The National tribune., 1907-08-29

You blank little towhead, YOU knew
| that YOU was householder" The men
believed Gen. Brown had too much
isympathy with the rebels, and that that
was the reason they didn't attack soon
| er. Gen. Pleasanton came up to Gen
Brown. and asked him why he did not
| obey orders and attack at daylight. Gen.
Brown gave frivolous excuse, when
Pleasanton ordered him under arrest
and sent him to the rear. Then Pleas
anton ordered Col. John +. Phillips. 9TH
| Mo. Cav to take the brigade and at
tack the enemy. They went short
distance. forded the Big Blue River,
| then mounted and rushed thru the
woods tc an old field grown up with
weeds. The enemy poured a sharp vol
| ley into them from 4 distance of about
35 steps. They dropped down to avoid
the shot but the enemy continued to
| fire. and 10 or IL of the boys were killed
and wounded. including his Captain,
Abrarn b. Vansickler. They carried him
back out OF range of the bullets TO
where the Surgeon attended to him.
While the fight was going on one of the
three Kelly brothers was killed. who
said they had two more brothers on the
other side firing into them. Another
comrade knew that his father was
among the enemy, showing how the
border people were divided.
The G:h No.
]. w Sapp. Pawnee, Okla, is glad
to hear from Toronto, Can. n word
from the "old 9Th Mo-" to which he
belonged He was one of the squad of
Illinois boys who went to Vandalia
June Is. 1861, to help fill up Missouri's
quota. thinking it would be their last
chance to enlist. There We're 35 of
them, and he wonders how many are
alive to-day. Comrade Knowlton's
claims of being the youngest COM
missioned officer is interesting reading
to the "bloody' 9th Mo. He can go
one better Richard Bland, OF their
the regiment. being but 15 years old,
and being considered too small TO carry
q gun was made Sergeant Major of the
regiment. There was some favoritism
in this, as he was the Coloners son. He
was promoted to Second Lieutenant in
March. 1863. and assigned to Comrade
Sapp's company. to take the place of
the First Lieutenant. who was killed
at Chickasaw Bayou. Lieut.. BlanL
served until the regiment was MUSTER
ed out.
An Ex-Confederate Desires Information.
C. B. Garwood. Bellefontaine. o.
would like information as TO three Off
GERS who We're prisoners under him at
Shreveport. La. about August, 1868.
One was a cavalry Major and the other
two Captains, who had been taken pris-
oners near the Saline River. Missouri
He thinks they were all Ohioans. and
he persuaded his commanding officer
to allow their letters to be sent TO
their families in Ohio. He also bought
a scarf of one of them, paying 800 in
Confederate money. He would like to
correspond with them, if alive. and
their families, if dead. The shadows
of life are lengthening. and it admon-
ishes us that if we are to meet again
those we desire to it must be speed
lily.
The 10th Wis.
w. J. Kays, Morrowville, Kan,
makes a plea for his company Cd.
10th Wis, as having suffered the great
est loss. 1t suffered more than any
company in the regiment, and he thinks
more than any from the State. He had
three brothers in the army, all of whom
are now living. One belonged to the
4th Iowa Cav, one to the 25th Wis and
one to the 41th Wis.