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"I've Had Experience"

with Hoods Sarsapa-illa, and am con-
WINGED it is a great medicine. this is
the substance of 1896 letters by actual
count, received i'm two years. They tell
Of cures of all blood diseases loss of
appetite, rheumatism. after-fever weak
ness. that tired feeling, nervous weak
ness, dyspepsia, catarrh.
No EqaAl-"I can say from experience that
HOODS Sarsap8rilla is without an egusI."
EMMA L. BOWMAN. ii Beacon ST., Everett, Mass
Ecaema-"I had eczema and tried everything 1
heard OF. bat nothing helped me until took Hoods
sarsapariia- Thanks TO this medicine, ] am now
Well" GEORGE NANAIsTYNE, South Bethlehem.
y. Y.
MuScuinr RheuElasism- "My father had
muscular rheumatism Was confined to his bed. He
look two bottles of Hoods Sarsapari;la and was
entirely cured" BERTHA l.. PERRIN, Box lUe6,
Springfield, Mass
Hoods Sarsaparilla is sold every
where. In the usual liquid. or in tablet
form called Sarsatabs. 100 Doses One
Dollar. Prepared only by
c. 1. Hood Co., Lowell, Mass
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Hooker had delivered against the enc
my At last, however. after the great
est difficulty, Sumner succeeded in per-
suadiDg Burnside of the folly of such
an order, and II was cancelled.
Gen. Hnwkins's Account.
In Battle and Leaders," Gen. Rush
G. Hawkins says that at the request of
his superior officers he was sent to con-
vince Gen. Burnside of the utter USE
lessness Of a renewal of the attack,
and that
1T was a cherries ride in the wet
and cold and thru the deep mud of an
army-trayeled road that dark night, for
was already weary from much care,
watching and loss of sleep. and, besides.
was fully aware of the unpleasant
fact that an officer of very inferior rank
was bent upon an unsrateful GRAND
to a General commanding one of the
largest armies of modern times But
a solemn sense of duty and humane
desire to save further useless slaugh-
ter convinced me that any sacrifice of
self ought to be made in the interests
of the men who were fighting our bat
ties.
Il arrived at the Phillips House about
IL o'clock to learn that had probably
passed Gen. Burnside on the road, who
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beared Il was a frequent thing for men
with the best intentions ana bravest de-
termination TO find themselves a mile
from the small group around the colors
which still represented the regiment.
The three divisions of the First Corps,
which one after another charged over
the game ground, were intermingled and
broken, with the fragments of each regi-
ment and brigade falling back before
the fierce fire In different directions and
adding to the confusion. Then the d.
visions Of the Third Corps had followed
with similar experience, while on the
extreme left the divisions of the Ninth
and Fifth Corps were shattered and
disorganized.
Worn out by the excitement and IA
tfgues of the terrible day, everyone at
last sank down on the cold ground to
get what sleep he could, meath the chill
ing blanket of fog that spread from
Marye's Nights to the steep declivities
Of Falmouth.
.Ineomparably worse than the pene-
trating cold or even the deep sadness
over the loss of comrades, was the
wretched feeling of defeat that filled
every Union soldiers heart. They had
the consciousness of having done their
very utmost, of having exhausted the
last full measure Of courage and de-
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forms moving carelessly about This
picture is one of my most distinct men,
cries of the war: the men in gray be-
hind this wall, talking, laughing, cook
ing, cleaning muskets, clicking locks;
there they were-Lee's soldiers-the
Army of Northern Virginia A cautious
inspection showed great carelessness In
their lines, the men still strolling and
-ounging-a group at cards, even, evil
IDENTIFY ignorant or careless of our prox-
unity"
THE enemy riddled every moving
thing in sight; horses tied to the wheels
of broken gun-carriage behind US;
pigs that incautiously came grunting
from across the road. The men who
left our ranks for water. or from any
cause, came back at great peril; indeed,
believe not one of them reached our
line again unhurt. We soon learned
with considerable exactness the limit
inside which we might move with safe
ty and the limit also of endurable con-
straint. 1t was curious to see how
strong the tobacco hunger was with
many-perhaps the most. Men would
jump to their feet and run the length
of a regiment to borrow tobacco, and
in so doing run the gauntlet of & hun
dred shots. This was so rarely accom-
plished in entire safety that it won the
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the right of the line, and we'll make UP
for the bad work of to-day
when he ceased there was perfect
silence, and he was evidently aston
ished that no one approved. With hest
tation and great delicacy Gen. Sumner
then stated the object OF my visit, and
suggested that Gen. Burnside should
examine the rough drawing then upon
the table, and listen to some reasons
why the attack contemplated ought not
to be made. After I had explained
the enemy's positions, called attention
to several pertinent circumstances and
made something of an argument Gen.
