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in Front OF Petersburg.

Mark d. Spear. 18th n. Y. Engineers,
Honeoye Falls, n. Y, would like TO hear
from some OF the comrades Of his regi-
ment. Can they remember the COM
pany putting up Fort Graves. between
City Point and Petersburg? Three men
were shot and two hung in a ravine just
below camp. lie remembers the 1sSth
n Y was the one that came down and
reported to Gen. Dunan. He told them
10 go into the ditch and shovel dirt
They told him that they had come TO
G~ht and not 90 shovel dirt. He then
rIt them on the line. and they were
charged by the Johnnies that night and
lady cut ups After that they were
ady to shovel dirt. Comrade Spears
company was K. and 1t was in front
of Petersburg, where the rebel lines
were broken. Half of the company
vas then sent up the James River to
richmond to lay a bridge. so our troops
aid cross just in front of Libbey
Fr son. comrade Spear was on patrol
10 the bridge when Gen. Lee crossed
!Uto Richmcnd after his surrender.
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THE LAST OF ANDERSONyJLLE.
An Officer of Gen. Wilson's STAFF Found
Few Prisoners Who Had Been Left
Tn Dia "

Editor National Tribune: A comrade
wished to know thru your interesting.
paper as to the final breaking IN of
Andersonville Prison. During the ar
mist ce declared pending surrender of
Johnston's army Lieut.. Thos. Brown,
Sd Iowa Cav. (now residing at 3719 In
diana avenue, Chicago, and Acting
Corps Commissary Of Gen. Wilson's
Cavalry Corps. then stationed at Macon,
Ca, was sent out to procure forage In
the vicinity of Americus. Ga. His teams
passed by AnderSOnVille, and on ex-
amining the pr son he found some pris-
oners who had been left to DIE, they
being too feeble to be lremoyed when
the others were sent to Florida, as
stated by a comrade recently lin The
National Tribune. Lieut. Brown had
them placed in his wagons and taken
to Macon. He tells me. they were the
most pitiable-looking human beings he
ever looked upon.
While on this trip the lieutenant
came nearer the end of his existence
than he ever had before While In
Americus he was corraled by q lot OF
Johnnies, who were loafing around in
the city, and tho he insisted that the
war was virtually over, they got rope,
and lowed they'd hang him" A num-
ber of Confederate officers ware in
town, however. and after questioning
him decided to get him out OF town
safely, which they did by smuggling
him on to the rear car of a train pass
ing thru town. At this time his wag-
ons had not been so far south as Amer
icus.-Walter Lamb, Corporal, 25th
Mass, Chicago, Ill.
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VIII Have TO Wait Seven Years.

Edward B. Hawley, S4th Ind, Area
mum, o.. says that he was Ol4v Va the
youngsters who enlisted at II years
He served two years and then re-en-
listed for another three years, and was
discharged at the close of the war. on
account of the age limit he is only get
ting $t2 4 month. and will have to
wait seven years before he can get
any more. He thinks that he is not
treated right in comparison with old
men who enlisted toward the close OF
the war.
China Hall Hospital.
Capt. VIM. l.. DUNCAN. 500 State
Road, Wissinoming, Philadelphia, Pa,
wants Information about a hospital that
was established in Pennsylvania along
the Delaware River above Neshaniny
Creek at a place called China Hall. He
would like to find out when this hospi-
tai was started and when abandoned.
There was a cemetery there where the
soldiers who died Were buried. Some
years ago their bodies were taken up
and removed to the National Cemetery
at Germantown.
Carried Up Six-Poundcr.
Thomas Dillon, Ada, w. Va, is now
So years old. and served in the 40th
Ky. until his time expired. and then
re-cniisted In the SD KY, serving until
the end of the war. He was shot in
the left shoulder in the SaltviIie raid.
At one time he took a siX-pound brass
cannon on his shoulder and carried it
up the hill. and strained himself so that
he is now scarcely able to do any work.
He would like to have his comrades of
his old regiment know that he is still
in the land of the living.
Had to Do All the Fighting for the
Family.
T. Holland. 9th Mich. Cav, Rud-
yard. Mich. says that he ought TO have
a special pension. because he had to
do all the fighting for his family. He
had six brothers who were born in
Canada, but he, being born in New
York. was the only Yankee in the fam
ily, and he served three years, three
months and 10 days in the 9th Mich
Cav.
Battery ID, 5th U. S. Art.
Corp1 S. w. HoptonstaII Montesano,
Wash, was at Salt Lake, and there met
Corp1 Young, formerly of his battery
and had a good time with him, but he
lost his post Office address, and hopes
that Comrade Young will see this letter
and write to him. He wants also, all
the comrades to get together and vote
for the 81 day pension.
The Lee Statue.
Vicksburg Post, Pomona, Cal, de-
plores the placing of the Lee statue in
the U. S. Capitol. and that no man in
Congress has been found to introduce q
bill prohibiting any effigy or other me-
mortal to any person who, being q citi-
zen of the United States, fought against
the Government or aided and abetted
others who did.
Oldest Veteran.
j. d. Smith, Red Wing, Mimi, saws
that he can lay away over Comrade
Stowell, of Cashmere, Wash. In his
Post. A. II. Welch Post is David Han
cock, who is 81 years old and served in
the Sd Mimi. He is n native of Ver-
mont, and is an honored guest at all
veteran gatherings.
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THE 9TH w. VA.
Claimed to BE the Largest Regiment in
That Party of the Army.

