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pike ard railroad leading from Nash
Vile to Columbia. He underestimate
the marching powers of Hoods veteran
infantry, and did not think that even il
they had crossed the river they could
reach Spring Hill, over the muddy road
until after nightfall, when they would
be unable to do anything till the follow
ing morning. In spite of this, as we
have seen, Hood did reach Spring Bill
at D. m. Schofield also imagined that
Hoods plan would be to march directly
upon him at Columbia, clear away the
resistance, which would allow the re-
mairder of Hoods army to cross the
river at that point, and take advantage
OF the good road of the turnpike in
their advance upon Nashville.
Schofeld thought that Hood overdid
the endurance of his men in forcing
them to march across the pontoon
bridges and thru the deep mud to reach
Spring Hill as early as they did, and
that one reason for their future to at
tack was that they were physically ex-
hausted. Schofield denies that Hood
deceived him for a minute by his
Numbering demonstrations at Column
bia." Schofield knew perfectly well that
Hood was marching on Spring Hill, and
says, moreover, that he knew what
Hood was doing all day, for he was
carefully watching him. Schofield was
constantly in the saddle, not only dur
ing the day, but during the night, giving
orders to his troops, while Hood went
to bed after his arrival at Spring Hill.
Schofield Escapes From the Trap.
In his Forty Years in the Army"
Gen. Schofeld explains what he did
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The 4th and 18th II. I.

:, Editor National Tribune: Please give
short history of the 18th and 18th Il.
Fieldsend. West Kingston, r.
l., r. f. D. No. 1, Fox AZ.
The 4tii II. T. was organized at Provi-
dencc Oct. 80, 1861, and mustered out
Oct. }. 1864. the veterans being trans-
ferred to the eth K. I. The 9Th was
commanded by Col. Isaac p. Rodman.
promoted April; %. 1862, to Brigadier-
General, succeeded by Col VIM. H. p.
Steers. 1t belonged to Sturgis's Diyi-
sion. Ninth Corps, and lost IS killed
and "a from disease, etc.
The eth II. I. was organized at Provi-
dence Sept. 4, 1862, for two years, the
original members mustered out and the
remaining men consolidated into bat
talon of three companies June 3, 1865.
which was discharged July 13, 1855. 1t
was commanded by Col. Zsnas r. Bliss,
a West Point man, belonged to Potter
Division. Ninth Corps. and lost 80 killed
and 109 from disease, etc. Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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Tho oQtI, VII

Editor National Tribune: VIII You
give short history of the 18th ILL.,. and
would like TO hear from any of the
old boys, especially those of Co. I2-
Jackson Johnson, S34 Pecan street. OF
tawa, Kan.
The 29th III. was organized at Camp
Butler during August. 1861, and the or
ganiZation, composed of veterans and
recruits, mustered out Nov 6. 1865
The 12lst III. was consolidated Mith il
Nov. Is, 1868 The regiment was COM
manded by Col. James s. Rearden. re-
signed April Is, 1862, succeeded by Col
Mason Braynan, promoted Sept. "a,
1852, to Brigadier-G General, succeeded
by Col Cbas. NJ. Terrell, resigned Aug.
II, 1863. succeeded by Col. Loren Kent,
in command at time of final muster
out. 1t belonged to Logans Division,
Seventeenth Corps, and lost rs killed
and 2e5 from disease, etc.-Editor Ma
tioDai Tribune.
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FRANKLIN AND NASHVILLE.
CONTINUED from page one.)