Burnside asked Gen. Sumner what he
thought. and he replied that the troops
had undergone such great fatigue and
privation and met with such disaster
that it would not be prudent to make
another attack so soon. Gen. Hooker,
who was lying at full length upon a
bed in one corner of the room, upon
being appealed to by Gen. Burnside, sat
up and said in the most frank and de-
cided manner that the attack ought
not to be renewed that morrfing Then
a general consultation took place, in
which all who were present Joined. the
result of which was verbal order,
transmitted thru me, countermanding
the arrangements for a second attack"
In Front of the Stone Wall.
Brevet Brig. Gen. John w. Ames,
who was at that time a Captain in the
11th U. S. of Sykes's Division, has given
a vivid pen picture of the sights which
greeted the soldiers the next morning
after the battle: Ss
I'VE now began to take note, thru
the misty vail, of the wreck of men
and horses numbering the ground about
us, and a slight lifting of the gray fog
showed US the story of yesterdays re-
peated assaults and repeated failures.
Just here was the wreck of fence,
which seemed to have been the high
tide mark of our advance wave of bat
tie. The fence was a barrier, which,
slight as it was, had turned back the
already wavering and mutilated lines of
assault. Almost an army lay about us
and scattered back over the plain to-
ward the town. Not only corpses, but
many of the badly wounded, hardly dis
tinguishable from the dead, were here,
too. The pallid faces and the clammy
hands clenching their muskets looked
CHASTITY by the fog light. The new
bright blue overcoats only made the
sight the ghastlier"
About 80 yards in front the plowed
field was bounded by a stone wall. and
behind the wall were men in gray uni
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ey JOHN McELROY.

termination, and of having failed hope
lessly beyond a ray of comfort. 1t is
rare that an overwhelming defeat has
SO little in il of solace, but outside of
Meade's Division there was not even a
temporary success achieved anywhere to
tighten the gloom of the failure The
men thought the battle was not vet end
ed, and that what they had endured
during the day was but foretaste of
what was in store for them on the NOR
row, when the fighting would be re-
newed. 1t speaks most eloquently for
the unfiinching courage of the Ameri-
can soldier that lying there on that
field of horrors. with all that he saw
and heard, there was no thought of not
facing a similar ordeal on the next day.
and the men were earnestly hunting
their regimental >colors to join their
comrades in whatever might come to
them.
On the Confederate Side.
Nor were things so much better on
the Confederate side. Tho they were
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Editor National Tribune: I would
like to see published a history of the
I'd w. Va. or 5th w. Va. Cay.-A. P.
Russell, Getaway, o.
The 5th W. Va. Cav. was organized
at Wheeling from May, 1861, as the I'd
W.. Va, changed to mounted infantry
June, 1868, and designated the 5th W.
Va. Cav. in January, 1864. the original
members being mustered out from
June to August, 1864. The veterans
and recruits were transferred to the
9Th w. Va. Cav. Dec. IA, 1854. The
original Co. G was transferred May IS.
1863, to the list Va. L. A. The regi-
ment was first commanded by Col.
John W. Moss, who resigned May 90,
1862, followed by Col. George R. La
than, who was in command at the
time of muster-out and transfer It
belonged to Averell's Division, Cav.
Corps, and lost II killed and 11S from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune
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The SD Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the SD Ohio.-L
Kinder, Westerville, o.
The SD Ohio, one of Fox's fighting
regiments, was organized at kenton
from October to Demember, 1861, and
finally mustered out July "a, 1865. 1t
was first commanded by Col James
Cantwell, who was killed in action at
Bull Run Aug. 20, 1862, succeeded by
Col. James S. Robinson. promoted to
Brigadier-Jeneral Jan. u, 1865. Col
stephen ]. McGroaty then took COM
mand, retaining the same until the
regiment was mustered out. The sgd
lost more officers in battle than any
other Ohio regiment Cod. Cantwell was
killed while directing a change of front
of his regiment under fire. 1t marched
with Sherman to the sea and thru the
Carolinas, belonged to Schurz's Divi-
sion, Eleventh Corps, and lost 1913 kill
ed and 119 from disease, etc.-Editor
National Tribune.
