The National tribune., 1907-04-11

April II, 1865, the day after West Point,
Ga, was taken, just before they got to
Griffin, Ga, call was made for volun-
teers to go around Griffin for some pur-
pose not known. Five men volunteered,
among them the Doctor, and when they
got opposite a long lane, which. he
thinks. ran due north of Griffin, they
saw buggy with two men in it. They
started after them, and the men jumped
out of the buggy and cut across large
field. When they came up to the bug
gy, they found 1t contained two leather
trunks, which they took, but left the
buggy, and soon came upon some wagon
tracks leading into a thicket, where
they found IL wagon loads of all kinds
of fine goods 13 head of mules and a
gray mare with new pair of pill-Sags.
Just as the Doctor was mounting the
gray mare three shots We're fired, ore
hitting him on the shin. which bounced
off without hurting him any to speak
of. AS he rode along back to camp a
line looking woman came out of a house
and stopped him, saying it was her
husbands mare and pill bags, and
wanted him to give both up. He gave
her the pill bags, but said he could not
give up the mare. She said her hus-
band was one of the men guarding the
goods. The Doctor would like to find
out the name of this man. He was also
Il doctor, and lived about two miles
from Griffin. Ga.
The Charge Mt Donelson.
B. f. Thomas, of Co. G, 14th Iowa.
Traer, Iowa, wants to say to Serg't Silas
Flourney of the I'd Iowa that the charge
at Donelson was made by Col. Lau-
mans Brigade, of Gen. C. F. Smiths
Division. The brigade was composed
Of the I'd, 7th and 14th Iowa and the
18th Ind. regiments. Col. Lauman was
Colonel of the 7th Iowa, and being
junior officer, commanded the brigade.
The attacking column was formed with
The I'd Iowa in front, commanded by
Col. J.. M. futile Back of this was the
7th Iowa and 25th Ind. as one regi-
ment. Both together were not as large
as the I'd Iowa. Back of these was the
14th Iowa, commanded by the grim old
Col. w. T. Shaw. The column proceed
ed up the hill at double-quick, with
the guns at right shoulder shift, with
out firing a shot till within the rebel
works There was no battery there till
some time after the works were taken.
Gen. Smith commanded the division,
Col. Lauman the brigade, Col. futile
the I'd Iowa, and the 7th and 18th Iowa
were there as well. Sometimes we are
mistaken.
Got Down Faster than He Got Up.
A. d. Westerfield, Corporal, Co. I,
18th Kan, Sawtelle. Cal, was much
pleased with Comrade VIM. Soden's let
ter. He got to Camp Ford about the
last of April. and was taken prisoner
between Camden and Pine Bluff, Ark,
Comrade Westerfeld was with a wagon
train at the time, and part of the nth
Ohio, 36th Iowa. and 43d Iowa, under
the command of Col. Drake. acted as
their escort. They were used very well
by the rebs, being allowed to drink out
of the creeks with the horses of the
Confederates on their way to Shreve-
port, La. From there they started for
camp Ford, where they arrived naked,
foot-sore and starved. He was one of
the boys who helped dig the tunnel
Comrade Soden writes about. Com
rade Westerfield got thru it all right,
and started North. but when he had
gone about Is miles the rebel blood
hounds caught him. He had climbed
up into a sapling. but he had to get
down faster than he got up. The dogs
used him very badly. and he got back to
Camp Ford in a sorry condition. In
February they started back for Shreve-
port on foot, thence down the Red
River, landing at the mouth of that
river, where they were sent to New
Orleans by the Paroling Officer, having
been in prison II months. He does not
know how he could get along without
The National Tribune, which he means
to take as long as he lives.
Red Hot Times.
Thos. A. Willett, late Gunner's Mate
u. S. Gunboat Essex, 141S Oak ST.,
Flint, Mich, would like to hear from
some of his old, shipmates or from any
of the Western f1otilla boys who helped
clean up the Ohio. Tennessee, Cumber-
land and Mississippi Rivers from st.
Louis and Fort Henry to Vicksburg in
1862 and 1863, under AdmiralS Foote, |
Davis and Porter. These We're red hot
times, both as regards weather and
fighting. On Feb. he celebrated the
of the Battle of Fort Hen
ry, and shed a silent tear over the thOt
of the noble shipmates who died that
day, 33 of them, on the Essex. Com
rade Wilett received wounds on thatl
occasion from which he has suffered
every day of his life since.
An Old Blue Jacket.
Comrade F. H. Grove, who is now
the Superintendent of the Croton Water
Company for supplying water to ship
ping by steam water boats, New York,
served from January, 1862, to Deem
Der, 1865, in the Western Gulf Blockad-
ing Squadron, and saw Old Glory re-
place the Secession flags on public
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the Jurisdiction of the squadron, be-
ginning with New Orleans and ending
with Mobile. He contracted the swamp
fever during his service, and in spite of
all that money could do for him he
never could get the malaria out of his
system, so that years ago he was COM
PEELED to retire from business. He feels
very grateful that his country has acted
justly to those who gave the best years.
of their lives to it.
Information Wanted.
Mrs. e. NJ. Budd, Millbrook, ILL.,, isl
very anxious to find some one who
knows something of her son, Sebring |
Budd. He enlisted in 1861 when but
a lad of II, and ran away from home
to do so. He entered Michigan cav
airy regiment, and when heard from
he was in hospital at Washington with
the measles. He afterwards joined his
regiment at Front Royal, but the regi-
ment was badly cut to pieces, and but
few of the officers remained. No trace
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