERS.
Some Comrade who does not date his
letter, or sign his name. sends in an en-
yelope. the postmark on which can not be
read, the following item. You read it and
take your choice: Martin petrie,
member of Co. +. 1S6th y. Y. was in the
fight at Fort Calhoun, and being anxious
to get as many rebels as he could unable
to fight, mounted the parapet and fired the
gun that the boys loaded and handed up
to him. Martin remained in such exposed
position until ordered down by Lieut. Tay-
lor. when it was discovered that Martin
had been fired upon a good many times
His whiskers were cut: his coat sleeves