The National tribune., 1910-01-20
A RECORD TO BE PROUD OF.
Tho Travels of Comrade Loop and His
Pony-Thru kentucky and Tenncs-
see, the Atlanta Campaign, to North
Carolina and Racl, Ae;Iin.

IN Lewis center, 1DeidWdTe County. ".
July l. 1862. in Co. G., 45th Ohio.
went to Delaware about Aug. l, anC
| was mustered into the service at CamI
| Chase. Columbus, O.. on Aug. 10. anC
Istarted for the South the same night
We got as far south as Cynthiana, Ky.
/ in time to meet our men in retreat
! from Richmond, Ky, with Kirby Smith
/ in close pursuit. We retreated to the
| Ohio River at COvington. Ky. This is
the time the Squirrel Hunters of Ohio
and Indiana came to our relief. After
this scare we then went as far south as
Lexington, Ky, where we wintered.
The only thing that happened worth
mentioning was one night at about 1U
o'clock an old man, accompanied by an
old lady, drove up in carriage to the
beat where / was on guard, and re-
quested that a guard take her thru the
lines to q certain house wherein lay a
sick daughter that the old lady was
going to take care of. The request was
granted, and within one hour we had
the word that this old lady was John
Morgan in woman's clothing. Every
thing was put under provost guard for
four or five days, but the old lady, or
John Morgan, could not be found.
N the pring of '63 our regiment
was mounted. and was put under char~e
of Col Wolford, of the 1st KY We
made several scouts around in Ken
lucky My first fight was worth a good,
hearty laugh. 1t was at Monticello.
when two companies &C and one other)
with 154 men chased the Johnnies
about two miles thru the woods. one
poor Johnny called TO me for water. 1
gave him a drink, and he said to me:
My God, don't go any farther: you will
be killed. We have enough men to eat
you up"
In a few minutes, when we came to
the edge of the woods the JohnnicS
yelling. jumped over a stone fence.
knew he had told me the truth. We
went hack thru the woods, / know, fast
er than we came. At our side of the
woods help had come, and away went
the Johnnies back again. Dark came
on, and we went into the woods with
our flag of truce to get our wounded
and dead and so did the Johnnies. |
never have fairly made up my mind
which side was whipped in that little
scrap.
We were as far south as jamestown,
Tenn, on June 2S, 1868, which John
Morgan thought was about far enough,
and started us back. We often obeyed
orders that did not come from our side
of the house. We made halt at Leb-
anon, KY, and John Morgan concluded
it was his time to run, and, if / remem-
Der Alright, he left his younger brother
Calvin for some one else TO bury. We
chased him to the Ohio River and had
him cornered, and l think we would
have captured his whole command then
and there if he had not captured a boat
and got his command over in Indiana
at daybreak next morning.
On our first days ride in Indiana
got pony which / think went more
miles than any other horse in the army.
Chasing John Morgan.
We chased John Morgan thru south
ern Indiana and Ohio to where we cap
tured Dick Morgan,\a brother of John
Morgan, and about 1000 prisoners. 1
think we travelled about LOO miles in
% days.
Dick said he would surrender to the
45th Ohio, but would be - if he
would surrender to the 1st KY.
We guarded our prisoners to Cincin-
natl, and then moved thru Kentucky to
Gap into Tennessee again,
where / was detailed with my pony for
orderly or dispatch duty, and spent
about p days thru the siege of Knox
vile, Tenn. Here bran was used for
making bread and it tasted very good.
We then chased the Johnnies into
West Virginia. On our way back l
Williams at Greensville, Tenn. 1t was
here in her cabbage patch that John
Morgan was killed after his escape from
the Ohio Penitentiary.
On our way back to Knoxville, at
Plains, Jan. 5, 1864, | was
kicked by Capt. Kerstetter's horse in
the small of the back, injuring my
spine. MASKING my left shoulder and
receiving a rupture at my right side /
was given pass from Gen. Sherman
for a scout, which 1 carried around
until April, when l returned
TO Gen. Haskell as an Orderly. We went
to Lookout Mountain, where the fight
ing commenced on May and continued
until Sept. 8, 153 days.
From Lookout Mountain we went
thru with Sherman in his Atlanta cam
Mountain, Marietta, Peach free Creek
and Atlanta. On July % / carried my
last dispatch to Gen. Mcpherson, and
on my way from Gen. Sherman'S head
quarters there were several shots fired
at me from the Johnnies' artillery l
was within 100 yards of Mcpherson
when he was killed. He was taken to
our headquarters, and his watch was
found to have stopped at two minutes
Of o'clock, and think that is the
time he was killed.
After Hood in Tennessee.
When Sherman started to the sea
came back with Pap Thomas thru Ala
bama into Tennessee. ! was in the bat
ties at Columbia and Franklin and the
two days fight at Nashville on Nov. Is
and 16, and helped push the Johnnies
back across the Tennessee River. Here
we took a boat down the Tennessee
River and up the Ohio down to Cincin-
natl Then We went by rail to WASH
ID. c., and Baltimore, Nd,
where we boarded steamer and went
by way OF the Chesapeake Bay and the
Atlantic Ocean to Joncsboro, N G.
Having learned on arrival there that
the war was at an end. l requested to be
transferred to ms regiment When nv
request was granted / EarS up the pony
l had gotten in Indiana and started
back to Nashville, Tenn. At Harris
burg, Pa. the night of April IA, 1865, I
heard of the assassination of our noble
President Proceeding by way of In
dianapolis, Ind, TO Nashville, / was dis
charged with my regiment June 16,
1865, and went home.
My great-grandfather came to this
country in 1916, and served in the Rev
War. My father and two
of his brothers. myself and 35 cousins
and several of their grandchildren were
in the Union army.
Gen. Mcdowell, of PENNSYLVANIA, was
a brother of my grandfather upon my
mothers side. i have now living six
brothers and two sisters, and our ag-
gregate ages are $40 years My family
consists of my wife, four children, two
and one great-grand-
child. In my immediate family we
have never had death, and 81 Will
pay for all the whisky, beer, tobacco
and cigars l have ever used.
AS to my war record, / wish to add
was never excused from duty or re-