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THE sTH ME.
1t Had an Exciting History I'm the
Eighteenth and Twenty -fourth Corps.


Eighteenth and Twenty fourth Corps.
Editor National Tribune: Your brief
notice of the Sth Me. is very good as far
as it goes, but rather misleading in stat
ing it served in Ames's Division, Tenth
Corps. Our heaviest service and losses was
in Weitzels Second Division. Eighteenth
Corps, at Bermuda Hundred, Drewry' 5
Bluff, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, and lafer
in the First Division. Twynty-fourth
Corps. thru to Appomattox. Reaure-
gard gave us very interesting six
hours or more, turning the right of
our army, eriDpling Hecismans Brigade,
capturing large number of them and
most of our skirmishers or pickets. Col.
Boynton had us change front p. d. O., and
our hardest shooting was to the right and
rear for some time. Sure, the Johnnies
were at us from three directions. The
Colonel got orders to fall back to a new
line outside Gregory's Woods. Cur two
catch on" to the order, and continued to
stand off Mr.. Ransom, of North Carolina,
also Mr.. Hoke, l believe, for some 20
minutes more. 1t was very strenuous
mixup right then. Shells from our bat
teries, as we'll as from the rebs, ineiud-
ing Fort Darling, were tumbling the limbs
and tree-tops upon up, when yells of 'Sur-
TeHueT. WakSu US up 10 the 1act tnat the
regiment had gone, also the one to our left
(rhe Tooth n. ". Well, we fellows "fell
back" in such good order as no doubt par
alyzed the Johnnies-if they could see us
thru the fog and battle-smoke, not to men-
ton the dust we helped raise. The Ser
geant-Major shouted, Don't run. boysi''
and perhaps he didn't. Emerging from the
woods, our reformed line looked pretty
good to us. Forward it came with a rush
into the woods again, throwing out skr
misherS. some of whom We're captured
within 80 yards. 1t was fierce for a while
longer. when orders came to fall back TO
The main line again. Soon after that Col.
Boynton fell, and before Maj. (afterward
Hrevet Brigadier-GeneraD Macarthur as
sumed command. l got one in the face
and neck, so the battle had to stop.
Afterwards. at Hammond Hospital, Point
Lookout (where many of our boys who
lodged the missiles at Drewry's Bluff came
from the worse hell at Cold Harbor)
Vaughn or Wiley. or some of those pert
fellows would stride with enormously long
md quick strides up and down the aisle
,f Ward II. to show show the Sergeant
Major didn't run at Drewry's Bluff.
Yes, "we fit and fit, and backed away, and
it some more the self-same day." A war
record of 4S9 killed and wounded is good
2nough for an ordinary-sized regiment The
7cts of the old sth Me. are justly proud of
It's history of four years faithful serv-
ce--C. G. Case, Walden, Colo.
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ssw the Cannon Bail HIT Poll.

