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FIGHTING THEM OVER
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WhalOur Volcrans Hare to Say Aliout
Their Old Campaigns.
FRONT OF PETERSBURG.
The (baft'dcrate OoFr-tiMi of I'ort flrrpp. TaM April
2, ISC .
Rim-tor National Tribune: Thctosoems
t be as much controversy anions tho Northern
geldtcrs s to who cnturod Fort Grogf: ns
sHHjt tho who defended it on tlmt eventful
2d dny of April. 1SG5. As one of tho dofeudors
1 write of what I w on imrl of tilts Southern
defotifie nnd glimpses of the I'odrral assault, as
they roliod oil in successive wave?, only to ho
drivmt off ami tad!? crippled, until men of
BoaUtcTH birth and nativity, who believed in
tlie Union of the States as one and not to ho
dissolved." came upon the scone, and hy des
perate courage succeeded in forcing tlio ur
rener. No true soldier, eitlior North or South,
but, what cherishes with peculiar pleasure the
days when ho upheld the cause which ho
ospouccd, and now after the lapse of yoars sinco
we t awde the liHrnws of war and hnvo bo
cotue teaccable and plodding citizens of one
common country, it lieroinus us to write of
tho-e days which tried men's souls, patriotism
and manhood.
Fort GrocK proper was one of a scries of
Firong inclosed works that occupied comnuuid
inp situations inside tf the foililiuntiutis projer
of l'oteMrp. and was built for tho vory pur
pose for which it served, to resist an opposing
army in case tho mam lino of works were
carried. A deep moat or ditch surrounded it.
which crossed into the gorge by a few feet of
earth left intact The gorgo was inejosod by
palisades placed in a xigswg form, and barely
admitted the imssagc of artillery. These pali
sades were of pine-tree trunks about 13 or 20
incites Ik diameter, and were loopholed for
ni8ketry. Iu fact, the rear of this fort was
the strongest part of it, ami could only have
bee reduced by artillery, which was not avail
able, as several other Con federate- forts had
commanding range of it. The weakest part of
the fort was just where the infantry breast
works connected with it, but wero not com
pleted. Its location was very near the junction
of thelJoydton plank mad and Squirrel Level
road, on the faira of one Mr. Newman, whose
residence was the headquarters of our brigade
commander. Gen. Nat. II. Harris, at present
Register of Public Lands at Alicrdeou, Uak.
The reader will War in mind that FortGrogg
and Battery Gregg are not the saiiio places by
any means. Their positions are often con
foundel, as much so as Battery " Alexander,"
distant 400 yards from Fort Gregg, Battery
" Wiiitworth and Battery " Baldwin." Whit
worth is the nrier designation. Fort "Bald
win," as some of tho Federal Engineers have
it laid down, was a name given to "Whilworth"
in derision of a soldier of that name belonging
to ottr command in the J9lh .Miss., who, for
some breech of military ditty, was sentenced to
carry a log on his shoulders and pace tho ram
part of Batlcry Whitwortlt for a number of
boars. It illustrates the vagaries of life, as
what was intended as a reprimand and disgrace
for military dereliction, was cuhaucod as a
distinction of renown.
1 wilt give a crude diagram of tlio fort, and
thus its location may settle the difference of
opinion as expressed m Thk National Tkib
TCfK as to who captured Fort Gregg:
A.FPOMATTOX Ptvcn.
Wbitworth was intended to be connected
with Gregg by an iatronched line, but the lino
wae sever completed. The uncompleted part was
aid way between the two. The part that con
nected with Gregg, unoccupied by infantry at
Uws time of the assault, was the means by which
tbe Federals reached the parapet anil forced a
tar render. Whit worth was an incomplete in
cisure, and was greatly weakened by our com
mand, whicii encamped for tbe Winter adjacent
thereto, and converted lite timber supports into
firewood, tbits rendering it easily washed by
the Wittier rains; in fact, it did not have the
strength of an ordinary rifle-pit. Old Town
Cieek flowed in front of Fort Gregg, and it was
cooceivod and exccaled that by means of a
data aereas it, a large scope of country could be
inundated and made more defensible.
We watched the progress of the dam from its
inripieocr. and were surprised to wake ap one
day and find it a thing of tlic past. It broke,
carrying destruction iu its path and exposing a
very weak portion of onr lines, over which the
IVderals soom ruobed without much opposition.
On the eve of this eventful occasion Harris's
X istiMUpfM Brigade was located nearllowIeVs
bouse and ballry the James Htvcr, and in
view of Butler's Dutch Gap canal. On the
niUtof April 1 orders came from Gen. ilalionc,
onr divibioM commander, to report to Gen. J.
B. Gordon, ar I'eterhborg. As we had bad a
Land iu every fracas in front aud rearof Peters
burg from itichuKHtd toMehenen Biver.on tho
line of North Carolina, we set off grumbling
and wottderiMg " Whj' in can't ilahotte
gUsowe other troop to do some fighting?'
Nevertheless, orders had to be obeyed, and wo
went. I was detailed from tbe ranks aud
zaoontod as loader, and as such I bad oppor
tunities of witnewing a great deal of the ac
tios that followed. About Eiiuribc we pawed
through 1'eiersburg. and arrived in front of
Gr-gg shortly afterwards, and formed litie of
battle in a hollow facing wot. We found
everything iu coufnsion; onr linos had becu
ruptured everywhere, and tbe Union trooj
were i po0'iion. We found in our front long
lines of Federal bine infantry, artillery, cav
alry, mounted staff, galloping Orderlies, in
fact, ti pomp and ciretnoOanco of war,"
closing in nod around tbe "last ditch" of
iVttmburg. It was Gibbon's Oirps of four or
more 4t t;mhik. against whom were to lie pitted
a fragment of a brigade of scarcely 400 men.
The f-cl dawned upon us that we were there to
stem that tot 1 cut; to do or die; to defend to
the last gasp litis Jaat stronghold left Gen. Lee.
Lvery minute represented hours, and hours
were of mighty import and pregnant with
c-.tnis that delayed the inevitable surreuder
of the Army of Northern Virginia at Appo
mattox. We threw out skirmishers, but they were
not aggressive as usual. Belay was of as
much value then to Geo. Lee as "night or
Biucher ' was to Wellington Mt Waterloo. Gen.
GiMmu fortuod line of battle some 000 yards or
n.ore in our front, aud opened with ji few!i-lla.
A section of Washington Artillery. undorLieiits.
Owen aud McKlroy, on our part responded, and
lb n. overwhelmingly overlapped by the Fed-
:iif, uity moved compactly forward.
I waaeuut to tbe front to carry orders to burn
the old Winter quarters and figbtcach cabin to
the last. As I came in full view of the Fedenil
f-ktrmiahers a volley greeted me that catiuod
tuy "Pegasus" to practice all the tricks and
a'-ts of tbe loucii-vaunted circus horse. He
i-howtd a strong incliuatiouto go further to tho
fiout than was necessary, aud iu one of his
piungiug freaks a bullet struck him on one of
bis legs, breaking it. Fortunately 1 had him
headed toward our Hue, and alter a few frantic
pi Btiges he tumbled to the ground, myself with
bint. I fortunately struck ou my feet " a run
Jiing." which 1 kept up until the IfnefSWcie
reacbod. Meanwhile, under orders, Gen. Har
ris had placed in Fort Gregg the llit.lt Miss.,
under Capt. A. K. Jones, and the JGlh alias.,
under Oapt. J. JL Duncan, the two under
LieuL-Col. J. H. Duncan, of the 1'Jth Miss.
