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The National tribune., 1904-06-02
MORGAN'S DIVISION.
The Hardships of the Memorable Retreat
from Cumberland Gap.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Comradt
Henry NJ. Bond, 14th Ky, writing OF
events connected with Gen. Geo w. Nor.
gans retreat from Cumberland Gap, Sep
TENDER, 1862, calls to my mind very vivid
~ the stirring events of that wonderful
march by night and day, harassed on all
sides by the enemy, who dared not give us
fight.
/ have failed to find one comrade OF
M0rgan's Division who knew anything OF
the drove of cattle mentioned by Mosgrove
of AIorgans Confederate cavalry. The
statement of John X. Mcbride in refer
ence to the herd of cattle. published in The
National Tribune some time ago, was as
near correct as we can remember events
at this late day.
Mcbride was the last Adjutant of the
33d Ind. He resides in Washington, d.
c.. and is the author of the history of the
:5:}d Ind. BY the way, | would advise
Comrade Bond to procure a copy of this
book. For Comrade Bonds information
John Coburn was Colonel of the SD Ind
from Sept ~. 1861, to Sept. 20, 1865. The
brigade at the Gap and OH the march to
the Ohio River was commanded by Gen.
A. Baird, and not by Coburn. Coburn com
manded the brigade after we arrived at
COvingt0n, Ky, until after the close of the
Atlanta Campaign.
Col. Coburn was n brave and gallant
commander, and handled the brigade with
great skill. He was loved by every one in
the command, and was competent to com
mand an army, and if justice had been
done him he would have left the service a
Major-General. lie resides in Indianap,
oils, and is engaged in his profession. the
practice of law, loved and honored by all
After the close of the war he served six
years in Congress. He was not Ger
man. as stated by Comrade Bond.
At Cumberland Gap, and until the bri-
gade reached Covington, Ky. the brigade
consisted of the 14th and 10Th Ky, and
33d Ind, also 9th Ohio Battery. At Gov
ington the division was reorganized, the
14th and 10Th being transferred to other
commands. The 10Th Mich, Odd Wis.
S5th and 33d Ind. formed the brigade
commanded by Col. Coburn. We retained
this organization until the close of the
war. l, like Comrade Bond. feel like TAX
ing off my hat when that grand and glo-
rious Twentyseventh Brigade. Seventh
Division, Army of the Ohio, is mentioned.
w. II. CONNER, Co. X, 33d Ind, North
Liberty. Ind.
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MARION RIVERS.
What Has Become of Probably the Last Man
Pardoned by President Lincoln?

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: During
the closing days of the civil war Marion
Rivers was arrested, tried before court
martial and found guilty of being a spy
within the Union lines, and. by the court
martial he was sentenced to death. by be-
ing placed i'll knecling position on the lid
IF his coffin and - soldiers. with muskets.
detailed 20 perform the execution. one of
the - rluskets not being loaded with bail.
the remaining II being so loaded, that no
one of the - would know with certainty
who really We're the eNecut!oners of the
condemned man.
Thus doomed to soon pass into eternity
by the Stern hand of military justice.
Marian Rivers was placed in the guard
house to await the day of his execution:
The proceedings of the courtmartal.
giving the evidence adduced 1T the trial.
with the verdict of the court. was for
wart,ed to Washin gton for President Lin
CONS signature. Upon receiving the teS-
timony President Lincoln stated in his
own Handwriting over his own signature.
that "the evidence being wholly circum-
stantal, and there being mitigating con
ditions connected with the prisoners ar
rest and trial" he allowed the condemned
man 10 go free.
This was near the closing days of the
civil war l have in my possession the
written proceedings of tie cnurtfnartial.
and the pardon by President Lincoln. This
must have been the last. or very nearly
the last. time President Lincoln signed his
name to document of this kind. and the
document ought to have Il sentimental
value. If Marion Rivers still lives and
would like to get tie documents. | will
mail them TO him. While they are of no
intrinsic value to me. as | nor any of my
family ever refer TO them. they grow mere
valuable as they grow older. and would he
IF much greater value to Mr.. Rivers than
To any other person. as they will serve to
perpetuate the recollection Of the most
trying event in the History of Mr.. Rivers :
life. Doubtless the proceedings of that
court-martial made an indeihle impression
upon Ike tablets of Mr. Rivers's memory.
Mr. Rivers or any of his children. if he
has any. can have the documents
MARION ARpELL. Corporal. Co. III, Goth
Mich. EmeradO. \. II.
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Larcsny of Memorial Day.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: / think
this time for ali veterans and other pa
trots 10 vigorously protest against the
larceny of Memorial Day. and against its
prostitution 10 games and sports that
wholly divert it from the purpose of its
designation; and thereby instead of MAX
ing il an occasion for teaching lessons Of
patriotism make it the occasion for bibu-
lons frolicking. gambling and races and
sports, and for jol.ity and picncs,
san souci. Numberess organiza tions-fre
companies and the like-deliberately steal
the day for decoration of graves of their
deceased members; families refuse flowers
for martyrs of the Union that the flowers
may be that day strewn upon graves Of
the family dead, when other days-brth-
day or deathday anniversary would he
more appropriate. These larcenies and
perversions and denials are not results OF
ignorance: they are the deliberate acts OF
people who lack patriotism. There can
be no other cause. 1t is useless to protest
10 such people; yet protest remains a duty.
Let us, therefore. do cur duty in this. as
we did it i'm 'f1'65.-H. b. JEFFgIEs. Co.
+. 2Sth Pa, Kngsbridge New York City.
Temporary address, No. Z, 9Th ST., S. e,
Washington ID. C..
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Then Was a Tug Of War.

EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Please
call the roll of Battery M, list Ohio l.. A..
and the 18th Mich, of Negley's Division.
While we were on the march to the battle
held of thickamauga we struck Lockout
Mountain about 20 miles south, where we
had to cross the mountain, and there we
found the worst roads we ever saw i'm the
South. We could move only half of the
battery ut a time, by using all our horses
aided by company of infantry htche.l
with ropes to each piece, for three mile
race up the mountain. We were not in
camp more than an hour when some of the
18th Mich came over and called for vol
unteers to capture a rebel s,ttler shop. 4
squad OF Il went about mile in the rear
OF camp. to log shaEty. and where we
Knocked at the door. 1t was freely opened
They asked what was wanted. Orr an
swcr was that by orders from headquar-
tiers we had 10 search the house for whisky
on account OF stragglers in the rear. We
found three boxes which we thought was
canned whisky, but on examination We
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Don't Farm Their Pay.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In reply
to Allen G.. Walters. Co. L. 6Sth Ohio. in
your issue Jan. %, | want to say that all
nf that kind of talk is bosh. The question
is why does the Government set her old
soldiers that saved this country upon an
island remote from the world? So il seems
TO me. Let this Government give the cd
soldier q pension TO keep him. What does
it amount to-ask yourself-to this great
Government? DO the people know what
this Government is? How large. how
mighty? Don't write foolish articles. boys;
look square ut the facts. A very few years
will obiterate the cd soldier; for good
ness sake write 10 the point. | am not
much CT a talker. but | can see for myself
that millions are spent to pay Inefficient
employees. hundreds of them who don't
alrounl 10 one Hill of beans to the Govern
mcnt-F. l.. BRUBAKER, Co. Is, 11th Pa,
l.arned, Kans.
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THE REALISM OF BATTLE.
Scenes on the Red River Campaign" Let the
Dead Bury Their Dead"

