The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-03-24
far, when the General sent his Aids with

far, when the General sent his Aids with
orders to the enemy.
Immediately after the order one Of our
batteries opened on the rebel battery and
killed nearly all their horses, together with
the officers. There were not enough horses
left to withdraw their batteries, and they
sfeaithiiy crept up and drew them OF by
hand at midnight"
SIX BROTHERS.
VIM. A. Swearengin. oath Mo. Inf.
Sparta, Mo-, writes: MY FIVE brothers
and myself served in Missouri regiments,
and two in the 10th Mo- Inf. Two Of my
brothers were killed in battle, one was
twice wounded. and two escaped unin-
jured. l served under Sherman. Smith.
Banks, Thomas. and Davis, i'm Tennessee,
Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi and
Louisiana, being in nine general engage
ments and Al skirmishes. In addition 10
being shot three times / was somewhat
disfgured in two railroad and two steam
boat wrecks. After leaving home / never
saw any Of my brothers until the close
OF the war-never, of course, seeing the
two who were killed."
YELLOW BAYOU.
8. NJ. Simmons. Co. D, S9th Ind.
Camden, Ind, writes: "The Sixteenth
Corps did not, unaided, put down the
rebellion, but it was the salvation OF
Banks, Comrade Cashier. 9th Mass. Cav,
to the contrary notwithstanding.
1.-THE battle of Yellow Bayou, fought May
49, 1864. lasted six hours, the bayOnet be-
ing used at several places along the line.
The battle was fought by the First Bri-
gade, Third Division, Sixteenth Corps, on
Smiths Plantation, Gen. Mower command
ing in person. The line Of battle was as
follows: 5Sth Ill. on the right, Seth Ind
in the center, and the 10th Ill. on the
left. The S9th Ind. supported the 9th
Ind: Battery, commanded by Capt. Brown.
The Sixteenth Corps. composed of Yves
tern boys, was never driven by charging
rebels, never lost flag, never lost fight
and whenever one of those boys went
after fat pig or turkey he got it."
BULLIED THE DUTCH.
Comrade II. E. Burroughs writes from
Union City, Pa: las my lease on this life
is getting short, having passed the S3J
year, would like to make known through
the columns Of The National Tribune
how ! received a promotion while serving
as private in Co. L, 18th Pa. Cav, in the
war against rebellion. The regiment was
quartered in Washington at the time
orders to cross the Potomac and proceed
to Manassas Junction. Several of the
companies belonging TO the regiment were
Dutch. These refused to obey orders IL
strike tents unless they were paid. Co.
l. was then waiting for the order to fall
in. Col. Pierce asked me to take Co. /
and strike one row of tents for the Dutch
| said that he should call upon Lieut.. T.
+. Jennings, who was in command Of the
company, and have him order the com
pany into line and turn it over to me
which was done. / marched the company
down between two rows of tents, halted
and placed them in position, and then gave
the order for the Dutch to come out
They refused: gave the signal; every
man struck at once-and down came that
row OF Sibley tents, the Dutch scram-
"Vaht you tu? l answered, Pack your
buds, you miserable devilsv' and they did
For that wonderful act / was promoted to
Duty Sergeant, and after awhile was
made Quartermaster Sergeant.
WAS ALSO PRESENT.
Comrade Sam. G. Wright, Sergeant, Co.
e, Goth Mass, now a Boston j. P, writes:
I'm your valuable paper OF March 3 there
appears an article on 1.-THE Highlanders
and Longstreet" Now, don't for a mo.
ment think my comrade, Capt. r. Armour
Of the 10Th N. Y. Highlanders, intended to
falsify history, but as he gives as the
troops tHdt OeIeuueu COTt SauOeTs, di
Knoxville, the following organizations:
and Raemer's Batteries, 10Th N. Y
Highlanders and I'd Mich, will my com.
rade tell me where the 10Th Mass. comes
in? Before me is the order OF Gen
Burnside-the identical order read to the
regiment after the battle-which mentions
with other regiments the 10Th Mass
How was that if they We're not there? II
- he O0<E
company of the I'd Mich. that first left
the fort to charge the enemy outside OF
the works, which resulted in the capture OF
two stands of colors by men of the 29tf
Mass; and medals of honor were awarded
to Joseph s. Manning, Of Co. X, and to
Serg't jeremiah Mahoney, Of Co. A, fol
their daring capture.'
SEND HIM HIS SONG
Comrade VIM. Andrews, Co. e, 95tl
ILL.,, would be glad to have some comrade
send him q song. He writes from Rock
ford, ILL.,: II have been considerably inter.
ested in reading the account Of the cam
paigns Of the Army of the Potomac: es-
pecially Of the battle of Malvern Hill.
used to know song, written on that cam
paign. but have forgotten it. One verse
ran like this:
again, at Savage Station, we met the
rebel foe;
That Sumner whipped them, their list OF
killed will show.
When fighting joey Hooker came up with
his train,
He met them on the third day and wal
Topped them again.
In the old Virginia lowlands, lowlands
lowlands;
In the Old Virginia lowlands low"
Do You know where can find the words
to this song now?
A SAD CASE.
Chas. Killem, Port Clinton, Pa, tells
sad story. He went into the railroad
business after being mustered out, and Il
years ago lost his left arm above the ell
bow while serving as a brakeman. The
company gave him a street-crossing 10
watch, where he remained 10 years, and
for which he got only 80 cents day. He
had to resign this on account Of rheuma-
tism, and then got a position to carry a
mailbag. but the pay was small and he
had to give that work up eventually. Now
he is totally disabled, his old wife is IN,
able to work, and his daughter can only
earn $3.50 q week in a factory. He is
getting SO month pension