Editor National Tribune: I was a
private in Co. u. 9Th w. Va, and Com
rade Keyes was right about our having
a Co. z. Ours was the largest regiment,
/ think. in the army. at least that por-
ton of the army We guarded the Bal
timOre &c Ohio Railroad from Wheeling
and Parkersburg TO Harper's Ferry, and
were posted at nearly every bridge, tres
tie and town on the line, using the warm
side of the abutnents as our beat, and
making IL possible for the troops farther
west to go thru to the Army of the Po-
tomac. and also to have their provisions
and ammunition brought thru over the
] Allegheny Mountains. The regiment
was in "a string something over 200
miles long, besides an arm running from
| Grafton to ParkcrsbUrg. Part of the
regiment was also at Philadelphia and
| Buckhannon, watching those passes in
the mountains. IT took n pretty big
regiment to do all this duty. The regi-
ment was made up right along the line
Ithey had to guard, and knew every road
and footpath. Therefore, they could do
more than double the amount OF service
that strange soldiers could. They knew
everybody in the neighborhood; at least
some of them did. If it had not been
1 for the West Virginia boys the Ohio
River would have been the fighting
line. If yon viii take the map and look
al Brook County, you can see that in a
straight line it is only about 90 miles
TO Canada, so you can see that il it had
not been for the West Virginia men the
Union would have been nearly cut in
two, and supplies and men would have
to have been sent 10y Pittsburg to the
Army of the Potomac. The Baltimore
q Ohlo Railroad was the direct route
from Columbus. o., to Washington /
was not old enough to enlist when the
war broke out. was born April 1s.
I1S49. and enlisted Sept. 5, 1864, serving
until June 10. 1865. L am now co years
and six months old and drawing IS per
month pension. Prior to my enlistment
] served as a waiter for a Lieutenant in
the same company and regiment. Co.
p was stationed at Wheeling the latter
part OF the war. Our regiment was
never all together until about two weeks
before we were discharged.-Isaac w
johnson. 9Th ~. Va, MobIey, w. Va
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locKEp HIM DOWN HIM A EYES"

near Gettysburg. When I called for my
ration money 1 was told that / could
not be John Clemens, of Co. L, 1st n.
Y. because was dead. I showed them
some letters I had with me, then they
paid me the ration money.
In the Winter of 1863 our regiment
was ordered to ford the Shenandoah
River below Berryville. to go after Col.
Mosby's gang, and when / swan my
horse thru the stream he lost his foot
ing and stumbled, throwing me into the
water. 1 got cold bath. 1t was freez-
ing cold. and L had to ride about four
miles before i got to house ahead of
my regiment and tried to dry my
clothes. When we got back to camp 1
was very sick. and had not DR.. Eliot
attended me carefully I would not be
here to write this up. The old vets
that did the real fighting get the least
pensions. Those that have the hospi-
tai record are all right for big pensions.
John Clemens Co. l.. 1st n. Y. (Lin-
coins Cavalry. Canton, o.
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Stories Emneny Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

got me again he would hang me on the
flagstaff several hundred feet high.
i was not exchanged, as they had
counted Off all those who were, and
when we got to City Point. where the
cartel of exchange took place. the reb-
els counted Off those that were eX-
changed, and told our officers that they
had one man too many. Our officers
told them they would bring one of their
men extra on the next exchange. That
was the way I got out of their hands
We were sent to Camp Parole, An
napolis. Md, and were well treated
there. / had been there about two
weeks when the commander in charge
asked us who wanted to go to the front.
1 told him I did, so 1 could get even
with the Johnny rebels for the treat
ment they gave me While a prisoner.
OF TO the Front Again.
Accordingly 1 Joined my regiment
again at Winchester, and from that
time on every prisoner 1 took I took
their money from them; that is. green
backs and gold, and no one could blame
me for it, as they had no right to our
money.
My record at the War Department at
Washington shows me reported killed
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Widows Pensions

