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The 4th and 18th Me.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
kindly give a short history of the 4th
and 10Th Me-, and greatly oblige-
G. P. Wood, Boston, Mass.
The 4th Me. was organized at Rock
land, June Is, 1861, and a month later
went into the battle of Bull Run. Its
first Colonel was II. G. Berry, who was
promoted to Major General and killed.
He was succeeded by Col. Elijah Wal
ker. The 4th Me- belonged to Birney's
Division, Third Corps, and earned a
place among the fighting regiments by
loss of 10 killed out of a total en-
listment of LAO. 1t was mustered out
on the expiration of it's term of service,
July 10, 1864, and the veterans and
recruits transferred to the 18th Me.
The 10th Me. was organized at Bath,
Aug. %, 1862, and finally mustered out
May 81, 1865, with the recruits trans
ferred to the 1st Me. II. A. Col. Selden
Conner was promoted to a Brigadier-
General. Coils. Frederick d. Sewall,
Francis e. Heath, and James w. Welch,
resigned, and Col. 1. Starbird was in
command when the regiment was mus
tered out. The 10th Me. won place
among the fighting class by loss of
1872 killed out of total enlistment of
1,441. Its heaviest loss was at Gettys-
burg, where it had 68 killed and lost
199 out of a total of 440 present.-Edi-
tor National Tribune.
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having driven Price and McCulloch out
of Missouri, met the forces which had
been combined under Gen. Van Dorm at
Pea Ridge, Ark, and after bloody fight
ing had utterly defeated them and final
ly secured Missouri to the Union.
The Regulars, Colorado and New
Mexican volunteers had been making
headway against the Confederates try
ing TO capture New Mexico.
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston. COM
manding the ConfederateS i'll the West.
had made a prodigious effort. with all
the troops he could gather. to retrieve
what had been lost AT Forts Henry and
Donelson. With $4,000 men he had at
tackled Gen. Grants $4,000 at Pittsburg
Landing. on Sunday morning. April 6.
1862. The attack was n surprise, but
the fighting which followed was terrific
and Gen. Johnston was among the
killed. The Union army was forced
back to the river banks. but during the
night received reinforccments from
Gen. Lew Wallace and Gen. Buell.. and
the next day the Confederates were
forced off the field. The battle was one
of the bloodiest in history. and carried
mourning into every town and village
in the North. Grant. the victor of DON
elson, and w. 7. Sherman were bitterly
assailed in the press for having allowed
themselves to be caught unprepared
The President was sorely tried by the
event itself and the denunciation of his
Generals. but the bitterness of the bat
tie solidified the loyal feeling in the
country, and hardened the stern deter
mination to conquer the rebellion at
any cost
ITO bo cOntinIJpd
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At CEDAR Creek.

E. D. Robinson. First Lieutenant, ID
w. Va. Cav. Mnerville. o.. says
with reference TO the dispute as to the
time that Sheridan reached the field at
Cedar Creek. that he had a good chance
of knowing. lie will tell his experience
His division. commanded by Col. POWELL
was in the Luray Valley the day before
the battle. Comrade Robinson. with %
others, went over TO the army with a los
of worn-Out horses. intending to go back
the next day. I'VE 60, there early in tha
morning, went into camp in the woods on
the left of the pike some ways in the
rear of The Eighth Corps, opposite to Gen.
shots at the front We got up and saldled
our horses. 1t was then just daylight.
Gen. Crook had got out and on his horse.
\ few rebel Skirmishers were coming.
They, with Gen. Crook, were all the men
in sight. We dashed over and asked him
guard my wagon train out The horses
were then hitched up. We formed our
little line and kept the rebels back. and
followed the train back to New Towns.
which | think is about five miles from the
battlefield. The train stopped there to
feed. We made our coffee and were eat
ing when Gen. Sheridan came up. There
were about 30 men with him. Lieut..
Rousseau. who was in command of our
squad, said Let's folow up. and see what
he does The Lieutenant and went with
the bodyguard. I got so interested that
forgot the Lieutenant and when | look
ed for him he was gone. | feel very sure
that it was not far from 10 o'clock when
he reached the battle line. But one thing
they all say is straight; that is, that his
black horse. Rienzi. was about half white
with lather have seen it stated that
there was detail of rebels ordered TO slip
thru and capture Gen. Sheridan. If that
is so | think the fellows we stopped were
out for that purpose"
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ate to McClellan's relations with the
President. Up to this time, while Presi-
dent Lincoln was intensely worried by
what he termed "McClellan's Slows" he
believed in his military ability, and that
in time he would carry out his plans
successfully He had warmly defended
him against his detractors, and besought
them to have his own patience. Now
all his confidence in Mcclellan began
topping. He began to doubt not only
McClellan's ability, but his sincerity.
March II President Lincoln issued an
order relieving Mcclellan of his duties
as Generai-in- Chief, in order that he
might devote himself entirely to the
command of the Army of the Potomac.
Gen. H. w. Halleck, who had been
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CHAPTER xxx.
The Monitor and the Merrimac.


