The National tribune., 1906-08-09
Allatoopa Pass.


when he claims his regiment was the
Erst IN the fight at Allatoona Pass.
oohrade Chase's regiment was camped
IN an open field on the east side of the
railroad. Shortly after midnight on
Oct. 5, 1864. the Johnnies opened the
ball by a volley of musketry. The 18th
rushed into the battle line and checked
and held the rebels at bay until 10 a.
nl., without any breakfast or water.
when they fell back to East Point under
a murderous fire across an open field.
Again, Comrade Baltzell is mistaken
when he says Cc. A of the 39th Iowa
was captured at the block house. Co.
F of the 18th Wis, Capt. Roberts in
command, held the block house until
they sent twice their number of john
| nies to where they could return no
more but were finally compelled to sur
render on account of the smoke from
the burning bridge close by.
/ The Branded Man.
]. c. Underwood, Union City, Ind,
who served in Co. H, saith Ohio, says,
in reply to Comrade Grier, Sd w. Va.
Cav, that he, Underwood, knew the
man who was branded as a deserter
with the letter d at Charleston, and
| that his name was Moody. He was re-
puted to be one of our best spies in
| West Virginia, and his home was about
25 miles down the Kanawha River He
was offered commission in reward for
his bravery and services, but Gen. Duff
fie would not let him accept it. He got
| deeply angry and deserted three times,
going back home to work. He said all
| the time he would return to duty when
ever they would give him the commits
sion he had earned Comrade Under
wood also says that the battle of Cloyd's
Mountain was the hardest that he was
ever in, and his regiment lost three
| color bearers. 1t was there that he
captured his first prisoner.
Loyal North CaroIininn.
I. G. Taylor, Co. B. 4th E. Tenn. Cav.
! Wasco, Ore, looks back to the days
when he was a young boy living in
North Carolina, and the time came
when there seemed no choice but to go
into the rebel army. With some COM
panions he started in the last part of
September. 1852, for the Union lines. 1t
was long journey of two weeks, made
by star and moonlight over the noun
| tains and valleys, across the streams
and through slush and ice. They passed
through East Tennessee, West Virginia
and into Kentucky, reaching the Union
| forces at Manchester, KY, where they
enlisted. He was afterward captured
| by the enemy on raid near the Chat
tahoochee River, and sent to Anderson
| WIG, WueTe he starved SIX long
| months. He would like very much to
have his old comrades write to him.
The Ex-Prisoners.
Geo. W. Drum, Co. F, 135th Ohio,
Clearlake, Wash, met Gen. Early in
the Shenandoah Valley on July 8, 1864,
and though the General was given a
warm reception, the boys of Cos. B and
F were obliged to knock under and
take walk with him. They We're walk
| ed into the WirZ Hotel, where they
boarded for some time. Comrade Drum
is one of seven sons, all of whom were
in the Union army, and thinks If we only
had the right kind of Congressman the
EX-Prisoners' bill would pass all right |
Comrades, let US stand shoulder TO
shoulder, as we did from '61 to '65; |
| then we will get what belongs to u.s."
The He'll Roarers.
Lewis B. Jessup, Co. F, oath Ind, re-
ferring to the item furnished by ]. NJ. |
Beach. st. Joseph, Mo-. under the title |
of "a Lucky Mess" says that after en-
listment he was assigned to Mess No. 8, |
Co. F, Path Ind, called the Hell Roar
ers," which name still clings to it. The
mess roster was: August LEIGH, c. D. |
Heldt, Julius Tyschappe, all Prussians
by birth; Harry Watts, VIM. H. Hen
derson and Lewis B. Jessup. They
were under fire IS days all told. VIM.
H. Henderson was killed at Champion
Hills, Miss, May 16, 1863. The others |
are all still alive. and frequently ex-
change letters.
Not Killed at Gettysburg.
T. B. Stearns, Co. A, 44th y. Y, later
Captain, Co. K, 18th U. S. c. T., Pitts |
burg, Kan, knows J. w. Griswold is
mistaken when he says Col. Connor was
killed at Gettysburg in his presence.
Comrade Stearns had the pleasure of
shaking hands with Col. Connor at Buff
falo, n. Y, when the National Encamp- |
ment met there. Comrade Griswold |
must have meant Col. Vincent, of the |
SD Pa, who was in command of the |
brigade at Little Round Top on that |
day. He died of the wound he received |
on the second day of the battle at his |
place of command. just in the rear of |
Comrade Stearnss regiment.
A Rebel Song.
Can anyone give ]. H. Penson, Sec |
ondcreek, W. Va, the words of song
sung in the Confedeate army during the |
civil war, the chorus of which runs |
something like this: For I'm a rebel |
soldier, and far from my home"
Ex-Prisoners OF War.
Geo. n. Chaffee, Co. G, 50th Pa, Le-
raySVllle, Pa, was one of the unfor- |
tunates who got into Andersonville, and
| says that while Gen. Sherman described
| war as hell, words are inadequate to
| describe the sufferings of the men in
| prison. They he says, are the only ones
| who have never been recognized by
| Congress, and thinks the Congressman
would be more interested and sympa-
thetic if they had been prisoners them
| selves.
Has Something to BE Thankful For.
Henry Scott Co. X. 30th KY, Bur-
Meta, KY, is in sympathy with Com
| rade L. Lamlie when he says the State
| Guards of Kentucky are in disfayor with
| the Pension Office. He thinks all the
| Kentucky troops are on the same foot
ing as the State Guards. He has never
received any bounty or other favors as
have the soldiers of other States but
he thanks the Lord for his Representa-
tive in Congress, the Hon. D. c. Ed
wards.
Old Coin.
W. H. Harris, Soldiers Home, Fort
Dodge, Kan, has in his possession q So
cent piece for which he has been trying
long time TO find the owner. 1t was
coined in 1896, and on the face is en-
graved. -. H. Co. y, 5th Iowa" He
has learned that the initials stand for
John Hall, but he has never been able
| to locate him. He would like to corre-
spond with any one who can help him
| find the wife or children of the owner
of the coin as he thinks thew should