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Stories Emnenty Worth Telling of Experiences and Adventures
in the Great National Struggle.

reached its foot. I passed over and
was out of sight for minute. l wheeled
SHARPLY around, and turned into a thick
clump of pines a little to the right, and
there dismounted. I remained perfect
ly still, and several rebels rode past
They went on for a considerable dis
tance, and finally another one gave up
the chase. As he rode back he came
toward the pines where 1 was con-
cealed.
He was not more than 90 yards from
me, when a movement of Patchen re-
vealed my hiding place. The rebel saw
me and raised his carbine to fire, but
was too quick for him. 1 fired my
pistol. His horse sprang forward and
his rider fell / then leaped into my
saddle and struck out thru the fields.
The other two, hearing the report of
my pistol, returned to the pursuit. I
struck out at a right angle. They saw
me, however, and dashed forward with
great speed, one of them firing his car
bine in the desperate endeavor to pre-
vent my. escape.
l was now nearing Bull Run, where
] hoped to find the Union forces occu-
pying the opposite side of that stream.
1 spurred my horse to a final effort of
speed and was well ahead when l ar
rived at the stream. 1 plunged into it,
and Patchen bravely breasted the swol-
len current 1t was only eight or 10
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Built the BIOckiiouse.

Editor National Tribune: | read in
The National Tribune of Nov. Is the
story of the capture of BuZZard Roost
with a good deal of interest, for IN
April. 1865, 1 was detailed by Gen.
Thomas to build a blockhouse there
that should be bomb-proof, even if L
had to use railroad iron. He made me
a rough pencil plan, which was an elon-
gated octagon, two Of the angles twice
as long as the other six, and to garrison
a certain number of men.
/ found a company there guarding
the bridges, and the commander of the
post at Dalton was to furnish my detail
of carpenters. aXmen and guards
| drew the plan of the house, and
found by spacing for portfolios could
use timber 22x24 inches for the upright
timber After raising the posts we got
out timber of like dimensions horlzon-
tai on the outside, covered the top with
fiated timber, then another set OF TIM
Der horizontal on the inside, making 1t
five feet thick of solid timber, beside
the earthwort still to be added
Capt. Hymer's experience with the
citizens and my own were very similar
We had frequent spats with the john
MES. On one occasion the patrol to-
ward Tunnel Hill was attacked. ! or
dered the boys out to the entrance to
the gap, and found the) Johnnies in an
carthwork We soon got them out. and
chased them q mile or more. On our
return to camp some of the boys in
spected the redoubt. We saw traces of
blood in the road and found one of our
boys, telegraph repairer, lying on the
ground, wrapped with wire from head
to feet, perfectly helpless. If any of the
boys who We're detailed to me at Buzz
Zard Roost care to write, address-E.
w. Hunt. Lieutenant, 1st U. S. Eng,
Saline Mich
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Cavalry at Brice's Crossroads.

Editor National Tribune: In answer
to Comrade ID. l.. Riley, Norris City,
ILL.,, as to cavalry at Brice's Crossroads,
June 10, 1864, L viii say l was Captain
of Co. d, 4th Iowa Cav, and in COM
mand of the 1st battalion tfour COM
panies). We commenced fighting at
10 o'clock a m. We drove and were
driven backward and forward, but on
the whole made good gains southwark
in the thick woods. All this time there
was infantry TO the right and left of us.
but none Of them got SO far south as
we. About p m. we were ordered to
flank them, and this order was given
so loudly that the rebels heard it, and
took advantage of il to charge again,
just as the infantry was forming and
we We're starting back
The infantry said they had been
double-quicked 10 miles. They were.
greatly fatigued, and were not in shape
to fight. ] think it was the 95th Ill. 1
talked with their commander. and told
him where the rebels were. ] heard he
was killed in the charge which broke
them- and they soon overlook us All
was lost in rout and confusion. We
made stand just east of the bridge,
while our horses Were taken down
stream and forded over.
We made another stand, and held
the rebels in check in and near Ripley
the next morning at daylight, until the
weary, worn-out footmen had chance
to get ahead little. Perhaps two
hours later, with three companies, |
made a stand behind an old house and
garden picket fence, giving them an
other good check
About a half mile farther on we
formed across the road, with woods on
both sides. They came charging at full
speed, and when within so yards we
stopped them. A few horses were shot
down in front and the road was soon
filled with wriggling mass of horses
and men. and the rebel yell was hushed
for awhile.
I was In the rear or near enough to
1t to know what was being done all the
time. and / did not see an organized
body of infantry after we left Ripley.
There were some troops cut off there
VINO made their way in safety by a
road east of the one we were on-Lot
Abraham, Captain, Co. d, 4th Iowa
Cav, Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
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As to Chamninn's Hill.

