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The 23d Mo.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 23d Mo. Also
kindly give the regiments that belonged
to the First Brigade, Third Division
Fourteenth Corps, on Sherman's march
to the sea.-John w. Francis, Homo
lulu, Hawaii.
The 23d Mo. was organized in the
State at large in September, 1861, and
finally mustered out July IS, 1865. Col
Jacob T. Tindall was killed at Shiloh
with &c of his men; Col. William P.
Robinson was mustered out at the ex-
piration of his term of service, and the
ranking officer at the time of the mus
ter-out was William S. Shirley, a First
Lieutenant. The regiment belonged to
the Fourteenth Corps, Army of the
Cumberland, and lost SO killed and III
lied from disease.
The First Brigade of the Third Divi-
sion, Fourth Corps, was commanded
by Col. Morton C. Hunter. and consist
I'd of the sgd Ind, 23d Mo. and 18th
31st, 89th and 92d Ohio.-Editor Ma
tiona1 Tribune.
The National tribune., 1907-12-12
By JOHN McELR0Y.

IA line of intrenchments terminating at
work near the Potomac called foft
Duncan but this line was not occupied
except at the upper end.
ION Bolivar flights a line of rifle pits
extended from near the Potomac SOUTH
ward to the Charlestown road, where a
small work for the protection of artll-
lery was situated.
I'm the rear of this line eastward,
and in the upper part of the town, was
an earthwork known as Camp Hill.
Loudoun flights (east of the Shenan-
doah) was not occupied by our troops.
THE troops constituting the garrison
were originally disposed by Col. Miles
as follows: on Maryland HightS, about
1900; on Bolivar Hights. from the Po-
tomac to the Charlestown road, thence
at a right angle to the Shenandoah, a
distance in all of at least a mile and
a half 1900 men; in the work at Camp
Hill, about 500; while the remainder,
about 1000, guarded the bridges and
other points on the rivers.
The distance from Maryland Hights
to the nearest point on Bolivar HightS
by way of the pontoon bridge was two
and quarter miles; to the intersection
of the Charlestown road, three miles.
Thus the principal points to be defend
ed were not within supporting distance
of each other in case of assault, nor
was either of them properly fortified.
"On the 18th the divisions of Gems.
McLaws and r. Fl. Anderson, by order
of Gen. Lee, reached Maryland Hights,
under Col. Ford, who after some fight
ing abandoned the position-as he
stated, by order of Col Miles; the lat
ter, however, denied having given such
an order. Be this as it may, it is GER
tain that the enemy could easily have
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CHAPTER XIV.

SURRENDER OF HARPER'S FERRY
One of the Nest Shameful Episodes.
Everybody, From Halicck Down, to
BIame-Coi. Davis's Ride the Only
SoIdierIy Thing Done by Any One.
Ford's Evacuation of Maryland Highs.
Mcclellan wastes His Opportunity.
1t is an old saying that opportunity
knocks once at every mans door. She
knocked very loudly and Enthusiastically
at McClellan'S door when he obtained
possession of that all-im portant order
of Lee. Mcclellan had moved out from
Washington with irritating slOwnesS,
but this had it's justification from Lee
having taken his stand behind the Mo
nocaey at Frederick, where he had 4
strong position. and it was yet uncer-
tain whether he meant to strike from
thence at Baltimore or Washington. 1t
seemed wise to move slowly, with the
army well in hand, and prepare for
either contingency. All this was chang
ed, however, by the discovery of this
order of Gen. Lee, which gave the
fullest information as to the plans of
movements of his army. Mcclellan HIM
self believed in the orders authenticity,
as was shown by his dispatch to Lin
coin, and its genuineness was soon sup
ported by kilograms from HagerstoWn
and the neighborhood. telling of the
movements of the enemy in that vicini-
ty. The order told Mcclellan two
things with great deiniteness and de-
tail. The first was that Lee had divided
his army four days before, sending
Jackson and his command and Walk
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at Dayton, O.; Milwaukee. Wis; Togus,
Me-; Hampton, Va; Leavenworth, Kan;
Santa Monica, Cal; Marion, Ind; Dam
Vile, H.; johnson City, Tenn. and Hot
Springs. s. d. For particular fnforma-
ton write Gen. Charles NJ Anderson,
Greenville, o., as he is the Secretary of
the Board of Managers. Wives are not
admitted to these Homes.