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: | think
that if | write a small sketch, it will, or
may, enable me TO find some of my old
army friends through their firing in my
rear. AT least. they will know my adj
dress, and perhaps some of them may
write to me.
We old soldiers have a Grand Army
Post at Belgrade, Mo. Not long since we
employed Il divine, who was none too
loyal, to make us a Memorial address
We went to work and made him up 81
and we expected something pathetic. In
| his mastery wind-up he said that he
never knew soldier but what would steal
l will therefore address the old boys rs
comrades. friends, bummers, backsliders,
chicken thieves!
| Gen. Banks's Red River Campaign is
| familiar to all-eycept what | saw, and
that l can tell in few words. The Six
teenth Corps landed at the mouth of Red
River, and marched to Fort DeRussy and
captured it: then occupied Alexandria. and
before Banks reached us the Sixteenth
| Corps, by night charge at Henderson
Hill. captured 600 prisoners. We returned
to Alexandria, moved by transports to
Grand Ecore. thence by land to Pleasant
Hill. The morning of the battle at Pleas
ant Hill we were in the rear, and could
hear firing ahead. Being Oh a high ridge,
we could hear the sound of battle a lCag
way oil. thinking II not far We were
double-quicked for miles before we came
to the enemy. When we were formed in
line of battle we were ordered to lie down,
and Bankss retreating army never made
any halt when they came to our line, but
ran over us. Tie first thing l saw was an
officers horse come through our ranks,
with the legs of man hanging on the
saddle, showing that the rider had the
upper part of his body shot away. Next
came Bankss men, many of them without
guns or hats and they ran over us, max
ing for the rear. Mounted officers would
ride ahead of them and try to rally them
| but by the time the officers would get inta
Il position to check them they would pass
on the run. They put me in mind of
horses in a hailstorm. We were ordered
to charge, which we did, and had ad-
vanced but a few PAGES, when Col. Heath
was severely wounded in the head We
repulsed the enemy and followed up the
advantage we had gained. until it was
too dark TO see TO shoot. The right wing
of our army f1anked around, and we fought
our own men for some time. This was in
a thick pine thicket. The 33d Mo- took
a stand in an old road that was washed
deep enough to afford us some shelter
just then boy, Some 10 years old, came
, to us and began 10 talk to me. He told
me he was from st. Louis, and had come
down to see his father, who was an officer
in Kirby Smiths army. He was well
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l have already given you an account OF
the part taken by the ga Oh April and
l. and at Hatchie River Bridge. Oct. >.
1862 Il
We were in siege of Corinth, May, 1869.
Were Oh expedition TO p Holly Springs,
Miss. July, 1sG2. and November. 1862
Ae.elnuer. 1ov2. were OH expedition tu
central Mississippi, to Oxford. At siege
of Nicksburg, June and July, 1868; siege
of Jackson. Miss. July, 1863 Were at
capture Of Fort Beauresard, La, Septem-
We We're on expedition from Natchez.
Miss. December, 1868: on expedition to
Meridian. Miss, February, 1864. After
veteranizing we were in the siege and as
sault of Kenesaw Mountain. June and
July. 1864. In the assault on the enemy S
works. 32d in advance, losing severely
three killed in my company, at Nicka jack.
Ga, July ). 1864. Were in the siege of
Atlanta. July, 1864.
We were on the March to the Sea. and
in siege of Savannah, December, 1864.
Were at the capture of Pocotalgo. S. c..
3. 1865. the regiment waded the ice-cold
water of the Salkahatchie River, the back
water extending two miles in width. Feb
~. 1860. the regiment forced the North
Edisto River, wading ice-cold water as at
the Salkahatchie. Feb. II we took part
III the capture of Columbia, =. g., the reg
iment suffering severely from the fire of
sharpshooters across the Congaree River.
One company of the 18th Iowa, and one
company Of the 32d ILL., crossed the river
in scows. hosting the 18th Iowa flag over
the State House and the flag Of the 32d
Ill. over City Hall.
March 3. 1865. the regiment was at the
capture of Chcraw, S. c., crossing the
Pedee River bridge while it was still
burning. The regiment was on a heavy
skirmish at Fayetteville, N. c.. March 13,
1865. Was in battle of Bentonville. n.
c., March u. 1865, losing 20. March %
1863, arrived at Goldsboro, n. C.. April
13 reached Raleigh, N. c., remaining until
the surrender of Johnston. April 20,
marched north via. Petersburg and Rich
mond. to Washington. and participated in
Grand Review, May -.
June 20 the regiment. with the 14th and
18th H.. was transferred to the Depart
ment of the Missouri. and was dispatched
to the far West via. Fort Leavenworth,
Kan. Aug. 13. 1865. we arrived Mt Fort
Kearny. Neb. Returned to Fort Leaven-
worth Sept. 2 and were mustered out of
service Sept. 1G, 1863.
During the war the regiment had but
few captured 1t served in all the States
in rebellion except Florida and Texas
j. Il. PALMER. Normal. LII.
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went TO Bridgeport: Int did not 20 bac..;
to Chattanooga. The regiment cam"
down 10 Bridgeport. | think the diviS on
all crossed aud were camprd between there
and Lookout when Hooker's camma:,l
came ~.
Mountain. at White<ide Station. where
there was a very high railroad trestle that
our regiment helped TO build. When
Hooker's command came along we left
camp and were under the command of
Hooker. l think we We're the forces that
COmrade Wilson speaks of as being Sher-
mans forces. l can't say just who was
our division commander at that time. but
| think it was Osterhaus. If it was. he
was in it from start to finish: at least. our
regiment was-that l know without in
quiry. We lay on the point of the noun
tain the first night, just about as high aS
we could get without scaling rocks that
were from 10 to 30 feet. almost perpen-
dicular. Tie rebels left that night: the
next morning we took the road TO Ross
vile Gap. That our division was the al
vance force on this road am almost pos
tive: we were marching in four ranks
and just before we got 10 the Gap w Int
aker's Brigade was sent 10 skirmisll
through. He sent the Skrmishers out. his
reserve behind them in the road. They
must have been a half mile ahead of the
the lead when we came to the mouth oil
the Gap-with the exception of Hooker
and his staff. they We're i'm the lead of us
All day Sherman's forces had been hotly
engaged away to the left of MS. As we
were about to start through the Gap the
rebels fred on Hooker and his staff. and
they got to the rear as fast as their horses
would carry them. We wheeled into line
on the left and had harder fighting fol
about an hour than know of being done
on Lookout. When Whitaker heard fir
ing i'm his rear he about-faced and came
back Between our force and his we took
the rebels in out Of the cold. This force
of rebels had been sent from the left t.
hold the Gap, but did not get there soon
enough.
Comrade Wilson must have been or
some other road. for those on the road that
Hooker and the force that | belonged tC
Travelled did not do any fighting until they
got to Rossville Gap. We followed the
next day beyond Ringgold, and then oul
brigade was marched onto the battlefield
of Chickamauga and stacked arms. Most
Of the regiment was on detail to go over
the field and bury the dead that the rebels
had left TO rot above ground-men killed
in the chickamauga fight three months be
fOre.-ALFRED SHANNAHAN, Co. G., 9th
Ind, Fores: Grove, Ore.
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WASHINGTON Co., THURSDAY JUNE O.

