The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1907-06-06


which did not give every comradc
something worth more than the years
subscription
Gallant Colonel.
Col. Charles A Clark pays Il de-
served tribute TO Col Walter G. Morrill,
in the Piscataquis (Me.) Observer.
Nov. 10. 1870. and was a relative
Of the Goodale sisters. the noted poet
esses. He enlisted April Is, 1861. in
the 9Th Me-; was promoted to Ser
geant, and did gallant service on the
Peninsula. which brought him a COM
mission as Captain in the goth Me. He
took part with his regiment in the
splendid lighting on the extreme left
with the Union army at Gettysburg. by
which the Confederates were pre-
vented from outfianking our army and
seiZing Round Top. He received a
| Medal of Honor for Rappahannock
Station. where he commanded his
company. tho he was not yet 90 years
of age. and led so volunteers from his
regiment TO the vital point of the at
tack. His men captured one flag. eight
commissioned officers and seventy
eight enlisted mon. He was mentioned
with high commentator in the re-
ports of Gems. Wright and Russell and
Maj. George Fuller. Col. Morrill, has
since the war resided at Dexter and
Pittsfeld, the latter being his present
| home.
Same Old Spy.
Comra"e Martin Douglass. Co G,
| S6th Ind. eaton, o., says the comrade
whose arti, - appeared in The National
| Tribune of Eeb. % is mistaken as to
the way in -;hich the rebel spy, E. w
Locke. was caught. A Union spy who
was making a detOur thru Richmond
! Va, saw the said E. w. Locke in Rich
| mond. and when the Union spy was at
Murfreesboro he saw E. w. Locke
| there also. Locke was taken captive
and searched, and in his shoes were
found the plans of all forts at Muir
!reesborO. He was put under close
guard and was court-martialed and
condemned to hang. In making an at
tempt to escape one night he was shot
dead by the guard. Comrade Douglass
mas five songs which he purchased from
the rebel spy at Murfreesboro, which
he thinks he got in June, 1868.
An Old Kentucky Soldier.
Henry NJ. Hutchinson, 40th KY
E.lkfork. Ky, wants to have another
talk with his old comrades before all
their tongues and ears are silent. Their
deeds will be bright as long as the
government stands, and he is more
tileu 6Idthlcu Dy TIE HTcSluSnt ldlk
with COmmander-in-Chief Brown and
others in regard to taking care of the
old soldiers in Government employ
nent. What Comrade Hutchinson
wants is a general order that veterans
shall not be put under Civil Service
rules. but an honorable discharge be
q sufficient prerequisite for preference
for any employment of which the vet
Gran is capable.
Youngest Soldier.
| Silas NJ. Sparklin, ST. Louis. Mo-, is
| now in his 5Sth year, and enlisted in
August, 1851, in Co. I, 1st Md In 1864
his regiment was consolidated into the
18th Nd, and 1865 the 18th Md. was
| consolidated into the I'd Md. He was
| mustered out of the service in July al
alexandria. When mustered out he was
| not II years old. Comrade Sparkiin for
nearly 20 years has been Quartermaster
of the weli-known Ransom Post, of St
Louis, and has the additional honor of
being the husband of the popular Ma
tional President of the Woman's Re-
lief Corps. Ransom Post has an I'M
broken record of having attended every
| National Encampment in an organized
body since San Francisco in 1886.
| Information Wanted.
NJ. NJ. Gordon, Logansport, Ind,
would like to know the given names of
Peter Cartrights father and mother. the
former supposed to be Justinian Cart
right, and also the company and regi-
ment of the said man. He served in the
Revolutionary War, and enlisted in Vir-
ginia on the James River. Later he
| moved to Logan County, KY, and died
in Lewiston County. KY, about 1908.
Mrs. E. E. Fairchild. Paw. Paw. ILL.,.
would like to know the address Of
Charles Golden and William Mcintyre,
both OF Co. K. 18th ILL.,: also the address
of DIR. NJ. c. Colluck. 18th Pa. Can
any of the comrades give this inf )rma-
ton?
| All Liked the Lady.
G. w. Warren, Co. B, goth Ind.
Hutchinson. Ind. when in the hospital
al Washington, d. c.. in July and Au-
gust, 1862. used frequently to see a
preacher who visited the hospital,
usually accompanied by a lady Che
thinks her name was Eliza Ramsy).
she used to sing for the boys. one song
being THE Rebel Flag" He never
heard the song anywhere else. He has
forgotten the history of the flag, and
would be glad to have it if any one will
give it to him. All the boys We're very
glad to see both preacher and lady.
especially the lady, for they all liked
her very much.
| 4 Wartime Badge.
While blowing in a field near Lang
| ley, Va, a farmer turned up what he
thought at first was a $40 gold piece,
bat which subsequently proved to be
gilded medal On one side there is
spread eagle with War of 1852 at
the top, and United States" at the
bottom. On the other side is the in
seription. William Johnson, Co. q.
81 VT, Brunswick" If the owner of
the badge or any of his relatives will
write us it will be sent them.-Editor
National Tribune.
| Found, a Medal.
Henry Olive. care Chas. Wallace &
Bro, Fredericksburg, Va. has in his
possession a brass medal bearing the
following inscription: William H.
Kintzle, Co. A, 91st Reg. Pa. Volun-
/ teers. Entered service Aug. %, 1851
This medal was found in Stafford Coun-
t., about three miles from Fredericks-
burg, on the White Oak road. Mr..
Olive would like to be put in communi-
cation with the owner of the medal, or
some member of his family.