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ers laden with forage and Il wagons
captured 165 prisoners and $50 mule:
and horses. He halted three hours to
| rest at Talleysyille, and started again
at midnight to find bridge to recrosF
the Chickahominy and reach his own
army. Our cavalry, which was com
manded by Gems. Emory and Philip ST.
| George Cooke, was caught completely
mapping, and those commanders made
all preparations to intercept Stuart on
his return, but he was shrewd enough
not to attempt to go back the way
that he had come.
On the morning of the 18th Stuart
arrived at Forge Bridge at daylight;
found the bridge destroyed and the
stream not fordable. Stuart sent a
messenger to Gen. Lee to make di-
version in that direction in his behalf.
and began building bridge. He soon
got foot bridge over the stream.
Upon this his cavairymen crossed with
their horses swimming alongside.
Three hours later the bridge was COM
pleted. and he got mis- artillery across
just in time to avoid capture by the
Union cavalry, under Cen. Avereli.
which was pressing after him.
The exploit. which gave great eclat
to Stuart and intense annoyance t.
Mcclellan, was mainly useful in rais-
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Fourth Division, Twentieth Corps.

Editor National Tribune: I was 9
member of Co. C, 1920 ILL., We served
in the First Brigade. Third Division
Twentieth Corps / never heard of a
Fourth Division of our corps until las,
week, when I saw your statement of il
wonder if Gen. Joseph Hooker ever
saw or knew about them. There was
no Fourth Division in any corps that
was with Gen. Sherman from Lookou;
Mountain to the close of the war that We
soldiers ever heard of His army was
composed of the Fourth. Fourteenth
Fifteenth. Seventeenth and Twentieth
Corps. I wonder what color a Fourth
Division badge was. : Please tell US if
there was such a batlse.-E. l.. Er1er-
son. New Windsor. Ill.
We do not know if the Fourth Divi-
sion, Twentieth Corps, ever wore the
badge. 1t was Il very indefinite, shifting
organization, stretching along the rail-
road from Nashville to Sherman's i'm
mediate rear, with many new and short
term regiments in it, If it wore the
badge it was orange-the color pre-
scribed for Fourth Divisions.-Editor
National Tribune.
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Battery IL, Pa. l.. a.

Editor National Tribune: ! desire any
information you can give me with re-
gard to the service rendered by Co.
b, ID Pa. Battery.-D. +. Gohn, CO.
lumbia, Pa.
Battery B was organized at Erie ana
Chambersburg in August. 1861. and was
first commanded by Capt. Frank Schaf-
fer. VINO resigned Feb. %. 1852, fol-
lowed by Capt. Chas. f. Mueller, who
also resigned Nov. IL of the same year.
Capt. Alanson ]. Stevens then took
command. and was killed in action ar
Chickamauga, Sept. 20. 1863. The next
commander of the battery was Capt
Samuel NJ. Mcdowell, also killed in ac-
ton May 27, 1864. Capt Jacob ZiegIer
succeeded him. 1t lost 10 killed and
20 from disease, etc, and belonged to
the Fourth Corps.-Editor National
Tribune
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A Mother in Israel.

