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The National tribune., 1907-03-28
That Scrap .. Green River.

Editor National Tribune: Comrade
Richardson seems to think there Is a
great discrepancy between the different
reports of the engagement on Green
River, July 4, 1863, when John Nor
gan's command and 200 Of the 25th
Mich. had a little scrap. For the COM
rade's benefit will say that there was
bridge. and that 1t was guarded by
Lieut.. Hogan and 40 men of the 9th
complimented in his report. I will also
add for the comrades benefit that the
rebels crost above the bridge and above
our command, which was about one
mile up stream from the bridge. That
was the best place for Morgan to cross,
unless we allowed him to keep the main
highway, which Col. Moore would never
permit. and whatever Col. Moore said
went with the 25th Mich. The COM
rade says they failed to capture Nor
gan at that time. but did so later, while
the comrade was lying i'll in hospital,
July 81, 1864. Morgan was captured
just year before that time. I quite
agree with the comrade that he does
not know much about what happened
at Green River. There is nothing to
hide about the fight. Col. Moore was
regiment to guard bridge, but really
to get him away from Louisville, where
he had become very Objectionable to a
large rebel element. His mastery de-
Tense in the little bend of the river
which forms a horseshoe, protecting
each flank of his little command, saved
Louisville from sack, and>won a reso-
luton of thanks from the Legislature
Of Kentucky. The only discrepancy is
in the list Of casualties, and I shall say,
with Col Moore. who reported SO reb-
els killed and 200 wounded, which must
be correct, since we held the field and
buried all the dead which they did not
take away. helped to bury % in one
trench dug beside the road, and well
remember when Shackleford's Cavalry
rode up. and one of the comrades point
ed out his brother whom we were bury
ing. One was Yank and one was Reb-
common occurrence in Kentucky. We
afterwards found IL or IA dead in a
fish trap into which they had fioated
after being shot along the bluff, and
rolling into the river. I served in the
Atlanta Campaign, also against Hood
in the Tennessee Campaign. was In
East Tennessee with Burnside, and in
North Carolina near Greensboro at the
wind up. I don't think I ever after
wards saw any closer mix-up than that
we had at Green River. There is much
to be said about that scrap which has
never been written.-C. H. Taylor, Co.
D. 25th Mich, Long Prairie, MINI.
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The 10th I;l. Cav,

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
please give little history of the 18th
Ill. Cav.?- c. Snow, Willow Springs,
Mo.
The regiment was organized in June.
1868, and consisted of the following or
CARNATIONS raised in Chicago: Thiele-
mann's Battalion of two companies:
Steamboats, Independent Company
one company organized for the 18th
Ill. Cav, assigned as Co. E, and the
McClernand Bodyguard, which consist
cd of three companies. Five new COM
panies, organized from January to May
1853, were added. Cos A, b and c
were mustered out at expiration of term
of service. and the remaining compa-
MES mustered out Aug. 10, 1865. II
was commanded by Col. Christian
Thieiemann, who was discharged Aug
9, 1864, and was succeeded by Lieut..
Col. Robert w. Smith, in command al
the time Of muster-out 1t belonged
to Stoneman's Division, Cav. A. O.
Corps, and lost 33 killed and 229 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune
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Stories Emnenty Worth Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

