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Editor National Tribune: was q
private in Co. b, 1884 Pa. We had
suffered terribly in some of the bat.
ties especially at Fredericksburg. Gen
A. A. Humphreys commanded our divi-
sion. and we lost some of our best men
in that action-such as Capt. Jones. of
Co. +. and First Lieut.. VIM. Scott, same
company, and also Adj't Noon and 9TH
ers. al Of Ebensburg, Pa. besides many
others But we never got historic credit
for our patchwork at charlottesville.
We had 4 fine position along the high
ridge Off four miles from Chanceliors.
vile House. toward the river, and had
1t we'll fortified. Gems. Hooker and
Meade said that oil - could not take
that position. But Towards Eleventh
Corps broke on the right, Saturday
night, and Sunday morning, at day
double-quick back past Charlottesville
and around the white House." where.
after waiting under fire until 1880 a.
m. we were sent in to meet q charge
of Jackson's Corps. then commanded
by Gen. Stuart, Gen. Jackson having
fallen Saturday night In the bright
moonlight.
This, on the part Of the Confederates,
was the most terrific and destructive
charge ever made during the war. We
fell back by left flank, left oblique. un-
der shelter Of 80 massed and masked
cannon.
The Confederates came on like an
ocean OF humanity. The first fire from
so guns staggered them. Then hoarse
voices Of command rolled along the line,
"Close up-Forward-Char This
was repeated four times, when heads
and limbs were seen flying in the air.
Our artillery commanders stood on their
guns, and, way y their swords, shout
ed, "Double-shot her and give them
-" When repulsed the Confederates
moved off in such grand style that we
did not fire gun-simply looked upon
our officers, standing on his gun and
waving his sword, exclaimed, Gentle
men. there lie 10000 dead rebels" This
grand charge of 10000 veterans was
rcpulsed by a single Pennsylvania regi-
mcnt-with Co. A out on picket duty.
l stated that Co. A was out on picket
duty, but before the racket was near
over Co. A came UP and fianked us on
the right saving our regiment from
captured. Then ensued such IL fight as
none but Cambria County men could
engage in. 1t is known by military
men that on all such occasions there
are men on the flank Of the enemy who
wish to surrender, and this time hun
dreds rushed up for that purpose, but
one OF our fellows, Bowser, of Co. A,
and some others with him, kept on
shooting down the Confederates as fast
as they could come UP. AT last Col.
Speakman ran up and threatened to cut
BOwser's head off IL he did not quit
shooting rebels. Bowser said, s. it..
that is what we are here for."-J. w.
Scott, Blandburg, Pa.
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WAsINGToNp CT THUHspAY x1r q 1905

from Is to 20 rods behind his chief, for
no horse could keep pace with that
black charger
!, 'The pike made a bend in some TIM
Der Quite-a way from us. My eyes were
riveted on Sheridan until he disap-
peared around that bend. Then troop
of cavalry think 80 or 40 horsemen--
passed by, following Sheridan. This
was supposed to be his body-guard,
about which so much has been written.
/ know Sheridan was out Of their sigh.
when the troopers passed our picket
line.
Il have no doubt all the stragglers
rallied on Sheridan. His presence in
spired them to victory. / do not won-
der that SO many desired to connect
All honor to Sheridan and his black
charger"
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Stories Eminenty Worth Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle

soon did, for the General blurtcd out,
What in do you want?" The
Doctor stammeringly attempted to I'M
fold his mission. when he was told to
take his - box and go home; that
the Government furnished oil ths
clothing that the soldiers needed. The
Doctor timidly requested that he be
permitted to visit our camp. With a
few choice explosives he was told that
he did not want citizens sowing the
seed of discord and making the boys
homesick. Finally, after venting his
vocabulary of more fOrcible than ele-
CANT explosives, he gave the Doctor the
required permission to visit our camp
and take his box with him.
In the original organization Of the
regiment of 81 the thanking companies
and color company were armed with
Enfield rifles; the remaining compa-
MES with the old Belgian muskets.
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LIST OF BATTLES
Alphabetically Arranged With Dates
FROM 1854 TO 1900.

