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"The SOnE-Selling Sny.o

Editor National Tribune: To the ini-
tiated. now wonderfully interesting are
the many little incidents narrated in
The National Tribune. In your issue
Of July Is, Comrade L. e. Porter Of
Hubbardstown, Mass, gives under the
above caption brief account OF the
execution OF one j. r. Lock for being a
spy IN the war of the rebellion re-
member we'll seeing this man and OF
nearing him sing in the camp of the
ha OF the cumberland, at Murfrees-
poro, Tenn, just after the battle Of
stone River: but I had never heard
before that he had been executed as a
spy At one time after his visit to our
camp we heard rumor to the effect
tnat the man was spy; and. indeed
many OF the soldiers in camp at the
time pronounced him such; but as the
hastily-formed judgment OF soldiers
and the camp rumors were the most
unreliable things imaginable, we never
knew the facts about the singer. II
the editor of The National Tribune, or
some other writer, could give the COR
rect history of this spy, his trial and
execution, it would. doubtless, be Of
much interest to many
Lock, when he visited our camp in
the Spring OF 1853, wore citizens cloth
ing; but he was accompanied by man
In the uniform of a Federal soldier,
whom he introduced as an acquaint-
ance from one of the regiments in
ROsecrans's army
Lock protested great devotion to the
union cause, and as strongly protested
against the rebellion. Indeed, the SOL
diers thought he protested too much"
which was the reason why they were
SO ready to pronounce him q spy; but
We never heard OF his arrest
AT one place in the little speech he
made to us he told OF being captured
by the rebels some time before that.
and to conceal from them his green
backs" he said he put them under his
wig (removing it as he spoke).
I remember snatches of one of the
songs he sung to this day. One verse
ran like this:
''The Merrimac all clad in steel
Would make the Yankees wonder;
She'd crush their forts and sink their
And belch perpetual thunder;
But just as all her rebel crew
Grew jubilant. defiant,
There came Yankee cheese-box craft,
And whipped the mail-clad giant"
He had recently added a verse to
the song concerning the battle Of Stone
River, which had been fought but q
few weeks before. It ran thus:
"At Murfreesboro, full of fight,
Old Bragg drew up his forces
To make meal of Western boys
And gobble them by courses;
But when he found "Old Rosey" there
His appetite forsook him;
The Dutchman might be good to eat;
But he could not catch and cook
him."
We should be glad to hear something
more Of the mans fate from those who
ere informed.-Dr. ]. L. Pickett, Co.
E, 4Oth Ind, Kokomo, Ind.
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REClTALS AND "REMINISCENCES.
Stories Emnenty Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

day he might consider the demand. But
II being the 4th of July. he could not
entertain the proposition. The Colonel
is gallant man, and we would mark
such a man for promotion. We lost
heavily. Among the killed. as usual,
were our best men and officers-Col.
Chenault. Maj. Brent, Capt. Treble
and Lieuts. COwan, Ferguson and other
Lieutenants, whose names 1 cannot now
recall
This is true version Of that MEM
orable battle of Tebbs Bend. July 4,
1863"
William Cross. Corporal. Co. F, 18th
Ky. Cav, writes concerning the same
fight from Burnside, Ky, as follows:
''Since the publication of my article
concerning Col. Moores battle with
Morgan at Tebbs Bend. on Green River.
KY, / have been under cross-fire from
both YankS and Johnnies, and it does
seem as if l would have to surrender:
but perhaps when 1 make a partial
acknowledgment and tell them that l
am a minister of the Gospel they may
let up a little. My information con-
corning the battle was obtained mostly
from a man who claimed to have been
close by during the fight, and l believed
he was correct, but now find he was in
error.
II received a letter some time since
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The Mccormick Brothers.

Editor National Tribune: / see the
Jones brothers claim they can go the
Manchesters one point better on com.
bined ages. We can go the Jones
brothers 13 points: ]. HI. Mccormick
aged So years; II. L. Mccormick, aged
81 years; E. j. Mccormick. aged g.
years; p. J. Mccormick, aged 62 years;
\. 0. Mccormick, aged So years, COM
bined ages, 321 years.