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TWEEN FREDERICKSBURG AND MARYE's NIGHTS.

flushed with victory and were entirely
weary of slaughter, the Confederates
were far from comfortable that night
The amazing determination with which
the Yankees had persisted in their at
tack in spite of the sickening slaughter
gave the most serious apprehension Of
what might be the result of a renewal
of the battle in the morning. They
felt this from the highest to the lowest,
and Lee, Longstreet and Jackson be-
came intensely anxious after they had
captured one of our couriers carrying
orders from Burnside to the corps COM
manders to renew the attack on the
following day. Men who would attack
so repeatedly, SO persistently, and with
such reckless courage against the hope
less strength of Mafye's Nights would
be terrible foes to encounter if they
struck at some weaker portion of the
Confederate line. Where the Union
troops had had anything like an equal
chance they had inflicted a severe loss
upon their enemies and the Confeder-
ates reported a loss of $500 killed
wounded and missing. or about 43 per
cent of the Union loss of 1928, of
whom 1850 were killed, 9,02S wound
ed and 2.145 taken prisoners. OF this
loss $500. or more than half. had been
wasted in the repeated assaults on
Marye's Nights, which had only cost the
Confederates $50 in killed and wounded.
Burnside's Madness.
The terrible punishment which his
army had suffered inflamed Burnside
even to insanity. He issued orders for
a renewal of the attack in the morning,
and arranged that it should be led by
the Ninth Corps. which he had organ
lied and commanded, in column of reg
iments. to be led by him personally.
The formation of the corps and the exc
cution Of these plans was begun. in
spite Of the most earnest remonstrances
of all the corps and division command
eds, which shows how completely Burn
SIDES judgment deserted him. While
the Ninth Corps was an excellent body
of men. yet it had not had the actual
fighting experience Of the corps which
had already assaulted and failed, and
there was no reason for his assumption
that 1T could succeed better than the
Second or Third Corps had. Nor had
there been anything in Burnside's pre-
vious history to warrant his taking for
granted that he could lead more sue
cessfully than Sumner or Hooker. In
fact, the inference was all the other
way, and the quality of his attacks WAS
feeble, indeed. when compared with the
sledge-hammer blows that Sumner and
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comrades looked for renewal of the
wild commotion, and saw thru the
shadows of night bodies forming for
battle, and fired with frenzy that had
not yet burned itself out.
The nerves of the Confederates were
no less taut than those of the Union
soldiers. and the battle deIIrium still
ruled their brains. With the settling of
darkness there crept up from the Rap
pahannock the chill, penetrating mist
which enveloped alike victors and van
Quished, with its comfortless cloak In
that narrow valley of the Rappahan-
mock was concentrated total of hu
man misery and sadness not often
equaled in the worlds annals. The 49,
900 Union soldiers who had crossed the
river to the attack had seen 1900 of
their number fall under the deadly
missiles of the enemy. Some regiments
had been nearly annihilated and all had
suffered cruelty. Every house in Fred
ericksburg was converted into a hospi-
tai, where, with such imperfect lights
as bits of wood and wisps of paper,
the wounded, bandage their wounds,
make them easier couches or furnish
them with water and food.
Toward the center of the town the
Surgeons. with lanterns and candles,
were extracting bullets, amputating
limbs and giving what comfort they
could to the dying. Every man still
alive and unhurt had lost many COM
rades, perhaps his dearest friends, who
had marched across the bridge with
him the day before, full of soldierly
courage and determination. and he was
agonized as to their fate. Some, he
knew, were already where wars would
trouble them no more, lying stiff, stark
and cold, with eyes staring on that bat
tie line 100 PAGES from the awful stone
wall where the mighty wave of the
Union advance had broken under the
beating fire. Where were the others
who were missing, but whom he had
not seen fall? Had merciful bullets
brought them peace, or were they lying
with shattered limbs or life-draining
wounds crying in agony for help? In
the mad whirl of the repeated assaults
regiments and brigades had lost their
organizations, commands were scatter
ed, squads drifted back here and there,
and everyone's fate was in doubt. Frag-
fnents of regiments and companies were
hopelessly intermingled, men finding
themselves In divisions and brigades far
from their own, and they wandered
about vainly searching and ineuiring
for their regimental colors.
