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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-15
DlsRARMENT CASE HEARD.
Referee Is Appointed in Proceedings
Against Judge Moore.

In the supreme court at Pierre the
disbarment proceedings against Judge
Joseph B. Moore of Lead came up with
States Attorney Parker of Lawrence
county appearing for the state and
Judge Moore appearing for himself
The court decided to appoint ref
cree to take testimony in the case,
and Judge w. G. Rice of the Eighth
circuit was appointed for that pur-
pose.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-15

teen years ago by Herman Bergman.
Mrs. Bergman started for the in
vaders with club. Sonenberg had a
saw for weapon. and Mrs. Bergman
was cut over the head and arms. Her
husband came home in the thick Of
the battle. and before it was over the
states attorney was in the mix-up.
Further trouble is feared.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-15

Evangelist Charles Cullon Smith of
Chicago, assisted by Prof. Holden, has
closed the series of union revival SER
vices, which have been running in Elk
Point for the last three weeks. Nearly
100 persons have been converted. The
evangelists have gone to Manchester,
Iowa. where they will conduct tent
meetings for the next three weeks.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-15
BLOOD FLOWED At YANkToN.
Controversy Over an Old Fence on
Sonoe Church PROPERTY.

Monday morning a keen boundary
dispute between some church trus-
tees and a citizen and his wife result
ed in the bloodiest fight Yankton has
seen in many a day Acting on the
instruction of the congregation OF the
German Lutheran church Trustees Pc
ter List and Michael Sonnenberg COM
menced to tear down a fence on the
church property, erected there seven
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-15

lives near here. also Ole and Gilbert
Fodness. deceased, and whose families
live near here also, and are large land
owners.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-06-15

You laugh at q woman when she
throws q rock at q dog. But wouldn't
you cut queer figure making
dress7
The National tribune., 1906-12-13

1851 and 2n~Rct. a rally was held
in the old ,Ehptsh, and II more Joined
them. DR.. G. N Shaw (father of Al
bert Shaw e&itor of Review of Re-
riews) presided al the meeting. and all
the boys wiTe were going with the regi-
ment wereI%nviHed to speak. Each one
said few hvotafs. and Davis made quite
n little speech2isaying he was ready tn
do his dut' towards the Government,
but he did not like what had been said
about onlysd'tf&Ah" enlisting DIR. Shaw,
with fire fashhig from his eyes. arose
and said: t7f sahy man here said that
let him stand'hp: want to see him."
OF course, no ,Jhe arose; it would have
been unsafe fW any one TO have even
sneered. .th4S feeling was SO intense. The
lie of c nish 4 e:::..htful loyalty would
not have been worth a punched nickel.
-. The next morning a .neighbor, red
hot war man, hitched up and drove the
men to, Cincinnati to go into camp at
Camp Dennison. They were gone three
years, and saw some very hard times.
Many are now dead and the few who
are alive are nearing the shore. Davis
died soon.after the. war; Lewis, the last
time 1 heard of him, was pastor of a
Methodist; church ut Wilmington, Del.
Mckasson: lives here. He was wound
ed. and has 4 rebel relic that he cannot
give away Were he SO minded. Such is
brief history of the first ones to leave
their homes in the cause of the Union
from that small quarter of the coun-
try.-Michael Jones, Standon. o.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13

,.Gie at all: his furlough took him
into Arkansas, and when he got
ear our lines he hid in the woods till
.isht, sneaked thru to our lines, and
anne down the river to New Orleans.
The paroling officer was a shrewd
fellow. When he came back after TAX
ing the squad thru in February he said
ne had always thought himself quite
smart, little more than the average,
but" he said. you Yanks beat me-.
When / left here l had 1000 men. no
more and no less, for l counted them
as they went out. Going down the river
four of them died, and l saw them
hurled. bus when / called the roll at
the exchange ever, man was there and
answered to his name.' What he did
not know was that the meal wagon
came into the stockade twice that night
to bring grub for the men that were
going, and when it went out each time
two men lay on the reach and went
out with it. They knew where the first
stopping place was at Sabine Rivers
and went there and hid in the brush
till the squad came, then fell in with
them and went along. When the men
died they got their names and answer
ed to them when they were called at
the exchange We left the stockade
May II, 1865, having been there just 13
months.-Wm Soden, First Sergeant,
Co E, 22d Wis, Oregon, Wis.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
SOME FIRST VOLUNTEERS.
The Beginning Of the War In Littl
Ohio Village.

