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Losses at Vicksburg.

T. c. Murphy, NJ. D., 3fst ILL.,, Hope
dale. Ill, writes:
There was no Fort Hill on the Jack
son road. 1t was the Sd La. Redan, 300
yards west and little north of the
White House or Shirley House. There
was another fort south of the Sd La.
Redan. known as the Great Redan. The
3lst III. was first in the crater, June 25.
1863. 1t was in position before 3 p. IN.
that day. Capt. Almons, Co. /, in the
lead. We waited for the explosion
which took place about 3 p. m, and
rushed into the crater. A part of the
men were to use shovels. Tom Hoff-
man took a shovel, thinking it snap.
About the time we got into the crater
Il hand grenade struck near me, and
Tom politely covered it up with dirt
and patted it so the fuse went out.
Il was Acting Fifth Sergeant, and
our company lay down along the edge
of the crater. firing over. I was near
the right of the company. and was load
ing for the bows and cheering them
GrenadeS came over lively. but the boys
returned them. | moved up to about
the center of the company, and my
Captain ordered me to lie down and /
obeyed. Soon piece of a grenade hit
Jim Roney on the shoulder and, glanc-
ing, hit me in the back and bowled me
over. / was not hurt. so | remained in
'He crater uHtli aDoul ~ y. m, Wncn
was wounded in the neck by a revolver
shot at close range, when / was taken
to the rear.
In May. 1909, I again visited Vicks-
burg. Bronze tablets IL. the crater tell
where stood the 31st H.. and where
Lieut.-Col. Reese, Capt. Casey and Capt
Boyer fell mortally wounded Our loss
was 1000. Gen. Grant said the losses
did not amount to much. marker is
placed, showing the positiOn- of each
regiment during the siege The 31st
Ill. lost 81. From Belmont, Mo-. to
July 4, 1863. our regiment lost in killed
and wounded 376, not counting the
deaths from disease. | visited the old
battlefield several times and also the
National Cemetery, where the remains
of 16,9O7 of our comrades rest
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The l.h and 9th Iowa and Sd ILL., Cav

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short sketch of these regiments
Fred Herman, Elk Mountain. Wyo
The 4th Iowa was organized in the
State-at-large during June July and
August of 1861, ard after serving out
two enlistments finally mustered out
July "a, 1865. 1t was commanded by
Coils. Grenville NJ. Dodge, of the Regri-
lar Army; James A. Williamson, and
cession. 1t belonged to Osterhaus's Di-
vision. Fifteenth Corps, and lost IFS
killed and 2S7 from disease, etc.
The 9th Iowa, one of the fighting
regiments, was organized at Dubuque
Sept. "a. 1861, and after serving out
two enlistmcnts finally mustered out
July 1S, 1865. 1t was commanded bv
Coils. VIM. Vandever, Frank j. Heron
and David Carskaddon in succession. AT
Pea Ridge the regiment sustained the
heaviest loss of any regiment on that
field. its casualties amounting to 80
killed, 176 wounded and four missing.
During the Spring of 1863, while at
foung's Point, it became sadly depict
ed by disease. 1t was engaged in the
siege and assault of Vicksburg, but its
loss was quite slight. The 9th belonged
to Steele's Division, Fifteenth Corps.
and lost 154 killed and 232 from dis
ease, etc. Its total of killed and wound
ed was 571.
The Sd III. Cav. was organized at
Camp Butler during August aid Sep
tember. 1851. all except veterans mus
tered out Sept. 5, 1864, who with the
recruits were consolidated into a bat
TALON of six companies. In March and
April. 1865, four more companies were
added to this force, which was mus
tered out Oct. 10, 1865. 1t was COM
manded by Cols. Eugene A. Carr a
West Point man; Lafayette McCrillis
and Robert Fl. Carnahan in succession.
The regiment belonged to Hatch's Divi-
sion, Cavalry Corps. and lost 80 killed
and 231 from disease, etc.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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The Surrender of Pemberton.