Editor National Tribune: In The Ma
tional Tribune of April A. J. Jacobs.
Co. ID, I'D KY. says. in reference to the
battle of Champions Hill. Miss: Penn
berten had crossed Black River, and
wanted ID try his generaiship. He did
not have long to wait, for Hovey'S Di-
vision, backed by Carr's Division. show
ed him what they were made Of" He
failed to mention Logan's Division.
which took a gallant and prominent
part in that hard-fought battle, which
Gen. Grant said was one of the severest
of the war up to that date. Logan's
Division not only drove the enemy from
the center of the battlefield, but cap
tured a siX-gun battery and number
OF flags and prisoners, and under the
immediate direction of Gen. Logan, who
was conspicuous and daring during the
battle and was an inspiration to his
entire division.
He further says: 81 shall not forget
the roar of musketry. Artillery could
not be used at such close quarters" Yet
in fact. artillery was used by both arm
les, and anyone within five miles of the
battlefield could not have failed to hear
the roar of the guns on both sides as
they poured death and destruction into
each others ranks.
He SAYS, Our division was held in
reserve yet he never saw men fight
so brayely." Now, / am a little curious
to know if Comrade Jacobs Division
was held in reserve. and he did not hear
the roar of artillery, how it was possi-
BILE for him to see any part of the battle
He also says. "On the evening of May
16, the day before the engagement at
Champions Hill, we We're close to Penn
bertOn's command" etc, when, in fact,
the battle was fought on May 16, 1868.
The Union troops crossed the Missis-
sippi River on May 1, and, under the
immediate command of Gen. Grant,
fought the battle of Port Gibson, and
drove the Confederates toward Jack
son. On May IL the battle of Raymond
was fought and won by a portion of
Logan's Division. On the 14th the bat
tie of Jackson was fought, and the enc
my driven across Pearl River, being
badly defeated. On the 18th, as stated,
the battle of Champions Hill took
place on the 18th the battle of Black
River Bridge was fought and won, and
many guns and prisoners captured. On
the 18th Gen. Grant and his splendid
army, which for three days had sub
sisted on coffee, bits of crackers, saSSa-
fras and sweetbriar roots, We're at the
gate of Nicksburg, and on the 18th had
surrounded the city and opened up our
cracker route" and after AZ days and
nights siege and fighting marched into
the stronghold on July 4, 1868, to get a.
much and welcome rest. w.
A. Gillespie, Captain, Co. G, 18th Ohio,
Middletown, o.
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The Goth n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: In our
highly priced National Tribune of Sept.
2S, / read the record of my regiment
(29th ". W. and feel sorry it does not
give the regiment full credit. 1t was a
reserve in the First Bull Run, where.
when the stampede began, ii, with the
27th Pa, Bth and 39th N. Y, compris-
ing Steinwehr's Brigade. were posted
across the road TO stop the wild rush to
the rear. Tho we stood with charged
hayopets, there was no Stacking the
wild impulse fer safety. Seeing the
impossibility of aresttng the flight or
concentrating any OF the fleeing troop
ens. the brigade was posted along and
behind q rail- fenoe, expecting any time
to see the enemy in pursuit. During
the early part of the night several skir-
mishes took place with rebel cavalry,
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Great Obbac TreaeEnent
THE OEBRG GO.
6Sas Rector Bldg, Chicago, Illinois.

who were feeling the strength of the
Union troops in that vicinity About II
O'Clock y. IN. a reconuSiteriiis party was
sent out by our officers, ana soon re-
turned with the report that a large
force of infantry and; cavalry was al
ready on the move towards our posi-
ton. As it was quite certain that all
the fleeing troops had found safe quar-
tiers by that time. and theme being no
further need of. our staying, there, we
were ordered to march at midnight
About p. IN. next day we reached
Washington in a drenching rain storm,
and we were receiYed with, every ex-
preston Of joy and oyerwhelmed with
after we were provided with good quar-
ters and an opportunity TO dry our
drenched clothes. The 18th also took
part in the battle ofjCross Keys, w. Va,
where / and others were, detached to
guard prisoners.--AIfred rYaWkler. 29th
y. y. Ballston Lake, y. y
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THRU THE REBEL LINES.

