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The 1st VT. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please give a short history of the LIST
VT. Cav. Charles Lert, Delphi Falls.
n. Y.
The 1st VT Cav. was organized at
Burlington Nov. 10, 1861. of 10 COM
panies only, two being added a year
later, and finally mustered out Aug 9.
1865. Its first Colonel was Jonas P
Holiday, of the Regular Army. and a
West Point graduate. who committed
suicide at Strasburg. Va. April 5. 1862
Col. Edward P. Sawyer then took com
mand, holding the same till April IS
1864, when he resigned. He was sue
ceeded by Col William Wells. who was
promoted May 10, 1865, to Brigadier-
General of Volunteers. The command
then fell upon Col. Josiah Hall, who
was discharged June 81. 1865. The
regiment is classed by Fox with his
900 fighting regiments At Gettys-
burg it was. in Farnsworth's Brigade
When ordered by Fitzpatrick to charge
a large body of the enemy Farnsworth's
men, led by the 1st VT. Cav. leapins
their horses over the walls, made gal
liant but useless attack The 1st VT
Cav. was one of the best-mounted regi-
ments in the service. 1t belonged to
Wilson's Division. Cavalry Corps, and
lost 134 killed and 30i from disease,
National Tribune.
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The eth Wis.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 7th Wis-Chas.
Johnson, 1913 State Ave-, Cincinnati, o.
The 7th Wis. one of Fox's 800 fight
ing regiments. was organized at Madi-
son from August, 1851. and finally mus
tered out July 3. 1865. 1t had four
Colonels. The first. Joseph Vandor,
resigned Jan. 80, 1862; it's second VIII
liam w. Robinson. was discharged July
8, 1864. Lieut.-Col. Mark Finnicum
then took command. holding the same
until mustered out Dec. II, 1854 He
was succeeded by Lieut.-Col. Hollon
Richardson, who was brevetted a COL
onel April 1, 1855. The eth was one
of the three regiments which lost the
most men killed in battle of any regi-
ments in the Union army 1t joined
the Iron Brigade at Camp Lyon soon
after leaving Wisconsin. It's principal
losses were at second Bull Run, South
Mountain, Gettysburg. Wilderness,
Spotsylvania and Gravelly Run, its
greatest loss in killed being in the first
battle. In December. 1853, it numbered
only 249 present for duty, and in the
fight on the Boydton road. October,
1864. only 156 muskets took part. 1t
belonged to Wadsworth's Division, First
Corps. and lost 2S1 killed and 143 from
disease, etc.-Edftor National Tribune
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The 9Th Md.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short sketch of the 9Th Md.-George
Masters, Smithsburg, Md
The 9Th Md, one of Fox's 300 fight
ing regiments" was organized at Bal
timore from August. 1862, and mustered
out June 20. 1865. 1t was first COM
manded by Col. George r. Howard, who
was discharged May 5. 1863, when the
command fell upon Col. John W. Horn
brevet Brigadier-General, Oct. 19, 1864,
who was also discharged Feb. T. 1865.
Lieut.-Col. Joseph c. Hill then assumed
command, wf;ick he held till the regi-
ment was mustered out. The 9th Md.
was in the Third Corps at Mine Run,
the principal engagement of which de
volved largely on this regiment. 1t
fought with great gallantry in the bat
ties of the Wilderness and Cold Har-
Dor, its losses in the former action be-
ing particularly severe. 1t did good
fighting in the Valley and also in the
final battles of the war. 1t belonged to
Ricketts's Division. Sixth Corps. ami
lost 12S killed and 108 from disease.
etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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By JOHN McELR0Y.

showed a marked difference from some
of the other division and corps COM
manders of the Army of the Potomac
in their gallantry and zeal to serve their
country. There was no questioning on
their part of orders, no squabbling over
Pope and Mcclellan, no talk of diff
culties of night marching, lack of am
munition, shoes. rations or employment
of the other preteXts which We're used
so freely by other commanders to keep
out of battle. Somehow, they always
found a way to the place where they
were needed and ammunition enough
to put up a determined fight when they
got there Gen. John Pope pays this
tribute to these officers:
In this short but severe action the
army lost two officers of the highest ca
pacity and distinction. whose death
caused general lamentation III the army
and country. The first was Maj.-Gen.