When the gray morning light ap-
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The 18th Pa.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 157th Paw. H.
Berrier, MELVILLE, Pa.
The 157th Pa. was organized at Phil
adelphia from October. 1862, to Feb
ruary, 1853. The 156th Pa was con-
so,idated with it Feb. q, 1863, and
battalion of four companies formed.
which was transferred to the 191st Pa
March 81, 1865. 1t was comma MOI ~
Maj. Thomas II. Addicks, who
June 81, 1864, and afterwards
til the time of transfer by Maj. cl...5 (
T. Tiers. 1t belonged to Ayre Dty n
sion. Fifth Corps, and lost 81 .o5 aud
"a from disease, etc.-Editor Material
Tribune 1880
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under Col. Potter. 1t supported the 51st
Pa In their desperate charge across
the Stone Bridge, an action which
forms one of the most brilliant episodes
of the war. The graves of the 51st
n. Y. are scattered far and wide. No
regiment left more honorable record.
1t belonged to Potter's Division, Ninth
Corps. and lost 202 killed and 176 from
disease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
The ed Pa.
Editor National Tribune: VIII you
kindly give sketch of the SD Pa. ?
If not numbered among the 300 fight
Ing regiments it ought to be-Stephen
JOY, Hays. Kan.
The SD Pa. was organized at Pitts
burg. Aug. 81. 1861, and mustered out
July 13, 1864, the veterans and recruits
being transferred to the 155th Pa It
was commanded by Col. Samuel ".
Black, who was killed In action at
Gaines's Mill, Va. June 81, 1852, sue
ceeded by Col Jacob b. Sweitzer, who
was in command at the time of muster
out. 1t belonged to Griffin's Division.
from disease. etc. The SD Pa. is
classed by Fox among the 300 fighting
regiments, and first confronted the enc
my at the siege of Yorktown At NAL
vern Hill its colors were cut down five
times. but were borne from the field
flying. At Gettysburg it fought in the
Wheatfield. losing heavily.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune
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had gone to perfect the details for a
second attack. Those present at the
Phillips House were Gems. Sumner,
Hooker, Franklin, Hardie and Col. Tay-
lor. i made a brief statement and ex-
PLANTATION of the object of my mission,
which deeply Interested all present
They united in a desire that I should
wait until the arrival of Gen. Burnside,
which occurred about l o'clock. AS
he came thru the door he said, Well
its all arranged; We attack at early
dawn, the Ninth Corps in the center,
which I shall lead in person. and then
seeing me he said, Hawkins. your bril-
gade shall lead with the Hth N Y. on
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The l42th n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: I wish you
would publish a short account Of the
14Sth N Y.-Charles L. GRADER, Grand
Forks, N. d.
The 14Sth N. Y. was organized at
Geneva in September, 1852, and mus
tered out June %, 1865. 1t was COM
manded by Col VIM. Johnson. who
resigned Oct. 90 1868, succeeded by
Col. George NJ. Guion, who was dis
charged Oct. 16, 1864. Col John B.
Murray then took command, retaining
the same till muster-out. 1t belonged
to Brooks Division, Eighteenth Corps,
and lost 116 killed and ISL from dis
ease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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The 2sth Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Can you
give a short history of the 28th Ohio p
Albert Loop, Scottsville, Kan.
The 2Sth Ohio was organized at Camp
Dennison from June, 1851. to March,
1852, and as battalion of three COM
panies composed of veterans and re-
cruits retained in service till July g.,
1865, when it was mustered out. 1t was
commanded by Col. Augustus Moor I'M
til the expiration of his term of SER
vice, July %, 1864. At the time the
battalion was mustered out Capt. Ed
win Frey had command. 1t belonged
to Kanawha Division. Ninth Corps, and
lost 6s killed and sc from disease, ETC.
Editor National Tribune.
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The LIST Battery. n. J. L. A.

Editor National Tribune: Kindly give
a short sketch of Battery A, N. ]. L. A.
