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The National tribune., 1910-03-24
THE FIGHT AT PADUCAH.
A Comradc Defends Col. Hicks, 10Th

Editor National Tribune: In your is
sue of Feb. "a 1 notice an item from
COmrade J. NJ Beckley. Tiftin, o.. which
he claims to be the first ''write-up' of
the affair between Gen. Forrest and
Col Hicks at Paducah. Ky.
The comrade is mistaken in his prem
Use. The scrap at paducah has been
written up long since. and published
once at least in The National Tribune.
am not writing this for the purpose
Of getting into controversy with the
comrade. Some of his statements, how
lever, l cannot permit to pass Inchal-
lenged. All former statements of this
Iaffair, so far as have seen, have agreed
that Col Hicks's immediate reply to
Forests demand for surrender was
that he (Hiclls) was there to defend.
not to surrender; that if he (ForresD
wanted the place he would have to
take it.
NThe statement that Col Hicks start
ed to consider this" (the demand Of
Forrest to surrender), but was braced
| up by the Colonel of the 72d Ohio" will
sound funny to those who were per-
sonally and intimately acquainted with
Col Hicks. especially so to the men of
the 10th ILL.,, his old regiment, " hich he
| so gallantly lei in the battle Of Shiloh
until he received q wound so serious
| that his life was long despaired of, and
which after his final recovery disquali-
! fed him from active field service; hence
| his appointment to command of the
post at Paducah and the licking he gave
| Forrest.
| Say, you old comrades of the 10th
| ILL.,, LOgan's, McPherson's and Sherman's
| bummers, rise up now. every one of
YOU that believes Col. Hicks the kind of
man that would for even a moment
consider a proposition to surrender
without a fight to the death, hold up
your hands. Not hand do 1 or will
[ see.
THE plain deduction we get from
lComrade Beckley's letter is that the I'D
lsallied forth from the fort unaided, and
alone repulsed Forrest. while the other
troops covered in the fort. He does
not say it in just these words, but the
inference is plain. l am willing to
grant that the 72d did its whole duty
on that occasion, and that il iyds fine
lighting regiment. All-of The ohio regi-
ments, so far as my, acquaintance ex-
tended, were of tnis Kind, :, however.
Comrades, when blowing their own
horn, should be careful. about detract-
ling from the merits Or others,
Col. Hicks was It brave, generous
man, brave even TO rashness. He could
not tolerate an net OF cowar1ice. The
only fault his men found in him in ac-
tion was that want of fear that some
times led to deeds of rashness.--J. T.
Hunt, Co. A, 10th ILL.,, Macedonia, III.
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PLACING A GUN UNDER FIRE.

ordered to Grand Ecore. went with
them.
1 saw a man sitting by the road. I
said: I'VE got used pretty rough the
other day" He said: Il got a bullet
thru my cap, one thru my coat collar
and one thru my coat-tail. / got sepa-
rated from the rest of ni.- company,
and when a rebel Captain came along
out of the bushes, and asked if 1 didn't
want to go with him He took me back
into the woods to quite a squad of other
Union prisoners. Just as the Nineteenth
Corps opened up and all was excite
ment l thought now is my time, SO l
got outside the guard and walked few
steps, then started on the run and got
back to my regiment"
When we got back to Grand Ecore
we found some of our men had felled
trees and built slight breastworlks
We stopped there. Two days after we
ladyanced towards Alexandria with all
speed. When We got there the rebels
had gotten down before US and were
throwing up breastworks. One of our
gunboats opened on them, and they got
out of that. We stopped there quite
awhile. Maj. Bailey built his wing dams.
! He took old flatboats, and loaded them
with brick and towed them into posi-
ton and filled them until they sank.
They built out into the water on both
SIuGS VI lllt anu iEll di opCIiiiiS
in the center, thru which the feet
passed down the river
After the gunboats got down we start
ed with them on the river bank, and the
rebels followed us clear to the Atcha-
faoga River and left us. We had an
artillery duel with them coming across
Marksville Plain and. at Cane River. but
Banks fianked them out of there
Henry K. McFadden. Co. B, 174th n. Y,
and Battery G, 5th L. s., Cedar Grove,
| Me
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PICKET SHOTS
from Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Forests Memnhis Raid.

