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1t was the 18th Ohio Battery.

Editor National Tribune: In your ac-
count of the battle of Mcdowell, Va,
May 7. 1862. as published in The Ma
tional Tribune, you say that the 18th
Ohio Battery shelIed the rebels" 1t
was the 18th OhiO~BdtteEy (Capt. A. c.
Johnson) that did the Smelling. Two
guns of the 18TH BATTERY were taken TO
the top of the mountain, and had TO
be pulled part Of :fhe way by men, as
it was too steep: te use. horses. was
on one of the: gpns. about a year
after the close OF the warSI met num-
Der of the 18th va, C. S. A. who were
in that battle, and:one eethem inform
ed me that Gen: Johnston was wound
ed by a piece of shell ffam one of our
guns Gen. MiIroS was-z1ith us until
we got into position and commenced
firing. There wassa deep, and wide ra-
vine between whate wesayere in posi-
ton and the rebel forces, too far for
them to reach U.S. with their rifles
]. NJ. Beelman, 23s. North Park avenue,
Chicago, Ill.
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Lost His Coat.

Editor National Tribune: My regi-
ment, the 4th Mo. Cav, was lying at
Memphis, Tenn.r when we were ordered
after Pap Price, who was rushing thru
Arkansas and heading for st. Louis,
my home. Our command, with Now
er's Division, was too slow, and the
first time we met them was at Inde-
pendence, Mo. After drawing them out
of town, and, it becoming dark, my
regiment was ordered to fight afoot;
and here is where the trouble began.
While passing thru St Louis my moth
er noticed the absence of our overcoats.
and as it was beginning to get cold, she
gave me my fathers hunting coat, Il
thick, green cloth one, from the old
country. During the fight we left our
coats on the saddles of our horses.
and when we got back to our horses
next morning they had been stripped
during the night and my coat was
among the missing. We were then on
our way thru southwestern Missouri,
driving the rebels before us day and
night. On the third day, and just be-
fore the fight at Big Blue, | saw SOL
der of tf.e Attn Iowa Cav. wearing my
coat, and, Of course, l asked him for it,
but he positively refused to give it up,
claiming that he had found 1t. | saw
him after that almost every day, as
we drove as far as the Arkansas River
in the Indian Territory, and he sure
looked warm and comfortable.-John
w. Lanley, 1880 Virginia avenue, st.
IotIis Mo
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CONFEDERATE DESERTERs.
Experiences i'm Front Of Richmond in
the Winter of 12R4.5.

Editor National Tribune: / have been
very much interested in your wilder
ness Campaign and hope you may
have it printed in book form. We COM
mon soldiers realize what you have done
in Strengthening out history so we can
understand it. Your closing descrip-
ton of the disheartened rebel soldiers
is true in every detail. We picketed
on the johnson farm on the Darbytown
road in the Winter of 1866 in sight
of the rebel tents They came in nearly
every night. They did not say like de-
serters in the early part of the war; I'VE
are Union men," but said. 1--WE cannot
gain our independence. and by deserving
we will save further loss of life. and
we can go to our homes, which are now
inside of your lines"
/ learned more that was going on in
front of us that Winter from a soldier
l met while | was courier and orderly
for the Provost Marshal of Westmore-
land County. Va, in the Summer of
1865. He said they put man on pick
ct and man in rear of him to watch
him to see he did not desert. and per-
haps the man watching wanted to de-
sert, or both might want to desert, but
being afraid to trust one another, kept
many from deserving.
He further said-and this will
straighten up in our boys minds why
we were driven in off picket so many
times tnat NlHleT-Dl tne tlme the re-
serve picket could get out and before
the regiment could get there from camp
they were back within their own lines;
that they had about 300 picked men
that patroled between our lines and
theirs to pick up their deserters and
drive us in occasionally, so that we
would fire at anyone prowling outside
of our lines to make their deSerters
afraid to desert. On Jan. 30, when.
Gen. Lee was going to surprise the
world by capturing Grants supplies at
City Point. they drove us in and we
established a line in rear of the reserve
camp and marched troops to the right.
There was a heavy firing all day at
the right. During the night they all
went back, and in the morning we
went back on our old picket line. /
was on picket that day in rear and to
the right of our reserve picket camp, on
a crooked, hastily-formed line. and on
lower ground than the rebel picket
Maj. Terwillager and Bugler Hill were
going along the line, and just after
passing me they made a turn toward
the higher ground to get by mirey
place. They came close on a rebel pick
ct behind a tree. He raised his gun
and pointed it at the Major, and then
dropped the gun down. The Major
whipped out his revolver and took him
off his post; then turned back and
came by me. When the Major, came
up, he said with a hearty laugh, Il
took this Johnny right off his post" and
grinned, for it proved to be a woman.
| was told that she said she didn't
care is she was captured. for soldering
wasn't as nice as she thought it was
going to BEL. Elmer Robson, Troop
F.. 1st n. y. M'td Rifles, Walker, Iowa.
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move ssas made on our left 1t was
Just sunrise as the company started up
this road, the batteries were already at
work, and we were no more than post
ed, with skirmish line little in ad-
vance, when the battle in the Valley
was on in earnest.
Our Co. B captured "A prisoners,
some of them wounded. At about 8
o'clock the firing ceased in the Valley
below us. My Captain sent several boys
down the little byroad to the line of
battle, the writer among them, TO see
what was going on down there. Peeping
out of the brush, a fearful sight met
our gaze. Dead men, horses, upset can
non, stacked arms, blankets. knapsacks,
tents, clothing and wounded and dying
covered the whole field clear to the
river which was the right of our line
Of battle as formed during the night.
We returned and reported TO the
Captain, who Immediately marched US
up on the mountains and toward the
rear. We knew by the trend of the
mountains the way to reach our re-
treating comrades, for Jackson had
routed them to a finish. At noon We
stopped in a deep gorge, and got our
dinner and fed our prisoners, then
moved down the gorge until we came
out at the corner of a field of some 20
acres, and, looking across it, We saw
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sherman and McCIernand.

