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ton In large trade in Americai
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which goods easily hold their dwr
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The National tribune., 1907-10-17
f. w. LOCKE, THE SPY.
He Was Shot Near Murfreesboro. T,

He Was Shot Near MurfreesbOrO. Tenn.
Editor National Tribune: I have been
reading an account of Comrade Martin
Douglass. Co. G. seth Ind, Eaton, o.,
about the rebel spy that was shot by
| the guard as he was trying to make his
escape. / can give him the full par
ticulars as to when, where and how he
was captured. e. w. Locke. the rebel
spy, owned a cotton plantation abou:
three miles from Murfreesboro, to the
left of the Woodbury. pike. Capt. Rog-
ers, ProvostMarshal at Cavalry Corps
Headquarters, with detail from the
Provost Guard. arrested him. March q,
1853, at his house. He took him to the
headquarters of Gen. d. S. Stanley
Chief of Cavalry. and placed him under
guard. The first night he tried to make
his escape. l was on guard at the time
and he asked me if he could come out
of the tent for a minute. l gave him
permission. and as soon "a he came out
he made break for liberty. I shot at
him. but missed him. He ran towards
headquarters and jumped into an ola
cellar that was full of brush. l was
close on to him, and as | leveled my
carbine at him he threw up his hands
and begged me not to shoot him. About
that time the whole camp was aroused.
He was then taken to the Provost Mar
shals quarters. handcuffed and placed
.
fortifications they y-were not found on
him. but were found at his house after
his arrest. Comrade Douglass is mis-
taken about his being tried, court-mar-
tailed and condemned to be hung, April
2. 1863. He tried TO make his escape
again. Eli Dubois. of the 4th Mich.
Cav, andfG G.. W. Porter 4th Ohio Cav.
were sdeserterss and under guard at the
time, and Private Thomas Jennings
Porter and Dubois know who shot
Locke. He was shot on the Manchester
pike, near spring at the foot of the
hill There. was an Ohio battery camp
ed there The guards of the battery
took charge of the body, and afterwards
turned it over to Gen. Thomas, his
headquarters being near. 1t has never
been explained how Locke got so far
from the Provost Marshal's Headquar-
ters. He WAS nearly mile from camp
when he was shot. There was found on
his person several hundred dollars. No
one could ever tell what became of the
money. If Comrade Douglass would
write to Comrade Eli Dubois. Ypsilan-
ii. Mich. he could give him the desired
nforma;iOn.-Warren NJ. Dewitt, New
Brighton, Pa.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
ST. MARY's CHURCH.
A Desperate EitGc cavalry Battle in
'-,.~g juno, 1854. ,.....

Editor National Bribune: / have re-
Gently met two of the survivors of the
battle known toas as ST. Mary's Church
Va, fought on the evening of June "a,
1864. 1t was Ionly IA small affair in
those days. butifor 1Gregs's Second Di-
vision of Sheridan's Cavalry it was Il
serious matter. tas we,lost quite heavily.
The question with uts fis still, where and
how did il come about that we were so
nearly all surrounded and captured? /
was one of about - 0 men w!o went
back over the ground in night march
on the 4th of July following and Sc
cured the body of Col. g. II. CovOde,
who was killed In that battle. This
expedition is said to have been most
perilous undertaking. as the Potomac
army was then on the other side Of the
James Col Covode's father was a
prominent member or Congress. and
think was one of the Committee on the
Conduct of the War. i think Gen. d.
NJ. Gregg is still living. I want to learn
all I can concerning this engagement
and that of Trevillian Station, which
took place on June II of that year as
contemplate visiting these places at
some time not far distant. This. of
course, will include Washington City,
where 1 spent several months as n mem
ber of the 135th Pa. in the Winter of
1S62-63.-Hiram r. Smith, Co. ID, 4th
Pa. Cav, LOveland, Colo.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
WAR SPIRIT NORTH AND SOUTH.
An Ex-Confedernte Asks SOn;e Pertinent
Questions.

