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The National tribune., 1906-12-27
He Wa. Orderly for Gen. Thomas.

Editor National Tribune: I have
taken your valuable and interesting pa
per for years. and while it has been
most interesting to me always. it il
doubly so since you have opened up
the Army Of the Cumberland I served
In that Department three years, and
reading in The National Tribune OF
the commands given by Pap" Thomas,
as we called him. reminds me of the
years gone by when / was n boy and
used to carry dispatches to him. Be-
ing in the cavalry, it was my duty on
many occasions to take messages to
him, and I always found him as good
and kind General as ever crossed the
Ohio River. 1 became greatly attached
to him for the disposition he always
showed towards me, as we'll as towards
all others under his command There
was a vast difference between Thomas
and Nelson. While Nelson was a brave
man and good soldier, he was un-
merciful. I remember standing within
hearing distance oe him at the battle
of Shiloh when he made the remark,
accompanied with an oath, that If the
enemy could not hit him by SO and so
they could not hit q barn door. I also
heard him say on the same occasion
that if he had three regiments like
the 9th Ind. he could whip the whole
Southern Confederacy. I take a world
of good solid comfort reading The Ma
tional Tribune. I often see things with
which / am perfectly familiar. and
many names of boys ] used to know.
I have however, never seen anything
from my regiment, but now that you
have opened up the Army of the Cum
bcrland, in which we served for three
years, shall expect to see something
from them in print. I hope l shall not
be disappointed.-Geor Newell. Co.
NJ, I'd Ind. Cav, 309 E. Jackson ST.,
Elkhart, Ind.
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At Mill Springs.

Editor National Tribune: An anus
ing incident occurred on the Cumber-
land River near Somerset, KY lust
before the battle of Mill Springs Tho
Confederate and Federal forces were
on opposite sides of the river Now
and then we would look over to see
what the Johnnies were doing. and il
seen they would waste shot or two.
Capt. N A. Baldwin. not having good
opinion of them as markSmen. slept
out on the crest In plain view, when a
dozen or more shots were fred at him.
The Captain fell over as tho shot A
loud and prolonged cheer went up
from the JohnnieS. He laid quiet a
moment Or SO. and then arose. turned
his back to them. and making a ges-
ture more significant than elegant, sud
denly stopt the roar. The Captain re-
quested permission to bring his battery
into action. This was refused. Orders
were to keep the artillery concealed: a
good order. for they finally ventured
over and built strong fort and breast
works. When completed they came out
to take Somerset. but we met them on
the way, and good fight took place,
which lasted well into the afternoon,
when the 9th Ohio got tired of the pop
perry. They spoiled the fun by charg-
ing. This broke them all up. and with
other regiments drove them into their
works. 1t was now dark. Orders to
attack at daylight we're given. but they
had flown during the night. burning
the steamer they crost on. You should
have seen their outfit left behind
sashes of silk. bouquets, shotSuns. anti
quated pistols. bowie knives frying
pans, skillets. barlow knives. feather
beds. grandmotlierS' croSScut saws and
apple-jack galore. etc. It looked as
tho they intended to remain for some
time. The boys rcaped 4 harvest
Jacob Bluein. Battery =, 1st Ohio L.
Il, South Euclid, o.
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Lincoln Relics.