Mr.. George II. Williams, Buffalo, N
Y. thanks us for our efforts in favor of
widows pensions. He and his older
brother lost their right arms in 1861,
and both married a second time. His
brother died three years ago, after his
wife had cared for him IA years. and
now she is left in her old age without
any means of support. Comrade Will
liams married his present wife four
years ago. and says that he has needed
more care in the last four years than he
did ia the entire 40 years that he lived
with his first dear Wife.
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SEND NAME AND ADDRESS TODAY-YoU
CAN HAVE IT FREE AND BE STRONG
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1 have in my possession a prescription for
nervous decline. lack of vigpr, weakened
manhood, falling memory and lame back etc
tHat has cured so many worn and nervous
men right in their own homes-without any
additional help or medicine-that / think
every man who wishes to regain his manly
power and vlrility, quickly and quietly, should
have copy. So l have determined to send
4 copy OF the prescription free Of charge in
a plain. ordinary sealed envelope to any man
who viii write r. 1t.
This prescription comes from a physician
who has made a special study OF men, and I
I'm convinced 1t Is the sureSt-nctrg comhi-
nation for the cure OF deficient manhood and
vigor failure put together.
l think l owe 1t to my fellow man to send
hem copy in confidence that any man
anywhere who is weak and discouraged with
epeated failures may stop druSging himself
With harmful patent medicines. what
believe Is the quickest-acting restorative,
Ipbuiiding. SPOT-TOUCHiNG remedy ever
'eviSed. and cure himself home quietly
md quickly. Just drop line like this:
Dr.. a. f Robinson. 1854 Luck Building.
Detroit. Mich, and | will send you Al copy of
MS splendid recipe in plain ordinary
elope free of charge. great many doctors
ould charge $500 TO $500 for merely writing
'ut prescription like this-but l send II
entirely s~ae
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Brought Before Gen. Imboden.

