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The National tribune., 1909-03-04
Heroic Capt. Ashc.

Editor National Tribune: VIII you
give a short sketch of the life of Capt.
james Ashe, 5th U. s. Cav, who gal
lantly gave his life for his country and
Flag in the Wilderness? NV company
&c, 5th U. S. Cav) was on the skirmish
line, dismounted, when the infantry-
came up, and we We're ordered to lie
down and let the infantry pass over
AS soon as they We're clear of us we
were ordered to fall back and mount
our horses. We had scarcely gone SO
yards when Capt. Ashe noticed that the
infantry regiment was faltering, and
some were coming back. Capt. Ashe
leaped from his horse, and. running for
ward, took the regimental colors in his
hand and shouted. Men. follow me-"
They did with rush, took the breast
works and put the enemy to flight Just
as Capt. Ashe planted -the-fiag on the
breastworks he was shot thru the heart
and only lived 20 nlinutes.-Orlando
Burnett. co. q, 5th U. s. Cav. Central
Lake, Mich.
All that we know OF, Capt Ashe is
that he was born in Etnnsylvania, and
during the troublous times after Presi-
dent Lincoln's Inauguration was a MEM
ber of the Clay Battalion organized to
protect the President. : He was given a
commission in the cavalry became a
Captain in the 5th y. s. CIV. Sept. 27.
1868, was brevetted Major f6r conspicu-
Gus gallantry at Warrenton. Lieuten-
ant-Colonel for conspicuous galIantry
at Spotsylvania, and was killed May S.
1864, near Todd's Tdverh. Probably
some of the readers Qf The National
Tribune can supply additional facts
Editor National Tribunal ms
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The Roar Afar.

Editor National Tribune: What great
satisfaction comes TO me in reading
the many letters from the old comrades
Some time ago a comrade gave his
experience in hearing Il cannon a long
distance, and asks other comrades TO
give theirs. When Hood undertook to
scare Pap Thomas away from Nash
vile. in 1864. we We're stationed at
Clarksville. Tenn, SO miles below Nash
vile, on the river, and could hear the
cannonading very plainly. and we did
not have to stop and listen. That is
the fartheSt / ever heard cannon. After
A years we can look back and see
what might have been" in the great
struggle, and can see many blunders
and sad mistakes. I have always
thought that if Gen. Butler had been
given 80. 900 men in the East and told
to go in and put down the rebellion in
the shortest time possible, and Gen
Fremont had been given the same num-
Der of men and the same orders in the
West, the rebellion would not have
lasted two years. / remember very well
making the remark early in 1862 to a
lot of boys-none of us then old enough
to enlist-that Richmond would never
be taken until Western General COM
manded the army. And SO it proved in
the end Boy as / was, I could see that
there was SO much jealousy and spite
among those Eastern commanders that
nothing effective would be accom-
plished, Ny letter is getting too long,
but you know it is hard to choke off us
old vets when we get to talking over old
times-T. G. Burden, Battery II, I'd
Ill. L. A, Moberly, Mo.
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Our Dear Old Blue.

Comrade f.. b. Powers, Co. 7, 4tf ILL.,
Cav, Cranton, iowa, writes: "I notice
article of Nov. 8 in regard to Army uni
form. | always thought the change to the
present color was adopted in Difference
to the South. We of the North would
much easier put on the butternut than
they the old blue, just as our Nothern
men when they go South slop all over
in their eulogy OF Lee and the Lost
Cause. They think politics and dare
not do anything else. But the North
pays such men as TilInan big money
to come up here and get off any kind
OF rot on the men that wore the blue,
and we laugh and call it good. 1 have
often looked at our present cavalry in
all their toggcry, and do not see where
there is anything neat or dressy COM
pared with our old blue uniform. As
remember it. we looked neat enough
to appear in any audience. Then, what
would the present soldier do at mid
night? Boots and saddles blow, pitch
dark, officers calling, Fall in, Fall ini''
supposed to be in line and moving out
of camp iii five minutes from bugle. I
think lot of the toggery would be left
in the tents. or the enemy might take
the camp before its defenders got
dressed. Never again in any war will
the soldiers have the strenuous expert
,ences that we thought were matters of
course. Our boys would fight as well as
we did, and If need be would do as we
did, thank God; but war has become
progressive as we'll as destructive"
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Capture of Fort NIallonc.