Editor National Tribune: Here is
another mother to add to the lists of
surviving mothers of civil war veterans.
and who, l think, is the oldest of any
that have yet been mentioned.
Mrs. Elizabeth Magee. who is 9S
years old, resides in Woonsocket r. L.,
with her son-in-law. Charles A Chase.
also veteran. She sent two sons. John
and Johnson, to the front, and their
names may be found on the Soldiers
Monument in Uxbridge, Mass. Both
are living-John in Natick. r. l.: John
son in Lynchburs, Va. The son-in-law,
Charles A. Chase, served as Color Cor
poral three years and three months
Charles A. Chase, Woonsocket r. l.
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front of Richmond. Letters were
written. intended to fall into McDow-
| ellis, Banks's, Fremont's and McClel-
lan's hands.
Stunrt's Raid Around the Army.
While this was going on McClellan's
attention was further distracted by a
sensational raid of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart
around the entire army. Gen. Stuart,
with 1900 cavalry, commanded by
Col Fitzhugh Lee and Col. w. H Fitz-
hugh Lee, and four pieces of artillery,
started from Ililby Station, on the
Richmond. Fredericksburg & Poto-
mac Railroad, and little east of the
IChickahominy. June u. Near Hanover
Court House he encountered Capt. Roy
all, with two Squadrons of the 9Th
u. S. Cav. and a few of the 9Th U. S.
Cav, numbering altogether not over
100 men. Lieut. E. H. Leib, 5th US. Cav,
was scouting in that direction and at
tackled Stuart's advance boldly with a
saber charge which drove it back. Capt
Royal went forward with his whole
command to support his Lieutenant;
the Regulars charged boldly, saber in
hand, into the mass of the enemy, and
a stubborn hand-to-hand fight with
sabers ensued, in which Capt. Royal
killed Capt. Latane. commanding STU
arts advance, and fell himself covered
with wounds, and many of his men
with him. Lieut.. Leib managed to ex-
tricate the remainder and fall back in
good order, presenting firm front to
the enemy. The 5th U. $. Cav. was
Fitzhugh Lees old regiment, and it
was felt that he would have some
hesitancy about crossing swords with
his former ompanions-in-arms, but
he manifested the greatest zeal to come
within Sabers length of them.
1,,s, ID Il
Stuart galloped forward to TunstalrS
seized and burned two schoon-
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Who Knew Taos. Eton.

Editor National Tribune: hold the
discharge of Thos. Eton, who enlisted
as an artificer in Co. F, 18th u. S. Inf.
Capt F. n. Forbett or Torbett, Aug.
26, 1867, for three years; was discharg-
ed at Warrenton, Ca, Aug. 26, 1870.
This man claims to have been in the
service for three years previous to the
above, and re-enlisted in the U. S. SER
vice as above somewhere in the South
l have tried every way to get from him
further information, but he is very
feeble and mind much disturbed Aged
10 years or more. l am anxious to To-
cate his previous service.-A L. Ro.
maine. n. Broadway, Nyack, N Y.
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The 1lth Mich.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
oblige constant reader of your paper
by giving a short history of the 11th
Mich. Wallace WILDER, Marshfield,
VT.
The 11th Mich. was organized al
White Pigeon from Aug. q to Sept. 80.
1861, and mustered out Sept. 80. 1864.
the veterans and recruits formed into
a detachment and transferred in April.
1865. to "A new organization of the l1th
Mich. 1t was commanded first by Col.
William j. May, who resigned April 1,
1862, when the command fell upon Col,
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Cnmpeh at sand Springs.

Editor National Tribune. Please in
quire how long Capt Snellings camped
at Sand Springs. He belonged to the
10th III. Cav He and his company
were at Sand Springs on detached SER
vice in 1862 and 1868. Capt SHELL
ings, as United States officer, had
command at that place of Co. F, 18th
Enrolled Mo. Militia. The L. NJ NJ
were under his command more than 90
days.-F. A. Minor, Marshfeld. Mo,
r 9
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CHAPTER XIV.
LONG INACTTON ENDS IN TER
RIEIC BATTIE,S


The Army in the Mniaricus Swnmps of
the Chick MISUNDERSTANDING; La,,eE
Adds Fever-0nIy FcGr Miles From
Richmond-iee Decides TO Crush thS
Right Wing-McCIeiian Starts to
Change His Ease.
Astonishing inaction ruled for a
whole month after the battle of Fair
Oaks.
Mcclellan was not so blamable as
many strive to make it appear, for not
following upon the heels OF Johnston 5
badly beaten, shattered and dispiriteI
army directly into Richmond, as he
might have done. What we know now
could not have been known then, that
Johnston had thrown substantially his
whole army against the Third and
Fourth Corps. and that Longstreet, Hill
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Rapiii-FirinE Guns.

George w. Alling, Sodus. n Y. sends
us an old clipping with picture and de-
scriptiOn of the first rapid firing gun
invented by DR.. Josephus Requa. Com
Iade Alling thinks that if there had
been some use made of this gun it
might have shortened the war. He
in Battery l.. 1st n. Y. l.. A, and thinks
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Preference for yei.rans.

