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The National tribune., 1910-06-23
The Bell Butler Took.

Editor National Tribune:4 A short
time ago an article appeared in The
National Tribune asking for tnforma-
tion regarding a bell that was confis-
Gated by Gen. Butler and sent North
from New Orleans. Probably the bell
referred to is the one. that is now In
the belfry of the Congregational Church
in this town. This bell, weighing 500
pounds. was formerly owned by B. d.
Beavin. of Plains Plantation Miss, and
was used to call his 6 125 slaves. Mr..
Beavin died soon after the breaking
out of the rebellion. His executors sent
the bell to New Orleans to be cast into
Confederate cannon. where it was cap
tured by Gen. Butler. The bell was
teamed from the plantation to the river
landing by an old slave, Uncle John
Hedden. The bell was IBID off, at
auction in Boston by BENZ. Snow. Jr..
who gave 1t to the Trinitarian Church
in Fitchburg, Mass. with the stipula-
ton that its first peal should toll the
freedom of the slave. This was done
according to program. and Mr.. Snow
had the satisfaction of ringing 1t him
self when President Lincoln's emanci-
patton proclamation was issued. In 1872
the church disbandsd. the church build
ing was sold and tho bell was purchased
by the Congregational Church Of Aver,
Mass.-Wn.. Fl. Sherman, Aver, Mass.
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4 RecltalS Qn0 a
IReqal1 SC@ulCeS "a
Stories Eminenty Woh Telling Of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

The company of Indians had found
the camp of the other bushwhackers
on the other side of the creek, and
killed several of them and scalped
everyone they killed.
After the fight with the bushwhack-
ers a cold rain and snow storm came
upon us, and We got lost in the woods
and wandered around for three days
without anything to eat, until we found
some wildhogs. After the storm was
over we found our way back to Baxter
Springs, and at the end of two days
more we arrived at the Osage Mission.
few hours after the Indians had got
back.
That night the Indians had a scalp
dance over the scalps they had taken
while on the expedition. They divided
the scalps up in little locks of hair, so
each one would have lock. and men
and sauaws danced around in a circle,
all chanting their doleful cry of "Au-
wa, au-wa" Altho the weather was
close to zero, 1 saw old gray-headed
squaws dance until they were so ex-
hausted they would drop, down in the
snow After our horses and the men
got filled up and rested up we went
back to our camp at Humboldt, and
that was the last we heard of that band
of bushwha ckers.-Asher S. Childers,
Co. c, 11th Kan. Cav, Salem, w. Va.
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

ing the retreat. Cleburne followed up
furiously and Long had fight with
him of nearly an hour, befose driving
him back. In this Cot Long was Sc
verely wounded. The whole command
moved rapidly toward MGbonough.
marching all night in a. artdrenGhing rain.
They did not get the order to, unsaddle
until between and 81 o'clock on the
morning of Aug 81. The saddles had
been on continuously since the evening
of Aug. IS. "a
The commands troublesSw were not
ended. as the horses had to be swum
across Cotton Indian Creek. which was
full to overflowfng, with high, steep
banks. f. #,
The old camp at Buck Head was
reached about sundoW'n of Aug. %. In
five days the command had ridden COM
pletely around Hoods army, and de-
stroyed four miles of railroad, with two
locomotives and train OF cars. The
loss in killed, wounded and missing was
326. but the Confederates had been
given a handling that was very demor-
alizing, and the Southern newspapers
bitterly abused Martins Division OF
Cavalry for the way 1t allowed itself to
be ridden over by the Yankees. 1t was
not only Martins Division, but Gle
burne's infantry was handled just as
roughly. ClebuEnes men said that the
Yankees came on in solid columns 10
or IL lines deep. running their horses
and yelling like devils. Cleburne's men
tried to use their bayonets, but the
Yankee sabers we're too much for them.
Col. Curry Is q clear, vivid writer, and
his story is told in a highly interesting
way.
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At Iihhex Prison.

