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The National tribune., 1911-04-20
Astonishcd the Natives.

Editor National Tribune: According
to my diary, on Sept. Il, 1862, about
noon. we reached Jefferson, Md As
our line halted a few minutes / slipped
into one of the houses just as the fam
lily was sitting down to their MONDAY
meal and with the modesty (?) of an
old campaigner ! took the only vacant
chair at the table and invited myself
10 dinner. 1t was well / did, for the
old gentleman failed to invite me. and
even seemed to ignore my presence
fter being seated. After waiting pa
tiently until he had helped the whole
table, including myself, 1 quietly ex-
changed my empty plate for one he
had just filled and placed in front of
snob of young man. who seemed to
be the guest of his daughter. l COM
menced my dinner. A smile passed
around the table at my monumental
cheek, but I was hungry and moments
were precious. / listened for our bu-
gle to sound the advance, and took no
notice of the muttered imprecations
from the nice young man" on my
right, who seemed to have lost his ap-
petite at the time he lost his plate
Having no time for anything but the
work before me, it received my undi-
viced attention. AS my breakfast had
been taken at daylight and had consist
ed of one bareback and some coffee, I
was in good condition TO astonish the
old gentleman and his family, which I
undoubtedly did. In an hour I was in
the fight at Cranstons Pass South
Mountain.-Wm. b. Westervelt, 2Tth n
V, First Division, Sixth Corps, New
burgh, y. Y.
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A Frightened Picket.

Editor National Tribune: While en-
route from Cumberland Gap, KY, to
the Ohio River, in 1862. we biovouacked
at Manchester. KY. George Morgsn's
Division (about 10000 was the cause
of our retreat. The rebels had cut our
cracker line between the Gap and our
base of supplies at Flat Lick, KY While
at Manchester. soldier was shot by
orders of general court-martial. One
night Serg't Damer. of our company,
with seven or eight men, including my
self, were on picket. Hooting of owls
made melancholy our surroundings. 1
stood first tour. 1t was dark and / was
very nervous. not knowing how soon a
Johnny might show up. l made up my
mind that IL the rebs came / would
vacate the post and rally the reserve.
had not long to wait. The clanlking
of sabers told of the approaching foe.
flew to post where the Sergeant and
the rest of squad were slumbering, OBJ
livious of the danger. When | came to
the squad 1 screamed "Rebelsl" One
comrade. instead of grabbing his gun
and trying to check the onslaught, turn
ed a somersault in a brush heap
below where they were sleeping and
lay still, quacking with fear. The foe"
turned out to be the officer OF the day
going the rounds.-A. j. Jacobs, Co. d,
22d N. Y, Smoky Valley. Ky.
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The 10th Ind. Cav.

Editor National Tribune: In the Sc
ries of articles on the Franklin and
Nashville campaign fail to find where
in the 10th Ind. Cav, under Col. Swal
low, took any part. / was a member
of Co. b of that regiment. and 1t seemed
to me that we as skirmishers were the
first to stop Hoods advance at Sulphur
Trestie. south of Pulaski. where we
had been in rendezvous all thru the
Summer of 1864. and participated in
the retreating fight all the way to
Franklin.-O. c. Bell, 10th Ind. Cav.
Lincoln, Neb.
The 10th Ind Cav, commanded by
Lieut.-Col. y. A. Gresham. was in the
Seventh Division and in Hammond's
Brigade. In the pursuit after Nashville
the regiment captured two flags, two
Colonels, two observation-disclosures, one
Major, a number of line officers and
110 enlisted men. mostly from Louisi-
ana. 1t was checked at one time during
the pursuit. and lost quite sharply in
prisoners. Altogether the 10th Ind
Cav. captured IS officers and 1s5 en-
listed men.-Editor National Tribune.
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4 Rhode Island COmratle.

Editor National Tribune: Rhode
Island is a small State, but 1t raises
men, and in the Senate OF the United
states no State has more votes. Sen
ator Aldrich has been a power. but he
appeals to me more strongly as mar
who in 1852 carried musket for three
months in the 10th II. /. Tho 10th r
I. was a three-months regiment. AL
drich enlisted as a private, and did mis-
duty as men in the army and
navy from Rhode Island were
expected to do. I enlisted as a
private Sept. Is. 1861, in the Is,
r. I. Cav. and was mustered out as
Captain May Is. 1865. The end of the
war renders your services no longer
necessary" is written on the mastering
out paper. I am visiting here one of
the 4th Va. c. S. A. Cav. (known as
the Black Horse). I was wounded by
saber cuts on the head. Sept. 2S. 1864,
at Waynesboro, Va. and I have the
scars OF two saber wounds received on
that day. Prof. j. S. Davis. whom ]
am visiting, is the son of the Confeder-
ate Surgeon who dressed my wounds
when l was a prisoner, and we were
friends from that time until his death.
The TWO families are now, and I hope
their descendants may always be,
friends There were, first and last.
over 1000 men in my regiment. and 1
am the only man who received the
Congressional medal of honor.-George
N. Bliss, Captain, Co. c, 1st r. 1. Cav.
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A BOyhOOd Hero.

