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Statement of Capt. Frank b. Gurley

''To Egbert Jones Camp, Huntsville.
Ala:
''I was born on the same plantation
now live on. / enlisted in the South
ern army as a private early, and was
sworn into a company at Huntsville,
called the Kelly Troopers. We went to
Memphis and there established camp
and stretched the first picket line For
rest had when he was a Lieutenant
Colonel. We went to Fort Donelson
and then to Hopkinsville and back to
Fort Donelson, and after the fall OF
that place back to Huntsville. There
] was left sick, and after a long spell
of fever the Federals ran me out into
the mountains. For protection / got a
few other sick soldiers and boys togeth-
er, and i applied to the proper authori-
ties and got a commission as Captain,
under which / operated inside the Fed
eral lines.
Later one of my men was captured
and ordered to be executed as a guer-
riIla, but sent my commission 20 the
commander at Huntsville, and the man
was treated as a prisoner of war. BY
that time / had gotten about 80 men
and boys together, and the Federals
we're giving me some trorble. went
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Cumberland. of the 1ssth Ohio, saw
that 18th day Of July. AI'D. 1854, at
Fort Stevens. D. c., was tho 77th n.
Y, whose new fias,n under the eye of
President Lincoln, was then and there
77th N. Y, Saratoga Springs, n Y.
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TENTS.

COMRADES OF St Cloud. Zephyr Hills. and
all other Soldier Colonies, while waiting for
houses to be built you will want tents to live
in. l supply tents for every purpose-all
kinds. all sizes. all weights: best material:
best workmanship. As low in price any. and
lower than most firms. send anywhere in the
United States. Comrades. patronize a veteran
Send &C stamp for Illustrated Tent, or &c
to J. G. Clegg, 523 Vine St, Philadelphia, Pa.
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PENSIONSI BOUNTIES Widows Claims a Specially
r. W. sHoPPELL o, Washington, D.. C.
Classified Advertisements.

ARMS WANTED-Don't pay commissions
W. hn1 you direct buyer Write. describing
property. naming lowest price. We help buy
ers locate desirable properties. Free. American
apolis, Mimi
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No less than 1s OF her boys served in
the battles of that war. II on the Union
side and two with the Confederates,
while her total family WAS %.
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FOR SALE.

27 Harper's books. OF 1000 pictures,
fullest history; 800 portraits of distinguished
soldiers and statesmen; 100 maps; no more
in print; fairly good order; have been sold
for $1,000. Take them for $1,000. e. 1.
Baldwin. 18th n. j. Cavalry, Coraopolis Pa.
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lie Belonged to the 136th Pa.

George Boyer, Johnstown, Pa, be-
longed to the 136th Pa, and the 18th
Me. Battery was in the same brigade.
After crossing the Potomac there was
Il detail made from his regiment to fill
up the battery, and he was one of those
selected from his company, and he
served there until the expiration of his
nine months. If any of the boys of that
organization are living. he would be
very glad to hear from them by private
letter
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THE DEATH OF GEN. r. L. McCooK