Editor National Tribune: The per-
mission of the Virginia authorities to
erect a monument in memory of Col.
Govan, of the 48th Pa, who was killed
at the Crater near Petersburg, is
grand, gloomy, liberia! an! peculiar, >
and that the Governor of Virginia.
should be requested to hold it in trust
f,r the good people of Pennsylvania
equally so. But how about the animus
of the people of Philadelphia, who de-
clined to allow the Daughters. of the
Confederacy living in the City of Broth
erly Love to erect a monument in that
holy of holies," or nearby cemetery,
where the COnfederates are buried who
died in the local hospitals in hecatomb
lots? Can you honestly continue t. de-
ride the Daughters of the Confederacy
in the face of these facts? Can you
longer charge them with hypocrisy, as
In your issue of July 4, relative to the
Mr. Jefferson Davis and the Cabin
ohn Bridge? In this connection your
language is: THE Daughters of the
Confederacy, who are continually seek
ing for something to prod the North
and irritate the people who want TO
forget all about the h orrOrs of the war
are gleeful over discovering another
goad to stir up sectional bitterness
Does the Petersburg episode of hospi-
tality and generousness justify your
m ost anomalous pagan position e.
II. Lively. Aberdeen, State of George
Washington.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
Fighting Blood.

Editor National Tribune: In one of
your issues one John A. Morrison claims
to have some fighting blood" and puts
up pretty good record to substantiate
his claim. Now, come to think of it, I
don't know but what l might be justi-
fed in putting in a claim for fighting
blood" My paternal ancestor, William
Reede who was born ct Gravesend,
County of Kent, England, in 1905, was
a pioneer settler in Weymouth, Mass,
in 1885, and was necessarily more or
less of an Indian fighter. as were all of
those early pioneer settlers. His great
grandson, born Nov. IA, 1921, was my
great-grandfather who was q soldier in
the British army. He was taken pris-
oner by the French, in the French a:ld
English war, was held a prisoner at
Quebec. and recaptured by the English
when they captured Quebec in 1853.
He died, and was buried at sea on his
way home. His son, my grandfather.
served three years in the Revolutionary
War. My father was out in the War
of 1912 a short time, and served three
years in the late unpleasantness." l
was 101a months in a rebel prison, and.
like my great-grandfather, was sent
home by sea; but, unlike him, did not
get buried at sea. So there has been
more or less fight in the Reed family
since 1605-300 years. Perhaps some
member of the Reed family may see
this. and by appealing to me I may be
able to assist him in tracing his pedf-
gree. If so. he will find me at 1912
Spaight ST.. Madison. Wis. The orthog-
raDhy of the name was changed in
170S.-E. r. Reed, Madison, Wis.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17

