The National tribune., 1906-07-12
The Frontief anA Cassius N. Clay
Guards.

mention is made in i. of those COM
panies who patriotically enlisted for
the defense of the Capital in April.
1861, to aid the small garrison then
stationed there He has never seen
any mention anywhere of this service,
and ne thinks II very unfair. The COM
panies to which he alludes were the
Frontier Guard, commanded by James
ii. Lane, and the Cassius NJ Clay
Guard, commanded by Cassius NJ. Clay,
of Kentucky. Each numbered about
900 men. These men were Quartered
in the Winder Building, or what was
then the old War Department They
performed their various soldierly du-
ties in their own citizens dress, their
arms and all accouterments. being fur
nished by the War Department. They
had the honor of escorting the 7th n.
Y. up Pennsylvania Avenue to the
White House on the morning of its ar
rival In Washington, passing in review
of the President and Cabinet. The
emergency for which they enlisted
having ceased the commander asked
for their honorable discharge, which
was granted by Secretary Stanton, who
at the same time commended them
highly for their valuable services, and
transportation was furnished them by
the Quartermaster, Gen. Mansfield.
Some of these men afterwards raised
during the war rose to honor and dis
tinction with large commands. M NJ.
Delehany, First Lieutenant of the
Guard, was appointed a U. S. District
Judge by President Lincoln; Judge
Hugh Ewing became a Major-General
of Volunteers; Edward McCook a Brig
adier-General of Cavalry. His uncle,
the front file leader of the Guard, was
afterwards killed by John Morgan dur
ing his raid through Ohio. Many of
them entered various lines of the ser
vice and did valuable work for the
cause of their country, but their SER
vice at Washington at that important
time was as noteworthy as any subse-
quently rendered.
Spanish Fort and Fort BIakeIy.
Lewis d. Anderson, Co. I, 18th ILL.,.
Pennington, ILL.,, who belonged to the
Thirteenth Corps, and took part in the
siege and capture of Spanish Fort and
Fort Blakely, differs in several re-
spects with the statements made by ].
w Lacock in his article on this sub
ject. In the first place, Comrade An
derson says that the Sixteenth Corps
was at Spanish Fort during the siege
and capture of the rebel stronghold,
but that 1t did not capture the fort
without the assistance of the Thirteenth
Corps. Both corps took part. The
Sixteenth Corps was not in front of
Spanish Fort proper, but was in the
line of works to the right of the fort
and to the right of the Thirteenth
Corps. Both forts were not captured
on the same day; Spanish Fort was
evacuated or surrendered on April g.
1865, and Fort Blakely was taken by
assault the next day, April 8. Com
rade Lacock put the date Aug 8, but
he is mistaken; it was April g. The
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fact that the Sixteenth Corps charged
their part of the lines at the time they
say they did. but there was no firing
on the lines of the Thirteenth Corps
after the Sixteenth ceased their fire.
Comrade Anderson stands ready to
prove everything he has said.
Only 1s Children Living Now.
Editor National Tribune: AS you
seem to want all the old soldiers to
write and tell their troubles. l will do
so. l am about 20 years old. and an
eX-Andersonville prisoner; was in
prison Is months. Am living on pen
sion of s12 per month, but with the
help of my little garden manage to get
along. My health is tolerable thank
God, and my children are good to me.
L have only IS living now; three are
dead. l should like very much to hear
from my old comrades of the 8th w.
Va. particularly Robert Durken, Jacob
G. Matlick, E. B. Creel, George Brown,
and Frank Nelson.-Lindsey Sexton,
Ayers, Calhoun Co., w. Va.
His Latchstring Always on the Outside.
Kettle, w. Va, served under Gray
Eagle" as Gen. Milroy was called, but
the last nine months of his service was
as teamster in an ammunition train
He gets along very well with his pen
sion of IS month, supplemented by
his little farm, which he has rented for
81 an acre. He would like to hear
from David Pennelton, and If any of
the boys should pass his way he wants
them to know that his latchstring is
always on the outside, and he hopes
some of them may pull It.
with One of the Fighting Regiments.
Spencer Croshaw, Co. D. 21st ohio,
Truitt, Va, was a boy when he went
into the army, and belonged to one OF
the fighting regiments He was with
Gen. o. NJ. Mitchell. and marched with
the command South, wintering at Ba
cons Creek, and when they broke camp
helped run Buckner out of Bowling
Green. He was at Huntsville when the
commander ordered the people to come
down from the top of the hotel. where
thSy hdu SoBe " otc luTcnln HORged.
Comrade Croshaw was afterwards un-
der Negley, and took part In all the
battles and marches to Washington by
way of the sea. He feels proud to
think that he was commanded by such
men as Charles Allen and little Tom
Anderson.
Wheeler at Resaca.
Prem. Metham, Lieutenant-Co Colonel.
Soth Ohio, Nellie, Ohio, says: Gen.
Hood, in his Advance and Retreat"
made mistake when he said that
Wheeler captured Resaca. Wheeler
did not attempt to capture it, but did
attack Tilden, and tore up a small sec
ton of the railroad. He besieged the
18th Iowa, but Gen. Green B. Raum,
who was in command at Resaca, sent
Col. Metham. with the S0th Ohio, VINO
raised the siege and sent Wheeler skip
ping. Wheeler also attacked Calhoun.
but the 5Sth ILL.,, reinforced by the S0th
Ohio, cleared him out again. The road
was repaired and the telegraphic COM
munications restored in a few hours.
A Loyal Southerner.
Wells B. Whitmore, Marietta, Ga.
says that though native of New York
he was taken to Georgia as a boy In
1859 and was living there in 1860 He
had no sympathy with the rebellion or
respect for the rebels, nor has he had
any honors to show their dead. He
evaded the conscription in 1924 and
sought refuge in New Orleans, from
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