Editor National Tribune: | belonged
to Co. ID. 18th KY, which was organ
lied at Harrodsburg, KY, in the Fall
of 1861, Col. William J. Eandran COM
handing. Our first field services We're
on the road to MillLSprings. Being de-
layed. we did not arrive in time to par
ticipate in that battle.
From Mill Springs We We're ordered
to Cumberland Ford, KY, when a di-
vision was forming for the capture of
Cumberland Gap. Tenn. In April, 1862.
we made an attack from the Kentucky
side, finding the place veritable
Gibraltar" We failed to capture the
place by assault; Sol we fell back to the
ford, where later ON In June we made
a detour down the Cumberland and
crossed the mountains west of the gap
and marched up RoweH.s Valley, and
on theI 18th we captured the strong
hold of the rebels under Gen. Rains.
We occupied the gap from June Is to
Sept. II, when we. too, had to leave.
General Starvation did what the
whole Southern Confederacy could not
have done by direct assault
Our famous retreat to the Ohio. Is
days and nights, is history. Most of
that division were afterward ordered
to Vicksburg the last of December,
1862. We landed up the YaZoo River
at Johnson's Landing about Dec. %.
seven miles above Vicksburg, same
four divisions, under command of Gen.
Sherman. Hayness Bluff, Walnut Hills
and Chickasaw Bayou were the objec-
tive points AS we understood at the
time, Grant from Holly Springs was to
cooperate from the rear, but did not
come. The attack was bloody fail
ure. Immediately Sherman was super
seeded by Gen. John A. McClernand.
We returned to Young's Point and
MilIiken's Bend. In his History of the
N.II
US: Jan. 16 Sherman was superseded
by Gen. McClernand" Then, on page
325, he states: when McClernand SUI
perseded Sherman, he resolved to at
tack Arkansas Post." Now | know We
fought the battle OF Arkansas Post, or
Fort Hindman, as the rebels called it,
Jan, IL, 1868. The truth is, McCier-
nand was nominaliy in command, but
from all L saw Sherman was the lead
ing spirit that day, for at the hottest
angle of that battle. under a murder
Gus fire, Sherman and McClernand
came TO our line. Sherman ordered my
Colonel, For his regiment to make in
tervals for artillery" and they galloped
up and went to work.
Another inaccuracy is where he says
that "McCIernand sent to Rear-Admiral
Farragut for assistance, and that we
were soon joined by the Townsville,
Pittsburg, DeKalb, Cincinnati, the Mon
arch and several other light gunboats."
Admiral Farragut was then operating
on the lower Mississippi, far below
| Vicksburg The gunboat fleet that we
had We're the ones that escorted the
| transports from Memphis to Vicksburg.
and they were the ones that cooper
ated with US few days before on the
attack on Haynes's Bluff, and they went
with us up the White and Arkansas
River to Arkansas Post and they We're
under the command of David Porter
d. s. Hale, CO. D, 18th KY, Halls Hill,
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Indians in the War.