Robert r. McMillen, Co. 1, 18th KY,
$50 S. Broadway, Decatur, ILL.,. writes:
Il was one of the boys III the trenches
at the siege of Vicksburg, in Co. /, 18th
KY. In regard to Gen. Bowen and Col
Montgomery carrying the white flag to
a hollow near the Jackson Railroad and
wagon road, close to Gen. Grants head
quarters and also near the enemy's
lines. On the morning of July 2, about
10 a. m, when l was in our camp, L
heard some soldiers in the rifle pits
shout: Someone is coming out from
Vicksburg carrying white flag / ran
up the hill near the Jackson wagon
road. where our line of works was, and
saw two men afoot carrying the white
flag. BY the time they reached our
lines the rebels and Yankees had
crossed their breastworks and met half
way, and were having q good time
shaking hands. When Gen. Bowen and
Col. Montgomery came to our lines they
asked to see Gen. Grant. A Captain
standing near said he would take them
to Gen. Grant if they were blindfolded
| was standing five feet from these men.
when the bandages were put over their
eyes. The Captain took them to Gen.
Grant, and ] remained talking to the
Johnnies. The gunbOats on the river
were still throwing shells, not knowing
there was flag of truce. A 1OO-pound
shell bursted right over the rebel fort,
about so yards from where we were.
Most of the rebels were out of the fort
talking TO us, and no one was hurt
'The gunboats soon got word that
flag of truce was out About IL o'clock
returned to my quarters near Gen.
Grants headquarters. When l got there
Grant and some of his officers, Gen.
Bowen and Col. Montgomery were seat
ed at the dinner table. Bowen and
Montgomery were still blindfOlded. /
sat down on my bunk, not 75 yards
from the table, and watched them eat
dinner. About 4 p. m. Bowen and
Montgomery were ready to return to
Vicksburg, and L saw them start. When
the white flag disappeared from view
the Johnnies cried: Get to your holes
boys We obeyed orders quickly.
ION July Gen. Pemberton sent
word for Grant to meet him that day
inside of their lines, and at a. m.
Gen. Grant and his staff rode thru their
lines at the same place Bowen and
Montgomery came thru. Pemberton
and his staff met them in full view of
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inside of our lines. His staff, struggling
'ack and forth thru the frenZied mob
vas bringing reports Of conditions
which changed before they got to him,
and carrying orders to men who were
likely to be dead when they reached
them.
Left to themselves, the officers and
men were heroicaIly doing whatever oc-
CURED to them TO do, but without con-
certed action their disjointed efforts,
no matter how gallant, Were futile. A
part of the 14th y. Y. II. A. wasted
time in digging out the cannon and get
ting them into action. Other regiments
and parts of regiments pushed out into
the right and left and began fortifying
The I'd Pa. II. a. was heroicaIly main
tanning its position $50 yards in ad-
vance. but getting no help from the
rear, until Col. Gilbert p. Robinson, Sd
Md, sent some of his men with their
Spencer rifles to relieve it from de-
structive flank fire and allow it to fall
back.
In the meanwhile the Confederates
were rushing up troops from every di-
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only flag that was planted on the fort
was the headquarters flag of Gen. Hugh
Ewing, carried by the stormins party
in the morning of the 22d. said storm
ing party being composed of two volun-
teers from each company in the four
regiments composing the Third Brigade.
Second Division. Fifteenth Corps, to wit:
The 30th, 37th. 47th Ohio and 4th w.
Va, and was led and commanded by
Capt. J. II. Groce. of the 30th Ohio,
assisted by Lieut.. Geo E. O'Neal. of the
30th Ohio, and a Lieutenant from some
Missouri regiment.
This storming party was followed
closely by the 30th-Ohio in the morning
of May %, but the timbers carried by
the storming party proved to be too
short to span the moat, and the outside
of the fort was too steep for men to
climb while under arms. tho the man
carrying the flag succeeded in climbing
it by using the flagstaff to assist him.
The flag remained planted on the fort
from about 10 a. m. until after dark,
protected from capture by the proX-
unity of the Goth Ohio. About 4 p. m.
word was sent to us ithe 30th Ohio)
that if We would make room for the
l1th Mo. they would take the fort
THE 30th Ohio was perfectly willing
for the 1Ith Mo or any other regiment
to take the fort if they could get it, and
about 4:30 the 11th Mo. came over the
same ground over which the goth Ohio
had charged in the forenoon. and
have often told at campfireS of that
charge of the 18th Mo, which looked
more like an ordinary battalion drill
then a mad charge. and we said they
could certainly get the fort if anyone
could, and, as stated by Lieut.. Brinker-
hOf, Historian of the 30th Ohio. they
did get nearly as far as the goth did,
but tho the Old 1lth Mo. was made up
of magnificent humans they were not
superhuman, hence they did not take