was then taken away from the other
prisoners and had a ball and chain put
on my leg, and was taken to be court
1nartialed before Gen. lmboden and his
officers
| told Gen. Imboden that he was a
coward and so was all of his command
and that they could shoot me If they
would. That won the General over TO
me.
lie said: young man. have you any
witnesses that you gave this man a IS
gold piece for loaf of bread?" / said:
"Yes. sir. Send down the line and ask
for serg't Fisher, OF the 10th Mass. or
3. J.. Sanders. of the 1st Mimi, reei-
ment that knocked - out of you at
Gettysburg"
lie sent for the two comrades and
swofe them in, and then had the ball
and chain removed from my leg, and
told one of his men to put it on the
coward that allowed Yank to VIII p
him in their own lines" lie said to
me: young man, you are free" / said:
Free TO go back to my regiment?" He
laughed and said: "Oh. no. Free to go
10 Richmond as a prisoner"
1 thanked him for saving my life.
anyhow.
Wen, after we got TO Staunton we
were taken on cattle cars to Richmond'
Rnd were put in Libbey Prison and from
there 10 Bell Island. We were there
about two days. when we were taken
out 10y twos and rel of all our
money. ] had considerable sewed up
in my cavalry pants. but they found
II all-nearly $500.
1 called the officer who took my mon
cy q thief He took a gun from one of
the guards, and was about to run the
bayonet thru me when Sergeant
grabbed the gun and prevented him So
rhe Lieutenant, | think his name WAS
Bosom, gave me terrible kick and sent
me back among the prisoners
One day ] asked the Lieutenant If
could go to house and get fresh
bucket of water. He said Yes" and
told the guards 10 let me pass. Instead
OF getting water ] got bread and meat
[ and divided ii among my frieuis Al
another time he put me in charge, and
gave me permission 10 allow our mer
10 take a wash in the James River. Ht
told me 10 let out so al a time. Instead
Of 50 let out so the first time. ther
incrcased il to 100 and sometimes /,
$50 Al time one day ne watched m'
me with his fe'l"lass. and he called ms
UP about il i excused myself. but h'
took the job from me and said he woulI
not let any more out to wash them
selves. lie sent me along to get tht
bread in Richmond every morning ror
our Psor boys. and gave me an tss'rs
loaf of bread every day. which | divide
with my friends
] WAS just one month and 20 days ir
prison when one day there carrs ~
exchange. ] watched for my nar- s.
be called, but IL was not WNrp l'.,.
Were marched thru the deaf lr
called out to Lieut. Poson. and hr said
Let that - Yank thru The drat
| line
saluted hin and said: "I'cf.r~anr
dohtiht me de rere in III s hell '1la
He asked 70 IL ] woul7 .ra-
AGAINST them a'n. and / sa 2
mol He then It'd me that if they aeCr
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prisoners we took from them, but they
never got them. The first thing they
did was TO take all Of my uniform off
me except my pants and a fancy hand
keTchief had around nv neck. tied
the handkerchief on my head to keep
the hot sun from beating me- 10 death.
] asked them why they took all my
clothes off OF me excepting the pants,
They told me they wanted a relic to
remember me by.
1 was soon Joined by about ".SO0 of
NY comrades, taken at Gettysburg. and
VIC were taken from there to stadnton,
Va [ had TO march barefooted from
Grcencastle &c Stanton in the hot sun,
without hat My feet were breeding,
and all they gave US to eat was two
rablespoonfuls of Hour without sal:
day. We would boil that into a paste
and eat it
/ had considerable money sewed up
in my pants, 80 when / got chance
took s5 gold piece our and gave 1t 20
one of Gen. 9mboden's men-one OF the
guards. He told Ine that he woui'; get
me a loaf of bread for SIS. / didn't see
him fer q long time, and when he came
along L asked him for the bread. lie
said: You go to -" For that /
knocked him down and gave him pair
of black ewes
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r ID Those suffering from weaknesses
os L which sap the pleasures of life
should take Juven Pills. One box will tell a
story OF marvellous results. These pills have
more reJuvenating, vftaiizing force than has
ever before been offered.
Probably never before in the history OF medi-
cine, in so short time. have SO large a num-
ber been either relieved or cured OF nervous
weaknesses, shattered nerves. insomnia, night
sWeats' failing manhood. failure of memory,
ana premature old age. Our mail Is filed with
grateful letters. These facts should lead you
to give Juven Pills immediate trial.
Sent by mail in plain package only on
receipt OF this adv. and 81. 1877
Made by their originators. C. I. Hood Co..
props. Hoods Sarsaparllla, Lowell. Mass.
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The 18TH n. Y. at Port Hudson.

wm OalSly, Knoxville. Pa, says thai
the Sth Vt. comrades, in writing about
the siege at Port Hudson, strangely
omitted to mention the 18th n. Y. This
was in Weitzel's Brigade. and weni
thru it all. Comrade Oakly was in the
war from first to last. having enlisted
In 1861, and being discharged in 1865.
A Song Wanted.
Jacob Stuter, r. F. D. IL, Lancaster,
o., wants a copy of the song written
after the battle of Missionary Ridge.
beginning:
Gen. Bragg, you hung your flag Oh
Missionary, too,
And there you preached and prayed
no doubt
Unto the rebel crew;
But, sir, your schemes they did como
to naught"
Co. o.
3. II. Maxwell, SID Ohio, Steuben-
vile, o., was little astonished at find
ing comrade who reported himself as
having belonged to Co. o of the 9th w.
Va, but his discharge was offered in
proof of the fact that there was such
an organization.
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Free Asthma and Hav Ecver C,rc

u: j. Lane, a chemIs: mt Ils Lane Bldg.
81. Mary s. Kan, IN Inufactutes d remedy for
Asthma and Hay Fever in which he has so
much confidence that he sends a 81 bottle
to anyone who will write for It. Ills offer
is that he Is to De paid FOR II If II cures.
the Judge.
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An Old Recruit.

