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ALLABACH'S BRIGADE.
1t Attacked at Fredericksburg BefOr,
TyIcr's Brigade, and Went Farther.

Emanuel Noll, 131st Pa, Bellefonte,
Pa, compliments John McElroy's his
tories highly, but says that there was
an injustice 10 Allabach's Brigade in
the account of the battle of Fredericks-
burg. He says: "Allabach's Brigade
moved out of the city of Fredericks-
burg. left in front, the 131st Pa. lead
ing, crossing the little canal or millrace,
filed to the left. formed in two lines
the first composed of the 131st on the
left. the 155th on the right: then we
Stacked knapsacI<s, and were led to
the assault by Col. Allabach. command
ing the brigade, before Tyler's Brigade
had cleared the city of Fredericksburg
Enough has been written about the
storm of snOt and shell that greeted us
as we mounted the small declivity that
partially sheltered us while forming for
the assault. The 131st advanced so
near the Confederate lines that death
appeared the fate of any who ventured
farther. All order, all formation-in
fact, all discipline-had disappeared
amidst the smoke and fire of battle:
every man was for the moment his own
commander. I. IN company with mess
mate, Thomas Morgan, lay down on the
field. The attack had ceased as far as
Allabach's Brigade was concerned; the
cnemy's fire gradually ceased, the smoke
lifted, and in the last rays of the setting
sun we beheld the advance of Tyler's
Brigade. 1t was magnificent specta-
Gle. The brigade appeared to us to be
maSSed in divisions. Not a shot was
fired until the advance was within three
or four rods of us, Tyler leading and
waving his sword, encouraging his men
by voice and example. Suddenly a wall
of flaming fire, shot and shell struck
| Tyler's Brigade. a volume of smoke
rolled down like a mountain mist, and
when it lifted Tyler's Brigade had van
| ished as completely as if they had been
swallowed. None OF the brigade reached
the advanced point occupied by my
messmate and myself. After night had
spread her mantle Ger the field" Nor
where we had piled our knapsacks. and
found portion Of our company and of
the regiment asse milling on the ground.
We bivouacked on the field at the foot
| of the little emiEence, remained there
during the night. all of the following
| day Sunday until after dark on the
evening of the 18th; we retraced our
steps to the city. found the rest of the
brigade, and camped in the streets of
the city for the night l write this in
view OF the fact that Nov. H. 1908 a
monument to Humphreys's Division will
| be unvailed at Fredericksburg / ex-
I-pect to be there, as ] was in 1862 pre-
pared to maintain that Tyler's Brigade
| did not advance beyond or as far on
that fated field as did Allabach's Bri-
gadc. hope to meet many of the sur
vivors of the division at the unvailing of
| the monument"
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fort, they would have been caught all
unawares, and Petersburg would have
been taken; but they didn't, and when
the colored troops were forced back the
Crater was filled with our boys, and as
fast as they jumped over the earth
works the Johnnies picked them like
pigeons let out of trap at trap shoot
ing, and you could see our brave boys
bowled over like rabbits coming out of
Il rabbit warren, and we could not help
them at all. We lay the next few days
where the bodies of the dead and dying
sent up such an odor, July 80 and 81,
that we tore ND pieces of cloth and
woolen goods to take away some of the
unbearable stencil. During the night
time, while we were watching the enc
my, an incident occurred wherein one of
our regiment showed his mettle, and,
hearing q man grooming just outside
the earthworks, Serg't Walter jamie
son, of Co. 3, 139th n. Y, rolled over
the breastworlls, amid the rain of rife
bullets, took the Captain of a colorcd
company on his shoulder, and brought
him into our lines. We had a little
comn1issary whisky with us, and gladly
gave him some to revive and stimulate
him. ] do not know the name of the
Captain. but whoever he was his words
were, "Oh, boys. ! am only too glad to
come in and die under the flag" and
his regrets at seeing his poor colored
boys shot down like dogs Maybe some
one who was in this little trouble can
give the name of this Captain and some
other incidents connected with the mine
explosion. At any rate, it may meet
the eyes Of some of the boys who sur
yive the explosion at the Crater.-Robt
Rosling, Co. c, 139th n. Y, Brooklyn,
Ny.
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TIE STAR OF THE WEST.
Fate of the Vessel Which Was Carrying
Relief to Mai. Anderson.

