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Never Took Leg Bail But Once.

Lloyd May, co. A. 26th KY, Ray
mondville, Mo, reading Gen. Hoods ac-
count of his campaign from Atlanta to
Nashville, thinks he made several mis-
takes before he got to Nashville, and
especially when fighting around that
city. He thinks he must have had old
Jeff behind his coat, when he says that
he repulsed Gen. Thomas at every point
on Dec. Is and 1s. at Nashville. Com
rade May belonged to the old gallant
26th KY, First Brigade, Second Divi-
sion. Twenty-third Corps, and his regi-
ment was on the firing line all the time
and was not repulsed. They drove the
enemy before them at every charge,
and captured two pieces of artillery on
the 18th and a number of prisoners
They never had to take leg bail but
once. and that was at Saltville, w. Va,
Oct. Q, 1854, and then he lost his cap.
The first night after they left Saltville
he rode about so miles bareheaded on
an empty stomach. II any old comrade
sees this he wishes he would write and
let him know where he is. He knows
they were all skedaddIing on the night
OF Oct. 2, 1854.
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that was enough to satisfy him.-Aaron
Orahood, E. Liberty, o.
Executing a Bounty Jumper.

Editor National Tribune: saw in our
paper some time ago an inquiry from
Chas. Porter. Co E, 18th VT, Grinnell,
Iowa, regarding the executions of March
10. 1866. AS am Historian of the
18th N. j., Third Division, Sixth Corps,
l quote the following from my history:
"Of the number of bounty jumpers
under sentence Of court-martial. John
Kelley, of the 67th Pa. was sentenced
to be shot to death with musketry on
Friday, March 10. 1865. The rest were
punished in various ways some of them
sent to the Rip Raps and others were
to work on the Notifications around
Fortress Monroe. AS this was the first
military execution in the division, it
was hoped that Kelley would be par
doned. His friends interfered, but all
to no purpose, and the order for his
execution was given. The morning of
Friday, March 10, dawned clear and
bright, and all were imprest with the
solemnity of the occasion. The division
was formed in line at o'clock. about
a mile from camp, to witness the sad
event. Kelley had been visited daily
by the priest, and was prepared to die.
At 10 o'clock he was led from the guard
house by Serg't Newton Terrill, of Co.
X, 14th n. j., in charge of prisoners of
the Third Division, Sixth Corps. and the
line moved as follows: First. the band,
playing the Dead March, followed by
the prisoner sitting on his coffin. with
the Sergeant and priest, escorted by 20
men, marching with reversed arms. The
division in line presented arms and
formed in a hollow square. After pass
ing the troops the band and firing party
filed to the right, the Sergeant, prisoner
and priest to the left. His sentence was
then read to him, and the priest ad
ministered the sacrament, but he seem,
ed totally Indifferent, and as unmoved
as a spectator He was then placed on
his coffin, and the Sergeant bandaged
his eyes and tied his arms. When this
was completed the prisoner said: Fire
low, boys; hit me in the heart and kill
me at once The firing squad was
composed of IL men from the Provost
Guard, eight muskets being loaded with
balls and four with blank cartridges.
The command was given to fire, and
eight balls entered his body, any one of
which would have proved mortal. He
was instantly killed, a warning to all
deserters and bounty Jumpers. New
ton Terrill, Sergeant, Co. K. 14th n. j.,
New Brunswick, n. J.
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Pulling Down the Flag.

