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National Tribune from members of his
Ola regiment, nor does he see anything
from the Second Corps Will members
OF these organizations write their exc
periences?
D. N. Robinson, r. F. d. /, Santa
Ana, CAL, would like to hear from MEM
bers Of Co. ], 8th Ind
William Menke, Patriot, Ind, desires
that some reader Of The National Trfb-
une inform him of the present post
once address OF his brother, Frank
Henry Menke, drummer in the 10Sth
OHIO. He was in California about 1888.
Joseph c. Petit, Co. d, 14sth Pa,
234 Hartshorn street, Alliance, Ohio,
writes that he would like to learn Of
the whereabouts Of his brother, Jere-
miah Petit. who enlisted in either the
LIST or Sd w. Va, at New Cumberland,
w. Va. and was mustered out OF SER
vice about Aug. 1, 1861. He has never
heard anything from him since that
date and will appreciate any informa.
ton relative to him, living or dead.
MRS. Abigail Miner. Hillsboro, Ore.
would like to hear from some OF the
comrades Of her late husband, who
served in Co. B, 26th Mich, and not I'm
the 10Th, as stated in previous issue.
Z. w. Longstreth, Gratiot, Ohio Co.
q, l14th Ohio, and member Of Hamil-
ton Post, BIZ, GAR, favors a pension
or SO per month to comrades who pass
their 72d birthdays Comrade Long
streth believes that it was unwise to
return the flags of the Confederacy.
Comrade James A. Goodwin, Natter.
Okla, is looking out for the interests
OF the old soldiers in western Oklaho-
ma. He writes: 1--WE have a good
country and lands are cheap now, but
advancing in price rapidly. II any
comrade desiring a homestead will
write or call on me, / will assist him
to secure claim before the land is all
taken up, and no charges on my part.
Will try to induce the comrades here to
subscribe for the soldiers friend, The
National Tribune"
II. B. Hallowell, Burlingame, Kan.
writes that he would like to hear from
some comrade who was on the u S. s.
Juniata at the taking Of Fort Fisher.
Washington Coss, South Charleston.
Ohio. would like to hear from members
of the 4th Ohio Cav.
,. Reed, Rusk, Tex, Co. E, 1st Wis.
is DESTROYS of learning the address Of
Capt. Sheldon, Of the company.
DR.. Geo. w. Smith, Minneapolis,
Kan, Co. G, I'd Tenn, would be glad
to receive information concerning the
whereabouts Of the Captain of Co. I,
141st ILL.,, or any of the comrades who
know Ichabod Casey, who belonged to
that company.
A. Mcclellan. Heidelberg, Miss, writes
that he and his two brothers went so
miles through wild forests to get to the
Union army, where they served as vol
unteers, and were we'll treated and
shown great consideration by the Union
forces. He is not however, in receipt
OF a pension. owing to his having pre-
viously served in the Confederate States
army, and he feels that the discrimina-
ton is unjust, since the service rem
dered to the Union army was voluntary
in the truest sense OF the word.
John +. Thornton, Of Milan, Ind, r.
the whereabouts, If living, OF SerR't
Fogg. Of Co. III, Hath Pa, or John
Childs and John Neice, Of Co. 1, 114th
Pa.
Charles H. De Puy, Battery D, 1se
Ill. L. A, and Co. H, 1st Mich. s. S., in
now residing at Kalkaska. Mich.
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Executions at Hilton Hend.