Editor National Tribune: New Lon
don is village in Ohio about 10 miles
from Hamilton. the County-seat of But
Ter County. A good many readers of
The National Tribune live in this little
village, but have never seen
anything from any one of them pub
lished in your paper except an article
by myself describing the Squirrel
Hunters" going to Cincinnati. The
world knows nothing of the war record
of these men, and / would like to write
a few facts Fort Sumter surrendered
on April 13, 1861, and in less than q
week after three young men, w. L.
Lewis. a clerk in q store in New Lon
don, Abner Davis, a school teacher, and
Martin McKasson volunteered under the.
Presidents call for 75,0 900 three months
men. They went to Hamilton on April
20, enlisting in Capt. Roosman's COM
pany, returned home and on the fol-
lowing Sunday reported at Hamilton to
go into camp There was an outpour-
ing of people to bid them good-by when
they left Hamilton. The ladies of the
place presented them with beautiful
silk flag, and a large and most enthu-
siastic meeting was held in Beckett's s
Hall, where speeches were made ap-
proving the Presidents call, one unan!-
nous sentiment being expressed, that
me Union must pe preSerNeu. "Hci
the meeting was over handshaking and
good-bys were in order, accompanied
by many a sincere wish and hope of a
speedy return of the boys, for it was
thought by all that the war could not
last long-was merely breakfast
spell-the South not able to hold out
long against the North. Alas, we did
not know then the spirit of the South
nor their courage.
These three men, Lewis, Davis and
McKasson, at the expiration of their
term of service We're discharged, re-
turned home ana re-enlisted, Mckas-
son in the S8th ILL.,. he having moved
to that State, Lewis and Davis in the
5th Ohio. Five men of the village en-
listed in that regiment on Sept. Il,
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
HAD HER SUNBoNNET ON.
In Bed in Full Dress Trying TO Conceal
-.... Her Son.

. Editor National Tribune: l was a
member of Co +, 10th Mo. Cav. Col.
Benteen- commanded the regiment and
Fred r. Meet the company. Our regi-
ment was stationed at Memphis. Tenn,
for long une-perhaps nine months
and we had considerable scouting to do.
On one of our raids four of us were
sent off on our left flank to pick up any
struggling rebels or bushwhackers wo
might find. 1t was q cold. rainy day
when we started, and 1 remember one
of the boys, Mark Stuart, of my com
pany, said, Il wish we could find a
house, so we could get warm" and we
all agreed with him that it would be q
mighty good idea. We had Travelled
perhaps two miles after leaving tho
command, when we saw a man little
ahead of us going in the same direction.
Supposing he was one Of the fellows
we were after, we put spurs to our
horses and started hot foot after him,
but hearing the clatter of our horses
hoofs, he looked around. saw we were
Yankees and began to do some riding
himself. We shot at him. but did not
hit, and as he had good horse he was
soon out of sight We kept on, and iii
a short time came to log house which
we concluded was his home. We first
went to the stable, but could see no
signs of man or horse. We then went
to the house, and. entering, found an
old lady in bed with her sunbonnet on.
Being asked what was the matter with
her. she said she was very sick.
asked her ,WhY, she had her sunbonnet
on in bed. -, She replied: why, have I
my sunbonnet .pn?" I said: You sure
ly have, AID Io,would like to examine
that bed YOU J,are lying on" The old
lady got out of the bed as spry as could
be, entirely dressed, even to her shoes,
and on looking between the two feather
beds we found the young man we had
been chasing. He was a Confederate
soldier absutf-ny. own age, II. We
could not ahd'this horse, and he would
not tell us where he was. I suppose
he had turned ihim loose to prevent us
from getting him. When the old lady
found out Imer.were going to take her
son away Nithfus she began to cry
really did pityaboth her and the young
fellow. for had left a dear old mother
In st. Louis when / enlisted, and her
crying touched me in tender spot
but the boyfwas game and said: Don't
cry, mother; will be home tonight"
Strange to- say, he made his. word good,
for in about an hour after we had
turned him over to the guards having
the prisoners in charge heard two
shots, and upon inquiring the cause ]
learned that they had been fired at my
boy prisoner. who made clean get
away, and for one was glad of 1t. The
night was dark as pitch, and the fellow
on guard could not see 20 feet ahead
of him. The boy had been a prisoner
for about five hours in all. and ii that
was his only experience during the war
he got off mighty easy. Should any OF
the men see this who were with me on
that occasion, Mark Stuart, Bill Blake
and think the other mans name was
Holman, / wish they would write to me
This is one of the true stories of the
war;. w. Parkinson, Corporal, Co
F. 10th Mo. Cav, Steamboat Springs
Colo
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
The knights of the Golden Circle.