Philip Kearny, killed in advance of his
division and while commanding it.
There have been few such officers as
Kearny in our own or any other army.
In war he was an enthusiast, and he
never seemed so much at home and so
cheerful and confident as in battle. Tall
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was his habit In all matters which inter-
ested him, made it somewhat difficult
for him to secure such position in the
army as one of his capacity might well
have expected. The prejudice against
him on this account was soon shown to
be utterly groundless, for a more faith
full and Jealous officer never lived. His
conduct in the battle in which he lost
his life, and in every other operation of
the campaign, was marked by high in
telligence and the coolest courage, and
his death in the front of battle ended
too soon a career which would have
placed him among the foremost officers
of the war. AS an officer of Engineers
before the war and as Governor of and
Delegate to Congress from Washington
Territory, he was always a man of note,
and possessed the abilities and the force
to have commanded in time any posi-
ton to which he might have aspired.
The loss Of these two officers was a
heavy blow to the army, not so much
perhaps because of their soldierly ca
pacity as because of their weIl-known
and unshakable fidelity to duty and
their entire loyalty to their comrades
in-arms."
The Comte De Paris says of Kearny:
Thus ended that noble and brilliant
career which had commenced Ia years
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possibly may not have been a great ex-
aggeration, since he secured the arms
of all the dead and wounded, and must
have found great many which had
been thrown away by men who were
utterly worn out by the cxhausting
marches. Still, 10000 is a great num-
Der. and is some 1000 over what Long
street and Jackson claim to have cap
tured. Gen. Longstreet claims to have
captured three batteries of artillery and
Gen. Jackson eight guns, all, except
one, taken on the battlefield of Bull
Run. One gun had been disabled at
Groveton and left behind, and none
was lost at Chantilly. Gen. LeS, how
ever. claims 80 guns instead of possi-
BILE total of 26. Gen. Jackson estimated
his killed and wounded at 3.743, and
Longstreet his at 3,49S, or a total for
the whole army of 7,241. There are
reasons for believing that this was
somewhat under the mark. or that
Pope's estimate of his own loss at be-
tween 5000 and 5000 killed and wound
ed was much over the mark. The Con-
federate loss must have been consider
ably greater than ours, as they assault
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A Mother In Israel.

HI. c. Painter, 1st Ohio Cav, Frank
fort. o., sends us an account of the
death at Greenfield, o., Nov Q, of Mrs.
Juliana White Freshour, at the age of
SO. She was a direct descendant of
Revolutionary parents. Her father,
Charles White, was the youngest of
three brothers who served in the Revo-
lutionary army. and were present at
the surrender of Corvallis His faith
er emancipated his slaves in 1903, and
moved to the free Territory of Ohio.
Mrs. Freshour had three brothers who
fell in the War of 1912. and her only
son, James H. Freshour, served thru
the civil war, and at his death left
$4,000 for a soldiers monument at
Greenfield, which was dedicated Oct
%. 1907. When the construction of
the Marietta & Cincinnati Railroad was
begun Mrs. Freshours father was Sc
lected to throw the first shovel full of
dirt April 4, 1851.
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The Losses.

The impression was studiously dis
seminated at the time by those interest
ed in Pope's downfall that the losses
during the campaign had been stupen-
dous. The records do not bear this out.
Gen. Lee claims to have captured 1000
prisoners from the Rapidan to Chantil-
1y, but the reports of his subordinates
hardly substantiate this claim. AS we
yielded the field at Bull Run, we had to
leave behind the wounded who were
unable to join in the retreat. There
were probably something over 1000 of
these. We lost few prisoners at Cedar
Mountain, but none at Gainesville,
Groveton or Chantilly. Lee claims to
have captured 20, 900 small-arms, which
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ton and of the troops for the defense of
the Capital.