Editor National Tribune: I have for
many years been subscriber to The
National Tribune. and have never al
lowed my subscription to expire. The
paper is too instructive and too inter-
esting to miss 1 served in Co. F. b5th
20, 1882. to Oct. IL, 1852. We were
captured at Edisto, 8. c., and were
locked in the jail at Charleston for a
few days and then sent to Columbia,
where we were fed on little rice and
bread made from moldy flour. We
were guarded by North Carolina troops.
who were friendly and kind to us. At
Columbia their Captain went personally
to the General in commando forget
his name-and asked for more food,
better rations and better accommoda-
tions for the prisoners. When he re-
turned the guards told us that the Cen
eral had told the Captain, "They do not
need better rations; we are building a
pen for the beasts over in Georgia,
where they will get fevers in the
swamps and die anyway" and more of
the same sort OF comfort. We were
sent to Libbey Prison and placed on
the floor Some one told us to keep
away from the windows. as the guards
would shoot anyone seen thru the OPEN
ings from which the windows had been
removed. We were told by rebels that
whenever a guard shot q prisoner he
was given 30 days furlough. I exam
ined the ceiling before one window and
counted five bullet marks, the rims of
two being stained with blood. The floor
was covered with a horrible and dis
gusting smear, and we had to lie in it.
Our rations were two, sometimes three,
very inferior hardtack 5each day, with
half pint of water, in which beef had
been parboiled with no salt. The effect
was the same as half the measure of
salts. and / have not yet recovered from
its effects.-A. S. Coy, Grismore, Pa
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Morris's Brigade Was There.

Editor National Tribune: Albert Pay
son Terhune. in his history referring to
the first campaign in West Virginia,
says that Nine Ohio regiments under
Mcclellan drove the rebels out Of West
virginia" / was all thru that cam
paign. and know that Morris's Indiana
Brigade (the 9Th. 7th, Sth. 9th and
10th Ind were there and participated
in every battle. The 14th Ohio, part OF
the 18th Ohio and two guns of Bar
netts Ohio Battery are all the Ohio
troops / recall. There may have been
some more at Rich Mountain. The bat
tie OF Philippi was fought by the 9Th,
7th and 9Th Ind, 18th Ohio and four
| companies of the 18th Ohio, Barnett's
Ohio two-gun battery and 9th w Va.
The battles of Cheat Mountain and
Carrick's Ford. where we killed Gen.
Garnett and put the finishing touches
on the campaign. was fought by the
6th, 7th and 9Th Ind, 14th Ohio. part
of the 18th Ohio and Barnett's Battery.
The 9Th Ohio (the Guthrey Grays) had
just arrived, but that regiment and the
6th w. Va. were not in the battle, ar
irving shortly after IL was over Some
comrade in writing OF these events puts
some other artillery in instead of Bar
nett. Capt Benham was in command
at Carrick's Ford. ] carried every or
der given in that fight, as l was acting
as Aid to Capt. Benham, and placed
| Barnetts two guns by his order in po-
sition on high ground behind our lines.
one gun on either side of big walnut
tree, and the first shot dismounted one
of the enemy's little four-pound guns
on the bluff across the river 1 would
| like to hear from that boy of the 10th
Ohio whom i sent back after the 6th
| Ind. when we ran into a Georgia regi-
ment on our way back to Cheat Noun
tain Gap to pick up Gen. Morris's head
quarters baggage. / would be glad to
hear from any of the boys.-A. 8.
Prather, Co. b, 9th Ind, Taneyville, Mo.
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Whose Leg Was Shot?

Editor National Tribune: Some time
ago l made an inquiry in The National
Tribune as to a James A. Walker. c. 8.
A, who was wounded and lost a leg at
Gravelly Run, Va, March 81. 1865, and
since 1t appeared there have been a
number of articles published in The
National Tribune. and if they are to be
believed he was wounded at many
points from Richmond, Va, to Florida.
and the answers are as conflicting as
they would have been had l asked who
struck Billy Patterson. My theory about
it is this: Just before night, March 80,
my regiment 140th N W passed in
the rear of the Second Corps, and re-
lieved the pickets to our left until we
passed by the end of the picket line.
The next morning we were advanced as
q skirmish line across the field, north
and into a piece of woods. The ex-
treme left where I was made part
wheel and faced about east and halted
A bullet whistled close to me, and /
looked around. / saw rebel officer
sitting on horse about Is rods from
me. 1 took aid, intending to hit him
in the right leg and drop the horse at
the same time. After firing / did not
see him again nor the gray horse he
was on. BY the time / got my gun re-
loaded / saw another officer on a bay
horse moving around very lively at
dbout Tic Sdiuc pace. It lAiHS eliei Dt-
gan very lively, and our skirmish line
broke for the rear about as lively as
they knew how. The rebels were masssd
In the woods, either brigade or a divi-
sion. and were ready to attack US. They
got our troops into a temporary stam-
pede, but we soon rallied and stopped
them and then drove them back half a
mile or more than they did U.s. No
other Union troops but the Fifth Corps
was on our side. In reading the Con-
gressfonal Directory a number of years
ago it stated that one of the Congress
men from Virginia, named Gen. James
A. Walker, lost a leg at the battle of
Gravelly Run, and 1 have often won
dered If that was the officer I saw that
morning seated upon a gray horse when
our skirmish line passed by, partly in
their rear. I was in hopes some Con-
federate who was there would reply
Our regiment was very conspicuous, be-
ing Zouave, and they would remember
them. We were in the Second Division,
Fifth Corps.-Samuel r. Hazen. Co. G.
140th N. Y, Painted Post, N. 7.
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The Volunteer Officers, Bill.