All battles, skirmishes and other inei-
dents Of the Rebellion and Spanish
American War can be referred to in q
moment.
The losses Of the War with Spain are
given and brief History OF the Old
Wars.
1t In IN Encyclopaedia OF all wars con-
densed lnto asa Peges containing more
information In regard 60 the various
wars than will be found In many
libraries.
All disputes as to dates OF different
incidents can be settled.
The PENSION BUREAU uses il to de-
termine dates Of battles, skirmishes and
other important events.
Il gives a list Of Soldiers Homes, PEN
sion Agencies and the district embraced
" each, Pension ratings, Camps, Gene
series and Number Of troops furnished.
In fact it a. q War Dictionary complied
fRom ofaeial records.
If the book is not satisfactory money
refunded. Bound I'm cloth. Sent prepaid.
Price $l.00.
Address: N. A. STRAIT,
s15 "F" Street n. w. Washington, ID. c.
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The seth u. q. G. r..

Editor National Tribune: 1 belonged
to Co. III, 39th u. s. c. T. would like
to see sketch OF that regiment in The
National Tribune.--GeOrge Harris, Bal
timOre, Nd
The seth u. s. c. T. was organized
at Baltimore. Nd, from March %. 1864.
and mustered out Dec. 4, 1865. with
Ozora r. Stearns as Colonel. It belonged
to Ferrero's Division, Ninth Corps, Army
Of the Potomac, and lost SO killed and
242 died from disease.-Editor National
Tribune
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A StOnewall jackson Medal.

Editor National Tribune: / have a
medal like the one described by Henry
T. Fisher in The National Tribune OF
Jan. 4, except that mine measures two
inches across, has the same inscriptions,
names Of battles. etc., is perfectly pre-
served, and was sent to me from Sa-
vannah, Ga. Nov. %, 1899, the date OF
the meeting in that city Of the Georgia
Division, United Confederate Veter-
ans. Nelson Brown. Harris Light
Cav, New Hartford, Conn.
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GEN. WM. NELSON.
9'he Hard Experiences the 34th lad
Boys Had With Him.

Editor National Tribune: In reading
the serial, 1.-THE Army of the Cumber-
land" / am wildly reminded of wha t
we endured in Camp Wiekliffe, KY,
during the Winter Of 81 and go, while
under the command OF Gen. William,
Nelson.
A division composed principally of
Buckeye, HOosier and Sucker regi-
ments had been modified at Camp
Wickline.
The personnel Of the regiments were
boys ranging from II to 81 years of
age, all having the crudest idea re-
garding military discipline. Most of
them were from the rural districts of
the country, and while t',ey had been
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At the Battle OF Petersburr,

Jacob 8. Sheets, Co. b. 21st Pa. Cav,
Taneytown, Nd, writes: by reading
The National Tribune get 10 hear
from some Of the boys. / would spe-
cially like to hear from the soldier
whom l carried half mile on my
back during the battle OF Petersburg.
Va. The soldier was badly wounded.
1 did not know his name. but j believe
he belonged to Co. G Of my regiment"
The 18th III. Cav.
Rev. A. w. Poe, Co. NJ, 18th III.
Cav. Wynne Wood, Ind. T., writes:
How many OF the 18th III. Cav are
taking The National Tribune? Come.
boys, let US get up a correspondence
through the paper"
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The I'D Pa.

