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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03


FACTORY at Kabul and by trading in arms with the
ooroer tribes, who eventually became menace
10 the towns and villages on the Indian frontier
ana even to Afghanistan itself
AFTER while the advent of smokeless powder
ana modern arms rendered the Kabul factory
obsolete, and the Indian government about this
line stopped the supply of arms to the amir
hence arose an extraordinary demand for mod
ern rifles and ammunition both for the amir and
FOR the border tribes, the selling price at Kabul
OF small box rifle rose to as much as $50.
, ma! Ha!" said the Afghan traders, rubbing
tnelr hands, there is money to be made here:
we Will get rifles from Europe and the sultan
OF Oman, who lives at Muscat will no doubt helm
US. Now In 1864 the Sultan Of Oman had made
treaty with France by which he was allowed
10 import and export arms without interference
TO enable his forces to keep out the warlike Bed.
ouins Of the interior ....- -
Inc usefulness OF this treaty from a business
point OF view was pointed out to the sultan by
the traders and he delightfully."- fell in with +ba,r
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
Angry Hog Injuries Man.

Duquoin, Hl.-George Gavins mar
rowly escared being fatally injured
by a hog which attacked him near his
home. The infuriatea animal rushed
at him without warning and with his
tusks Inflicted serious injuries.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

10000 Seals Captured by One Boat.
London. Eleven steamships Of the
Newfoundland sealing feet have had
fair catches, the Bonaventura, the first
to return to st. Johns, bringing back
5000 seals.
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cretly distributed ammunition over the
State in the Spring of 1851, he sent
hundreds of kegs of powder to this sec
ton, and II was stored away in caves
and barnlofts by Secessionists living In
that section. We Union men soon found
out what was going on, and some OF
us wrote to the Secretary of War, ask
ing what we should do. We were or
dered to band ourselves together and re-
port of Frank p. Blair, of st. Louis
Early in the Spring of 1851 Jackson's
State Guards began organizing, and
presently there were a few Union men
in each County authorized by Gen Lyon
to organize Home Guards. About June 1
we had organized regiment of Home
Guards in Camden County. with j. w.
McClurg Colonel Col. McClurg offered
our services to Gen. Lyon, but we were
refused because we were not equipped,
and he (Gen- Lyon said we would be
in the way in case of battle, wearing
the same kind of clothing as the rebels.
After the Wilson's Creek battle our regi-
ment was ordered to Jefferson City to
help guard the Capitol. When we got
to Jefferson City we were quartefed
few days with Col Mulligan's regiment,
before they were sent to Lexington.
During the time after our organiza-
ton until sent to Jefferson City we were
busy hunting Clabe Jackson's hidden
powder of which we found hundreds
of kegs, and hauled it to Lebanon and
other points. 1t was used by our troops
at Wilson's Creek. One amusing incl
dent took place in this search. We had
Yankee in Capt Canada's company.
We will call him Miller. Now, Miller
was paying court to the daughter of an
old secesh who lived on the banks of
the Usage River. He had been refused
the freedom of the house by the old
man because OF his Yankee notions; SO
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Cutting the Macon Road.

Editor National Tribune: In reply to
J. s. Ady, 18th Ohio, in your issue of
Nov. 10, | enclose report of Col. Nor
ton c.. Hunter, Colonel, sgd Ind, in
con road, which Is as follows:
"On the evening of Aug. 81. my regi-
ment, with the 31st and seth Ohio and
10Th Ind, all under my command, aid
ed by Capts. Curtis. Whedon and Gros-
venor, of Col. Walkers staff, moved to
and occupied the railroad at what is
known as Morrow's or Chapman's Sta
ton, which | Believe was the first point
at which the road was reached. Where
We advanced, the position was held by
rebel cavalry, but they soon gave way
before our skirmish line, which was
under command of Maj. Jolly, of the
89th Ohio. We spent the night in forti-
flying our position on the road, which
was in the form of a square-one regi-
ment placed on each side. The works
were made very strong and would have
wfthstood heavy and prolonged fight
We remained in possession of the road
until the next day about II o'clock
when we were ordered to Join our di-
vision. While upon the road we burn
cd one car and tore up and destroyed
about one mile of the road"
The 31st and seth Ohio and SD Ind.
belonged to the First Brigade, Baird's
Division The 10th Ind. belonged to
the Second Brigade, and was detached
to aid in above movement. The 18th
occupied the square looking north to-
ward Atlanta. / have in my library
copies of orders issued by corps, divi-
sion and Colonies commanding the
troops that took part in this movement.
II any of the 18th Ohio took part in
this movement, 1t was as n detail as
the name of the 18th Ohio is not men,
TONED in any of these rcports.-D. l..
Elliott, Captain. commanding Co. f.
18th Ind.
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From Another comrade

