The National tribune., 1910-04-21
The 18th Ohio's OK.


w. ]. Frazier, Co. D, 18th Ohio, Cof-
feyville, Kan, tells this one of the old
OK that went along with his company
/ in the march to the sea: A short time
after leaving Atlanta Nate Jewett cap
tured "Old Brindle." He was bob
tailed OK. very gentle and proved to be
great help to the boys on the march,
as they strapped camp utensils, KNAPP
sacks and other traps on his back, and
he would patiently trudge along and
carry the load wherever the company
went When the boys got tired on the
march they would cline on .Old Brin-
die" and ride into camp.
The most trouble brindle had was
with the Wagon and Quartermasters.
They would send him out on the road,
and sometimes he would not reach
camp until midnight. But he was al
ways ready for the march next day.
After we got thru to Savannah we
could take the old OK no farther, so we
had feast, and "Old Brindle" fur
nished the material.-W. J. Frazier,
Co. d, 18th Ohio, Coffeyville, Kan.
That Cold New Years.
George H. Robertson, 14th N. Y.
Cav, Chegoggin. n. S., remembers WV
idly the cold New Years Day of 1864
He was aboard the Empire City going
from New Orleans to New York There
were two regiments of negros on board,
of which three companies were on deck.
The officers took these down into the
hold and sent three companies more up
in their places, and in 10 minutes eight
of them and two officers froze to death.
The remaining ones were put in the
coal bunkers and engine rooms to save
their lives. Annapolis was reached the
next day. and in the morning you could
have driven yoke of oxen all around
the steamer on the thick ice. 1t was so
cold that the command took the cars
to New York instead of going by steam
er.
The 1900" Were Well Fed.
David Evans, Co. 1. SD Pa, says
apropos of the Immortal 500" that he
was on Morris Island, S. c., at the time
those Confederate officers were placed
in the stockade between Forts Strong
and Putnam, and. being on duty at the
time in the last-named fort, had occa-
sion to pass the stockade many times,
and always admired the clean appear
ance of their new white tents. AS to
what was printed in the Memphis pa
pers, that was absolutely false. He
never saw their rations, but knew that
they received the same as he got, and
the quality and quantity was Just the
same. Their appearance proclaimed
the fact that they were being fairly
well fed
Another Glimpse of Andersonville.
Samuel Woffenden, Co. C, 9th Mass,
Rowe, Mass, says that his regiment,
after being at Libbey Prison for week,
where they were robbed of clothes and
valuables, were sent to Andersonville,
where they arrived May 80, 1864. From
a diary he kept he finds that it rained
every day but two from June l to June
%. and that thousands of our poor boys
had to lie on the ground without sign
of shelter, exposed to the elements
Is it any wonder that so many of our
poor boys died there after being starved
to death by inches? 1t is a wonder that
any of them lived to get out.
First Fort at Nashville.
]. H. Holderfield. 9th Ill. Cav, Dex-
ter, Mo-, says: The first fort taken at
Nashville was taken by the 9Th and 9th
Ill. and I'd Iowa, under Gen. Hatch.
Comrade Holderfield was in the war
| from August, 1861, to the end, and did
not get scratch. He was at Frank
lin, Nashville and on Smiths raid He
would like to hear from comrades,
especially J. M. Holderfield.
Must Have 1t.
]. W. Basley, Winchester, Ill, writes:
Il just can't do without The National
Tribune. It's interesting and instruc-
i've Anu tnen COn1Tdue BaSloy ADDS.
Every old vet in this part of the
country is for John McElroy for Com
mander-in-Chief, first, last and all the
time"
Another Youngest Soldier.
Charles Hazen, 35th Wis, Hewitt,
Mimi. was born Jan. 10, 1851, and was
| in six battles, and not a drummer boy,
either. He puts in his claim for being
the youngest soldier