A"S sou
Editor National Tribune: The 73d
and mustered in. though not quite
full regiment, and ordered into
active service. 1t was originally
called the Pennsylvania Legion, 18th
regiment, p. ", was changed to 73d
by Gov. Curtin. We encamped first at
Roach's Mills; then early In so at
Hunters Chapel, Va, where the regi-
ment received 800 men from the seth
Pa, which had been disbanded by our
valiant war Governor on account Of
mutiny. This brought the 73d up to
its full quote Of 1000. The original
field and staff Of the regiment, Col. b.
A. Koltes. Lieut.-Col. Gush. Muehleck,
MMajor Leop. Schoss, Adjutant VIM
guion, Surgeon Gunkle. Col. Koltes
was killed at the second battle Of Bull
Run. The regiment participated in
nearly all the battles and actions while
serving in the Army of the Potomac,
while in Bushback's Brigade. Stein
wehr's Division, under Gems Blenker,
Howard. until ordered in 1863 to join
Gen. Thomas at Stevenson, Ala. At
the battle Of Charlottesville the regi-
ment lost 13 killed, 81 wounded: among
the latter Col. VIM. Moore shot
through the lung. There were 80
missing. AL Gettysburg seven were
killed and 81 wounded. Altogether. out
Of strength of 1910 men and officers
during the war. including Sherman's
march from Atlanta through GEORGIA,
the regiment had killed or died of
wounds five officers and 90 men; died
OF disease. ia men; wounded, Is off,
GERS, 303 men; captured or missing IL
officers, 100 men; total "a officers and
673 men. The regiment was mustered
out at Washington at the close of the
war. 1t reinlisted as veteran regi-
ment In August, 1864. It now has q
Survivors Association. Including a
Ladies' Auxiliary Corps, and meets
every first Wednesday in each month.
One monument OF the 73d stands
right opposite the gate of Cemetery on
Cemetery Ridge, perpetuating the &C.
ton Of It In repulsing the Louisiana
Tigers, recapturing Wiedrich's Battery:
another stands on Missionary Ridge.
| where 1t fought In that battle. Our
loss at Missionary Ridge was 216
killed and wounded.-Wiiliam Moore,
Il Colonel phflad01nhia po
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Thus each regiment had two calibers
OF ammunition. Soon after Gen. Nell
son was assigned to the command Of
the division, and he issued an order
compelling regiments to exchange
arms, so that a regiment was either
armed with Enfield rifles or Belgian
muskets. The four companies Of my
regiment had to turn over their En-
field rifles to an Ohio regiment, and
take as many Belgians in exchange.
recall even at this late day the Ian
guage used by the boys condemning
this. To us an arbitrary order was not
what they had been taught at their
mothers knee. While the General was
irascib}e, yet he had the right concep-
ton Of what was required to make
good soldiers out of raw material, and
I have often thought that the disci-
pine we were there taught made those
regiments ever after always ready to
obey orders.-H. L. DEAN, Captain,
Gath Ind, Washington, y. G.
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The SOth Ill. Inf.

whether the writer ever served in his
regiment.
The 5Oth Ill. Inf.
"In the Fall OF 1861" writes Com
rade John Brown. Co. K, 60th ILL.,,
from Wayland Springs. Tenn, II went
to Tysonville, Tenn, where I Joined
Co. X. 50th Ill, Third Brigade, Fourth
Division, Sixteenth Corps, under Gen.
Sherman. After being ordered to sew
eral points we finally reached Rome.
Ga. We stayed there until the fight
was over at Atlanta. We then went
to Savannah, Ga, crossed the river to
South Carolina and had fight at Co.
lumbia. Then we went to other places,
including Richmond and Washington.
would be glad to hear from some
members OF our regiment"
Suggests Comprehensive Army Record.
II have q suggestion for your con-
sideration," writes Comrade Samuel
Tuttle from Orange, Ind. ut is this,
that you ask every subscriber to send
to The National Tribune a short sketch
the one l send you. which Is my own:
Samuel Tuttle was born on Oct.
IL, 1910. at Passadumkeg. Penobscot
County, Me. Before enlisting he was
a harnessmaker. Enlisted at Terre
Haute. Ind, Aug. IL, 1861. Was In
Co. A, LIST battalion, 18th u. s. Inf.
Was in the battles of Shiloh. Stone
River and Chickamauga. Taken pris-
oner Sept. 20, 1863, at Chickamauga,
and was held as prisoner Of war for
one year and was ut Richmond and
Danville, Va. Was discharged at Fort
Wayne, Detroit. Mich. Arrived home
in February, 1866. Present occupa-
ton, Fourth-class Postmaster.
Il think this plan would get The
National Tribune some new subscrib-
ers. After each report had been sent
In publish them in pamphlet form, and
charge enough per copy to defray the
expenses of publishing"
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"Thsy Shot Like Yankees,

George l.. Utter, Cincinnati, O., has
been reading a thrilling story Of ad-
venture in the East Indian jungles,
where the writer saw an elephant that
had two heads. The writer claimed
to have served during the war In the
9th N. T., and Comrade Utter wants
1t understood that the 9th N. Y. was
SO conspicuous for the absolute truth
Of everything said by its members that
1T was known as the Truthful 9th N.
Y, and this impels him to doubt
whether the writer ever served in his
regiment.
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Jeremiah w. Dornsife. Sergeant, Co.
I, 50th Pa, claims in the Burlington
(Iowa) News to be the youngest SOL
der in the war. He was born Feb. %.
1S49, and enlisted Feb %, 1864, on
his 18th birthday. and became a non
commissioned officer. He Is a men,
Der OF Stannard Post, .. Department
Of Vermont. G. A. r.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-17
Thousands of Women
ARE MADE WELL AND STRONG
Success of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Rests Upon the Fact that II
Really Does Make Sick Women Well.