J. w. Marcum, 18th cav, Ridgely.
Tenn, wants to call Comrade Henry
Elsy down a notch in regard to For
rests raid on Memphis Gen. Grierson
had gone out with Gen. A. ]. Smith with
part of the regiment and part of the
tn Ill. Cav after Forrest. Smith routed
Forrest. Then Forrest made a dash in
to Memphis with 1000 picked men. In
Memphis were mainly convalescents of
the 9Th and 7th Ill. and I'd Iowa Cav.
and some 100-days men. They were
not at all surprised when the first shots
were fired, but supposed it was the 100
days men getting ready to go home. The
convalescents of the 9Th Ill. Cav. were
camped on the right side of the road
leading to Memphis. Part of the I'd
| Iowa Cav. and part of the 7th Ill. were
| in camp on the left side of the road,
and just a little ways from there were
| the 10O-days men and the militia. The
I100-days men came running from the
camps in their underclothing with their
pants in their hands. Forests idea was
| to capture Gems. Washburn and HUI
bert and lberate the Confederate pris-
oners. Comrade Marcum and his COM
rades went into line at the elmwood,
and tried to get the 100-days men with
them. They made three desperate
charges to drive Forests men back
from the horses and from the cemetery
building. Col. Starr led these charges,
and was killed toward the close of the
| fight. The regiment never had harder
| fight for about an hour. Forrest lost Is
men near the cemetery, and one of his
flag bearers had II bullet holes in him.
| Every rebel gunner was shot down, so
that they were unable to use the artil-
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FOURTH CORPS AT CHICKAMAUGA.
More of the Corps With Thomas Than
of the Fourteenth.

Editor National Tribune: am sur.
prised that you, posted with the facts
as you are, should permit such matter
as was contained in letter written by
John w. Stevens, Sergeant Co. II, S7th
Ind. This individual is permitted to
SANDER one of the best fighting corps
in the Army of the Cumberland Cthe
F'ourth), and to appropriate for the
Fourteenth glory belonging to the
Fourth, and your knowledge iof the
facts should have prevented the pub
lication. 1t is painful to me to tell the
truth and make comparisons between
divisions and corps, but / Will not shirk
the responsibility. In the first place,
he states, as to the battle of Chicka-
mauga: 1.-THE only troops with Gen.
Thomas after the terrible disaster on
the second day was the Fourteenth
Corps" There were less of the Four
teenth Corps present with Thomas on
Sept. % than the Fourth Corps. Sheri-
dams Division of the Fourteenth Corps
was driven off the field with McCook,
leaving only two divisions of the Four
teenth Corps with Thomas, while all of
the Divisions of the Fourth Corps were
with that grand old soldier in the thick
est of the battle. Serg't Stevens imDarts
the wonderful news that the Four
teenth Corps never was whipped" But
at Stone River something looking very
much like a whipping occurred. A di-
vision of Crittenden's Corps, placed on
the edge of the battlefield facing the
cedars, heard distant firing, evidently
on McCook's front, increasing in volume
as it advanced from right to left, scat
tering and driving McCook's Corps off
the field. Then the divisions of the
Fourteenth and finally Rousscau's Di-
vision, the last of the same corps, the
Regular Brigade and the remainder of
the division flying before the enemy,
completely demoralized as chaff before
the devOuring flames. So far as the
Fourteenth and McCooks Corps were
concerned, the battle was lost, but a
lion stood in the path of the enemy
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GEN. GEO. B. MCCLELLAN.
\ Very Able and Discriminating, De-
fense of Him.

