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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-02-22

Editor National Tribune: I noticed
in recent issue that Comrade d. "
Simons describes himself as one Of your
oldest subscribers. He states that he
has read your paper for 20 years.
believe your company bought out the
American Statesman in 1873, and I had
a short time before subscribed for that
paper AS my subscription was not TAX
en- over by The National Tribune Com
pany, / sent my name and money to
this l. have been constant reader Of
The National Tribune, covering a period
of 33 years that have read your paper
You VIII find my name on your roll
from the start until the present time.
l will say there is no paper 1 ever
read that / enjoy as much as The Ma
tional Tribune. I was member Of Co.
E, 58th Pa. for three years, five months
and 20 days. / was wounded three
times. The last time mimic ball struck
me close under the right eye, coming
out about two inches below and back
OF the right ear. am now receiving a
pension Of $24 a month, and am a
member Of Freeman Thayer Post 90,
Department of South Dakota, G.. A. r.,
and am Past Department Chaplain.
I think you can see by the majority
our State gave Teddy that a good many
Of the demfpOps must have got religion
since the election four years ago. We
have lost six members OF our Post in
the last seven months. We are all in
favor Of The National Tribune Pension
Bill. Let the good work go on.-W. A.
North, WATERFOWL. S. d.
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The 1lth Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
please give short history Of the 18th
Ohio, and oblige-G. III. Sollace.
Springfield, Mass
The 18th Ohio was organized at
Camp Dennison from June 20, 1861,
and mustered out in June, 1864, with
the veterans and recruits being con-
solidated into q battalion. The first
Colonel was Charles A. De Villiers, who
was dismissed, and was succeeded by
Col. Philander p. Lane. Lieut.-CO
Ogden Street was in command when
the regiment was mustered out, and
when the battalion was finally muster
ed out the ranking officer was d. Gin
ton Stubs. The regiments first service
was I'm Western Virginia, and it was
with the Kanawha Division at the Sec
ond Bull Run and Antietam. In 1868
II was transferred with Gen. Crook s
Division to rle Army of the Cumber-
land. 1t r~nained with the Army of
the Cumberland until the close of the
war. being. after veteranizing, In
Baird's Division Of the Fourteenth
Corps and under the command Of
Lieut.-Col. ID. G. Stubs, who was pro-
NOTED from Sergeant Ma jor.-Editor
National Tribune.
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OF Winchester, and the order was strict
ly obeyed. About two or three hours
after we We're detached from the escort
l was sent up to the front with dis
patches from Col. Edwards, command
ing the Second Brigade, First Division,
Sixth Corps, and when arrived on the
field the battle was over.
Several years ago q man sporting q
title of Brigadier-General Il cannot re-
call his name) wrote q long article
denying that there was any demoraliza-
ton or struggling in the Eighth or
Nineteenth Corps. Oct. 10. 1864. at
Cedar Creek. / wish to state emphat-
ically that when / rode up the Valley
with the dispatches, the Valley from
Winchester TO Middletown was full Of
them, and 1t seemed to me that fully
one-half of the corps mentioned were
routed and out of the fight. ! do not
wish to be understood as rejecting on
their bravery. Surprised as they were,
many Of them being killed while asleep
in their tents, they did as well as any
troops on earth could have done That
they rallied SO quickly-what was left
Of them-and did such splendid fight
ing in the afternoon, is a record to be
proud of. The Sixth Corps, camped
further back. and the cavalry on the
TANKS had little more time to get into
line
Now, Comrades Spera and Morley
and the rest Of the boys of one of the
best regiments that ever drew sabers,
wake up and let us hear from you. But
the boys of the old 18th Pa are as
modest as they were brave, and do not
like to boast of their deeds. They have
a record they may we'll be proud Of"
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quarters of the Department at Cum
berland.
In few days a general order came
back signed by Gems. Crook and Kelley,
announcing the fact that the command
ing officers of the two unfortunate regi-
ments captured at Beverly had been
dismissed from the service by the Pres
ident, and ordering the commanding
officer at Buckhannon to have his en-
tire command in line of battle an hour
before daylight every morning, and so
remain till one hour after daylight,
ending with the words, I'VE are deter
mined there shall be no more surprises
in this Department"
The order was an astonisher, and
after 40 years of calm reflection 1 am
still unable to find in 1t any evidence
Of common sense or military genius.
No commander would have yentured
upon an attack of any post without in
forming himself of conditions and the
precautions to guard against surprises
etc. This means that an attacking force
would have struck us two hours before
daylight after the above order was is
sued, instead of waiting till we were In
line or battle. If our safety depended
upon our being in line of battle IL
would have been imprudent 10 break
ranks at all
We were, or should have been, sup
poSeu To exercise reasonable precautions
to prevent surprises, and as an addi-
tional means Of vigilance the company
OF cavalry was stationed there to per-
form scout and patrol duty. and thus
detect the approach of any considerable
body OF the enemy.
But an order is an order and our
responsibility ended in a stolid compli-
ance with the terms of this one By
dfnt of vigorous stamping in the crisI
snow and an exuberant Indulgence ir
hot-air explosives the boys extracted
all the comfort obtainable from their
environment.
This condition continued until one
day in February, when the telegraph
operator came to my quarters and an.
nounced the capture OF Crook and Kel.
| ley the night before.
| The situation struck me as being sc
absurd that 1 turned to the Adjutan,
! and said: Quietly inform compan,
commanders that until further order.
| they will not be required to have thei,
commands in line of battle an hour
before daylight: there has been one
more surprise in this Department.
| II. e. RiZer.
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AT PORT HUDSON.
The 4th Wis. Cav.'s Experiences While
Protecting the Rear.