The Navy Department did admirably
its part in the great war of the rebel
lion, but it had one blemish on its rec
ord, and that was the Norfolk Navy
Yard and things connected thereWlth.
This seemed a continuing blemlSh, Tor,
altflo the Confederates had taken ad-
vantage of their easy acquisition OF the
Navy Yard to build new and redoubt-
able marine monster out of the frigate
Merrimac, the Navy Department made
no preparations against this. This is
more astonishing as the country was
well informed from week to week of
the progress the ConfederateS were
making in constructing the Merrimac
and the character of fighter that she
would be. A number of Northern me-
chanics were caught when the Navy
Yard passed into the possession of the
Confederates, and so against their will
were compelled to work on the new bat
tleship, and as opportunity Offered they
escaped and brought authentic informa-
ton of its progress. In spite of this
the Department and the commander
of the naval force in Hampton Roads
manifested an easy Indifference and
took no precautions.
When the Merrimac finally issued
from the yard she had easy work. The
two sailing frigates which she first en-
countered could not have been better
disposed for her purpose if her COM
mander had had charge of them him.
self Things were in a condition of
wretched unpreparedness. One vessel
had been useless for months on account
of a broken shaft, the others were in
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The Glst Pa.

Editor National Tribune: Could you
give a full history of the 6lst Pa
from the beginning TO the time it was
mustered out.-Jeremiah Evans, 5
Gross Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
The 61st Pa. was organized at Pitts
burg Sept Z. 1861. and finally mus
tered out June %, 1865. II had tho
distinction of having more officers
killed than any other regiment in the
Union army. 1t gains a place among
the fighting regiments by loss of
237 killed out of a total enrolment of
1887. 1t lost 101 from disease in
prison, etc. Col. Rippey and four other
officers were killed at Fair Oaks. and
Col. George c. Spear and another Of
fcer were killed at Marye's flights.
Lieut.. Col. George w. Crosby was
Killed at Petersburg. All together 10
officers were kiiled.-Editor National
Tribune.
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other orders or plan than for their Col
onels TO march them into Richmond,
the thing would have been done inside
of fortnight, The Confederates were
wholly unprepared for strong advance
from that side of Richmond. Jefferson
Davis had thought that the impos! ng
fleets moving down the Chesapeake
might be intended to follow up Burn
SIDES success in North Carolina, which
would have been an excellent campaign
on our part, and cut Richmond off quite
efectuaiiy from the rest of the South.
Vain, vaunting Magruder had been
placed at Yorktown, in some hastily
constructed works, to prevent our yes
sells ascending the York River. Ma
gruder says that he had only 1000
men, 5000 of whom he had in York
town, AMI the other 5000 men holding
the l3 miles of his line, which stretched
over to the James River. He boasted
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The 10Th Ohio.