Editor National Tribune: I was born
Dec. IT. 1897, on what was then the
Chippewa Indian reservation. north of
Lake Smcoe. in Western Canada, where
the town of Orillia now stands, our
family being one of the first white fam
lilies in that section, my father being
in the employ of the Indian Department
of Canada.
I was 10 years old at the time Of the
Mexican war, of which 1 have a very
good recollection. 1t was only once sin
a great while that bit of news from
the outside world would sift into that
out-of-the-w place, but when 1 had
learned to read. used to devour every
thing in sight pertaining to war or SOL
diers, and when neighbor loaned me
a small history of the Mexican War I
read it through and through
1 evolved three heroes, Gen. Zack
Taylor, Gen. Winfield Scott, and last,
but not least. Maj. Ringgold, OF the
Maryland Artillery. who was killed at
the battle of Paio Alto. His body was
brought home and Inferred at BaIti-
more. Years after. when my regiment,
the 151st N. Y, lay at Baltimore in
the Winter of 1S62-63, one day 1 got a
pass and went to 1.-The Cemetery and
saw the grave of my boyhood hero.-J.
Charles Gill, Co. b. Isl N. Y. Orilla.
Ontario. Canada. { iIin
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Gen Francis A. Osborn.

Gen. Francis A. Osborn. who COM
manded the oath Mass. with great GAL
lantry and ability, is still living at
bingham, Mass, but complains that he
has dropped out OF social life and is
almost forgotten. He has been in bus
mess In Boston for over As years, was
the first Commander Of the Massachu-
setts Loyal Legion and the third Com
mander of the Department of Massa-
chusetts, c. A. r. He had trying
time az Department Commander, since
the Order was then in the state of
transition. He has never held but one
political office, having been appointed
by President Johnson as u. 5. Naval
officer at Boston. President Johnson
offered him the Office of U. S. Marshal,
but he was too strong Republican to
accept it. He was engaged in the
brokerage business until about 20
years ago, wnen he was elected Pres
ident of the Eastern Banking Com
pany, which Office he still retains. He
keeps up his membership in John A,
Andrew Post, of Boston, as he also
does in the Loyal Legion and Masonry,
but he prefers the quiet Of his home to
evening meetings, and so is out of
touch with his old comrades and
brethren.
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The Old Brigade.

Editor National. Tribune; Moving ST.
lently as unit, with eyes of glistening
steel, faces of iron bronzed with years
of service and record in many battles,
the old brigade took its place in battle
line at the Opequan,, Mid leaden hail
and sitting smoke they fought like
demons, wrested their flags from a
desperate enemy, hand to hand. fell
crimsoned with blood, OF young life
from farm, college ana Office; smooth
plains We're transformed to cities of the
dead in n few hours. The worlds gold
is as nothing to the sacrifice paid for
our country's rfag, yet poison politics
protrudes its yenomous sting, and
wounds the heart of a Nation's gratl-
tude for ostensible economy Shame
on legislation which deprives any vet
eran of trtfiing pension. May the
gods of torture and swift retribution
lodge an arrow of conviction and re-
gret in the heart of any conservative
legislator who would hinder compensa-
ton to soldiers of pensions they have
earned. and the great majority of pa
triots are glad to allow them in declin-
ing years.-O. E. Harrington, Bradford,
Pa
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Tie SaItYille Raid

Editor National Tribune: I notice
that II. g. Myers. Co. B, 18th Mich,
says that 9Th Colo. Cav. was in the Salt
vile Raid. and he believes the 5th Colo.
Cav. as well. He is right There
were eight companies of the 9th and
four companies of the 5th Colo Cav,
but it was the 5th that made the charge
at Marion on Sunday morning. four
companies, A. B, C and D, and they
held the lines until next morning. L
think the 18th Ohio was. on our left
when we made the CHARGE The: next
morning the enemy was gone, and we
got orders TO bury our dead. We had
gotten nine together when we got orders
to march. 1 never knew how many
were killed. The 5th Colo Cav. was
there except Co. A, my company, and
the reason was that when we reached
Lexington there were not horses enough
TO mount our company.-Wm. Carr, 5th
Colo. Cav, Anchorage, KY.
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Found an Uncle There,

