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The 18th Ind. Eatte.x.

Editor National Tribune: have been
greatly interested in the History of
the Army of the Cumberland" pub
lished in The National Tribune. and
think Mr.. McElroy has been remark
ably correct in his statements, consid-
ering the lapse of time that has taken
place since the events have occurred /;
but in his last chapter, relating to the
beginning of the battle of Chickamauga
he has totally ignored the battle on the
18th of September. fought by Wilder's
Brigade and Minty's Cavalry at Alex
ander's and Reeds Bridges.
AS matter OF Justice to the brave
men who lost their lives that day Gin
vain struggle to hold the enemy in
check until RoSecrans could move his
army to the left and interpose them
between Bragg and Chattanooga, l
think his account of the opening of the
battle ought to be corrected. / have
no doubt but that he desires to make
this history as true as possible, and II
will only be matter of justice to Will
der's Brigade and Minty's Cavalry to
have his attention called to this over
sight and have the statements corrected
before it is too late. All the survivors
of the Army of the Cumberland are
following this history with a great deal
of interest. and they all know that the
battle of Chickamauga began on Fri
day. Sept. IS. with a hard fight. lasting
from II o'clock until as late as 8 O'Clock
at night. with Wilder's Brigade, and
from 1890 in the morning until dark
with Minty's Cavalry. as the official
reports of these officers will show The
loss of los men at Alexander's Bridge,
as reported by Gen. Walthal. who COM
manded the enemy's advance on that
day at this point. shows the severity of
the resistance made by the two regi-
ments and battery of WiIders Brigade
at this place alone.-Henry Campbell
18th Ind Battery
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The Mexican War.

Editor National Tribune: Is there
any way whereby I can get the number
of troops in the Mexican War by States
with their losses in killed and wound
ed? For instance. l have a statement
that Indiana sent 4.5SS and suffered q
loss of A; Ohio sent 5,536 and lost 80.
and Kentucky sent 4.s42 and lost 81.
This list gave the total enlistment as
5.362, with loss of SIG. / have seen
another statement that places the num-
Der. including Regulars at 101. .2S2, with
a loss of 1.557 killed and 1920 wound
ed One of these statements Is wrong,
perhaps both. Can you give me a cor
rect account ?-R. H. Martin, Delphos,
Ohio.
Your list is partially correct. There
were altogether 101.2S2 men enlisted
for the War with Mexico. of whom
27,506 were Regulars and marines, the
remainder being volunteers. The Regu-
lars and marines lost 536 killed. 40S
died of wounds and 2.102 were wound
ed. This would leave 1881. The fig
ures you give are partially incorrect.
Indiana lost Al killed and had 90
wounded Ohio lost Is killed and 80
wounded: Kentucky 80 killed and died
of wounds and los wounded.-Editor
National Tribune.
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Providence Spring.

Editor National Tribune: have been
amused at Comrade Edwin Clark $
story of the famous spring at Ander-
sonville He says he was digging a
tunnel, and struck large vein of wa
ter. He backed out of the tunnel, but
the water didn't follow him; instead, it
burst through three or four feet of red
clay and ran down the hillside. Now,
] was a prisoner at AndersonviiIe from
June. 1864, and remained till the last
squad was taken out, consequently was
there when the spring burst out. II
was on the north side of the swamp
and the west side of the stockade, a
short distance south of the gate and
on that side, nearly at the top of the
bank. 1t burst out during the night OF
Aug. IL, 1864, and on the morning of
the 18th was running down the hill
was sick with scurvy at the time. and
staying with Serg't VIM. Allen, of the
and when he came back reported the
wonderful spring. 1t was about 10 days
previous to the great storm Comradt
James Burke speaks Of ] was in the
hospital at that time and nearly
drowned. But to return to the spring
I have stood in line time after time
waiting my turn to get water, and
never heard any one say or imagined
myself that the spring was anything
but the direct Intervention Of Almis hty
God for our relief. Comrade Clark
reminds me of a man in southern
Michigan by the name Of Doud, Steve
Doud. Steve had a remarkably fas
mare, by the side OF which Dan Patch
swasn't In It," Steve said he went tc
4illsdaie on horsshanl- and when hi
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MEN AND THINGS SAW IN THE
CIVIL WAR DAYS.
OBy James F. Rushing. }