Apropo5 of the story of Capt. Lon
guemare, Alice Carey Risley, of Jeffer-
son City, Nc, sends an extract from a
letter in her possession, written by Z
man who was a former law partner" of
o. P. Morton. After the battle of Stone
River. Gov. Morton put the writer on
detached duty and assigned him to the
Secret Service in Memphis and Vicks-
burg He was then under the orders
of Gen. Fisk, later candidate for Pres
ident, and in pursuance of instructions
Joined the Knights of the Golden Circle,
and became one of the most blatant
rebels. He was instrumental in caus-
ing the arrest of hundreds of conspira-
tors. In this letter he says: 81 went
from there est. Louis) to indianapolis
and pretty nearly all over the State of
Indiana on the same service. l met
many times in the Circle with T. Hen
bricks, Vice President, elected with the
present rebel President. One night |
and our Supreme Commander, Hen
bricks, voted to murder Gov. Morton
and turn over Indiana to the South. /
was the first person to reach the Gov
ernor's house to notify him of our ac-
ton, and that the school books (rebel
arms) would be in the city in few
days. You have probably read of the
conspiracy and trial of Milligan and
Rowles, who were convicted. l had
been at the Governors residence but a
short tirie, and before he was dressed
another man gave the private signal.
I let him in, and shortly, one at a time.
there were 10 of us together, not one
of us knowing when in the Circle hall
that anyone but himself were members
there for the same purpose, as spies
on behalf of the Government.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
The Regular Brigade.

Editor National Tribune In an article
in The National Tribune of Oct. 5. en-
titled, AN Incident of Stone River"
the writer speaks of making a bayonct
charge down thru the field between the
Nashville pike and the cedar wood
From my standpoint IT would seem
worse than a forlorn hope for any one
regiment, or even single brigade, 20
attempt such an act of suicide. To
have attempted a tharge down thu
that holocaust of fire would be good
deal like Aesops fly on the bulls horn.
Now, we will see what that regiment
would be called upon to face. The rebel
troops were massed as follows: Hac-
dee's Corps, Cleburnes four Brigadas,
Cathorn's and McCown's Divisions, re-
inforced by three brisades from the
rebel right, commanded by Jackson,
Preston and Adams. Besides that dead
ly artillery fire, the time of day, per
haps, would have made some difference.
have reference to the time Rousseau
was ordered into the cedars. Again, I
cannot see by what authority Rousseau
could order a regiment from another
command to make a ;.bayonet charge.
Military etiquet alone would forbid such
an act .Rousseau's- Division consisted
of Scribner's. John Beattys, Stark
weather's and the Regular Brigade.
Greeley says that by IL o'clock Il. m.
"McCook's Corps was practically de-
molished, and the, riumphant enemy
was playing hard on our center, where
Negley's Division was desperately en-
gagged, withfa heavy rebel column push
1 ing in betYeen him and the remnant
of McCookf: fPrps, with intent to sur
round ando capture it, which caused
Negley to Eetire. Then Gen Rousseau
ordered MaJ... Kings Regulars to Neg
ley's assisting, The Regulars made a
most gallant SI4nd and effective charge,
losing heavily Adj't Phister in his ac-
Rousseau's division was ordered back
into the cedarS. Gen. Thomas gave the
order to Col, Shepherd, saying, Take
your brigade in there" pointing toward
the cedars, "..and stop the rebel ad-
vance" John, Beatty covered our left
and ,Scribnfr; our right. Officers and
men were falling all along the line, but
medicine tHeaJohnnies were handing
out; the rsbsidtoo. finding the Yankee
pills a bAteH1 dose. Capt. Oscar A.
Mack, on Gen. Thomas's staff, who ap-
preached the brigade with orders. and
who was severely wounded, declared
the din of that fire to be appalling
Gen. Rousseau, in his report. speaking
of the Regular Brigade. said: "On that
body of brave men the shock of battle
fell heaviest. and its loss most severe. -
w. ID Bickman, who was on the field
himself, In his book, 'Rosecrans's
Campaigns with the Army of the Cum
berlandJp says that the Regular Bri-
gade. with Lieut.-Col. Shepherd at its
head, moved steadily into the thickets,
and formed. with Col John Beatty's
Brigade on the left and Scribner's in
close support. Directly a dropping fire,
like the big drops that precede storm,
indicated the proximity of the, enemy,
who pushed hard. The gallant Regu-
lars, however, resisted with the stanch-
ness of their professional esprit. and
refused to yield an inch. Their file
firing at this point was fearfully ds-
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
Ord 10 Blame,