airy in that direction, the 7Sd went to
the support of the 74th and the 44th
Ill. and oath Wis. defended the railroad
station. Under the cover of these dis
positions the artillery and wagons were
moved off toward Franklin. The bri-
gade retained its position, and held the
Confederate cavalry al bay until the
last wheel was moving on.
Col. John Q, Lane, 9th Ohio, as
sumed command of the Second Brigade,
Second Division, Nov. %, the brigade
consisting of the 26th and 9th Ohio,
2Sth KY, 10th and 57th Ind. and Tooth
H., making in all so commissioned Off
GERS and 1,5S6 enlisted men. AS the
danger to our trains was imminent, the
brigade went into the village of Spring
Hill on the donble-quick finding the
enemy fH heavy force on hill one-half
mile east of the town and within 400
yards of our trains. BY Gen. Wagner s
order the brigade went into line of bat
tie, with the 2Sth KY. thrown out as
skirmishers, and attacked. They had a
sharp fight for 80 minutes before they
could wrest the hill from the enemy.
When Bradley's Brigade was broken it
fell back thru Lanes ranks, who at
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On the U. s. S. Niagara.

Frederick T. Peet. Auburn, N. Y,
writes:
I'm a late issue of The National
Tribune the question was raised as to
the name of the steamer captured by
the u. S. S. Niagara off Portugal in
August, 1864. / was First Lieutenant,
u. S. Marines, on the Niagara at the
time. 1t was the Georgia we captured.
She was sent home to Boston in COM
mand of Lieut.. Barney McGill, volun-
teer officer of our ship. She was sold
for about the value of her machinery,
and we all got bit of prize money.
She had left us but a few days when
mysterious noises were heard on her of
nights; queer tappings came from the
bowels of the ship, but they always
ceased before daylight. The crew be-
gan to be frightened. None of the old
salts had ever heard such sounds be-
fore, and as sailors began to be demor-
allied. At the end of a week it was
difficult to get the watch below to go
to sleep. The officers had become aware
of the trouble, and they, too, listened,
and were perlpexed. / was told at the
time. that the effect on the crew was
such that all sorts of dismal forbodings
were INDUCED in. But as all things
have an end. so did the noises, but not
until one of the engineers was found
drunk, and it turned out that the tap
ping was occasioned by the use of
cold chsel on the iron bulkhead which
separated the engineers department
from the spirit room. The culprits
were punished and the good ship went
her way.
Il was an officer in the army and
navy at the same time. In April, 1852,
/ was with the army at Yorktown. OBJ
tanned leave of absence and went to
Washington, where l passed my exam
nation for appointment in the marines,
and while with my company on the
'Chickahominy in June l received or
ders from Mr.. Wells. Secretary of the
Navy, to report for duty to Col Harris,
Commandant of Marines, at headquar-
tiers. Washington, d. c. had written
my resignation from the Sharpshooters
and had 1t in my pocket when / met
Col. Berdan, of our regiment. ] would
state that our regiment was at that
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The 18th Ky. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
history of the. 18th KY. Cav, its
losses. ctc.--Geo. d. Griffin, Star Lime
Works, Ky.
This battalion, composed of six COM
panies. was organized at Paducah, in
October, 1862, for one year, and mus
tered out by companies n. different
dates from Oct. to 90, 1853. 1t seems
to have had no Colonel, and its Lieu
tenant Colonel, Albert r. Henry, was a
prisoner of war, discharged April 5.
1864. It's Major was Willie Waller. 1t
belonged to .Asboth's Division, Sixteenth
Corps. and lost three killed and 80
from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune
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Soldiers Home i'm Florida.

urges the establishment of a soldiers
home in Florida, where the veterans
would have their lives heightened by
the mild climate and the pleasant sur
1t would be much nearer
their homes than California, and in
many other respects preferable. He
thinks that Sisco would be an excellent
place for such home, as it is in the
pine woods, on the high backbone Of
Florida, with the best saltwater and
other healthy conditions. 1t is easily
reached and has good mail and tele-
phone facilities. Comrade Ring belonged
to the 18th Me, and his home is in
North Waterford. Me.
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DEAFNESS CURED
81 have demonstrated that
deafness can be cured."-
DR.. Guy Clifford Powell.