until it was like pack of wolves bowling.
Such n night, i'll such Il place-in the hills,
where there was no water for the wound
ed. The first thing wounded man wants
is water. The next morning | went to
hunt Capt. w. L. Johnson, of the 9th
Mo. | found his company-which went
into the battle n few hours ueivre almost
100 strong-and found Is men sitting on
log. commanded by a Corporal The
Captain. his First and Second Lieutenants,
all his Sergeants and Corporals but one
dead! When Gen. Banks came to Gen.
Smith that night and ordered retreat
Gen. Smith asked Banks what he was
going to do with his dead and wounded.
Banks's reply was: Let the dead bury
the dead."-BENNET BRYAN, Belgrade,
Mo-
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dressed and handsome. He asked me if
he could go home. told him | thought
he could, as he was too young to hold as
u prisoner of war. He was so elated at
the thought of getting to see his mother,
he kept walking about. l told him to lie
down or he would get killed. He replied
Il am so glad to think am going home
that / can't sit down, much less lie down"
Scarce had lie answered when he was
shot through the head. He never spoke
again. How did pity him! said: poor
boy; poor mother. They will never meet
on earth again. That night / went on
picket, hungry. tired. sleepy and lonely. |
was right among the wounded of both
sides. The wounded knew not who held
the battle-ground: so there was not a
groan 10 be heard. until the cold. frosty
night began TO make their wounds hurt.
First it was one groaned, then another,
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No Monuments to Rebels.

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: | wish to
say Amen 10 Comrade j. l.. Hummel's
article in Tie National Tribune Jan. 81,
No Federal Monuments to Rebels.
was born and reared in the South amidst
the disciples of Calhoun and the followers
of Jeff Davis. and know whereof speak.
Comrade Hummel tells the truth when lie
asserts that every wife. father, mother
brother, sister and friends of our Union
dead would rather their memory and their
graves be obiterated and their horrors
blotted from the history Of the Nation and
from the memory of the Government they
died to save. than 10 be connected in the
least even in their graves. with those whs
hated and whose comrades and heirs noS
hate the Flag. and the liberties for which
ii stands: whose fight was for treason, dis
honor and disioyaty.
Tie same sentiments prevail in the
South to-day that actuated the advocates
OF secession. treason and rebellion; and
whenever pension bill is presented "a
Congress to pay the worthy Union yeter-
ans, their widows and orphans; for tie
men and the heirs of the men who fought
and sacrificed all they had-their schools
ing. positions. health and many of whom
fell or the battlefield for their country and
their Flag. then the enemies begin TO
howl like wolves and vomit like vultures.
| wish that some artist would paint PIC,
ers and It's prison pens ard gallowS. com,
mencinS ri Richmond as a center AMI
spreading al over the Solid South where
loyal men were starved and murdered. shot
and hung. for no other crime than
Loyalty, When we still think of these
things il kirdles the fires of loyalty and
patriotism in every loyal human heart: and
dead-MANsoN WOLFE, Co. 3, 1st Tenn.
Cav, Lebanon. Texas.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE; Tn your
issue of Jan. p Comrade Hummel of Co.
Ii. Sth Ind. gives his views on the monu-
ment question. | fully indorse all tie
comrade has to say. and would like to pat
him on the back The idea that Uncle
Sam must build. monuments to those who
wanted to destroy the Government, /
don't see how any man with a spark Of
true patriotism could ever think of such
an Infamous thing. If one did / would
think that if he let his mind run back 10
the years 1861 TO 1860 facts would knock
the idea out of his head forever. Such
brutality as was nerpetrated on our men
by the rebels was inhuman. They starved.
they murdered by cold blooded butchery;
robbed the dead and left the killed IN
buried when they held the field. Ard all
of these because they were traitors and
we were loyal. They have cost this Coy
eminent enough. without building monu-
menfs to their dead traitors. | trust that
Col. Brockway will come to his senses and
not disgrace himself by advocating such
a diSreputable thing. 1t looks to me as
though men who talk like Col Brockway
should have been on the other side. carry
ing musket. But we had men in the
North who were not Union men. AT least,
Gov. O. F. Morton found a class of men
in Indiana that we dreaded as much as the
same number in the South; and he looked
after them. and | suppose that some of
them are living. descendants of some ca
them at least-ALFRED SEANNAHAN, Go.
g. 9th Ind, Forest Grove, Ore.
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pender in two. For time he thought he.
was done for, but found himself practically
uninJured.' May IL, Gen.
Grant wrote dispatch to the Secretary
of War, in which lie said:
I'VE have now ended the sixth day Of
very heavy fighting The results, TO this
time, are much in our favor. Our losses
have been heavy, rs have those OF the
enemy. | think the enemy's must be
greater. We have taken over 5000 pris-
oners in battle. while he has taken but few
from us. | propose to fight il out on this.
line if it takes all Summer
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found plug tobacco. which we issued to
everybody WHO came in sight. The next
day we came down the mountain and COM
nenced cooking sweet potatoes. To our
surprise. before tie potatoes were half
cooked the bugle sounded Fall in" which
we did and marched 10 battle.-DAN l.
lEspER, Co III, LIST Ohio l.. A., Men0on.
Ohio
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RECITALS AND "REMINISCENCES.
Stories Emneny Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