Editor National Tribune: Please
give history of the 40th Ohio-WiIlis
W. Sidener, Monte Vista. Colo.
The 4oth Ohio was organized at Co.
lumbus. from September. 1861, and
the original members except the vet
erans were mustered out at the con-
clusion of the terms of their service
The others were transferred TO the 51st
ohio. Col. Jonathan Cranor resigned,
Col. Jacob b. Turner was mustered out.
and Maj. John r. Reedes was in COM
mand when the regiment was must cred
out. The 10th Ohio belonged to the
Fourth Corps, and Iost 102 killed and
135 died from disease, in prison, etc
Editor National Tribune.
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THE FIGHT BETWEEN MONITOR THE MERRIMAc

sponsibility and credit. Unless 1t was
an immediate success and met the re-
quirements of the Navy Department
they would lose their money. The keel
of the Monitor was laid Oct. 25, 1861,
and on Jan. so she was ianched, this
most extraordinary work having been
done in 100 days. March her guns
were mounted, and the naval officers
began to see some hopes of success.
March 6 the Monitor started for the
mouth of the Chesapeake Bay, expect
ing that she would go to Washington
and be employed as a floating battery
on the smooth waters of the Potomac
to assist ir defending the National Cap
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The Stars and Bars.

Charles Patterson, 514 So. D street,
Arkansas City, Kan, wants to know
why the great United States permits the
stars and bars to be carried in parades
and draped with the Stars and Stripes.
He thought the four years of war was
to decide what flag should fly in this
country.
There is no law against exhibiting
the stars and bars or any other flag in
this country. Neither is there a law
to protect the Stars and Stripes, tho
there has been much effort to get such
a law passed by Congress. All that we
can rely on is public sentiment, and
that is being aroused as much as the
Grand Army can to discourage the eX-
hibition of the banner of the rebellion.
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Kentucky Soldiers.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
as near as you can the number of sol
dicrs that Kentucky furnished for the
Federal and Confederate sides-John
Elliott, Bay Side. Cal.
Altogether Kentucky furnished the
Union 81 regiments, IL companies and
seven batteries. She had 1850 enlist
ments. which when reduced to a three
year standard is 1882. II is impossi-
BILE to get the number of Kentuckians
who enlisted in the Confederate army.
The secession Kentuckians are to-day
greatly magnifying the number. while
during the war the number acknowl-
edged was as greatly minimized-Ed-
itor National Tribune.
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one way or another unfit, and the only
really formidable vessel, the Minnesota,
was bunglingly managed. All that saved
the fleet from annihilation was the un-
expected and unplanned-for appearance
of the little floating battery or Monitor
Just in the nick of time. To President
Lincoln possibly more than any other
man was due the fact of the Monitors
providential work. Altho the European
Nations were talking much and doing
something toward the construction of
ironclads, our higher naval officers re-
fused absolutely to consider them.
The officers who left for the Confeder-
ate service seemed to have had more
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The Sd Tenn. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a sketch of the Sd Tenn. Cav. | belonged
TO Co. l.. How many were mustered out,
when, where w. B. McCarson, Dalton,
Ga.
The Sd Tenn. Cav was organized at
Murfeesboro and Nashville from June %.
1863. Col. VIM. c.. Pickins was dis
charged and Maj Samuel W. Pickins was
in command when the regiment was mus
tered out, Aug. 3. 1860. The regiment
belonged to the Cavalry Corps of the
Army of the West, and lost 10 killed and
536 died from disease, in prison, etc
Editor National Tribune.
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No Co. j.

Editor National Tribune: Will you
kindly inform me why there has not
been Co. in the United States
Army.-George w. Coombes, 2Sth Inf,
Fort Smelling, Mimi.
The reason there never was a Co. ]
is from the liability of mistaking the
letter for 1. The designation of COM
panies by letters is peculiar to the
United States Army and dates from
about 1S20.-Editor National Tribune.
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doing so well in Missouri and on the
Mississippi, was given command of
everything west of the Alleghanies,
which put Buell. under him and settled
that dispute.
Mcclellan telegraphed the War De-
partment from Manassas:
1.-THE commanders of the Army Corps
have unanimously agreed upon a plan
of operations. Gen. Mcdowell will pro-
ceed to Washington to lay it before
you"
The impatient Secretary Immediately
answered:
Whatever plan has been adopted
proceed at once to execute, without
waiting an hour for my approval"
The prompt abandonment of the
menacing Manassas line was a magnifi-
cent compliment 10 Lincoln's War Or
der No. l. The only proper criticism is
that it should have been issued in Octo-
Der instead of January
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Lettering Companies.