Moses Summers Post, Baldwinsville,
n. Y, with a membership of 75, in
dorses the volunteer officers bill, and
asks its Representative to assist in its
passage.
Il. f. Leonard. Austin, Mimi, says:
Remove the age limit from the War
ner-Townsend bill and leave the amount
one-half pay, as originally in the bill,
and justice will be done" 1t is a poor
time to split hairs over bill which if
passed to-day would not reach thou
sands who will die before it becomes
operative.
DIR. Henry f. Ballard, 72d ILL.,, Minne-
apolis, Mimi, says that if the age limit
clause is not stricken from the volun-
teer officers retirement bill 1t will look
as if the lawmakers of the country have
forgotten the men of 1S61-65 who re-
sponded to IIincoln's call. The young
est of the veterans have passed the 65-
year mark, and the roster of the Grand
Army is rapidly decreasing.
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The Connecticut Soldiers Home.

A P Hanks, Noroton Hights, Conn,
reports that George 8. Cleveland. Lu-
cius ]. Cook. George Hack and B. w.
Sperry. inmates OF the Connecticut Sol
diers' Home at that place. have died
within the year. Vim. Fl. Davidson. Co.
D. 10th Conn, is an inmate of the
Home. He was born Nov. 20, 1910, and
is consequently nearing his 10O-year
mark. He walks more than many who
are 20 years his Junior. Lately he
walked very often over to the village, a
mile away, and may do so now. Last
March he took a 60-day furlough. and
did not return until 1t expired. He is
we'll apparently in every respect. Bar
ney Rigney. 21st N. Y. Cav, is another
aged veteran. and bears himself equally
we'll. He was born Feb. 6, 1919. With
in the past three OF four years six vet
erans have died at the Home who were
from 80 to 9S Years old.
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Sherdan's Raid.

Robert L. Eskildson, M. D., First
Sergeant. Battery L, I'd u. 8. Art,
Omaha. Neb.. is much pleased with the
Wilderness Campaign, which he finds
intensely interesting. He fought under
Sheridan thru that stormy time from
the Rapidan to the James, and will
never forget the Joy they brought to
the hearts of our boys that they recap
tured at Beaver Dam. He can hear
their shouts of welcome yet. and they
were glad. to rejoin the main army,
which was done May 22. after the raid.
They were back in the ranks again. and
whenever the cavalry marched past the
infantry someone would throw up his
cap and shout: "Hurrah for Beaver
Dami" All the comrades are shouting
for McEiroy for Commando -in-Chief in
his neighborhood. :y
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An Expensive Leg.

David Freer. Co. G. 56th N. Y. served
three years in the civil war. Then he
was hale and hearty. Now he is old
and feeble and under the constant care
of a physician. The Government allows
him a pension of SIS per month. lie
has tried time and again to interest the
Government in his case to the end that
his pension might be increased to an
amount sufficient for his personal needs.
He would be granted an increase If he
had lost his leg. but as he is still in
possession of that practically useless
right leg (vericose veins) nothing can
be done for him.
A Loyal Iouisian.an.
Calvin Becks. Isola, Miss. says that
he and lot more of the Louisiana boys
living there ran away from their homes
at night. and got into the battle at Mil
iiken's Bend the next morning. Capt.
John Davis and Caleb Simmons and
Eddie Williams went into the planta-
tions of Louisiana and made up what
they called the 1st La, afterwards
naming it the 5th II. A. He was cap
tured at MiIliken's Bend and carried to
Georgia, where he lay in the Lee Coun-
ty Jail from June until August. when
he escaped and got back to his regi-
ment at Vicksburg.
At Franklin and Nashville.
J. s. Hatch. Sergeant, Co. E. 3sth
ILL.,. Plano. ILL.,, wants to know who got
licked at Franklin. as suggested by
Comrade K. A. Fiske. Not the Yanks!
Brave men were the SOC Confederates
buried in front of the works, but that
was all they could claim. says he The
Yanks got the works at Nashville, fight
ing the same crowd of Johnnies as at
Franklin. Col Capers. oath s. c.. C. S.
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The 11thtwis.