Editor National Tribune: In reading
The National Tribune fail to find many
items from naval veterans. / went TO
sea when boy, and in May, 1861, was
on ship at Matanzas, Cuba, when a
bark came along flying the stars and
bars. As We knew nothing of the un-
pleasantness North at the time we did
not comprehend what it meant, but a
day or two afterward a ship came In
from New York and reported war was
on, and that the flag the Lone Star (the
bark) was flying was the emblem of the
Southern Confederacy. Several Yankee
Captains of the ships in the harbor con-
cluded to have that flag down and so
ordered, but the men sent to pull it
down only met with insult. Our boat
in which I pulled bow oar, was first
alongside, and our Captain was first on
board, and, boy fashion, I was next to
him. Boats from other ships were i'm
mediately alongside. but only their Off
GERS, Captains and Mates came aboard
My Captain seemed to take the lead,
and said to me, Pull down that fiag!"
started for the signal halyards, when
the bark's Captain said, Touch those
halyards and / will put hole in your
hide" pulling out a pistol that looked
to me as big as cannon. Aren't you
going to pull down that fiag?" my Cap
tain said, and I knew he meant it, and
turning to the bark's Captain, he said,
IF you shoot that boy will shoot the
head off you" 1 thought that was good
talk. still didn't relish my part a little
bit; but I knew my Captain and wasn't
sure of the other, so l took chances and
pulled down the flag. AS 1 unbent 1t
/ saw dozen or more revolvers pointed
at the officers of the bark, who were
made to hunt up U. S. Flag, and I
had to hoist ii to the peak They re-
ceived strict orders to keep it there
while in port. We went from there to
Cardenas and thence to several ports in
Europe, ARRIVING home in the Spring
of 1862. I enlisted in the goth Me-, and
in 1864 was transferred to the navy,
serving on the blockade off the southern
coast. Was on the dispatch boat Clover
most of the time, and while 1 have
taken The National Tribune almost
from the beginning of it's career, 1 never
seeing the Clover mentioned,
nor have I eyer heard a word from any
one who was on herd. S. Baker, Co.
K, goth Me-, u. S. S. Glover, Arlington,
Wash. a. e.
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FORT MALONE AND GEN. HILL.
A Fine Pen Picture OF the Decisive
Assault.

Editor National Tribune: You have
always been SO generous to us old COM
rades, will you let me presume on your
generosity once more in requesting that
you kindly add to my article submitted
to you some time ago the following
extract from the New York Herald of
April 1865, by Thomas M. Cook.
col. Hartman advanced at once. A
small detachment of his brigade was
thrown out as skirmishers, while the
rest followed close after in line of bat
tie with fixed bayonets. The men moved
very quietly and in perfect order, tho
manifesting an eagerness Of spirit that
was an assurance of success That
they went to stay was indicated by
their being accompanied by a detach-
ment of 100 men of the 9Th Conn H. A,
who We're prepared 20 turn and work
upon the enemy the guns that should
be captured. They past out into the
darkness, and all was still. A painful
season of suspense followed. Presently
musket Is heard, then another, and
soon volley. They have reached the
rebel picket line. Now a hearty cheer
is heard, followed by a roar of mus
kerry. The cheering and musketry fir,
ing is taken up and runs along to the
left until it is lost in the distance The
flash of the muskets disclose the posi-,
tons. Instantly the artillery of both
SiueS Is at Work, and zoo guns belch
forth their thunderous tones of anger
In the roar of the artillery all other
sounds are hushed or drowned. But
the work is done and it was done
quickly. A second cheer and a second
volley from our skirmishers, and The
gallant Hartman gave the order,
Charge bayonets! Double-auicki
Charge' and away went the noble fell
lows over the breastworks, rifle pits,
abatis, over the parapet of the fort into
the main work, and the deed is accom-
plished.
For a moment .he thunderstruck
rebels looked out and then took to
flight. But our brave fellows were too
close after them, and they could not all
escape. Two hundred and fifty in that
single work We're sent back as prison
ers. nine guns were captured, which
were quickly trained in an opposite di-
rection from that they had been facing,
and set at work upon the annoying
rebel batteries.
1.-The glory of .he first entrance into
the work is disputed by the 27th Mich
and the 9Th Conn. II. A The formerl
had their colors with them. which were
the first set upon the parapet, and
hence have the proof of priority 1t was
in one of the assaults to retake Fort
Malone that the rebel Gen. A. P. Hill
lost his life, leading in person his men
up to the works.'-B. S. Philbrick,
21th Mich, Hoquiam, Wash
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Didn't WHIT Long.