Editor National Tribune: In regard
10 executions at Hilton Head / might be
able to brush up the memory Of some
comrade. Two men ATTEMPTED IN de-
sert to the enemy. They got through
our post all right, but were captured
by the outpost. and were tried by court
martial and sentenced to be shot. saw
one going TO his execution seated on his
comm The other man. named Shoe
maker or Shumaker, escaped on q tech
nicality. His name on the court-mar-
tial had been speit wrong The talk at
lhe time was that he was a Free Ma
son. and that officers at HEADQUARTERS
belonged to the same Order How true
this was ! cannot say. but he escaped
execution and shortly after disappeared
he was not seen or heard of by the
regiment after. We did not want him
ne probably slowed away on TRANSPORT
and went North. | was Sergeant of 90.
ID. 9Th Conn. Acting Sergeant Major
when ordered home to be mustered
out.-Albelt w. Crocker. Past Com
mander OF Unity Post, III. Veterans.
Home. Napa Co.. Cal.
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Editor National Tribune: In regard
to the executions of deserters in the
Fifth Corps in 1863, mentioned by Com
rade Thompson in issue of Nov. 8, 1905,
I will quote from letter written home:
Camp 155th Pa, Aug. 20, 1863
Yesterday our corps, the Fifth, was all
taken out to see the five deserters of
the 18th Pa. shot. The execution was
about one-fourth OF q mile from our
camp. Our corps had their arms with
them, and a good many Of the Third
Corps were also present. I do not wish
to see many more such sights as I saw
yesterday. but 1 think they deserved
all they got"
Also, under date Of Sept. 10, near
Culpeper Court House, Va:
There was another deserter shot in
the First Division yesterday, but 1 did
not see 1t, but heard the shots fired.
It was about one mile from where /
was at the time"
I also find in letter dated Oct 2,
1863. near Culpeper Court House, Va,
the following:
There was deserter drummed out
OF service yesterday in the First Divi-
sion. The whole division was drawn
up in two lines about 20 feet apart,
when the man, after having his head
shaved and branded with the d, was
marched through the lines with the
whole division drum corps beating the
Rogues March after him"
have all the old letters which I
wrote to the home folks during my
three years service in the old Fifth
Corps. l have been taking The Ma
tional Tribune ever since it started, and
will as long as l live, and can raise the
money to pay for it. I like to read
what the boys have to say about their
own personal experiences during their
army life.-David Allen, private, Co. F,
155th Pa, Third Brigade, First Divi-
sion. Fifth Corps, Army of the Poto-
mac, Jetmore, Kan.
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Editor National Tribune: Maj. Byers
in his article In your paper Of Oct. &c
says Wood and Sheridan charged Or
chard Knob on Nov. 25. He also says
Grant and his Generals were standing
on that Knob. Now. II they were on the
Knob, why was any charge needed !!
The facts are that Orchard Knob was
taken before any Of Sherman's troops
arrived. He also finds fault with
Thomas for not attacking on Nov Z
Well, it took all Of Sherman's troops
reinforced by Howard and jeff Davis
to hold his own at the point where
Thomas was ordered to attack; for
Sherman did not succeed in his at
tack. So 1t would seem. according to
Maj. Byers. $4,000 men from the Army
of the Cumberland were better tnan
$4,000 of the Army OF the Tennessee
or else Grant was in error in ordering
the charge on the It'll, and Thomas did
right. The Major is, welcome to which
ever conclusion he may choose. B.
Jewett, 9Sth Ohio, Cadiz, Ohio.
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SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.
With Ransom's Brigade, I'm Front Of the
White House and Fort Hill.

Editor National Tribune: ] am a
constant reader of our paper and
greatly enjoy your articles on Open
ing the Mississippi" 1 have been espe-
cially interested in the current issues
fn following Gen. Grant down the west
side of the river from Lake Providence,
Milliken's Bend, etc, down and across
and around up to the assaults on the
Notifications around Nicksbure on the
18th and % of May. / was there, and
at the time was First or Orderly-Ser-
geant of Co. F. 95th ILL.,. in Gen. It. z.
G. Ransom's Brigade. which really be-
longed to Gen. McArthur's Division;
but we received new brigade COM
mander and something of a reorganiza-
ton of the brigade on leaving Lake
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CO. D, sstA oAio-Rsni,iscs.s.