Getting a Message to Gen. Banks From
the Secretary of War After the Sec
ond Battle of Bull Run.
Editor National Tribune: One of the
worst defeats suffered by the Union
was when Lee whipped Pope at Bull
Run in August, 1862. Prior to this
Gen: Banks had been guarding the
Shenandoah Valley, and was ordered
early in August to join Pope's Army of
Virginia, then near Centerville.
Gen. Banks had left the Shenandoah
Valley, but knew nothing of the peril
ous condition of the army he was has
tening to join, nor the danger that
would attend his advance with Lees
army across his path.
To save his army il was necessary to
communicate with him. Excepting the
route from Washington to Centerville
the rebels were in full possession of the
roads, and to reach Banks was exceed
ingly perilous.
Innumerable rumors were floating
about Washington to the effect that
Banks had met Lee and had been an
initiated. The Secretary of War was un-
able TO obtain any information regard
ing Banks. He had dispatched two mes
sengers with instructions to mot at
tempt a junction with Pope" One of
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Trials on the Peninsula.

Editor National Tribune: Our corps
camped on the Williamsburg road at
Fair Oaks early in June. 1862, near the
spot from which Gen. Casey's Division
had been forced back about three days
before AS we looked over the scene
Of that struggle we could see grim evi-
dences of hasty flight, burning horses
and now and then dead soldier thrown
into so shallow a grave as to expose a
leg or an arm. Our corps didn't go
into battle during that month, but we
could hear the battle music at the front.
Our duties were on the picket line. Our
enemy wasn't content to wage that kind
of warfare on the ground, but he
perched himself into the lofty trees, and
from that point of vantage brought
down many good man and true. To
guard against surprise we were obliged
TO go to bed with all accouterments on
and with the old musket handy. 1 can
| truly say that those were the days that
tried mems souls.
At the beginning of the battle of
Gaines's Mill an order came to our di-
vision commander to detail men for
slashing the timber and bushes On the
left of the Williamsburg road. The
writer and about 90 others of the regi-
ment We're accordingly detailed to take
axes and go to work. We marched over
TO the forest, and then on into water
and muck almost up to our shoetops
until we came to the scene of our oper-
ations. We all began to whack away in
splendid unison, and the chips flew
quite merrily for about three minutes,
when something happened that wasn't
ldown on the program. Our friends, the
enemy, seemed to feel that they had
something to say about that little Yam
kee scheme, and so they trained a piece
of artillery on us. The blast of grape,
canister and slugs that whistled thru
| the timber took the starch out of us.
Just as we gained the road another
buShel Of Slugs was sent after us, which,
I presume, was done merely to acceler-
ate our speed. l believe it was that
/ night or the next that about a score OF
our regiment was detailed to go over
into that locality for picket duty On
our way we almost stumbled over a
soldier who was lying behind a tree
stump engaged in a duel with a rebel
picket not so yards away, who also
used a stump as his barricade We stood
for few minutes watching ,he blue
and gray exchanging shots. The john
ny could have made any one of us Ills
victims had he so chosen, standing as
We were SO temptingly in bold relief:
but he was so intent on getting the
Yank behind the stump that we were
not molested. They kept up their bat
tie until darkness put an end 10 It, with
neither one hurt. We had been ordered
to strike no matches. but when ] was
alone sitting on a fallen tree. and the
mosketos were beginning to play q tat.
too not only on my face, neck and
hands, but were plunging their poisoned
prongs into my knees, I tumbled to the
ground behind the tree, and lit my pipe
in hopes 1t would drive Off the fighting
devils and give me night Of compara-
tive peace and comfort. But they
seemed to enjoy the fumes and kept
up their warfare When got back to
camp next morning I found my anato-
my in a very dilapidated condition-F.
L. Dennis. Co. d. 9th N. J., 1892 Flour
Inoy street, Chicago.
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yards wide, and this distance was soon
accomplished, but the bank on the op
posite side was almost perpendicular,
and the horse made two or three inef-
fectual efforts to scale it.
I heard distinctly the shouts of the
two rebels behind me. Then, shot
rang out.
A Union picket upon the bluff hav-
ing heard the commotion, opened upon
the rebels. who skedaddled in quick
order, as they saw what they were up
against.
L dragged myself up the bank, and
was soon within our lines and being
cared for. / hadn't known till then
| how exhausted l was. My faithful
Patchen was pulled up the steep bank.
and was as tenderiy cared for as l
| myself
After an hour or so of rest I pro-
cured another horse, and got into
Washington and reported to Secretary
Stanton. l was completely tagged out.
1 had travelled about 100 miles without
sleep and with but little rest"
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a Young Illinois Company.

