The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-06-07
rron sprisx Hill to FranklIu.


whole distance from Spring Hill. and
then one regiment marched up a hill
and Immediately marched down again.
| We overlook the troops in our front
| that had halted about 2 o'clock a. m.
| to get an early breakfast. We also
halted to prepare our coffee, and before
we had concluded that operation the
Johnnies started in to boost us on our
II journey. The regiment / have referred
TO was not in line one minute. / was
J with the last troops to reach Franklin.
and probably the last to leave the banks
of Duck River for Spring Hill on that
nerve paralyzing night of the 29th. One
thing is certain, if there was any other
7 regiment that had a more thrilling ex-
perience in reaching our lines at Spring
Hill, no account of it has yet appeared In
the columns of The National Tribune
i Has q Rare Old Relic.
Comrade ]. P. Fishback, Officer of
\ the Day of G. A. Clark Post. is4, G. A.
4 R., Ridgefarm, Ill.,, writes that he has
a rare old relic for sale 1t is an instru-
Il ment that was made in 1916, and bears
Il that date. 1t has been in his family
4 since 1892, having been given to Com
i rade Fishback's mother by Capt. James
/ M. Catron, who served in the Mexican
i War.
/ Comrade CorneIrs Fine Record.
/ Comrade John w Cornell, Goshen,
! Ind, says he will not try to compete
/ with Comrade A. H. Woodruff as to
| length of time OF holding office In the
/ G. A. r. But I will say" he adds.
that l was elected Senior Vice Com
mander of Charles w. Howell Post, so,
/ Department of Indiana, Dec. z, 1884,
| and in 1885 and 1885. Then I was
elected Commander in 1887 and 1888
and again in 1890 and every year since,
| and ] am still in the harness. During
4 II dc
| 1876 visits to the sick and feeble COM
rades Of Goshen, Ind"
Relatives of a New York Veteran
Wis, desires to learn the whereabouts
| of any relative of James L. Loomis, who
| died at Baraboo, Feb. 19. 1905. He was
| a member of Co. A, 18th n. Y, and
| enlisted near Hamilton, Madison Coun-
/ ty, n. Y. The writer says he has thus
/ far been unable to find any trace Of a
| relative of the deceased veteran.
Strenuous Times ON Guard.
Comrade r. l.. Adams, Naples, Me-
| says he was on Arlington Heights at the
time President Lincoln was assassinated
| He was on guard on the main road from
| Washington, and had orders to let no
one pass. Comrade Adams wore his
/ saber and a Colt revolver. Many per-
sons tried to pass his post, but none
were allowed to go by. The grand
rounds visited the posts and none of
! the sentinels got a wink of sleep that
j night. Comrade Adams said he was
| glad when daybreak came. Those We're
/ exciting and strenuous times in and
about Washington.
Held Hoke's Force I'm Cheek.
1.-The battle of Plymouth, N. c., ranks
4 with the foremost battles Of the. civil
war" writes Comrade Wilder M. Boyle,
| Co. K, 103d Pa, from Reynoldsvflle. Pa.
/ There were 2271 men stationed at
/ Plymouth, commanded by Brig.-Gen.
Vessels, IN the Spring of 1854, when
Maj Hoke, with the flower of the
| rebel army, 10000 strong, marched
against that place, approaching on three
roads, with a monster ironclad ram only
| two miles above the town. Now, to say
we held them I'm check from Sunday
| morning to Wednesday is correct. We
did not surrender until the ram mad
sunk our wooden boats A'E
Sleep, Soldier, Take Thy Rest.
Comrade H. B. Workman, Phalanx
Station Or. f. d. -, would like some
comrade to send him~the song which
| begins, Sleep, soldier, take thy rest,
thy warfare's Ger"
Want His Address.
James Oates, Co. X, 9th H.. Cincin-
natl, Ark, in answer to c. w. Boles's
inquiry with regard to the 9Th h. wants
to know why Comrade BoIes never at
tends the Regimental Reunions which
have been held at Belleyille and Itch
field; also, why he does not give his
present address when he writes?
A Good Meal When Hungry.
Edward s. Johnson, Seymour, Wis,
who was in Sherman's army and an old
veteran 70 years old. thinks of The Ma
@frv,0 Will he
hungry. He has lost track of his broth
er, Thiram B. Johnson, who enlisted ct
Paxton, H., in the 10th Ill. He wishes
some of his brothers comrades would
write to him.
Poor But Good. Sae,- ,"'.
John Deniger, Co. G, 37th Wis,
Beaverdam, Wis. says he is the fell
low that got the hog in the woods this
side Of Richmond when the. boys had
nothing to eat but corn. The hog was
poor, but tasted mighty good. = He
would like to hear from some of his
comrades. He has only seen two since
he left the army. He served one year
and was in front of Petersburg.
Only sOld GloryY~s..c 4ss,-,, |
James w. Johnson, Co. G, 18th Ind,
Salem, Ind, thinks the Confederate
flag should not be allowed to be fioated
anywhere on any occasion. No flag
lids d right I'D iodl except THE Ola StdTSt
and Stripes. Would like to hear from
the comrades on this subject.
Civil War Drummers and Filters.
Comrade John A. Nieblng, drum
mer, 26th Mo, writes from Ferguson
Station, Mo-, that he would like to dis
cover whether any of the drummers
and ffers of the 5th Iowa are alive.
Il would like to correspond with
them" he says, "or any of the must
clans of the 9TH and 10th Iowa, 93d
Ill. and Goth Mo-. which regiments
formed the Third Brigade, Third Divi-
sion, Fifteenth Corps" Is, a.n
FavOrs the Service Pension.
II am pleased to hear so much about
the service pension" writes Conn ade +
Pliny w. Broughton from Glendale,
Monroe County, Wis. II am in favor
of the bill, and / believe every old SOL
der who is past 70 years of age should
have $40 month. / was in Co. c, 1st
Wis. II. A., and would like to hear
from some of the comrades. / don't
see anything In The National Tribune
about my regiment. l was born in
1925, and am consequently in my 80th