the fort.
Far be it from me to try to take
its just honors, and | have no doubt il
has an abundance, but the 3Oth Ohio
got closer to that fort than any other
-, 1863. When the Ohio monuments
and markers were located at Vicksburg
in 1905 il was seen that the 'farthest
front Of the 30th Ohio was located at
the foot of the parapet at the point in
question, and quite number of those
-.ttending the dedication on May % ex-
pressed doubts that any regiment got
that close to the fort, but Gen. S. ID.
Lel, who was in command of that part
of the enemy's lines at the time of the
siege, was present, and someone point
ed to our marker and asked him If we
had really got that close, and his an
swer was: They certainly did. and they
also stayed there all day and, in fact.
near there during the entire siege |
was present on both occasions, and do
not write from hearsay."
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The StIl Me.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a brief history of the Sth Me-. w
Monroe. Milo. Me.
The Sth Me. one of the fighting regf-
ments. was organized at Augusta Sept
Z, 1861, and the original members mus
tered out upon the expiration of its
three years service. 1t was Command
ed by Coils. Lee Strickland. John ID.
Rust, Henry Boynton and Wm. NJ Nc
Arthur in succession. Most of the first
two years of its service Was spent in
garrison duty at Hilton Head and
Beaufort. s. c. II took part in the re-
duction of Fort Pulaski. and was pres
ent at the bomba rdmcnt of Fort Sum
ter. On April 26. 1864. it joined But
lers army, and took part in the battle
of Drewry's Bluff. where it lost three
killed. 81 wounded and 80 missing.
Col. BOynton, who was in command,
was severely wounded in this engage
ment, and Maj. Macarthur succeeded
to the command. At Cold Harbor it
missing. 1t belonged to Ames's Divi-
lost II killed, 81 wounded 81 two
sion, Tenth Corps. and lost 1874 killed
and 247 from disease. etc. Its total OF
killed and wounded was 4S9. and 35 of
its members died in Confederate pris-
ons.-Editor National Tribune.
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rectiOn to oVerwhelm the assailants. AS
the Crater was in re-entrant angle.
like the top of the letter A, the enemy
had an enflade fire at close range from
the sides of the angle. One battery,
sheltered by grove of trees, which il
is claimed Burnside had been ordered
to cut down, poured in an awfulIy de-
sructtve fire. 1t could not be reached
by any of our batteries on account of
the trees.
OF the few reports of the terrific
lighting going on in and around the
Crater the best are those of Lieut.-Col.
Gilbert p. Robinson, Sd Md, who came
out Of the fight commanding the Second
Brigade, and Capt. Theodore Gregg
commanding the 45th Pa. Capt. Gregg
rushed his regiment thru the storm of
canister and musketry, and reached the
crest of the Crater, climbing up its
jagged sides over the dead and diving
He received orders from Gen. Bartlett
to charge destructive battery in the
immediate front. Tho he had only 80
or 80 men and seven officers left. he
made the charge, but was driven back
by the fearful crossfire. The fighting
was hand-to-hand. The Confederate
leader, a large, powerful man, caught
Capt. Gregg by the throat, thrust a re-
volver in his face and ordered him 10
surrender. Gregg wrested the pistol
from him and killed him. A rebel sol,
dier tried to help his commander by
bayoneting Gregg, but was killed bv
Serg't Bacon, of Co. ID. Capt. Dibeler,
of Co. B, was attacked by two Confed-
crate officers, who tore his sword out
of his hands, but he regained 1t and
killed them both.
The July sun came up scorching to
add to the miseries. The heat, the
sitting dust, the acrid powder smoke
made an uncomfortable thirst The only
water to be had was by pushing back to
our rear thru the mob in the Crater.
thru the columns rushing to the front,
and thru the gantlet OF crossfire from
the rebel artillery and infantry. Many
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our lines. 1t was a very hot day, and
we could see them lying in groups un-
der the trees until p. m. Our soldiers
got the word that night that the rebels
were going to surrender the next morn
ing at o'clock So the morning of
July 4 We were all up on the hills
watching for the rebels to plant the
white flags on their works. and at the
appointed time l saw four or five men
and one woman all mounted on fine
horses. The lady was riding a black
horse and carrying the white flag. They
rode to the fort near the Jackson Rail-
road, and the woman placed the white
flag on the fort. She placed a flag on
every fort along their lines. and the
rebels marched over the rifle pits and
halfway between their works and ours
stacked their guns. 1t was a grand
scene for our soldiers, who had been
lying in the bitches for 40 days.
would like to hear from some of the
soldiers who were there on that men,
orable day, especially some of the 18th
XIV"
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BY JOHN McELROE.