Hiram n. Fox. 18th Conn. New
Haven, Conn, wishes some one to give
fuller account of the execution of a
number of Clusters cavalry by Mosby
in retaliation for like number exc
cuted by Custer. The comrade has got
the cart before the horse. Reports re-
peatedly came into our camp of Mosby
executing prisoners, and finally one
morning, I think in August, 1864, he
captured a picket post composed Of II
men of the 5rh Mich. Cav. and stood
them up beside fence and shot them
down and left them where they fell. A
week or ten days after that our cav
airy captured some of Mosby's men
near Front Royal, and Gen. Custer had
them executed, some by shooting. 1t
was told in the camp that two officers
we're hung. That is all the executing
that Gen. Custer did that 1 ever heard
of, except one soldier found in citizens
clothes who was tried and condemned
as spy and hung as such. This ended
the execution of prisoners. But
would like Comrade Fox to know that
Mosby commenced that game and no.
Custer.--C. H. Johnson, Co. NJ, 7th
Mich. Cav.
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realized that he was right, for we heard
the long roll beating. the troops falling
in line and them coming after us. Just
then / discovered the Sd Ill. coming lip
the railroad, with Col. John Logan
leading them. I turned the prisoners
over to the other members of our Skin
mishers, and double-quicked down the
railroad, and informed Col. Logan not
to advance farther, as Hoods whole
army of $4,000 men lay in the timber
only a short distance ahead. They We're
even then moving to surround the SD
ILL., Col. Logan Immediately about
faced the regiment and got back. but
not before several Of the regiment were
shot down.
We were then two and one-lIaf miles
from our army. The Confederates had
torn up the railroad and burned the
ties. Next morning, Oct. 5, we went
to the top of Kenesaw to witness the
assault made by French's Division of
5000 Confederate troops on Allatoona.
There was a Signal Corps on the noun
tain and one at Allatoona.
Gen. Sherman came up, and imme-
diately went to the officer in charge of
the Signal Corps. He took his pencil
and wrote the famous dispatch: Hold
the fort, for l am coming" The signal
man sent the dispatch, and it was re-
ceived by Gen. Corse.
The battle ragged fiercely. The Con-
federates were going up the mountain,
and soon the Signal Corps at Allatoona
was driven from its position. Sherman
was anxious to know the result. for
there were stored the 100000 rations
that were TO feed his army on the
march TO the sea As the Confederates
reached the fort and were driving the
Union defenders back, the 9TH H.. un-
der Col. Richard Rowett, came up.
They fortunately had the Henry 16-
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Capturing a Rebel Major.