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
please give the reason for lettering
companies in regiment as it was dur
ing the war Jacob Sloneker, Payette,
Idaho.
The adoption of the system of desig-
mating companies by letters is peculiar
to the United States Army, and was
adopted about 1920 by Col. Gardner,
father of Frank Gardner, who surren-
dered Port Hudson. Prior to that time
the companies were designated by the
name of the Captains commanding
them. The designation by letters is
more conVenient-Editor National
Tribune
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WASHINGTON THURSDAY AUGUST 49, oe

that by keeping up deVil Ola clat-
ter he had successfully held back Nc
Clellan, with his 121,00O, until he, Ma
gruder. could receive reinforGements.
which finally swelled his, ,forceSg,to 2O,-
600. This was in accordance with Gen
Joe Johnston's plans to gain time to
bring in the army from the Rappahan-
mock and troops from elsewhere, to in
terpose between Mcclellan and Rich
mond. e.
The plan succeeded beyond Johnston's
most sanguine expectations Instead of
sweeping Magruder out of Yorktown by
vigorous attack by one of his corps,
or, better still, piercing the long, thin
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timation that Mcclellan had of the
movement was the smoke arising from
the huts and sheds which the Confed-
crate rear guard set on fire after the
rest of the army was well on its way
toward the Kappa hammock.
The men who had begun to doubt
the Napoleonship OF the General who
had in eight months not fought a bat
tie, altho his enemy lay within 20 miles
of him in an open country, now had
much sport over the Quaker guns and
fortifications of loose brush, and Nc
Clellans fear of "a premature move
ment."
The effect was particularly unfortun-
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The 9TH Ky.

Editor National Tribune: Please
give me short history of the 9TH KY
Cav. / would also Ike the addresses
of the following members: Pat Fletch-
er, James Fletcher, John McQuery
John Carpenter and James jenkins, al
of Co. II, 7th Ky. Cav.-J. II. Ander-
son, Elwood, KY.
The 9TH Ky. Cav. was organized al
Louisville. Paris and Frankfort in Au-
gust, 1862. The commission of Leoni-
das Metcalf was revoked and Col. John
K. Faulkner commanded the regiment
until it was mustered out. The regi-
ment belonged to the cavalry of the
Army of the Cumberland and lost "a
men killed in battle, and 1913 died from
disease, in prison, etc.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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The Life of LINCOLN.

John E. Erwin, Cross Lake, Mich.
wants to know if the Life of Lincoln
and the History of the Peninsular and
the Antietam and Gettysburg cam
paigns are to be published in book
form. He thinks that they are alto.
gether too valuable not to be preserved
in book form.
1t Is our intention to publish these in
book form.-Editor National Tribune.
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An Old Regular.

Reuben Sargent, Boxwood, Va, en-
listed in Co. C, 18th U. s., and was dis
charged after the battles of Franklin
and Nashville. He wants to know
whether Lieuts. Scott and Collins. Capt.
Samuel p. Catchup and Gen. Corbin are
still alive.
Gen. Corbin is still alive, but we do
not think the others named are.-Ed-
itor National Tribune.
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advanced notions. as was evidenced by
their Immediately beginning 10 make
an ironclad out of the Merrimac.
Outside of the Navy there were many
engineers and naval constructors who
were keenly interested in ironclads, but
they We're received with cold inoiffer-
ence by the Department. President
Lincoln, as usual had kept himself well
informed as to what other countries
were doing, and when the advocates of
ironclads came to him they found
more willing ear than in the Navy
Department. Particularly this was the
case with Capt. Ericsson. Capt. John
Ericsson was an inventor and a naval
expert of the highest rank; but in spite
OF his invention of the screw propeller
and other things he was decidedly out
Of favor with the Navy Department.
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The 13Oth Ind,

Editor National Tribune: Please
give a short history of the 13Oth Ind
Charles C. Studley, Lapel, Ind.
The 130th Ind. was organized at
Kokomo, from December, 1868. and
mustered out Dec. 2, 1865. Col. Charles
Parrish commanded the regiment thru
out its service. The 130th Ind. belong
ed to the Twenty-third Corps and lost
3S killed and 147 died from disease, in
prison, etc.-Editor National Tribune.
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The PeninsuEar Campaign.