Editor National Tribune: was one
Of the early birds, enlisting in April,
1861, at Freeport, ILL.,, when Sherman's
army struck the railroad at Big Shanty
and 2os Of us were captured. We
landed in Andersonville. l wandered
down to Providence Spring to get~a
drink. A long. lean soldier handed me
an old tin can. I asked him what regi-
ment he belonged to. He said that he
belonged to the Sd Pa. Cav. told
him that I had two uncles in that regi-
| ment by the name of Horton.
William Horton is here with u.s." he
said. There were 13 of US captured
on Kilpatrick's raid in sight of Rich
| mond. We have been prisoners nine
months. Only seven of us are left
He took me to the hole in the ground,
where he pointed out William Horton.
l stepped up, and called him Uncle
William. He grabbed me by the hand,
II do not know you unless you are
one of Sister Henrietta's boys" he said.
I told him I was. 1t was some time
before either of us could speak. The
rebels had stripped them of their boots
coats and hats, leaving them nothing
but shirt and pants. 1 gave him two
of Uncle Sans shirts. One of them
was new, and $50 in rebel money
Sherman was preparing to make his
great march thru Georgia. The rebels
commenced moving the prisoners out
of AndersonviIle.. My uncle went with
the first train load. Orders had been
readNthat they We're going to Savannah
to be exchanged. I bade him good-by,
with the understanding that If he got
home he was to go to Illinois and visit
my mother.
The rebels had lied. There was no
exchange. They were taken to Sails
bury. and my uncle died a few days
after reaching Salisbury. At the end
of the war what were left of the pris-
onerS at Andersonville We're run down
in Florida, and turned loose at Camp
Baldwin. Col. Gibbs, of the S2d Ga.
who guarded us. made a little speech
and told us that the war was over and
that Lincoln had been assassinated
1t was the Droudest moment of my
life when | saw the glorious flag of my
country waving at headquarters, April
II, 1865. at Jacksonville, Fla. L am
now in my I'D year, and am an ex-
Commander of Corbett Post, G. A r..
5SS, Department of Missouri. If there
are any of the comrades of the 3D. Pa.
Cav. that were in Andersonville Prison
that knew my uncles, William and Dan
Horton, please write to me.-A. s
Spencer, Marshfield, Webster County,
Mo
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Destroying a Copperhead Paper.

Editor National Tribune: I see by
The National Tribune of Jan. that o.
d. Leonard, Boydton, Iowa. asks some
one to. tell about the looting of the
printing office at Keokuk, Iowa. l was
present when 1t occurred as one of the
Provost Guards. l think it was in the
Winter of 1862. The printing outfit
belonged TO the Keokuk Constitution,
a Democratic paper published at that
time by an old gentleman by the name
of Claggett. 1t was a Copperhead paper
and was pretty severe on those engaged
in the prosecution of the war.
Some OF the soldiers in the hospital
at Keokuk felt pretty sore toward the
paper, and gentleman from Ohio (the
Governor, I think made speech in
the old Atheneum. The next morn
ing Mr.. Claggett's paper came out in
an article severely criticising the
speaker and condemning the war in
general. This infiamed tine soldiers to
such a degree, and being urged on by
some of the citizens, that they deter
mined to destroy the plant.
First Lieut.. c. ]. Ball, of the 18th U.
s., was in command of the post at
Keokuk, with Serg't Thomas ]. New
port in command Of the Provost Guard
OF about 20 men, convalescents from
the hospital When the soldiers COM
menced the attack on the printing office,
the COMMANDER OIL the Provost NIuIFu,
half a mile away, was notified. He cali
ed his men in line, had them load their
muskets, but did not allow any other
cartridges taken along. He marched
his men slowly up to the printing Of
| fee, timing himself so as to get there
! just about the time the work of de-
! structiOn was completed and the mos,
OF the outfit had been dumped in the
river.
! Upon the arrival of the guard ar the
printing office Lieut.. Ball, post COM
mander, took command of the guard
forming them across the street, facing
/ the crowd of soldiers and citizens, and
| ordered the crowd to disperse. Not be-
| ing obeyed he gave the command
Ready" Aim" At the command most
| of the guard of 16 men aimed at the
crowd. The crowd did not finch. He
gave the command, Recover armsr'
A serious tragedy was averted, for II
they had fired, many would have been
! killed. and a riot would have followed
| Lieut.. Ball was afterward court-mar-
| tailed on account of the matter | was
| door-keeper at the court-u3artiai. After
lengthy trial the Lieutenant was ac-
| quilted. Whether Mr. Claggett ever
| recovered pay for his printing estab-
| lishment or not do not know. He was
venerable-looking old gentleman,
courteous and polite, and had a spIen-
! did family, as 1 have good reason to
know.-C. A. Haines, Co. A, saith Ill.
East st. Louis. Ill.
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Hold as Hostage.