my men that as I was a good shot
would go ahead and do the shooting al
| that officer, and they were to follow ir
single file close to the fence and about
| 20 yards from me, and not to make any
noise unless / got among the Johnnies
1 then ran very rapidly toward the
horseman for about three minutes
when l thought I was near enough to
shoot, which l instantly did. and saw
the horse run down the road riderless
instantly at the report of my gun &c
men jumped up out of the grain field
the nearest not over 100 yards from
me and % yards to the rear of me-
They ran swiftly for the fence south OF
US and them, and as they were passing
me jumped on the fence and shouted:
Surrender, you white-livered sons OF
guns
/ thought for an instant that / had
shot them all, the way they lodged,
and most of them threw down their
guns, but on they went, which proved
that had missed them all. Those who
did not throw their guns away in the
wheat field threw them over the fence,
and then is where the tragedy of my
life took place. I shouted for my men
to come up, and I told those fellows
that 1 had a company of men behind
me, and that they had better yield and
come in as prisoners of war; but one
Johnny, with the spirit of revenge and
death in his breast, picked up his gun,
ran 1t thru the fence. and took deliber-
ate aim, no doubt at my saber belt
buckle, and fired. I felt the hot lead
penetrate my body. reeled around about
twice, and fell from them with a mus
ket ball wound thru the right side Of
my abdomen and hip.
One of my men. Andrew J. Brown,
now of Kansas City. came rushing to
my side and picked me up and threw
me up on his breast. my head about
one foot above his shoulder. With two
navy revolvers on my person I must
have weighed 1875 pounds at that time
with my two guns. But the sight l
witnessed over my comrades shoulder
will never be erased from my mind.
For the moment they thought they had
shot me: they jumped over into tho
wheat field and commenced shooting
and commanding US to surrender.
Brown received a shot thru the Shout
der OF his coat, with me in his arms
and I think 1t was right here where
did some of the finest and most effectual
praying that It was ever a mortars
privilege to make.
Brown carried me about 800 feet
down the slope. When all my men had
arrived around me I ordered them to
charge them back over the fence into
the road. and they did. and we all be-
lieve wounded number of them. The
men put me on a blanket. and four Of
them carried me head first from the
field. The Johnnies followed US a good
half mile, and finally shot the foot off
from one Of the men who were carrying
me. brave little red-headed fellow
about 20 years Of age, a member of the
9Th N. Y. Cav.
Andrew Brown never gave me up for
a moment from the time he picked me
up under a shower of bullets until I
was put in the Red Cross ambulance.
I shall be glad to hear personally
from any Of the 20 boys who may be
still living and participated with me in
the above Renaissance of the war;
David H Fillmore. BOWS, Iowa.
The National tribune., 1907-03-28
NOT AT ALL QUIET ALONG THE
POTOMAC.
A Little Unwritten History of Co. A,
Sth Ill. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: My regi-
ment, the sth Ill. Cav, participated in
the first and second days battle of Get
tysburg Believing that the Union
forces would win the day in that great
conflict, my regiment was ordered back
to intercept Lees retreat toward the
Potomac, where his pontoon bridges
crost the river at Williamsport, Nd.
On the afternoon of July 6 Co. A sight
ed a Confederate train of 81 wagons,
which we charged and captured with
its escort. We had no sooner run them
in corall when from large field of
perhaps 200 acres of star ding wheat
the rebels opened up on US with shot
and shell in a terrific manner. G. A.
Forsyth, Captain of Co. A, ordered us
to dismount, and every fourth man
hold eight horses while the rest of us
We're hustled quickly into single line
facing the enemy and ordered TO charge
them. Over the fence we went and
down into the grain field for about 300
yards, where We found so Johnnies on
their knees pumping lead at us to beat
the band. We captured all of them
and brought them in.
But 900 yards away was another line.
which was equally as troublesome, and
half a mile obliquely to the left of us
stood a signal officer on horseback. sig
mailing all our movements to his COM
mander farther on toward the Potomac
Ford. l was Quartermaster-Ser of
my company. but Acting Lieutenant a,
the time. Capt. Forsyth rode up to me
and hastily said:
Lieutenant, take 20 men and go owe,
there and shoot that signal officer"
] Immediately called for 20 volun.
teers. We started in Indian file, ant
ran to the east just as fast as we could
run, most of us with a carbine and two
reyolvers apiece. We ran with oul
heads bent as near the ground as we
could get them and run, thinking tha
perhaps while thus in the grain field
We would attract but little attention
from the enemy. But perhaps 500 shot:
were fired at US during the quarter of g
mile run. Here we came to a sx-rail.
and-rider fence with a four-rod road
on the other side. We Rugged the
ground for about two minutes, when all
my men arrived without a scratch. We
then all crawled thru into the road
We then discovered that the signal off.
Ger was at the four corners of a road
. quarter Of a mile south Of us. told
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Often Wonders.