Tbe 18th aud 48th Miss, wero iu Fort Whit
worth, under the immediate command of G011.
Harris himself.
A light bombardment of Gregg onsuod, and
then iu solid columns Gibbon's wen surged
siiist Gregg. The battlements wore wreathed
iu Muoke, and bis men wout down by the hun
dreds. The smoke waited, and from Whit
worth we could see around strewn with many
a bluo-ciiMl fellow, while tho roar was full of
fugitives. Agaiu aud again came rapid firing,
and Gibbon's men recoiled. Aseeotid and third
atU.uiits wore likewise beat off, with tremen
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dous loss to tlio Federal 3. Each defender litul
twp or pipro rillo-j at linntl, mid whilo tho roar
rank loaded tlicth the front rank handled UioiU
with most deadly execution. In fact tlio mpid
firing conveyed tho idea that tho defenders had
rcpeating-rilles. After n flhorfc lull ntiothor
colittiiu in blue camo charging boldly to tho
front. This was the hrigtido of G011. W. B.
Curtis, known ns tho Second Brigade, Inde
pendent Division, Twoutv-fourth Corp1', con
sisting of tho filth Pn.,Sflil HI. and tho 12th
W. Vu. ((?on. Curtis's own rcgiiupnt), the latter
regiment lending, and being, with Gen. Curtis,
tho first (o tho fort.
When they renchod tho moat thoy found it
full of Federal noldicra, who liad sought safety
thcro from tho deadly swnlh of bullets. Noth
ing daunted by the "tcrriiir hhiughtor of thoir
comradcH, tlmsu brave men swarmed up by
clinging to the sides of tho ditcli ami by push
ing each other up. As tho first raised them
selves to tlio pstntpcl they wro swept away to
n man by rapid volleys, and rolled back dead
and wounded among many others of thoir
comrados. I distinctly lomembor seeing n
stand of United Suites colors thrown up and
into tlio foit by tho Federal Kiisign. It was
done to stimulate the men, and did it; for by
u combined effort tiicy swnrmed tip, around,
and over tho fort, and poured in a volley which
killed aud wounded about. 70 of tho defenders.
Gen. Curtis thou commanded "cease firing,"
and Capt. Jones (at present our efficient Chan
cery Clork) surrendered tho fort to him. Col.
Duiicnu having previously been wounded in
the head.
Thus Fort Gregg was lost, as was two of our
rogitnents, and Harris's Brigade was reduced
to about 200 men. As our men woro marched
to the rear they had to pass over the front of
Fort Gregg, aud witnessed tho terrihlo realities
of tho attack, and they declare that tho on
slaughts of Fredericksburg, tho Wilderness,
and Spottsylvania woro as naught to it.
Tho Fedenil loss is estimated from Fcdoral
sources to be about 700; sonic estimates placing
it above 1,000. Gen. Grant, in his " Memoirs."
places it at 7M, I bcliuvc. Somo "historians"
say that tho fort was so obstinately dofonded
that only HO of its defenders wero left nlivo.
This is inaccurate, ns tho loss did not exceed 70
men. Whilo the assault on Gregg was in prog-
re-, we in Battery hitworlli wero not into.
Wo plied our long-range riiles with somo oficct
on the solid columns of Gibbon. A Georgia
battery of Parrott guns was placed in "this bat
tery to assist in tho defence, but tiie.y might
just as well have been iu Jericho as there, for
their fire of rilled shell and shot was perfectly
useless. A few Napoleons would have account
ed for themselves in short motor. 1 glanced at
i pieco just nt my right, and though not a
practical artilleryman, I had eeuso enough of
the arm to know about its effectiveness if
properly used. I noticed particularly two shots
from the piece. Tho range was about GOO yards,
and the elevation of tho picco was enough to
throw tho ball 0110 mile; tho sholls exploded
high iu tho air and beyond the column of at
tack. Wo vented our displeasure at such marks
manship, and freoly expressed our opinions ns
to " what sort of stuff constituted proper artil
lerymen." Why, in fact, thof-o follows wadded
thoir pieces whilo on their knees, and when
an ordor enmo to move to the roar, they did
so with so much linsto as to overturn 0110
of their piocos nt the gorgo, and wo had
to "put it on its legs" again. A good
Imttory there would have boon worth 1,000
mon, ns the column was easily enfiladed.
As Boon ns Gregg fell, wo of Whitwortlt saw
that "our tu'i enmo next," and girded our
loins for the ! .y. The Hag of tho 4cHh Miss.
floated above us, aud ninny balls pierced its
folds that day, and twico was it shot from its
6tatl. The third time it was attached to n rillo,
and defiantly llaitnted iu tho faces of our
assailants. Gon. Harris mounted tlio parapet
and waved tlio flag over our heads, and shouted
"Givo'om hell, boys." 1 triod togivesoincnno
boll, as I loaned against a sapling support, but
caught it myself, as a bull struck it aud iniulo
me "tired" of the nffrny.
The column tlmt attacked Fort Wbitworth in
conjunction with tho assault on Fort Gre'g
was led l3' Brig.-Gcn. T. SI. Harris, whoso com
mission was then only flvo days' old. His com
maud consisted of the 10th. 11th. 15th W. Va.,
51th Pa., aith .Mass., llGth aud 123d Ohio,
and they camo tumbling over tho works "liko
thoy wero in n hurry about something"; or as
Gen. Harris, U. S. A., writes, " that we seemed
SI13 about each other that dny " ; anyhow, sco
ing that our "blue-belly" friouds had a hank
ering after that particular spot, and having
nrgciitbusincttat Petersburg to atiswar roll-call
we left thorn in ttosscoiion as soon us our Gen.
Harris gave the word, "every man for hiinbclf."
Being jeciiliarly constituted by nature, I lmvo
.always noticed ninny littlo things that lmvo
bearings of importance, may bo, hut especially
if they trend to tho ridiculous. Our rapid
movement of change of base wns fraught with
much fun, and 1 noticed how Col. Phelps, of
the 10th Miss., gathered his cumbersome limln
top.othor for tho mighty effort. As ho cleared
tho gorge ho shied to tho left, and a bullet
came crashing besido him. Tho uncertainties
of life came beforo him. and with a2:10-gatt
he lit out. Another ball spent of its mission
aud fury struck him tu the back, and oh, my,
you should havu seen that IbO-pound sir-foot
man "git." 1 laughed until I was weak. Our
Colonel (J. M. Jaynu) slopped a brill with his
leg. and was captured. Gen. T. SI. Harris, U.
S. A., got his sword, and returned it after tho
war to him. Our General (N. II. Harris) was
h portly ttian,ucvo!U 01 tear, aim aggressive.
Ho did not relish tho "honiostrelch," and
soon became tired. The rtiu exhausted him,
and while catching breath ho said to me,
"I'll ba d d if I run any more." Just
then his brother and Aid-dc-C'anip, Capt.