Editor National Tribune: In recent
number of The National Tribune there
was short article by Oscar Fowler on
the Indians who took part in the great
National struggle. There were three
regiments in the brigade commanded by
Col. William A. Phillips. of Kansas. |
enlisted in Co. D. Sd Mo-, at NeoshO.
Mo-, Jan. IL, 1868. From there we
marched to Fort Gibson, and in April.
1863, 1 was transferred to Co. C and
promoted to First Sergeant. and mus
tered out with the regiment at that
place May 81. 1865. L. F. Parsons, who
was First Lieutenant of Co. C, a retired
farmer. lives at Salina. Kan. would
be glad to hear from any of the Sd
Mo.-AddisOn Baker, Pineville, Mo.
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At AIlatoona and Franklin.

Editor National Tribune: l was with
in 20 feet of Gen. Sherman at Ala
toona, Ga, when he sent the message.
Hold the fort, for / am coming" 1t
was sent over the Confederate army,
which could be seen between our high
point and Allatoona. Our regiment,
the s9th Ill, was raised from the rail-
roads of Illinois, each sending a COM
pany. 1t was always known as the
Railroad Regiment AS all classes of
railroad men were in it, the organiza-
ton was detailed TO march to AckwOrth,
Ga, and take off old ties and bent rails,
cut ties and haul to track and relay
the road. While still at Ackworth, Ga,
part of the 45th Ill. was sent to aid us
in rebuilding tracks and bridges. At
PIckett's Mills, Ga, May 81, our division
was marched from right to left of our
line. 1t was about p. IN. when we
made the charge. We understood at
the time that 1t was to divert from their
left. They were ready for us, and my
company (A) lost all but IL out of
As. They left that night-Sherman had
accomplished his object
AT Franklin we marched in plain
sight of the Confederate army, and
could see the men walking around their
fires. Our guns were at trail, so as not
give reflected light. Canteens were not
allowed to strike metal, and cannon
WHeeis we're HulHeu AS lnlS brought
US in early, we Were marched beyond
the Harpeth River, and did not take
any part in the battle.
Not long ago your paper had state
ment of some 1000 prisoners just this
side OF the bridge and in front of the
fort. We filed past them at dusk and
filed TO the right of the bridge and lay
down, protected by the bank We lay
there until perhaps IL o'clock; then
Some cavalrymen were left in the fort
to spike the cannon and fire the bridge.
Our regiment was in % battles of the
Army of the Cumberland. i was in ali
but two. and was wounded in the last
battle of Nashville.-Edwin Z. Walker
Captain, Co. A, seth ILL.,, Washington,
d. c.
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THE AFFAIR AT PORT REPUBLIC.
A Detachment of the 68th Ohio Cut on
and Captured by JacllsOn's Forces.

Editor National Tribune: On the
evening of June s, 1862, L was at the
entrance of that covered bridge at Port
Republic, and saw fire blazing on the
floor of the bridge, as tho the intention
was to burn it We were ordered back.
however, something like two miles and
camped for the night. Well do / re-
member that during that night noise,
as if moving of artillery and wagons
innumerable were in motion. 1t was
the noise of Jac<son's army crossing
the river to escape Fremont, who was
pushing him up the Valley.
If Shields had posted battery in
front of the bridge and his brigade, too,
Jackson would have had picnic get
ting thru it. Jackson was smart enough
to burn the bridge after he crossed,
which was well towards morning, and
also General enough to see easy victory
with only Shields in front and no pos
sible chance of reinforcement from Ere
mont on the opposite side of the river
and the bridge burned.
Co. B, 65th Ohio, was sent up road
running from the Valley to some noun
tain farm or mine 200 yards to the left
of the line of battle to see that no flank
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The Widows Letter

After the appearance of An Army
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Sandersville, Ga, making inquiries rel
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widow. AS we had been out of the
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THE SOLVED.
The Guard to the Young Widow at
SandersyiIIe, Ga, is Found.

In The National Tribune of March
81, 1910, appeared IAN Army Incident
that aroused a great deal of curiosity
and interest. 1t described conditions at
Ga, at the time Sherman's
army struck the village, and told OF
the guard that was placed over young
rebel widows home. The widow her
self wrote the anecdote, and she wish
ed to find out who the guard was. She
now sends us the following letter:
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