Editor National Tribune, While on a
raid thru Eastern Tennessee and west
ern Virginia under Gen Stonernan, our
regiment, the 18th Ohio Cav, started
off one evening from the command at
Greenville to recohnoiter. After march,
ing about two hours, we came to turn,
where a small detachment of Basil
Dukes command was encamped. After
having dispersed chem. our company
OBJ was detached TO hold the town.
while the balance Of the regiment kept
after the fleeing rebels. We were or
dered to hold the town at all hazards
There was just one road besides the
one our regiment was on which led
Into the town, and that one ran east
ward toward the mountains. The Cap
tain ordered a Sergeant and myself to
take 2G men and proceed out that road
about quarter of a mile and hold It,
After arriving at the place we came
into line across the road and dismount-
ed The night was as dark as Egypt
The Sergeant ordered me to take two
men forward about 200 yards and place
them as videts, with very strict in
structions.
In about three quarters of an hour I
took two other men out to relieve the
yidets. and on arriving there we heard
noise like the clatter of a horses
hoofs, and soon recognized voices, with
and nearer they came, unconscious of
danger.
Halt! Who comes there?" was the
challenge.
They stopped suddenly Maj Day.
of Basil Dukes command. We're all
right"
"Dismount one and advance" We
heard the Major say: "Oh, yes; I'll
make it all right with the pickets.''
When he came within eight feet Of
US, our five Spencer carbines were
pointed at him, sad he was commanded
to surrender.
what, Yanksi" la exclaimed, thOroly
surprised. He unbuckled his saber
belt, handed it over to me, and stepped
quickly to the rear Of our carbines
What a fool ami This Is the third
time I've been captured, Only out of
Columbus Prison two weeks!' ne NUT
tered as he walked to the rear.
Just then Serg't Extine rode up and
asked: What's up?" l handed him the
Majors side arms and told him of the
capture and added that the Major had
some men down the road waiting for
him. He told me to order them to adj
vance. But they We're alarmed at the
command, whirled their horses. and
were off like the wind. We fired after
the demand to halt was unheeded.
The Major with 20 men had left their
camp early in the evening to attend a
dance several miles in the country, and,
of course, On their return he was sure
he could make 1t all right with the
pickets"-which he did not.-Joseph
Banks. Corporal, Co. B. 18th Ohio, Can
ton, Ohio.
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he and the girl met clandestinely at the
old mans barn one Sunday evening, and
remained rather late at their devotions
when Miller lit match for a smoke.
when the timid girl hastily blew 1t out
and said excitedly: Don't do that!
There are so kegs of Jackson powder
in the barnloft, sent there by the Gov
eminent for papa to care for"
Miller soon learned from his girl that
there were so kegs more in a dry cave
just over the hill Now Miller, good
Home Guard that he was, reported the
so kegs in the barnloft to his Captain
which was soon captured. and in a day
or two he went alone to the dry cave,
broke in the heads of the kegs, strung
a fuse around the bluff few rods away,
and fired the fuse. The torn-off edge
of that Missouri ridge reads Miller to
this day.
In these Counties the Secession forces
rallied TO the standard of one Col Mis-
cal Johnson, a Methodist minister of
some prominence, and in the absence OF
the Home Guards raided these Counties.
harrying Union people and taking all
the serviceable horses and whatever else
they could make use of, sending the
same to Prices army at Springfield, and
killing a Union man occasionally to ter
rorize the country and make others join
their ragged ranks. About Oct. 10 Gen
Wyman, then at Rolla, was ordered to
take his regiment, the 18th H.. and the
9Th Mo. cav. commanded by Majs.
Wright and Bowers. and go to Linn
Creek. the Countyseat of Camden Coun-
ty. on his march. on the morning of
Oct. Is Sunday, he met quite a rebel
force. consisting of Col Prices regi-
ment, Col. Snavell's regiment and Col
Johnson's Rovers. about % miles north
east of Lebanon, on the Glaze. The 9Th
Mo. Cav, under orders of Maj. Wright,
charged this long line of butternuts,
scattering them like sheep, killing IS
and wounding about 60 and capturing
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Retaliating ON Mosby's Men.