'By order of Maj Gen. Halleck:
"E. d. Townsend, Assistant Adjutant-
General"
Mcclellan rode out from Centerville
to meet the retreating troops. and sent
his Aids and Orderlies in all directions
to spread the news of his resumption OF
the command, which was received with
tumultuous expressions of joy. BY the
night OF Sept. 2 all the troops were
withdrawn within the fortiications of
Washington.
(To be continued}
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The 10Th =. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 10Th N. Y.-Ed-
ward Yarton. Benson, Neb.
The 18th n. Y.-one of Fox's 1900
lighting regiments"-was organized al
Albany Jan. -, 1862, and mustered out
in December, 1864. the veterans and
recruits being transferred to the 147th
N. Y. 1t had three Co1one1s. The first.
Nelson w. Green, was discharged June
3, 1862; its second. William p. VAIN
wright, was also discharged June 25,
1863. Its last Colonel was Chas. F.,
Livingstone. The men of this regi-
ment b. their gallantry and patriotism
proved themselves worthy of the his
toric figures emblaZoned on their col
ors. 1t met its greatest loss at 'Gettys-
burg, Maj. A. J. Glover in command at
the time, being among the killed. In
the Wilderness it lost TWO color-bearers
Gen. Rice, the brigade commander. was
wounded at Spotsylyania while
leading the 10th. 1t belonged to WaGs-
worth's Division, First Corps, and lost
173 killed and 157 from disease, ETC.
Editor National Tribune.
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The 10Th Pm,

Editor National Tribune: Please give
4 short sketch of the 18th Pa.-John
T.. Miner, KoXen, Pa.
The 10th Pa. classed by Fox with
his 300 fighting regiments, was organ
iZed at Harrisburg and Lewiston. Oct
"A. 1861. and mustered out July Is,
1863. 1t was first commanded by Col.
William H. Irwin, who was discharged
Oct "a. 1863, followed by Col Thomas
NJ. Huiings, of the Regular Army. who
was killed in action at Spotsyivania
May 10, 1864. The command then fell
upon Col. Boynton j. Hickman, who
resigned two weeks before the regiment
was mustered out. AT SpoJsylvania il
was one of the IL selected regiments
which formed the assauiting column
under the gallant Upton In that charge
260 of its men were cut down by the
enemy's fire, and, besides Col. Huiings
I4ieut.-Col. John B. Miles was killed
1t belonged IL Wright's Division, Sixth
Corps, and lost 1913 killed and 16S from
disease. etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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The 18th Wis.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please give Il short history of the 18th
Wis. &C. w. Rehfeld, Horizon, Wis
The 10th Wis. was organized at Mad
ison from November, 1851. to February
1852, and mustered out July u, 1865
1t was first commanded by Col. Benja-
min Alien. who resigned July II, 1863
who was succeeded by Col. Cassius Fair
child, brevetted Brigadier-G General
March IS, 1868. The 10th is classed by
Fox among his 900 fighting regiments =
At Shiloh the pickets of the 18th Wis
received the first fire of the enemy. II
belonged to Legsett's Division. Seven
teenth Corps, and lost lat killed and
252 from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
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The 44th and 10th n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Kindly
print short history of the 44th and
140th N. Y.-C. r.. Ellis, 2SO La Sale
St, Chicago, Ill.
The 44th n. Y, one of Fox's fighting
regiments was organized at Albany
from August. 1851. and mustered out
Oct. II, 1854 1t was first commanded
by Col. Stephen w. Stryker, who re-
signed July 4. 1862. followed by Col.
James c. Rice, promoted to a Brigadier-
General Aug. II, 1868, and afterwards
killed. The command then fell upon
Lieut.-Col. Freeman Conner, who held
it at the time of muster-out The en-
listed men in this regiment were the
finest of any in the service They were
of high order of intelligence the av-
erage age 81, and the average hight
five feet 10 inches. At Gettysburg the
44th was one of the first regiments to
seize and hold Little Round Top. 1t
belonged to Griffin's Division, Fifth
Corps, and lost 1S2 from killed and
147 from disease, etc.
The 140th n. Y, also fighting regi-
ment," was organized at Rochester in
September. 1862. and mustered out
June 3, 1865. Its first Colonel was Pat
rick Fl. O'Rorke. of the Regular Army,
and a West Point graduate, who was
killed in action at Gettysburg while
leading his men on Little Round Top
He was succeeded in command by Col.