Editor National TribAhe :'I1 have Just
been reading in your paper an account Of
the killing of Gen. Poikh about which so
many widely different sseries have been
told. 1 think it probable that l know
more of the particulars Of tie killing of
Gen. Polk than any other hian now liy-
ing, and wish to give the story. / be-
longed to the 21st Ky. My brigade was
commanded by Gen. wv. O. Whitaker /:
Gen. o. o. Howard was our corps com
manier Our brigade lsg i'm battle line in
front of Pine Mountain; the 9th Ind.
Battery on the right OF the nlst Ky. In
our front was somewhat !of an open field
running down to near the base of Pine
Mountain; in our rear. woods and much
underground. For some reason hap
pened at the time to be some 100 yards
in rear of our lire, when Gen. Sherman
and escort came dashing along through
the bushes. The General halted suddenly,
looked through glass in the direction OF
Pine Mountain, gave an officer some order.
ard dashed on. l saw the officer ride t,
the 9th Ind. Battery and then ride away.
My curiosity being raised, / fastened up
to the battery in time to see the battery
men ramning load into one of their rified
Rodinan guns On Pine Mountain l
could see two or thrse men on horseback
and several others on foot. l placed my
non-ball when fred, and caught sight of it,
traced its flight through the air and saw
it strike the side of the mountain just
below the men on horseback. / could see
the raeks and dirt fly. I then saw one
or two men on horseback ride back over
the summit and out Of sight, and one re-
manned. 1 heard one of the gupners say ::
"A little too low" They put in another
load and fred I caught sight of this sec
ond ball as I had the first; l tsaeed it
until l saw it strike the man OH horse
back At once there seemed q great com
motion there, and horse and all passed
back over the hill and out of sight This
according to my recollection. was about
10 o'clock a. N. Sometime in the after
noon of the same day there was report
to the effect that a rebel pris
oner had been captured on the picket line
and had given information that the second
shot from that artillery (meaninC the 5th
Ind. Battery had killed Gen. Polk. /
think that both Gen. Sherman and Gen.
Johnston are little off as to the dis
tance. Gen. Sherman says 800 yards.
Gen. Johnston says 600 or 100 yIrjs.
should say it was not short of three
quarters of a mile, possibly more. 1t
would be unreasonable to suppose that a
squad of horse and footmen could expose
themselves in front of n battle liae only
800 or 100 yards away and not be riddled
with bullets. IL any of the 9Th Ind. Bat
erymen are living and should see this, I
would like to hear what they know about
wha. l have written. l think this ac-
count cf the killing is about as nearly
correct as any that has ever been given.
Andrew Montague, Long Beach, Cal.
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who was then on the Interstate Com
merce Commission. He knew of the
circumstance, and asked me If my Col
onel was still living. 1 remarked that
he was a resident of Washington, d. c.,
having made that city his home since
the war. He said:
Il would be pleased to meet him"
/ knowing where the General then
lived, We called, and the Colonel talked
the matter all over with Farnsworth.
Finding that he was cognizant of the
case, he advised me to make application
for a medal, which did, furnishing up
wards of 20 comrades who were per-
sonany familiar with the event. One
Of the afiidavits was from the pen or
Col. John F. Farnsworth, but the medal
was denied me, as 1t did not occur un-
Ger fire / have often wondered if the
five captured first had not responded to
my demand to surrender, If there would
not have been some firing. AS had I3
shots and they were all put in fresh
after had decided to do the job alone,
and being fully three-fourths of a mile
from the nearest Yankee, / really think
there would have been firing enough to
suit the most fastidious. think, Also
that the attempt was not made for the
fun to be derived, as I had a wife who
had then passed the fifth week at the
bedside of our only son, who passed
j,
months old. All of these things had
been turned over in my mind, but at
the last analysis fully decided to do II
alone.
In conclusion, let me say if the Regu-
lar officers then in service will get in
the retrospect (with mel they will dis
cover there was no voluntary surren-
dering of the enemy in 1862; bur, just
the same, the medal is denied me,
because not shot was fired But the
seven prisoners were captured by Thos.
y: Kelley, then private in Co. E, Sth
III. Cav, alone and unaided, more than
three-fourths of a mile from any other
Yankee Should this article meet the
eye of any of the survivors of Cos. E or
who are personally knowing of the
affair, l should be glad to have them
note the fact over their signature in The
National Tribune-T. Benton Kelley
co. e. Sth Ill Cav, Room 65, Hotel
Westminster, Boston, Mass.
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Heard His Bullet Coming.

