The National tribune., 1907-10-31
VETERANS In The CITY.
Talks With Comrades All Over the
Union.

I OusVus
Comrade Frank c. Robinson, Bridge
port, o. Comrade Robinson served thru
the war in the 1st w. Va. Cav. n noted
regiment with which most of those
who served in the Armies of West Vir-
ginia, Shenandoah and the Potomac
became familiar. 1t was part of the
Virginia Brigade of Custer's Division
and gave splendid account of itself al
Gettysburg, in the Valley under Sheri.
dan, and was present at the wind-up al
lAppomattox. The first flag of truce a,
jAppomattox came out upon its from
and was directed to Custer. Comrads
Robinson rose to be Adjutant of the
regiment, held that position when mus
tered out and was commissioned Ma
1or. He is now engaged in the rea
Iestate business in Bridgeport, formerly
la little town at the Ohio end of tn,
famous suspension bridge at Wheeling
1t Is now a thriving manufacturine
town with 5000 population and very
important factories. The Etna Stand.
ard Rolling Mill is the largest sheet
iron works In the world, and they have
also one of the largest tin-pIate works
IN the world. Their glass works are also
very important. Bridgeport with Bel
lair and Martins Ferry form part OF
Greater Wheeling. The development OF
that country is most extraordinary, and
from Wheeling to Pittsburg is almost a
continuous line of busy. thriving manu-
featuring towns. COmrade Robinson Is
on tour of the battlefelds where his
regiment fought, and he has a big job
on hand, for the 1st w. Va. Cav. man.
aged to see a lot Of country between
Blues Gap and Appomattox.
| Hiram Henderson, 21st Ohio, Bowl
ing Green, o. Comrade Henderson lost
his arm at the fight at Vining Station,
on the Atlanta campaign. He has seer
a wonderful development in his town.
| which has grown from little opening
| in the heavy timber to an important
manufacturing center. with railroads,
electric lights and all the modern I'M
provements.
James f. Clark, Saratoga Springs, n.
Y. Comrade Clark. who is in the real
estate business, belonged to the 12Sth
N. Y, which was in the Nineteenth
corps, and after its experiences at Port
Hudson and on the Red River campaign
was brought north to be sent to Butler.
| but instead was switched off to the
shenandoah. At the Saratoga Encamp-
ment Comrade Clark had the pleasure
OF meeting an old comrade, Ed. Ketch-
am. who commanded his company for
awhile, and has since made a record as
Chief of Police of Galveston, Tex
Solomon Rousculp, 126th Ohio.
lThornville, o. Comrade Rousculp is
Postmaster at Thornville. which is a
beautiful little town of 500 inhabitants,
and he proudly claims to be one of the
prettiest and most comfortable in the
whole country. He conducts iewelry
store, in which he has the post office,
and Is also Secretary of his Regimental
Association. The 126th Ohio was a
fighting regiment. and belonged to
Smiths Brigade, Ricketts's Division of
the Sixth Corps. Out of it's enrolment
of 1884 it lost 155 killed. or 121 per
cent. The total killed and wounded
were 541, and 4s died in Confederate
prisons. At Fishers Hill 1t lost the
diminished in numbers that it was as
signed to duty of conducting prisoners
to the rear on the Appomattox cam
paign, and SO lost the glory of being at
the surrender.
Theodore Totten, Postmaster at
FindIay, O. Comrade Totten served as
a boy in the Mississippi Squadron, and
was part of the crew of the tinclad
Nymph. He says that F'indlay, which
few years ago had only population
Of $500, has now 10000 people, and is
one OF the most promising towns in
that wonderfully developing section of
northwestern Ohio. Findlay is on the
edge of the noted Black Swamp of Ohio
region Of surprising fertility, but
which 80 years ago was a wilderness Of
low-lying land, covered with the finest
ship timber in the world. 1t had been
originally part of Lake Erie, but as
the Niagara Falls wore away the sur
face of the lake fell. and left the land
covered with a thick bed of decayins
vegetation. This moldered down in a
rich soil, from which grew magnificent
oaks, elms, hickories and beeches. Some
25 years ago vast deposits of oil and
natural gas were discovered, and i'm
mediately the country took on a pro-
Findlay is failing, but they have an
abundance of cheap coal drawn from
the Hooking region. Factories have
been built which send their goods all
over the world. There is one window
glass works and factory making a
ditching machine
which sells all over the world. There
is also a large factory making axes and
tools. Five great railroads and three
trolley lines unite in the city, and two
more are under process of construction.
There are many veterans in the city,
and Stoker Post, which has $50 m en-
bers, is one of the largest and most
prosperous in the Department of Ohio.
G. A r. 1t has finely-furnished hall,
bank. Comrade Totten was in Wash
ington attending the Postmasters' Con-
vention.
James O'Neil. Sth N. Y. Cav. Osseo.
Mich. Comrade O'Neil. who followed
the guidons of the Sth n. Y. Cav. from
start to finish, naturally had most WV
id and varied experience. The regi-
ment was in Banks's retreat in 1862,
and when it was not yet mounted. Sub
sequently it was mounted and came
under the command of that splerdid
soldier, Col. Davies. The night before
the surrender at Harper's Ferry col
Davies formed the regiment. ard told
them that the place was to be surr4n-
dered the next day. He did not pro-
pose to surrender, and he wanted all
true men to follow him out. The dash
was quite exciting. Cannon on Loudoun
and Maryland Hights commanded every
step of the way, and had it not been
for the noise of the water in the rap
ids the movement would hav" been dis
covered. After crossing the Potomac