John L. Shoemaker, Co. G., 123d H.,
Casey. Ill, writes: My company GO
was raised in Clark County in August.
1862; was mustered into the United
States service at Mattoon Sept. 6, 1862;
was composed of 81 members; q of the
81 were beardless boys under 21; four
of the so-called kids were killed in bat
tie. 10 wounded, one had his arm shot
off and was discharged. one died of
measles after having nine bullet holes
shot thru his clothes, one was slightly
wounded and two captured We served
in the Army of the Cumberland from
Perryville to Atlanta and the Hood
campaign and the battle of Selma in
1865. We were mustered out at Nash
vile June %. 1865, when 81 of the %
answered to our names. Only 81 of the
entire company, and 16 of us young
bcardless boys, are living yet / chal-
lenge any company in the United States
to beat the record all around"
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A Relative of Nancy Hanks.

G. p. Hanks, Captain, 61st ILL.,, John
son, Ark, is a relative of Nancy Hanks.
the mother of Abraham Lincoln. He is
for John McElroy for Commander-in-
Chief first, last and all the time
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Cedar Creek.

L. F. Thompson, 18th VT, Richard
son, Wash, was up unusually early on
the morning of Cedar Creek, and had
his breakfast all ready to eat when the
first volley came. The regiment was at
once gotten out but other troops began
falling back thru the lines. The first
line was established on the right of the
turnpike, and afterwards fell back some
distance. and had thrown up few rails
in front when Sheridan rode up and
was received with such cheers that the
Johnnies must have thought that a big
reinforcement had come IN. He told
them that they would sleep in their old
camp ground that night, which they
did. Comrade Thompson was detailed
to carry a wounded comrade back in a
blanket, which was no easy job. When
he and the others found the company
again it was in its old camp.
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LOCATE NEAR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
can sell you within half hours ride of
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containing thiEteen lots, and one of two lots.
Both are desirable pieces of property and can
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Property and town lots in this proximity to
our Nations Capital have nearly doubled In
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When the Firing Began.

A. c. Wallar. Co. B, 18th w. Va. Lo-
gan. o., says that a comrade of the
18th Pa. in The National Tribune of
Sept. 8 thinks the attack was made at
Cedar Creek on Crooks (Eighth) Corps
long before daylight. Comrade Wallar
was on the left of the line, where the
attack was made. and knows that not
a shot was fired until gray daylight
He was getting his breakfast, and had
just lifted his coffee off the fire when
the first volley was fired. 1t knocked
fire and ashes all over him, but he
saved the coffee. He takes issue with
Serg't Jennings. of the 18th Conn, who
says that soon after the pickets were
driven in the Johnnies came driving
the Sixth and Eighth Corps" The
Eighth Corps were on the extreme left
of the army, while the Sixth was on
the right.
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A Cold New Years.

DanfOrd Hare. Co. d, 121st Ohio
Ashley. o.. says that he remembers the
cold New Years of 1864 and the march
to relieve Burnside. Comrade Hare
says that. they left camp on Stringer's
Ridge, went up the river four miles,
and put a pontoon over, and q little
after daylight moved up under Mission
Ridge, and lay there until IL o'clock at
night. Then they started on dog trot
for Knoxville. They hadn't a dog tent
in the regiment nor a rubber blanket
All they had was their haversacks and
guns. He made strings from his shoe
taps and sewed on his feet the green
hide from beef with the hair side in,
and in that way kept his feet from the
frozen ground. Comrade Hare crossed
Mason q DlXon's line at Cincinnati and
came out at Washington. He was one
of Uncle Billy's bummers in his march
thru Georgia.
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Twenty Years With Indians.

w. II. II. Benefiel, Sergeant. Co. G,
18th Ind. (Wilder's Lightning Bri-
gade), writes that he is now retiring
after 20 years service among the In
dians. and will return to his old home
lat Pendleton, Ind. He has been with
the Omahas and Winnebagos in Ne
braska, Navajos in New Mexico and
Arizona. Hopies Ream's Canyon, Ariz I;
SiouXs and Assinabcins at the Fort
Peck Agency, Mont. San Carlos
.Apaches, the Cibecue Apaches and with
bands of the Yumas and Mohave
Apaches at Camp Mcdonald, Ariz. Few
people have had better opportunities to
acquaint themselves with the peculiari-
ties of the various tribes of Indians
than he. He has camped out with
them on hunting and fishing expedi-
tions. While hunting with the Cibecue
Apaches he killed number of wild
turkfes. deer and bear, one of the lat
ter being silver tip. SAID to be the
largest ever killed in the Rocky Noun
tains. The hide of this monster is at
his home at PendletOn, and he has re-
fused 500 for it.