John Holmes, I'd n. Y. Nj. r, wants
the National I1nc-.npment at Saratoga
to do something more decisive in The
way of securing preference for veter-
ans in Government employment In
his town of Ashland. Wis, the Post
master, who has held the office for Is
years, was not a soldier. and his place
should ra occupied by one who fought
20 Ia
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Battle of MechanfcsviIIe.

Stonewall Jackson was not in the
position expected as early as had been
agreed upon. Lee and Jefferson Davis
becoming tired of waiting for him, or
dered A. p. Hill to cross the stream
and begin the attack at 3 p. m, June
81. 1t was the news OF the demonstra-
ton on his left which had hurried
Gen. Mcclellan from his position on
the extreme left at about 5 o'clock on
the evening of June %. The first at
tack fell upon McCalrs Division of
Pennsylvania Reserves, which had
never before been in battle as di-
vision They had been expecting the
attack for hours, so that when Hill
advanced the pickets had been called
in and Il regiment and battery which
had been stationed on the nights
overlooking MechanicsviIle fell back
fighting, to strong. position, which
had been previously selected on the
banks of Beaver Dam Creek. McCalPs
Division consisted of the brigades of
er's Battery of 10-pounders, Smead's
Regular Battery. DeHart's Regular
Eattery and Ea ston's and Kearn's
Pennsylvania Batteries. McCalr.s left
rested on the Chickahominy, and his
right extended to the thick woods be-
yo1d Mechanicsville. Epaulements for
artillery We're thrown up and rife pits
a. p. Hilrs Division was $4,000 strong,
with six batteries. each having four
extra horses to each gun. Hill began
fierce attack on McCalrs left near
the river. expecting every moment that
Jackson would strike his right. Sey-
mours Brigade met the assault with
firm countenance. and the muskets
and artillery did fearful work upon the
masses which Hill was trying to force
up the steep slopes and pierce our
street and d. H. Hill hurried to his
Lees initial battle. and he was sparing
son Davis was personally present. and
urging on renewal OF the attacks
Repeated assaults were made with
fresh troops, but every time they Were
sent back shattered and broken by the
poured upon them. Darkness came on
to close the battle and permit the
Confederates to reorganiZe their shat
tered divisions. The Reserves had only
lost about so killed and 270 wounded,
while they had inflicted loss of fully
5000 upon their assailants. MOrell's
Division came up to relieve the Re-
serves, but they were SO proud of their
victory and so full of fight that they
refused to relinquish their position,
and only asked for a fresh supply Of
ammunition, which. being given them,
they lay down beside their guns await
ing with confidence a renewal of the
fight in the morning
(To be continued.)
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Cure for Liquor and Tobacco.

The Kansas Anti-Liquor Society ia
mailing free a recipe for the cure OF the
liquor habit 1t can be given secretly
in food. Also one for the tobacco habit
that can be given secretly. The only
request they make is that you do not
sell recipes. but give copies to friends
Address. with stamp, Kansas Anti
Liquor Society, 50 Gray Building. Kansas
City, Mo.
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Their Only Thought,

Jonathan III. Flemming. Greensburg,
Pa, apropos of the discussion arising
from the Pennsylvania pension law.
says that the only thought the boys
of 1861 had was, why in don't
the army novel Comrade Flemming
Went thru from the Wilderness until
Lee surrendered. He was wounded
twice and lost his hearing, has not
been able to hear a clock strike in the
last 25 years. His pension was SO a
month up to the time of the McCum-
her hill
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Gen. Lees Plans.

