The National tribune., 1906-06-21
Won Medal at Mine Run.

IKE 10 nave cTeolt Tor at the battle O1
Mine Run There was a premium Of
fered for the two men that crossed the
run first. The premium was q silver
| medal. So, says Comrade Gates
John Jones and myself were the first
| men to cross the run in heavy hail
of bullets Some good friend stole my
medal and l have nothing to show for
1t. L think ii was the Government that
presented the medal. but am not posi-
tive whether ii was Uncle Sam or my
regiment that made the presentation.
don't wish any honor for myself. /
owed 1t all to my country. My old.
tottering frame will not be here long.
but l would have liked for my children
TO have seen it after l am gone. so that
If they should be called upon to defend
the Flag they would think of the old
one at the battle of Mine Rum
Negiey's Division III Chickamauga.
D. C. Vesper, 1st Ohio L. A, Mendon,
O., says that at Chickamauga his bat
| terry was commanded by Capt. Frederick
| Schultz, where il served in Stanley'S
Brigade. and met the enemy first at
Catlett's Gap. On the morning of Sept
| i? section of the battery was sent -
help Gen. John Beatty, who was heav-
lily pressed by Breckenridge. IN Ire
a. teInoon the battery took position on
the Dyer farm, where it fired 10 rounds
of canister. On the morning of Sept.
:" the battery went into position near
tie Dyer house: but after the first as
sault il was sent further north, where
it fired on Bushrod Johnson's fo.ceS,
who were pursuing our men. The bat
terry remained on Snodgrass Hill during
the rest of the battle.
Evacuation of Cumberland Gap.
Enos Pierson, 10th Ohio. Wooster, O.,
wants to correct the dates connected
with the evacuation of Cumberland
Gap. De Courcey's Brigade left Cum
berland Gap for Manchester Sept. s, at
p. m. Gen. Morgan evacuated the Gap
on the evening of Sept. II. reaching
Manchester Sept. 90. Col Gallup re-
the buildings and exploded the maga-
zines. The whole command left Man
chester Sunday night Sept. 21, for that
long. hard march to the Ohio River,
which was reached Oct. 3, 1862.
The goth Ill.
Comrade w. H. Paola Phebus, Va,
thinks that the Goth Ill. has never had
sufficient notice in The National Trib-
une, and he sends US poem composed
by Wallace Gruelle at the time the regi
ment left for the field. and which cele-
brates the merits of Co. A. the Tigers.
The last verse of the poem is:
IHell. IlScTS, let the Ddttle COUle,
And let the war dogs bark
Let death come in his hideous garb,
Grim. bloody, lean and stark;
Beneath our Flag, our glorious Flag,
Well brave the leaden rain
Win Glory's wreath to grace the brows
OF the girls Of Old Champaign"
The Kentucky State Guards.
]. L. Lamb, Co. B, North Cumberland
Kentucky State Guards, appeals to Con-
gress in behalf of the Kentucky state
Guards, who served during tii' rebel
ION. They were enrolled under the act
of the General Assembly of the Ken
lucky Legislature, Jan. 26, 1868, to
serve one year or during the war, and
saw hard service. They took the place
of United States soldiers who were or
dered South. They are under disfavor
at the Pension Bureau, while the Mexi
can soldiers, who rendered nothing like
the service are in high favor. Fepre-
sentative d. c. Edwards, of Kentucky.
has introduced a bill for the benefit of
these State Guards, and it ought to pass.
Heavy Losses at Champion Hill.
Comrade Alexander T. Buford, Co. K,
eth KY, writing from Marion, Kan,
says he read in a recent issue of the
soldiers best friend-The National Tri-
bune-that the Major of the 5th Iowa
great WoIh III the UdlllC VI tIidUl-
pion Hill.
I'VE went into the battle with 1000
men," continues Comrade Buford, 'and
got out with 19 able for duty Ny bri-
gade comprised the 7th KY, 49th Ind,
10Th Ohio and the 18th and 22d KY
We held the main center in the fight.
l was very young, having been Is years
of age July 10. 1861. 1 enlisted Aug.
10, 1861, and was mustered out at
Ration "
age now is SO years. would like to
hear from some of the 7th KY boys
l will say to the boys in blue, take The
National Tribune, as it is our guide. +
favor the service pension bill"
One of the Old .Cofee-CooIers.,
r. Weir, Co. A, 9Th Pa, Oklahoma,
served in the army as volunteer from
81 TO '65, being constantly IN the front
and generally on the move. He was
confined in one of the rebel prisons for
a time, where the guards Dragged that
every prisoner they starved TO death
weakened the Northern army just so
much.
Help for the Wives and Widows.
Frederick Johnson, Co. E, 18th Mich,
Canyon City. Colo, commends Corpl|
Tanner for the plea he made for the old
clerks, and thinks 1t is high time some
tnlnS was done for the wives and
widows of the soldiers that are left out
in the cold.
The Battle of Seven Pines.
w. F. Johnson, 85th n. Y, Evans.
Colo, went through the severe fighting
at Seven Pines without scratch. al
though number of his comrades were
shot down around him. One of his COM
rades was bayoneted
Song Wanted.
Mrs. I. w. Hartman, Grand Mound.
Iowa, is anxious to secure poem prin;-
ed in The National Tribune in 1857.
beginning IN the prison pen / am "
ing"
The Fuse Mt the Petersburg Mine.
Samuel p. Davis, 45th Pa, McAIery's
Fort, Pa, wants somebody to tell who
was the soldier who went into the mine
in front of Petersburg when the fuse
went out and relighted it. How close
did he go to the powder? How far
away was the shock felt? What was
the first regiment that was ordered into
the crater?
Saved Fort MouItrie.
]. e. Stephens, 9Th Ind. Cav. Enid
o. T., was a prisoner with w. III. Cain
In Andersonville. Florence and Charles
ton. Both men escaped from Sullivan :
Island In small boat on Feb. IS. 1865
They stopped near Fort Sumter. and
saw boat from Morris Island coming
out to meet them. They got I'm the
boat and pulled for Fort MouItrie.
where Comrade Stevens helped to lower
the Confederate flag and raise the Stars
nv r., IL.