Will Harris, threw up his hat in duflanco of
repeated aumtnous to surrender, expecting it
to fall in front of him, and ho would pick it tip
as he iKtHSed, but It fell behind him and bo
slopped to pick it tip just m tlio Federals fired
a hasty volley at us. Tho volley stimulated
Gen. Harris, bis brother, aud myself to renewed
exertions, bo much so that I believe that we led
tho boys into the last ditch of Petersburjr.
spitting Into spray the placid waters of Old
Town Creek. There wo stood, catching our
breath and preparing for further aggrcssiveucbs
on tho partof tho Federals. Why they did not
push their advantago is a mystery. If they
had done bo, Petersburg would have easily
fallen; for, besido our depleted brigade, only
Beunitig's.'J00 men were nt hand on tho South
Side Bailroad to resist the advance.
That night wo passed through Petersburg
and rejoined our division nt Chesterfield Sta
tion, Irom whom we received marked regard.
A pathetic scene was our march through
Petersburg. Tho sounds of strife front City
Point, Jerusalem plank mad, iu fact, from Ap
pomattox Bivor to its juncture with the Jatiios,
up to the South Side Bailroad was not the cen
ter of interest that was tho dofonso of Gregg.
Somehow, the hopes of tho people rested thoto,
and xliKSifeSippi valor w;oj appreciated, as was
testified when that nigiit wc lilod thtough tho
city, attended by the wails and means of tho
inhabitants. Fort Gregg stands lo-dy a leg
acy to American valor. Its resistance, and its
attack art heirlooms that testify of courage,
desperation and devotion that nono can gain
say. Gen. Gibbon himself so much appreciated
the event as to present the 12th W. Va. with a
Golden Eagle to surmount thoir State colors,
with the following inscription;
"Presented to the 12th W. Va. Vol. Tnfy, by
their Corps Commander, Gon. John Gibbon,
for gallant conduct in the assault upon Fort
Gregg, in front of Petersburg, on tho 2d day of
April, lfe5."
Gen. Curtis vrites: "After a most desperate
struggle in crossing tho ditch by which it was
surrounded, we succeeded in capturing tho fort
with what few defenders woro left to defend it.
'J hey fought desperately to tho last. I had
throe color-bearers of my own regiment killed
in planting the colors upon tho parapets. I en
tered the fort witli my men, and two Confeder
ate officers caught mc ono by each arm and
lugged mo to protect them and stop tho firing.
They hud fought so desperately that they
foared wo would show them no quarter."
War at its best Is dreadful. Fotlorn hopes
aro sometimes used, and tho annihilation of
commands are sometimes a necessity. So it was
with the " affair at Gregg." Time was of great
moment to Gn. Loe, and most valuable limo
was gained by tho protracted defense. It is
said of Gen. Leo, "that ho called his staff about
him, and pointing to Fort Grogg, asked them
to witness a most gallautdofense." Tlio words
had scarcely fallen from his lips when, behold,
the Stars aud Stripes wero unfurled over the
parapet, tho brave men who defended it yield
ing only when all hope had fled. The Gen
eral then bade his stall' separate, and somo say
that lie seemed to court death In a charge, aud
lay down his life for a causo his strong arm
had so long upheld. Tho survivors of both
armies, whoso stoutly contested for the pos
session of Fort Gregg on that ovoiitful 2d day
of April, can well point to it- of all places as
the post of honor aud dangor.FuANK II.
Footk, 48th Id i68., Harris Brigade. Poit Gib-
sou, Hits.
THE MTXOIAL TRD3TJM: WiiSIMGTON, D. 0.," THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1890J
OUT ON THE PLAINS.
Tho Mini Springs ami Bush Creek Affair.
EntTort National TiunuKJ?: By way of
correcting E. SI. Drake's statements in tho
issue of Nov. 28, and also Geo. W. Ilowuti's ac
count in tho issue of Jan. HO, 1 propose, if you
will allow mo a small spaeo in Tins National
TnntUNB, to writo a correct account of tho Mud
Springs aud Bush Creek fights, which I fool
tho nioro competent to do from tlio fact that I
kept a diary from SlnrcJi 7, 18G1, to March 7,
18(55, and which, in tho form of a small pass
book, is on tlio table beforo 1110 as 1 wiilo.
Fob. 4, 1SG3, tlio commander of tho Post at
Fort Lnratnio rccoivod a dispatch from Slud
Springs, 110 miles distant, to tho effect that tho
station was .surrounded by a largo number of.
Indians, and that unless speedily succored the
11 men nt that place (ilvo citi.ons and nine
soldiers) would bo killed or captured. Col.
Collins, of tho 11th Ohio Cav., realizing tho
importniico of piomptaction, started about dark
Baltic day to tho rc-otio.
His command consisted of parls of four
companies of tho 11th Ohio Cav., about 100 men,
and Co. D, 7th Iowa Cav., about GO mon, in all
about 150 men, woll mounted, and annod in
most nart with Sncncer rifles and carbines. It
will bofce.u by tho above that tho 1 1 LI Ohio
Cav. furnished a pretty strong "Corporal's
guard."
Wo marched all tho night of tlio -lth and
until about 11 o'clock of tho Gth, when wo
arrived at Fort Slitcholl, one-half tho dislatico
to Slud Springs. Horo wo rested mid rofroshctl
ourselves nnd horses tint il about 7 p. m., when
wo resumed our march, tho Iowa company,
under Capt. Foul', having boon nont on in ad
vance. Slaiching all tho night of tho Gth wo
arrived at Mud Springs about 7 o'clock on tho
morning ol tho Gth, which is the dato of tho
Slud Springs fight, and not thofith, as stated by
Comrade Drake, nor ns Into as tho2nLh, as stated
by Comrade Uownn. Sloatitimo tho I J mon iu
tho station, which consisted of two small log
houses used for telegraph ollico and stable, ro
in'foiccd by tho Iowa company, who by tho way
woro sploudid fighters, had made it so hot for
STr. " Lo" that thoy had made but littlo head
way toward reducing tho station. Having
marched for two nights and n day in tutribly
cold weather, with no Bleep and but littlo tost,
wo woro iu rather a sorry plight, many of tho
men having their hands and toot badly frozon.
Wo woro in no condition to resist tho assaults of
overwhelming numbers", yet wo did so success
fully. Tho number of Indinns was estimated
at 1,500 to 2.000. Hastily forming a corral out
of our low wagons, and thus securing our sloclc,
wo prepared to givo them n warm reception,
and thoy camo at us in fine Indian fashion.
Soon after tho liglij. began Col. Collins tole
graphed to Lnrnniio for reinforcements. Tho
"affair" continued without intermission from
7 a. 111. till dark. Our loss was very light com
pared with that of tho Indians, as wo did most
of our fighting from tho two log houses men
tioned, while they wero in tho open, Tho
Indians made several dcsperatonttoinpts during
tho day to stampede our horses and tntilos aud
got them out of tho corral. Slany of thoir
"braves" bit tho dust or rathor tho sand in
thoso attempts, as it brought them within closo
range of our unerring Spcncors. We could not
ascurtniu with any degree of accuracy how
many warriors wero killed, ns most of them
wero tied to their ponies, a custom thoy linvo to
prevent their killed ftom falling into the hands
of their cnomies. Tho fiht o.idcd at dark by
tho Indians drawing off. Wo rested on our
arms during that night aud tho day of tho 7th,
not, however, relaxing our vigilnuco. Never
was a day of rest more wulcomo to poor mortals
than this 7th day of February, 1805, was to us.
During tho night of tho 7th tho roinforcomont,
consisting of GO of tlio 11th Ohio, with cannon,
arrived.