but the white troops already there kept
them out by their bayonets with threats
to shoot. 1t is claimed that several OF
our colored soldiers were shot at that
time by our own troops in the Crater.
Later on many of them took shelter
der. My company. with about 80 men,
had 33 killed, wounded and missing,
and had my missing been counted as
killed, and they undoubtedly were, my
death roll would have been 13, and Co.
A, the first company. suffered even
worse. We had five officers captured;
four of these Returned from captivity;
private, and died in Danville Prison
Our Colonel was made a brevet Briga-
dier-General. oiir Adjutant hrevet-
ted Colonel. and several had
honorable mention. We saved aur State
flag (Maryland) colors. losing our Stars
and Stripes, for which Capt Seagraves
gave life; but, strange to say, that
flag has never been found. Some say
a soldier tore it from it's staff and bur-
led it, but it is all speculation. 1t is
simply non est as far as we can learn.
Credit to the Colored Troops.
One thing the colored division must
have the credit for-that of capturing
some of the cnemy's intrenchments out
side the Crater, which three divisions
of white troops failed to do. The great
need of our colored regiments was a
full complement and competent officers,
and they should have had more than
the white regiment. Certainly there
should have been at least three officers
in each company all the time. Take
my own company, for instance: One
hundred men from everywhere to make
soldiers of; bay not Yet of age. his
First Lieutenant detailed into another
regiment, his Second detailed in charge
of the Ambulance Corps, the boy cap
tain acting at times as Orderiy-Ser-
geant. Sergeant of the Guard, Corporal
of the Guard, and sometimes Guard
himself. Six months campaigning. and
there We're only eight officers on duty
in the regiment. including the Major.
Adjutant and Doctor. One line officer
to two companies. Possibly my story
is now too long. but what | believe is
just and right. that every man is en-
titled to a square deal, that he should
be punished for a crime only when
guilty and proven so by tribunal OF
his peers. The faults of the colored
race are many, and 1t appears some
where that ii was the white man who
nailed the Savior to the cross: the
white man who started the great
est rebellion on EARTH costing a million
lives and thousands of desolated homes;
and It's the white mans burden now to
settle the question whether q man is a
man, without regard to race, color or
previous condition. in Gods own time
it will be settled rightly. but we feel
that those who were participants in
that great war for the preservation Of
the Union. and incidentally the freedom
of the slave. will never see that day.
The Great Ruler of the Universe may
have made the world in minute, bur
his minutes are ages and so. comrades,
judge kindly the facts as l saw them
as commander of the two leading COM
panies of the co'oreh division at the
battle of the Mined. r. Proctor. Cap
tain, Co. F, 30th u. s. c. T., brevet Ma
jor, Wilton, N H. .,
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
Who Burned Columbia .

Editor National Tribune: Please let
me add q little to the history of the
burning of Columbia. Much has been
written By different comrades about the
cause of the fire. Each gives it a little
different, but in the main try TO stick
to the intimation of Gen. Sherman when
questioned-that the fire was caused by
the rebels. who set the cotton on fire,
high winds spreading the fire. Now
comrades, / say all honor to the noble
commander whom we all loved and re-
spected, and ever will; but don't you
think it about time to tell the truth :?
Is it not q fact that the cotton in bales
was on fire when we went in, bales
strung out about SO feet apart, just
smouldering, none blazing, being bailed
so tight? Is it not a fact that no build
ing was burning until night? Is it not &.
fact that there was no wind to spread
the fire? Is it not a fact that we cap
tured a lot of liquors? And is it not a
fact that the boys were dry, as well as
the buildings? AS the fire started in
the center of the town and spread every
way, which way did the winds blow to
destroy the whole city? Is 1t not true
that we all knew that Columbia was
the nest of the rebellion, and that we
expected hot time in the old town?
Was it not so along the entire excur-
sion trip we were having?
Now, as have asked these questions.
I expect some answers, and to be well
curried by some experts at the business
If SO, am ready to state some things
which I know to be facts; that is, If
allowed to do so thru our paper, which
have taken for over % years.. D.
McKinzie. Co. /, 26th ILL.,, Second Bril-
gade. First Division, Fifteenth Corps,
Mcpherson, Kan.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17

Ccmrade McEIroy's as The True His
tory of the Uncivil War" He is pleased
with spelling reform-thinks that
system in which four-year-old lad can
find flaws is in need of reform; thinks
high society is in need of moral re-
form: would pay all veterans wages
and bounty to equaliZe all and to ex-
prisoners add six and a quarter cents
a day for term of imprisonment-or
other small sum that would be just
to the pension. Comrade Sharp began
to read The National Tribune 25 years
ago, but from loss of sight he has not
been able to read it for IL Years, his
disability being due to effects of An
dersonville Prison experience. Now,
however he can again read and does.
The Infantry VoIiey at Hampton Roads.
Editor National Tribune: In your
splendid description of the Monitor
Merrimac fight you speak of "a lament
able incident That was Capt Van
Valtenburgh's splendid company (Co.
A. Goth Ind) that did that shooting.
and l have no doubt to-day but their
aim was directed by God If those Off
GERS had not been put down and out
the battle that peaceful Sabbath day
might have terminated very differently.
So We owe no apoiogy.-Co. A, 20th
Ind, Nevada, Mo.
At Chattanooga.
Joshua Devices, 9th Ohio Morris
town, O.. desires to correct an impress
sion which seems to be gotten from a
former letter He wants to say that
but one of the two brigades attacking
Chattanooga from the north side was
mounted. This was Wilder's. The other.
Wagner's. went on foot, but it got there
just the same
who Was Hef
Albert NJ Jones, r. f. d. 81, Harris
vile. Butler County. Pa. writes: Some
time in the early SOS soldier on sick
furlough came here to his sister, Mrs.
Crist Meyer. and died. His grave is
unmarked. No one living here can tell
his name, regiment or company. If
any of your readers can supply the
requisite information I will see that his
grave is properly marked"
Who Knew Mai. Farnam:
Comrade L. C. Farnam. Pawnee. ILL.,,
wishes information regarding Maj Ben
jamin Farnam, 18th n. Y.
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
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who Wa. the Brave Lieutenant.