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| Editor National Tribune,. On the
march from Grand Gulf toward Vicks-
burg, in 1859, Barton Durant disap-
peared as completely from the ranks of
the company as though the earth had
opened and swallowed him. Months
afterward. following the disastrous af-
fair at Guntown, June 10. 1864, some
2O-odd members of the company found
| themselves inmates OF the infamous An
dersonville pen. Strolling through the
pen one day sightseeing" some of the
| boys found poor Durant, a wreck men
tally and physically and in dying
condition. 1mprOvising q stretcher from
an old blanket. we took him to detach-
ment quarters, where he died in few
days
In June, 1865, after my discharge,
I hunted up his family in Columbus,
and gave them the first reliable infor-
nation they had Of his capture
and death. Was 1t an act of Providence
| that we were instrumental in saving
poor Durant from filling an unknown
grave, which would have been the case
had we not accidentally discovered
him?
And on the same march disappeared
Ezekiel Geer. as awkward a high pri-
| vate as ever carried a musket. Zeke
was however one of natures noble
L
excellence. His disappearance was as
| mysterious as that Of Durant, and SO
| far as / ever knew. he was never heard
of afterward. Both Durant and Geer
were probably captured by the Confed-
crates while out foraging on French
| leave.
The battle of Richmond, KY, was
] fought on the Goth day of August, 1862.
| The day previous to the battle Co. d
| with the exception Of some 10 men,
bers who were on camp duty of one
kind Or another) was detailed for ex-
of the 30th (and previous to the return
to camp of Co. ID the regiment pre-
| pared to move at an early hour, under
| urgent ORDERS to place few miles
outside Of Richmond called Rogerss
Mills, where the first engagement was
| fought. Among the 10 members of Co.
d above referred to were two brothers
| named Huffman, one q Sergeant, the
| other private. On the fateful morn
ing Of the 30th, and before the regi-
ment moved out of camp for the scene
| of conflict, Private Huffman called to
his brother and gave him his watch,
| purse and other valuables, saying he
felt certain he was going to be killed.
| The 10 members Of Co. d were then
assigned to a place in the regiment,
and the forward movement began. The
regiment had been on the firing line
| but a few minutes when a solid shot
from Confederate field piece struck
Huffman fairly in the face, scattering
| his brains all over the face and hair of
| sylvester Brucker, who stood on Huff
| mans left in line. The incident made
quite an impression on me at the time
| both Huffman's act in giving his val
| uables to his brother and his subse-
quent death as he had predicted. But
l advance no theories in explanation
James II. Burke, Co. D, 95th Ohio,
Mount Ayr, Iowa.
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Uniform Of the 18th Pm. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: 1 see q
letter. in a recent issue from Edwin
Bookmeyer, stating that he served IA
Co. ]. 18th Pa. Cav. and was in the
second Bull Run battle. His company
wore red breeches and carried knap-
sacks; also drilled the Zouave drill.
Now, I was one Of the original MEM
bers of Co. G. 18th Pa. Cav, and went
through the war in that regiment and
was in the Second Bull Run battle,
and would say that there never was
any uniform worn but the regulation
cavalry uniform, and we did not carry
any knapsacks. Mr.. Bookmeyer is mis-
Valentine, Altoona, Pa.
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Shell Fired A Years Ago.
monroe Watchman.)


J. w. Huddleston, operating a saw
mill on the James River and Kanawha
Turnpike, about three, miles east OF
Dry Creek, struck. apiece Of shell
weighing about three or four pounds
which was In q large. oak log and sc
smoothly grown over that it was not
noticed. ar go,
The saw cut into it about two and a
half inches and sustained no damage
except requiring a new set of teeth
There were 38 grOwths of wood over
1t. 1t was the butt end of an eight
FOUNDER, with a heavy band of copper
around 1t. This shell was fired into the
tree at the battle Of Dry Creek Aug
%, 1863.
Editor National Tribune: The shell
stuck in the sawlog found by Mr.. Hud-
dlestOn probably was sent there by Ew-
ing's Battery at the battle, Of Rocky
Gap. The battle of Rocky Gap. known
to the Confederates as Dry Creek, was
Brig. Gen. w. w. AverilPs Brigade
four mounted regiments and battery
and Maj.-Gen. Samuel Jones's Confed-
crate Division, two Observation-Disclosures
and Patton's.
This battle the Confederates always
named the big Little Fight" Gen
Averill made us dismount and fight or
foot.
The battle of Rocky Gap was the
most singular battle Of the "A engage
ments that l was in during the war
Although I was 26 hours on the Skin.
mish line. l did not see Confederate
soldier during the whole fight. They
were hidden in the bushes, which were
like a thicket. If the loss of our bri-
gade was in proportion to the loss Of
our company. then our loss was heavy;
for ] saw five OF our company boys in
the battle of Rocky Gap that I never
saw again. Their names were Daniel
A. George, Samuel A. Caldwell, Simon
p. Cravener, Joseph Stoughton and
Robert Young. The battle of Rocky
Gap was fought within two and a hall
miles OF White Sulphur Springs, Green
brier Co., w. Va.-James F. Hays, Co
K. 14th Pa. Cav, Waverly, Baltimore
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Col. w. r. Spicely.