Editor National Tribune: have been
subscriber of your paper for years,
but have not contributed anything be-
fore. 1 read an account, written by one
of the comrades, about Snake Creek
Gap. Now, was one of Sherman's s
men, and well do I remember many of
the incidents of that campaign. / vol
unteered from Liberty Township, Union
County, o.. and was member of Co.
/, 121st Ohio. I remember well when
Sherman's army past thru the Gap, q
comrade, fatigued and disheartened,
offered me dollar and n loaded gun
(being everything ne possest of any
value) II 1 would shoot him. I laugh
ingly told him to wait awhile. and may
be a Johnny would do 1t for nothing.
Sure enough, in a very short time after
that he got 1t in the leg. and guess
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ing to the trustees of the church and
stating that he would hold a war meet
ing there, which they agreed to, and
before the meeting was over two-thirds
of his company had enlisted. In a few
days he had IS men, with whom he
reported to the railroad, and asked for
transportation to Pittsburg He was
asked for his authority. and pulled out
the newspaper proclamation, which the
railroad officials agreed was valid for
transportation to Harrisburg. He walk
ed into the Governors office and re-
ported himself and IS men present
Gov. Curtin asked him for his author
ity for recruiting. when he showed the
proclamation, which the Governor rec
ognized, ordering him to hold an cleo
ton in his company for officers and
report the result. BY unanimous vote
he was made Captain of his company,
which became H of the 1920 Pa, and
did splendid service during the war.
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A Brilliant Charge.

Editor National Tribune: During the
civil war there were many daring acts.
gallant charges and brillian. scouts
made by companies and individuals of
which history says nothing. One of
those brilliant charges I will now write
about hoping you will print it in your
grand old paper FOR the comrades to
read. On Aug. %. 1864, while Spears
detachment of cavalry was picketing on
the left of the Second Corps, after the
battle of Ream's Station, Co. G of the
11th Pa. Cav. made one of the most
gallant saber charges of the war. A
body of rebel cavalry, on a scout, came
out on a field near Ream's Station
Co. G, on pickle. at that point. was
drawn up in line, and ordered to charge
what appeared to be about an equal
number of Johnnies Well, when Co.
G charged they ran into hornets nest,
and some of them got badly stung. We
found much greater number of the
enemy than we expected, and a fierce
fight was on. 1t did no. last a great
while, however, for having bitten off
more than we could chew, and with
the hornets singing us with carbines.
pistols and sabers, we were forced to
fall back. We lost a number of the
boys; Comrade Breth was wounded:
Comrade VIM. Morrow had his horse
shot from under him, and had to catch
dHOtneT one whose rlQer mad taiIen IN
the fray. 1t was a gallant charge, in
which every comrade showed he was q
brave soldier and skilful saberer, but
/ believe the palm for the best saber
action must be given to Barney Rupert
He went into the fight with his saber
playing in lightning fashion. II was
too much for the rebs, and they gave
way before him at every point When
engaged with one of the rebel officers, a
miscreant off to one side shot him.
Poor fellow! That ended brave Bar
pey's career as a soldier, unless indeed,
he was reincarnated and fought again
with Teddy "a San Juan under some
other name. Who knows? When the
company returned to their station, Col.
Skelly met them, and with tears in his
eyes told them that he never expected
any of them to come out of the fight
alive 1 wonder how many of the boys
who were in that ruction are alive at
this time. Let me hear from you, boys.
j. b. Stalb, Co. G, 11th Pa. Cav,
Hastings, Pa.
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Death of Gen. Nelson.