the second Confederate line. The smoke
and the dust were still so binding that
there was much uncertainty as to what
was best to do.
Presently the First Brigade, led by
Gen. bartlett, came up, somewhat dis
organized by its rush thru the obstruc-
tions, and entered the Crater, which
now became densely crowded
The Mob in the Crater.
Every minute the need of the pres
ence of the division commander became
more painfully apparent A leader of
the stamp of Hancock. Sickles, Sedg-
wick. Meade. Reynolds or a hundred
others of the Army of the Potomac, by
trumpet tones and electrifying example,
would have at once drawn out the men
huddled in a confused mass in that deep
hole, and led them forward to scatter
the enemy rushing up. and sweep the
lines clear on either flank of the Cra-
ter. Instead Gen. Ledlie, shamefully
stunning the glory and danger OF lead
ership, was sheltered in Il bomb-proof
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The Second Division of the Ninth
Corps. commanded by Brighten. Rob-
ert p. B. Potter, comprised:
First Brigade. Col. Zenas r. Bliss
36th Mass, Mai. VIM. f. Draper; 5Sth
Mass, Lieut.-Col John c. Wilton; I'd
y. Y. M'td Rifles, Mai. n. II. Cady;
45th Pa, Capt. Theodore Gregg: 4Sth
Pa, Capt. ]. II. Hoskings; 9TH r. J.,
Capt. Percy Daniels
Second Brigade. Gen. Simon G.. Grif-
iin--3lst Me, Maj. Daniel White; 32d
Me, Capt Amos F. Noyes; "a Md,
Lieut.-COl. Henry Howard; 9Th y. H.
Maj. Phin p. Bixby; 9th n. H., Capt
A, ]. Hough; 11th n. H., Capt. S. d.
Tilton: 18th Vt. Capt. Lyman E. Knapp;
Acting Engineers, 51st n. Y, Capt. Geo.
w. Whitman: 18th Mass. Battery, Capt.
f. J. Jones; 18th n. Y. Battery, Capt.
f. w. Rogers.
GriGins Brigade led the'division, with
the 9Th y. H., 31st Me. and I'd Md. in
advance, commanded by Col. White.
The division was instructed to move
TO the right of the Crater Almost i'm
mediately it became tangled up with
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The 10Th Ind.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short history of the 18th Ind.-Thos.
Clark, Connersville, Ind.
The 10th Ind. was organized at In
dianapolis in July and August, 1862.
Those whose terms would have expired
previous to Oct. l, 1865. were mustered
out June 30, 1865, and the remaining
members transferred to the 18th Ind
Cav. The 10th was commanded by Col.
Thomas j. Lucas, promoted Dec. 81.
1864. to Brigadier-G General, succeeded
by Lieut.-Col. Robert Conover, in COM
mand at the time of muster-out. 1t be-
longed to A. ]. Smiths Division, Thir-
teenth Corps, and lost IS killed and 212
from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune.
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CHAPTER XXXVII.
An Hour of Intense Suspense.