Wo now had about ISO or 190 mon oblo for
duty, having lost 20 to 110 men killed, wounded
and frozen since leaving Laramie. With this
small forcu Col. Collins concluuod to pit ratio
and "cntch" tho Indians. Catching thorn was
an easy enough miittor, but wo had a terribly
hard time letting them go, as the sequel will
show. Following their trail, which they tnado
no attempt to conceal, we camo up with tlictn
on the Sth, about 15 miles from SI ml Springs.
When wc arrived at tho Platte, opposito tho
mouth of Bush Creek, wo could sou tho Indians
in great numbers on tho opposite side of tlio
Platto, which was frozen over solid, rq that wo
could have crossed easily. This Col. Collins
wanted to do, nnd attack them in tho hills. I
quite ngroe with Com ratio Uownn that had this
been attempted, the result would iiavo been
similar to tho Custer massacre on tho Big
Horn, in Juno, 1870.
Better councils prevailed, however, nnd it
wns determined that if they would light thoy
should dofioon ground of our own choosing.
As soon as they saw wo woro not going to cross
tho river, thoy camo pouring out of tho bluffs
by tho hundreds, tho ico on tho rivor being lit
erally black with thctn. It was now thnt wo
did tho most effective work with our cannon,
as wo got in several very good shots whilo they
wero in a com met body ou tho ice. Wo only
got in a few effective shots, howo'or, as they
scattered out into small hquads, but thoy kept
coming all tho same till all of thorn woro
across. Sloatitimo wo had been busy preparing
to reccivo them. Wo had a very sttong posi
tion made by digging a trench in the sand and
throwing up thutund thus removed for abreast
work, as described by Comrade Uownn. Tho
Indians now had us surrounded, excopt 011 tho
side next tho Platte, and it soomud ns though
tho pmirio was literally alivo with them. True,
wo had a very strong position, but thoy out
numbered us at least 10 to ono; woro well
armed, well mounted, cunning nnd bravo; iu
fact, thoy foaght like old warriors from away
back. About 200 to 'M0 yardri from our ditch
was what Kccmod to ho a long, low place, or
dry branch, where the crass and sago-brush
had grown very rank, nnd tho dead grotoi hav
ing fallen down, afforded good concealment for
tho redskins. Two of them would got ou a
pony, aud riding swiftly through this place, one
of them would Hlip off. This thoy kept up un
til this place, which commanded our position,
was literally filled with warriors, atid they
picked off our mon at every opportunity. Our
situation was growing more de-sporato every
minute. But tho redemption of that ravine
was closo at hand.
1..10UI. A'ation, ot 1110 Jim unto, aslccd por
mission to take 20 picked men and chnro into
tho infernal nest and rout tho Indians out.
This was not icadily agroed to, us it was a
desperate and dangerous undertaking, and wo
had no mon to spare. But something must hu
done, nnd it wan finally granted and Lieut.
Patton forming his men in "lino" aud giving a
few parting and final instructions, gavo tho
command "forward," and into tho "nest"
thoy wont pell-mell and out the Indians wont
thoso of thorn who wero not killed or wounded.
Tho 20 men, after emptying tho two levolvcrs
that each carried, started to regain tho hroast
works. Tho Indians now rose up front nil
Bidosnud Iu tho middle, to try nnd cut oil' tho
gallant Lieutenant and his littlo band. This,
howuvcr, wo had uxported, and from our breast
work wo poured into them a most murderous
volley, that tnado them recoil, and gavo tho
charging squad a chance to get hack. Two
mon wero killed in the charge, Harris, of
tho 7th Iowa, and Billy Hartshorn, of the 11th
Ohio. Tho chargeis woro principally lull
Ohio men, of the old battalion an wo called
them who had been ou tho frontier more than
threo yoars aud woro good Indian fightors.U
umirauo uownn, tiiurcioro, is In error in Hay
ing that the Lieutenant was followed iu the
charge "almost exclusively by Iowa troops,"
This charge aud the volley from our position
virtually ended tho fight, tho Indians reeross
ing tho river and disappearing among tlio hills
on the opposite hide of tho Platte. The next
day wo started on our return to Fort Laramio,
getting back on the 11th.
Comrade Rowan is mistaken as to thollth
Ohio furnishing a "111010 Corporal's guard," aa
wo outnumbered tho Iowa troops at least four
to ono, counting tho GO that reinforced us and
took part iu tho Bush Creek fiht. I could, if
so disposed, glvo tho names of moro mon iu
tho company to which I helonged than ho gives
tho whole regiment credit with having in tho
fight.
J do not wish lo bo tindoratood by this as Jiu
puling to anyone a disposition to make a mis
statement willfully; far bo It from 1110 to do
that, hut 1 fear Comrade llowau has got tho
Julcsburg affair, where Iowa troops suffered so
severely (Feb, 22), and tho Slud Spiinga and
Jtu.sh Creek affairs slightly mixed. Wo used to
speak of It as tho "Bush Crock fight," when
speaking of tho two fights, which is probably
what Comrade Drake meant by tho Bush Creole
fight fought at Slud Springs, etc. But ho is
mistaken in regard to tho Indians charging us
at 4 in tho morning; either that or I was sleep
ing so soundly that I hoard nothing of it.
I am not certain as to tho naiuo of tho Lieu
tenant who led tho charge, but think it was
"Bob" Patton; if incorrect, hope soino com
rade will correct mo. Geo. V. Nkuson, Co, I,
11th Ohio Cav., Eaton, O.
CHICKAMAUGA.
Another Blast from flnttery JI'h Ilmrlo.
Enrroit National Tkidunr: In your
is-
stto of April 17, Cotri ratio Jamas SI. Whallon ro
6pouds to my article of February 13, and I bog
space to say a low, words in Toply. I stated
just how and to wliiitoxtont Battory SI, 1st III.
L. A., saved tho Nation at Chiekamaugn on
September 20, 18015, and that was by holding its
position against every attempt inndo by tho
rebels to eapttiro or drive it away. Had thoy
succeeded in doing either, I think no ono will
question what tho result would have boon, if ho
wns with tho army that dny nnd for sovornl
days after, or if ho .lias closely rond tho Union
official reports that havo boon preserved.
1 warned tho conjradoa that that wns but tho
first blast from Batlpry Si's buglo. 1 rcnlly did
not want lo toot it again, for I novor could
"got on n good enough lip" to prodtico any
thing but an car-splitting sound.
1 think, if tho comradu will carefully read
my nrtielo again, ho will sco that ho slightly
misunderstood mo; but 1 will say this, that!
could not find as strong Intigtingo to use toward
thoso of tho right as is found in tho official re
ports, and I havo loo groat lovo for ovory hon
orable American poldfor to want such stain to
rest upon thorn, and fooling that tho only way
to do to nrotiso them to thoir dofonso wns to
"stir them tip," I wtoto ns I did; nnd 1 yet
want thorn lo prove thnt tho charges tnado
against thorn woro false. I am in hopes that
ouough of them will bo with us on tho field on
Slay 21 to there, with tho Confederates who
opposed, disprove tlio charges (qtillo equal to
coward ico) that still romaiu against thotn.