Editor National Tribune: Your history
of the 2Sth Pa. induces me to write.
was Sergeant in Co. B, 141st N. Y,
detailed to foraging detachment.
March 1s. 1855, we crossed Cape Fear
River at Fayetteville, N. c., marched
about five miles and went into camp.
March IA the fOragers left regimental
camp, and after a march of something
like three miles found the rebels in
force, and sharp encounter enSued.
The enemy fell back, fighting, until
they got behind an old mill, and there
they made a stand for keeps, thu closely
pressed. Taking advantage of a deep
ditch, / worked myself forward of the
firing line to a forked sapling, from the
shelter of which l fired as opportunity
presented, till my cartridges were all
used. Some distance from me saw q
Lieutenant, sheltered by tree. using
a rifle upon the enemy with great calm
ness, and l went on hands and knees to
him for ammunition, which he supplied
He told me he belonged to the 2Sth Pa
The regiment was in sight, but about
half a mile away. We could see their
colors. With my renewed supply of
cartridges / returned on my hands and
knees to my sapling,s and resumed my
firing between its branches. Very soon
the Lieutenant attempted an advance,
and was shot dead. I was the last per-
son to whom he spoke on earth-the
last to hear his voice. I often think of
him, and always with sorrow. He was
a brave man. The name of an officer
who advanced to the front of the fight
ing line and calmly used a rifle as tho
he was man in the ranks, when he saw
opportunity to do effective service,
ought to be known and honored. trust
that some comrade of the 2Sth Pa, re-
calling the occasion. will be able to and
will give US the name that we may
honor it.-Thomas d. Goundry, Beaver
Dams. N Y
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
BUILDING THE MONITOR.
She Was Constructed at Private Expense,
and Did Not Belong 10 the Government
When She Fought the Battle.

Editor National Tribune: | was more
than interested in your article in rela-
tion to theHironclad d Monitor in your is
sue of Auga,S, ,=1907, and have no doubt
that you state the facts as recorded in
the Navy Department: but there is a
page of unwritten history that you have
not recorded. / know whereof / speak,
for / had hand in its construction.
When Capt. John Ericsson. the inventor
of this famous boat, tried to interest
Hon. Gideon Welles. the then Secretary
of the Navy, in its construction, he
and so gave him no encouragement.
Capt. Ericsson then applied to the Hon.
John +. Winslow. one of the proprietors
of the Albany Iron Works, and the Hon.
John A. Griswold Ghen representing the
Troy District in congress), proprietor Of
the Rensselaer, Iron Works, both works
located at Troy. n. Y, both mechanics
in their line. both very wealthy. These
two, with Henry Bushnell, agreed to
build this monitor at their own expense
A mill for the rolling of the smaller ar
NOR plate was designed by the Superin-
tendent of the Albany Iron Works, who
was then noted inventor and patentee,
John II. Snyder, and under his imme-
diate supervision and inspection all the
smaller armor plate was made from
what was then termed "Puddled STEEL
Winslow went to Washington, and Of
fered to sell the boat to the Secretary
Of the Navy for the sum approaching
100000. He refused to buy. Then Mr..
Winslow asked the Secretary if he
would buy after trial IL it was success.
He replied that he would. And here is
the climax: When the Monitor engaged
the Merrimac she was the property of
John F. Winslow, John A. Griswold and
Robert Bushnell. The boat itself was
not the property of the United States.
1t is very difficult problem to solve,
what would have been the result If at
that critical stage the "cheeze-box' had
not put out of commission the much
dreaded Merrimac.
Among the many monuments of note
erected at our Capital tWashington). all
to worthy men and true, 1 think another
still should be erected to the three noted
citizens of these United States, and on ii
should be inscribed the names of John
F. Winslow, John A. Griswold and Rob-
ert Bushnell.-Spencer w. Snyder. AS
sistant Superintendent of the Albany
Iron Works when the Monitor was built.
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The National tribune., 1907-10-17
Stories Emnenty Worth Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