Rufus /. Jones, Co. E. 35th Mass,
and Co. d, 22d v. r. c., often wonders
| IL any of the boys Of his last-ment1oned
regiment are still living. He has never
met any Of them since they were mus
tered out at Columbus, O., in Nosem-
Der, 1865. Would like very much -
hear from any Of his comrades Of sith-
er regiment.
Champion Player Of the WsrilL
John L. Rearket, Co. F, 14sth Ind.
Madison ILL.,, an old subscriber to The
National Tribune and veteran q years
old, has a violin given to him BY his
Captain on Sept. II, 1865, at Nashville
and he claims to be the champion play
er of the world when it comes to old
time pieces.
Song Wanted.
One Of our subscribers, who docs not
sign his name, but who lives in Dia-
mond, Ind, would be very grateful II
anyone can give him the verses follow
ing the fifth verse Of the song Begin
ming
"A soldier from Missouri in early man
hoods prime,
Lay with the dead and dying in Mis-
sissipprs Cline"
All should Feel Coed.
L. v. Cupp, Co. I. 12sth Ohio.
Carthage, Mo-, wants to know what has
become Of the Second Brigade, Third
Division, Sixth Army Corps. Would like
to hear from "our right bower, the eth
Md. boys" He thinks they cannot all
have answered the last roll call. and
that all comrades should feel good over
the passing Of the McCumber bin.
Oldest Parents.
L.warren. Co. F, 18th Ohio. Delaware.
O., says Comrade Cherry, Co. A, 18th
Ohio, can go COmrade johnson, Co. II,
138th Ohio, one better on the oldest
parents question. Comrade Cherry has
father, hale and hearty, who was %
last birthday.
who Wrote TT
L. d. Glines, Newkirk, Okla, wants
to know who wrote the song about Stone
River, beginning Lady, could meet
thee ever"
The National tribune., 1907-03-28
Wauhafchie.

Editor National Tribune: desire
to correct some statements made by
ComTade NJ. L. Olmsted on the battle
of Wauhatchie. / was a member of
Knaps Battery, and took an humble
part In that terrible night attack. ]
do not wish to criticise the action of
any who performed his duty on that
occasion; all are entitled to the greatest
praise. for tho the battle is considered
a small affair, yet on account of the
time (midnight) and the Importance of
winning 1t. II ranks with those where
larger numbers were engaged. i only
wish that the truth may prevail. Com
rade Olmsted states that the battery
fired its last charge Of case and shrap-
mel; then the tug chains of the harness
were used. and men from the infantry
supports took the places of the fallen
artillerists. and that the artillery ram.
mers were used over the enemy's heads,
Now, the fact Is, we had plenty of am
munition to spare, had no occasion to
use anything else, and none of the in
fantry took the places of the battery
men, except just at the close of the
fighting. At that time one of the guns
was taken back a short distance, and
a squad of men from the 109th Pa
helped to draw 1t, as our horses were
all killed. This new position gave us a
line shot along the railroad, which the
enemy were using as a breastwork, and
after a few shots we broke their line OF
battle in this part Of the field. The
enemy never reached our guns or ram
mers, because we kept up continuous
and rapid fire, besides line of infantry
supports were directly in our front
Comrade Olmsted also states that Gen
Geary was absent at the time of the
battle. Wrong again. Gen. Geary came
very near being captured in his tent,
however. Gen. Geary ordered all the
alignments. and made the dispositions
OF the troops on that occasion, and was
fully aware Of the dangerous and i'm
portant position under his charge. The
comrade Is quite right In saying that
there was very little commanding after
the fight commenced. The flash Of guns
The National tribune., 1907-03-28

on each side showed the line Of battle.
Capt Atwell was mortally wounded and
died the following day, and Lieut.. Geary
was shot dead. after which the action
was continuedIby dapn-commissioned Of
ficers and men. of. the battery. There
was no need Of orders; no movements
could be made: We were surrounded;
the battery just .unlimbered its guns.
and the action waS on. The enemy were
upon us, and1 between the shots we
heard the commands to shoot the gun
ners and then charge. But, thank God,
we held our ground till reinforcements
came and gained the victory. There
were only fouf.i guns of our battery in
action, and d6ring the battle one Of
these was siIehced. The gunners and
men were all killed or wounded. After
the battle our guns were examined and
pronounced unfit for further use, so we
were furnished With new battery of
Rodman steel .guhk.-James H. Coch-
ran, Knap's Pa. Battery. Allegheny, Pa.
The National tribune., 1907-03-28
Who Knew Thems