Tho question is what each one did at Chieka
maugn, not what ho may havo dono beforo or
after thnt event. I am inclined to boliovo that
tho commdo will havo to hunt long for proof
that Sheridan nnd Davis woro cutoff from tho
balanco of tho army, or that thoto was any
thing whatever lo prevent thoir joining Thomas
without first going back to Bossvillo oxcopt n
lingo army in " buckram." If ho can find any
such proof, cnu prodtico any Confcdoratos who
woro farther to tho rear to thotn than Villi to
Hottso, or n short distauco further, I shall bo
gtatoful, as I am as anxious aa any man alivo
to wipe out tho present unpleasant record, nnd
that is ono great reason why I want to moot
thotn nt Cliieknmnttga.
Whoro did (Jon.Shoridnn havo a night march
of M or 15 miles, passing through tho otiotny's
lines, prithee? It Is understood by many that
ho reported on tho evening of tho 20th, and
did not wait until tho 21st.
As to Gon. Negloy's men who remained on
tho field aud fought, I think no ono will ques
tion thoir bravery, nor that of thoso who worn
ordered to follow him lo tho rear. Thoy but
obeyed ordors; but as to Gon. Nogloy hiinsolf,
silonco is tiio best. If tho comrade wishes, I
havo somo private information ou tho Btihjcct
that may givo him somo light.
If tho com ratio will ho with us at Chicka
manga, ho cnu learn by thoso thoro what kind
nnd how many men opposed Steodmatt'3 two
brigades, nnd also how thoy wero served.
And now, two moro blasts ftom Battory Si's
buglo (I daro not givo moro at unco, lest I
crack it), and I am dono.
I quote from a letlor written at tho timo by
ono who was commanding somo of tho infantry
and who was thoro. "Tho left section of this
battory (M, 1st III.) was thon ordorod to move
to tho loft to aid our shattered column, 9
opened flro upon tho enemy with terrihlo ef
fect." (Tho infantry thon foil back down tho
hill. I will not say " ran," as somo pcoplo do.)
"Onr battery was loft on tho hill, unsupported,
with sovoral of tho gunuors shot down nnd
their horses killed.'' And what did Battory
Si's two guns do run? No, thoy hold tho
wliolo rebel force at hay until tho infantry
wns brought hack to thoir support.
And bhtst No. :i. Battory SI hold tho front
nt Bos3villo, nllowing all tho troops to with
draw without molestation, aud did not start
hack for Chattanooga until long nftor stiuriso
ou tho morning of September 22, and when it
Htartod back thoro was not a Hinglo other
"wild Yankoo" at tho front. A few of tho
7dt.li III. had been thoro, but tho Johnnies
had tatnod thorn.
Now, comrades, talk all you ploaso about
your great fcatsl (Slany moro " blasts "yet in
tho bugio, and positivo proof of tho truth of
each when wanted.)
Cotno. battory boyji, lot us hear from yon
Battory SI has said enough for nwhllc. G. E.
Dolto.v, 18 South Slnlii street, St. Louis, SIo.
To .Nmou, lleblJlUtrd JIhi.
If you will Fctitl tt your address wo will send
you Dr. Dyo's Oulobratcd Voltnio Bolt nnd Ap
plinucoH ou a trial. Tlioy will quickly restore
you to vigor, manhood aud health. Pamphlet
free. Voltaic BkltCq., .Marshall, SHch..
1 i"
A I'lrn for l!xl'rliAiicra or Wnr.
EniTOti National Tuiiiunr: Having scon
sovoral articles in your paper in regard totheox
prlsonors of war. I will wty a few words, as I
lmvo not upokuu beforo. Sumo people class us
pensioners as Government paupers. I wout
into tins service iu 18(11, In the lth Me. (Co. B);
was engaged In tho first Bull Bun battle; was
slightly wounded threo times that day, nnd
kept my place in tho ranks until just beforo
the rati oat, wlion 1 wns hit by a cannon-ball in
the right arm, striking It just above tho elbow,
completely severing it from tho body, with tho
exception of a small niece of skin, which I cut
with my knifo. Tho shot, which was a 21
pound solid shot, pusscd my breast and look off
all tho ciolhoH clear to tho skin. 1 was thou
taken prisoner aud hold nearly four months
and a half, aud we wero kept starved by order
of Jefferson Davis, so ns to unfit us for nny
furthur military duty, nnd only provided with
provisions ouough to keep tho breath of life
iu us, with what wo could buy with tho money
wo had.
Wo were confined in Libhy Prison ami Castlo
Thunder without medical nttondanco, unless
somo of our doctors who woro Sfnsoiis could
got permits to cotno In and sco us, or somo of
tho rebel Surgeons happened to take a fancy
to experiment on 'somo poor follow, and thon
thoy would cmnu in and cut and slash to thoir
hearts' enntout. If some poor wretch happened
logo to tho grated window, whoro thoro was
no possible chance of escape, ho was greeted
with a bullet through tho head, if tho guard
was iiiarjcfliiinit enough to hit him. Tho day
that 1 was captured I weighed 110 pounds;
after I had boon out fattening up threo weeks I
woighed GO pounds.
Now what I wish to know Is, how wo havo
boon paid for Hitch suffering by tho Govern
ment that paid ?100,000 Tor tho capture of that
same Jefferson Unvis.nud for tlio purposo of feed
ing him nnd providing for his wants hotter than
ho could hnvo fared at nny hotel in the laud?
I will answer. Thoy paid us$KI por month iu
paper money when that was worth only 50
cents on tho dollar. And after wo wero dis
charged thoy gavo somo of us $3 a mouth on
which to support ourselves and feed and olotho
our families. Now, if wo had not boon perma
nently disabled by tho loss of a leg or an arm,
wo might havo had a rcinsito bofoto this, as our
pensions havo heon raised from limo to time,
to pay us for tho pinching and starving that wo
woro compelled to endure whilo drawing only
$8 por mouth pension. All other classes of
pensioners can havo a nnsstio except thoso who
havo lost a limb; whilo Gmioi tils' wives, who
aro worth an iuilopoudout fortune in thoir own
right, can hnvo a pension of $200 or moro a
month. Now what wo want is that wo ahall
havu tho same rate of ponftjon that wo get now
from tho dato of our discharge nnd $2 a day
for tho timo wo woro hold iis prlsonoisof war.
A CoMitADKAND KX-PitiHONi:u ou WAit.Sears-
port, SIo.
' " ' . pi 1 11 1
Wo recommend "Tansill's Punch " Cigar,
Ills K.-irs Wi-ro u bllllo Larue.
Dry (lotuh Cluo'nicle.
Burly Party Aroyoti awaro, sir, that you
dollheratoly placed your umbrella in my oar
last evening?
Littlo Bifforton -Very careless of mo, I'm
suro. 1 wondered what hocatuo of it, and
would It bo too mituh trotihlo to ask you to
return it?
m cure.
A CLEAN AND PEIIFECT CU11E OF
Hurts amp Brubses.
A Doctor fiaw It.
Lawrence. Knnns. Aug. ti, lbS8.
George Pntterhon fell from a '.'d-ttory window,
etrlklngn fence. 1 found him using Ht. Jacobs
Oil freely nil over his hurls. I saw him next
morning at work; all thdbliiCKpols had gone,
leaving neither pain, sear nor hwclllng.
C. K. ftKU.MANN, sr. D.
At Dnt'ornvrs and Dkalkiir.
THE CHARLES A, VOQELER CO.,Qattimorc. Md.