Editor National Tribune: In Picket
Shots of Aug. 23, John NJ. Brown, 69tE
Ind, writes of the charge of July Il,
1853, at jackson, Miss. He claims that
Gen. Lauman charged the Confederate
works without orders from Gen.. Ord
or any other General. He says Gen
Lauman was ordered to advance his
lines to comply with the line of battle
of Gen. Hovey, and not to charge the
enemy's works. Now, If we had ad-
vanced our lines parallel with Gen.
Hovey's line we would have been In
side the rebel forts. After the charge
Gen. Lauman sent a flag of truce ask
ing for permission to bury the dead and
care for the wounded, which was re-
fused. After the refusal Gen. Pugh.
commander of the First Brigade, called
for Is volunteers from each regiment
engaged in the charge to crawl thru
the enemy's picket lines the night Of
July IL to carry off our wounded. Col.
Pugh also instructed the Officer of the
Day in our front to locate as nearly as
possible the enemy's videts. At 10
o'clock at night Col Pugh went with
these volunteers to our picket lines. anu
then the Officer OF the Day informed
Col. Pugh that the Confederate videts
were only 10 feet apart, and that IL
would be impossible for us TO get thru
their lines, tndt py dtleHptns IL ""
would only lose more men and accom-
plish nothing Then. by orders of Col.
Pugh, we returned to our camp. One
member of Co. X was shot thru the
foot and lay on the battlefield until
the night of the 18th. when he crawled
thru the enemy's lines. and after his
arrival in the Sd Iowa camp his fo"t
was amputated. No member Of the old
First Brigade ever had anything but
love and respect for Gen. Lauman, but
placed the blame where it rightly be-
longed, on Gen. e. o. 9. Ord.-D. d.
Finch, Co. F, Sd Iowa, Trinidad, Colo.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13

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The National tribune., 1906-12-13
Roth LlvfnR.

Zenas E. Hogue. Co. X. asth M,
Eskridge, Kan, says that his father and
mother are both living. His father n
IN MS s1st year and his mother In hon
Ssth- They were among the strongest
opponents of slavery before the wavi
and the warmest friends Of the Goy-
ernment during It, They have Fought
good fights in the Christian warfaresi
ana are now waiting their muster out.
Poem Wanted.
Can any comrade send Capt Ira Will
iiams, La Rue. o.. poem. the last linef
of each verse ending. What did the
privates do, By Golly?"
The Song That Dimmed the EJes Of the
Picket.
Will anyone send J. W. Steagall, s1x
Tanner Ave, Lima, Ohio, the above
song?
If William II. X. Bush will direct a
letter to David A. Prince at Newton
Falls. O., he will find the comrade he
inquired for thru the columns Of The
National Tribune.
Confederate Ram Tennessee.
In answer to an inquiry, William SIM
mons, Historian. National Association
of Naval Veterans, Philadelphia. Pa,
says the Confederate ram Tennessee,
captured in Mobile Bay. Aug 5, 1864,
was sold at the close of the civil war.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
The Army Of the James.