Col Peasants was ordered to fire
the. Mine at $3.50 a. m. His eagerness
overcame him, for he says he fired II
at 3:15. At 2:15 a. m. Gen. Burnside
had left his headquarters. and taken
up his position with his staff in the
14-Gun Battery, near the center of
the Ninth Corps line, from which point
he thought he could best direct opera
tions Watch in hand. he anXiously
awaited the great moment.
All the other corps and division COM
manders were likewise early at their
places. watching with intense solici-
tude. Gen. Meade says that at 3:15 he
was up and preparing to go to Gen.
Burnsides headquarters, altho he had
established a telegraph line to the IA
Gun Battery. 1t was then so very dark
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Tic 45th Ill. at Vicksburg.

P. w, Copeland. Denver, Colo,
writes:
'Comrade J. III. Bradford, of the 3Oth
ILL.,, mentions that Col. John f. Smith,
before he left Memphis for the Vicks-
burg campaign, and comments on the
45th going in and holding what we
called the slaughter pen. Co. A and Co.
3 went in together. A filed to the
right and B to the left Lieut.-Col.
Maltby Smith, who was Provost Mar
shall of Memphis, was on d visit to the
regiment, but had been ordered back.
He secured permission from Gen. Grant
to stay for this charge, and he and
Gen. Logan went in with Cos. A and B.
There Maj. Fisk, whose commission had
just been received, but had not been
opened. was shot thru the heart Lieut.
Col. Smith was shot in the head and
lived three days. Col Maltby was
stunned by solid shot, which just
graZe1 his side. He was made a Cen
ment of the Mississippi, and died at
Granada. Miss. in 1866. Gen. Logan
said Maltby was the bravest man in
battle he ever saw. Logan and Maltby
were both wounded at Fort Donelson.
Comradc Bradford was in error as to
our officers. on May % the 45th III.
was to lead the brigade in the charge,
AS Col. Malthy outranked the other Col
onel, but he was suddenly taken very
sick, which left Maj. Cowan in COM
mand. Our regiment had looked the
ground over and had planned just
where to go, but the line had to be
changed when our Colonel could not
go. The other regiments did not make
a success of the advance, so Gen. Logan
called on the 45th. We went Our
Maj. Cowan was the first man killed.
We gained the fort, but were held there.
as it was nearly noon then. The charge
along there had failed. We stayed there
until 10 q. m. next day
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The S.fti I'll.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a brief sketch of the saith ILL.,. and much
oblige-Hugh Brown. Viola, Ill.
The saith III. was organized at Quincy
sept 1, 1862, and the members whose
terms would expire previous to Oct.
!I,ISS65' IS65' were mustered out June s, 1865
The veterans and recruits were trans.
ferred to the 21st Ill. The Colonel was
Louis III. Waters, who was brevetted a
Brigadier- General and in command of
the regiment when it was mustered out.
1t belonged to Crosses Brigade of Pal
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mer's Division of Crittendens Twenty
first Corps. The other regiments of the
brigade were the 36th Ind. Esd Ky. and
9Th and 24th Ohio. 1t suffered severely
at Stone River and Chickamauga. and
on the Atlanta campaign was in the
Third Brigade of the First Division of
the Fourth Corps. the brigade being
commanded by Col. Grose. Col Post
and Col. John Z. Bennett.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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The Sth Nv.

Editor National Tribune: The sth
KY. was organized and modified at
Estil Springs. Ky. in October. 1861, not
at Camp Dick Robinson and Lebanon,
as stated in The National Tribune.
Comrades of the grand old Sth KY, let
us have Reunion once more on earth.
J. NJ. Prickett, Co. E, sth KY, La
grange, KY.
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The Name JOHNNY Reb.

u. NJ. Partridge. Co. II, 4th w. Va,
New Richland, Mimi, writes
u. II. Goddard asks why the rebels
were called .Johnnies.' / will give my
version of il. At the siege of Vicks-
burg our brigade was in front of Fort
PembertOn. We had fortifcations with
in so or 60 yards of the fort, and we
talked nights for long time. There
used to be man come up from the 9Th
Mo. and call for Johnny. He claimed
he was cousin of his in the 9Th Mo,
c. S. A. One night he came up and
called for Johnny, and some said he
was not there, and he talked German.
They hollered back: Talk white; we
are white folks over here He an
swered: If you are white, what makes
you wear negro clothes They said:
Get down; we are going to shoot A
few nights after that he came again,
and they met between the lines and
Johnny came back with him. l did not
see him any more, but after that we
called them all Johnny rebs in that
army"
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His Experience I'm Andersonvi,,e

s. Fl. Adams, 65 S. Broadway, Aurora,
Ill, says that If any conrade will send
MN three two-cent stamps he will send
his story of experiences in Anderson
Vile and Florence.