AS to service: j. H. Mccormick en-
listed July 25, 1861; mustered out Sept
6. 1864. H. L. Mccormick enlisted
April 10. 1861; mustered out August
%, 1855. e. ]. Mccormick enlisted
May 6, 1861: mustered out Aug 4
1865. T. j. Mccormick enlisted Aug
s, 1861; mustered out April 10, 1868;
N. 0. Mccormick enlisted Feb. 6, 1853;
mustered out Nov. %, 1865 c. H. en-
listed Feb. 10. 1864. but was not mus
tered on account Of age. They are all
living. and were In Is battles, such as
Mill Springs, Shiloh. Corinth. Chicka-
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THE COLORED TROOPS AT THE
NINE
Absolutely No Drunkenness Among the
Officers.

Absolutely No Drunkenness Among the
Officers.
Editor National Tribune: Permit me
to indorse what my friend, Capt. Har-
Per Wilson, 23d u. S. G. T., says I'm re-
ply to Peter D. Miller, 5ist Pa. who
alleged that the officers of the colored
troops at the Mine were generally
drunk. This is statement unwarrant-
ed by facts. / happened to be the last
captain who went into that terrible
engagement. Cos. A and l formed the
first battalion OF the right Of the regi-
ment, and my regiment, the 18th u. S.
{. r.. formed the right of both brigade
and division. 1t is we'll known the col
ored division went into the action left
in front" AS / approached the OPEN
Ing, or rather exit from the fort, Mai
Gen. Ferrero ran from a bomb-proof
to where l was leading my company.
Halt your company" he called to
me: What company is this?"
Co. l. was my reply.
Where is Co. AZ" he asked.
Capt. Knorr replied, Here, General -
Captain of Co. A, hold your men
for provost duty" commanded Gen.
Ferrero. Then turning to me ne added
NOW. Captain, forward. God bless
you
AS / passed out Of the fort 1 looked
back and saw him run into the bomb
proof. He never left our works. OF
course. the time Intervening gave the
rebs time to reload. and the volley my
company received decimated its ranks
considerably. My First Lieutenant, VIII
liam A. Mix, went to Salisbury. nv
Second Lieutenant, Pennell, was killed
outright on the field.
l happened to be the sixth CAPTAIN
In line--ninth from the head of the
regiment-yet at the reorganization OF
the regiment l found that / command
ed. As to the 23d, my recollection Is
that Capt. Geo. d. Moore was the only
| officer in that regiment to line up after
the terrible tragedy.
Tragedy, did say? Yes. charity says
tragedy. Some one had Numbered
Who? Grant Meade and Burnside were
all present. j saw them pass into the
fort to the left as we approached our
lines by the covered way. But Broth.
er Miller says 1.-The -colorcd officers
whom we met were drunk" Now.
met quite number of the officers, and
| cannot recall one who acted as though
ne was drunk. l am sorry to say we
were not immune In respect to drink
ing among the officers, but / do say
| there was as large immunity from the
cursed drink habit in my regiment as
| mere was In any regiment in the serv-
| ice.
AS for myself and three-fourths OF
my brother officers. they were absolute
ly teetotalers. l have kept in touch
with them since the war, and know
they are still such. finer lot of gen
| tlemen cannot be found than majority
OF the ofhcers OF the 18th u. s. C. IT.
Nearly all have been successful In bust
ness along the varied lines of indus
try In which they have been engaged
II II rattle late In the day for any one
TO attempt to besmirch the officers OF
the c0lored troops. From their num-
Der have come soMe Of the best Cen
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Colonel ordered us 10 keep still, because
he said IL we should cheer il would ex-
pose our weakness. The fight was over
at about O'Clock. and the rebs were
completely whipped.
They came with a second flag OF
truce. and requested the privilege OF
burying their dead. The Colonel re-
piled that he would deliver their dead
outside of our lines: but they did not
wait TO bury them, but left the remains
where we had deposited them, and we
buried them in the evening"
This Is from Lieut.-Coi. Allston's
Journal:
Newmarket, July 4, day OF gloom
TO our entire command. How many
who arose this morning so full OF hope
row sleep the sleep that knows no
waking? How dreadful to reflect that
We are marching out to engage in a
Deadly strife. and how many poor fell
lows will pass into eternity before the
getting OF yorder sun. About sunrise
- drove in the enemy's pickets Gen.