Editor National Tribune: I have
been reading Of Dick Turner, the prison
keeper. In the Fall OF 1851 he was
Deputy Sheriff of Eenrico County, Va.
at Richmond. He had charge of the
jail. Capt. Thomas was a jailer, a good
kind man. 1 was wounded and cap
tured on Sept 10, 1861, at Anadaie
Va, end was taken to Richmond and
put in tobacco house at the Rockets
then taken out about Oct. l, 1851. and
put in the county Jail as one of the
hostages.
L was held for some fellow our Gov.
ernment held to be hung az a pirate
The list of hostages as far as l can re.
member were Gen. o. Wilcox Col
Mike Corcoran, 69th N. Y; Capt. John
Downing, I'd n. Y. Zouaves: a Captain
| Malcom. 7th n. Y; Lieut.. Shurtliff, Ad-
jutant, 10th N. Y, captured at Big Beth.
Ell. Va. The rest Of them were captured
at the first Bull Run. Gen. Corcofar
died during the war, Gen. Wilcox died
as Governor of. the Soldiers Home al
Washington, a few years ago, Capt
Downing died at the Hampton Home
several years ago, Lieut.. Shurtliff be.
| came prominent artist in New York
and was living the last / heard OF him
The above is when Dick, Turner first
had to do with our prisopers.-Wm
S. Stark. Co. X. Sd N. J., Harrisville
w. Va.
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The man said he was 79 years old. and
served in the Confederate army under
Col. John Ashby. After the war he
had followed his trade as bridge build
er. and had been working at Buffalo
when his health failed, and he went to
a hospital. His funds gave out, and
he started to Owensboro, KY, to live
with friends. Comrade Benefel, who
was in several battles in West Virginia
against Ashby's regiment, took a deep
interest in the Confederate. After re-
storing the man to health far enough
for him to be able to travel the COM
rades chipped in and raised enough to
pay his fare to Owensboro
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The 9th n. !.

Editor National Tribune: Please
give me a short history of the 9th
n. ALEX. Sergeant, Plainf1eld, N. J.
The 9th N. j. was organized al
Trenton during September and October
1861. and after serving out two en-
listments was mustered out July 12
1865. 1t was commanded by Col
Joseph w. Allen, drowned at Hatteras
Inlet, Jan. Is, 1862, succeeded by Col
Chas. A. Hickman, promoted to Briga-
dier- General Nov. 30, 1862, succeeded
by Col. Abram Zabriskie, died Jan g.
1864, at Chesapeake Hospital, succeed
ed by Col James Stewart, Jr., in COM
mand at the time of final muster-out
1t belonged to WeitZels Division
Eighteenth Corps, and lost 96 killed
and 166 from disease, etc.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune.
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A PlainS Incident.

Editor National Tribune. 1 was in
terested in the Cade Rogers account OF
the campaign with Sully in a recent
issue of The National Tribune In Jan
uary. 1865, after Mrs. Kelly's release
L was detailed while stationed at Fort
Thompson to carry mail to Fort Sully
65 miles above. l drove an ambulance
and had as a passenger Mr.. Kelly, who
was going up to rejoin his wife. He
told me of his efforts to find her, OF
spend all he had in the search. On
my return trip 1 brought both of them
down to Fort Thompson. She recounted
her experience and said, further, that
she would not have recognized him. as
his hair had changed from black to
white during the month they were sep
arated.-George P.'BelloRs, 9th Iowa
Cav, Waukon. Iowa. -
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Saw the Surrender.

Editor national Tribune: / was cap
turned with many others in the Valley
and was taken to- Libbey, then to Belle
Island. We were1l prisoners 35 days
there. paroled and isentqto Annapolis
Just as soon as we were able to go we
all went back to 'our commands again.
In January. 1864. the 9th Pa, was
put into the Sixth Corps. Second Brig
ade, Third DivisionI Weowent to Win
chester again andd fought at Cedar
Creek, Oct. 10. In December we went
back to the Army of the Potomac at
Petersburg. In April, 1856, the old
Appomattox. I was at tthe surrender
and saw Lee surrender his army to
Grant. oh, what time Of rejoicing.
shall never forget it.-John R. Bab-
cock, 67th Pa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Senator Lodges History.