Editor National Tribune: Can you
give me thru your valued paper par
tial history of the steamer Star of the
West? This. as / understand, was a
Confederate boat, and l am informed
was sunk by the rebels somewhere
above Yazoo City to prevent Grants
fleet from coming down the river. AS
am informed, this wreck was raised
by Capt. Finn Starr. OF the u S. steam
er Meggs, in 1898.
have in my possession a stick OIL
cane in the rough from a rib of this
Capt Jack Curphey, c. S. A., of Vicks-
burg, Miss, and could l get a partial
history Of this vessel I would have a
suitable engraving on the head of the
cane. Perhaps some of the old com.
rades could give this information.-E
II. Pifer, 12Sth Ohio, 607 Washington
Boulevard, Chicago.
After her abortive attempt to reach
Fort Sumter the Star of the West went
to New Orleans, where she was lying
at the dock when Louisiana seeded
and was seized by the State. At the
time of the capture of New Orleans she
with many river steamers, was taken
up the Mississippi and hid in the Yazoo
River. In February, 1862, when Gen
Grant assisted by the navy, attempted
to reach the high ground above Haines's
Bluff by the way of Moon Lake, it was
found that she had been used to barri-
cade the river near Fort Pemberton.
Her hull was sunk, and the barricade
was pieced out by strong raft.-Editor
National Tribune.
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zooK,s BRIGADE.
1t Never Got Proper Credit fer Its Splen-
aid Fighting ut Gettysburg.

4
Editor National Tribune: In the
Gettysburg campaign aidrbattle Cooks
| Brigade. consisting of tho SD, 51th
and 66th N. Y. and s14et!. Pa, acted
| largely as detached brigade. On the
| march from Frederick to Uniontown
| Nd, on June 20, it acted as such, and
| also on the march from lUniontown to
Gettysburg on July In H1tCaTTived in the
vicinity of Gettysburg about o'clock
that night, and turned into a stubble-
field and bivouacked for the night. The
| morning of July 1t marched to near
Meade's headquarters and in the rear
of Cemetery Hill. and lay there until
the battle was opened Between Long
street and Sickles on the left. Sickles
being bard pressed and forced back,
called for reinforceme2ia Caldwell,
commanding the First Division, Second
Corps, was sent forward to help him.
Zcok's Brigade was the Third Brigade,
First Division, Second Corps. and we
started forward with the division. but
on cur way and before we entered the
Wheat Field Maj. Henry Edwin Tre-
main, of Gen. Sickles's staff. met Zook
with an urgent message from Sickles
to halt our brigade at that point, in
stead of following the column, as there
was where we were sore1y needed. After
some parleying, which I need not men-
ton here. Zook agreed to do SO. and
we met Wofford's Brigade. Hoods
Division, Longstreet's Corps. in the
Wheat Field and the rocky ridge be-
yond. Scarcely had we got into action
when Gen. Zook was mortally wounded,
and. assisted by his Aids, Leuts.
Broome and Favill, was enabled to keep
his scat in the saddle and rode slowly
from the field. l am one of the few
men living who saw hir9 shot. The
command now fell upon Col. Richard
P. Roberts. of the 140th Pa, who was
killed a short time after. and the COM
mand devolved upon Lieut.-Coi. John
Fraser, of the 140th Pa, who was then
the senior officer of the brigade. He
was a good tactician, and fought the
brigade well until we were compelled
to fall back.
The fall of Gen Zook and Col. Rob-
erts were among the most conspicuous
events of the days conflicts, occurring
at points where the struggle for the
final advantage of the field was most
deadly. They were soldiers of disiEter-
ested devotion. patriotic instinct,
thoughtful courage and sublime CON-
radeship.
The loss in the Third Brigade was:
140th Pa, PAL; SD n. Y, So; 57th n.
Y, "a; 66th n. Y, "A, killed, wounded
and missing in the second days fight.
On the third day our brigade was so
Dduly uStu tHil II tooh put
part in repelling Pickett's charge. Our
brigade has never received its proper
credit for what it did at Gettysburg.
Had we not been thrown in at the time
and place we were the Confederates
might have gained a footing on Little
Round Top, for which point they were
pressing forward, and thus have been
able to enfilade our whole line. The
reason why our brigade has never been
written up is that all the prominent
officers went down that day, and only
line officers were left to do the work,
and none of them soffar have under
taken it.
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Stannara's Brigade.