The publication of selections from
this book in The National Tribune has
awakened strong interest in it among
our readers. Gen. Rushing had unusual
opportunities for meeting and thoroly
studying number of the prominent
Generals of the war, ana he has set
forth his calculations with great fair
mss, perspicacity. clearness and force.
His presentation is invaluable as COM
ing from a man who actually saw and
lived with them. The National Tribune
secured limited number of copies
all that was left of an edition--and
now offer them to its readers. The book
is handsome volume, well illustrated
end printed on good heavy paper. cloth
bound and with gilt-edge top. This
book will be sent, postpaid, for a club
of five yearly subscribers to The Ma
tional Tribune. Address The National
Tribune, Washington, d. G.
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The 11th Iowa.

Editor National Tribune: Would yo,
please publish short history of tn
11th Iowa. one of the regiments com
posing Crocker's Iowa Brigade Wi
liam H. Nellis. San Quentin, Cal.
The 18th Iowa was organized at Dav
enport from Sept. %. 1861. and hnall,
mustered out July Is. 1865. The frs
Colonel was Abraham NJ. Hare. who re
signed and was succeeded by Col. VIII
liam Hall, who also resigned. Lieut.
Col. John C. Abercrombie was mustered
out, and Lieut.-Col. Benjamin BeacI
was in command when the regiment wal
mustered out. 1t belonged to Gresham't
Division, Seventeenth Corps, and lost 81
killed and 16S died from disease-Ed,
itor National Tribune
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Gcrr1tt Smith.

Editor National Tribune: In The Ma.
tional Tribune of Oct. 4, on page Z, is
an article by Comrade Breidenthal. IN
which the statement is made that in
1860 Richland Township, Gurnsey
County, O.. polled SO votes for Gerritt
Smith for President. Is not this mis-
take? Does not the comrade mean in
1856 or some other date? Strange to
say. as 1 remember 1t, Gerritt Smith
was the Abolition candidate for Presi-
dent in 1860, but have been unable to
find any confirmation OF my memory
None of the histories tc which / have
access admit that there was any Aboli-
tion candidate in 1860 except Lincoln
Charles Riley Albion, Neb.
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hear from some of his old comrades ~
the 3Sd, which regiment had the homo:
of receiving the surrender of Atlantl,
Ga.
Henry Miller, Co. d, 190th Pa, Car
Isle. Pa. wants to know If there is any
living member of the 190th Pa. who
can tell what happened on Sunday. AZ
years ago. at Weldon Railroad. whe1
2SS of the regiment were captured and
125 died in Salisbury afterward. He
would like to have some comrade tell
the whole story.
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Cure for LIQUOR and Tobacco

The Kansas Anti-Liquor Society is
mailing free q recipe for the cure of
the liquor habit. 1t can be given Sc
cretly in food. Also one for the tobacco
habit that can be given secretly. The
only request they make is that you do
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friends. Address with stamp, Kansas
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ANDERSONVILLE.
O'Dea's Famous Picture OF the Prison
Pen.

The National Tribune has secured a
few copies of O'Dea's fine picture OF
Andersonville, the very best picture OF
that horrible place ever published
Years ago hundreds of copies of this
picture were sold at SIS apiece. There
remain only a few copies, and when
these are gone 1t will be impossible to
secure more. This picture is five feet
long and three feet five inches wide
and when framed would make an ex-
cellent addition to the furnishings OF
any Post room.
We will send copy of the picture
securely inclosed In stout tube. ex.
press charge prepaid, for a club of foul
yearly subscribers. Address The Ma.
tionai Tribune. Washington. D. 6.
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Stories Emienty Worth Telling OF Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

started back it began to rain. The rain
struck the mare on the hips. and she
started off like a streak. The water
ran off her tail in tream, but never
wet me drop. by gum,''
Down in "Gawgy" two negroes got
into dispute, and one said to the
other. "Doan you pervaricate now" An
old negro standing by exclaimed: Hole
on. chillun. you'se wrong: you'se all
wrong. Wen you don jeswackly hit
de truf. yer wants to say Don't yer
perwhichticate:' dat am de wurd." The
thing for us all to do is to try not to
'perwhichticate." L. Waters, Co.
G. I'd Mich. Cav, Gig Harhar, Wash.
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Gen. srbley.