A. v. Pierson, Lexington. ILL.,, says
that some years ago Senator Lodge and
Prof. Garner wrote a history Of the
United States, the third volume of
which was largely given to the history
of the war. Lodge leaves the impress
sion that the right to secede was an
open question, and there was no blame
upon those who began the war. He
describes JEFF Davis as being one of the
most graceful, dignified and able men
in the Senate, and he criricizes Lincoln
for suspending the writ of habeas cor
pus. and challenges his constitutional
right to emancipate the slaves.
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| desperate charge, driving the entire
force back into the fort; while Gen. c.
F. Smith charged the works on the left.
This caused CONSERVATION among the
rebel commanders. They decided to
surrender, but Gems. Floyd and Pillow
refused to remain and surrender, as
Floyd had only lately been Secretary
of War under Buchanan, and had sent
all the cannon and arms South. He
thought of this, and was uneasy lest
his neck should wear n hemp necktie.
He and Pillow turned the command
over to Buckner, and, taking a steam
er, with some Virginia troops, escaped
during the early morning.
Gen. Buckner sent messenger to
Gen Grant, asking that cessation of
hOStili:ies be ordered, and that there
be Commissioners appointed to settle
the terms of surrender. Then Gen.
Grant made his famous demand, his
unconditional surrender" with the
famous words: Il propose to move i'm
mediately upon your works."
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WASHINGTON C, THURSDAY,

the end. I am now-an old man, living
in southern Alabama, enjoying the
privilege" of a tax'to pay pension to
the rebel soldiers. 4 sufd have more
respect for the rank and file of the
rebel army than for such Copperheads
as are raising suchfviie and unabated
energy to defeat the increase of pen
sions. 1 pray withemy whele heart that
the Congress may feel it their privilege
and duty to pass the Sulle&ay or a sim
liar bill 1t is the last GLANCE to help
thousands OF US into the midst of pass
ing on forever. we are in Baldwin
County, Ala, which is very good part
of the South, with the advantage of
two crops year of some things and a
good Satsuma orange location. There
are but four old soldiers here, and they
live far apart.-C. S. Whippie, First
Sergeant. Co. Fl, 25th Mich, Magnolia
Springs, Ala
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Rupture Cured
Without Operation
No Hospital or Doctors Bills; No loss of Time from
Work, and Not Single Penny to Pay
If You Don't Get Better.

No longer any need to drag through life In
the clutches of rupture.
No operation, no big expense to stand in
your way And not a single cents worth OF
risk.
Think of that!-you who have spent dollar
after dollar without finding thing that has
done any good. You who have been afraid
that some day you'd have to risk the dangers
Of operation-you who dread the surgeons
knife because you know 1t results in perma-
nent weakness or death about as often as in
recovery.
In the last "a years more ruptured people
have been cured without operation than by all
the operations ever performed.
Cured without being in bed single day
without losing a single hour from work
Cured by the wonder-working Cluthe Truss
(Cluthe Mechanical Misunderstanding SC
remarkably beneficial that in 90 cases out oil
every 100 relief Is immediate and In most
cases cure begins at once. For this Is far
moro than truss-far more than merely a
device Tor holding the rupture In place
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The Captain of the Transport Missis-
sIDDi.

N A. Mason, 18th Me. Bellingham,
Wash, would like some one of the 31st
Mass or the 18th Me. to tell what be-
came of the rebel Captain of the trans
port Mississippi, which sailed out Of
Boston in February, 1862. for Ship
Island and run CoInrade Mason and his
companions aground near Cape HATTIE
ras. Gen. Butler and wife were on
board. The flags were hoisted union
down, and the guns set to booming.
The gunboat Mt. Vernon came to the
rescue and took off all that were on
board 1t took two days and nights
TO get the vessel out of the sand, when
she was towed to Port Royal. and 1t
was 81 days getting to Ship Island.
Comrade Mason is in hopes that Gen.
Butler hanged the Captain, but he is
not certain. He thinks he must have
been a relative of Senator Lodge.
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A Fighting Family.

North Bundy, Kingston, N. Y, says
that his father and brother enlisted
at the beginning Of the war, and his
father lost a leg in 1852 and was dis
charged, but his brother served to the
end of the war. He was the one other
male in the family, and with his faith
er's consent enlisted IN the 120th N.
Y, and within two weeks was in the
battle of Hatoher's Run. He has no
words strong enough to express his
opinion of Senator Lodge, but az he is
the father of 10 sons they may have a
chance to do something at the polls.