Shot by the Captain oil tne 4th All. SaN'
While En- Route TO Decherd, Ala,
Aug. 4, 1862.
Editor National Tribune: I was a
member of Co. II, 4th Ohio Cav; also
a member of the delegation that deliv-
cred to the Daughters of the Confeder-
ecy at Huntsville, Ala, a flag that we
captured at Selma, Ala. April 2. 1865.
While with the Johnnies at Huntsville
last year, when we delivered the flag,
several of them came to be, saying that
some had claimed that Gen. r. l.. Nc
Cook had been bushwhacked by guer-
rillas. They were anxious to have the
matter corrected.
As McCook's regiment was organized
in my city as the 9th Ohio-I believe
the only one of my State that had the
privilege of using their own language
(German) for command and uses-it
struck me that it would be of interest
80 get a reliable account of the death
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of Gen. r. L. McCook, who was a mem
Der of the celebrated fighting McCook
family, most of them men of promi-
nence, that gave 13 members to our
army.
1 therefore wrote Egbert ]. Jones
Camp, Confederate Veterans, at Hunts
vile, Ala, for full proofs and particu-
lars Of the affair, and after a great
amount Of labor on their part they
finally got the facts together and sent
them to me as presented herewith.
c. Bramkamp, 1740 Fairmount avenue,
Cincinnati, o.
c. n. Vaught, Huntsville, Ala. writes:
s'We have been a long time getting up
The proof that Capt. Frank B. Gurley
was regularly commissioned officer in
the Confederate States army. We are
Indebted to Ben Pateson, Adjutant of
Z. ]. Jones Camp, 357, for this full
statement and the names attached, as
he had devoted his entire time to get
ting II up to substantiate the facts you
learned down here. The boys who wore
the gray send greeting TO you who
wore the blu.
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LOCAL. REPRESENTATIVES, WANTED. Splen-
did income assured right man to act our rep
resentative after learning our business thor
eughy by mail. Former experience unnecessary.
All we require is honesty, ability, ambition and
Willingness to learn a lucrative business. No So
Letting travelling. This is an exceptional op-
portunity for q man in your section TO get into
a big paying business without capital and be-
come independent for life. Write at once for full
particulars Address E. r. Marden. Pres. The
National Cooperative Real Estate Company,
4s0 Marden Bldg, washington, d. C.
MEN WANTED-For Government positions;
$50 90 month Write for list OF positions open.
FRANKLIN Institute, Dept ESQ, Rochester,
y. Y.
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resigned. DIR. Carl G.. Braunlin has
been appointed Assistant Surgeon Of
the Marion Branch.
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The 22d Iowa.

Jonathan w. Handy, Bishop Cal,
says that he is in the same boat with
Comrade Tarbet, of the noble old 22d
Iowa. They were in the same regiment,
and it is hard to think that it was 46
years ago that they parted. He is also,
like COmrade Tarbet, almost deaf in
his right ear, and can hardly hear out
of the left. The 22d Iowa certainly
went thru thick and thin in that hard
struggle of 1906. He remembers
lying in the rifle pits in the rear of
Vicksburg for 4S long days, having their
soup peppered with sand and having to
stop eating now and then to carry
comrade to the rear who had been
wounded or killed by some chance
crosslire of the enemy.
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A Rebel Lady Friend.

Editor National Tribune: 1 wonder IL
that young lady, then about IS, is still
living at Nartinsburg. W. Va. who as
sisted me to escape. On Sept. 5, 1864,
the cavalry. under Gen. Averill, were
feinting on Gen. Early up near Bunker
Hill, in the Shenandoah Valley. Quite
few of us were Wounded fand some
killed whose term of service were out)
l. with others, was conveyed in a for
age wagon back to Martinsburg, placed
In a stone church for a hospital on
the third morning the sound of roaring
cannons and rushing wagons thru the
streets indicated that our men We're
falling back. Those of the wounded
who could stand transportation were
taken out and sent to Hagerstown, Md.
| demanded to know why | was not
moved The soldier who was left as a
nurse laughingly replied: Take it cool.
You're too badly hurt" I heard tho
door open, and young lady who had
volunteered to write for us asked me
what was wrong. 1 told her of my pre-
dicament. She smilingly remarked:
TBut what can you do?" / said: |1f I
had a pair of crutches I'd get out of
here" She disappeared and returned
with new pair of crutches, and helped
me down the steps. We bade each 9TH
er good-by, and / never learned her
name. Meeting Surgeon around the
corner, / was helped in an ambulance,
and got to Hagerstown and escaped cap
ture. Who was my young lady friend ?
Henry Drummer. Co M, 1st W. Va.
Cav, Fitzgerald, Ga.
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OLD COINS.

s7,75 paid for rare date 1853 quarters $50
Tor half dollars; we pay cash premium on
hundreds Of coins: keep all money dated be-
fore 1884. and send ten cents at once for our
new illustrated coin value book. size 4xT: it
may mean your fortune. C. F. Clarke q Co,
Coin Dealers Dept. 8, Leroy. n. Y. -
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Had 1s Sons in Civil War.

Mrs. Sarah Brandon, aged 109. Of
Moundsville, w. Va, holds the United
States record as tho mother of the
largest number Of civil war soldiers.
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21St iii.

