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The National tribune., 1910-10-27

Battery B. 4th U. g. Art. The oom.
manders were: Gen. Rufus King. Gen.
John Glbbon. Gen. Sol Meredith. Gen.
L. Cutler. Gen. E.-S. Bragg. Col w. w.
Robinson and Gen. ]. A. Kellogg. They
were engaged in 20 battles from
Gainesville to Appomattox.
Comrade Geo. W. Merrick. Co. A,
34th Wis, was shot thru his folded
blanket and his body Just under the
short ribs on his left side, and about IL
years after the war the wound was
opened in his back and pieces of the old
blanket taken out The wound again
healed, and he was quite well again.
Comrade H. B. Shaw. of Nora Springs.
Iowa, Co. B. 14th Iowa, was shot in the
left shoulder with a six-ounce grape
shot, which SO paralyzed the arm that
he has no use of 1t. He preserved the
ball, and draws a pension of $45 per
month. The ball was probably nearly
spent. or it would have passed entirely
thru his shoulder.
l am personally acquainted and have
talked with all of these comrades and
have seen the bullets Except the can
non balD.-A. C. Wendell, Co. X, 39th
Wis. and Co. D, 46th Wis. Minneapolis,
MINI.
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Patriotic Ancestors.

The following letter is from Miss
Edna NJ. Williamson, Basin, Mont, and
we will let her tell the story of her an
cestors in her own way: n
Editor National Tribune: am lit
tie girl, IL years old, and love to hear
my grandfathers tell stories of their
soldier life and incidents that happened
on the firing line and in camp. Fol-
lowing are the names of my relatives
who fought for their country: Great
great grandfather, Thomas Garvin,
fought in the War Of 1872; great-great-
uncle, Joseph Barrey, was Captain in
an Ohio regiment; Grandfather ]. B.
Overturf belonged to Co. G, 14th Iowa;
Grandfather H G. Williamson belonged
to Co. E, 44th Ohio, but re-enlisted in
the 8th Ohio Cav; Great-uncle James
Williamson belonged to a Missouri cav
airy regiment; Great-uncle Richard
Williamson belonged to Co. E, 44th
Ohio; was in the Andersonville Prison
nine months, and lost the sight of one
eye while there; Great-uncle John Will
hanson belonged to Co. e, 44th Ohio;
Great t-uncle Philip Simmons belonged
TO the list Ohio, and was killed in the
battle of the Wilderness; Great-uncle
Joseph Burum belonged to an Indiana
regiment; Great-pncle James G. Wilson
belonged to Co. F, I'd Iowa Cav; Grand
father Overturf had two cousins in the
war also; one S. F. Eccles, Second Lieu
tenant, Co. G, 14th Iowa, and one Wes-
ley Overturf belonged to an Ohio regi-
ment.
II am very proud to think I had so
many relatives who were willing to lay
down their lives for their country"
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81 Was a Good Soldier"