Editor National Tribune: In reading
The National Tribune OF Noy. 26 1 see
that George c. Dunhafn. Of Cincinnati,
o.. undertakes to correct the history of
the 61st Mass, but I want to say he is
in error in what relates TO Fort Ma
hone. 1t is true they came to City
Point. and were brigaded with the 6Sth
and 1f4th Pa. and 120th ". Y, and
after guard mount Sunday, April 2, we
were ordered out in light marching or
der and proceeded to- Fort Sedgwick
the 6Sth and ff4th going to the left of
the fort, and we went out from point
to point until we reached the Confed-
crate picket line, where we were told
TO remain until the New York troops
who occupied the left of Fort Malone
were driven out. We did not have
long to wait, for in a few minutes they
came running out without any appar-
ent cause, when our commander, Brevet
Brig. Gen. C. II. T. Coils. gave US the
command to double-quick to the fort
which we did, losing several Of our
officers and men, as the former gave
us shower of mimic balls in transit,
and we Ohe 114th) were the first to
enter, and were inside when the G1st
came wading up the ditch of mud and
water, with their Major urging them
on, as they were very tardy when they
neared the angle of the fort, which
was a danger point. 1 left them there,
and entered the fort with my own regi-
ment. We did go into Petersburg the
next morning, and our regiment raised
the Stars and Stripes over the Court
House, and we all returned to City
Point, and were transferred to the
Fifth Corps at Nottoway Court House.
and remained with them until mus
tered out on May %. The 6Sth was sent
to Hart Island, n. Y, but as to the 61st
| and 12Oth n. Y. / know nothing furth-
er.-Samuel M. Naylor, Sergeant, Co.
K, Hath Pa, Philadelphia.
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Routine of Guard Duty.

Editor National Tribune: I want to
ask you q question. A man is on duty
as Sergeant of the camp guard near
city during the war. Over him is
Lieutenant. The officer of the Day,
mounted and accompanied by his or
DERBY. also mounted, approaches the
guard tent after dark. What would be
the Sergeant's duty in such a case?
Would it not be to call in the guard and
demand the camp countersign by COM
manding the officer to halt and the
orderly to dsmount, advance, and give
the countersign- to the Sergeant, who in
the meantime had advanced two PAGES
in front of the guard? He had two
men at his left, and after receiving the
countersign over the peint of the bayo-
net, he about-faced. saluted the Lieu
tenant, and said, 'The countersign is
correct" After this he took up his
position as before. Would it be the
duty of the Lieutenant to demand the
countersign from the officer approach
ing the guard after the Sergeant had
pronounced it correct? Before finish
ing, 1 want to thank President Roose-
welt for the kind words spoken to the
comrades of the war at the unvailing
of the Sheridan Monument. God bless
him and his whole family. He is al
ways saying something good and to the
point and attempting to give the vet
Grams a square deal. The rich have to
obey the law as well as the poor.
Roosevelt has been just as good as any
President since Lincoln, and stands
close to our beloved martyr-W. II.
Mott. Sergeant, Co. X, 18th Conn, Bris-
tol, Conn.
We slRuld say that all the formali-
ties of be countersign had been gone
thru with when the Sergeant demanded
and received it. OF course, If the Off
Ger of the Guard was not satisfied with
the way the Sergeant had done his
duty, it was then his duty to assure
himself and ask for repetition of the
countersign. If, however, there was no
doubt on the subject, as there should
not have been with the right kind of
Sergeant. the etiquet of the action was
completed when the Sergeant an
nounced that the countersign was cor
rect.-EditOr National Tribune
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FOUR PATRIOTS.
Tho Distinguished Record OF tho
Hopes Family.

Berks County. Pa. has few. IL any,
families which can show better rec
ord than that named Hopes. 1t is
now represented by E. A. Hopes, of
Wanamaker. The ancestor of the fam
lily came from Baden, Germany. about
1740, and was killed in Schuylkill Coun-
ty by the Indians in defending his
home. Two of his sons were killed
with him, but the other two continued
the fight, and finally drove off the saw
ages. One of the surviving sons moved
to Virginia and became n slave owner.
The other remained in Pennsylvania.
was a successful farmer and served in
the Continental army under Washing
ton. He had four grandsons. David.
Joseph. Elias and Solomon. These all
enlisted in the Union army. and Elias
or E. S. Hopes was in Co. e. 129th
Pa, and served thru the war. taking
part in all of the battles in which his
regiment was engaged. His father, at
the age of Sc, tried to join the regi-
ment, but was rejected. but followed
the army with a shotgun. After being
discharged Elias Hopes enlisted for
the third time in the 19Sth Pa, and
fought in the operations around Peters,
burg. He was in foraging party
which entered the town of Appomat-
tox the day before the surrender. and
in the Court House found a desk. which
he broke open. and discovered many
rolls of Confederate money, to which
he helped himself liberally. He also
found the seal Of the County, which he
took and still has, and a large revolt
ver From another desk he took nu-
merous letters ready to be sent to Lees
army, giving important information. He
intended sending them to headquarters,
but the surrender took place before he
could do SO, and after his comrades
read the letters they were torn up. Not
least, he found in a house a lot of
dried apples, some eggs and a fitch
of bacon. He captured these while the
house was under fire from the enemy's
artillery. He is a strong admirer of
Gen. Grant, and resents any aspersions
upon him.
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No Pensions for Rebels.