Protecting the Rear.
Editor National Tribune: In The Ma
tional Tribune of Dec. IA. 1905, at the
request of Henry b. Fay. Rumsey
Mimi. shore history of the 4th Wis
Cav. is given. The name of good man
and officer is omitted in the list of
commanders, viz, Col. Moore. He was
Captain of Co. + when i enlisted in
that company in 1862, ranked next to
Capt. Bailey, Co. d, and followed I'm
the promotions, becoming the successor
of Col. Bailey. He was with and COM
manded the regiment much longer than
Col. Bailey, who was on the staff of
Gen. Banks.
/ was not far from Col. Bean when
he was killed. We were in the rifle
pits for six days after the assault of
May q. Col. Bean was passing along
the rifle-pits, had just passed through
ours, stopped to look through a small
space between two logs which formed
part of the protection of the pit. when
q bullet passed through and, my men,
DRY is, killed him instantly.
The death of Col. Boardman occurred
May 8, 1864. Col. Boardman (not
Broadman) becoming impatient with
the dilatory and apparently incompe-
tent handling of the movement toward
Clinton, La, asked to take his regiment
and go on. Consent was given. We
started in column. Reaching the Com
lite River the road deScends to the river
bank, then along the bank several rods,
then turns and crosses. The Confeder-
ates had torn up the bridge and were
concealed in the thicket across the
river. and when the Colonel at the
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Found His COnrade.

H. Z. Brewster, Marlboro, N. H..
says that, thanks to The National Trib.
une. he saw the name Of a comrads
whom he had not seen for AZ years
when he parted from him on the bat.
tlefield, one being taken prisoner while
the other escaped. Comrade Brewster
wrote a letter and received one in re.
ply, giving his experiences in Andersons
vile and other prisons.
Scattering.
L. B. Church. 3111 Michigan Ave.
allied opinion Of the great good your
valuable paper has done for the grizzly
old soldiers Of the civil war. SomeS
times 1t seems that you are about the
only friend left who dares to express
favoritism to the old soldier. Certain
iy you have been our benefactor all
along, yet there Is so much you can
accomplish for our benefit by advocat.
ing Service Pension Bill, something
similar to the one suggested by David
L. Brown, OF Indianapolis, allowing
one cent day for each days service
during the civil war in addition to the
regular monthly pension. True, the
Government seems to appreciate what
we did for the country, yet the plan OF
distributing substantial appreciation is
not quite as satisfactory as 1t could be.
l should like to see our Congress enact
bill granting extra appreciation to
those who gave the greatest service.
A Service Pension is simply a fair and
square proposition and we claim that
those who enlisted early had neces-
sarily greater training and were capa-
BILE of more valuable service than those
who were not accustomed to the hard
ships of camp life. Many Of US are
now on our last legs and out Of en-
ployment because of our age, and q
dollar now at our time OF life will DO
us more good than so did when we lay
before Bull Run, Gettysburg OF Corfnth
in rain and mud"
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The 45th Ill.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history Of the 45th Ill-G. H
Madison, 1906 West 18th ST., Pine
Bluff, Ark.
The 45th Ill. was organized at Galena
and Chicago from Nov. 20, 1851. and
finally mustered out July IL, 1866. It's
first Colonel was John f. Smith, who
was promoted to Brigadier- General and
succeeded by Col. Jasper A. Maltby
who was promoted to Brigadier-Gen-
eral. Lieut.-Col. Melancthon Smith, of
the Regular Army, died from wounds
received at Vicksburg. Lieut.. Col
Robert p. Sealy was mustered out Jan.
10, 1865, and Lieut.-Col. John o. Duer
was in command when the regiment
was mustered out. 1t belonged to
Logan's Division of the Seventeenth
Corps, and lost IS killed In battle and
13s died from disease.-Editor National
Tribune.
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RECITALS AND "REMINISCENCES
Stories Eminenty Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

To back up your corrections with solid
proofs, for 1 have written this with my
diary. kept regularly through my en-
tire service, before me. But l hope we
shall not reproduce a Spanish Fort or
who killed Cock Robin controversy. In
getting subscriptions for The National
Tribune about the only objection ever
made to me is some of the endless con-
troversies over who got first into the
fort or killed u General. / am intensely
interested in the scenes and work
around Port Hudson, and in reading the
description of those assaults. the two
trips to Clinton, etc, have lived over
again to some extent those awful days.
j. n. Liscomb. Quartermaster-Ser-
geant, Co. E, Attn Wis. Cav, 615 Valen-
cia ST., Los Angeles, Cal.
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Claim OF Trooper That the 18th PA.
Cav. Was the Escort on the Famous
Dash to Wlnchester.