G. H, National Soldiers Home, Va,
asks: WIZ you give the history of the
old ship Niagara from Its birth to its
grave?
There have been two vessels in the
United States Navy bearing the name
of Niagara. The first of these was
built by Messrs. Adam & Brown, at
Presque Isle or Erie, on Lake Erie, dur
ing the Summer of 1919, at a contract
price of $50 a ton. She was classed as
4 brig of 20 guns, and carried two
long 12's and IS 32-pounders. With
he Lawrence, which was built at the
same time, she participated in the
memorable battle of Sept 10, 1913,
when the Lawrence was so badly cut it
was found necessary to send her i'm
nediately to Erie. For a time the
Niagara was used as receiving ship,
and, according to the reports of the
Secretary of the Navy, was sent with
he Lawrence and other ships of Com
nodore Perry's squadron to Erie to be
laid up, in 1914, and appears to have
remained there. In 1923 she is de-
scribed as lying in a little bay. "beach-
ed in about four feet of water" Final
y, on Aug. s. 1925, she was sold at
Erie
The frigate Niagara was built in New
York in 1855, by contract. Her most
memorable service was the carrying
home the Japanese Commissioners who
listed this country in 1860. She also
lssisted in laying the Atlantic cable, and
Turing the war was for time on block
sde duty. but her great draft would not
permit her to enter the shallow waters
n the South. She was made part of
he expedition against New Orleans. but
Gould not enter the river, and was sent
m a foreign station. In March, 1865,
the Niagara and sloop-of-war Sacra-
nento, under Commander Craven, were
in the port of Coruna watching the
Confederate ram Stenewall Craven de-
clined to engage the Stonewall with
his two vessels, for which he was Sc
verely criticized. The Stonewall was
allowed to escape, and made her way
to Havana, where she was surrendered
to the United States by the Spanish
Government. This was the last service
of the Niagara.
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The lsf n. j. Brigade,

Comrade H. B. Van Velsor, No. Mich
igan Ave, Chicago, ILL.,, had looked in
vain for mention of the old 1st N. j.
Brigade in the battle of the second
Bull Run. The brigade came up the
Potomac by boat, went out on the cars
from Alexandria to somewhere between
Fairfax Station and Bull Run Bridge,
expecting to deal with bunch of cav
airy. 1t formed line of battle. and
marched near enough to develop q
heavy force of infantry with lots of ar
tiilery when it faced about, with the
JOhnnies hot after them. 1t halted
near the Bull Run Bridge, and had a
lively time with the enemy, during
which Gen. Taylor was killed. with a
number of his men. He remembers
that when the main battle came on the
roll of musketry was something grand
and altogether indescribabIe
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$4,000 annually of the weapons known
in the earlier part of the war as the
old "Harper's Ferry musket." The ar
Isenal was partially destroyed when the
UNITED States troops evacuated the
place in May, 1861, and this destruction
was completed when the Confederates
had to evacuate it a few weeks later
The village of Bolivar had at one time
Isome 1900 inhabitants, a large portion
of whom We're employees of the armory
and their dwellings rose, one beyond
another, on the steep sides of Bolivar
Hights. Necessarily Harper's Ferry, or
Bolivar. was at the bottom of a deep
pocket, and could be easily command
ed by guns on any of the surrounding
| nights.
| The Worst Chapter in Our History.
| For miserable mismanagement and
utterly excuseless laundering, unre-
deemed by anything but one solitary
feat of soldiership, Harper's Ferry has
no equal in all the wretched mistakes,
and there were many of them, of our
war. Everybody seemed to blunder and
do the wrong thing. Halleck blunder-
ed in keeping the place under his spe-
cial command, and then not giving
proper orders with regard to it. Nc
Clellan blundered sadly in not taking
immediate and sufficient steps for it's
relief when the possession of Lees or
der informed him of his enemy's plans.
In a garrison of some 5000 men the
only soldier. at least the only one who
did the soldierly thing, was the gallant
Col Benjamin F. Davis. of the 8th N.