Editor National Tribune: ] saw in
Your paper some time ago that Com
rade J. S. Tamlin, of Post 81, Cam
den, had made the statement that no
one but himself possessed n program
of the performance which took place
at Ford's Theater, Washington, d. c.,
the night President Lincoln was as
sassinated. He is mistaken. as 1 have
one. also piece OF the flag, and the
curtain of the box he occupied that
fateful night They were given to my
mother by an old soldier at Philadel-
phia just after the war, but ] cannot
remember his name. i have had the
program framed, and it hangs in my
barber shop. The Lincoln Monument
association has been writing to me to
donate it to them. My program was
pulled off of a nail from which it was
hanging at the time and is in good
condition. If the soldier who gave 1t
TO my mother is living, I would like
to hear from him. My mothers name
is Mrs. Mary Peck, Feck being her
second husbands name. She was a
nurse during the civil war at the Hare
wood Hospital, Washington, d. C.-Al-
myer Neigh, Co. X, 153d Pa, and Co.
B, 51st Pa, Califon, N. J.
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and seems never TO have contemplated
the possibility of the Union army
reaching that secure place. Howard
had expected to repair the old bridge.
and wasted much time before he found
this to be impossible. The pontoonS
were ordered up, but the dense fog I'M
peded operations for hours. Davis,
however, continued to press resolutcis
forward, and by II o'clock reached the
vicinity of Chickamauga station, whlch
he found in flames, with two brisades
of the enemy stationed Oh the hills be
yond to hold back pursuit until the
stores were destroyed Hardee had dis
trbutcd to his men all they could carry
and then fired the rest. The TWO pri-
eades made little resistance, and re-
treated after Hardce as soon as thcy
saw Davis's arrangements for an at
tack approach completion.
The destruction of this great mass
of stores was an unusual sight even TO
Sherman's veterans. who had become
unite familiar with similar scenes. III
greatly exceeded in quantity and Nalue
ANYTHING in their previous experience
on the Nicllsburg campaign. 1hcrc
were ycritahle hills of corn meal ana
bacon in flames, parts OF wagons, caiS
sons. ambulanccs and all manner OF
arms. clothing camp supplies and mil
it.rv cmIipmcnts The men rescued
from destruction all they wanted OF
rations and forage, and then prest on
in pursuit over the road StrcWed win
broken wagons and abandoned proper
ty. Gen. Grant, with his accustomed
eagrrness to see things with his own
ewes. Joined Sherman and rode forward
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Gen. Hoods Rcpulsc Mt franklin.

Editor National Tribune: ! noticed
in The National Tribune some time ago
an article by Comrade Elias Baker
Tenn. AS he failed to give his regi-
ment or brigade, I cannot just locate
him on the line. Nevertheless, he states
that as they left the pike they fled to
the left, and that there was a battery
of brass guns in their rear and a regi-
ment just behind them. Well. our reg
imcnt, the fiSth Ohio. Second Brigade.
Second Division, Twenty-third Corps.
filed to the left, and took position in
about the center of the two roads.
There was n three-gun battery just be-
hind us, and also a regiment or n cou-
pie of companies which I have always
supposed was the S0th Ind, put there
to support this battery Tho S0th be-
longed to our brigade. Comradc Baker
saw the commencement of this battle
as ] did, but 7 thought then. and have
always thought. that there was u great
mistake made in holding the advance
out so long. If the front had been
clear - minutes sooner than il was.
Opdycke's men would not have had il
so hard to retake the works. Then,
dSdln. opuNtht = men Idlieu 10 see 1t
all, for when the line was broken men
went from the flank as well as the
front to retake the works. AS soon as
it was seen that the works We're broken
at the road the men behind us, whom
/ took to be the S0th Ind. jumped to
their feet and went forward to join in
the rush. The lay of the land in front
of us was greatly in our favor. Being
nearly level we had clear field, and
Grn fI,r n II
those could where the line was broken
The troops at that point had TO hold
their fire till our advance got in, and
with the rebels right on them they
We're at n fearful disadvantage and
could not hold the works. AS I said
before, if their front had been clear 1
have all faith to believe those men
would have remained in their works.
i remember reading some time ago the
views of a Johnny reb on this bat
tie. He said ha was in line o. battle
on the left of the pike, and they were
six ranks deep. When they got with
in range of our musketry there was
no let up of our guns, but continual
rattle which fairly swept them from
the field. and it was always mystery
to him that so many of them escaped.
] believe he eXprest it as being "a
regular hell Well. now, comrades.
when / say I shot but one load from
my gun during that battle don't GEN.
sure me, for ] am not the only one.
My place was always in the front rank,
and when W were ordered to fire on
the rebs we fired. The rear rank then.
as IL inspired, commanded the front
rank to step back and let them for
ward, which we did, and began to load
our guns, continuing to do so till the
rebs made their last charge that night
but the rear rank did all the shoot
| ing.-J. P. Mans, Co. II, 11Sth Ohio
Forest, o.
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Where One Rebel Flag Went.