Editor National Tribune: l presume
few of the comrades with the many va
ried situations experienced during our
four years "on the front line" in the war
of secession, actually heard missile COM
ing in time to get out of its way before
its arrival, yet such was my experience III
the battle of Chickamauga. Willich's
Brigade had gone into action near Thomas's
left about noon, Sept. 20. aaj with the
10th Ohio and "Willichs own" 32d Ind
on the front line, Which had by executing
his favorite (and l believe Originally tao
tics of Advance Firing" forced his enemy
our predecessors. While waiting for sup
porting brigades to come up and '.touch
elbows" with us, we of the reserve regi-
ments rested at will,' and three or four
of us were grouped together idly listening
to the desultory skirmish fire. The loud
''yeaouw" of a "Minie" attracted our at
tention. 1t lad apparently struck some
high above the treetops and from the in
creasing noise its "parabola" lay right in
our direction. Instinctively the group "de-
plOyed right and left" to avoid it, when
with a ''thud'' it came to earth within a
muskets length in front of me, "richochet-
ing" and spending its force on my thigh,
where It raised good-sized "welt" and
dropped at my side Had 1 known which
way to dodge | had ample time to avoid
it, but l did not and possibly lodged
the wrong way. However, fiending the
injury trivial, pocketed the troublesome
messenger as memento of the battle, but
before nightfall was destined to receive
one more lasting in the shape of "minie"
thru my shoulder. which put me out of
active service SIX months, scnussing me to
miss one of the grandest spectacular move
ments of the war-thes famoiis charge up
Mission Ridge. The "pocket.piece" was
unfortunately lost some years after the
war.--A. J. Gleason, Adjutant, 18th Ohio,
Roswell, n. NJ. sf fSc
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Regular Cavalry at Gettysburg.