Wholly unaware of McClellan's
contemplated change of base to thn
James River, Lee. in consultation with
Jefferson Davis. had decided to employ
the immense force which he had been
\ collecting to make crushing turning
movement on McClelIan's right, force
him into the swamps of the Chicka
hominy, cutting him off from his base
\ of supplies at White House. and thus
complete his ruin. BY bringing up tie
\ garriSolS along the seacoast and even
drawing from Beauregard's army in
N the West. Lee had under his immediate
command something over $4,000 eff
| fectiveS. 1t was estimated that Jaci-
sons command reached to the neign-
borhood of 10000 men. The rigorous
conscription law of the Confederate
Congress had been strenuously exer-
cfsed to swell the veteran regiments to
something like their normal strength
and put every available arms-b bearing
man in the eastern part of the Confed-
oracy into the army. AS usual, the
units in the Confederate army were
made much stronger than those in the
Union army, and Lee had his men di-
vided into six heavy divisions under
the command of Longstreet, A. p. Hill
D. Fl. Hill. John B. Magruder, Whiting
Huger, Stonewall Jackson and Ewell
One official estimate from the Con-
makes this force S0,762 men, and it
was certainly not less than this
Lee was well informed Of the position
of the. Union army and knew that
Mcclellan had at least three OF his five
corps on the Richmond side Of the
Chickahominy, with not over two corps
On the further bank, and conmunica-
lions slow and difficult between these
TWO detached portions of the army He
calculated, not without reason, on the
certainty of being able to crush the
right wing and reach White House
without any considerable portion of the
army on the Richmond side of the
Chickahominy being able to help their
comrades Gen. Branch, who COM
manded brigade nearly as strong as
any of our Divisions. was ordered to
cross the Chickahominy and advance on
Mechanicsville, while A. =. Hill. lower
down, was to cross at Meadow Bridge
Az soon as Branch's movement was
discovered. This was to take place
simultaneously with Jackson's advance
from Ashland, so that our extreme
right wing should be struck at once In
frSIt and rear. while the batteries
across the river were to open up on it,
and Longstreet and ID. II. Hill were to
cross the bridges under the fire of ths
batteries and complete the ruin of tho
wing. The part assigned to Huger ana
Magruder was the same which Ma.
sfuder had played SO successfully al
Yorktown They were to keep W
quite racket in front of our left wing.
with demonstrations threatening 4
hsavy attack, so as to keep the Sec.
oBd. Third. Fourth and Sixth Corps
from sending any help to the right.
McCIeIinn's Plans.
Mcclellan had learned from contra
bands, deserters and spies of Jack-
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The 23d No. mt shiIoh.

William ID. Hardwick Sergeant Co
A. 23d Mo-. Nezperce. Idaho, is away off
in the Northwest, where he finds few
comrades. and he wishes that some
one would write for The National Trib-
une the part that the 23d Mo. took
in the battle of Shiloh.
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William L. Stoughton, brevetted Brig
adierGeneral March 13, 1868. 1t be-
longed to Johnson's Division. Four
teenth Corps, and lost 1I2 killed and
1876 from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune
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THURSDAY OCTOBER 1907

| sons advance from Ashland to Han
| over Court House and had begun a
well-ordered stripping of his right and
rear for the contingency. At times
Mcclellan could plan and execute with
the highest ability, and this was one
of the times. He had his wagons
| loaded with eight days rations and
started on roads in the rear leading to
| the James. With them went hitherto
unprecedented herd of $500 beef cat
| tie. All was systematic and orderly.
and the movement. being made under
the cover of the troops in the fortifica-
tions across the Chickahominy, was in
complete security. A great amount of
stores and warlike material was taken
to White House. loaded on transports
and sent down the river. All the sick
and wounded were sent away on boats.
The fleet of transports laden with sup
plies was sent under convoy of the
gunboats to proceed up the James.
Expecting only to meet Jackson'S
forces, Fitz John Porter was given
McCall's Division and felt himself able
to deal with that chieftain. Neither
he nor Mcclellan contemplated having
to fight the whole of Lees army on
that flank.
McCIelinn's ExnsperatinE Dispatch.
Mcclellan had been bombarding
Washington with exceedingly irritable
kilograms holding the Administration
directly responsible for all the calami-
ties which he predicted. In a dispatch
at 6:15, June 25. he said that he ex-
pected to be attacked by Jackson; that
the enemy had in front of him 200, 900
men, and
Il regret my inferiority in numbers.
but feel that / am in no way respon-
sible for it, as l have not failed to
represent repeatedly the necessity of
reinforcements; that this was the de-
cisive point, and that all the available
means of the Government should be
concentrated here. l will do all that
a General can do with the splendid
army 1 have the honor to command
and If it is destroyed by overwhelm-
ing numbers. can at least die with it
and share its fate. But if the result of
the action, which will probably occur
tomorrow, or within short time, is a
disaster. the responsibility cannot bel
thrown on my shoulders: it must rest
where it belongs"
To this the long suffering President
replied that McClellan's statements
panied him very much. Il give you ali |
| can and act on the presumption that |
you viii do the best you can with what |
you have, while you continue. ungener |
ously. / think, to assume that | could
give you more than / do. / have omit |
ted, L shall omit, no opportunity to
send you reinforcements whenever |
can"
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NIcC lelian's PIans