Morgan sent In flag OF truce and de-
manaed a surrender. But the Colonel
quickly remarked ii it were any other
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shoulder shift, three lines deep, num-
bering about $1,000 or $4,000, as near
as We could guess-and we had . good
opportunity TO Judge. AS they came
most count regiments and brigades. and
we therefore could give a pretty fair
estimate OF their numbers. On they
came, sn splendid order, down the hill.
and started across the level field. When
they came within about 500 yards they
came to charge bayonet; then they
gave the old-fashioned rebel yell, and
came ut Us at a double-quick. Then
our boys got right down TO business.
All the old Army Of the Potomac Toys
will recollect that Berdan's LIST Sharp
shooters were armed with Sharp's
breech-loadiEg rifles. self-cappers, so
| that there was not much to do but to
ram in the cartridges, pull back the
hammer and pull the trigger. 1t were
idle for me to say that the Berdan boys
worked those breech-loading rifles tor
all they were worth then. They were
"onto their job" We repulsed them
the first, second and third time they
! tried to drive us out of our position.
They never drove the old Fifth Corps
| an inch that day, and when we left the
| field, about shutdown, we left In
| as good order as though we were going
to dress parade. If any OF the other
| corps left the field under a hurry order
from the rebels I did not see them
When we left that position we marched
| asst the large stone house that our
Surgeons took possession of and used
as a field hospital There our CORPS
| then resumed our march, and when we
struck the Bristow and Centerville
wagon road we found it blocked up with
wagons and ambulances. We had to
wait to let the trains get out OF the way
and 1T was midnight before we reached
1 a a a{~
distant.
l write all this to show as fully as
can tell 1t the exact operations and the
| real part the Fifth Corps took in the
| second battle Of Bull Run. 1t will be
remembered by those who have read
the history Of the seven days fight be-
Tore richmond. in 1862, under McClel-
Ian. that the Fifth Corps, unaided, re-
pulsed Stonewall Jackson with nearly
$4,000 men, at Gaines's Mill, and al
night fell back across the Chickahominy
! River. A corps that could stand of,
such odds as that isn't a corps to take
fright and leave the field in hurry.
There is a good deal more / could
write about the maneuvers OF the Off
| GERS Of the Fifth Corps ut that battle
1t fs patent fact that when the officers
OF the Army Of the Potomac saw Presi-
dent Lincoln and Secretary Stanton de-
taching corps after corps and sending
~ 'aS SoHIiHdHu Oh rope, they
became Jealous of Pope. Had Porter
Wnen ne was sent to the left to intercept
Longstreet, fought him there, as he did
In the afternoon, there would have been
different tale told Of second Bull Run
| believe that on the start Pope had the
best OF the fight, and had Porter carried
OUT ropes order Pope would have
whipped Lees army in detail I would
ike other comrades who belonged ia
other corps to write and tell their
stories OF the part their respective corps
TOOK In that battle.-E. A. Wilson. Color
bearer, Berdan's LIST Sharpshooters. at
second Bull Run, Warwick, Okla.
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from II. c. Lambert, of the 25th Ohio,
who was in the battle, and ought to
know the truth. (The letter is given
above, this communication Comrade
King says that Morgan had ito seek
another crossing Comrade Lambert
says Morgan crossed about IL miles
above the bridge Lieut.. Hawkins, of
Morgan's command, says they crossed
below the bridge. Comrade J. T. Rus
sell says Morgan crossed the river four
or five miles below the bridge, at Lem
on's Bend Comrade Russell says Col.
Moore lost one killed. Comrade Lam
bert says he lost 20 killed and wound
ed.
"Comrade Russell also says he met
the 18th Ky. there a few days after the
fight with orders from Gen. f. H. Hob
son to Col. Wetherford. Now, in fact,
Wetherford was not there. He was in
camp near Lebanon. They were only
parts of two companies, under Maj.