Editor National Tribune: The 9th o.
S. Cav. was one of the regiments of Mer-
ritt's Brigade Of Gen. Buford's First Cav
airy Division. On July 3, 1863. the Sth
Cav, under the command of Maj S. Fl.
Starr, was detached from the brigade. and
ordered to make a reconnaissance on our
left at Gettysburg in the direction of Fair
field in order to discover any possible
move of the enemy to turn our position.
The 9th Cav. advanced to short distance
of Fairfield, eight or 10 miles from Get
tysburg, and came in full view of the rebel
trains. We were then attacked by Jones's
Brigade of Confederate Cavalry, support
ed by a second brigade in reserve, the
whole force being under the command of
Gen. Beverly III. Robertson The 9th
Cav. made a desperate resistance, defeat
ing the 7th Va. Cay,l the first regiment
brought against it, but was ontfanked and
forced to fall back by the remaining regi-
ments of the brigade, after a.galIant fight
against overwhelming numbers. | was in
command of Troop NJ, and know from my
own knowledge and the official records of
the Adjutant. L. II. Carpenter, that the
regiment lost in this action 10 officers and
232 enlisted men, killed. wounded and
missing. including the commanding officer.
Mai. Starr. who was badly wounded, out
of strength of about 400. A long line
of graves in the National Cemetery at
Gettysburg marked 9th Cav. attest the Sc
verify of the conflict. In the loss of the
commanding officer, no satisfactory report
was made or is on record. And in respect
to the volunteer cavalry they were all
good, brave fighters, and the 9Th III. Cav.
was one of the finest, bravest volunteer
regiments that even straddled a horse,
officers and enlisted men, equal to any
Regular regiment in drill or fight to a
finish. and in equipment superior to any
of the Regulars. When I called the roll
in the evening, July B, 1863. John Heck
ert and Henderson Donley answered
"Herc." out 6f 45 men who had answered
that morning.-.John Krepps, Troop NJ. 9th
u. S. Cav, 705 Sd Ave-, Beaver Falls,
Iowa.
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received Just ~ OF tleSe letters, one
coming from as far as Switzerland.
Send Him His Sword.
Capt. A. w. Black. 1873 East saith
Street. Cleveland, Ohio. appeals to
somebody thus: Il have often won
dered if a few lines in The National
Tribune would catch the eye of the
soldier who took my sword from my
tent at Camp Harker. Tennessee. nearly
"A years ago. was called to Col. Hal
lowelfs headquarters of the 3lst Ind.
Just before eur regiment (90th Ohio).
was to leave the field for our homes. I
threw my sword on my bunk. On my
return 1t was gone. 1t was steel scab-
bard. belt of plain harness leather-one
made myself How / have longed for
that sword. No name was on sword
or belt"
How Was II Done?
Comrade john B. Wright. S5th lad,
west Ridge. ILL.,, writes: Il would like
TO have some comrade of the 102d Ill.
write how they silencej the fort at Sa-
rannah with Spencer rifles: our army not
responding with artillery to the forts 81
Brigade Third Division. Twentieth Corps
ana was of Harrison's command The S5tb
Ind was in the Second Brigade. Gen.
Sherman omitted from his history the story
of how he tricked Hood in the last days
of August at Atlanta"
Scattering.
J. W. Marshall, Co. I, ID Battalion.
Pontoniers; Co Il. 1st q. s. Eng. Co
|. S6th H.. Route 2, New Lisbon. Wis.
writes: Il have always taken The Ma
tional Tribune. but never see anything
that is. at Stevenson. Ala; Chattanooga.
Lays Ferry. Ga. saw some fun and some
trouble. Would like to hear from any OF
my old comrades; door always open for
them at my house."
Comrade John W. RatcHa. 5th XIV.
Cav, writes from Boyd. Tex: Lets all
work for the passage of the Sherwood
bill. It's just. and we demand it be-
cause we earned il. so let's have it. God
grant 1t. and God help old Gen Sher-
wood"
If you remember one Lewis Jason,
who served in the f2Sth Pa. from Sep
tember. 1864. till late in 1865, under
Capt. Robinson, write to him in care of
Douglass. Lulu, Fla. He is
old, crippled, dependent incapable of
sef-support; forgets the letter of his
company: his papers were, years ago,
intrusted to Philadelphia Walnut
street lawyer named JOS E. Davitt, who
left without returning the papers, and
the old man needs them now; has need
ed them long. but cannot find Davitt.
Comrade G. II. Sharp writes from Sim
mons. Ohio: Il have taken The National
Tribune for two years; have never seen
any account of my old Co G, or its fell
lows, 18th Pa. I don't know whether
was in the army or only down South a
while. And yet do know that l was
one of 'Sberman's Bummers' through to
the sea, in First Brigade, First Division,
Twentieth Corps, and | would like to hear
from other old comrades who also know
Comrade George Alderman, Poland
Ohio, writes: II see an inquiry for COM
rades of the 6lst. He probably means
6lst Ohio.-Ed.l I am one of them. Lem
uel Little. Poland. Ohio; Ephraim Shell
Lima, Ohio, are others, and there
ire three or four at the Soldiers Home
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at Dayton. Ohio. would like to hear
from the boys. wherever they may be"
Comrade w. j. Parker writes from To-
ieao. o.: The National Tribune is all right !:
bat you don put as much vim into your ac-
count of ehe battles of the Army of the
Potoaa3e as you did in Sherman's fights.
know IL is Natural to praise cur own.
Since eo,niiig to Ohio I have often won
dered if the Fasteners ever were in a battle
To hear some OF these Ohio boys talk, they
put down the rebellion without help from
anybody. In my experiences did not see
a bit of difference whether the men were
from the West or from the East if we
had good officers We were good lighters.
had experience in both armies. Well,
We will read our old friend. anyway: so
send it along for another year; the price
is ineloseL'
ii. G.. Lehman. Van Vert, Ohio. asks
for a bit of poetry, THE Sweetheart and
the Beau" which, he says, is "a gem
Comrade John J. Atikin, 90 W. Milwau-
kee St, Janesville, Wis, would like to
hear from survivors of 5th N Y.
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Stories Emneny Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