Editor National Tribune: Daniel P.
Rice enlisted in Co. /, I'd Mich. Cav,
Sept. 19, 1861, for three years at Leroy,
Mich. and was discharged for disability
at Louisville, KY, Nov. z, 1862. At one
of our picket posts during the war sew
en- men had been shot down by the
enemy. The Colonel knew Dan Rice was
good marksman, SO he was selected
to stand post. He stood in plain sight
of any rebel who might want to pick
him off. He looked around for less
exposed position, and found some
scrub-oaks, with logs lying around. He
lay down in the deep shadow and wait
ed. 1t meant death to be caught off
post, but he was bound to protect him
self as much as possible. He hadn't
been there long when he heard twigs
swapping near by. Presently he saw
something stir and he fired. After the
report of the gun he heard the boys
coming with the Colonel in the lead
and when they didn't see him at his
post they all thought he was killed and
called out for him. Dan yelled back,
and directed them to him, and they all
began searching for the object of Dams
shot. They found it, dead rebel, and
he proved to be the one who had picked
off seven men on that post.
One time after a heavy battle his
company was detailed to cover a re-
treat and while skirmishing to worry
the rebels. Getting into close quarters
he told the rest to make sure of their
way out, while he would stay. Bullets
were whiZZing around him thick and
fast, and he got separated from his
comrades, but he was a good rider, and
| ne scaled hedges, fences and logs until
| ne had ridden many miles in advance
He came to what he supposed was a
repels farm. He left his horse and
walked to the house. He was admitted
! ana told he might stay over night He
| went TO spare room and found some
clothes, which he put on for protection
In case the Johnnies came But they
| proved to be Union people, and he
stayed there till his company came
| along. At another time while skir-
mlshlng, he came upon a big burly reb-
el: He jumped at him, and knocked
his weapon out of his hands He
marched him back to camp, and hand
| ed him over to the guard a prisoner.
While in the army he had a horse kick
him, and he had TO ride horseback 20
miles before the wound could be
dressed. He carried the print of that
, horses shoe until the day of his death.
The last words he said before he died
We're: Il was good soldier"-Written
| Dy request of George Loud Post, Hem
rletta' Mich.' of which he was a mem
| Der.
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Pork-la holes. In the second regiment
were eight companies of ,Cherokees and
four companies of gOsageS, II compa-
MES in all. The third regiment were all
Cherokees, fine lads and good fighters.
commanded by Col. VIM. Phillips OF
Kansas; Lieut.-Col. Downing Fullock.
a fine looking man and greatly loved by
the comrades. VIM. Foreman, Captain
of Co. 1. 10th Kan, was Major. The
companies were differed as follows:
Indian Captains, First Lieutenants and
Orderlies detailed from the 10th Kan:
Sol Kaufman as First Lieutenant and
myself Fourth Sergeant on Co. c, 10th
Kan, as Orderly-Sergeants. Co. G,
Cherokee Our Captain, John Shell
Fullock, Indian; Second Lieut.. Red
Bird, Sixkiller and another man. Capt
Shell was dismissed from the service,
and Lieut.. kaufman promoted to Cap
tain. The men were quick to learn, and
soon learned the drill and commands.
l did nearly all the drilling in the COM
pany from squad to platoon and the
manual of arms, and I had my hands
full for the first six weeks. Capt. Kauf-
man was a poor hand at drill; his feat
was fighting (where he was always to
the 'front.', and of which we had a
plenty. Our regiment was scouting
nearly all the time. and was in all the
battles from muSter-in to discharge at
the close of the war. 1 will give rev
names in my company: Red Bird, Six
killer, Young Red Bird, Young Duck
Sundy. Yellow Hammer, Beaker, Tick
en-nes-ky, Glascock, Hog, Shooter, Bot
tie. Fine names for roll calling. l en-
listed April 1, 1861, for three months
in Co. l. 1 9th Ohio; discharged Aug. 81.
1861: enlisted Oct. "a. 1861, in Co. I,
Sd Kan. Jay Hawkers, Jim Lanes Brt-.
gade of K. NJ. Rifles; then Co. /, 10th
IT, 10 nrl lnrlNr Co. ont
as stated.-Oscar Fowler, Eau Claire,
Wis
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Heavy Recimental Losses.

Editor National Tribune: In The Ma
tional Tribune of July IA r. S. Mowry.
Co. A, 1st Mimi. makes claim that his
was the first three-year regiment in the
first great battle of the war, that its
loss was the greatest, and that the bri-
gade, division and corps in which he
served lost heaviest in killed and
wounded. The 1st MINI. was mustered
as three-months regiment May 1,
1861, and in June was remustered as a
three-years regiment At Gettysburg
it lost So per cent of its numbers in
killed and wounded. the heaviest per
cent of any Federal regiment in any
battle during the war. The Sd, 4th, 9Th
and Sth Mass. were mustered in for
three months, April Is. 1861; the 1st n.
]. for three years, May 21, 1861; the
18th, 18th, 18th and 18th H., May "a,
1861, and the I'd Mich. May rs, 1861.
Exact losses in brigades, divisions or
corps will perhaps never be known. The
comrades division tSecond Division,
Second Corps) had three regiments, the
18th and goth Mass. and 7th Mich, that
are included in the As regiments having
the heaviest loss in killed in action. The
First Division, Third Corps, which was
afterwards the Third Division, Second
Corps, and commanded first by Kearny
and afterwards by Birney, had six reg
iments, the 18th Me-, I'd and 5th Mich.
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Too Much Pension Clamor.

Editor National Tribune: / have been
a subscriber to your paper for many
years 1 greatly appreciate the plain,
easily understood campaign descriptions
given us from week to week by John
McElroy, and / have at heart the well
fare of The National Tribune. the only
paper of its kind. / cannot but note
the growing feeling that the constant
clamoring for higher rates of pensions
is averse to our interests as a whole.
1t is having a tendency to bring dis
credit to class to whom all honor and
praise is justly due. Certainly there
are many cases where higher rates
should be given, but for the most part
the age pension is far in excess of rates
paid by any other great Nation.
The enormous appropriation which
the dollar-a-day bill would call for, as
shown by The National Tribune several
weeks ago, precludes the possibility of
its passing. That public sentiment is
adverse to a larger appropriation for
pensions must be accepted by us all.
Let us not bring discredit upon our
selves as class by continued demand
for a higher rate of pensions. While
we are being paid the generous rates
provided by the McCumber bill let us
do what is possible for ourselves. Let
us not devote the most of our time dis
cussing bills for more pensions. Posi-
will tend to heightened lives. Let US
show that we have the same interest in
the welfare of our country that i'm
pelied us to take arms in her defense.
I am aware that with some comrades
my views will not be popular, and be-
fore they decide that 1 am either draw
ing large pension or served my coun-
try by guarding a bridge or two some
where in the rear, I will say that I en-
tered service as soon as age would per-
nit. and had smell of powder at Per-
ryyille; then followed Knob Gap and
the Cedars of Stone River. Later came
Liberty Gap. and McCook's march over
the mountains, and the day and night
marches to the battlefield of Chicka-
mauga, the 100 days under fire on the
Atlanta campaign, the race back to
Franklin and the two days battle in
front of Nashville, the chasing of
Hoods army remnants out of Tennes-
see, then to Huntsville and into East
Tennessee, with Kirby's Brigade to
Asheville. n. c., and mustered out at
close of war with the distinction of
having been with the regiment in every
engagement in which it participated
George S. Myers, Co. +, 101st Ohio.
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Rebel Flags Again,