Editor National Tribune: have been
regular reader of The National Trib-
une for years, and am an admirer of its
editor, Comrade John McElroy, who, l
hope and expect, will be the next Com
mander-in-Chief of the G.. a. r.
/ have also been, and am still, an ad-
mirer of Gen. Geo. b. Mcclellan as the
commander of the Army of the Poto-
mac in 1S61-62, with which l served for
more than four years. Being such, 1
have to confess that your frequent and
at times, as | consider, your unjust crit
icism Of that officer, has caused me
much regret. Hence l greatly appre-
ciated your courtesy when some months
since you gave space to a strong de-
fense of him by Gen. lie Duo, of this
State, and to that of Comrade Master
son in your issue of Dec. 80.
! My admiration for Gen. Mcclellan,
while great, did not blind me to the
| fact that he had serious faults. Com
rade Masterson mentions one of these
faults as overcautiOusness. In my opin-
ion this was the chiefest of his faults as
commanding officer. Still, / think
| this has been made altogether too much
of by his persistent decractors, for it
must be borne in mind that he was sud
denly elevated to the command of the
lgreatest aggregation of fighting men
ever gotten together on this continent,
lnine out of 10 of whom had had no
military training whatever, while a
Imuch larger percentage had had no
lexperience in actual war.
| These men, patriotic and enthusias-
tic, called to the colors from the farms,
lskops, professions and other vocations
of civil life, had to be made over into
soldiers. To fight whom2/ Not a for
leign foe, but their own brothers in
blood and tradition, the great body OF
whom had been blindly led into rebel
lion.
Certainly this was great RESPONSE
Ibility, a herculean tasNrthe creation
of an army of a fighting machine and
at the same time protect the National
Capital, dangerously exposed from the
fact of its location on the Southern bor-
der of the loyal States. and at the same
unnecessarily embitter the situation
The fate of the battle of Bull Run strik-
, inSly illustrated our unpreparedness foI
/ the successful prosecution of a war sc
suddenly lanched against us. For the
. first two hours of that battle. when the
rebel forces were being driven, the in.
experienced Union defenders did we'll
but with the first check, not an absolute
, reverse, all semblance of any solidarity
was lost and replaced by an ungovern.
able mob, and had il not been for the
overcautiousness of Gen. BeauregarG
the Capital would then have been cap
tured, and with that would have un
questionably come recognition of the
Southern Confederacy.
Whatever else may be said. there car
be nu question Gen. Mcclellan was mos
! successful in creating a real army Of
: soldiers No man could have been more
SO, as witness the Peninsular campaign
particularly the battle Of Malvern Hin
: and finally its withdrawal to go to the
The National tribune., 1910-03-24
The Hanging of Two Face.

George w. McGiilen, NTH Ohio Cav,
Elizabeth, Ind, eOrrects Comrade
Bayles about the hanging of Two Face.
Comrade Bayles says that the two other
Indians were taken hack to the guard
house. If that was so. it was after they
had quit kicking, for Comrade McGillen
was on the detail that hanged them.
The detail executed all three about a
half mile from Fort Laramie, and left
them hanging for quite awhile. The In
dians swore vengeance on Fort Lara
mie for this. Comrade Bayles no doubt
remembers Co. e, 11th Ohio Cav, for
the rest were very pleased to see ii
come to Powder River when they were
short of rations on Corners expedition.
Col. Coles whole command was lost
This included the I'd Mo. L. A., 18th
and 18th Mo. Cav and 10th Kan. Cav.
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THE RED RIVER CAMPAIGN.
The Slxirmislles and Fights Around
Pleasant Hill-The Blockade on the
ROads-The Defeat and CAPTURES.

Editor National Tribune: L enlisted
I'm Co. B, 174th n. Y, and was sent TO
Louisiana after the Port Hudson cam
paign and the Sabine Pass fizzie. we
were ordered to western louisiana
(Berwick City. Bayou Teche and Ope-
lousas). Later we went to Franklin,
and while there so men of our regiment
were ordered to serve their time out in
Battery c.. 5th L. A. 1 thought it could
not be much worse than infantry, ana
I volunteered.
We We're sent to New orleans, and
found the battery quartered~ in cotton
press on Orange street. We drilled
there until about March l. think; then
got orders to join the Thirteenth Corps
on the Bayou Teche. We were then as
signed to the Fifth Brigade, Cavalry Di-
vision. Thirteenth Corps. We arrived
at Alexandria in a few days, and one
night about II or 1 o'clock we had or
ders to get breakfast and start after the
rebels. We got out of town, and saw
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xsFn AlrEN Union Soldiers who homestead
w r1N ED ed some land. but less than $50
c@l rIEocs acres before June .. 1874,
SoEDiCno are entitled to additional
HOMESTEADS sa1rs e,ghss evss was 'neasn Tslial
qushed or abandoned. If soldier Is dead, WIDOW or
heirs have his rights.
pay spot cash for these claims.
Address (Comrade) W. l. MOSES, AL jacobson
Bldg, Denver, Colo.
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The Rebel Treasure.