Y. Cav, who would not consent to sur
render and made his way out.
Drunken old Dixon S. Miles, sue
cumbing to 40 years of the hard drink
ing of the old Regular Army, had
shown his shameful incompetence at
Bull Run. where he was in command
of division. 1t is amazing that he
was ever intrusted with command again,
and nothing has ever been developed
to justify such a displacement of con-
tidence. Halleck could be severe and
summary enough with Incompetent Off
GERS, as was shown by his vigorous
administration of Missouri after he suc-
ceeded Fremont. Why, if he attached
the Importance to Harper's Ferry which
he did, should he have intrusted its
command to a man SO far reduced by
age and inebriety as Dixon S. Miles?
The next in command was Julius White,
a Brigadier-General of Volunteers, who
made fair record in the war. We have
given his explanation OF why he placed
himself under Miles's orders, and made
no protest against what he must have
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The 18th n. Y. Cav,

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 18th N. Y. Cav
George E. True, Fulton, N. Y.
The 18th N. Y. Cav, also called 1st
Seymour Light Cav, was organized at
New York City and Staten Island from
February, 1863, to March, 1864, for
three years. On June 23, 1865, the
18th n. Y. Cav. was consolidated with
it, and the force then known as the
Sd Provisional N. Y. Cav, and mus
tered out Sept. 81, 1865. Until con-
solidation the 18th was commanded by
Col. Henry S. Gansevoort. of the Regu-
lar Army, brevet Brigadier-G General, and
belonged to the Twenty-second Corps.
1t lost 81 killed and 90 from disease,
etc-Editor National Tribune
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The 47th N. Y.

Editor National Tribune: By request
of tAe comrades will you kindly give a
short history of the 47th N. Y.?-C
w. Waage, Brooklyn, N. Y.
The 47th N. Y. was organized at New
York and Washington, ID. c., Sept. "a
1861, and finally mustered out Aug
so, 1865. 1t was first commanded by
Col. Henry Moore, who resigned Aug
5, 1862, succeeded by Col. James L.
Frazer, who was discharged March II
1863. Col. Henry Moore having been
recommissioned, again took command
which he retained until Oct. 27, 1864
when he was discharged, and at the
time of final muster-out Col. Christie
pher r. Mcdonald was in command
1t belonged to Turner's Division. Tenth
Corps, and lost II killed and $50 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune
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The 10th Ill.

Editor National Tribune: Please print
a sketch of the 10th Ill.-Milton r.
Sexton, Gainesville, I. T.
The 10th Ill. was organized at Camp
Anna, Sept. IL, 1862, consolidated into
battalion of four companies May T.
1863, and mustered out June s, 1865
1t was first commanded by Col. Thomas
s. Casey who was discharged May g.
1868, and at the time of muster-out
was under the command of Lieut.-Col.
Z. Hibbard Topping. 1t belonged to
Davis's Division. Fourteenth Corps, and
lost Ia killed and 214 from disease,
etc.-Editor National Tribune,
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The ll3th Ill.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a history of the 18th Ill.-A. r. Bald
win, Palatine, Ill.
The 18th Ill. was organized at Chi
cago, Oct. l, 1862, and mustered out
June 20, 1865. 1t was commanded all
thru its term of service by Col. George
b. Hoge, brevet Brigadier-G General, and
bore an honorable part in the battles
of ChicNasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post
Vicksburg, siege and assaults of the
18th and 22d. 1t belonged to Blair's
Division, Fifteenth Corps, and lost &c
killed and 277 from disease, etc.-Ed-
itOr National Tribune
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The 1st Ark. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Would be
pleased if you would give a short his
tory of the 1st Ark. Cav. Would also
love to hear from any member of Co.
K of that regiment.-Jefferson A. john
son. Bolivar. Mo-, r. R. As, Box 5S.
The 1st Ark. Cav. was organized at
Springfield, Mo-, from July 10 TO Oct. 5,
1862, and mustered out Aug. %, 1865.
The 1st Ark. Cav. lost over 100 men
killed in the guerrilla fighting on the
Arkansas frontier
The National tribune., 1907-12-12
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Any one of the S.220 battles, sktr-
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1t condenses into one book of 2Je
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All principal events are given as they
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1t gives list of Pension ratings, U.