Editor National Tribune: One of vour
statements in regard to operations OF
July at Gettysburg came as a sur
prise to me. / refer to issue of Aug. 81
in which you say: Gen. Doubleday
came across Stannard's Brigade of Yer
mont nine-nlonths men. with whom he
pursued Wright's force and retook alto
gether six guns Doubleday did not
come across" the Vermonters at Gettys-
burg, second and third days OF The bat
tie; they were the Third Brigade of the
Third Division, First Corps, with Gen
Doubleday commanding division. In
"ChancellorsvilIe and Gettysburg" Dou-
bleday says, on page III: The order
(Meade's) was communicated to me
and / went with my division at double
quick 20 the point indicated. There WI
pursued Wright's force as it retired, ant
ratook, at Hancock's instigation. foul
guns taken by Wright earlier in the
action. When these were brought in
sent out two regiments. who followed
the enemy up nearly to their lines, and
retook two more guns"
You give credit to Stannard for the
recapture of six guns, whereas Double
day credits four to his division and two
to two regiments sent out later. These
two regiments were the 149th and 150th
Pa; they advanced to the EmmHsburg
road, the 150th deployed as skirmish-
ers, the 149th in support, Co. of the
150th passing over the ground where
many wounded of the 26th Pa. lay
These two regiments remained on the
field until about a. III. of the Sd, as
pickets, and during that time / carried
water to a number Of wounded Geor-
gians of Wrigh.'s Brigade. l CORE
sponded with Gen. Doubleday in regard
TO his omission of the numbers of our
regiments in his "Chancellorsville and
Gettysburg" and he wrote me that il
was an oversight, for which he was
sorry, and would give us proper credit
in the next edition If another was called
for. Our marker for second and third
days has this inscription, put there by
authority of the Battlefield Commission:
July 2-In evening skirmished to EN-
mitsburg road. in front of this position
recovering two guns. Remained on
skirmish line until morning" You are
certainly in error in crediting the six
guns to the Vermonters. only three reg
iments of their brigade being engaged
the 18th, 14th and 16th--in the battle
which on the Sd covered themselves
with glory-Wm. r. Ramsey, Co. F
150th Pa, Palmyra, n. ].
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THE BATTLE OF MCDOWELL.

scouts discovered the enemy in large
force, descending the west side of the
Shenandoah Mountain along the Staun-
ton and Parkersburg turnpike. The 9Th
Ohio Battery opened upon them, but
kiiroy deemed it prudent to retire to
Mcdowell and concentrate his forces.
The next morning, May s, the enemy
was seen in heavy force on Bull Pasture
Mountain, about one and three-quarters
miles from Mcdowell. Milroy at once
began skirmishing with them, and later
converted this into a positive attack
by the 25th and 18th Ohio, which ad-
vanced gallantiy up the face of the hill
and attacked the enemy in front. Tho
the attack WAS made with much spirit
AID determination, it was impossible to
pierce the enemy's line, and Milroy or
dered the SD and 32d Ohio and Sd w.
Va to turn the enemy's right flank.
! This movement was discovered, and
Jackson concentrated to meet it, when
an obstinate fight at close range took
place. Miiroy brought up three pieces
of artillery to support the attack, and
the battle was continued until darkness
closed the fighting. Gen Schenck had
sent the SD Ohio to adilroy,s assistance.
Miiroy reported loss of 30 killed, 6l
severely wounded, 116 slightly wounded
and two missing. This does not include
the loss of the SD Ohio. During the
night Gen. Milroy, seeing how much
the enemy outnumbered him, prudently
withdrew. Stonewall Jackson describes
the contest as fierce and sanguinary,"
and admits that he had to throw in a
greatly superior force in order to save
/ his position. He lost II killed and 800
wounded. Among the killed was Col.
Gibbons. of the 10th Va, C. S. A. Sew
| eral field officers were severely wound
ed. Among these was Gen. johnson,
| one of the brigade commanders, who
had to leave the field. Jackson called
his army togther. and returned thanks
| to God for the victory, altho he had
over 5000 men to Milroy's 2,300.-Ed-
| itor National Tribune.
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Crater Heroes.