Editor National Tribune: 1 noticed
an item in The National Tribune of Dec.
II, 1908, about the ex-Confederates (ex,
tho some of them are still rebels), who
think the Government should give them
pensions. Now, in the name of all that
is good and great. why should we pen
sion them? Give them pensions for
trying to destroy the best Government
on Gods earth? 1 for one think they
should be thankful that they are per-
mitted to live under the old Flag and
enjoy privileges that they would not or
could not be allowed under any other
Government on the globe. Why should
Uncle Sam give premium on treason
and rebellion? Not much!-Jacob H.
Rhoads, Co. H, goth ILL.,, Goddard, Kan.
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The st.reoscopic Views

Editor National Tribune: I wish to
thank you for forwarding the beautiful
views so promptly. 1 am, indeed. much
pleased with wonders of Old World
am very much interested in reading
The National Tribune, and am al
ways glad when it comes. AS widow
of civil war veteran 1 am thankful to
The National Tribune for the efficient
work 1t rendered in aiding the widows
in getting an increase in pension. If
ever the widows need aid it is now, in
our declining years. None Of us is
young now. With heartiest wishes to
The National Tribune for a prosperous
year-Sarah NJ. Law, Onset, Mass.
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IT,
The 14ith N V

Editor National Tribune: In a very
recent issue of The National Tribune
you say that you have in your posses
sion the discharge of Henry f. Kings
ley, Sergeant in 60. A, 144th N Y.
Serg't Kingsley enlisted from Deposit,
n. Y. He was born here, his parents
died here, and he is survived here by
nephews and nieces, but none OK nearer
relationship that know of In this Sec
tion. If you will send his discharge to
me, will deliver same to som. of them
have in my possession the discharge
of Daniel b. Evans. private, of Capt.
Graham's Co. X, 1st u s. Art. He en-
listed from Delaware County, State of
New York, on the 5th day OF January
1868. Occupation when enlisted shoe
maker. The discharge was sent me,
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thinking he may have returned to this
section after his discharge from the
army Jan. IS, 1864. Would be glad to
send It to himself or any of his relatives
who will request it.-C. 7. Edick, Sec
retary, Hath n. Y. Association. Deposit,
N. Y
The National Tribune has mailed to
Comrade Edick the discharge of Henry
Z. Kingsley, and takes pleasure in try
ing to locate Comrade Evans.-Editor
National Tribune.
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The 10Th II s.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
short sketch of the 18th U. S. and
its losses in killed and wounded, and
oblige an old subscriber who was with
the regiment from start to finish.-J.
w. Bryant, Wooster, o.
The 18th U. s. was organized for the
war of the rebellion May IA, 1861, as
a three-battalion regiment of eight
companies each. Its first Colonel was
VIM. B. Franklin, who was succeeded
in turn by c. c. Anger, o. B. Wilcox
and e. F. Townsend. Sept. 81, 1866.
the I'd battalion became the 21st u. S.
and the Sd battalion the goth U. S.
The regiment belonged to Ayres's Divi-
sion of the Fifth Corps, and lost eight
officers and 11S men killed and three
officers and 100 men died from disease.
--Editor National Tribune
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This prescription comes from physician who has
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Stories Emineny Worth Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
In the Great National Struggle

are to considerable extent made ac-
quainted with the facts we have stated,
and they are willing that we should be
recognized and in some way be remuner-
ated for what We have suffered and en-
dured as prisoners of war. Our Govern
ment has not acted in our behalf. The
present Congress now turns us away with
only a slight promise
In conclusion, / have mentioned only
some of the horrors l witnessed. A few
days after l arrived at Annapolis 1 no
ticed in Baltimore paper list of the
dead who were taken off our boat at Bal
timore. To my sorrow L noticed that
Serg't Kline's name was on that list. l
received word at Annapolis that Brewster
was recaptured and taken to Richmond. l
learned at Richmond that Paul, my travel
ing companion, was recaptured and that
he was then on Belle Isle making baskets
for bread.-John 4. Malone, Co. j, 22d
ILL.,. De Soto, Mo.
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Leppicn's Battery.