Editor National Tribune: Why is it
YOU have stopt publishing things that
happened In the Army of the Potomac,
Shenandoah and James? Two years
ago / spent hours reading The National
Tribune. Now can finish in few
minutes.-Subscriber
Among the interesting articles that
will appear in The National Tribune
during the Winter will be History Of
the Army of the Potomac by John Nc
Elroy. There will also appear a His
tory of the Army of the James and the
Army of the Observation-Disclosures Ma
tional Tribune.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
The 1O4th Pa.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short account OF the 104th Pa, and
greatly oblige-William G. Poust,
Hughesville, Pa. -..s- -'-- -
The 104th Pa. was organized at
Doylestown from Sept 20, 1861, and
finally mustered out Aug. -25, 1855. The
first Colonel was William w. II. Davis,
who was mustered out, and Lieut.-Col.
Theophilus Kephart was in command
when the regiment was mustered out,
1t belonged to Casey's Division, and lost
70 killed and lis died from disease
Editor National Tribune. -
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
NcEIroy'. Army of the Cumberland.

Editor National Tribune: Your issue
of this date, with John McElroy's &C.
count of the Crossing of the Tennessee
River and the battle of Lookout
Mountain" being part of the series Of
the history of the Army of the Cum
berland, is excellent in the extreme ana
is well told. To survivors of the "Old
White Division (Geary's Divisiol),
Twentieth Corps. 1 commend this artt-
Gle, a portrayal of minute facts.-J. N.
Paver, 9Th Ohio. First Brigade. Second
Division, Twentieth Corps.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13

structive. A correspondent of the New
York Tribune wrote from the battle
field: There is a record, however,
which shall be more amply made when
the biography of the Regular Brigade
is ready for history Almost half the
casualties We're Regulars, while they
numbered less than one-fourth of the
entire division.'-L. G. Lyman, Co. A,
I'd Battalion, 1st L. S., Edison, 0.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
Youngest Commissioned Onicer.

]. P. Grimstead, Salem, Neb., while
he does not claim TO be the youngest or
oldest soldier, does claim the honor ~
being the youngest. commissioned offi-
Ger, company commander, Acting Quar-
termaster and Captain in the service
during the civil war. He was born June
Is, 1916. and on Oct. 15, 1861 Us years
and four months). enlisted in Co. r,
9th Ky Upon the organization of the
company he was appointed Fifth Ser
geant. and in May, 1862, was made
Regimental Commissary Sergeant June
is, 1862, when but 16 years old. he was
promoted to Second Lieutenant and
Acting Quartermaster. which position
he held for three months, when he re-
turned to and assumed command of his
company At the second days battle
of Stone River Cos. and /, having
been reduced in numbers, We're CONSOLE
dated. and he was put in temporary
command. Immediately after the bat
tie. Jan. 10, 1868, he was promoted to
First Lieutenant. and Sept. 10, 1864,
when IS years old, he was promoted to
Captain of Go. II OF the same regiment.
Comrade Grimstead has also seen SER
vice in the Spanish-American War and
in the Philippines, and shouldn't be
surprised if he took a whiri into Cuba.
He thinks his record can hardly be
beat
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
A Grateful Veteran.

Michael Lane, 18th Ohio, writes that
he has been Roman Catholic all his
life, and contributed these many years
to support the Church out of his little
pittance of S12 month, and he is sur
prised that one of his Church's papers
should publish the article recently cop
led from the Catholic Columbian Rec
ord. He feels very grateful to the Unit
ed States, for which he fought his best,
for having adopted him as one of her
citizens AZ years ago. He was born in
Tipperary, Ireland, in 1S43, but is now
an American from the sole of his foot
to the crown of his head. The Catholic
Columbian Record should obliterate the
word columbian" from its title if it is
going to publish such stuff as that.
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
Increase of Pensions.

Chandler Post, "a. Chandler, Okla,
has adopted resolutions declaring that
our country is indebted to the old SOL
diers for its preservation, and the Post
believes that the veterans should have
preference Of appointments. and that
all who are 20 years Of age or over
should receive at least 81 per day as
PENSION
The National tribune., 1906-12-13
Wants Family Bible.

Comrade w. H. Abel, of MerrilPs
Horse, whose post office address is Ter
ra Ceia, Fla, writes: Il would like to
get trace of a Bible, once the property
of my reat-grandfather, who spelled
his name Abel. He was born in Ger
many, and died a resident of Saratoga
Springs, n. Y. His Bible was in Ger
man, and contained the family genealo-
gy and records made by him in that
language. The volume was bound in
wood, carved oak, with brass hinges
and clasp. When last heard of 1t was
somewhere in Missouri. I would like
to recover the book or obtain a copy of
the family record"