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Cutting the Macon Road.

Editor National Tribune: 1 desire to
congratulate Comrade C. v. Gorrell on
his accurate account of Cutting the
Macon Road" as published in The Ma
tional Tribune. I think II is the first
published account Of Col. NJ C. Hunt
er's command capturing the Macon Rail-
road I have read, excepting what is
found in the Official Records of the
Rebellion. I had forgotten that the
18th Ind. was one of the four regi-
ments, and until I read Comrade Cor
rell's letter thought it was the 18th
Ohio instead.
To satisfy myself on that point ]
have just examined copy of journal
kept by Serg't Harry Allspaugh, of the
31st Ohio, on the Atlanta campaign
Here is what he wrote under date OF
Aug. 81, 1864:
with skirrnishers out we move east
about two miles and fortify. We are
the first Yankees here, and the natives
are astonished. We captured a number
of prisoners. Our skirmishers reached
the Macon Road, and held it one and
one-half hours, when they were driven
back. About dark we move forward
In line of battle, and again reach the
Macon Railroad, and intrench in form
of a square. Our force Is composed oil
the 18TH and sgd Ind. and the 31st and
seth Ohio (the 18th Ohio is away on
some kind of duty), and commanded
by Col. NJ. c. Hunter, of the SD Ind
who told us that we must hold the
railroad or be captured, as we are two
and a half miles in front of our main
line. Stragglers from the enemy come
in by squads" -.
In a footnote Serg't Alspaugh wrote:
"Hardee's Corps passed along almost
within gunshot of rs during the night
and had they known of our detached
position on the railroad they doubtless
would have given our four regiments a
chance to visit Andersonville-that is
those they did not kill"
The survivors of the 31st Ohio often
refer to that exciting night attack and
the capture Of the railroad.
The fortified position was in the
form of a square, each regiment form
ing one side of the square, thru which
the railroad extended the length Of one
regiment front. The earthworks were
ever afterwards designated by the mem
bers of the 31st Ohio as the "bullpen,'
and all agree that somebody took
chances on the capture of the entire
force by leaving us there all night.
I, too, think this affair deserve.
favorable mention on history's pages
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A Substitute.

Editor National Tribune: A recent
article in your paper relative to civil
war substitutes recalls little personal
experience your readers may like to
hear. It Is said that poets are born, not
made, and may it not be that love of
country is inherent? My grandfather
was a Revolutionary soldier; my faith
er's home, on the Ohio River, a refuge
for the Union refugees that hid in the
Virginia hills by day and crossed the
river under the cover OF night. More
than once my girlish dreams have been
interrupted by my father calling me to
get up and prepare food for these men.
A company was organized In our COM
munity, my pastor going as Chaplain,
my Sunday ay-school Superintendent as
Captain, my lover, brother and many
dear friends falling into ranks. They
were gone, and, the war cloud deepen
ing, more volunteers were needed, and
as a recruiting officer at Sunday
school picnic appealed to young men
in vain, he turned to "A group of us
young ladies, and asked how many
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THE ASSAULT ON FORT SANDERS
A Bloody Repulse for Longstreets Men