The secret OF now TO use the mysterious and
Invisible nature forces for the cure of Deafness
and Head Noises ha- ut last been discovered by
the famous Physician Scientist. Dr.Guy Clifford
Powell. Deafness and Head Noises disa Dpear as
il by magic under the use of this new and
wonderful discovery. He will send all who suf-
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nation how they may be cured. absolutely free,
no matter how long they have been deaf. or
what caused their deafness. This marvellous
Treatment Is simple. natural and certain
that you will wonder why it not discov-
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results. Any deaf person can have full infor-
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stay cured ut home without investing a cent.
Write to-day to DIR. Guy Clifford Powell, 1899
Bank Building. Peoria, ILL.,. and get full infor-
nation of this new and wonderful discovery,
absolutely free
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next day. In either case the troops at
Franklin, If any were there. might be
useful
Upon returning to Spring Hin near
midnight found my column from Duck
River there In compact order. AS the
road was clear and the Confederates
all sound asleep, while the Union forces
were all wide awake, there was no ap-
parent reason for not continuing the
march that night. A column of artil-
lery and wagons and another of infan-
try moved side by side along the broad
turnpike, so that If the redoubtable
Forrest should wake up and make his
appearance anywhere he would be
quickly brushed away. 1t was reported
that he did attack somewhere in the
night. but / heard nothing of it at the
time. perhaps because / was sleeping
quietly on my horse as we marched
along"
ITO be continued)
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The 2th n. Y.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
the history If the Sth ". Y.-John c.
Thomas, Jackson, Mich.
The Sth n. Y, also called list Ger
man Rifles" was organized at New
York City April %, 1851, for two years,
and mustered out April "a. 1863. 1t
was commanded by Col. Louis Blenker
promoted Aug. 8. 1861, to Brigadier-
General. succeeded by Col. Julius II.
Stahel, promoted to the same rank in
November of the same year, succeeded
by Col. Francis Wutchel, dismissed Aug
%, 1862. succeeded by Col. Felix,
Prince Salm. 1t belonged to Schenck )
Division, First Corps, and lost 90 killed
and As from disease, etc.-Editor Ma
tioual Tribune
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The 1OOt,, Ind.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a short sketch of the Tooth Ind-Sam-
uei Lyons. Erin. Tenn.
The Tooth Ind. was organized at In
dianapolis i'll September and October,
1862, and mustered out June S, 1865.
1t was commanded by Col. Sanford j.
Stoughton, discharged July 1,'1S63, sue
ceeded by Lieut.-Col. Albert Heath. also
discharged May 10, 1865, succeeded by
Lieut.-Col. Ruel NJ. Johnson, in COM
mand ar the time of muster-out. 1t be-
longed to c. r. Woods's Division, Fiji
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Encouraging War Service.

Capt. Charles II. Farnsworth, Albert
Lea, Mimi, replies to the Chicago Rec
ord Herald by asking who more than
the remnant of the veterans are entitled
to measure of the general prosperity
of the country they rescued. Why
should not the pensions be increased as
much as the pay of Senators. Congress-
men and Government officials? What
could Congress do to better promote
patriotic spirit than by its generous
treatment of those who volunteered
when the Nation was in deadly danger?
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Batt:eships Versus soldiers.

w. n. Underwood. 18th N. Y, and
Alex. Littlefield, 55th ILL.,, Fredericks-
burg, Va. unite in commenting what
was said by the editor of The National
Tribune before the Senate Committee.
They recall that back in the Presiden-
tiai term of Grant there was much
money spent on naval vessels, which in
a few years were consigned to the Junk
heap. They feel that the veterans who
are SO rapidly passing away should
have more consideration at this time
than any other interest before the
people.
The National tribune., 1911-02-23
Was In the Battle of Mobile Bay.

