The National tribune., 1904-09-01

Surgeons. being crippled in his right arm.
will give their names AZ they eal.stea:
James w. Walker and Samuel enlisted
i'm 1861. in Go. ii. 9Th ILL.,: Ezekiel ID. i'm
Moses X. enlisted in 1862 in 10th ILL.,.
and Benjamin f.. the rejected one. and
John T.. and Andrew j. Henderson. the
son-in-law. all enlisted in 1862 in Co. ID.
1O6th Ill.,. and Asabel enlisted the same
year in co. {. 106th H.. AMI William y.
enlisted in 1862 in Co. ID. lHith Ill. He.
too. was only IL years old when he enlist
ed. James W. was wounded At Shiloh ::
samuel was killed ut the battle of ALA
toona; Ezekiel died at Natchez: Moses Il.
was wounded ut Nicksburg. shot through
the head: William y. was drowned in the
Arkansas River. near Dardauelle-fell
overheard from an old Steamboat. after
night: his body WAS never recovered. The
writer was taken prisoner nine miles north
of Jackson. Tenn. by Forrest. who was
pressed SO hard 10y our troops that he pa
rolled us the next night after We We're
They took lis To Columbus. Ky. AID turned
us over to Gen. Davis. and he sent us to
Benton Barracks. AT ST. Louis But two
brothers and the hrother-in-law are left
John T.. of Pulaski. ILL.,. and Asabel. of
Rurnip's Corners. Mich. Andrew J. Hen
ders"n lives at Washburn. Mo. Our
mother was Mrs Margaret Walker. then
living near Mt. Pulaski. H. who died
about IL years ago at Green, Kans.. aged
- years.
WHO WERE HANGING THERE?
Michael Hilte. Sergeant. co. f. 44th
ILL.,. writes: Can any comrade tell me who
the three men were-whether Yankees or
rebels-whO were hanging to a tree on n
bill near Roswell. Ga. about July 4, 1864
They all had rebel uniforms on.
I'm response to Nj. +. Johuson's criti-
cism about Opdycke: Now. comrade. give
n man his just dues. Raum'S write-up
and our comrade of the Army Of the Ohio
are correct: we had to stand the brunt of
the battle of Franklin. Hardly an officer
was left in our company after the battle.
Prisoners told me that when Opdycke re-
took the works there was regular tumble
to get back over the breastworks. and
some of them got only half way-were
caught on top of the works. shot TO pieces
or stabbed through with bayonets. One
said he made up his mind To quit. as they
were short on clothing and provisions.
1.-THE comrade tells the truth when he
says that he got off his horse OF the road
to Nashville that night. while we were
resting. with the prisoners on the roadside
lie saw us divide our provisions among the
prisoners. 1t touched my heart to have
gray-headed men beg me for something TO
eat, even il they were my enemies"
SURELY THE CAPTAIN OUGHT TO KNOW
Capt. Jno. G. McFadden, Co. A, 42d
ILL.,, writes: In your issue of Jan. q,
Hugh Erwin, Co. 4. 2ith Ind, asks:
Who spiked the guns in the fort on Island
No. 10" l think that l can answer the
question, as | had command of the COM
pany at that time. and also commanded
one of the squads in the boats. Col. G..
w. Roberts, commanding AID ILL.,. planned
and superintendent the work in person. On
March 81 1862 the Colonel with 10 men
of Go. "A, 42d ILL.,. divided into five squads
OF 10 men each. went to the fort in boats
furnished by Commodore Foote. As we
touched the landing three rebs on guard
fired their guns and ran. but before their
reserve could get to the rescue the work
was done and we were in our boats and
out of reach of their bullets"