Editor National Tribune: In the
Spring of '9S our regiment (22d u. 81
was hurried with many others to Mo-
bile, Ala At the sleepy old town of
Tupelo, Miss, delegation of old gray
backs, headed by a martial band, came
down to the depot to greet us, and
Dixie was the tune. The men wore
their butternut uniforms, and the color
bearer had an old stars-and-bars flag,
the first one / had ever seen. Our en-
gine and the coaches were gstily deco
rated with Old Glory and bunting. We
begged their flag, which they with some
reluctance gave us, and we put it on
the side of the engine. Just then the
train started, and we jumped on board,
the Reception Committee standing on
the track and waving their hats as we
pulled out. When we arrived at the
next station n couple of comrades and
myself went forward to the water tank
to get some water, and we saw that the
rebel flag had swung around and lay
against the side of the boiler, with great
holes burned in it. We took 1t down and
gave it to the fireman, who chucked it
into the frebox of the engine. So there
is one rebel flag the less, and a pity it
is that We did not have every rebel rag,
North, or South. to put into that fire.
box with its mate.-Clayton A. Neis-
wanger, Washington, Iowa.
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whx Do They Not Subscribe.

Editor National Tribune: L am anX-
ious to understand why so few of the
old soldiers are subscribers to The Ma
tional Tribune. They would surely en-
joy reading it, for it is acknowledged
by many who do read it, and subscribe
for it. to be their choice of all papers.
The largest portion of those once fine
looking young men have grown too old
to do much labor, and therefore it
would be great comfort and source Of
entertainment to them to read The Ma
tional Tribune, the soldiers best friend.
[ do not think it is because they are
not able financially to become sub
scribers. I believe if every Post had an
agent to look after subscribers, or if
the Woman's Relief Corps had charge
of the subscription work, The National
Tribune would soon be a weekly visitor
to every old soldiers home. If q lack
of finance should, however, be a bar
rier against some who would otherwise
become subscribers, let every man la,
by each year so cents to help his less
fortunate comrade.--J. N. Shaneyfel.,
Co. b, 16Sth Pa, Warrensburg, Mo.
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Grape aud Canister.

Editor National Tribune: have
often been astoniShed in reading inc.-
dents of the civil war where Sr:tpcshot
was used in iietd artillery. Allow NE
to say that grapeshoi was never used
IN field artillery either before ~ dur
ing our civil war. The light l2-pOuH'i-
er brass gun uses four kinds of am
munition, viz. shell. solid shot, case
shot and canister. The artillery mammal
will instruct people writing about the
war what kind of ammunition was
used. Some of them might have gotten
the idea about old Bragg having been
ordered to use q little more grape; but
even old Bragg, as big fool as he
was, must have laughed at the order,
il such an order was given.-Wichael
Noles. 10th Pa. National Soidiers
Home, TennesseN
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The Sth Ky.

Editor National Tribune: 7 am q
reader of your valuable paper, and en-
Joy very muct, the stories of the boys
in blue, who were 50 true to the old
Stars and Stripes VIII You kindly ;D-
form me thru your paper something
concerning the Sth KY? I was a pri-
vate in Co. G. Sth KY. and was nn the
march from McaIinnyille, Tenn. TO
Louisville. KY. aztec Braggs army in
the Fall of 1862. Was at Perry Vile.
and in the battle of MurfreeSborO or
Stone River. I belonged to the Four
teenth Corps of the Army of the cum
berland. / would like to see some
thing in your PAPER about the aid
bloody Sth Ky. Our regiment was on
the left during the four days battle
l was one of the youngest SOLDIERS III
my regiment. and am 81 years old now
have nine boys living. and they al
have a sister apiece Hoping To see f
sketch of my regiment-Milt"n H.
Smith, Co. G. 5th Ky. Pebworth. Ky.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The Fight at Browns Ferry.

Henry H. Gusitee. 33Sd Mass, Hamil-
ton, o., doubts the correctness "f tho
Colonel of the 18th Ala. being wounded
and captured ia the fight at Br1wn's
Ferry. Col. Laather. of the 18th Ala,
wrote letter to Gen. Carman IL 1877.
telling him OF the part taken by Laws
Brigade, which consisted of the 18th,
4Sth, 4th. 44tii and 18th Ala. and the
4th Tex. He says that the 18th A::i.
could never have been driven from les
position by a front attack. and if anyone
could it was those on his front Oh the
day Of the fight at Lookout Mount5li3-
He could not. consequently, have been
in the fight at Lookout Mountain = he
had been wounded and captured at
Browns Ferry. ,
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
By JOHN McELROY.

the Ridge. EIcburne had anticipated
this and thrown one regiment INTO po'
Sition To cniiiadc Williamson. and avs"
sent a brigade up the Ridge to rcach
The crest before Williamson could. rms
brigade-Polk S-opencd a heaNA h't
rnnu \yiIiiar,xon following it with Il
;lyiyc charge which broke William
,nn's line. took 200 prisoners, SOM"
!aCs. and drove IN" rest 81 the men IA
disorder 10 the railroad cmh;'nkm'ht
# III, base of III" slope. Hooker mahr
mother attempt by sending four more
regiments under the command oi t".
Creighton, 9Th phio. who mace Wl"r
lciour To the left to reach III" crest ~
th,, Ridge Again tlebuinc anticipated
him, and had q brigade on the crest
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For the Relief Of burnside.