SURE jm&
"shots
From Alert Comrades All Along the
line.
Information Asked nnd (Itrcn.
Thk National Twhunk has a lottor for
Jtidson Knight, author of "A Scouting Expe
rience," published in tho issuo of April 10.
Tub National TuniUNn requests that all
comrades who know tho addresses of their com
pany and rciritiicutnl Secretaries will send tho
Btinio to us, thereby materially aiding comrades
who aro in search of pension evidence.
Tho Old Sottas.
A. J. Lawrcnco, Luvcrno, Slinn., wishes tho
army song beginning, "Boll, Shenandoah,
proudly roll," and iu advance thanks tho com
1 ado who may send it.
Frederick II. Winikor, Byesvillo, 0 would
liko to procure tho song that was filing when
drumming up voluntcors, at tho beginning of
tho Witr, ou tho deatli of Col. Ellsworth,
(live Tlirni lliclr Dues.
Sihi3SL Olmsted, Fast Slasonvillc, N. Y., Co.
B, -11th K. Y., in a well-writton argument dis
cussing tho merits of tlio various pension hills
beforo Congress, says that "Tho National
Tribttno" Pension bill is moro in tho interest
of equity and justice than any other; if a
man has a disability ho is entitled to a pousion,
no matter whether ho receives a sorvico pension
or not.
John F. Lindsay, Troop IC, 4th TJ. S. Cav.,
Camp Vordo, Ariz., served four years during
tho war, and has put in tho timo over sinco in
tho military sorvico of tho Government. Ho
grumbles at tho. '10 years' limit for retiring mer
itorious soldiers, bclioving it to bo at least iivo
yoars too long. It is about timo, too, thnt the
bill for retiring veterans after 20 years' sorvico
was tnado a law.
W. T. Clark, Sergeant, Co. K. 35th N. Y., No.
2, Grovo street, Wntcrtown, N. Y., is opposed
to thoStorrill bill, because ho feels that vory
few of tho veterans will livo to tho ago of 02 to
rocoivo (ho benefits from tho sorvico pension
clause iu it.
Edwin D. STnllhews, lOthSIicli. Cav., Lovor
ing, Slich., worked hard to accommodnto tho
people of his vicinity by carrying tho mails
frco of cxpenso for years. Ho was subsequent
ly appointed Po.stmaster at levering, but upon
tho incoming of tho Harrison administration
was displaced for a party workor. Ho thinks
ho wa3 treated badly, and tho comrades will
agrco with him.
N. J. Bozarth, Past Commander of tho Post
nt Valparaiso, Intl., sends us ail open letter to
Hon. W. D.Owon, tho Beprcscntativo from that
District, in which Comrade Bozarth says that
ho aided iu tho election of tho Beprcscntativo
by public speeches, in which ho mndo prom
ises for him of friendship for tho soldiers. Sir.
Owen has not carried out these promises. Ho
has secured tho appointment of Postmaster
tit Valparaiso for a civilian against a worthy
private soldier who was u caudiduto for tho
place.
Timothy Donoghoo, Sergeant, Co. B. C9th N.
Y., SIO Warron street, Brooklyn, N. Y., objects
to tho pension bills pending iu tho Hottso and
Sonnto, on tho ground that thoy do not glvo a
service pension to thoso who aro in receipt of
pensions for disability. Thoy hoth havo other
inequalities that should bo removed. Ho says
ho enlisted threo times, each timo for threo
yoars, and is iu receipt of $8 por month for
wounds rccoivod in action, lie is ttuablo to do
manual labor, and but for tho assistance of his
children would bo iu tho poorhouso or somo
other public institution. Slany other old fiol
diors aro in precisely his condition. Ho docs
not begrttdgo tho threo months mon a sorvico
pension, because thoy did thoir duty as woll as
tho men who served threo months in the .Mexi
can war, but ho does not think thoy should get
as much as a irmn who enlisted for threo years
and was discharged for wounds and disability.
A. A. Williamson, Woodbine, Iowa, is in
favor of tho soldiers standing together and
holding thoir Congressmen to a strict account
ns to tho passage of pousion legislation. Ho
incloses a copy of a pledge to bo signed by all
comrades, wheroin thoy ngrco to do what thoy
cm lo retire from political lifo any Member of
Congress who shows hostility to lim comrades'
interests; to ask every caudidato for public
ollico to state definitely his position on pension
legislation, and unite on U1030 who provo thorn
Bel ves good friends.
S. Cordell, Fry, Kan., pays his rospocts to
tho doadboat Underwood, of Allogati, Kan.,
who has boon mentioned in theso columns be
fore. If ho is still blooding tho comrados any
where, tho thing should bo stopped at once.
H. D. Sissou, Mill Blvor, Sins., ia earnestly
in favor of tho elimination of tho words "tiiau
ual labor" from tho dependent pension bill.
John Campbell, Dysart, Iowa, thinks it un
just to givo bounties to Regulars and nogloct
certain volunteers, thousands of whom served
nearly two years without receiving bounties.
Ho believes thnt it always pas to veto for a
cotnrado in preference to any othor matt.
L. D. Wood, Johnstown, Nob., says thoro
Should bo no connection between n dLsnhility
nud a sorvico pension bill, sinco a soldtor may
havo oullstod for threo years and become
wounded, or otherwise broken down in his first
battle, while another may havo scrvod four
years and been wounded in his hist battle. A
sorvico pousion bill should bo entirely soparato
aud in addition to a disability bill.
Com minis and Corrections.
Sims Shijor, Co. I. 21th Ind., Wallace, Kan.,
says that Comrade Chilcott is correct in regard
to tho Benton boiug tho first boat to land nt
Bruiushurg. Tho 21th Ind. wns 011 tho upper
deck; Ueii. Grant was stnudiug not farther than
six foot from tho writer, and ordered Cnpt.
Smith to bring his scout ou board. Cotnrado
Sltijor would liko to hoar from his comrados of
tlio 21th Ind.
Goorgo H. Uhlor, Olid Pa., says that Cotnrado
Sowald, SKilh Pa., is correct in saying that tho
03th Pa. wns not iu tho llghtat South Mountain,
as it wns nt thnt timo in Couch's Division, and
crossed tho mountain at Crnmptou's Pass tho
day after tho battle.
E. N. Crandall, Co. A, SSth N. Y Olonn, N.
Y., says that n statement iu tho account of tho
battle of Klnston, iu tho issuo of April 10, was
wrong. Wesson's Brigade was composed of tho
8.r)th, ifcid and 0(lth N. Y., 85th, 101st and 103d
Pa.
Joseph Galloway, Sorgeant, Co. K. 33d Intl.,
Wellington, III., says that Corp'l Korsoy, in
tho Issuo of March 27, speaking of the Imttlo of
Peach Trco Crook, thinks that Gon. Harrison,
who commanded tho First Brigade, Third
Division, Twentieth Corps, deserves all tlio
jirni.-o for saving tho day. Comrade Galloway
does not wish to take tho vory leiust spark of
honor from Gen. Harrison or any other man
who did hisduty. Hoagroos with tho comrade
that Gon. Harrison did woll, hut ho thinks
that tho grand, good nnd tiohlo Gon. John
Cohuru, coiumaudiiig tho Second Brigade of
tho Division, certainly is entitled to much
ciodit and pralso.