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Jackson Forces the Fighting.

On the afternoon of Sept. IA Jackson
continued to push forward on Bolivar
Hghts, meeting in some cases pretty
sharp resistance from regiments which
could not be kept from fighting. Our
batteries especially were handled well,
and gave him much annoyance. The
morning of Sept. Is was ushered in by
a concentrated fire of so pieces which
Jackson had placed IN position. The
heaviest fire was centered upon the
junction of the roads at a point which
jackson hac selected for assault, and
Gen. White says that he, White, tried
to mass a force there to meet the as
sauIt but had his orders countermand-
ed by Miles, who insisted upon the reg
iments being held on the low ground
at the junction of the rivers. Jackson's
artillery fire had continued but little
over an hour when Miles rode out to
the front on the Charlestown road, and
said that the situation was hopeless,
and there was nothing else to do but
surrender at once and avoid further
waste of blood. White insisted upon
calling a council of war, when the COM
manders Of the brigades We're sum-
moned, and they voted for capituIati ton
if honorable terms could be obtained
Miles ordered the white flag to be rails
ed, but the Confederates did not see it,
and for some time continued their fire,
and Miles was struck by piece of
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Both the Army and the Navy have
regulation sizes for flags. which vary
according to the use to which the flag
is put If you will write to the Secre-
tary of either Department, telling him
about what size you wish to know
about. he will send you the exact di-
mensons. For example. in the Army
the garrison flag is So feet fly and 20
feet hoist; the storm flag 20 by 10
feet, and the recruiting flag, 8 feet 9
inches by feet 4 inches.
w. c., Gardner, Mass, asks: What
was the population of the United States
in 1860, and what is the probable num-
ber at the present time?
The census of 1860 gave the popula-
ton of the United States as 31,443,321.
The population in 1907, including the
Philippines, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Guam
and Samoa, is estimated at $4,000, 600.
C. ]. F., Trumansburg, N. Y, asks:
What States. if any, have granted their
soldiers pension. and must the sol
dier be a resident of that State to be
benefited by it?
The troops that served in the Union
army have been so completely provided
for by the National Government that
no Northern State, SO far as we know,
with the exception of Vermont. has
made any provision for pension Most
of the Southern States, on the other
hand, make annual appropriations by
their State Legislatures for the care of
the needy veterans of the Confederate
army.
T. ]. p, Kingsville, Ark, asks: Please
give the location of all the old Soldiers
Homes, and tell whether they take in
old soldiers and their wives?
There are branches of the National
Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers
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No. $40, Jones Of Ransom, VALIDATING
charters Emergency.
No: sol, Duncan. school funds.
Emergency.
No. 313, Brodie, assessment OF coal
lands. Emergency.
] No. 31s. Sorlie Of Trail, urban
electric roads. Emergency.
No. sS2, Adams, salary states attor,s
ney.
No. 335, Dibley, drain commission.
ers' compensation. Emergency. 8s
No. 33S, Johnson, q. s. field notes.
No. 207, Midgarden, property eS-
5empt from taxation. Emergency.
No. 242, Collins, sale land non-pay-
ment taxes.
No. 24s, Adams, village sinking fund.
Emergency. .s I III S
No 27s, House Committee, appor-
tionment. k
No. 2s1 johnson Of Ward, register
|of deeds clerk hire. Emergency.
No. 2s1, Law, railroad transporta.
ton. Emergency
No. 297, Peake, uniform system Of
accounts. Emergency.
No. 800. Miller, hospitals on resident
street. . sSss, s .s3 q q
No. 210, Collins, master and servant
No. 321I Bergum, poultry association
No. 219. Dibley, county bridges.
No. 23o, Thoreson, estrays. Emerg
Iency.
No. 24O, Chapman, Williston irriga
ton station. Emergency.
No 24s, Giedt, common carrier can
not be exonerated by agreement
Mo- 1876, Haugen, publish govern
mlent liquor licenses. Emergency.
M arch IA.
No. 292, Blake, reward for hors
thieves. Emergency
No sos, Treat, cemetery corpora
lions. 5s4 IS
No. so4, Chapman, fees county sui
veyors.