Grant ordered Gen. Thomas to re-
turn to Chattanooga and prepare for
sending an expedition of 10000 men
under Gen. Granger TO the relief o.
Gen. Burnside Granger was therefore
not allowed to take part in the pursuit,
but Withdrew his corps to Chattanooga
to make preparations for the swift
march that Grant intended. They were
TO take with them four days rations
only so as to move with the greatest
rapidity, and a steamboat loaded with
ra1ions was to follow them up the Ten
ncssec River. The temptation to Grant
10 push his army on after Bragg, al
lowing his defeated and crushed force
no respite until il was thor1Iy scattered.
was very strong, but the necessity OF
preventing any disaster to burnside
ovcrruled. and Grant directed Sherman
to turn off from Graysville, and move
up toward the Tennessee. so as to pro-
tect Grangcr's flank. He himself re-
turned to Chattanooga. to find TO nus
amaZemcnt and anger that Granger had
not Yet started and was not ready 20
start. He had received his orders at .
p. m, Nov. 81, and had thus lost fun
dav when every day was of the utmost
consequence since Burnside had re-
ported that he only had rations to last
until Dec g Granger who had many
excellent soldierly qualities, had some
very unfortunate defects of character,
among these being an unbridled tongue.
and he let Grant clearly understand
that he did not believe in the move
ment, and did not want to make IT. He
started at length. however. but Grant
had become very distruStful of him ana
his capacity for so large command.
He had seen Granger at Mission Ridge
leave his corps to take care of itself
while ne devoted himself to frins a
captured battery. Grant therefore sent
orders to Sherman to Immediately
move up and join Granger and take
command of the whole force, moving
it with all haste to Burnside's renei'
Grant was reluctant to put this addi-
tional task on Sherman and his men,
for they had been marching incessant-
" for weeks, having made a rush OF
400 miles from Memphis to thatta-
nooga, and upon their arrival had beer
fighting and marching without inter
mission. Besides, they had come from
the warmth of the Mississippi region
thinIy clad and without any prepara-
ton against the rigors of the bitter
Winter season in the mountains. There
was not. however. the slightest muir
miring or hesitation on the part o.
Sherman or his men, and, full of anX-
| iety for Burnsides fate. they rushed
| off to his assistance. AS they approach
ed Longstreet raised the siege of Knox
Vile and withdrew eastward towards
| Virginia. Sherman's troops then re-
! turned to Chattanooga. where they
went into Winter quarters in the neigh
bOrhood.
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(toSt, Sl2,Ouo. hight, ~ 1eet- Alex. NC
Donald Co., Builders, Trenton, y. j.
its base and 4 like figure of n color
guard and Flag on top, with the names
of our great battles and New Jersey
Generals on its steps and appropriate
inscriptions on its pedestal. One OF
these will be:
.Dulce ct decorum est pro patria
mori.'
"On Fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards. with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead"
On it's shaft will be carved the names
of Lincoln, Grant and Farragut, as the
great civilian, great soldier and great
sailor of the war.
Subscriptions Qarge or smalD well
coined from all patriotic and public
spirited Jerseymen and others. They
should be addressed to Gen. James +.
Rushing, Trenton, y. j. President of
the Association, who will duly acknowl-
edge same.
We give cut" of the monument
herewith, which seems artistic and APP
propriate, and also print the last part
of a poem relating to same by Cen
Rushing He is the author of Men and
Things I Saw in Civil War Days." sew
eral chapters from which have already
appeared in The National Tribune.
Stand up, o Stone, and greet the morn
ing sun,
And gilded be thy crest when day is
done,
And bid our people read these lessons
here,
And never more have earthly foes to
fear.
So shalt thou stand, o Stone. for ages
long,
In gracious peace secure, in justice
strong
Beneath the unwinking sun, beneath
the stars
Midst foreign brawls, amidst domestic
Jars
Amidst mems joys. amidst their quak-
ing fears
Unheeding frowns, unheeding passing
jeers-
Beneath the arch of Heavens own glo-
rious blue
And tell how men, the brave, the good
the true,
In prison pen. on battle plain,
Upon the land. upon the raging main
Have died for me and you,
Good friend, for ME and YOU.
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when ne momentarily came again 10
the surface in command of the troops
in North Carolina. Gen. Hardec onl?
remained in command a few DAYS, how
ever. when he was superseded BY Gen.
Joseph T.. Johnston. Both armies now
vent into Winter quarters with 80 miles
of mountainous country intervening be-
tween them, and their Generals began
making preparations for a renewal of
the conflict in the Spring
(To be continued
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Niuton Iowa.
My trouble began with pain II my stomarh g, 81
we're that IL seemed as " knives cutting me VAS
treated by two OF the hest ply Scians In the comfy
and consulted another. None of than stsI>c,fd ;,at
me cause ~ ny frotttc kidSy disease They told
me that had cancer of the stomach and would die
grew so weak that could not walk and ONLY
weighed sixty pOunds- One day my brother saw an
advertisement OF Dr. kilmers swamp isn,t L tba
great kidney liver and bladder remedy lie boncht
bottle at our drug store and took H.. My family
conld see change IN Ine. for the better iTey OBJ
tanned more and Continued the or swamp Root
regularly was 30 weak aud run down that Il .oek
considerable To build me tip again. low we'll
THANKS 10 DIR. KiImers swamp Root, and an k,,pins
house for my husband and brother ou a farm
Uratefut!y yourS
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A NEW MONUMENT.
The New Jersey Comrades Plan Fine
Memorial.