Lewis Hluiidin, Co. 0,28th Pa., Tlulmovillo,
Pa,, answering Commdo Scott, who says ho wns
on top of Lookout on Nov. 20 nnd 27, 1K03, and
saw no Whito Stais thoro, says that at tho
timo mentioned tho White Sims woro eloselv
following in pursuit of Bragg's forces iu thoir
rotreat from Slission Kidgo. Tho Whito Stars,
as Scott truly remarks, got but littlo rest, when
thoro was any fighting to bo dono, for Gon.
John W. Goary, tho Division Commander, re
ceived his military tiainiug during hlsSloxi
can campaigning, being Colonel of n Pennsyl
vania reglmont in that war.
A. Vosburg, Third nvonuo and Twolfth fltrcot,
Now York City, had to laugh when ho road
tho story about tho Nineteenth Corps at Cedar
Crook. Ho was not thoro, hut is not surprised
to hoar that tho Nineteenth Corps turned tail,
for ho saw thotn turn at I'loasant Hill, La., on
tho Bed Bivor campaign, leaving Gon. A. J.
Smith's troops to stand tho brunt of tho tight
aud whip tho robots. Tho writer would liko to
hoarsoinothiitg Irom (Ion. Smith's Guerrillas in
reference to thu Bod Bivor campaign.
A Kllglit plrTert'iico of Opinion.
Georgo B. Brown, Co. A. 39th Ohio, answor
ing Com ratio Scott as to what Ohio regiment
charged Iho breastworks at Joneshoro, Chi., after
tho Kith U.S. had driven tho robot skirmishers
iu, says tho 33th Ohio and 7-lth Ind. formed tho
storming column, supported by tho 17th and
3ht Ohio. Thoy carried tho works nnd hold
thorn, and tho writer's brigndo captured moro
prisoners than it had- men in its ranks. Tho
38th Ohio lost IS! killed and wounded. That
was tho place whoro tho gallant soldier, Hon.
SI. SI. Boothman, who now represents tho Sixth
Ohio District iu Congress, lost his log, ho boing
then a motiihorof thu 3Sth. Sloro than 00 mon
wont Into tho light nftor thoir timo wns out.
Tho Colonel, Win. A. Choato, wns lost, us woll as
a number of Captains and Lieutenants.
David Hull, Co, K, 1st Wis.. Argos, Ind., cor
rects Cotnrado Scott in logard to tho troops who
PAT'S BHE3DIA.
Shuro, docthor, thla pain f3 jfst awful I
Bo jabbers 1 I'm all of a sweat 1
I hopo you will thry to reJavo Ic,
For bolave me, I can't lay nor set I
"Well, Pat, T will try nnd relieve you, duced),
(With a smilo which Pat's speech had in-
And if you ain't "lay" nor ,ect" cither,
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Tlio equal of tho (t Golden Jledical Discov
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made tho bayonet chargo at Jonosboro, which
wero the Third Brigade, First Division, Four
teenth Corps, composed of tho 1st Wis., 3Sth
Ind. and 79th Pn., joined on tho loft by tba 10th
U. S., and extending to tho railroad. In all
about 800 prisoners woro captured.
A Sore Spot.
E.IT. Colcord, Captain, Co. K, 112th 111., Vin
ton, Iowa, wns a member of the Twenty-third
Corps, and thinks that tho records will bear
him out in tho nssortion that it marched as far
and did as much hnrdjllhtint: as any corps, and
that at no timo wns it ovor whipped. Of coarse
it woa fiomotimos driven back on account of
itbeini largely outnumbered. a3 at Knosvillo.
In Gon. Sehofield it had n noblo and gallant
lander, aud ono in whom Gon. Shormnn had tho
greatest confidence. Ho thinks thnt Sholleu
borgor must either bo out of hU mind or havo
an nx to grind.
WmCrotitzman, Co. D, l3t Sfo. L. A., Cotton
wood, SInnt., thinks it about timo to call a
halt on Cotnrado Shollenborgor when ho ac
cuses (leu. Sehofield of cowardice. That offi
cer never was a coward, but one of tho noblest
truest and bravest in tho United States Army.
The writer was with him at Wilson's Creek,
when ho showed bravery of tho highest order.
Lewis F. Becker, Corporal, Co. A, 101th Ohio,
Canal Fulton, O., says ShcIIouborger's attack on
tho Twonty-third Corps was uncalled for, and
his attempt to tarnish tho fair fame of Gen.
Scliolleld will provo futilo. Tho writer fol
lowed tho flag of tho Twonty-third Corps from
tho dato of its organization (except for about
ono week after being disabled Nov. 29, 1864)
until his discharge at Greensboro, N. C, iu
Juno, 1SU3.
That Kesara Ttattery.
SL It Denniston, Corpornl, Co. B, 33d T. J.,
Washingtonville, N. J., says that tho Jersey-
mau who had ait articlo in tho issue of March
20 in regard to tho battory at Rsaca, and tho
part tlio 33d took in that atl'nir is correct in
every particular. Some mombors of tho
writer's compnny wero in tho detail that re
moved thoso guns during tho night after the
battle. Tho Second Brigade, Second Division,
Twentieth Corps was composed at that timo of
the 33d N. J., 119th. 131th and 151th N. Y.,aud
tho 73d Pa. Tho ii7th Pa. went homo before
tho battle, and tho writor knows nothing what
ovor of tho 109th Pa.
Stephen Coddingtou, Captain, Co. F, 5th Ohio,
Nowton, O., says the boys who dragged tho
battory oil" at Kosaca on tho night of May 15.
18(11, belonged to tho Sth Ohio, for ha hud
chargo of tho Inst gun that camo oil', and took
it to headquarters.
Whr Don't Thor lVrltft!
O. Krafft. Co. A, 9th Iowa, Fort Washington.O.,
wants to know if somo of tho Iowa Gray hounds
aro among tho renders of onr truo cham
pion of tho old vots, and whothor they belong
to tho G.A.R. Ho would liko to hoar from
thotn by lottor.
Win. Nell', Co. T, 1st N". Y. L. A., Brayton,
Iowa, has novor soon any letters from tho com
rades belonging to his battery, and would liko
to hear from somo of tho boys oithor by letter
or through Tub N .vtionwl Tkibunk. This was
Wiedrich's battery, whoso uiuu behaved so well
when charged by the Louisiana Tigers tho even
ing of July '2 at Gettysburg.
Slilcs W. Brick, Co. K. 50th Pa., and Co. C,
3lst; Co. a, M; Co. 13, 1 lib TJ. S., Box 77,
Tyrone, Pa., would liko to see somo contribu
tions from members of tho 50th Pn. and Co. C,
31st U. S. Ho wants to hoar from Limit. SL K.
llogan, Capt. W. S. linnkin. Sorg't James A.
Arnold aud Private Pat Burns, all of Co. C,
3lst U. S. Also, from Caps. Harvey Huron. Co.
E, and Sorg't James Wituor, Co. F, 11th U. S.
Wm. E. Hughes, Drummer, Co. II, 20th Ohio,
Nilos, O.. read otirOpon Lottor toStono, of SI13
souri, with much iutorcat. Ho thinks wo hit
him pretty hard, but not harder than ho de
served. Our Open Letters.