Editor National Tribune: / have read
several accounts of the tragical death
of Gen. Nelson, who was shot in the
Gait House, in Louisville, KY, in Sep
tember, 1862, by Gen. Jeff c. Davis, of
the Regular Army.
/ had charge of a squad of men be-
longing to the 18th Ill. at that time,
and we were stationed about two blocks
from the Gait House. 1t was early in
the morning. The boys had just eaten
their breakfast, and We're about to
shoulder their knapsacks preparatory
to going to the regiment according to
orders, when messenger rushed in,
yelling: Gen. Nelson. the tyrant, is
killed. Gen. Jeff Davis shot him in the
Gait House!" The squad gathered
around the messenger. wanting. of
course, to know the particulars, but he
was so excited that he could not give
an intelligent account of the affair. Just
then another man rode up, and in a
calm and dispassionate manner told us
the story. In an interview between the
two Generals, Nelson had asked Davis
how many men he had under his con-
troll, and Davis answered. About 1000"
Gen. Nelson flew at once into terrible
passion, and retorted, You. a Regular
U. S. officer, and say about" and slapt
Davis in the fact, who was attempting
to explain that as the Government was
rushing men into the ranks to check
Bragg in his pursuit of Gen. Buell.
across Kentucky it was impossible for
him. Davis, to tell exactly how many
men he had. But Nelson would listen
to no explanation, and Gen. Davis
turned and walked away. remarking
that he would see Nelson in the morn
ing. The tragedy in the Gait House fol-
lowed the next day. Superficially speak
ing, the little word about seems to be
responsible for the death of Gen. Mel
son.-B Mendenhall, Co. H. 18th ILL.,,
Dallas City, III.
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Old Coins.

Henry S. Clark, Co. E, 27th N. j.,
Newburgh, n. Y, comes into competi-
ton with Comrade Ralph, of Felchville.
VT, as the possessor of valuable old
coins. He says: II have a silver dollar
of 1898; half dollar of 1907; quarter
dollar of 1906; cent of 1903; half cent
of 1904; $40 gold coin of 1850; English
shilling Queen Anne), 1903; Roman
penny, so A. D.; Jewish coin of 1890:
Greek, 800 B. c., and others of less
value; also have newspaper, the Lon
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Burning Columbia.

Editor National Tribune: have been
much interested In Under Grant and
Sherman" as written by Maj Byers
being a unit in the great whole. that
made up the armies of those two grand
men. I have a vivid recollection of the
burning of Columbia, S. c. The Ma
jor says it was set on fire by the burn
ing cotton we found on entering the
city. Shortly after the war there was
quite controversy between Sherman
and Hampton as to who burned Column
bia, each accusing the other of doing
so. / don't think either was RESPONSE
BILE, nor the cotton, either. Our brigade
(Second, First Division, Fifteenth
Corps) was the first to enter the city,
or we SO understood. We past thru,
and went into camp a short distance
out on the Camden road Some of the
'bummers'' returned to the city on
foraging expedition, and they found
wholesale liquor house. 1t being dark,
they We're obliged to use paper for
light. Some one threw a piece on the
floor, and the building was soon in a
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The Battery at Malvern Hill.

Editor National Tribune Replying to
Comrade Harrison's request for infor-
nation as to the battery that support
ed at Malvern Hill, will say that Bat
terry M, I'd u S. Art. was engaged there
at that time, and no doubt is the bat
terry referred to. Battery M was the
last to leave the field in retreat for
Harrison's Landing. This battery was
commanded by Capt. Henry Benson,
who was wounded at the time, and who
died from wounds. Lieut..
A. C. M. Pennington took command.
promoted Colonel of New
Jersey Cavalry. Lieut.. Carle A. Wood
ruff commanded battery from 1854 un-
til close of war with high honors; has
since been promoted. 1 would like to
hear from any comrade of Battery M
Eugene Muffat, Sergeant, Battery NJ, I'd
N. ]. Art, Detroit, Mich.
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blaze. The building was in the north
part of theI,cily This was told me
while the cify kshs burning by one of
our company. / saw his same COM
rade about Is years ago, and he told
me the same' e'st6ry. / am satisfied that
this was the way the fire started Short
ly after dark a strong northwest wind
sprang up, which carried :he flames
down thru the principal part of the
city.-S. j. Phillips, Co. H, 9th Ind.
Chapman, Kan,
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Capt. Dushane's Company.