Editor National Tribune: Have you
a record Of the charge that Lonsstreet
made on Fort Sanders, Knoxville,
Tenn.2 I think 1t was in November,
1853. Please give the loss Of Union and
rebel forces on the day OF the charge.
was there as member OF the 45th
Pa. I am under the impression that
Longstreet lost about 1900 and our loss
was very light, as we We're we'll forti-
fed. Longstreet was repulsed.-A. T.
Boggs, Miiesburs, Pa.
Gen. Burnside's report says that on
the evening Of Nov. 28 the enemy made
an attack on our picket line In force
and drove IL back in front of Fort
Sanders Sharp sklrmishing continued
nearly all night. The next morning
about $50 they moved a column of as
sault of three brigades against Fort
Sanders. In spite of our heavy fire q
portion of two brigades succeeded in
gaining the ditch. but were unable to
gain the parapet. The ditch was swept
with an enf1lading fire with much
slaughter, and the remainder of the at
lacking column retreated in much con-
fusion. About 900 men and three stands
| Of colors were taken The Confederate
killed and wounded amounted to about
| 500. Our entire loss was about 20
About 100 dead passed thru our hands
among them Col. Ruff, commandins
Wofford's Brigade. which led the as
sault: Col. Kenneth McElroy and Lieut..
Col. Thomas. Gen. Longstreet says thai
the attack On the fort was ordered fol
Nov. 2s. but in order to get his troop,
near the works the assault was post
poned until daylight of Nov. 20. Tht
line of sharpshooters was ordered to bt
advanced at dark to within good rife
range of the enemy's lines and to sinl
rife pits during the night in its ad
vanced position, so that the sharpshoot
ers might engage the Federals upon ar
equal footing during the assault. Som.
90 or 10 prisoners were captured in tn,
advance. The assault was made at TIL,
appointed time by Wofford's, Humph
reys's and Bryan's Brigades. This wa
done in gallant style. but as Longstree
came up from the rear he saw some o.
the men struggling back. and heard tina
the troops could not pass the ditch for
want of ladders. Soon thereafter tn,
men began to retreat in confusion
Neither Gen. LOngstreet nor any of hi
subordinate commanders make any re
ports IS to the number of men they los
In the charge.-Editor National Trib
Inna
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second charge of the rebel cavalry he
wished to go to his own company and
'egment. but as they were right upon
Us / told him to stay. and he went into
the ranks and fought thru the battle in
Co. A of the 30th, where we was
wounded and taken prisoner a few rods
in the rear of the company. / took his
name, company and regiment. and when
his OrderlySergeant visited a member
of his company that lay on cot near
me / reported the incident to him, Civ
ing his name and company. which,
think. was II. of De Witt County, Ill.
One of the boys was named Burroughs:
the other 1 have forgotten. 1 would
like to know If he is living. and wheth-
er the record was ever Strengthened out.
If Gny of his company comrades know
anything about him or the record. I
wish they would write me.-W. o. Dun
gan, Sergeant, Co. a, Goth Ill. Kearney,
Neb.
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Losses at sAntietath.

Editor National fG,lGw ;n Nv.
Union army which hhlost 30 or more
men killed. wounded. ana missing in the
battle of Antieam., Sept. II, 1882. the
bloodiest one days battle bf the war
More men were killed on tfIht day than
any other one day 4f the Var.
Following are the losses ! 5th Mass
s1s 2ssa ss5 Pa ISL So: r stS ss7 Mast ssf
224; seth N. Y. 224; 7th Mich, 221
35th Mass, PA: 27th Ind, 209; SD
n. Y, 2o2; Sd Wis. 200 The 2sth Pa
and the I'D Pa. contained IS COM
panies each: the other regiments con-
tained 10 companies each.-John- Bres-
nahan. 424 M street northwest, Wash
ington. ID. G.
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The 18th q. g.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 10th Z. S.
Stephen Loranger, Ontonagon, Mich.
The 18th u. 8. was originally organ
ized for the war with France in 1898
and then discharged. 1t was again or
ganiZed for the War of 1912. and con-
solidated after peace was restored into
the I'd u. s. 1t was organized again
for the War with Mexico. after which
it was discharged. Its last reorganiZa-
ton was May 4, 1861, when 1t was
made a three-battalion regiment with
Andrew Porter as Colonel. H. NJ. Nag
lee as Lieutenant Colonel and F. F.
Flint, A ]. Slemmer and Sidney Cool
idge as Majors. Never more than one
battalion of the regiment was in the
field. 1t belonged to Rousseau's Divi-
sion, Fourteenth Corps and lost seven
officers and 80 men killed and two Off
GERS and 179 men died from disease, in
prison, etc. In 1866 the I'd battalion
became the 25th U. s. and the Sd bat
talon the 34th u. S. In 1869 the regi-
ment was consolidated with the I'd U. S.
Editor National Tribune.
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have In my possession a prescription fov
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that has cured SO many worn and neryous
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have copy. So have determined to send
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a plain, ordinary sealed envelope to any man
who will write me for It.
This prescription comes from q physician
who has made a special study OF men and 4
am convinced Il Is the surest-acting crmbi-
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think owe 1t to my fellow man to send
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would charge $500 to $500 for merely writing
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A Young Soldier Bcy.