Geo. Young. S1st Mass, Cambridge,
Mass, says that at the last meeting of
John A. Logan Post he had the honor
Of bringing in new recruit who is 81
years old and had never been a men,
ber of the Grand Army,
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NERVE SAVED HIS LIFE.
Experiences OF a Prisoner In Dixie.
Guarded by ImbOden's Men-At
! Richmond.

py 1hSfs 80
! Richmond.
Editor National Tribune: When Lee
was retreating from Gettysburg I was
with the 1st n. Y. Cav. Hincoln's Cav
airyl. We were in pursuit and came
upon the rebels from the Mercersville
pike. We charged and took $50 prison.
crs and 21o wagons.
1 was the first man that charged in
among them. One rebel Lieutenant
stood against the fence and fired five
shots at me, when turned on him and
hit him with my saber. I kept on. and
charged clear up to a battery of four
brass pieces and found myself alone.
The Colonel of the battery said: Young
man, if you were IN our army you wo'lid
be made General on the spot I told
him thanked God was not in their
army.
SIuart's Cavalry took me prisoner.
They made q rush TO recapture the
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WANTED-By Bell & Bell. Station c. Detroit
Mich. the present postoffice address of VIII
liam Brocow. Hr that OF his daughters. The
family resided In Roscommon. Mich, from
1869 to 1875 reported to have moved to TT
WAYNE Ind. WIN pay for address.
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Makes His Soul Glad.

Thomas Brown, 615 Gen. Taylor
street New Orleans, La, says that The
National Tribune is the one paper that
makes his soul glad, and he invokes
Gods blessing upon it. He was Ser
geant in the 39th u. S. C. r., and also
served in the 10th U. S. C. II. A.
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ADDRESSES WANTED

ADDRESSES WANTED would like to heal
from every man who a member of Co E
9TH U. S. Inf, from 1864 to 1867. and from
friends OF those who have answered tho las
roll call VIII answer all letters. Let m,
hear from you. comrades. even II you Civ,
only your name and addresses. Geo. H.
Holderied. BerSley, Cal.
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Imminent. 7 shouted IN nv won to es.
cape, if possible, in the darkness.

one minute more anu ave
had Yankee carbine at my mead in
viting my surrender The alternatives
were the precipice or Yankee prison.
There was no time to debate the nucs-
ton. not moment. Wheeling my horse
TO the dismal brink, / drove my spurs
INTO his TANKS. and he plunged down
ward and tumbled headlong in one di-
rection, sending me in another How /
reached the bottom of that abyss I shall
never know, for / was rendered tenn
porarily unconscious. Strangely enough.
was only stunned, and in no way seri-
ously hurt. My horse. too, tho bruised.
was not disabled. For moment /
thought he was dead, for he Law mo-
tlonless and prone at fun length. How
ever. he promptly responded to nv call
ana rose TO his feet, and altho the bare
places on his head and hips showed
that he had been hurt, he was ready
without a groan to bear me again in
any direction ! might wish to GO The
question was which way TO go, I was
alone in that dark, wooded glen: that
Is my faithful horse was the only com
rade and friend near enough TO aid mo
vas safe enough from discovery. altho
SO near the pike that the rumble of
"neels ana even the orders of the Union
oHicefs were at times quite audible. 1t
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PENSIONS, PAY, BOUNTY

wIaow.
o eund 1854 by Milo Stevens late OF
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statesmen WANTED.
HELP WANTED.
PU OBLIGATIONS.

THE MARVELLOUS STORY OF PRIVATE
NEWBY-Revcaled in his trial as an impostor
before the Pension Bureau thirty years after
his supposed death at Shiloh. Was he Newby
or his exact double? A strange, bewilderinS
mystery that the Government failed to un-
ravcl Illustrated 10O-page book post paid,
Sj cents j. y. Robertson, Pubrr Spencer, Ind.
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Classified Advertisements.

WANTED--Any comraoe knowing the address
pi any ofhcer or member OF 11th q. S. L
banu from 1875 and 1877, will communicate
With f. I'm Obesteg, Paiisade Eureka Co.
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Troops Sent 10 New York,

William Davy, 4th Ohio. Tippecanoe
City. o., says with reference to the
troops sent to New York that he knows
that Carroll's Brigade of the Second
Corps. consisting of the 4th Ohio, 9TH
w. Va. and 14th Ind, was sent, but he
does not know what other troops went.
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NoTE.-The Above is the Largest Mail Order Spec
tseie House In the World, and Perfectly Reliable
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The Boys of IL.

S. p. Ray, I'd n. c., Monroe, Ore,
thinks that Congress ought to pay more
attention to the cases of the BOYS who
enlisted at Is years of age and did their
duty as well as the men of 40. They
should not have to wait so long to be
placed on the pension rolls
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Too Many Bills.

o. 3. Wright, Scranton, Pa, says that
it seems that about every other veteran
has different bill, and one which will
suit his particular case. In his judg-
ment everyone should unite upon some
particular bill, and The National Trib-
une bill is by far the best that he has