Editor National Tribune: The article
on the rebel flags in your issue Of Aug.
1S by Isabel Worrell Ball Is very inter-
esting reading to an old soldier of the
Union. The question is often asked:
why were the rebel soldiers SO loyal
to flag unknown before the secession
of South CaroIina?" think l can give
a correct answer. 1t is that large
percentage of the population of the
South had never known any other flag.
At the breaking out of the rebellion I
had been a resident of Missouri nearly
seven years. l had been at many Coun~
tyseats, and had crossed the State sew
erai times, and on two occasions only
had / seen a public display of the Stars
and Stripes, and that was from the
poles of circuses. How could a people
have a reverence for an emblem they
never beheld? The Southern Confeder-
acy knew more of its traitorous rag at
the end of it's first six months than it
had known of the flag of our country
in all its previous history.-John n.
Morton, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 1st
Mo. Engineers, Hamilton, Mo.
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Indian Regiments.

Editor National Tribune: I saw in
The National Tribune of recent issue
an inquiry about Indians in the war of
6l-'63. j was with one of the Indian
regiments. There were three organized
and mustered into the United States ser
ice the latter part of August, 1862
The first regiment were all Creeks, with
Creek officers. The ColonePs name was
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ABANDONED ON PICKET.
How Two Cavalry Boys Got Thru
Rebel Bivouac in the Night, and
Joined Their Regiment.

Editor National Tribune: Aug. 3
1852, found the 5th n. Y. Cav. in camp
near Woodville, Va. We had estab-
lished a line of pickets from there to
Stannardsville, and rumors were fly
ing thick that Lee was headed that
wav with his whole army. In the
morning we drew 10 days rations and
an extra supply of ammunition. That
looked suspicious. for bullets generally
said business. At II Il. m, off on the
Madison Court House road, our regi-
ment was halted in an open field after
marching about eight miles. The 1st
VI Cav. then went ahead to see if they
could locate the enemy.
Our horses in stamping around un-
covered something which caught the
eyes of the boys, and soon the word
'.goobers" was sung out all along the
line. Sure enough. it was big patch
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that are included in the IS regiments
having the heaviest loss in killed, the
last-named regiment having lost the
heaviest of any regiment in the ser
vice, its killed in action being 423. its
killed and wounded being 1851. M.
Doubleday, Caldwell, Kan
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TENTS-FLAGS.

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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Opening tile Chattanooga Campaign.

Launcelot L. Scott, Sergeant, 18th
Ohio, Jacksonville. Ohio, says that dur
ing the latter part of August, 1853, the
Fourteenth Corps lay in the Cumber-
land Mountains, few miles north of
Stevenson, Ala. Their camp, Camp
Cave Spring. was at a copious spring
of water on the side of the mountain.
A large pontoon \train was with us.
their boats floating in the creek to
tighten them. On Aug. 80 he, with
comrade, scaled the spur of the noun
tain east of their camp and. climbing
into an oak tree. had an extensive view
of the surrounding ranges and valleys.
The broad Tennessee River flowed a
few miles off, and beyond it rose the
huge bulk OF Sand Mountain. To the
west, Is or 20 miles distant was a
cloud of dust caused by the right wing
of the army marching up the valley
toward them. They sat in the tree for
several hours watching. On the next
day larger squad of them went up
to the mountain top. This day part Of
the dust cloud was much nearer, and
they could see the sun rays reflected
from the gun barrels of the marching
men. They felt and talked of another
campaign coming, and sure enough, at
o'clock on the next day, Sept. l, they
received marching orders. At in the
evening they arrived at Caperton'S
Ferry on the Tennessee on a long pom
toon bridge. Large wood fires blazed
on the bank at each end. The dark
ranks of moving men would emerge
from the dust and gloom into the fire.
light for moment and then again fade
away. Hurrying thousands and the rat
tie of the artillery trains alone broke
the silence of the night. They crossed
the bridge at the quick step and push
ed on in the darkness for several miles
to get out of the way of the other di-
visions, and then drew out to the side
of the road to await the coming of the
morning. So was commenced the great
campaign for the occupation of Chat
tanooga.