Editor National Tribune: Tecumseh.
Neb., claims to have the youngest civil
war veteran in Nebraska, VIM. /. Phil
pott. who was not yet 16 years Of age
when the war closed. but saw practi-
cally two enIistments. totaling 1e
months, in that great struggle. Mr..
Philpott was 81 years old on April %.
and celebrated his birthday by Joining
the q. A. R. When boy Of IL Phil
pott went to the front as a hfer with
Co. I, 9Sth Ohio. When the soldiers
were being recruited he played the fife
and beat The drum and helped stir up
patriotism. The company took Phil
pott along and dressed HIN in the army
uniform. altho he was too young to be
regularly enlisted. With his boyish ap-
pearance and Weighing less than 80
pounds. Philpott attracted much atten-
KY. lady was Heard to remark: "oh.
what q pretty little soldier" The boy.
however, kept up with the regiment on
all the long marches and saw many
skirtnishes. After three moPths as a
f1fer boy Phjlpott took Ill with srysipe-
las and was sent home. but In April.
1894, he enlisted in co. A, 8oth Ohio
and served for 16 months. being on
Sherman's march to the sea and in
many engagements. Mr.. Philpott has
lived In Nebraska since 1871 and in
Tecunseh since 1884. He had two
brothers in the civil war. One Of them
Is Attorney ], =. Philpott. Of Lincoln
Neb.. who was Colonel bf an Ohio regi-
ment. The other brother was the late
Dr. c. H. Philpott, of Tecumseh. who
was a private In the S0th Ohio.-James
A. Lawrence, Tecumseh, Neb.
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I.-AT LIBBEY PRISON.
Some Graphic Pen Pictures of the Do
ings I'm That Famous and Infamous
Prison at Richmond, Va.

IElSOn at lStcIllnOnuy : us
Editor National Tribune: Very fe"
men came out of Libbey Prison with
diary in which were recorded the
events of prison life from the day OF
their Incarceration until the period OF
confinement closed.
1 started a diary after my capture,
and faithfully recorded the everyday
experiences during an imprisonment OF
seven months in Richmond. The small
memorandum book is highly priced by
me- as it not only refreshes my memory
concerning the eventful past, but 1t
once played an important part In
heated discussion between the late Jas.
C. Blaine and the late Senator Ben
Hill on the floor of the United States
Senate.
was Sergeant of Co. G, 4th Pa, and
was captured Oct. u, 1863, at Jeffer-
son, near Culpeper, Va, by Maj. Jones
18th Va. Cav, during the retreat OF
Gen. Meade to Manassas for new lines
OF defense.
1t was an exciting engagement. The
4th Pa. Cav. was following in the rear
and the regiment was pressed hard by
the 18th Va. Cav. and a large body OF
infantry. do not remember how many
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Golden Wedding,

II. c. Whitney. 1911 Oakland avenue.
dear girl will celebrate their Seth
wedding anniversary on May 21. 1910,
and altho not golden wedding, they
hope to receive a liberal share of postal
cards. Comrade Whitney was a men,
Der of Co. Il. 96th H.. and is a member
of Admiral d. d. Porter Post. He is
70 years old.
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Senator Hill did not expect an eye
witness to come forward to testify to
the result of the tour made by the in
vestigating commission thru the Rich
mond prisons and having been a men,
ber of that commission, his fiery speech
failed to have the desired effect when
Mr.. Blaine secured hearing and read
a few lines from the telltale diary
John Fulton, Jr., Co. G, 4th Pa. Cav,
New York City.
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CURE FOR INDIGESTION