Mcclellan had learned from contra
bands, deserters and spies of Jack-
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THE MAIL sWlNDLERs.
aeous Bargains For Pumpkins Whs
aite at Big Bait and Get Bitten.


A great deal Of money is coaxed out
AZ country communities by the mail
,xindlers." These gentry not only use
ths mails In sending out circulars Of
sering fake bargains for the unwary.
but they frequently get their alluring
Advertisements into the cheap little
mail order journals which circulate to
zone extent in nearly every communi-
~. People should be on guard against
su advertisements which offer an un-
reasonable value for little money.
The safest way is to spend the money
at home, where you have a chance to
look at the goods before buying The
nostoftice department issues fraud or
ders against any individual or concern
which Is discovered in the practice Of
using the mails to swindle, but fire.
onently these swindlers rake In much
money before the mails are closed to
them.
The average swndler who uses the
mails is a willy fellow. He has learn
ed the art of wording his offers so
they attract the remote and indiffer-
emily educated. and so plausible do his
statements sound that he finds easy
and ready victims. One is frankly
amazed at the credulity of the human
race. y typewriter company of New
York induced persons to send $3.50 as
a guarantee of good faith in "copyirg
at home" scheme in which the purchas-
er was to have typewriter and 500
sheets of paper and copy letters at
$3.50 thousand. The typewriter
proved to be toy affair that was USE
less for the work. The purchaser was
out about 50 and the firm in that much.
One clever New York firm bought up
q lot of letters from an agency to get
addresses, then wrote each person that
he or she had won prize which would
be sent on receipt Of $1.37 to "cover
cost of boxing and packing charges"
Each delighted person Invariably sent
the amount and received a piece Of
cheap jewelry worth few cents. A
blulng company offered new auto
matte tension sewing machine" to per-
sons selling thirty packages Of wash
blue at 10 cents apiece. The machine
proved to be toy affair, and the let
ter in answer to a woman's threat to
sue is filed away as mark Of genuine
cleverness on the part Of the artful
dodger who originated the scheme.
Bogus detective agencies were thick
In the land for awhile. For certain
sum Of money they would send star,
certificate of membership, credentials,
etc, to the purchaser, and not until the
astonlshed victim had been hauled up
before unfeeling magistrates for car
rying gun or for impersonating an Of
fcer did the luckless fellow realize
that he had been the victim of a scoun-
drel.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1907-07-26
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the County Court of the State of
Oregon. for the County of Josephine.
In the matter of the
Estate OF James
Evans, deceased.
Notice is hereby given to whom 1t
may concern that the undersigned has
been appointed executrix of the last
will and testament Of James Evans,
deceased, which said appointment has
been confirmed by an order of the
County Court for Josephine County,
ore lon. dated July %, 1907. All
persons having claims against the es-
tate Of said decpdent, will present the
same duly verified to said Executrix
az the office OF Marcus w. Robbins,
attorney at law, Grants Pas, Oregon,
on or before SIX months from the date
of first publication Of this notice.
which said date of first publication IL
Friday, July 26, 1907 -
MAGGIE L. EVANS,
EXeCtltrix