George Ryan. also of the Regular Army
and a West Point man, who was killed
at Spotsylvania May 8, 1864 Lieut.
Col. ElweH S. Otis. brevet Colonel
March 13, 1865, then took command
who was discharged Jan. "a, 1855. and
from that time until muster-out the
regiment was commanded by Lieut.-Col
William S. Gruntsynn. This regiment
was composed of exceptionally fine ma
terial, and the men in their handsome
Zouave costume attracted favorable at
tention wherever they appeared. II
belonged to Ayres's Division. Fifth
Corps, and lost 149 killed and 10 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune
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and 1.-the in figure, with a most express
sive and mobile countenance, and
manner which inspired confidence and
zeal in all under his command, no one
could fail to admire his chivalric bear
ing and his supreme courage. He SEEM
ed to think that it was his mission to
make up the shortcomings of others,
and in proportion as these shortcom-
ings were made plain his exertiOns and
exposure were multiplied. He was a
great and most accomplished soldier,
and died as he would himself have
wished to die, and as became his heroic
character, at the head of his troops
and in the front of the battle.
Gen. Isaac /. Stevens, who was killed
at the same time and nearly on the
same ground, was an officer in many
respects contraSted to kearny. He
was short and rather stout, with a
swarthy complexion and very bright,
dark eyes. He was a man of very su-
perior abilities and of marked skill and
courage. His extreme political opinions
before the war, ardently asserted, as
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ed oftener than we did, and were re-
pulsed with slaughter. We know that
the troops which attacked Jackson be-
hnd the railroad embankment must
have suffered severely before they could
be made to retire, and that they did not
inflict anything like the same loss upon
their enemies. On the other hand. We
know that the splendid fighting men
which Gibbons Brigade drove back re-
peatedly, those who made the two des-
perate assaults upon Bald Hill and re-
coiled each time in defeat, and those
who attacked with such fierceneSs the
Henry House plateau, did not yield un-
til the slaughter had been appalling
Consequently the losses must have been
nearly equal, with the prepOnderance
on the Confederate side. The exact
truth will never be known, as both
armies passed swiftly from that san
culinary field to another. still bloodier,
on the banks of the Antietam.
Mcclellan Restored to Command.
Altho McClellan's conduct had been
so culpable that the entire Cabinet unit
ed in a demand upon the President to
remove him from command. and Lin
coin himself had said that McClellan's
course had been "atrocious," yet there
seemed no other way than to place him
again at the head of all the troops The
emergency was of the gravest nature
and 1t was felt that many of his COM
manders could not be made to obey any
other than he. In spite of his failures.
he was still wonderfully popular with
the troops. and his partisans did all
possible to make this the controlling
sentiment as they did to destroy conf
dence in Pope. On Sept. l Mcclellan
saw Gen. Halleck in the latter's Office,
and received the order to take charge
of Washington and its defenses, ac-
companied by prohibition to exercise
any control over Pope's troops. and on
the morning of Sept. the following
order was issued, which is said to be
the only one he eyer received restoring
him to command:
War Department
"Adjutant-GeneraPs Office,
washington. Sept 2, 1862
Ma. Gen. Mcclellan will have COM
mand Of the Notifications of Washing
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CHAPTER XIII.

:. END OF POPE'S CAMPAIGN.
Battle of CbantilIy and Death of Kearny
and Stevens-Army Refires to Defenses
of WashinGton-McCIeI Restored to
Command.
The Battle of ChantiIly.
Altho Lee had lost frightfully in the
recent battles. he had the prestige of
having occupied the field and of having
carried the Confederate occupation of
Virginia back to the point where the
war had begun, 13 months before. He
was not content with this success, how
ever. He appreciated fully the moral
effect that it was having, especially
upon the North, which saw completel;
blasted all the hopes which it had en-
tertained at the time McClellan's grand
army swung down the Potomac for
Richmond. and he felt that the time
was ripe for more complete and crush
ing victory.
The spirit of Lees army was never
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