Charles C. Keebler, Spring City, Ches-
ter Co., Pa, wants help out of a tangle.
His Post has found some veterans
buried In paupers' graves. whose re-
mains they want to renter and get
tombstones for; but they cannot get
the necessary Information. The names
are Joseph Creassinger, alias Behler,
William Groff and John Barger.
The National tribune., 1907-03-28
The 10th Ky.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the 49th Ky-John
F. Crawford. La Grange. KY.
The 10th KY. was organized at Camp
Nelson. Sept 10. 1868. for one year,
and was mustered out Dec. 26, 1854. Ii
was commanded all thru its service by
Col. John G. Eve. It lost one man
killed and 76 from disease. etc.-Editor
National Tribune, 80
The National tribune., 1907-03-28
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The National tribune., 1907-03-28

has been published in The National
Tribune about Wirz and Andersonville
is as true as the Gospel. His company
were all taken prisoners at Drewry's
Bluff, Va, on the morning of May 16,
1854, and after one week in Libby were
sent to Andersonville. Out Of the A
who entered there only IL lived to go
home.
The National tribune., 1907-03-28

Samuel Woffenden, Co. G, 27th Mass,
Rowe, Mass, says that everything which
The National tribune., 1907-03-28

Marion Herzer, 179th Ohio, Chilli
Gothic, O.. has six Spanish coins Of dates
from 1744 to 1879.
The National tribune., 1907-03-28
On the Bridge When Lee crost.
Wants the Belt.

Jacob Affolter, 51st Ohio. Tuscara.
was. O., asks our help in trying to per-
suade Max Cadbeer, of Somerset, Pa.
to hand over to Corpl VIM. Lowell, Co.
K, 18th Ohio. the belt, leather medal
and tin goblet which he wrenched from
Gilbert NJ. Parks, of Enid, Okla. The
CorporaPs friends want him to wear
the belt for a while, as he is ahead on
the youngest baby question. Comrade
Lowell is ~ years of age, and was made
the happy father of a fine baby boy on
Jan. 26 last.
The National tribune., 1907-03-28

L. d. Glines, Newkirk, Okla, wants
to know who wrote the song about Stone
River. beginning Lady, could meet
thee ever"
The National tribune., 1907-03-28
Should BE Determination.

Mrs. N. v. Williams, Naugatuck
Conn, a veterans widow, thinks there
should be discrimination made In
favor of the widows who, with their
husbands, bore the trials and hardships
of those awful four years of the war
and the years Immediately following
Many and many such wife made great
sacrifices from motives of the pures,
patriotism.
The National tribune., 1907-03-28
A Grateful Widow.

Mrs. Della A. Pierce 1919 Ave. C.
Kearney, Neb., says: "God bless Sem
ator McCumber for his bill; also Com
Chief Brown for his efforts;
but what about the poor widows and
orphans?" She would like the address
Of any soldier who served In Co. c. N.
Y. H. A.. or Co. e. 111th N. Y, with
Marcellus Matteson. who was her for
mer husband.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20
BANJO MUSIC FOR THE NERVES

