The National tribune., 1906-08-23
Chickamauga.

nois soldiers on the battlefield of Chick
amauga. He met a number of his COM
rades-96th III. boys-at Chicago, and
together they journeyed to Chatta-
nooga. passing through country preg
nant with memories. He was surprised
to find Chattanooga SO changed, the pop
ulation which in the sos was about
1000 now numbering $4,000. He visit
ed the ground where his old regiment
was encamped in 1868, about four miles
from Chattanooga. He, with his COM
rades, took a drink from the big spring
which comes from the side of the noun
tain which furnished them with water
Sc years age. They followed with In
tensest interest the route taken by tne
96th from the point where on Sept. IS,
1863, they were fired into by the right
wing of the rebel army, over a distance
of seven miles to the spot where they
went into the battle on Sunday. They
were on the extreme right of the Union
lines and in front of a battery. One OF
the monuments of the 96th is at this
point. Three are erected to the brave
boys of that regiment. Of the other
two, one is on Lookout Mountain and
the other on Missionary Ridge. The
whole field of Chickamauga is dotted
with monuments and cannons, both of
the North and South. The famous
Snodgrass House, located between the
Union and rebel lines, is still standing,
and is inhabited by family of negroes.
Two cannon stand in the front yard to
mark it as Gen. Thomas's headquarters.
Comrade Cullen visited the place onl
Missionary Ridge where he was tax IN
prisoner with % members of Co. H and
IA of Co. c. In the National Cemetery
he hunted up all the graves of the boys
of the 96th that he could. Had his pic
ture taken on Lookout Mountain. Wis
tied the old Zollicoffer prison in Nash
vile, and returned to his home after a
most interesting trip which revived the
memories of old days and of many
brave comrades who are sleeping the
eternal sleep under the sunny skies of
the South.
Ex-Prisoners of War.
Frank A. Hubbell, 67th Pa, Wet
Seattle, Wash, commends us for our
advocacy of the ex-prisoners of war bill.
Comrade Hubbell was captured on the
morning of the third days fight at Win
chester, June 15, 1863, and imprisoned
at Columbia, S. c., from which he made
his escape Nov. 6, 1854. He was trailei
by bloodhounds and recaptured Nov. 81
near Morgan, and made his second es-
cape Feb. 16, 1865, reaching the Unioa
lines March II, barefooted. naked, with
cut and swollen limbs and bleeding feet.
Southern prison pens have aged them
and made it very difficult to secure en-
ployment. The little bronze button they
wear SO proudly on the lapel of their
coats tells its story, and the sign on the
entrance of shop or Office, "None but
Young Men Wanted" makes them real
ize that they have outlived their impor-
tance, and that they must give up the
struggle for existence and give way to
a stronger humanity. The little pension
of Sc a month will hardly keep a shelter
over their heads. What, then, shall they
do for food? Comrade Hubbell says:
God grant your able and incessant ap-l
peal in our behalf to those in power
may find a response in some hearts who
will recognize that 1t was our strength
and loyalty two decades ago that mold
ed our country's present greatness. and
who shall declare that no patriot go
hungry down the sloping hill of time
toward Eternity"
Wants Picture and Medal.
Gilbert L. Wright, Co. B, 5Oth n. Y.
Engs., Floral Park, n. Y, would like to
know where he can get photograph of
a church at Poplar Grove, Va, which
was used by the army as a hospital at
the time of the battle of Hatcher's Run
and other battles in this vicinity. Pho
tosraphs We're taken of this church by
some one while the army was in camp
and many copies sold, one Of which he
would like to secure If possible. He
would also like to find one of the medals
or badges made for his regiment and
sold to them. The badge was composed
of castle, clover leaf and the num-
Der so, representing the 50th n. Y.
Engs., Second Corps.
"BuIiy JIM"
James s. Eveland, Co. A, 4sth Pa,
Tamaqua, Pa, wants to know why he
does not hear more about Burnsides
Ninth Corps, and wishes his comrades
would brace up and write something.
He thinks the Western army is favored
by The National Tribune, and would like
to see something in it from the boys
who undermined the fort in front of
Petersburg. He was called Bully Jim"
by his company, because at one time he
captured heifer as big as COW. He
had hold of its tail when some of his
comrades saw him and called out, Hold
on, Jim; hold on" which he did till
some one came with an AK and knocked
the heifer on the head. They had plenty
of fresh meat for some time.
The Omitted Verse.
John Lilly, 21 Stetson St, Orange, n.
J., sends us the fourth verse of the
rebel song, "On the Banks of the Poto-
mac" which he omitted at the time he
sent the song, and which makes it COM
plete:
"On the plains of Manassas the Yankees
we met,
We gave them a whipping they will
never forget;
When they started for Richmond 1t is
little they knew
How rebels could fight for the flag Bon
ME Blue.
Chorus-Huzza, huzza, etc"
Wouldn't Pass Under Old Glory.
]. H. Tieser, Co. E, 1st MINI. H. A.,
Anoka, Mimi, enlisted Jan. 10, 1865,
at Fort Smelling, Mimi, and left Feb.
IA for the South. Got run off the track
at Bowling Green by bushwhackers
with only 10 guns on the train. Lieut..
jerks and himself kept the rebs off,
killing two. Got arms at Nashville and
| left for Chattanooga. During his vari-
Gus experiences a lady came into camp
one day and wanted to see him. She
was brought in front of his headquar-
! ters tent, from which the Stars and
| Stripes was flying. She said she would
not enter a tent that had that flag on
it, and he refused to go out. She want
ed to buy some sugar, but she did not
get 1t.
Has Not Seen Them in S3 Years.
! Comrade Ours Writ, Sunield, Eaton
County, Mich, Box 140, who was In the
civil war, would like to locate his broth
ers and sisters, whom he has not seen