Editor National Tribune: In a late
issue of The National Tribune | see in
your sketch of Gen. y. j. Smith that
you mention among Ills rebel class
mates Gen. H. H. Sib.ey. Were there
two Generals by that name? Gen. II.
H. Sibley commanded the Department
of MINES ota during the Sioux war. I
have always understood that he was
the man who patented the Sibley tent.
At any rate, it was understood when
we were with him in '63, and it was a
common remark that the only smart
thing he ever did was to steal a Sioux
tepee and get a patent on it.-A. &.
Buck, 7th Mimi, Hood River. Ore.
There were two Gems. Sibley during
the war.
Gen. Henry Hastings Sibley was born
in Michigan and appointed from Min
nesota. He became a Brigadier-Gen-
eral of Volunteers Sept. 20, 1862; was
brevetted a Major-General, and mus
tered out April 80. 1866.
Gen. Henry Hopkins Sibley was born
in Louisiana and appointed from that
State to the Military Academy. from
which he graduated in 1892. and served
in the Regular Army until May IS.
1851, when he resigned to become a
Brigadier- General in the rebel army.
He was the inventor of the Sibley tent,
and died Aug. %, 1SS6.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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shermnn,s March 10 the Sen.

Editor National Tribune: I want to
know when and where the original steel
engraving of "Sherman's March to the
Sea" was made and published and by
whom. / understand that there is a
history connected with the destruction
of the original plate.-George r. Lyon,
Waukegan Ill
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Wanted to Finish His Dinner.

Alfred Spence, Reed Spring, Mo-,
commonly called Mother Spence" by
the officers and men of his regiment,
sends the following experience: On July
1, 1863, his company started form
Ironton, Nd, to go to Little Rock, Ark.
His Captain was paroled prisoner at
that time, and the company was under
the command of Lieut.. Tom. c. Gilpin.
When they reached Clarendon a detail
was made up from the regiment to go
down White River to destroy some fiat
boats Price had used in crossing the
river. They received notice of the de-
tail just as they We're about to eat din
ner, and Spence asked the Sergeant If
he thought they would have time to
get dinner before starting. The Ser
geant said he thought they would, and
the boys who had been on short ra-
tions for some time. were enjoying the
green corn and beans, when the Lieu
tenant came out and called: Where in
thunder are the men who are on that
detail?" Spence, who was nearest, said
he was one. The Lieutenant, breaking
into oaths, then said: What the -
are you doing there, then, stuffing
yourself? Get up and go and get your
horse!" Spence said he would have his
horse as soon as the rest; but he COM
manded him to get up at once and go.
Spence. unwilling to leave his dinner,
.
that he would be ready as soon as the
other boys. The Lieutenant took his
foot and kicked Spence's plate of beans
away. Spence got up with cup of
water in his hand. The Lieutenant
struck the tin and knocked part of the
water out. and Spence threw the re-
mainder in his face. The Lieutenant
batted his eyes like toad in a hail
storm, too mad to speak. Spence's first
impulse was to knock him down, but
thought better of it. He told the Lieu
tenant that If both lived to get out of
the army he would wear him out. The
rest of the detail sat there all during
this scene. and the Lieutenant never
said a word to any Of them. Strange
to say, after this trouble the Lieutenant
could never do enough for Spence,
granted all his favors. and seemed to
cherish no resentment for his act of in
subordination. And, of course, Spence
1nCt a daSira fc bprf tho
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The 18TH II. g.

Editor National Tribune: would like
to have you give brief history of the
18th U. S. ! understand that Col. Fox
does not include it among the fighting
regiments. / always thought the 18th
u. S. was a fighting regiment.-E. r.
Estes, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The 18th U. S. was organized for the
war of the rebellion May 4. 1861, and
made a hree-battalion regiment of
eight companies to the battalion. The
first Colonel was William B. Franklin,
who held that position during the war.
The first Lieutenant-Colonel was Daniel
Butterfield, who in 1863 was succeeded
by c. c. Augur. The first Majors were
H. B. Clitz, r. S. Smith and l.. B. Bruen.
1t belonged to Ayre's Division, Fifth
Corps. Army of the Potomac, and lost
126 killed and 1913 died from disease
Editor National Tribune
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First to oner services.