Editor National Tribune: 1 want to
give you couple of items in connec-
tion with the mine explosion in front
of Petersburg. Our regiment-139th
n, Y.-and the brigade was drawn from
the extreme right of the line where il
rested on the Pamunky River and
swamps, and took place on the reserves
after the explosion, when Ferrero's Di-
vision Of colored troops. with some 9TH
er white troops, made the charge after
our batteries had shelled the face Of
rebel defenses. The rebels got used to
the Smelling, and regained their courage
and prepared to resist the attack, where
If the whole force had charged imme-
dfately on the blowing up of the mined
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Gen. Hooker in the West.

Editor National Tribune: / see you
have not lately read up on doings of
Sherman's army of 1864. In your ed
itorial, July 9, on Uncle Remus remem-
bering kindly the members of Slocums
Twelfth Corps at Atlanta. Now, If you
please, the Twelfth Corps had been put
out of existence at least six months
prior to that time, and Slocum was at
Vicksburg. However, it was the same
boys who had formerly served in the
Twelfth Corps The Eleventh and
Twelfth Corps We're consolidated at
Chattanooga in the Winter of '63-'64,
forming the Twentieth, with Joe Hook
er in command. | am just reading
Gen. LIE Dues article in The National
Tribune of July Q, and I can say that
every word he wrote of Hooker after
he came to US at Lookout Mountain is
Bible truth. l wish you could finish
up the history of the Army of the Cum
berland; you left off at Chattanooga.
The most grand and glorious work done
by that army was in the campaigns of
1906. Belonging first to the Army
of Ohio, under Buell., the Army of the
Cumberland was created in October,
1862, out of the old Army of Ohio at
Bowling Green, and W. S. Rosecrans
assigned to its command, 1t was our
fortune to serve in that command, and
will say that the most eventful period
of its existence occurred after Chatta-
nooga. 1t would certainly be a great
pleasure to the Army Of the Cumber-
land to have its history fully written
up in The National Tribune. This is
from one who has been subscriber to
that grand friend of the soldier since
its publication. think iftyou could see
in fair light the grand work done by
Hooker on that Atlanta campaign of
1864 you would learn what a great in
justice was done our noble commander
by old Sherman.-G. H. Blakeslee. Co.
G. 129th Ill. First Brigade, Third Divi-
sion, Twentieth Corps, Eddyville, Neb.
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The Captured Robbers.

Editor National Tribune: I notice in
The National Tribune a. request from
Commodore T. Lleweilyh, of Rand,
Colo, asking some comrade to give the
names of the two men arrested about
four miles north of Lawrenceburg,
Tenn. in August 1864, by the 18th
Tenn. Cav. In August 1864, our regi-
ment was ordered to Lawrence County
on a scout. and the regiment divided up
into squads to look after marauding
bands and bushwhackers, with which
Lawrence and Wayne Counties were
pretty well supplied. :; One of these
bands was commanded by, "a man named
Bob Hamm, another by Jack Conway.
and a third by man named COwan.
them out of the country. The two men
captured We're one by the name of
Biakemore, the elder of the two, who
was, / think, from Marshall County.
and the other, q mere boy, whose name
was Tidwell Col Spalding gave them
a drumhead court-martial, and they
were both sentenced to be shot The
youngest (TidwelD begged most pite-
ously to be allowed to go homo to see
his mother. Blakemore then besought
the Colonel not to shoot Tidwo:i, as 1t
was his first offense, taking all The
blame on himself for TidwePs leaving
home. After lecture from Col. Spald-
ing Tidwell was turned loose. Blake
more then asked permission to write a
letter to his wife. which was granted,
in which he Informed her of his i'm
pending doom, and adnlonished her to
bring up their little boY to be a good
and useful citizen. The reading of that
letter touched the he1rts of many a sol
dier who had wife and little boy at
home Blakemore had q roll of leath-
er, which he acknowledged he had TAX
en- from a lanyard, and from which be
said he was going to have a pair of
boots made. / would like 70 hear from
any of the old 18th Tenn. Cav, espe-
cialIy Co. f, which I commanded from
about April Is to Oct. 25, 1S65.-D. A.
Wellborn. Co. E, 18th Tenn. Cav, Pu-
lashi. Tenn.
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Battery b, 4th U. s. Art.