Capt ]. NJ. Dushane, of Connellsville
Pa, was delightfully."- surprised on
Christmas by some Is of his old COM
rades calling upon him to congratulate
his entrance upon his s0th year and
presenting him with an elegan: silver
shaving mug. The history of his COM
pany was talked over at length. He
had not thought seriously of going to
war during the first year, but when
Lincoln's second call came he saw that
there was need for him. With nothing
but a newspaper containing the call in
his pocket he began operations by 60
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His Regiment Omitted.

c. Galloway. Osceola, Mo-, complains
that his regiment was omitted from the
roster of Logan's Division at Vicksburg.
He belonged to Co. c, 18th ILL.,. Third
Division, Third Brigade. Seventeenth
Corps, Army of the Tennessee.
The comrade is justly aggrieved az
such an omission. because the 18th IIl.
was an admirable regiment, and lost
during its service IA killed In battle
and ~ who died from disease.-Editor
National Tribune,
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Editor National Tribune: Not having
been one of your old subscribers l cam
not go away back, as 1t is not quite a
year since I have been getting The
National Tribune, but the reading of it
has given me a heap of satisfaction
Christian Rhein, 1911 Howard Ave-,
Allegheny, Pa.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10

The National Tribune has received
letters for Joseph Plaisted, Colonel, 5th
Ohio. and James Richey, Orderly Ser
geant, 5th Ohio. These letters will be
forwarded to the parties to whom ad-
dressed or to any of their family upon
receipt of instructions.
The National tribune., 1907-01-10
Poem Wanted.

Mrs. Gildersleive, Bellingham. Mass,
would like some comrade to send her
the poem. "Old Tennessee"
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Clifford Powell.

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The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-29

passed, as fully two-thirds of the
Legislators were elected on that plat
form and with that understanding.
on this subject the Wheeling Intel
ligencer makes the following wise
utterances:
This is a clear. definite and posi-
tive issue. A member must be eth
er for a two-cent railroad fare or he
must be against 1t. There is no
middle ground, and there can be no
excuse for failure to carry out their
promises. One thing at least may
be put down as a fact. This sub
iect will not be allowed TO drop
here. Before the session ends every
member OF the legislature will be
compelled to make his record on it
for or against. The people of West
Virginia demand a two-cent rail-
road fare, and their demand cannot
be evaded at this late day"
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-29
BUILDING COMMITTEE
FOR CHURCH NAMED

The Christian church has appoint
ed a building committee. consisting
Of ]. D. McReynolds. W. w. Ash
and E. H. Williams. to which win be
added four members later. The
present committee viii look after
plans and other prelIminaries. The
edifice Will. cost about $4,000 and
will be modern in design. There VIII
be a parsonage on the Chestnut
street side. and on the Pike street
front entrances to- the auditorium.
Sunday school room. ladies parIor
and so on. 1t is hoped to dedicate
the church November next.
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STOCK EXCHANGE OPENS.

The clarksburg Stock Exchange
has opened in rooms 54i and 542,
fifth floor. of the Empire building
on Telegram square. with F. s. NAL
10y as manager. The ofices are well
equipped and a good business is ex-
pected to be done.
The exchange has a special wire
from Pittsburg and every facility is
furnished to traders. the same as II
in a metropolitan city. Quotations
are direct over this special wire, F.
E. Deibrldge Is the operator. a thor.
oughly experienced and reliable man.
The business is starting out very
nicely with prospects OF assuming
large proportions.
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Standing side by side on electric
railway. young couple keep suicide
pact. SO read the headlines Of a
daily newspaper. We read similar
headlines every day or so. The
thought of promising young folks at
the age when they are Just bloom
ing into manhood and womanhood,
becoming tired of life and resorting
to the cowardly crime OF suicide is
most distressing to contemplate.
Would that these young folks could
only be shown the utter folly OF
their ways. II only they could be
informed that 1t is not life itself
that is miserable but the way OF liv-
ing II and that the way. OF living 1t
as 1t is meant to be is open to them
II they will but look. To complain
that there is no pleasure. no Joy in
life, Is to lament the loss OF some
thing we possess. II is like one de-
liberately dying Of thirst with the
cup of water in the hands. Let all
help the miserable out OF their
troubles and Affections. cheer them
up and show them the way. II there
were more practice OF this, there
would be fewer suicides, such as we
read about in the press every day or
so.