Editor Naional Tribune: I see that
the survivors of the 1st MINI. claim to
be the first body of men to offer their
services for the war. / believe, on the
contrary, that the Fort Harrison Guard.
an Independent military organization of
Terre Haute, Ind, was the first body IF
drilled men (boys) to offer their SER
vices. Just after the steamer Star of
the West had been fired ur m. Ogden
c. Wood, Captain of the Fort Harrison
Guard, called a meeting of the COM
pany, ordering every member to be
present 1 don't remember the exact
date of the meeting, but it was between
Jan. 10 and Is, 1861. After the COM
pany had assembled in their armory
Capt. Wood stated the object of the
and formed the company into
two ranks. putting to them the ques-
ton: "All those in favor of offering our
services to Gov Lane. should troops be
called for. step two PAGES to the front"
Every man but one promptly stepped
forward. and our offer was sent to
Henry S. Lane, then Governor of In
diana. The company left Terre Haute
April II, 1861, for the first three
service. Now. comrades of the
1st Mimi, when did you make your
offer of service Geo. A. Bettcher,
North Liberty, Ind.
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STAMPS AND COINS.

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MALE HELP WANTED.

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GRANT AND HIS CAMPAIGNS.
by Henry Coppee, A. NJ, New York, 1896
521 Pages.

This book contains steel portraits Oh
Lieut.-Gen. U. S. Grant, Mai. Gen. Jas.
B. Mcpherson. Maj.-Gen. Geo. 9.
Meade, Maj.-Gen. e. o. c. Ord, MAJ
Gen. w. T. Sherman, Maj.-Gen. George
H. Thomas. Maj.-Gen. p. II. Sher1qaq
and Maj.-Gen J. A. Rawlins. 1t also
contains a number of maps. This book
was printed soon after the close OF the
war. and copies are hard to obtain. The
volume. while secondhand, Is In good
condition. Price, $3.50, postpaid. Ad.
dress M. Waggaman. 4o6 eth st. N. W.
Washington. D. G. -
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His street Address.

We have a letter here for Comrade
John NJ. Valleau. Philadelphia, which
we will send to him when we receive
his street address.
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The First Volunteer.

John Tregaskis. New York City, puts
forward the claim of Marcus NJ. How
ard as the first man to volunteer. He
was a member of the 9Th Mass. and
shipped as a landsman, April 13, at 8
a. M, at the Charlestown Navy Yard,
Mass. He served out his full three
years as a landsman, and is now a
watchman at the st. James Hotel,
Washington, D. c.
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WIDOWS.

SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO WIDOWS
= claims for pension Write at aftsr Death
of husband, sending his pension certificate. ! Will
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est pension allowance for yourself II. w. SHOP-
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sent her only son and only son-in-law
to fight for the Union, but the latter
came back in his coffin. Comrade
Westervelt has never seen anything in
The National Tribune from any COM
rade of the 22d N. j., and would like
to vary much
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A NY coMRADE RECEIVING LESS THAN SIl
"A should inform me of the number OF his pension
certificate per month he is getting: also the
day and year Of his birth. Then will write him how
10 get an increase r. w. SHOPPELL, Pension
Attorney, Washington. D. c.
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Banner. Trego County Kansas
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Jasper Westervelt Co. T. 22d N. J.,
Hackensack. N. j., says he is one of tn :
fortunate few who have a mother liv-
ing. His is in her 93d year. enjoying
remarkably good health. mentally and
physically. for one Of her years. She
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A 24th Wis. Comrade.

Geo. RHO, Box 26, Route 2, Crete,
ILL.,, writes: u was taken prisoner, but
got away from the enemy and con-
cealed myself in a cedar thicket. A
man that was taken prisoner with me
YVES not so lucky. and was carried into
one of the rebel pens. His name was
Kuffenham, Of Co. C, oath Wis. / got
back to my regiment about 10 o'clock
at night Our forces had advanced, so
fell into our own line. I was detailed
after Stone River battle as Brigade
butcher. I remained with the First
Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Corps,
until the close of my service.
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PENSIONS s.

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Pension Attorney Washington. D. O.
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Put Him in the Guard House.
Saratoga for Next Yenr.

William Kirk, Parkersburg. w. Va,
writes that the feeling is rapidly gain
ing ground that it was mistake to
select Saratoga for the place of holding
the next National Encam pinent. He
feels sure that a demand viii soon he
made for the Commander-in-Chief and
Council of Administration to consider
carefully and take action.
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