Eugene Orr, U. S. S. Oneida, National
Military Home. Ohio, writes:
1T is now 81 years since / first en-
tered the u. S. Navy. The ship that
was attached to, the oneida, passed
thru the ordeal of fire three times,
twice during the battle of Mobile Bay
and once at sea during the Winter OF
1S63-64 The rebel privateer Florida
ran out of Mobile, and the Oneida was
ordered to chase her. We never caught
sight OF her for the three months that
we were in chase. We shipped soon
after coaling When about Is miles
out from Ketts. | think it was, we found
her on fire in the Starboard coal bunk
CT. Officers and men went to their sta
tiors just as orderly as at their drill.
The fire hose was led into the coal
bunker thru the engine room. The
carpenter was set to work to cut a hole
in the spar deck, and soon there was a
stream from above as well as below. AS
soon as the fire was discovered the ship
the fire under control, but we had to
remove every ounce of coal that had
been put on board.
MY second experience was at the
battle of Mobile Bay The Oneida was
the last snip on the fighting line, and
she was target for the rebel guns. A
10 inch solid shot struck the ship about
four feet forward and three feet above
the magazine and light room. The shot
went thru both sides of the ship and
thru the starboard side of the Galena
(Which ship was alongside of u.s., and
lodged in an oil tank, so we know just
what kind of a shot it was. The con-
cussion of that shot put both lights out.
Southland, the Master-at-Arms, was in
the act of driving up the port light,
when a blaze sprung up right at his
feet among some hawsers and sails that
had been placed there to protect the
magazine. The fire broke out within
six inches of the light room and its
three tons of powder The Master-at-
Arms did not lose his head, but just
jumped into that fire with both feet,
thinking to stamp it out. Then a con-
traband negro threw on a bucket of
water and put it out. That was a pref
ty close call. but these two men never
got any credit for saving the ship
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The 8th Pa. Reserves.

Editor National Tribune: Please give
a brief history of the Sth Pa. Reserves
w. a. Sipler, Toledo, o.
This regiment, also called 37th Pa.
was organized at Pittsburg, Clarion and
Uniontown July 30, 1861. and mustered
out May "a, 1864. 1t was commanded
by Col George S. Hayes, resigned July
II, 1852. succeeded by Col. Silas NJ.
Railey, il, command at the time of mus
ter-out. 1t belonged to Crawford's Di-
vision. Fifth Corps and lost 1853 killed
and SIS from disease. etc.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune
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the crossing OF Rutherford's Creek. Had
Hood employed those precious four
hours in sweeping aside Wagner's Divi-
sion at Spring Hill they would have
been disastrous hours for Schofield's
army 1t is difficult to see how it could
possibly have escaped without the loss
of its trains and artillery, with such a
scattering of the Union forces as would
leave clear road for Hood to march
to Nashville tc oxcrwhelm the dndisci-
plined army that Thomas was hurriedly
organizing to defend the city
SchOfieId's Explanation.
AS before mentioned, Schofield ex-
plains that he held on as he did in front
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Blown Uo on the Rudolph.

H. N. Rounds, Rock Island, ILL.,,
writes:
"On April 1. 1865, I was on board
the U. S. S. Eickapoo, a double turret-
ed monitor, then lying on blockade duty
in the upper part of Mobile Bay. Far
Their up the bay. towards Spanish Fort.
lay the weeks of the monitors Usage
and Milwaukee, both gent to the bot
tom by torpedces on March %. / was
one of the latter crew, and after the
destruction of the ship was Temperate
ly aboard the Kickapoo. | think 1t was
April l that the u. S. S. Rudolph, q
un-clad steamer, steamed up past the
fleet. towing a barge on which was a
pumping outfit, and said to be on her
as the Rudolph was abreast of the
KickapoO and about eight rods away
she struck torpedo, and went to join
our submarine navy. L saw men thrown
high into the air. We soon manned
the small boats, and put off to save all
we could.
"On May % last, while ! was at
Freeport, ILL.,, met a comrade on the
street. and we We're soon talking about
our part in the war. Said he: Il was
one of the Tecumseh crew that was
blown up at Fort Morgan. where Capt
Cravens and 1lS of the crew went down
together. / was one of the turret crew,
and we all got out and were picked up.
was afterwards transferred to the
Rudolph / told him ] could tell me
rest of the story. 'Heave ahead, said
he. / told the story Of the explosion,
and how ] saw men blown 20 or 80 feet
into the air, and of our picking up one
of them. I am that man. he said. I
was picked up and laid out with the
dead. but 1 objected to being buried. I
was sent to Pensacola Hospital, and
have not been buried YETI
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State of Vermont I
Franklin County S..
Letter to
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Bingham:on. N. Y.
Prove What Swamp-Root Will Do For You