James Henderson, Manistee, Mich,
was at the Wisconsin Efrcampment, and
thinks list of his comrades of the
18th Wis. who were present will inter-
est many who were not there. Those
present were: Maj. Miller, Waupaca
Home, Wis; Ira W. Hunt, Adjutant.
Neenah. Wis; g. T. Hamer, Princeton,
Wis; F. A. Bird. Madison, Wis; N.
Farnsworth, Baraboo. wis; Thomas
Hart, Wild Rose, Wis; ]. II. Neikalds,
Oshkosh. Wis; George Applebecker,
Sheboygan, Wis; w. H. Bennett, Madi-
son, Wis; James Hart, Neenah, Wis;
James Henderson, Manistee, Mich. They
are all for John McElroy for Com
mander-in-C Chief.
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breaking Up Murderous Band of Ruff
fans on Cowskin Creek-The Scalp
Dance
Editor National Tribune: During the
war there were two roads leading south
from Fort Scott, Kan. One ran almost
directly south to Fort Smith, Ark, and
the other a little southwest to Fort
Gibson, 1. T. From Baxter Springs
south between these two roads is a
hilly country, mostly covered with tim
ber and dense underground.
After the massacre at Baxter Springs
this part of the country was infested
with bloodthirsty band of bushwhack-
! ers. and it was almost impossible for
any but large bodies of troops to pass
over these roads without being killed
and robbed, for they took no prisoners.
In February, 1864, the commander at
Fort Scott fitted out an expedition to
drive the bushwhackers out of that
icountry. At that time Col. Preston B.
Plumb. of the 11th Reg. Kan. Cav, was
in command at Humboldt, Kan, post
| 40 or 90 miles west of Fort Scott, on
the border. Col. Plumb was ordered to
The National tribune., 1910-06-23
Half Holiday for Federal Employees

Some of the veterans in Texas are
displeased that the Federal employees
at Fort Worth were given half holi-
day to attend the birthday services of
Jefferson Davis. The Fort Worth rail-
way mail clerks went on a special ear,
attended by the local post Office band,
and wound up the day with baseball
match between the employees of the
Fort Worth and Dallas post Offices
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Court -Martia!ed and Hanged.

Augustus Fink speaks of an incident
not generally known. where a young
soldier was court-martialed and hanged
by order of Gen. ID. G. Buell. about four
miles south of Bardstown. Ky. Tho
charge against the soldier was that ho
killed rebel citizen because he had
the soldier arrested for stealing poul-
try and pigs, and the guard was or
dered to strap a rail on his back and
make him walk a beat for two hours
He said while walking the beat that
If he ever got loose he would kill that
rebel, which he did.
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The First Subscriber.

Geo. w. Dunn, Gervais Ore, claims
to be the Oldest subscriber. as he was
the first In his section to take The Ma
tional Tribune, and has kept it up ever
since.
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A.. says he was near the center Of the
Confederate line. and could see both
ways. He saw 100 stands of Confsder-
ate colors and 10000 brave trained,
enthusiastic soldiers.
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Bear Creek Bridge.

R. r. Risley. Co. E, 10th Ind, st.
Johns, Mich, says that on the after
noon of April 8, 1862, his brigade. COM
posed of the 10th KY. (Coi. Harlan,
now on the Supreme bench), 4th KY.
(Col. Fry), 14th Ohio (Col. Stedman)
and 10th Ind. (Col. Malon ID. Manson), /,
boarded boats, with gunboats as front
and rear guard. and sailed UP the Ten
nessee River all night, making 40 miles
by daylight. Gen. Sherman got off, and
with his fieldglass looked around; then
he ordered us to go IL miles farther.
We came to Bear Creek Wagon Bridge.
It was on fire. 1t was five miles to
Iuka, Miss, where 5000 rebel soldiers
were camped. The 10th and 4th KY.
and 10th Ind. formed along the creek;
the 18th Ohio marched up creek a mile
by cow path, and drove the guards
from the railroad bridge and burned it.
The 14th Ohio came back and started
down the road for the landing, with the
4th and 10th KY. following and the
10th Ind. bringing up the rear. He
was in the rear guard, and knows there
were no Johnnies there when we got
to the river. The four regiments lined
up on the river bank and fired a volley
over the river, and went aboard boat
again next morning. They were at
PittSburg Landing
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HON ESTEADS.

3" COMRADES" II you filed before June
23, 1874, on homsstead-less than 100
acres-I will buy your additional right
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