J. A. Fruit, Bethany. ILL.,, says that
the comrades miss the mark in regard
to his regiment. The 21st Ill. was on
what was called the Ten Regiment Bill,
and was made up, paid and fed by the
State for 80 days. Gov. Yates ordered
the regiment to Springfield. and made
u. S. Grant Colonel. Grant marched
it from Springfield to Naples, on the
Illinois River. where they had a call
from Monroe City, Mo, so he got call
20 mix in with them. They were put
aboard cars, and were soon camped at
Mexico City. They went from there to
Pilot Knob or Ironton, where Grant
received his commission as Brigadier-
General in August, and left the regi-
ment.
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WANTED-ADDRESSES.

WANTED-Anyone Knowing Peter Debo5-,A
VINO enlisted in Leroy. N T. Sept l. 1854
IN 'lst Regiment, n. Y. Vols, please notify
N Y.
WANTED-Information Of Charles and Glenn.
ems Broser CBroeser), to company ana
regiment they served in during civil war
Address VIM Broser ss7 Oak St North
Bergen), West Hoboken. y. j.
WANTED-Anyone knowing the present
postoffice address OF Lieutenant Wilso3 waite.
man. Co. ii, goth Iowa Vol Inf, will coufer
favor to the surviving members of his req.
lnent Yours In F. c. and l., Francis NJ
Gott. Woodward Iowa.
Observation-Disclosures desired as to the ser
vices OF William II. Bogar. who enlisted in
Co A. 18th Pa NJ, Sept. 18th, 1889. J. A.
Bogar, Lykens. Pa
W,ANTED-The addresses of Comrades Ran.
ceier Carpenter, Joseph Carpenter John CAL
vert. Rice Morrison, Richard Bobo; last
heard from at Long Run. Ohio: and COM
rades who resided at Athens, Ohio Theo.z
watts, Reuben Cooley, Ralph McGrath and
Jim Ronkasiia- I am paralyzed, and need
their evidence to help in my pension claim.
William Hutchinson. Co. K. 73d Regt Ohio
Inf. r. F. D. No. 5. Edinburg. Mo-
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HELP WANTED.

wANTED-Railway Mail Clerks - Custom
House and Internal Revenue Employees; $500
to $1,000. Spring Examina tions everywhere
Write for schedule. Coaching free. Franklin
Institute, Dept ESQ. Rochester, ". 7.
GET A BETTER PLACE-Uncle Sam is best
employer: pay is high: hours short; places per-
manent; promotions regular; vacations with
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mon education sufficient. Ask for free Booklet
SOL, giving particulars and explaining my offer
of position or money back. Earl Hopkins,
Washington, d. c.
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At Charleston. s. C.

Editor National Tribune: Our regi-
ment was in Charleston and vicinity
two full years, and | am pretty we'll
acquainted with the forts. which the
rebels built to prevent our occupancy
nf that city. The attempt to capture
the forts on James Island by two
small regiments, as related recently by
comrade of the 52d Pa, was one of
the most foolhardy attempts made dur
ing the war. Even if the plan of the
attack could have been carried out
there was scarcely one chance in a
hundred that the eXPediti9pf would have
proved successful; t,Our.a troops were
packed in frail wooden boats. and left
the vicinity of Battery Gnatfield about
midnight AS it WAS only about 10 or
Is minutes row to James Island, it was
supposed that the attack would be
over two or three hours before day
light. However. the. pilots lost :heir
way, and we were constantly running
aground, and it was daylight before
we reached the vicinity of James Island,
where the large and well-rnanned fort
johnson was located. T'o"the left of
this fort was Battsry-B and the famous
Bull IF the Woods batteries (which we're
constantly annovinp.us at our camp on
Morris Island. fact, we were at this
time within almost "a -UC9rTpfete circle
of fire from rebel forts and batteries.
At our backs, Fort Sumter on the
right of which was Sfiiiysen's Island
lined almost continuously with forts
and batteries. We were discovered be-
fore we had chance to land, and in
moment the air was filled with flarn-
ing missiles. Had the rebels been
better marksmen or depressed their
guns more we would have been slaugh-
tered. As it was. the officers ordered a
hurried retreat, and we reached Morris
Island with little losS.-W. W. Hulse
I2nN Shnrc- n Y -----
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The 18th Pa. Cav.