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West Gulf Squadron.

John J, Moule, Acting Ensign, U. S.
N, San Jose, Cal, writes:
"Comrade George II. Trovir says there
were captured from the West Gulf
Squadron six vessels, as follows: At Gal
weston, Jan. l, 1868, Harriet Lane; off
Galveston, Morning Light, Velocity,
Commander Bernhaw) was captured
with the Harriet Lane. Commander
Renshaw and several of the crew were
killed by premature explosion. At Sa
bine Pass the steamer Clifton V0ltere
(Lieut. Procker) was taken along with
the Sachem. Late in April, 1864, at
Calkern Pass the steamers Wave and
Granite State were both taken by sur
prise and captured with little resist
ance. The Harriet Lane ran the block
AIDE with cotton to Havana, and Ire
manned there until the Fall OF &c, when
she was towed to New York, sold
rugged into a bark and. among other
voyages, made one to Galveston In tho
merchant service. The lClifton also
took a load of cotton outIiof Sabine
Pass, but went aground and4 was
burned. The Sachem loaded cotton,
and came out in November 1864 and
got safely TO Vera Cruz, Mexico. Some
of the prisoners from these vessels re-
manned in Camp Ford, Tex, until late
in "a, as / helped put them aboard the
u. S. S. BienvilIe off Galveston, Dec. 10,
1864 Acting Master Dillingham; among
others. These were red-hot times. l
would like a Reunion of the w. G. B.
Squadron before we are all gone; also
to hear from any old chum. 1 was on
steamers Arizona, Princess Royal and
KanaWha"
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of Columbia because he expected that
Thomas would send him Smiths Divi-
sions from Nashville and some other
troops. with which he could make a
good defensive fight. He wanted 10 hold
the Duck River line for another "a
hours to give Thomas that time for
concentration and also the important
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teenth Corps. and lost So killed and 17s
from disease, etc.-Editor National
Tribune
The National tribune., 1911-02-23
The Escape of the Gunboat Webb.

Joseph Bathusar Niderost, San Fran
cisco, Cal, writes:
II have been just reading about the
escape of the gunbOat Webb at New
Orleans. 1 was on board the U. s. s.
Portsmouth, but was on liberty that
day and on the Leary. She tried to
sink the Portsmouth with a torpedo,
hut mistook the store ship laying below
the Portsmouth, three or four lengths
of the stern of the Portsmouth, and
failed to do either. The u. S. +. Rich
mond was down the river by Fort Jack
son and Philip, but brought up a num-
Der of prisoners aboard the Portsmouth.
They were a happy crowd. Would like
TO hear from some of my shipmates
who were there on the Portsmouth. |
was paid off at Brooklyn Navy Yard
in September, 1865" .
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stood 17s Degrees In the Fire Room

S. w. Haptonstall, L. S. S. Manhat-
tan, Montesano. Wash, writes:
"Shipmate Albert II. Golf. of Sanger
Tex, says the Tccumseh arrived at Mo-
bile Bay on Aug. 4. The Manhattan
took the lead. The Tecumseh had or
ders to follow the Manhattan thru the
channel until she passed by certain
buoy, but when we had passed the buoy
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resentatives over 10 attend the ban
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