The Mercer County IN. j. Soldiers
and Sailors Monument Association has
been organized for the purpose of
erecting Il civil war monument at Tren-
ton, y. j. They aim to raise $4,000,
and have already secured about $1,000
since May /. This monument is to be
of Barre granite. ~ feet high. with
bronze figures of a soldier and sailor at
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
At t1a.m on Nov. '27, Grant reported

to Halleck: -
Z am Just in from the front The
Abandoned wagons. ,caissons and oe-
casional pieces of artillery are every
where to be found, think Bragg's
loss will fully reach 60 pieces of artil-
lery. a large number of prisoners have
fallen into our hands, The pursuit will
continue to Red Clay in. the morning
FOR which place 1 shall start in a few
~. s. Grant Major-General."
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
The Wirz Monument.

Editor National Tribune: ] have been
taking your paper for some time, and
the longer / read it the better l like it.
l was not a soldier, as L was but small
boy when the civil war broke out, but
I distinctly recollect the events of those
stirring times, and 1 love to read the
"reminiscences and experiences of the
old soldiers, as | have always been the
soldiers friend, and if there is man
in this country that 1 delight to honor
it is the old battle-scarred veteran Of
the civil war, the man who in the dark
days of 81 took his life in his hand
and his gun on his shoulder and left
home and everything that was dear to
him and went forth to do battle that
the Union might be preserved, and /
hope that the flag that they fought for,
the glorious Stars and Stripes, may
wave over our reunited country as long
as time shall last. And as to this talk
about a monument to WirZ; it almost
makes my blood boil with Indignation
to think that any citizen of this country
could be dislOyal enough to entertain
the idea of erecting monument TO the
inhuman wretch who deliberately starry
ed to death thousands of our brave
boys, who would rather die of starva-
ton than to become disloyal to the flag
they had sworn to defend, and | hope
there Is not a spot in this broad land OF
ours that will ever be desecrated by
having a monument erected upon ii to
that fiend in human form.-W. III.
Fritz, Tower Hill, III.
The National tribune., 1906-12-27

Albert Hobbs Post. Pella, Iowa,
adopted strong resolutions against the
un-C Christian, uncalled for and disloyal
conduct of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy in regard to the monument TO
The National tribune., 1906-12-27
CHAPTER NLIII.
THE PURSUIT.

f.onE's Cavalry Docs Some Fine Work.
Great Destruction Of Confederate
St0rcs-HOOkcr's Firh; at Hinggoii.
Thanks From the Prcsidept-Reifr
Sent to burnside.