Jacob Morris. 236 Thompson St, N.
Tonawanda, N. Y.
|. The list Battery. N, j. L. A, called
"Hexamer's Battery" was organized al
Hoboken Aug. IL, 1861, and finally
mustered out June %, 1865. 1t was
commanded by Capt. William Hexamer
until mustered out on expiration of his
term of service, Aug. II, 1864, when
Capt. Augustin N. Parsons took COM
mand. It belonged to the Sixth Corps.
and lost three killed and Il from dis
ease, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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turning to me he said, 'Oh, those men!
oh, those men!' asked what he meant.
and he said, Those men over there.
pointing across the river where so many
thousands lay dead and wounded; i
am thinking of them all the time
Il made some remark about the fate
of soldiers, and changed the subject.
Burnside also said that he did not lead
the Ninth Corps to the charge, as he
said he would, because the Generals on
the right made such statements with
reference to the Decentralization of their
commands that he feared to make the
attempt. After we had reerossed the
river saw him again, when he told me
that he had 1t in his mind to relieve
Sumner from command, place Hooker
in arrest and Franklin in command of
the army.
'In the third interview Gen. Reynolds
was with me. Burnside said that the
men on the left did not fight well
enough. To this we replied that the list
of killed and wounded proved the con-
trary. He then said, L did not mean
that; I meant there were not muskets
enough fred adding, I made a mistake
in my order to Franklin; I should have
directed him to carry the hill at Ham,
ilton's at all hazards
"At the fourth interview he stated
that the mistake was that Franklin did
not get the order early enough; that
he had started it at O'Clock in the
morning, but that Gen. Hardie, to whom
the order was committed, had stopped
an hour and a half in camp to get
breakfast. I then told him that we
should have had the order before mid
night in order to form such a column
of attack as we had proposed.
For a few days Gen. Burnside was
dazed by the defeat and grief-stricken
at the loss of life; but he soon recov-
cred, and planned and attempted to
carry out his Harmless mud campaign
his last as the head of the Army of the
Potomac"
The Losses.
Gen. Burnside officially reported his
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The s1st N. Y

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
please give short sketch Of the 51st
N. Y.?-Geo. w. Hulse, Whitastone.
Long Island, N. Y. ~.y-..- .sE
The 51st N. Y, also called shepard
Rifles" was organized at New York
City from July to october. 1851, and
finally mustered out July %, 1855. 1t
is numbered among Fox's 500 fighting
regiments, and had four Colonies. The
first, Col. Edward Ferrere, was pro-
NOTED Sept. 10, 1862, to Brigadier-Gen-
eral of Volunteers; its second. Col.
Robert B., Potter, was promoted March
10, 1868, to the same rank; its third.
Col Charles w. LIE Gendre, was dis
charged Oct. 4. 1864, and it's fourth
and last, Col. John G. Wright, was in
command when the regiment was mus
tered out. The 51st was formed by the
union of the Scott, Union and Shepard
Rifles. In the battle of New Berne it
encountered the brunt of the fighting.
and sustained the heaviest loss of any
regiment in that action. 1t particularly
distinguished itself at Antietam. where,
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The I'D N. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the 22d N. VI. v.
B. De Baum, Ramsey, N. ].
The 22d N. Y. was organized at AL
bany June 6, 1861, for two years, and
mustered out June 10, 1868. 1t was
commanded first by Lieut.-Col. Gorton
T. Thomas, who died Sept. Z, 1862, of
wounds received at Bull Run, succeed
ed by Lieut.-Col. John Mckee, who re-
signed Feb. 10, 1863. AT the time of
muster-out the regiment was command
ed by Col. Walter Phelps. 1t belonged
to Doubleday's Division, First Corps, and
lost 70 killed and 20 from disease, etc.
Editor National Tribune.
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The 1O3d Pa.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short sketch of the 103d Pa.-Jas.
Sweet, Kaylor, Pa.
The 103d Pa. was organized at Kit
tanning from September, 1861, to Feb
ruary, 1862, and finally mustered out
June %, 1865. 1t was commanded all
thru its service by Col. T. H. Lehman,
belonged to Casey's Division, Fourth
Corps, and lost So killed and $50 from
disease, etc-Edftor National Tribune.