ceeding to the front. As I was passing
the Colonel halted the gang, and ques-
toned me in regard to where 1 had
scooped them in. / told him. He, turn
ing to the Adjutant, remarked: That
is the kind of men that are in the Sth
Ill. Cav" (the Adjutant having lately
Joined the comIland). Resuming our
march to Boonsboro, halting in front of
the hotel, called for the hostler, and
ordered the man to dismount. and as
he did SO the skirt of his coat clung to
the saddle and exposed a nice Colt
army revolver. My feet struck the
ground nearly as soon as he did. and I
said: Il will take that shooting IRON"
He at once produced 1t, and, turning
it up, I discovered that every chamber
was full Leaving the horses with or
ders fer their care, I proceeded to the
Provost-Marshal, turning the seven
prisoners over. I remained with my
uncle that night, and joined the COM
mand the following morning near An
tietam.
In 1892 was in Washington. D. c.
called on Col, Wheelock G. Veasey,
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is no record of who they were. Bates Di-
vision. with his artillery, attacked another
blockhouse at Overalls Creek, firl miles
north of Murfreesboro. and garrisoned tg
80 men of the 115th Ohio. commanded by
Lieut.. ii. H. Closer Altho Bates men
kept up-th attack for days and fired ~
cannon shot at it. the garrison maintained
its ground and prevented the enemy from
burning its bridge.
If anyone knows the story of the 4th
Mich. Cav. defenders of the blockhouse.
we should be glad to have it.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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The Iron Brigade at gettysburg.

Editor National Tribune n Some of the
old boys are going fon sfne about Gettys-
burg. Some have written me, telling
where | was on the first day. who were
not in the army, and support the claim of
the Second Brigade, that they opened the
battle. | think we are lot of old cranks;
all right. but you may DEPEND on the road
| marked out tas the road on which Gen.
Reynolds, Gen. Wadsworth, at the head
of some troops. rode on the first day of
July, 1863, and l always believed that il
was the First, or Iron Brigade, for l
marched with the head of column. l have
not been at the place since that morning,
of Round Top almost in the angle formed
by the ridge running east, you will know
that was the road we marched on-B. f.
Tripp, Canton, S. Oak.
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HOW, L, CAPTURED SEVEN JOHN
MES.
An Incident OF the Antietam Campaign

An Incident OF the Antietam Campaign.
Editor National Tribune: I have been
challenged so many times in the last IL
years to write this article to The Ma
honaI Tribune that I have at last de-
eided to take no more dares, and over
my own signature relate the incident
lust as it occurred on Sept Is, 1862,
having been denied a Medal of Honor
because not performed under fire, altho
come 20 or more affidavits Zone from
Col John T. Farnsworth. my own Col
oneD, fully substantiating my claim,
we're then on file in the War Depart
ment. All was of no avail, as not a shot
vas fired.
On the morning of Sept Is the Sth
III. Cav. were ordered to pursue the re-
treating forces Of Lee from South Noun
lain, Md. We came UP with them in
The little village of Boonsboro, where
yix successive saber charges were made
In the main street. which resulted in
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Discharge of serg,t Finch.

A discharge found in Iowa is at the
disposal OF the one most entitled to
possess 1t, upon establishment of that
right. 1t is In possession of ]. V. Au-
ten, Grinneil. Iowa. 1t was issued to
Serg't James w. Finch, Co. F. 18th N.
Y. II. A.
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Send Him His Sword.

received just 40 of these letters, one
coming from as far as Switzerland.
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WANTED-Inft nation of Patrick Clancy
or William P. Clancy. Lieutenant in Co. &
9th Mich. Cav, whether living or dead. The
last heard Of him was from Marquette
Mich, about 1884. John Clancy, Superin.
tendent, Greenwood Union Cemetery, Rye,
n. Y. :
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ADDRESSES WANTED

MANIFESTATION Of Co. /, 9th Pa.
Cav. Civil War, to communicate with
Philip d. Beidel. Boiling Springs, Pa.
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wANTED-Address of comrades who knew
Thomas Feeley private of Co. E. 22d Ind.
Inf. who later transferred to the Sth
Wis. Battery. and was captured near Perry
Vile. KY. Write to D. j. Mangan. 1919 Con-
cord Ave, Carrick. Pa.
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WANTED-Fred Baker, 4O6 w Harrison
ST., Chicago, ILL.,, wants the address of any
member OF Co. n, 99th N. Y. Inft.
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WANTED-By Bell & Bell. Station &C." De-
troit, Mich. the postofiice address OF tlia
heirs or near relatives OF Christopher Gordon,
late Co. d, I'd Mich. Cav. VIII pay for adj
dress.