No. 2ss, Pugh, poor farms. X
No. 2s4, House Committee on Ia,
alton assessment express companie!
Emergency.
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No. 2o1, Stevens, probate code.
1 No. 2O5. Sinclair. patients to insane
hospital.
No. 22O, Iceland. state engineer ex-
oficio coal mine Inspector. Emerg-
ency,
No. al, Burgum, vote q county
seats. s8
No. 2s2, Dibley, county fair debts:
NO s44, Treat, rural paving Emerg-
Iency ss
No. 345, Wedge, g. u. 4
No. 90, Hemmingson, powers OF 4
electors and supervisors in organized
townships. Emergency.
E No. 9s, Midgarten. contingent lia-
Ibility Of mutual insurance companies.
Z No. SO. Hemmingson, division Of
funds and property owned Jointly BY
village and township. Emergency.
No. 6S, Connolly, liens on future In \
lterest. Emergency.
NO. 81, Halaas, deposits Of county
A funds.
No. Mockler, fencing railroad
right Of way
No lO7, Deane, workho uses in coun-
9 ties Of ten thousand
No. liz. Casey, relating to educa,
i ton.
No. 15s, Shirley, salaries clerks dis
trict courts. III
. No. 165, Garden, road taxes n In
corporated villages.
Mo- 15s, Shirley, reciprocal demur-
rage. s BIB
No. a4s, relating to witnesses and
evidence.
: March 10.
No. $50. Miller Acts of village
marshals legalized. Emergency:
In Effect Without Executive Approval.
Senate No. Sc, Purcell, division Of
mill tax among educational tnstitu-
! lions. s Esss
4. Senate No. 243, LaMoure, payment
q of Institutional bonds. Emergency.
3 House No. 1874, Peake, reimbursing
/. money advanced for Portland exposi-
h ton. Emergency.
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No. 232, Martin Of Morton, INSIDE
meanor to injure electric wires.
No 81, Iceland, sub-expe pertinent
stations make reports.
No. 50. Pugh, teachers certificates.
@ No 206, Buttz, expenses district
Judges. Emergency. II.
81 No. 100, Moore, affidavit for search
warrant in prohibition law.
No II, Duncan, tree culture bounty.
No. ga, Casey, compiling school
laws.
No. 80, Rose of Dickey, certificate Of
inspection and weights to be returned
to local buyer Of grain. Emergency.
Es9 No. 1877, Sorlie Of Trail, unlawful to
use railroad tracks for highway pur-
poses. Emergency
No. 70, Stevens, amends building
and loan laws.
No. u, Berndt Anderson, villages
may open streets. Emergency.
No. sc, Storey, cities may extend
corporate limits. I "
No. 63, Haugen, owner Of building
in which liquor is sold unlawful1y
liable to fine and Imprisonment, and
tif public officer, forfeits Office. Emerg-
lency, N us I. q "a
No. 2S7, sorley Of Grand Forks,
Istenographer for supreme court,
Emergency.
March Is.
No. IA, Berndt Anderson, powers
board Of trustees Of villages. Emerg-
Sency. ssss55
No. II. Duncan, residence Of poor,
Emerge ncy.
. No. Is, White, 21a cent fare.
No. SO, Oveson, maximum coal rate
No. 81, Storey, stopping trains al
county seats.
No. 40, Burdick, discharging liens.
No. 81, Deane, hard labor in jails.
No. 53, Grifith, liens on personally
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No. 50, Tufte, who may solemnize
marriage.
No. 50, ]. N. Anderson, satisfaction
Of liens.
No. 1877, Chapman, pay clerk courl
i Williams county. 81
No. 176, Shirley, change of Judges
lin district court.
NO. 1872, O. r. N. Anderson, distribu
Etion supreme court reports 500
No. 162. Treat, placing dependent
Ichildren. Emergency.
No. IA, Dean, states attorneys con
4 tingent fund
No. 175, Shirley, change Of venue II
i district court. 33ss
No. 16s, Anderson Of Grand Forks
/ lighting depot platforms.
Il No. 152, Shirley, terms court Firs
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4 No. 1872. Cunning ham, assistant
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missioner.
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Justice court. 8.
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