The National tribune., 1909-09-09
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ment from the State The 1st Iowa
had been a three-months regiment, but
the I'd and Sd Iowa were three-year
regiments, made up while it was alb
sent. They were mustered in at Keokuk
about the same time. and the I'd Iowa
was the first to leave the State by about
| four hours. 1t did great service at
Donelson. 1t had to march thru the
streets of st. Louis to the steamboat
without music or colors by order of Gen.
| Halleck. furnishing il for the destruc-
ton of the museum at Mcdowell Col
lege.
Cannon Captured at Cedar Creek.
w. III. b. Bunce, 5th N. Y. II. a,
Saratoga Springs, N. Y, says that the
boys seem somewhat mixed as to the
1 number of cannon captured at Cedar
| Creek. His company and three others
| of his regiment and some few other
men, possibly a detail from the New
! York cavalry, took the captured can
non, a large number of prisoners and
about 1000 of our wounded to the rear
and thru to Harper's Ferry, Va. They
found the guns all along the pike. They
| could stand in one place and count
every gun, and there were just So of
them. He went to each gun to see
or Is stamped &c. S. A." All the rest
were stamped ~. s." One of the brass
12-pounders had some of the metal
chise1ed out about Is inches from the
muzzle on the right side. 1t was hit so
hard it had bulge on the inside. The
detachment was fired on from the
woods on the right between Winchester
and Charleston, but got thru with the
goods all right.
The 18th Ohio at Pickett's Mills.
Alexis Cope, 18th Ohio. Columbus, o..
tlaox H. T.
Johnston mentions of the Union troops
advancing to within Is PAGES of the
Texas front and planting their colors
there, with the Color Bearer being in
stantly shot dead, when another sprang
forward to his place and was also killed,
with third following to meet the same
fate, probably refers to the 18th Ohio
COmrade Cope says: All of our full
color guard. save one Corporal. were
either killed or wounded in that charge.
The Color Sergeant who was killed was
Amber Norton, of Co. ID. / have an old
| sword which l wore at the time, deeply
rust-stained with his life blood after he
fell. The Corporal who rescued the
| colors was David Hart, of Co. 1. We
| suffered very heavily in that assault at
Pickett's Mills, and always believed that
some on had blundered in ordering it
under the circumstances, and never
knew who was responsible for it. Some
months ago / had a talk with a son of
Gen. Thomas J. Wood. who commanded
our. division, the Third of the Fourth
Corps, about the assault at Pickett's
Mills. He told me that his father, a
few weeks before his death, had told
him that it was fearful blunder. and
that he (Gen. Wood had protested
against it until after a reconnaissance
had developed the position of the enc
my. The losses in Woods Division
were fearful, and nothing was accom-
plished by the sacrifice"
His Family History.
Hiram K. Brooke. 18th Ohio Nation
al Military Home, Ind. says that he is
the youngest of j s children, and is now
66 years old. His grandfather served
in the Revolution in Connecticut reg
iment; his father served in the Ohio
Militia in the War of 1872; his brother
Franklin was in the Mexican War, and
his brother John and himself served in
the 18th Ohio from the first CALL John
was wounded at Shiloh. discharged, sent
home and died. His brother Franklin
was wounded at Pennington and dis
charged. He himself came thru the
war without a scratch. He had five
| nephews and two brothers-in-law in the
service, and his son. George w. Brooke,
served in the Spanish-American War.
He had also five first cousins in the
rebel army. He holds three honorable
discharges.
Wants Help For His Church.
Rev.. A. C. Lawrence, 6S1 Triplett
street. Owensboro, KY. says that he
has received so many letters in reply to
his communication in The National
Tribune that he wants to come again
into its columns. He is laboring to re-
| deem his church from mortgage
which is held by a bank that has failed
Unless the mortgage is paid they will
| lose their church. There are many vet
| Grams in the church, most of whom
| have lost their little savings in the
banks failure. and now they are relying
upon prayer, believing that God will
find some way to relieve them. Several
| comrades have already sent in little
contributions, for which they are
| thanked.
No 128tli Pa.
III. Kaufman. NJ D., Surgeon, 128th
Pa. says that the boys get things
| mixed There was an inquiry about
Louis Jason, who served in the 12Sth
Pa. from September, 1864, until late in
1865. There was no 128th Ia. during
that time. The regiment was organized
in August, 1862, and mustered out in
May. 1868. There was no Capt. Robin
| son in it.
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