Enoch A. Sexson, 4th Iowa Cav, In
dianoia, Neb., says that II e rebel treas
ury was captured by Co ID of the 4th
Iowa Cav. 1t was reported that there
were 100000 in specie at Washington,
Ca, left there by Jeff Davis when he
disbanded his Cabinet. Capt. Abraham.
with Lieut.. Man, was sent to take
charge of any rebel property and to pa
role Dibrelrs Brigade. The money was
in the bank at Washington, some in
boxes having the New Orleans Mint
brand, which had never been opened.
Some was claimed by the citizens of
Richmond. The money was sent to
Gen. Wilson, with the writer in charge
of two carloads of rebel documents for
warded at the same time. There were
not two carloads of money. Perhaps
the money and documents were both
together at Augusta when Comrade
Morrison guarded them. There was a
comrade with him on the way to Ma
con. and they opened several boxes of
documents, but found nothing of impor-
| tance in them. They did not even keep
a souvenir.
The National tribune., 1910-03-24

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ADDRESSES WANTED

wANTED-Communicat with some of the
men of Capt Lewis d. Sheppard. Co. F, 9th
N J. Inf. Vols, who served in 1865 with COM
rade (alias) Lewis Lombard (whose family
name was Edward Lippens, born in France,)
discharged at Greensboro, N. c., July I2.
1855. Address his widow, Virginia Iippens
107 West 27th St, New York, care A. j. Guis-
lin, Notary Public.
WANTED-Address of any member of Co. A.
"a Bat, 18th u S. INIT, who knew Leroy
hirk OF that company from '62 to '65. Ad-
dress Geo. Elmire, Maiachite. Colo.
WANTED-The names and addresses of COM
rades who knew John H. Mccarthy, who served
in Co. G. 2ith n. 7. Cav. Vols. Address J.
W. Morris & Co, Attorneys, Washington. D. c.
WANTED-Address- of any member of Co. A,
2sth KY INIT. Vol, who knew Nicholas Miller
OF that company. Address George C. Miller.
Box 81, Corydon, Ind
WANTED-The company and regiment to
which Michael Curtain belonged, who enlisted
in New York City in 1861 and who probably
died in the service. Address his daughter
Mrs. Mary A Van Blair, No. 129 South Seq
ond Street. Richmond. Ind.
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HON ESTERDS.

"HOMESTEADs."-Comr If you filed
before June 23, 1874 on a Homestead-less
than $50 acres-I will buy your additional
right-enough to equal 16O acres. Also, Land
Warrants. Pay highest price. Comrade A
NJ. Vance. 'DeS Moines, Iowa
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Sleridan'S Hair.

Walter Strutton, Milwaukee, Wis.
takes exceptions to our statement that
Sheridan's hair was red. He says that
it must have changed color after he left
the Army of the Cumberland. II was
then as black as could be. Comrade
StruttOn served in his division about
year. Still, the climate around WASH
ington those days was apt to work great
changes. For example, Granny Halleck
was esteemed a great General out West.
but when he got to Washington he did
not amount to shucks.s
The National tribune., 1910-03-24

Comrade John w. Goodwin, Blan-
chester. o., wants the comrades to re-
member him on his 6Sth birthday,
which was March 1G, and send him a
card
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OLD COINS.

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A Medal Found.

Editor National Tribune: 1 have in
my possession a medal for which
would like to find an owner or some
relative. 1t is a bronze medal contain
ing the following inscription on the
back: The State of Ohio to III. Y.
Shaunding, veteran, Co. E.. 46th Reg't,
Ohio Vol. Inf" This is surrounded by
a wreath. On the face is a soldier in
uniform, standing on a pair of steps,
with musket in left hand and cap in
right hand.-W. S. Vardon, Newberry,
Luce County, Mich, p. o. Box 247.
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The Confederate Flag.

f. 3. Jones, 10th Kan and 151st ILL.,,
Ulysses, Neb., asks: "On what rests the
hopes of our Republic?" The only an
swer to this is: "One country and one
Flag That being the case, why do
our leaders allow the rebel flag to be
noated at public doings or to be carried
anywhere with pride? He has no crouch
against the Confederacy. but has a ter
rible spite against the flag they carry.
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4 TOothIess Record.

George F. Percival. Co. E,>77th N. Y,
Veterans Home, Napa, Cal, says that
he entered the service in 1861 without
a natural tooth in his upper jaw. He
had false teeth on silver plate. A
brief experience with hardtack split the
plate from front to back, and he chewed
small pieces of hardtack as others
chewed tobacco. He was mad all thru
from the time that Fort Sumter was
fired on until he was mustered out Feb.
IL, 1865. His regiment was armed with
Enfield rifles, and he didn't have to bite
cartridges. Comrade Percival wants to
know if there are any rivals to this
record.