Hurt. going to Lebanon to join the reg
iment."
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SECOND BULL RUN.
RecOllectiOns Of the Retreat by a Mem
her OF the 18th Tn. Cav.

RecOllectIOns OF the Retreat by a Men,
her Of the 18th Tn. Cav.
Editor National Tribune: 1 have the
letters l sent home from the front Civ
ing some incidents of the war. While
in camp in Virginia, Aug. Is, 1852, we
were ordered to move, and marched
through Virginia dust until Aug. "a,
when we reached Vienna Station. We
made some important movements on
the 25th. and heard the din of battle
at Bull Run. We learned of POpes
failure at the same time. Our COM
pany was known as Zouaves. We wore
red breeches and used the dashing
Zouavc drill. We were fresh from
home, and were hopeful that we could
soon crush out the war. So when we
were ordered into the fight we con-
cluded our knapsackS would be a bur-
den. We wanted to charge with a will
and be unincumbered.
The knapsacks were therefore piled
in a heap in the rear, and 1 was ap-
pointed as one of the guards to keep
watch over them. But in a short time
the rebs made flank movement and
came towards u.s. The Sergeant or
dered us to apply a match to the pile
of knapsackS and then go in search OF
our regiment. Night was fast coming
on, and the rain fell in torrents and
the thunder and lightning was the most
severe nave ever experienced.
While in the town of Centerville
was instructed to keep in the middle
of the road, while ambulances, artillery
and wagon trains were doing their best
to get through. Being mixed in with
all these vehicles, I was forced to strad-
die the hub of one of the wheels of a
cannon, as it came so close to me !
could not get out of the way. BY doing
this acrobatic act 1 believe I saved my
self from serious injury. / was off the
hub in a moment, however, and seeing
horse about to run over me, / gave
the animal a smack on it's snoot and
as the horse drew back I darted be-
meath the beast and finally reached a
house by the roadside that was filled
with wounded men. Look out for my
wound" was the cry l heard on all
sides. All the space in the building was
occupied, but l managed to crawl in.
l should be glad to shake hands with
some comrade who was in that house
at Centerville on that memorable night
who was spared by the Grand Com
mander above.
We should be proud of our great
and glorious country and the dear old
Flag. We should be glad, too, that
some of the men who fought against
the flag, and their sons. helped to pro-
tect 1t i'm Cuba and the Philippines
What a brotherhood this country has
to defend it. The old soldiers feel a
deep interest in The National! Tribune
II has always stood by us in the mat
ter of pensions and in other ways. When
we are dead and gone our sons will be
interested in keeping The National
Tribune a-gOing-Edwip Bookmyer,
ST., Co. 1, 18th Pa. Cav, Philadelphia.
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TEBBS BEND.
Accounts of Col. MOOre's Gallant Dc
Tense Written by Several Comrades.


tense Written by Several Comrades.
Several Communications have been
received by The National Tribune con-
corning Comrade G. o. Kings version
of Col. Moore's fight with John Morgan
at Tebbs Bend, July 4. 1868, and other
versions of that combat that have been
published. Serg't III. c. Lambert writes
from Marcellus, Mich, to say that he
was in that fight.
II shall quote from regimental his
tory written by Lieut. Travis, who was
also in the fight" he says Col. Moore
had 200 men of the 25th Mich, and no
more. We had no artillery, but trusted
to our good Enfield rifles. We did not
leave the battlefield until the next day,
July 5, and there was no bridge across
the river at that place, it having been
burned by Morgan on a previous raid.
Neither did we occupy the stockade, as
that, too. had been burned on Morgan's
previous raid.
I'VE gave Morgan battle nearly a
mile south of the burnt bridge. Nor
gan did not cross the river at that
place, but at point about II miles up
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erals Of our Army. as we'll as some Of
our best statesmen.