Read What We win Do FOR An Sufferers Of Indigestion
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THE OBBAC co.
Ss4i Rector EIdg, Chicago, Illinois.

would 20 IL we could. Two or three
others besides myself rushed up and
gave him our names. He wrote them
down, and then. again turnins his face
to the audience, said: rs there a young
man here who will take the place OF
any one of these young ladies and &c
as her substitute"
A Young man, a comparative strang.
er TO me. hurried forward, And, calling
me by name, said: Il win take her place
and 20 for her" He went. served no.
bly, was honorabfy discharged. and
years later made Commander OF Post
AS a compliment to me 1 was given 9
certificate Of honorary membership Of
the same. prize #. highly.
I am now serving as State Superin'
tendent OF Soldiers and Sailors Home
keeping in touch with the old veterans
and Uncle Sans men recruits.-M. M
Marshall. Columbus, o.
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Not a Deserter.

Editor National Tribune: would like
to hear from the boy of the goth III.
who fell out of his ranks and went into
the fight at Briton's Lane, Tenn, with
Co. A of the goth. l have since learned
from one OF his company that he was
marked as deserter. Just before the
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as Col Hunter with the four named
regiments, was the first Union force to
capture and hold the Macon roads.
A. Mcneil, Redwood, o.
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Vice Admiral Rowan.

S. c. Ayres, NJ. D., former brevet
Captain and Assistant Surgeon, u. s.
W, has written a valuable and interest
ing monograph upon the life and SER
vice of Vice Admiral Stephen C. Rowan,
U. S. N. This was read before the Ohio
Commandery of the Loyal Legion, and
was received with such enthusiasm as
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xasn Al-EH Union Soldiers who homestead
WAN EO ed some land. but less than fso
chi HlEocs acres before June g. 1874.
oSIOICno are entitled to additional
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pay spot cash for these claims.
Address tConrade) w. E MOSES, AL Jacobson
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LOCATE NEAR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
can sell you within half hours ride OF
Washington ID. c.. at Bowie. Md. one block
containing thirteen lots. and one of two lots.
Both are desirable pieces of property and can
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Property and town lots in this proximity to
our Nations Capital have nearly doubled In
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BETTER BUY NOW at n bargain price. II
Interested, write BRADFORD & WEIGLE.
Real Estate Agents. 9os 14th st. N W..
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ADDRESSES WANTED

WANTED-Information CT Joseph II. Carter,
Co. II. Sd Ohio Cav. He left Leroy, Pa. Cd
April Is. and has not been since. Telss
graph any Information to j. Roscoe Carter,
Wauseon, Ohio.
wANTED-The addresses OF comrades whs
knew Jacob Woz- He enlisted at Cincinnati.
Ohio. but company and regiment not
known. Address Mrs Margaret woiz, 2sIi
Stout st., Denver. Colo.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of James Van Bus
kirk. who enlisted In the volunteer infantry II
Ohio from Koos County: enlisted at Camp
Chase: served through the entire war. In
the battles Of Gettysburg. Wilderness Colun-
bia. Siege Of Atlanta. Ca: was in Anderson
VILE prison: was wounded in left thigh. Mrs.
Oliver Blythe 1920 Penn st., Kansas City. Mo.
WANTED-The address of Lizzie Lynch who
was placed in the convent of the Good Shep-
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Murry. OF ChiIlicothe. O.. afterwards adopted
by New York lady. Clifford Lynch. Wilcox.
Mo
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Jacob A. Freeman
an inmate Of the Stockton. California hos-
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weight. about ITS pounds. and 50 years old
next December Address II. A. Elliott, Boz
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Blood Poison

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