kinds of whisky in the ta't- =. o:
course, 1t was great tinie. and The
boys had to make the most of it while
they had the chance. When l went to
camp l found the regiment detailed t.
help put out the fire uptown. Now. ]
hope some of the comrades will make
themselves known. especially the goth
Iowa. / would like to see what kind of
history they will give of Columbia. !
suppose the goth has not forgotten the
mean trick they played on the 18th by
keeping the flag they hoisted on the
State House two or three days. Com
rades, show. us that you are still on
deck. w. Knight, Co. c, 30th Iowa,
TularOSa n NJ
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
The I'd \. Y. Vet. Cav.

Picket Shot from c. McCutchen, Tarry-
town, N. Y. where he claims that the
I'd n. Y. Vet. Cav. was never in the
State of Louisiana. The statement is
not correct. / was there. and know
there were two I'd n. Y. Cav. regiments,
the I'd N. Y. Cav. and the I'd N. Y. Vet
Cav. 1 had the honor of belonging to
the latter regiment. and they were there
with the goods. Hoping that you will
find space enough in the dear old SOL
diers friend to make this correction
w. NJ. Townsend, III Mcbride ST.,
Syracuse N Y
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
BURNING OF COLUMBIA.
A Comrade Speaks From the Viewpoint
of the Goth Iowa.

of the Both Iowa.
Editor National Tribune: / have been
looking in vain for some one of my
regiment or the 18th Iowa to start the
ball rolling again, and tell something
about the capture of the first State Cap
ttal that seeded from the Union. |
noticed in The National Tribune that
the 18th Iowa claimed the honor OF
taking Columbia. Now, / will tell you
how and in what way they took Column
bia. AS the bridge was burned by the
rebels, no one could get across the
river. There was an old frame house
which stood close to the river. and d
few of the bravest men of the 18th con-
ceived the idea of tearing d own the old
house. taking the lumber and making a
raft to cross the river, and then raising
their flag on the State House, thus pro-
claiming Il great victory and the honor
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
Loves the Flag, Not wirx.

Martha Cooper, Oktaha. I. T.. writes
that she had two great grandfathers,
two grandfathers. father, brother
and q husband in the war She re-
marks: IF old Wirz ever has a monu-
ment erected to his memory 1t will not
be by my help; some one else will have
to build it, for love the old flag"
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
Four Musical Brothers.
Cordial Approval That Please.,

From Branchland, W. Va, Comrade
Thomas Sharp, Sergeant, Co. F, I'd W.
Va. Cav, writes that he has for more
than year desired to write to The Ma
tional Tribune to express his apprecia-
ton of its course, but rheumatism and
paralysis have hindered his handling
pen. He approves 1.-The determined
fair play" of this paper; it's constant
striving for benefits for the Union vet
Grams; the detailed. impartial, accurate
historic articles by Comrade McElroy;
the uncOunted letters from comrades
who thus make record of historic Incl
dents that are authentic. He designates
The National tribune., 1907-10-17
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