Editor National Tribune: I am sur
prised to find that the facts of the ex-
ecution of Clusters men by Mosby IS
not generally known. The facts are,
some time in September, 1864, Mosby
captured several 5th Mich. Cav. men out
foraging, who were shot or hung by
Mosby's commando at least. one of them
was hung, with a captured ham tied to
each leg with a card pinned to his
clothing stating with oaths that that
was the way every Michigan man
would be served caught out foraging.
A few days after, Clusters command,
which was made up of four Michigan
regiments and the 25th N. Y. Cav,
moved up Luray Valley. short dis
lance above Front Royal, and returned
without making a stop. On the re-
turn, the 25th n. Y. was in advance,
to the river with a bluff on the other
side
Mosby's men fired down from the
bluff on the advance of the 25th n. Y,
killing the Lieutenant's horse and cap
turing the Lieutenant, who was taken
on hill in sight of a good share Of
our command and shot in the cheek
was within six feet of him when he
got into the ambulance. The man, or
rather boy who shot him. was captured
with 8 others. Twelve of them were
shot in the village of Front Royal, two
of them about 80 rods east of the town,
and two commissioned of1icers) were
hung north of the river, towards Win
chester. All this was done as a means
OF protection for our men, and so far
as I know, Mosby's men killed no more
of our men after capturing them. 1
believe he sent word to Custer that he
would kill none OF our men IL Custer
would not kill any of his.
Both the blue and the gray need to
forget many cruel deeds, and 1t is not
best to be bringing them into remem-
brance, but it is not just to either Gus
ter or his men to place the blame of
Mosby's acts to him or to them. Gus
ter was always ready for fair fight.
He was never cruel to his captives.-
Wilson NJ. Wright. Co. A, LIST Mich.
Cav, Waterman, Wash.
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shooter rifles. They opened on the
Confederate line with these, cutting the
Confederates in shreds and driving
them back down the mountain with
fearful loss. During the fight Gen.
Corse was shot thru the Jaw and a
portion of one car was cut of, which
for time rendered him unconscious.
Col. Rowett ordered his men to
cease firing Gen. Corse. recovering.
said: My God. Colonel, countermand
that order. Gen. Sherman has ordered
us to hold the fort, and we must do II"
Col. Rowett replied: General, we have
repulsed the enemy, and are only saw
ing our ammunition for another
CHARGE This satisfied Gen. Corse.
The next day Sherman received this
characteristic dispatch:
"AIlatoona, Ga, Oct. c, 1864; p. m.
"Capt. l.. NJ. Dayton, Aid-de-Camp:
II am short q cheekbone and an car,
but am ambIe 10 whip al. hi yet. My
losses are very heavy. A force moving
from Stilesboro to Kingston gives me
some anxiety. Tell me where Sherman
is-John NJ. Corse, Brigadier-Gener-
all
There never was schoolboy more
gieeful than was Gen. Sherman when
he received that dispatch So we'll
pleased was he that he read tbs dig
patch to those on the mountain. We
started the cheering. and Sherman's
army, $4,000 strong, passing around the
mountain on their way to Allatoona,
took up the cheering, and made the
woods around cid Kenesaw ring for
Gen. Corse and his gallant command
of 1900. who had so nobly repulsed
5000 Confederates.
The scenes of those days are still
fresh in my memory, and I shall never
forget the battle Of Allatoona and the
origin of Hold the fort."-Col E. T.
Lee, 3153 Bloomington avenue. Minne-
apolis, MINI.
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One "Dcserter."

Editor National Tribune: Your last
issue spoke of James Cunningham. of
Devin Post, who received a fraudulent
pension. 1t is true, he was member
or Ilr-''o Post and bis Gischaroe aud
other napers looked genuine. He join
Cd Q Brooklyn regiment when the war
broke OFT, but ms father took him
nome ana sent him 20 scnool at Ogdens-
burg, n. Y. Soon after he went there
he followed regiment from that place
to the front, and remained with that
regiment until the war closed. When
he got back to Brooklyn he told the
people he was at the front all the time
he was absent. He came back in SOL
dier's uniform. His friends believed
him. In fact, everything pointed to
the truthfulness of his story, and he
had apparently a genuine discharge. He
was a good comrade as long as he WAS
a member of the Post, but he died Of
a broken heart three weeks ago; so
we will never know whether his stats
ment is true or not.-John Cassidy,
329 Eighty-eighth street, Brooklyn, N.
Y, Past Commander Of Devin Post. t4S.
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PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole Line.
Pensions.