Alas, the wonderful energy and abil-
ity shown in transporting the Army of
the Potomac to the Peninsula of Vir-
ginia mad no fitting sequel in the han
ding of the army after ii arrived there.
We know now. and something of it
should have been known then, that If
there had been no organization at ALL
and the regiments turned loose, with no
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HISTORIC POSTAL CARDS.
A Fine and Artistic John BrO.yi Series.

n He dHu HHISHc JOHN bfO!.1 SeHeS.
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ital. This program was changed as she
arrived in Hampton Roads and was
called 10 the assistance of the grounded
Minnesota, to whose side she steamed
by the light of the burning frigates.
The thunder of her two mammoth guns
battering the iron sides of the Merrimac
with 11-inch shot shook the whole
world. and in few hours destroyed the
effectiveness of the wooden navies of
the mightiest Nations.
The Evacuation of Manassas.
Johnston's slipping away from Manas-
sas at the first sign of serious move
ment by the Army of the Potomac was
stunning blow to Mcclellan and his
coterie Johnston had taken 10 delib-
crate days to withdraw his army and
its accumulated stores, and the first in
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doned the night before-May 9. On
taking possession Gen. Wool found the
workshops, storehouses and other
buildings in the Navy Yard in ruins and
the great drydock partially blown up.
which We're of large caliber. and a con-
siderable quantity of ammunition. Best
of all, the Merrimac, deprived of her
shelter, and being of too heavy draft
to go up the James River, had been
blown up, and that terrible bugbear OBJ
liberated, Stanton, in an order written
IN IN Nortolk, gave all the credit to Gen.
Varying Fortunes.
From the West came tidings of mo-
mentous events and varying fortunes to
swell the load of the President and
Commander-in-Ch
March SO Gen. Curtis's little army,
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-08-19

Harry K. Thaw's latest attempt to
gain his liberty from the Mattewan. N.
T., Asylum, has proved a failure. and
he has been returned to that institution.
Judge Mills, who heard the case. de-
clarlng that: ''The release of the pris-
oner would be dangerous to the public
peace and safety" Thaw's mother.
however, announces that she has not
yet given up hopes of obtaining her
sons release, and will not rest until the
last legal recourse has been exhausted
in his behalf.
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Teaching a States History.

1t is purposed by the Kansas school
authorities that the children of that
State shall learn Kansas history. Teach
ers are required to be able to answer
such questions as these:
When and where was the convention
under which Kansas entered the Union?
Tell briefly what you know about the
following named persons: Samuel A.
A. Kingman, John A Martin, Charles
Robinson, James H. Lane.
Who were the two first United States
Senators from Kansas?
Name one tribe of Indians that has a
tract Of land in Kansas Now. Where is
the tract?
Kansas is State of thrilling history.
of enough dramatic and romantic inter
ests to enchain the attention of both
teachers and pupils.
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Will Bolt The Ticket.
Brunswick Gazette.

brunswick Gazette.
For reasons well known to the read
ers of the Gazette, 1 opposed the nomi-
nation of Judge Mann. 1 felt at the
time that l was doing a public duty, and
haven't now one word to retract. and
my only act that 1 regret is that voted
IN the primary, and this perhaps NAV
force me to vote against my Judgment
and conscience at the general election.
but of the pledge expect to have more
to say later.
The fact, however, that 1 participa-
ted in the primary cannot make me ad-
vocate the claims of candidate who is
totally UNFIT, believe, to fill the Office
to which he aspires. On MANY occa.
slons the Gazette has eaten crow. but it
cannot and will not stomach buzzard; so
IN the present campaign it proposes
from the standpoint of an Independent
newspaper to discuss the political rec
ords of the candidates with impartial
ity.