The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-08

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ADDS, he has only missed four or five
meetings.. Who can beat this record?
| About the Siege of Knoxville,
Comrade ID. H. Baker, Cos. I and F.
| 18th KY Cav, Orange Home. Fla
writes that he was in the siege of
knoxville, and was constantly on duty
| there, as were all the other men in
D que. When we slept at ALL says
Comrade Baker, lit was on our arms
and with our boots on. 1 had the honor
| 10 command company during the
siege, and was in the trenches with my
| men all the time. / never heard Of any
mule beef and I feel sure that Com
rade Robbins is mistaken about that.
as ne is about one other matter of
which | wish to speak. That is, that
| burnside was on the eve of surrender
on account of starvation rations'
admit that our rations were very
snort, and what we had comprised a
| some good. sound corn, which we
parched. We got along finely Occa-
| slonally Gen. Burnside would pass our
| lines and speak words of cheer to the
men, and assure them that relief would
come. / remember some of our men
would speak up and say: General that
Is all right. Just give us chance. We
will never surrender. We don't want
any Andersonville in ours I know
full well that at no time during my
term Of service of more than three
years was my company ever in better
health, better spirits or more willing
and determined to fight, or more anx-
ious to do their full duty as soldiers
than they were the day before the siege
was raised. And 1T is safe to presume
that what was true of my company was
in the main true of Gen. Burnside's
hot 7,
the aid we were receiving from the
good. loyal people up the French Broad
River in floating supplies down the riv-
er to us at night, we could have held
out much longer. In fact, Longstreet's
brave men were about as short of ra-
tons as we were. 1 repeat that Gen.
Burnside did not expect to surrender
Before Petersburg.
Lieut.. W. T. Edely, Co. C, seth n. Y,
Templeton, Cal. says on the morning
of June Is, 1864, the Army of the Po-
tomac moved on the south side of
Petersburg early in the morning. Gen.
STANDARDS Brigade of the Eighteenth
part, the marching column. came to a
halt and the writer was detailed with
Co. G as skirmishers. Another COM
pany of the regiment was also detailed
1t was commanded by a Lieutenant.
Both companies moved up to the head
Gen. Stannard as the ranking officer of
the two companies, and was by him or
dered to deploy one company on either
side Of the road and move forward. and
in short order the line was in motion.
Now l would like to know who was in
command of the other company which
took part in this eventful affair. Our
SkirmiSh line exchanged the first shots
in opening the battle on the south side
Of Petersburg, June Is. 1864.
A Museum.
Daniel Seller, Lieutenant, Co. K, 47th
U. S. C. T., Kenton, o., takes up the
suggestion with regard to war
Tribune office is the best place in which
to start such a collection. He wishes
that the paper would give a column
each week In regard to relics and COL
lections. He himself has three val
liable relics to start with. One is an
officers sash worn in three wars and
still in good condition. 1t was first
worn by an Ensign at New Orleans;
the Ensign's son wore 1t through the
Mexican War and then the Sergeant
Major of the 18th Iowa wore it through
the rebellion.
Lost His Telescope Rife.
Comrade ]. c. Parker, of Brockport.
N. Y. is anxious to find his telescope
rifle, which he says he worked on in
the gun shop and helped to make. 1t
was lost in 1852 or Whereabouts. He
says he shouldered this gun in the war,
and it weighed Is pounds. but as it was
not lost in battle. he believes it may yet
be located and returned to him. On
a silver plate on the stock is the in
scription -. c. Parker, Co. A, 1st
Battalion, N. Y. S. S."
The 9TH Ind. Cav.
Geo. B. Kilt, Cos. E and X, 7th Ind.
Cav, East Auburn, Cal, writes Il
have taken The National Tribune less
than one year, and will never be with |
out it again. What has become of the |
7th Ind. Cav. boys? I know they We're
not all killed during the late unpleas- |
antness. 1 would like to hear from any
one of them" |
The 18th Ill.
Comrade ]. H. Willett, Co. I, 18th |
ILL.,, Seminary, Miss, says he read in
recent issue of The National Tribune |
that member of the 18th Ill. wanted |
short history of the regiment. Com |
rade Willett adds that he enlisted in the |
18th three times; first in Co. for three |
months, then in April, 1861, for three
years. and in 1864 he veteranized. and
was mustered out July 10, 1865. The |
regiment was attached to the Second |
Brigade, Fourth Division. Fifteenth |
Corps. 1--WE went into the Fifteenth |
Corps after the battle Of Corinth, Miss. |