For one / am proud that / was Of
those who dared to take commission
at time when to do 80 was not only
considered reprehensible, but exceed
ingly dangerous in the face of the Fort
Pillow Massacre. Let me add that /
lost my right arm while in the colored
service, for which Uncle Sam gives me
$40 per month. And as / mad the
honor of heading the Prohibition cleo
toral ticket. l still pass for a very sober
man.-Frank Holsinger, Captain and
Brevet Major, Y. s. C. T.
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See him bear Il down the landing, past
the traitors door;
Hear him groan, oh, God. They've
shot him
Ellsworth is no more.
Chorus-Strike, ETC.
First to fall. thou, youthful martyr,
Hapless was thy fate;
Hasten we as thy avengers
From thy native State.
ChOruS-Strike ETC.
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manga, Mission Ridge, Lookout Noun
tains, Stone River and on the advance
to Atlanta and the march to the sea.
l have been greatly interested in the
campaign in Missouri and the one
on the advance to Corinth, as I was
with the Fifteenth Corps. H. Nc
Cormick, Sergeant, Co. A, 10th ILL.,, and
Captain. Co. E, 14Sth Ohio, Ray, y.
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The 7th Wis.


Editor National Tribune: Please pub
fish a sketch of the 7th Wis. in The
National Tribune, and oblige Dennis
Burley, Middlebury Center, Pa.
The 7th Wis. was organized from
Aug. 16 to Sept. Fl, 1861, to serve three
years. Its first Colonel was Joseph
Vandor, who resigned Jan. 80, 1862,
and was succeeded by William w. Rob-
inson. who was discharged July 9, 1864.
He was succeeded by Col. Mark Finni-
cum. discharged Dec. II, 1864, and sue
ceeded by Lieut.-Col. Hollon Richard
son, who was mustered out with the reg
iment with the brevet of Colonel The
non-veterans were mustered out at the
expiration OF their term Of service, and
the veterans and recruits retained In
service until July 3, 1865.
The 7th Wis. was one Of the 800
fighting regiments, and belonged to the
Iron Brigade, Wadsworth's Division,
First Corps. 1t lost PSI killed, or 17.2
per cent OF It's enrolment, and 143 died
in prison. etc. Its heaviest loss was in
tho Wilderness. where II had SIS killed
Editor National Tribune.
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A Voice From Texas.

Editor National Tribune: AS all the
boys are sending in something for our
valuable paper, please allow me to an
swer some of them in regard to the re-
turn of the rebel flags. 1t looks to me
as though the men who are making all
this noise are those who live in the
North, and don't know the condition OF
things in the South. They continue TO
listen to man who wants an office, and
let him tell them how disloyal the
Southern man is, and how he should be
called traitor, a rebel, etc. But come
South, be good, law-abiding citizen,
and you will find how badly you have
been misled. 1 came to Texas in 1870
from the good old loyal State of Ken
lucky; also brought with me an honor
able discharge from the United States
Army. l was a member OF Co. L, 5th
Ky. Cav, and was discharged at Lex
ington. N. c.. having followed Joe john
ston from Kentucky to North Carolina:
was i'm Kilpatrick's famous division:
have married since 1 came to Texas,
and married a daughter of a fallen
southern hero. Though no children
were ever born to me, I have raised
four OF whom l am not ashamed ]
have lived here in Wise County for the
past rs years, and have always voted
the straight Republican ticket, and can
say l have as few enemies as any man
] know OF. When Congress in it's wis
dom saw proper to return the rebel
flags. and the old boys see a pleasure
i'm worshiping them, could we deny
them that little pleasure that we would
take ourselves? No. I will give an
instance where you can see how an old
Confed. has forgotten the war and its
bitter consequences. An ex-Federal
member OF Missouri regiment was
taken sick and was attended by an ex-
Confederate. He was sent to a hospital
In Fort Worth: had an operation per-
formed upon him, and brought back to
Boyd. and is attended to every day and
night by ex-Confederates and their fam
lilies, and every Sunday eve a minister
of the Gospel calls and holds religious
exercises Besides he is supported by
the /. 0. o. F.. all Southern men. Gen.
Grant said. Let us have peace" and
cur Lord and Savior said peace in earth
good will toward all men.-John W.
Ratliff, Co. l.. 5th Ky. Cav, Boyd, Tex
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