The National tribune., 1907-10-17
VETERANS In THE CITY.
Talks With Comrades All Over the
Union.

Capt. w. r. Ackerson, 51st n. Y,
Hightstown, n. j. Capt Ackerson, who
| is house painter and contractor, was
as boy member of Il famous Zouavc
company in Cincinnati, and at the out
| break of the war he and his company
entered the I'd Ohio, with which it par
| ticipated in the Bull Run campaign. Ii
was in Schenck's Brigade, which had
the sensational railroad scout to Vienna
1 and at Bull Run was at the Stone
| Bridge. AT the expiration of his term
of service he enlisted in the 5lst n. Y.
! tShepard's Rifles), one of the fighting
regiments, which, in its varied service
I from Roanoke Island to Vicksburg and
back 10 Petersburg, lost 12i killed, Al
wounded and 3S2 missing. making
total of 977. OF these 50 died in Con-
federate prisons Capt. Ackerson rose
by good service and hard knocks thru
all the grades until he was mustered
out as a Captain. He was shot thru the
breast very near the main arteries at
! Antietam. and at the battle of Poplar
| Springs Church, Sept. 80, 1864, his regi-
ment was on the extreme left of the
| line, where it was turned by the Con-
| federates and struck in front and rear,
with large number of prisoners cap
tured. Capt. Ackerson and his men We're
taken to Salisbury and kept there until
i the discovery of a plot for breaking out
of prison caused the officers TO be re-
moved when he was taken to Danville,
and kept there until Feb. %, 1868. III
spite of his wounds and hardships Com
rado Ackerson is in excellent health,
having at last, surprising to relate, got
! ten rid of the rheumatism that plagued,
him SO long. He is in Washington with
THE noted veteran Zouaves of New Jer-
Ice of r,,hn I iSif ptrtn
der the command of Gen. J. Madison
Drake, and attracted much attention by
all being in the old Zouaye uniforms.
Capt. S. Mcconnell, 18th ILL.,, Hunt
ley, Neb. Comrade Mcconnell was in
the city attending the Medal of Honor
Convention. He received his medal for
capturing Confederate flag at Mo-
bile. Like all of the Sixteenth Corps
he is an enthusiastic admirer OF Gen.
! A. j. Smith. whom he thinks the great
est soldier that ever lived. One of A.
| j. Smiths achievements of which he
| is very proud was the capture of Fort
De Russy. Gen. Dick Taylor tried TO
lure Smith off on wild goose chase,
but Smith knew what he was about,
and followed Taylor just as far as he
| felt like, when he suddenly turned to
the left, and his rough-and-ready men,
| filling up bayou with fence rails,
around on the flank of Fort De Russy,
and took it with rush as soon as they
were fairly in sight of it. A more.
scientific move against the formidable
stronghold would have taken weeks Of
engineering, but Smith captured it
without hardly breaking step. Com
rade Mcconnell is a farmer and stock
raiser, and has been in Nebraska since
1876.
L. p. Norton, 10th " Y. Cav. Ho-
mer, y. Y. Comrade Norton, who is an
insurance agent, was the Colonel of the
10th y. Y. Association this year. and
presided over the Reunion held in this
city.
William Frazier Georgetown, Ill.
Comrade Frazier, who IS farmer, serv-
ed in the 125th ILL.,, and was in Dan Nc
Cooks Brigade of the Fourteenth Corps.
which suffered so terribly in the assault
on kenesaw. At the time that Gen. Nc
Cook was killed, Col. Oscar r. Harmond,
! Capt VIM. w. Fellows and Lieut. James
A. Mclean were killed Of the 125th ILL.,,
with heavy loss of enlisted men. From
the time that the 125th ILL., crossed the
| Ohio River at Louisville until it was dis
charged. June 9, 1865, Comrade Frazier
was constantly with ii. in ali its marches
and fighting in Kentucky, Tennessee,
Georgia, the Carolinas and on the Grand
| REVIEW IN washington. For the past II
years he has been Commander of Higer
Post, 204. Department Of Illinois. He
| is now hurrying back to receive fine
banner, costing $125, which the people
| of Georgetown have had made to pre-
sent to the Post Georgetown is pleas
ant little village about 10 miles from
Danvilie, Ill.
Thomas Davis, I'd N. Y II. A. 1926
Third Ave. New York Comrade Da-
keeper at the Central Park, was I'm
Washington in attendance upon the
Medal of Honor Convention. He re-
ceived his medal for Sailors Creek,
where he captured rebel colors and two
privates and was sent on to Washing
ton to present the colors to the War
| Department.
| George n. Peacoch, nth n. Z, Sara
toga, n. Y, was in the city on his way
home from jamestown, and reported
that he had been well treated there and
found the trip very interesting, tho the
exhibit was not as great as he had seen
Elsewhere. He was most interested in
the country across the river, since his
regiment had played a very active and
creditable part in the Peninsular cam
paign. He Is a farmer residing about
10 miles from Saratoga, and is much
!, pleased with the way that Saratoga en-
tertaned the veterans, as he belonged
to the Saratoga Post, which had large
portion Of the work devolying upon it.
/ Reunion Of the 1st f.. 3. Md.
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