The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-06-28

which reste1; on the pike. The 6ist
~. formed the right Of the brigade,
.nd the 18th ILL.,. commanded by Col.
Suckner, was next on the right His
regiment was the eth Ill. The 5ist
Ill. had received about 400 recruits,
and opened heavy musketry fire on
the enemy, which was continued all
down the line. There was low beech
swale In our front to the left filled with
the enemy The smoke from the SIS.
and battery of artillery which was
run out on the pike to the right Of the
51st. and which had opened up on
Hoods army massed In front of Wag-
ner's two brigades, settled in this
swale. This was so dense that the
boys of the 9th could not see the en-
envy. and there was no order to retreat
until the rebels were on their first line
of works Comrade RAIDER and five
| others with one commissioned officer
were captured. and marched back to
the beech swale as prisoners of war.
About $50 or 200 prisoners were car
ried to point of the ridge that runs
down to the pike and corralled about
300 or 400 yards in front of the main
line of works. II Gen Cox had been
! IN the bull pen where We were and
heard the screeching and bowling of
the wounded. who lay between us and
where Wagner's lines were formed he
would have thought that half Hoods
army was. there.
Too Much for Him.
| Whitman Chase. Segreganset, Mass,
| one of the crew of the Isaac Smith.
which was captured in Stone Islet. :.
| c., Jan. 80, 1863, was taken prisoner
at that time and kept In prison for
| three months. Later, when in the cars
going North, he had some conversation
with Southerner. The question of
politics came up. Comrade Chase said.
There is no politics in this. You made
war on the Government property. and
l have come to protect it, He replied:
The Government took the first step of
! war: when Anderson moved from Fort
| Moultrie to Fort Sumter. that was the
| first step of war" What" I said, land
you had been building Notifications
around him all Winter: was that no
act of war on your part? The South
erner had business in another part of
| the car about that time.
Out of His Gopher Hole.
L. c. Huffine, Co. E. Goth Ohio. Oak
wood, Ohio. crawls out OF his gopher
hole. where he has been for the last ~
years. long enough to tell us that while
| he does not claim to have been the
youngest soldier or Of having the old
est bareback. he does claim that his
| regiment was the one that whipped the
rebs to a finish. He calls attention to
the rebs began to shake and got out
as soon as they could. When food was
| scarce at Savannah. Sherman sent the
3Oth out to take Fort McAllister, so
his army could get something to eat.
After that they went for Joe Johnston.
and when Johnston heard they were
after his meat-house. he said, Enough.
| give up" Then they started for Lee,
and when Lee got on to 1t he said to
| Grant. Its no use to hold out any
| longer; I'll surrender" 1t has always
puzzled Comrade Huffine to know why
they were not sent to capture jeff
Davis.
| Does Anyone Know Him.
| ]. c. Hellyer, Co. I. 1O3d Ill.,, Ipava,
H.. would like to know the where
abouts Of a rebel prisoner whom he
captured in front OF Atlanta at the bat:
tie Of the 2Sth. This prisoner was a
boy about II years old, and belonged to
the 30th La. His father was a mer-
chant in New Orleans. Can anyone
help Comrade Hellyer to find this man?
i Col. Freeman Common.
| ]. w. Griswold, Co. G. 44th NJ. Y,
Custer, Mich, wishes to thank Col. Ell
lis Spear, Of the Goth Me-, for the men,
ton he made in a recent issue Of The
i National Tribune OF the death Of his
beloved Colonel, Freeman Common, and
j also for the compliment which he paid
4.
glad to be able to state that the goth
Me. was held in the highest esteem by
his regiment, who considered the boys
a splendid lot Of fighters and allround
good fellows. Comrade Griswold was
with Col. Connor when he was killed at
Gettysburg.
The Youngest Soldier.
Harry NJ. Lamb. Co. E, 1st Ind. Cav.
Princeton. Ind, thinks the comrades are
very much interested in this question
as to who was the Oldest and who the
youngest soldier at the time Of enlist
ment, and offers very good suggestion
He thinks 1T would be a very good idea
for US to invite all the comrades to send
US name. company and regiment, date
Of birth, and date of enlistment; also.
date Of final muster-out. From his rec
ord ne must have been just Fl at time
of enlistment. The siege and capture
OF Mobile. Ala. ended his service.
f. G. Sackett. Co. L, Cd Mass. H. A..
Crescent City, says that the three COM
rades WHO in the issue Of April IL
claimed each to be the youngest soldier
in the rebellion will have to take a back
seat and give the honor to a Boston
bean-eater, himself. He was born Nov
Is, 1913; enlisted Dec. 5, 1863, being
but Is years old when he went into the
army. He would like to hear from his
old comrades Of Co. L.
Called Him q Conee-CooleP.
Henry H. Gushee. Co. B. $50 Mass,
Hamilton. O.. Is indignant. Some one
In Picket Shots Of April IL called him
a coffee-eooler because he said there
was no singing at Gettysburg. He was
there at the time, and never say any
coffee-coolers and will say that the bat
tie was fought by men and not by Ia
dies.
The seth N. Y.
y. B. Easton, Sergeant, Co. E. goth
/ Ind, saltwater. Okla. is very anxious
for information Of the seth ~ Y. He
t says that regiment usually kept along
{ with his, and he would like to know Il
the men who were captured at Spotsyl-
; vania went to Andersonville. He has
I forgotten the names Of the men In the
, seth he knew best but would like es-
E pecially to hear from or about those OF
: the regiment who were members OF the
!. church at Culpeper Court House. One
was a Sergeant. He would also like to
know about the 10th y. Y, who shared
}, their rations with him when he was
G starving.
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