The healing power of music was the
subject of a lecture delivered in London
by DIR. G. Norman Meachen, who de-
scribed how different melodies can be
used in the treatment of certain dis
orders.
There is a distinct connection be-
tween music and medicine" said DR..
Meachen, dating from the first re-
corded instance of musical treatment
when David played before Saul to
soothe his madness"
The lecture was illustrated with mu-
sic, and DIR. Meachen explained the
effect on patients of the different pieces.
Thus, Mendelsshon's wedding March
quickens heart beating and respiratory
movements; the seventeenth century
"Tarantula Dance" is good for the bite
of the tarantula spider; Chopin's "Noc-
turne" in E fiat, and one of Staven-
hagen's "Pastorales" are able to sootho
excited brains and induce somnolence,
while Goddard's EN- Courant" dissi-
pates nervous WEAKNESS.
Music" explained the doctor, "en-
larges the blood vessels, and therefore
causes the blood to flow more freely,
whereby the digestion is stimulated.
Thus the good effect is seen of an or
chestra at meals"
DR.. Meachen quoted cases where
music had cured q child of screaming
fits, reduced feverish temperature and
soothed the insane, and he declared
that the banjo had cured in three days
an apparently hopeless case of neu-
rasthenia. He also believes that music
is a cure for alcoholism.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20
NO HARD TINES" SPECTER

The commonly accepted idea that a
period of national prosperity is inev-
itably followed by disastrous depres-
sion is ably controverted by Carroll D.
Wright, formerly federal commissioner
of labor. Mr.. Wright takes the ground
that conditions in the United States
have changed within the last few years
to the extent of precluding the likei-
hood of panics and resultant hard
times. 1t certainly is pleasing to read
such arguments from a source admit
tedly competent to formulate an opin-
ion on the subject.
During nearly a hundred years this
country has had experience, at inter-
walls averaging perhaps a dozen years,
of hard times" following several years
of exceptional prosperity. Some eco
nomc writers have likened these re-
curing conditions to the tides-de-
ducing the argument that the ebb must
follow the flood tide of prosperity as
surely as the receding tide of the ocean
follows the incoming tide.
But the fact cannot be disputed that
the whole system of business in the
United States has undergone a COM
plete change within recent years. 1t is
to this change that Mr.. Wright at
tributes the present industrial strength
which, in his judgment, is sufficient to
withstand such pressure as at former
times caused a breakdown OF public
prosperity. Hence he says; "Whether
one approves or disapproyes the mod
ern system of great combinations, he
must recognize that they have this
steadying influence to which have all
luded."
There is frmer basis than any the
ory for belief that no suspension of
the splendid prosperity of this country
is "in sight" or probable within years
of the near future. SO long as present
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20
rhinos the Women Never Do

Yesterday we were asked if we ever
saw a bald-headed woman. We an
swered NO" we never did nor did
we ever see woman waltzing around
town in her shirt sleeves with cigar
in her teeth and running into every
joint she saw. We have never seen
woman go a fishing with a bottle in
her pocket, sit on the damp ground all
day and come home drunk at night.
Nor have we ever seen woman yank
off her coat and say she could lick any
man in town.-Soldier (Kas.) Clipper
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20

conditions continue revulsion lead
ing to a hard times period is practically
impossible. This deduction is warrant
ed by reference to the clearly traced
causes Of former breaks in prosperity
followed by disaster.
The chief causes Of such change from
prosperity to hard times are either an
overreach in business expansion, fall
ure of agricultural products or defect
i've financial system. None of these
elements of trouble is within long dis
tance observation now. The crushing
panic of 1873, for instance, was at
tributed to undue business expansion,
especially the projection of railways
into the far west beyond the limit of
profitable investment. 1t was the fall
ure of Jay Cooke & Co. i'm trying to
carry the Northern Pacific railway con-
struction that precipltated that panic.
A widespread failure in the agricul-
tural output has been productive of dis
aster and might again be a strong in
fluence in that direction, notwithstand-
ing the changed conditions alluded to
by Mr.. Wright. There is no present
cause to apprehend any such result,
however, and our agricultural resources
have become so varied that failure
of any considerable class of them is
improbable And it is not necessary
to consider the solidity of our present
financial system, for that is founded
upon a rock"
The general conclusion that there is
no reason for apprehension about a
break in the present condition of pros
perity is fortified not only by logical
theory but by a solid breastwork of
facts and figures.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-20

That there has been substantial inn
provement in the drainage Of Los An
geles during the year was demon
strated while the city was being del
uged with the rains Of the past two
or three weeks, The southern and
southwestern sections of the city,
which heretofore were submerged by
every downpour, are now compara-
lively free from discomfort and dam
ger. Now let the street improvement
keep pace with the storm drains and
sewers.