Now let some of the other regiments of
the old division chip in. 1t would make
interesting reading.
l want to say to Comrade 0. c. Kinley
that had many friends in the 10th Iowa.
| enlisted in Jasper CO.. Iowa, but lie is
mistaken about the S0th Ohio. 1t belonged
to our lSecond) brisade.-l'HRIs. kIsER,
60. II, 18th Iowa, Upton. Kan.
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THE 32d ILL.
Active Service From Fort Donelson to the
Grand Review

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: In writ
ing to you about the part taken in the bat
tic Of Shiloh and Hatchie River Bridge
by the 32d H.. think, upon further re-
ficction, perhaps you would be glad to
have more extensive record Of the regi-
mcnt than / gave.
The regiment saw service 1T Fort Don
olson, Feb. HIS, 1860; Shiloh, March
!, 1S62-the first blOodshed there was n
32d Ill. man. Serg't Dan Mesic, Of Co. C.
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A Fine Kidney Remed-.

Mr.. A. $. Hitchcock, East Hampton. Conn.,
(Thc Clothicr.) says IL any sufferer from Kid
ney and Bladder Disease will write him he viii
direct them 10 the perfect home cure he used.
He makes no charge whatever for the favor.
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The Drafts are worn on the so!es of
the feet because the entire circulatory
and nervous systems are most easily
reached through the extremely sensitive.
skin at this point; but they cure rheu-
matism in every part of the body. TO stay
cured, by drawing the acid poisons out
OF the blood through the foot pores.
Write to-day to the Magic Foot Draft
Co. SEA Oliver Bldg, Jackson. Mich,
for pair of Drafts free on approval and
valuable free booklet ON rheuma-
tism.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-04
Emory Phoenix Editors.

Oxford, Ga, May 3.-The annual
election in the Few and Phi Gamma
Literary and Debating societies to de-
termine the personnel of the Emory
Phoenix staff as well as to select the
monthly officers of the two societies
and the fall term debaters who are al
ways elected three months in advance
of the contest, took place yesterday.
The greatest interest naturally CEN
tered in the election of Phoenix edi-
tors. In both societies there were
several able men who offered for cleo
ton and it was only after several bal
lots that the ticket was chosen. From
Few, Tom w. oliver of Hogansville
was elected editor-in- chief; Robert S.
Parker of Atlanta, literary editor, and
Shelly Ivey of Atlanta, business man
ager. From Phi Gamma, Harry
Stone Stroller of McRae was elected
exchange editor; c. S. Martin of Tu-
rim, local editor, and Haley Johnson
og Jacksonville, Fla. athletic editor.
After the election of the editors the
two societies returned to their halls
and the other officers were elected. The
monthly officers named by Few are H.