Editor National Tribune: In a re-
cent issue Of your valuable paper 1 no.
ticed. while reading an article relative
to the campaign I'm Mississippi. that
Col. w. T. SpiceIy was killed on the
battlefield at Champion Hill, and /
wish to correct that statement. He
lived until January, 1884, and died of
paralysis. In New Albany. Ind. / am
his son. My mother, Mrs. M. J. Spice
ly lives in Bloomington, Ind.-C. M.
Spicely, Connersville. Ind.
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RECITALS AND "REMINISCENCES.
stories Eminenty Worth Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

was offered up as true a life and as
noble a patriot as fell during the war.
/ should be glad to hear from any OF
my old comrades, either by letter or
through our paper, The National
Tribune. / have seen an article or two
from Judge Wales w. Wood, of Belvi-
dere, ILL.,, who was the Adjutant of the
95th ILL.,, and there are many more of
that regiment who know what war is
and can tell it we'll, too.-M. F. Ellis
worth, Rushville, Yates Co., n. Y.
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Pickett,s CharRe.

Editor National Tribune: In reading
Gen. Gordon's "Reminiscences / notice
he speaks OF the rebel yell when Pick
the 18th N. Y, Second Corps, helped
repulse that charge. The section / be-
longed to was near the Bloody Angle,
and / do not remember that the rebs
gave single peep during that charge
(My hearing was good then.) Please
ask some of the, comrades in Picket
Shots column II am right.-Wallace
W. Robertson, Sergeant, 18th N. Y.
Battery, North Tonawanda. N. Y
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The 1zth Pm.

Comrade Peter Swisher. Co. A, 18th
Pa, Cisnarun, Pa, writes: Comrades
OF the 18th Pa, let US talk together
over the long-distance telephone. The
National Tribune"
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An error occurred in the issue of Oct.
IL, the name Comrade Chas WeidiR
appearing Chas. Heidig. Comrade
Weidig served in Co. H, Sd Conn.,, and
is Adjutant Of Post IS, Department Of
Connecticut, GAR, New Haven, Conn.
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A TRICK MULE.

It's Owner n Boy Soldier of the 1S4th
Ohio.
Editor National Tribune: 1t has been
claimed that 1 was the youngest volun-
teer soldier from this section of Ohio.
but l notice i'm The National Tribune
that Comrades Lindsey of Green
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WORKOUT feeling
perfect healer and gentle
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Do YOU Get UP WITH A LAME BACK?
Have You Uric Acid. Rheumatism OF
Bladder Trouble?