S. r. AveriII, 18th Pa Cav, Brad
ford, Pa, takes exceptions to Adj't Lew
McMakin's correction in regard to the
18Th Pa. Cav 1t was not Daniel Cald-
well that put Old Glory on the Capitol
of North Carolina, but Joseph f. Smith,
of Co. f. Daniel Caldwell tried to
spring that on the members at the Re-
union held at Richmond in October,
1909. When he was called to halt
he admitted that Smith stood on his
shoulders, and set the Stars and Stripes
to the breeze. There are still few of
Co. + alive who wilf>>support the honor
of their company. Caldwell got a COM
mission 10y picking up a rebel flag that
had been dropped when the rebels left
the 18th Pa. Cav.'s front in a hurry.
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The Army of West Virginia.

William Hall, 18th w. Va, Newark,
o.. corrects a recent statement, about
the operations in the Shenandoah VAL
ley, in which it should read o'clock in
the evening instead of o'clock in the
morning. The Confederates called
AverilPs Cavalry Hell Hounds" and
had good reason for it, but they applied
the same name to the whole Eighth
Corps.
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ST. CLOUD. FLA.-A. E. Drought. Lots
bought and sold; dssds recorded: taxes paid.
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Present I'm 50 Battles.

Elbridge Burton, Veterinary Surgeon,
1st Me. Cav. Thomaston, Me-, was one
Of the first to enlist in the 1St Me. Cav,
and served until the close of the war.
having been present in every one of
the 81 battles in which the regiment
was engaged except that Of March 80,
1855. He was present ct Lees surren-
der. which was on his 10th birthday.
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PENSIONS.

yIyABER & WHITMAN CO.,
Expert Pension Attorneys
(s0 years experienced Washington, d. O.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

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Nafne .-..-....-..-..--..-.-
Address OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
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Ambushed BY the Gentle Johnnies.

Editor National .TTibunett During the
Winter of 1S64-65 Gen. Gregg's Cavalry
Division did picket duty in the rear of
Grants army in front ofs Petersburg,
and had various experiences with guer-
riila bands. Nearly every night some
picket was fred at From each picket
reserve, morning and night. q patrol
was sont out two or threeT miles to re-
connoiter. One morning asSquad of 20
or 80 men, in command OF the Lieuten-
ant of Co. D. the advance guard being
in charge of Serg't David Sculley. went
to Warwick Swamp. Jerusalem plank
road The Johnnies were concealed in
the brush on each side of the road, and
very much surprised the boys by VOL
ley and yell. or course. all was instant
confusion and retreat. One comrades
horse got mired. falling on his leg. The
rebels shot him, stripped him of his
boots, clothing and equipments, dragged
his body onto fire and piled brush and
rails on top of it. The column rallied
and charged, but the rebels were gone
scattered thru the swamp and woods
but taking Serg't Scuiley. whom they
captured, with them. He had just re-
turned from a veteran furlough and
wore a spotted calfskin vest.
we were relieved from picket duty
the next day, returning to camp full of
thirst for revenge. Maj. Duncan got
permit to take our regiment out after
those chaps. A few of them were
caught, among them one who had on
Scrg't Sculley's vest. He was soon re-
lieVed of that vest. and had it not been
for our officers would have Jared badly
Serg't Sculley was held a prisoner until
the close of the war. When the regi-
ment arrived at PittSburg. Pa, for dis
charge Sculley was presented with his
vest, much to his SURPRISE, at the Pitts
burg Encampment. L recognized the
Sergeant, and asked him of his expert
ence., He said that after capture he
was well treated, got away. from his
guard, and in the darkness ran into
rebel picket. and thought it better to
surrender than to be shot. He was
taken to Lihbey Prison. He wore the
vest to the Michigan woods, and left it
in Jogging camp. He has regretted
that he did not keep it as a relic.
was on picket that morning, heard the
racket. and saw the dead comradc
brought in.-F'rank Z. Showalter. Co.
], 18th Pa. Cav, Grafton, o.
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PENSIONS,

e Correspondence with widows and other heirs
of Union soldiers and sailors of lS61-5 espec-
tally Invited. Send stamp for circular showing
classes benefited by bounty act of March 4, 1907.
MILO b. STEVENS & CO. Attorneys. Found
ed 1864 by Milo b. Stevens, late of 18th Ohio
Battery. Sg9 lith st. N. w. Washington, d. C.
THE firm is worthy of confidence upon the
ground both OF competence and honesty
National Tribune, April l. 1897.
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PENSIONS, PATENTS, CLAIMS
Successfully and Quickly Obtained BY
JOHN w. MORRIS, WASHINGTON, ID. q.
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Has Tasted Rebel Lead.

