The National tribune., 1908-08-27

main. The people, too, look to be the
same we saw in war timesi You do
not find any enterprise in the South
except such as went there from the
North. The local secession sentiment
neither grows nor dies out-but it does
keep out progressive people-it GER
tainly discourages Northern emigration
Hence, land is worth 81 to $40 an acre
tho more desirable than lands in less
attractive climates that sell any day al
500 and upward. 1 told some of the
enthusiastic Confederate fiaggers that
If they would attempt to unfurl theii
flag in our part of the country as they
do down there they would surely be
shot; but they insist on. their alleged
right to honor it, saying that 1t is as
dear to them as Old Glory is to us;
that they love 1t and fought for it as
hard as we fought for the Stars and
Stripes. I was told that it was the
killing of a Sidney Johnston that give
us the battlefield and the victory; thai
Grant never could have taken the bluff
If Johnston had lived. Grants head.
quarters are still standing intact at Sa-
vannah, Tenn. My object in writing
this is to present it all just as it is
just as L saw it"
Was Dennis Redheaded.
Comrade Matt F. Kippax writes from
Philadelphia, Pa, F'rankford Arsenal
Referring to first column. page six
under head of Picket Shots and sub
head Inadequate Pensions in the issue
of the 9Th inst, Comrade Dennis Kelley
says he enlisted in the 18th U. S. or
Sept. 20, 1861; discharged Feb. %, 1864
and re-enlisted on same date at Catlett':
Station, Va, in the same company and
regiment on the field, and was dis
charged at Houston, Tex, Feb. 28, 1867
Either the comrade or the typo must b'
mistaken as to the regiment, for the
served in the Army of the Potomac
having been in the Fourteenth Corps o.
the Western Army during the whole
war. / think the comrade or the type
must mean the 18th Regulars, of which
1 was a drummer Tin Co. d, Capt
Pease), and was stationed at Houston
Tex. during the month in which he was
discharged, being clerk at Post Head
quarters under Maj. ]. d. O'Connell
There was a comrade named Kelly oil
Kelley in my company, who, If 1 re.
member right, was auburn OF sandy.
haired, but who frequently dyed it {
black or brown, possibly being ashamed
of its natural color. Co. C (Capt. War
REM was also stationed at the post a.
that time, and it may be the comrade
belonged to that company. Would be
pleased to hear from the comrade if ht
remembers me-"
Clears His Record.
Stanford S. Jared. Harris, ILL.,, wa
reported a deserter from Co. K, ais
Ind. He was worn out, and fell pros
trate by the roadside during the hare
march of his regiment thru Kentucky il
BuelPs campaign. He was taken to ;
neighboring house by kind Kentuck,
ian and nursed for several days, wher
he started back to his regiment, bu
again broke down, and found refuge
in the house of Matthew Murphy, {
prominent farmer of Davis County, Ky.
who was a strong Southern sympathizer
He was too weak to do more than the
lightest work, but he remained ther,
until 1870, when a purse was made III
for him and he went home. After some
years he succeeded in getting Congress
man Holiday to work on his case, anC
the Representative secured an honor.
able discharge for him, SO that he wa:
enabled to join Fears Post, of Dennison
Ill.
The Works mt Port Hudson.
II. G. Sawyer, Roxie, Miss. strongly
disputes the statement of S. II. Wright
18th n. Y, in which he said that the
fortifications at Port Hudson were in ne
place were they so high that a man
could not step over them. Comrade Saw
yer says that the breastworks were
from Is to 20 feet high and a ditch sc
wide that when man got in it was a
foot or SO above his head. Comrade
Wright should have called Gen. Banks's
attention to these low places in the
works and saved the awful slaughter OF
June IA.
The 18th Ill. Cav.
]. j. Cook, 3749 Indiana Ave-, Chi
cago, ILL.,, says that there was a mistake
in the mention of Candles Brigade il
have been the 18th Ill. and Sd Ind. Cav
He is very much pleased with the his
tory of the Army of the Potomac, ant
particularly with the praise of Gen. Blu.
ford. This is well deserved. The 18th
Ill. Cav. was with Gen. Buford fol
many months and in many engage
ments, and Comrade Cook had the
honor of carrying the colors of the FRS
Division and acting as dispatch bearer
A Drawer or more thoro soldier thar
Gen. Buford never wore the blue.
Scattering.
Comrade ]. M. Rodman, who doe.
not date his letter. mailed at Durant
Okla, July Is, 1908, writes: II wan
10 say tnaI ~ years ago To-Day co. r
5th Iowa, was mustered into the Ser.
vice. l was one of them; it was my
birthday. 1 was % years old that day
I was discharged at Syracuse and re.
enlisted in Co. A, 9Th Cav, and wa:
mustered out at close of the war.
want my old comrades to write to me-
VIM. G. LIE Due, Hastings, Mimi.
writes: 81 have a musket picked up or
battlefield very soon after the en-.
gagement. The lock has been shot off
On the stock is cut, &C. Smaltzreid, Co
d, SID P. W If the soldier or his
friends will identify themselves, will
be glad to deliver the memento to those
having right to possess it."
John Becker, Co. A, 10th N. Y, 2Ss
E. Fourth ST., New York, writes: 1.-THE
Sfarenscnne arrived nrnmnflv and q K