Pain or dull ache In the back Is un.
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rove What SWAMPROOT Kidney Liver and Blade
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| There stdchcu arms in the street, ana
| one OF Co. ID boys was wounded by a
| sharpshooter. We were there about
half an hour and were then ordered
| back to our old breastworks and went
w there and got something to eat; af-
| ter which detail from the regiment
| was made to bury the dead. l was one
of the detail.
I'VE went to the ground In front OF
part Of our brigade and Of the Twelfth
Corps. We got blankets that the rebs
had when they were killed. We laid a
| blanket beside a body and rolled the reb
over on 1t; then four would pick it up
and carry it to pit dug by part Of the
detail. The pit was about six feet wide
and 20 feet long. We laid them in
crossways. heads and feet. about two
deep; threw a blanket or two over
them and then the dirt. l forget how
many we put in one pit; l think 81.
The detail from our regiment buried
81.
| I'm the evening we went back and
got supper and lay down to rest: but
did not rest well, for 1t rained nearly
all night / had nothing under me
but a piece Of shelter tent Samuel
Lowell and / slept together. and we got
water would drip off us; but that did
not hurt us very much, for we were
| used to getting wet.
| July we were ordered to relieve
part of the Second Corps which we
Gid. and stayed there all day gather
Ing up muskets that the rebs had left
| on the field. They were hauled away,
wagon load after wagon load. We
pitched tents late In the evening, and
at night had to go out on picket, for
| the most OF the army was gone In pur-
suit of the rebels. We stood picket all
night: and next morning had orders to
! follow. and we marched back into
!, Maryland and camped that night nea
i fmmitsburg July g. we
| marched to Middietown. had
been barefooted all day and hoped we
| would get shoes there; but they never
| came TIL night. About O'Clock we
started to cross South Mountain on the
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POLAND IN TRYING TINES.
The Observations and Experiences OF \
Woman Traveller.

To ruE Enron TUE SrS-S;r. A
~. ~ - ,ti hn, e,., I,.a Lr
roisn la.s w WIS ano' way
inc recent massacre al i'odH crossed 'he NUS
sian frontier on short visit to her old home.
She had passcd many times through the from
,iar 49, Of ,lox,rdro,o hut nayo- sho
t''t ""h VI H',Na''"'D , N " '"v "eN.'' sue
writes. uhder suoh rotarKanle CIRCUMSTANCES
At this place she was the only passenger. e.
centino n few peasants on the through train
49,, parli, and Warsaw posthourd ms,
ot'M'e'i. %, M "n' p.,a a,.. p's
sengor tranic lhlo fo'anu had almost cea seq
ON the other hand. the wcsthound trains
from Poland were hacked with we'll To do
raor,o Who u.ro Ieaving tbeir countrv for n
Pe"p'e ""' "''' '"''s WV" ''"""' W.
while.
she was a little surprised at the cheerful
moss of Warsaw: for. though tho military
.,or-,,ad ,y.rwyb GRO and oil lran, tho, H..
S"MI1neu @ n'.t a.. NV . .,iu. we
baltc meet had he"h neSToyeo' the theat"fs
were open. the races were In progress, and
hundreds of country gentlemen with their
r.n,iIi.s nod coma in from their estates IA
ia,'i', no. ~ "" .'' ."'t 's".' W
attend 'hem' me ho'ei "h're she spent the
night was as crowded as usual at that season,
and the dining room was brilliant with its
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All for the Grocery.

Tamm any is to have none of the hun
bred new jobs created by the Legislature
this year in the Bureau of the State Super
intendent of Elections All are to go to the
chairwarmers who gather daily around
the Grocery. Tammany acts as though
it felt that in decency some of the new
sinecures should be allotted to it. But
Tammany does not understand the
situation.
Even the most prosperous of Groceries
cannot forever exist if all the profits are
eaten up by the chairwarmers. Their
society is delightful, but unremunerative.
Their hands are ever in the cracker barrel.
They slice the cheese generously. The
dried currant box shows the effect of
their hunger The supply of prunes
dwindles under their attacks Reluc-
family the Grocery sees that if profits are
to be kept up incomes must be provided
fer the chairwarmers. Here comes in
the handy taxpayer, the good natured,
long suffering public
PUT the chairwarmers on the public's
payroll, and thus preserve the profits of
the Grocery to its Proprietor !" that
genial citizen exclaims. On the pay
roll they go, and the Grocery is relieved
of a burden. But why should the Grocery
furnish crumbs to Tammany? Tammany
is not Grocery chairwarmer. 1t does
not pilfer from the Grocerys stock. Its
hand is not in the cracker barrel. 1t
does not slice off the Grocery's cheese.
The new jobs under the State Super
intendent of Elections were created for
the relief of the Grocery. Under these
circumstances it is manifestly unfair
that Tammany should ask for any of
them. Besides, for Tammany to ask for
them is foolish The Grocery intends
to keep all of them.