w. f. Russell, Sergeant, 26th Iowa,
La Conner, Wash, goes for George W.
Farr with a sharp stick, and will not
have it for a moment that only those
who did not see any service are the
most clamorous for pensions. Comrade
Russell wants to say that he had some
experience as a soldier. as he took part
in all the hardships and battles of the
First Division OF the Fifteenth Corps
from Aug. 1S, 1862, until mustered out
at Washington, d. G.. He enjoyed the
privilege of drinking water out of stag
nant ponds between VickSburg and
Jackson and of standing in the front
rank of his company at Ringgold when
the regiment had 65 per cent of their
number killed and wounded. He also
has experienced being shot, as he was
shot in three different places, and
knows how rebel lead tastes. as he had
a cartridge shoot out of his teeth at
Ringgold.
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
The Surrender of the Sd Mimi.

l.. b. Iittlefeld, Sd MINI. and I'd U.
8. V. ", Sacramento, Cal, says that his
recollection is that the Sd MINI. be-
came engaged at MurfreesborO about 4
o'clock in the morning, and it was 3
o'clock in the afternoon before they
stacked arms on the banks of Stone
River He thinks that the Captains
who voted to surrender were dismissed
from the service. Cen. Forrest told
him in Cairo, ILL.,, that he knew he
could not take the position held by the
Sd MINI. and Hewett's Kentucky bat
terry by attacking them, so he tried the
flag of truce trick, and our officers vot-
ed to surrender. Col. Murray told him
that two hours after the surrender he
was at Murfrcesboo with a regiment of
cavalry. The resimental colors were
burned up when the rebels set fire to
the camp. Co. c, Sd Mimi, was on de-
tached service, and were not included
in the surrender.
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MRS. Winslows Soothing Syrup In an uner.
celled medicine for children teething Is cents
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Hotel Harris. one block from Union Station
Special rates John II. Harris. Proprietor
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-04-14

= altNF hLl&Ds Mss SPECIAL
- Killed Miss Blacksfone ana
ehot Mis- Dovs.r Wa the aims
-aon ulaeic BY Spencer. lie alao
-afe details 80 lttter crims-s. I'm
Incoiately fol,o, ,f,a- his s-onfq-.sir.u
nc Vas arrai1isfa and held Win
out bail For trial April fzth-
sarah J. Dow Wa xsouu,ted
when Mis- blackstone uas klIie.s
last THURSDAY EIGHT.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-04-14
ROYAL FRATERNITY
MEN IN TROUBLE
noANoSE CONCERN CI.SrsrfF,
MILLIONS N TREASURY AND
HAD ONLY s2os.

ROANOKE. Special War-
rants were sworn out Friday by In
surance Commissioner Joseph Button
Tor the arrest % J. ". Elliott and w.
r. Peters. charEing them with NO.
iarng the State Insurance laws in
conducting rr2tcrnal Insurance bus
sntss without a. charter from the state
Corporation Comm sslon and Cor fail
ure 70 obtain a license from the n
Surance Bureau. Elliott IS supreme
royal commander and Peters supreme
national secretary % tire Royal FRA
teruity. with headquarters in Roa-
nOke
The Royal Fraternity Issued health.
accident and death BENEFIT policies.
thc premium being s. re- month
one hundred and eleven pcfc.es had
been issued 20 persons residing In
virginia and West NirEtnia. Tire con-
Germ advertised resources 90 gsan. 0oa.
o1t ere state examiner found nnrr
A-lt .n tee treasury. The praalfr fnr
NIolarrg the insurance laws "a 500
tnc. Each policy isesed constitutes a
separate oHense. making their rroha-
Bile fines $4,000. colonel Ruftor ans
nonnces thot hc viii prosecute them
also nn tne c1Hrce nf nhtn. niu- money
under false pretenacs Elliott SUR
rendered last night and wus hanca
for preliminary hearlug