Editor National Tribune: In speaking
of the burning of the Chancellor House,
you speak of Leppien's Battery, which
belonged to the Second Corps. l be-
longed to Battery A. 1st N. Y. L. A.,
and we were in the Second Corps from
first TO last, three years. A short time
we were in the reserve artillery I
never heard of the battery commanded
by Leppien. What State was 1t from?-
II. II. Stevens. High Cliff, Wis.
George F. Leppien commanded Bat
terry E, Me. L. A, 5th Me. Battery
Editor National Tribune.
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BREAKING OUT OF DANvILLE.
One of the Survivors of Those Who Dug
the Tunnel


Editor National Tribune: notice in the
last issue of The National Tribune that
Comrade Mccall, of Corona, ILL.,, wants
someone to give the particulars of the
break at Danville, led by Serg't William
Durken. l was in the Danville prison
from some time in December, 1868, until
toward the last of February, 1864. The
break was made this latter date. 1 am
getting at dates as wefS as l can. Five
hundred to 600 prisoners were taken from
the Pemberton building, in Richmond, to
Danvile and were placed in a large to-
bacco building, and we took our lodging
in what we called the ground and upper
floor. Those Of us who were placed on
the upper floor, found that there were two
small rooms. one on the north and one on
the south end of the building. The rooms
held each eight or ten men. / was in the
room at the south end of the building. L
can remember only few names of my
comrades in the two small rooms. In the
south small room with me were Eddie
Simpson, Bill Tuck, and Paul don't re-
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A Correction.

Editor National Tribune: In an arti-
Gle I sent you. entitled Revenge After
IA Years." my son, who wrote 1t for
me, misunderstood me, and made the
article read Army OF the Potomac when
1t should have been Army of the Shen-
andoah. Please correct same, and OBJ
lige-E. H Wishon, Battery L. Ist Ohio
l.. A., Portsmouth, o.
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Newark soon after supper. My wounds,
received at Williamsburg. had broken
out anew, and laid me on my back for
four months more.
I will say if this hits any one of those
dear boys of the 10th, who We're of
many regiments. they will oblige me
by writing to--William Larter, 963 East
22d, Oakland, Cal.
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SYCAMORE TREE SEED.

1 have 100000 seeds OF the Oriental Plane Tree
(Sycamorej gathered in the Capitol grounds at Wash
incton d. c.. and will send by mail. prepaid, packets
of 900 seeds for 10 cents silver three packets for
Is cents Any bright boy, girl or elderly person can
ras in two years three packets trees 20 sell thet
will be worth 500 or more. When ordering please
give names of friends interested In forestng the waste
places Full cultural directions with each packet.
s. A. GayIor SIS 18th ST., N. W.. Washington. ID. y.
When writing mention The National Tribune.
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Partial Deafness.

R. N. Maker, 9Th Me-, Lowell Mass,
makes a plea for the partial deafies."
The act of Jan. 25, 1903, raised the rate
for total deafness to $40, without any
increase for partial deafness. This. he
thinks, is unjust, and he suggests that
all the partial deafies" get together
and see il something cannot be done.
The National tribune., 1909-03-04
IGured My Rupture
/ Will Show You How To
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Twas helpless and bed-ridden for years from q
doubls rupture. I wore many different kinds Of
erusses. Some were t0rtures, some pOsltivly dan
gerous, and none would hold the rupture. The
doctors told me could not cure 1t without surgi-
cal operation. But fooled them all, and cured
myself by simple method which discovered.
Anyone can use Il, and viii send the cure free
by mail, postpaid, to anyone who writes for Is.
Fill out the coupon below and mall 1t to mo today.
The National tribune., 1909-03-04
Volunteers in the Riots.

Editor National Tribune: Having read
the account of the drafts riots at New
York City, July IL to IS. 1863. in your
edition of Dec. 8, am reminded that
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PERSON AL.
To Post Commanders.

To every comrade sending his name and
number of Post on a postal card 1 will mail
him one copy of Echoes from the Tomb
OK the Living Dead" by convict ]. Wess
Moore No. 1889, life-sentenced convict,
(Iate Of Co. b, 5th Ind. Cav..) now on
narole at 1903 Dorisadoro St, San Francisco,
10 every comrade who will send me % cents
will mail one copy Of Echoes" and The
Rural weekly, st. Paul, Mimi, for one year,
70 weeks. one of the best family papers
nubIisbed Reference: Any comrade in Cali.
fornia or Nevada department.
The National tribune., 1909-03-04

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WANTED
HELP WANTED.

"ANTED--A copy of the History Of the 10Th
w Pennsyiyania Regiment by Col. Davis. Address
L. " s. MatiIson 81 East Bridge St. oswego. N Y
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