Farmer Shaw, Northwood Iowa, can
not understand any soldier writing as
o. f. Perkins has. There are thousands
of good comrades who have struggled
hard with their little strength to main
tain themselves and families thru life
and who are now overtaken by old
age, when they can no longer work.
Army OF the Potomac I'm the West.
Comrade James NJ Emery. 4316 Lake
avenue, Chicago, ILL.,. says that an in
formal gathering of the Western So
held at the Palmer House, Chicago.
Feb. 7. and largely attended. 1t was
most Interestingly entertained by
"kinodrome' or series of moving pic
lures along the line of our old war
time days Col. Charles II. Taylor, Of
the Society. was present and conducted
the exercises.
A Good Deal of Fighting in Short
Time.
A. NJ Crazy. 18TH, ILL.,, Herington,
Kan, says that length of service is no
indication OF the quality of service. In
less than two weeks after his regiment
had broken camp at Dixon 1t was in
the battle Of Perryville, where 1t lost
43 Killed and 276 wounded in the short
space of less than three hours. The
regiment served In the front every day
until discharged in July, 1865, but the
first 80 days of the campaign and fight
ing was worse than all the balance of
the three years put together.
Veterans I'm His Neighborhood.
Henry C. Hastings. 18th VT, Elk Riv-
er. Mimi, says that in his little town
there are only ID veterans three having
died within the year. AT least three
are receiving 81 per day invalid PEN
sion. and three or four are receiving
the maximum under the McCumber
law. From his knowledge of the vet
Grams, the estimates as 10 the cost of
the Sulloway bill are entirely too high.
The 9Th Cav.
Serg't James Sample, National Sol
diers' Home, Tennessee. corrects the
story of the 9Th Ky. Cav. He says that
Munday's Cavalry was the nucleus of
the regiment, and consisted of Cos
A, B, C. d and e. This was organized
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join with the loyal people in celebrate
ing this event, and whereas permanent
peace and abundant prosperity have
since abounded,
Therefore it is meet and right to
celebrate the semi-centennfal OF the
close of the war.
The surviving soldiers should be
made guests of the Nation, with ex-
penses paid to Washington and return.
that a fitting honor may be paid to this
brave men who saved the country.
Pensions.
Andrew j. Cole, I'd Fa. Cav, Con-
meanwhile. Pa. thinks that the passage
of the Sulloway bill Will be a blessing
to the whole country in promoting the
of money. Every dollar
paid to the pensioner is at once put into
circulation to the great benefit of trade
in his neighborhood.
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CLABE JACKsoN's POWDER.
How Union Man Found Out the HID
ing Place and Blew Up Part OF
the GZarkS

Editor National Tribune: am a Mis-
souri, veteran. and have just finished
Comrade McElroy's book, The Struggle
for Missouri" 1t is a book that every
soldier who served in the West ought
to read. The Counties of Maries Miller.
Pulaski. Camden. Laclede and Hickory,
in the eastern portion of southwest Mis-
souri,, were mostly peopled by Tennes-
seeans, Kentuckians and natives. There
were few negro-owners in that part of
the State Politically we were for Bell
and Everett or Douglas in 1860, and
but few Lincoln votes were polled in
those Counties. When it came to a vote
for delegates to Clabe Jackson's Con-
vention, however, we stood overwhelm-
ingly for the Union. When Jackson Sc
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at Lexington. KY, and mustered in in

at Lexington. KY, and mustered in in
October, 1861, with Lieut.-Col. Reuben
Munday, commander. 1t was added to
George w. Morgan's Division OF the
Army of the Ohio. and was the only
cavalry in that division of 1900 men.
1t did all the outpost duties in the
Cumberland Gap campaign, which be-
gan in April 1862, and ended in Sep
tember. 1862. L was the only cavalry
at the battle of Richmond. Early in
1863 some cavalry that had been OPP
Grating against John Morgan, under d.
I. Halisey, was combined with Mum
days Cavalry at Louisville Ky. Mum
day having been Killed in a hand-to-
hand fight with Basil Duke, of Nor
gan's Cavalry, at Muldreth's Hill, L. d.
Watkins, of the Regular Army, was ap-
pointed Colonel in February. 1863. The
regiment Joined RoSecranS near Nash
vile, Tenn. and served in all the op-
erations up to the battle of Chiclsa-
manga, where it was badly cut up.
Thomas at Nashville, and finally under
Wilson at the end of the war.
The Same Old YeIp.
r. Holden, 21st N. Y. and I'd Ohio
n. A., Ashtabula, Ohio, says that he
recognizes in the editorial in the Roch-
ester Herald the same old yefp from the
coyotes that snapped at our heels for
over four years while we were at the
front fighting the battles of the country.
Semi Centennial of Close of the War.
Rev. w. P. Pease, Snohomish, Wash.
has prepared resolutions which were
unanimously adopted by Morton Post,
reciting that
Whereas the civil war closed in 1865,
and whereas the army of our countrys
defenders gathered at Washington to
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So persons, losing but one man. This
Glaze fight completely demoralized the
Jackson Militia in this part of the
State. The Union people in those Coun-
tiesNhave ever since that glorious Sun
day morning breathed the free air of
the Ozarks, fearing no more the de-
angels of Jeff Davis and Clabe
Jackson.-S. w. Burks, First Sergeant,
Co. C, Home Guards, Rivera, Cal.
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G. a. r. SUPPLIES of all kinds. and for all
other loyal societies. Printed muslin, cotton,
bunting and silk flags. Sewed U. s. bunting
and silk flags. Parade and society flags and
banners. Corps, regimentaI C. y. K. Post
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