The National tribune., 1904-08-11
November, 1861. 1 volunteered in Co. Fl.

ana was with my company anu regiment
during all the marches TO Cumberland Gap.
and assisted in taking the Gap. While there
was promoted to Second Lieutenant. L
was i'm the retreat from the Gap. march
ing go miles in 13 days and nights. sub
sisting mostly on green corn. fighting occa-
sionally, until we reached the Ohio River
ragged, hungry. and dirty. We crossed
the River aud marched TO Oak Hill. Ohio.
where we were furnished new outfits. and
the good people of Ohio gave us hearty
welcome. Everything good to eat was set
before us and it is wonder that we did
not kill ourselves eating. We went from
there to Memphis, Tenn. and from there
to Chickasaw Bayou. where We had seven
days hard fighting: from there TO Mill
ken's Bend. Feb. II l was promoted to
First Lieutenant and participated on May
in the battle of Port Gibson: May 16.
Bridge. and then the Siege of Vicksburg.
After Nicksburg surrendered. l went to
jackson, Miss, engaged in seven days
fighting there. l was discharged at Car
rollton, la, Aug. 81, 1863. for disability"
CRoCKER's IOWA BRIGADE.
Comrade DIR. W m. NJ. Twigg, of Buffalo
Prairie. ILL.,. writes: Il was born in
Trenton Township. Delaware Co. Ohio.
Removed to Louisa Co. Iowa, with my
parents in 1857. l read medicine with
DIR. j. Il. Latta. of Grand View, Iowa,
Al
clans and Surgeons, keokuk. | enlisted
in Co. G. LIST Iowa, and was at Dry Spring
and Wilson Creek, where | was detailed
as Assistant Surgeon on the field, and
knowing no better, began and continued
dressing wounds right where the poor fell
lows fell, working for some time after
firing had ceased, when | left in n hurry
and made my way back to Springfield.
worked in one of the hospitals until mid
night, when finding that / was listed 10
remain with the wounded, hid i'm a wagon
and escaped to Rolla, Mo-, where l took
the cars for st. Louis.
while at Rolla l received my first uni
form, which greatly needed, as there was
not soldier in the regiment who was not
in rags or barefooted. We were dis
charged at st. Louis, and went home.
where. after rest of two weeks. l went
into the recruiting service until October,
when, being elected Second Lieutenant in
an Iowa regiment, l was again in the
army, fortunately becoming member Of
Crocker's Iowa Brigade. l remained in
the service until Jan. %, 1868. when l
was compelled to resign on account Of i'll
ness. and came home.
'On my way home / stopped off at JEFF
ferson City and was married to Miss Annie
l. Eckler. We came home and in the
Spring l commenced the practice Of my
profession in Fairport, Muscatine Co,
-,
when l removed to Illinois City, iii. There
l have lived and worked until completely
worn out by my old trouble Of army origin
and exposures incident to professional
life.
Il am trying to bear with what forti-
tlde / can the debility and pain which we
cannot escape. / have done what could
to relieve and help my old comrades, or
ganizing w. ]. Wylie Post with a charter
membership of o. Also a Camp Of s.
Of V. and a w. r. G. l have been
reader of The National Tribune for many
years. and have ever found it the stanch
friend Of the soldier, and am convinced
that had we acted on its advice we would
long ago had more just and equitable pen
sion laws. And now, if we all unite on
the $12 service bill. pulling all together
with will as advised by The National
Tribune, we are sure to succeed; and with
out this union our name is Dennis. This
law will in no wise benefit me, as I al
ready draw more than that amount, but |
believe the bill to be not only the most
just and reasonable, but the most attain
able. Let us all pull together and pull
hard"
RECORD TO BE VERY, VERY PROUD OF.
Comrade j. p. Ross, First Lieutenant,
Co. II, 18th Ohio, writing from Indianola,
Iowa. sends a clipping from local
newspaper which copies recopied
article, that, notwithstanding it's oft-ap-
pearing, is q justifiable challenge and ex-
hibits community record to make every
resident and descendant proud. The clip
ping states that Mrs. Ross is a native Of
the District and that Comrade Ross en-
listed from that County. Mrs. Ross. nee
Mehaffey. had three brothers in the Union
army. The clipping follows:
Cambridge = Alexander Hammond,
writing fO fna GuarnSpv Times uivac this
very. remarkable and praiseworthy record
of the soldiers of the Union who enlisted
from one School District He says:
~ would send you the names of the
soldiers who enlisted from our School Dis
trict, College Hill, Adams Township They
We're Alex. Blair, William Blair, Robert
Ford, William Ford, Joseph Mehaffey,
Samuel Mehaffey, James Mehaffey, Sam
uel Nelson. William Mason, Levi Anker
William Wylie, Valentine Simpson. David
Mitchell. Robert Scott, Thomas Wallace
James Scott, Francis Scott, VIM Sleeth
David Sleeth, James Sleeth. James Ham
mond, Robert Hammond. johnson Ham
mond, Charles Hammond, David Ham
mOnd. Of these % there were three COM
mlssioned officers. The enumeration Of
voters In the District at that time was 81
Two who enlisted were not of age. There
was only one unmarried man left in the
District: Eleven of these soldiers arc
dead. All got home excepting James
Sleeth. and none was seriously wounded
excepting Robert Hammond. With the
exception of four who attended the Leb
anon Church all were members or ad-
herents of the First United PRESBYTERIAN
Church of Cambridge. Can this be beaten
by any School District in Guernsey
County or State of Ohio?"
MARCHED WITH SHERMAN.
COmrade s. Chadwick, of the 3Sth Ohio.
now living in Washington State, writes: Il
was born in Canada, in 1S47, and enlist
ed in September, 1864. | marched with
Sherman to the Sea. l contracted typhoid
fever and was taken to the Fourteenth
Corps Hospital, at Savannah, Ga. Thence
| was shipped via New York to Camp
Dennison Hospital, Ohio, and discharged
June, 1865.
II enlisted in the Regulars in June.
1866. | left Governors Island, N. Y, i'm
July, 1866, with $40 others, on board the
cholera stricken steamer San Salvador,
and we were quarantined on Tybee Island.
Ga. l contracted Asiatic cholera and re-
mained upon the island about two months:
then we moved to Florida, serving at va
rious posts, remaining at Tallahassee the
longest. Left Florida with the regiment
early in 1869, and was discharged at Salt
Lake CITY. Utah Juna 1850