Comrade G. d. Mullihan, Co. D. 18th
Pa. Cav, writes from Stuart, Fla, to
reply TO COmrade G. W. NATION. of
Sheridan's Cavalry. According to Com
rade Mullihan, Sheridan's escort on Oct
IL and 10. 1854, was commanded by
MAJ. w. n. Spera, 18th Pa. Cav, who
now resides at 1876 Madison avenue
Council Bluffs. Iowa" j. W. Morley, Co
-, lIth Pa. Cav, was also with Sheri-
dan on that memorable day, and both
rode on the field with him. They were
both eye-witnesses. and / hope they
Will write TO the best soldiers paper In
the world and settle all disputes. Sew
erai years ago a series OF articles were
published I'm The National Tribune
about boy who rode black horse
and went upon the field with Sheridan
Nearly every regiment in Sheridan's
Department claimed that boy. But II
was Comrade j. w. Morley, who now
ilVes at Rugg, kalkaska County Mich
I'VE We're awakened on Oct. 10 by
| the heavy firing at Cedar Creek. After
a hasty breakfast the writer and about
100 men under w. III. Spera, all of the
18th Pa. Cav, reported to Gen. Sheri-
dan for escort duty, and we started al
| once with him for the front, for the
| firing was very heavy before We saddled
our horses.
| when we reached Midtown. I'm the
southern suburbs of Winchester, the
stragglers from the front had alread,
reached there and were coming down
| the Valley-a demoralized mob. Turn.
ing to Maj. Spera, Gen. Sheridan said:
Major. send all Of the escort blu,
| two sets of tours under q Sergeant r.
report to Gen. Forsyth to stop these
stragglers and keep them out of the
| town.
Mai. Spera turned to me and com.
manded:
| 'Serg't Mullihan, take all the men
but the first two sets of fours, and re-
port to Gen. Forsyth for orders
Il at once reported to Forsyth with
| about rs men. He ordered me to throw
| a skirmish line across the Valley and
stoD all afrasalArs and keen than on
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Teacher Found Dead

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Experiences Mt stone River.

Comrade d. X. Mitchell, Co. D, 102d
Ohio, writes from Corsica, o.: "I have
been subscriber of your excellent pa
per ever since it was started. and 1 am
always interested in the controversies
which the old soldiers have among
themselves in it's columns. In order to
help solve the dispute about there hav-
ing been snow on the ground at the
time OF the battle of Stone River / will
say that two Of my neighbors. ID. K.
Boggs and A. j. Harding. of the 18th
Ohio, were both I'm that battle. and they
were both severely wounded. d. x.
BOggs was shot through the hips at the
first volley that came from the rebels.
and he lay on the ground where he fell
for two days before he was taken in
hand. He says he did not see any snow,
but very cold rain fell and there was
some ice, and he was nearly chilled to
death before he was taken to the hos
pital after the battle was over.
"A. j. Harding was shot through the
ankle in the same fight and he says he
did not see any snow. But at Clarks-
Vile, about 60 miles below Nashville,
where my regiment, the 1920 Ohio, was
in camp, the snow was nearly two feet
deep, and went off with a heavy rain,
which raised the Cumberland River
above it's banks and was a great boon
to Rosecranss army at that time, as the
transports could then ascend the river
to Nashville with army supplies that
were at GAINESVILLE, the boats before
the freshet being unable to pass over
the shoals at that place. Our brigade
worked all night to move back from
the river banks what seemed to be
millions of dollars worth Of army sup
plies of all kinds, and which the surg
ing waters would have ruined or swept
away had 1t been left there. 1t was soon
reloaded on transports, and sent up to
Nashville, to the great relief OF the
army there. SO much for the snow at
Stone River. Now, who will give the
actual condition of the weather on the
first days OF 1S63?n
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GEMS. CROOK AND KELLEY.

The Joke Was Decidedly Upon Them.
Editor National Tribune: Comrade
Mosgrove's story in The National Trib-
une, Jan. IS, Of the capture of Gems.
Crook and Kelley from their beds in
Cumberland In February, 1865, recalls
an incident that may be worth relating.
was stationed with my regiment. Sd
p. III. b. Md, and Co. A, Sd w. Va. Cav,
at Buckhannon, w. Va. during that
Winter. Two regiments Of Ohio cav
airy held Beverly, the next post east,
until, one fine morning late in January.
Gen. Rosser, with a brigade Of Confed-
crate cavalry, made descent on them
about an hour before daylight, and
captured the entire command save a
few stragglers, who reached Buckhan-
non about noon. I at once wired n re-
port to our brigade headquarters at
Clarksburg, whence it was sent to head
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