Thousands upon thousands of Ameri-
can women have been restored to
health by Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound. Their letters are on file
in Mrs. Pinkham's Office, and prove this
statement to be fact and not mere
boast.
Overshadowing indeed is the success
of this great medicine, and compared
with it all other medicines and treat
ment for women are experiments.
Why has Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound accomplished such
widespread results for good?
WHY has it lived and thrived and
done its glorious work for quarter Of
a century?
Simply and surely because of its ster-
ling worth. The reason no other med
icine has even approached its success
is plainly and positively because there
is no other medicine In the world SO
good for wOmen's ills.
The wonderful power of Lydia +.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound over
the diseases of womankind is not be-
cause it is astimulant-notb because 1t is
a palliative, but simply because 1T is
the most wonderful tonic and recon
structor ever discovered to act directly
upon the female system. positively
CURING disease and diSplacements and
restoring health and vigor.
Marvellous cures are reported from
all parts of the country by women who
have been cured, trained nurses who
have witnessed cures and physicians
who have recognized the virtue in
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and are fair enough to give
credit where it is due. If physicians
dared to be frank and open, hundreds
of them would acknowledge that they
constantly prescribe Lydia f. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound in severe
eases of female ills, as they know by
experience that it will effect cure.
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, backache,
bloating Cor fiatulence), weakness, dis
placements, Inflammation, liberation,
that bearing-d down" feeling, dizzi-
ness, faintness, indigestion, nervous
prostration or the blues, should take
immediate action to ward off the seri-
Gus consequences. and be restored to
health and strength by taking Lydia E..
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Any
wav write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for advice. It's free and always
helpful.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-17
Folk Too Optimistic?

In a speech at Warrensburg, Mo-,
this week. Governor Joseph w. Folk
said:
I'VE are at the beginning of the great
est moral awakening America ever has
known. The next four years VIII be
distinguished as the time in which the
rc.cn of !Iwle@artSs ALL privilege was
ended. and equal rights for all became
fixed in national politics and the con
science of mankind. The fact that this
AWAKENING against wrongs has come
during prosperit.- shows it does not pro
coed from a spirit of discomfort. but
springs from The moral sense of the
people We are entering the best age
the world has known.
The legislature of the state should
not be controlled by special interests.
whether corporations or liquor sellers
The latter seem TO be organizing to get
men fayoring them in the general as
sembly. Ii is time for the people TO
wake up and see that men go to the
legislature who will represent the peo-
pie. Have the candidates speak out on
these questions. This state belongs to
no interest 1t belongs to the people
and should be run by them"
1t is to be hoped that Governor Folk
is not too optimistic There is a gen
eral war against lawlessness and the
public conscience was never so acute
Men of commanding. influence have
been convicted of wrong doing and
heads of great corporations are being
tried for offenses against the law
Party shibbOleths are no longer potent
enough to elect unworthy men and it
is easier to take off the party collar
than TO put it on.
All these are good signs and encour-
age Governor Folk in his optimism
But the Rockford Star fears there are
no great indications that lawlessness in
high places will end within four years
Within few days a respected citizen
has looted a Chicago bank and the
same day a prominent citizen of Bir-
mingham, Ala, stole S250.000. Fur
Their than this. the present week politi-
cal parties throughout the country have
placed upward of a score of men in
nomination for congress. Few. if any.
of them guarantee more wholesome
conditions in Washington. In this state
members of the legislature have been
by the two great political
parties and with few, very few. excep-
tons they represent the same old crew.
Much will doubtless be done by the
Folks. Jeromes and organs to clean the
Augean stables. but the broom must be
kept in motion until we have better
men in congress and legislature
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-17
rheumatism Cured in "a Hours.

T. ]. Blackmore, of Halter & Black
more, Pittsburg, Pa, says: "a short
time since | procured bottle of Mys-
tic Cure. 1t got me out of the house in
"A hours. l took to my bed with rheu-
matism nine months ago and the Mystic
Cure is the only medicine that did me
any good. had five of the best physi-
clans in the city, but l received very
little help from them. l know the Mys-
tic Cure to be what it is represented
and take pleasure in recommending it
to other poor sufferers" Sold by Otto
Grotjan, 1901 Second avenue, Rock Is
land; Gust Schlege1 & Son, 220 West
Second street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-17
GaIVeston's Sea Wall

makes life now as safe in that city as on
the higher uplands. E. w. Goodloe,
who resides on Dutton street, in Waco.
Tex, needs no sea wall for safety He
writes: Il have used Dr. Kings New
Discovery for consumption the past
five years and it keeps me well and
safe. Before that time l had a cough
which for years had been growing
worse. Now it's gone" Cures chronic
coughs, la grippe, Group, whooping
cough and prevents pneumonia. Pleas
ant TO take. Every bottle guaranteed
at Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store
Price soc and S1.00. Trial bottle free
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-17
Ealing in for Bryan.