C. N. Stoddard. villisca, Iowa, 25th
Iowa, would like to know where what
was formerly Battery B. 4th U. s. Art,
is stationed at this time, who are its
officers, and if any of the old boys still
remain with it.
Inquiry at the War Department elicits
that the organization formerly known
as Battery B, 4th u. S. Art, is now
Battery d, 9Th Field Art, and is sta
toned at Fort Riley, Kan. The officers
are: Captain. Raymond Briggs; First
Lieutenant, Charles ]. Ferris, and Sec
ond Lieutenant, Alfred L. P. Sands
Editor National Tribune,
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They rarely Repent.

Editor National Tribune: I was SOL
dier in Cos. E and F, 30th Ind, four
years, two months and one day. / was
never allowed to vote in the field. When
l came home to Concord Township, De-
kalb County. Ind, 1 went to the Spring
election in 1866, and when 1 offered Ia
vote Democrat by the name OF
Ephraim Boils challenged my vote. OH
the ground that 1 had been out of the
State four years and had lost my resi-
dence. 1 had to swear my vote in.-
Charles +. Roberts, R. d. r. No. 3,
Hicksville, O.
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The 2ath Ohin.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
n short history of the 26th Ohio, M.
Burlingame, Chrisney, Ind
The 26th Ohio was organized at Camp
Chase, Columbus, from June to July,
1861. Those members of the 9th Ohio
whose terms had not expired at the
tmo of muster-out of that regiment
wore transferred to the 26th June 10.
1865, and the organization finally mus
tered out Oct 21, 1865. 1t was COM
manded by Col. Edward P. Fyffe, who
was discharged Dec. Is. 1868, succeeded
by Lieut.-Col. w. H. Young, resigned
March %, 1864. Lieut.-Col VIM. II,
Squires held the command till Novem-
Der OF the same year, and at the time
of muster-out Lieut.-Col. VIM. Clark
was in command. 1t belonged to New
toms Division, Fourth Corps, and lost
122 killed and 116 from disease. etc.
Editor National Tribune.
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The operations of the Spring of 1852
began with the Union forces in West
Virginia advancing by different routes
toward the Shenandoah Valley. The
brigade commanded by R. II. Miir0y.
and consisting of the 25th, 18th and 32d
Ohio and Sd w Va, numbering alto
gether 1,76S men, was moving toward
The National tribune., 1908-10-01
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Ia The Great National Struggle.

Staunton from the direction of Monte
rey. After Stonewail Jackson's defeat
at kernstown he retreated in the direc-
ton of Harrisonburg. but was not pur-
sued beyond Harrisonburg by Banks's
force. He determined to turn and strike
at these several columns in detail, and
on the afternoon of May Milroys
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The Hattie of Mcdowell

Editor National Tribune: Will you
please give a brief account of the bat
tie Of Mcdowell, Va, called by some
Bull Pasture Mountain? While it was
not. the largest battle in point of num-
bers, it was one of the fiercest.-R- NJ.
Fulton, Homestead. Pa.
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The case of the Ieper in Washington
is getting to be one of National impor-
tance. We imagine we have provided
for almost every contingency but when
it comes to lepers we are without prep
aration and the stricken man without
redress. He lives in shack on the Po-
tomac flats, where no one is allowed to
visit him, while North Carolina (where
he lives) is ordered to come and take
him away. Who is going to do the
transporting? The situation is not one
flattering to our National pride and is
a slur upon common humanity.