D. C. Graves, Co. n, S3d Pa., El Dorado
Springs, SIo., says that whilo Stouo was making
a campaign speech iu tho opera house at El
Dorado Springs in October, ItiSS, ho said that
Whilo ho was a Democrat in principle he wished
all ox-Union soldiors to understand that ho
was in favor of and would do all in hispowor to
help any and all honorable pousion legislation.
A. II. Warron, Co. II, 10th Slass., AshOold,
Slass., congratulates us on our Open Lottor to
Congressman Stono. who says tho Presidency
was sold to tho highest bidder. Now, if Cotn
rado Warron is not mistaken, Grover Cleveland
mndo his bid when ho votoed tho dependent
pension bill, and ho got left Sir. Stone stands
tho same chauco now that Cloveland did thon.
James Thomas Hurst, Corning, SIo., was sur
prised to suo that Stono had mado such a speech
against tho veterans, and says that while wo
aro giving it to him through our columns, to
throw just ouo rock for him.
Tho Iltucs.
Thla Ih a synonym for thnt jjloomy, Imrrassnd
condition of thu mind, uliioh 1ms its origin hi tlyn
ttuiisiu. All tho nub' apiritd tlmt, under tho immo
of tho "Idiles," "Uluu dovilsf." "iucKhua" and
"mulligrubs" torments tha dy8peptieuluioatcene
leasly, iKiuish"- when attacked with ltotdettcr'ft
Stomach Hitters, that, moreover, annihllale-s liil
ion.sauoa, coiiHtipntiou, clulld and fuver, Uidiiey
complalntb uud nervousneaa.
But, Pat, for the pafn you complain oft
Simply roosting alone might not do,
I think I woukl try Dr. Plereo'a
Golden Medical Discovery, too.
tract. Doso small and pleasant to the testa
Equally good for adults or children.
To invigorate tho liver, sharpen the appe
titer improve digestion, and brakl up both
strength and flesh, when reduced bekW the
standard of health, it ranks pre-eminent.
Has the largest sale of any medicine in tha
world, without a single exception.!
For all itching, scaly, festering, famring,
tormenting Skin and Scalp diseases, it m
espeetaUy efficacious. Salt-raeum, Tetter,
Psoriasis, Erysipelas, Eczema, and all hu
mors, from a common pimple or eruption to
tho worst Scrofula, vanish under the use of
this world-famed remedy, if continred or
a reasonable length of "time. Scrofulous
Sores and Swellings aro cured, and the
most tainted systems are, by its somewhat
persistent use, cleansed from the most viru
lent blood-poisons and completely renovated
and built up anew. "World's Dispessast
SIedicai. AssociAno.v, ProDrietors, Buf
falo, S. T.
Q jj? ' Jfc jfcj2rS TX? for an incurable case of
'"" "rr.imn -iwreBo Catarrh in tha Hesd by
the proprietors of DR. SAGE'S CATARRH REMEDY.
ONLY SO CENTS
Sent-wtthj-uroraerasafrxaran-tae
of pj'xyi' f .u th i a a 1 1 we rt r lire,
thateUar.oelS3 ,jy.,acaapay at
hoex-resIL. , .fterr a
Bare examined t watca,
ami are eea-rtr d oC i:s
worth. Tho wv. h w
show here ii a bentitllnt
1 i U. SOI.il 4.OXJ0,
pUittii,9hcili'u;trn v-ira
We eaa supply eirher
Inilli'tk'or sent' izp.
Ah, a uuiiuuK'r, jr ru ?
,5 Ot
Solttl tJolii Wntcb.and
rorasiOntaaK-sirabie 'WesendtM3beantiiulwatc!s
by reeUirwl ma.L porfpaW.roroaly 83.50 ladlndoda
-withita. Hiw, noidptat-1 chain-rr.Ify u wtshtoseetho
wScn before patii;furiC.gnd54ctnuaad we vUiseod.
"T "t jre- C. i , with p riTilejw i.f examination at tho
pre offir before vayintr. Anyba Jc, newspaper or
eoiumereuU asencr will iil you we are a. rrpoaslbla
bHi?:,C'u,0,r,,?.fT'vl KIRTLAND BROS. & CO,
AddreworeaUon o2 Fulton Street N. Y
Mention Tbe Ntuioaal TriQaaa.
RAG CARPET
WEAVERS
VHO AIM TO GET
tbe bec result, will
ne Perfection Fa-c
Dyes for cotton. W
otl'er the following
Mlinde. "-nil euarnntee Fust Color r TUUKKx
KKD, oRAM.E. (AKDISAf.. YELLOW. SLArK
BLL E, GRKKN. WINK, M UIJAN Y.KKD.BHOWN.
riEAL BBuWS, .MEllt:M BROWN. PINK, SOc?B.
LK.lir rRovYN. SCARLET, ami DRAB. PerftctiOft
Ink Exfricts. Wood toliw. Be Bluln. 8ejhiel Bo
rax. E.wt-r Keg IHrs, Intirlible Ink. awl Cteafeettea
l'inlc f.r Tiiiiitiic lee tmun and Frosting lor Cakes.
Asents can nell noitiethiiiir from thtH list nt
ovry hou-e. amptesof nv of ourxootobr moil.
U cents; 1 d an br mall. M cnls. 3 duzen, JtfjJS; 1
pros. Mpre- prepaid. 3d.09. ExelHiive territory
civenuith cro.n orders. V. CUSHINQ &
CO., Kucrnt"r, Maine.
Mention The Smi- u.il Tnban.
J" SATS SHE CAKTOT
Eeebowjoado it for too
4) B Si:
Rrnow Krfntr rathm
U . U VflHM
a perfect wirkunr. reliable. flaeJy
fl.uliMl &urinf fuchise. ailintral
for b:ht or heavy vrork. with all la&ss
lmpivvcnicnMamicoHipeioEc e ;
tachmenta. A -written gsaraatee lor 5
years with each machine. Bey direct
from manufacturers aad save Dealers
-i1 iK.nt3nmlitiL Paltrmft free
1 0ZTC23 AOT?ACIU3IH2C0.,CiSMC5,n!.
Mention The National Ttiiw
TrUX p'ay I tunes. To to.
2 iffL&'V- wte&wV,
irouuco uusui. oa la
every -ounry or town
famished reHafeto
pertvns of either sex
wiiv will proBU to
ahvj it and latrodaes
ca'W aVhesJewlry
and Mask-al Goods.
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Mention The National TriauBo.
ii .J. ijt Ji $ A iji Ji iji J Si A 1S1 1 Sf .J. $$ Ji$i A S Su3
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O ir.Mit 1.1 the U-1 .ucmti WASH1NGT
MACHi?JE n hie V Tld. N hu.-o-1. .t .rrub-
ijb iiif u -etU-d. Wiwiinto.i t.'-'ii..v tttvoi.rfrtiiu-,4i
a, or taaiv-'t-ntitvoiu-ui. You ia COIN MOSEY
Jkjbh HANDSOME WATCH umT
flrit fr-ni-u-1... mt Ki.u' n-ii JUMrem N- X.v
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Meutiou The National Tribnrja.
ROAD CARTS ONLY S10
Tuu ISeat aad i.eet 1'rUo
"-' ofnnr Curt Ulnde.
A 15, !, SJO un.l 25.
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fer 1 1 Ati mvml. l.NuKKSi't r Ui t,i i ORTIASDT St. X. T. COT.
MeuUan Tfc.- National TrtouiM.
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ties; 1 ImU uutdv ftJ before din-
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