The New York Commercial is not a
friend of William ]. Bryan. The Com
merciaI is representative of eastern
capital and none too friendly to those
Ike Bryan who believe eastern capital
is not entitled to special privileges.
None will doubt the assertion that
eastern capital enjoys special priv
leges, and is always seeking more. But
even these interests have to take of
their hats to Bryan because he has
hammered away for 10 years with such
Thomas Jefferson persistency and in
telligence on the issue of equal rights
for all and special privileges to none,
that the country has been convinced
and is about TO elect Bryan it's chief.
So. Bryan, whom they called "dema-
gogue'' and socialist" is viewed diff
ferently now by these interests who
have learned to fear Bryan who knows
the truth and is not afraid to tell the
truth. His convictions are founded in
fact and he has the courage of his
convictions.
The Commercial finds something
laudable in Bryan. It says his present
popularity will lose none of it's dimen-
sions or in the enthusiasm of its sup
porters through the American states
mans argument on arbitration before
the Interparliamentary Union in Lon
don. He was at his best, continues the
Commercial. and his address was re-
ceived with marked appreciation and
enthusiasm. The proposition under
discussion was a resolution providing
that. if a disagreement should arise be-
tween two contracting nations which is
not one to be submitted to arbitration,
they shall not resort to any act of hos
tility before separately or jointly invit-
ing the formation of an international
commission of inquiry or mediation on
the part of one or more friendly pow
ers
A distinct advantage of such an ar
rangement, Mr.. Bryan argued, is that
1t would give an opportunity to mobil-
lie public opinion for the compelling
of a peaceful settlement. And public
opinion, he declared, as going to be
more and more a power in the world.
One of the greatest statesmen my
country has produced-if it were not
immodest so TO call him, the greatest
statesman the world has produced
Thomas Jefferson-once said that if he
had TO choose between a government
without newspapers and newspapers
without a government, he had rather
risk the newspapers without the gov
ernn~-' You may call it an extrava-
giant utt1.aace. yet it presents an idea,
and that idea is that public opinion is
a controlling force
That was fine tribute. says the
Commercial. to public opinion from one
who has felt the full force of its eppo-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-17

feet more tiian any gas or oil well has
ever been drilled before.
To provide for the undertaking the
company has erected steel derrick.
Expert gas men have always given 1t
as their opinion that the gas sands OF
the Waynesburg district which have
been developed are only top or Sec
ondary sands. Thousands of feet be-
low these. they believe, are the main
or great sands, where an ineXhaustible
supply of natures fuel can be found
If any man has the cash and courage
TO go after it.
Government biologists will watch the
undertaking with interest and obtain
valuable data on the makeup of the
earth more than mile under ground.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-08-17
WHEAT TRAIN FOR KANSAS.
t.heme to Teach Farmers Value of
sowing the Best Wheat

Sowing the Best Wheat
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Railway. company, in connection with
the Kansas State Agricultural college,
plans to run a wheat instruction train
over some of the lines of the system in
Kansas during August. says the Kan
sas City Times. In the winter and
spring the Santa Fe and the agricul-
tural colleges ran dairy and corn
trains over the state, and this is con-
tinuation of the project. Five lectur-
ers from the agricultural college will
accompany the train. They are Pro
fessors Miller, Willard, Ten Eycke,
Brown and Shoesmith.
For Il long time it has been the prac-
tice of many Kansas farmers to sell
most of their good wheat and use the
poorest for seed One of the main pur-
poses of this train and the work of the
lecturers Will be to teach the farmers
that they can profit by sowing the best
wheat. 1t is estimated that the use
of only the best wheat for seed will
increase the yield of Kansas wheat
from 100000 to 100000 bushels a
year The two special trains which
have been operated have been success
full, and it is believed that this one
will be of as much benefit to the farm
crs as the others.