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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE:; WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 189S.
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1Iian there is about trying to rclicAC poor
"niggeis." Again, the little comfort it might
afford us to meet again would be dearly
bought by the paius of a final separation.
"We mustpirt; and, I eel assured, for us to
meet under such dreadful circuinslauces
would only add to onr distress.
If she come on hcie, she must be only a
gazing-stock throughout the whole journey,
to be remarked upon in every look, word,
and action, and by all sorts of creatures, and
by all sorts of papers thioughout the whole
country.
Again, it is my most decided judgment
that in (juietly and submissively slaying at
home, vastly more of generous sympathy
will leach her, without such dreadful sacri
fice of feeiiug as she must put up with if she
comes on. The visits of one or two female
friends that hae come on here have produced
great excitement, which is very annoy iug,
and they cannot possibly do nic any good.
O Maiy, do not come; but patiently wait
for the meeting (of those who love God and
tljeir fellow-men) where no separation must
follow. "The3- shall go no moie out for
ever." I grcatby long to hear from some
one of, you, and to learn any thing -that in
any way affects' your welfiue. I sent you
?10, lheothcr day. Did you get it? 1 have
also endeavored to stir up Christian friends
to'visit and write to you in your deep afflic
tion. I I.:ne no doubt that .sonic of them, at
least, will heed the call. "Write to inc. care
of Capt. John Avis, Chailestown, Jefferson
County, Ya.
u Finally, my Lelocd, be of good com
fort." May all your names be "written in
the Lamb's book of life " may you all have
the purifting and sustaining influence of the
Christian religion is the earnest prayer of
your ail'ectionate husband and father, Joirx
Brown.
P. S. I cannot remember a night so
dark as to have liindcied the coming day, nor
a storm so furious or dreadful as to in event
the return of warm sunshine and a cloudless
iiy. Bur, Lcloved ones, do remember that
this is not your 1 est, that in this woild you
have no abiding-place or continuing city. To
God and His iuiiuitc meicy I always com
mend vou. J. B.
Nov" 9.
VISiT PROM HIS WIFE.
Durinjr the 42 las of his confine
ment at Charlestown, Brown lcceived
several visits from sympathizing North
ern friendSj many of whom had never
Tjefoie seen him. His wife, overcoming
many obstacles, was finally permitted to
spend a few hours in his cell, and to take
supper with him a short lime before his
death. 2so irginians, so far as is known,
proffered him any words of kindness,
unless it were the reverend clergy of
the neighborhood, who tendered him the
solace of religion after their fashion,
v?hich he civill, but firmly, declined.
He could not recognize any one who
justified or palliated slavery as a min
ister of the God he worshiped, or the Sav
iour in whom he trusted. He held anni
ments on several occasions with pro
slavery clergymen, but recognized them
as men only, and not as invested with
any peculiar sanctity. To one of them,
who," s63igli 'to'ieconcile slaver' with
Christianity, 'lie said :
"3Iy dear Sir, 3-011 know nothing
about Christianity: you will have to
learn the A J3 Cs in the lesson of
Christianity, as I find you entirely
ignorant of the meaning of the word.
I, of course, respect you as a gentleman ;
but it is as a heathen gentleman." The
argument" here closed.
HiS EXECUTION.
The 2d of December was the day ap-
IUJ1ILV.U JU1 iJJ VAUbUliUti IVtlllV (JjVUW I
militia were early on the ground. I1 ears
of a foicible rescue or of a servile insur
rection prevented a large attendance of
citizens. Cannon were so planted as to
sweep every approach to the jail,and to
blow tl.o piisoner into shieds upon the
first intimation of tumult. Virginia
held lier'bieath until she heard that the
old man was dead.
Brown rose at daybreak, and con
tinued wnling with energy until half
past 10, when he was told to prepare to
die. He shook hands with the Sherir!)
visited the cell of Copeland and Clieen,
to whom he handed a quarter of a dollar
each, saying he had no more use for ;
money, and bade them a iieu.
He next visited Cook and Coppoc,
the former of whom had made a con
fession, which he pronounced false; say
ing he had never sent Cook to Harper's
Ferry, a he had staled. He handed a
quaiter to Coppoc also, shook hands with
him, and parted. He then visited and
bade a kindly good-by to his more es
pecial comrade, Stevens, gave him a
quaiter, and charged him not to betray
hi? friends. A sixth, named nazlett,
was confined in the same prison, but he !
did not visit him, denying all knowledge j
01 mm.
He walked out of the jail at 1 1
o'clock ; an eye witness said, " with a
radiant countenance, and the step of a
conqueror." His face was even joyous,
and it has been remarked that probably
liiswas the lightest lieart in Chailestown
that day.
A black woman, with a little child
in her aims, stood by the door. He
stopped a moment, and, stooping, kisd
the child affectionately. Another black
woman, with a child, as he passed along,
exclaimed : " God bless you, old man !
I wish 1 could help you ; but 1 can't."
He looked at lier with a tear in his eye.
JJe mounted the wagon beside "his
jailor. Capt. Avis, who had been one of
the biavcst of his captors, who had
treated him very kindly, and to whom
he was profoundly grateful. The
"wagon was instantly surrounded by six
companies of militia. Being asked,-on
the way, if he felt any fear, he replied :
" It has been a characteristic of me
T he day was clear and hrijrht, and he
remarked, as he rode, that the country
teemed very beautiful. Arrived at the
gallows, he said :
" I sec no citizens here ; where are
they?"
" Kone but the tioops are allowed to
be prcnt," was the reply.
"That ought not to be," said he;
u citizens should be allowed to be pres
ent as well as others."
He bade adieu to some, acquaintances
at the foot of the gallows, and was
JSrt to mount the scaffold. His step
The fac-simile
signature of
iront infancy not to sutler from physical school hymn wuter, 111 jtwo, tlie ciiorus
fear. 1 have suffered a thousand times ' ' Hay, bummers, will you meet us V"
r 1 1 1 ,i r i- it ! The air wa-s iuickly taken up by the eamp-
mo:e fix in bnshf illness than Jrum iear." lliecti.r folk who changed the word "buni-
a
tyffi&c$k
was still firm, and his bearing calm, yet
hopeful. The hour having come, he
said to Capt. Avis :
" I have no words to thank you for
all your kindness to me." His elbows
and ankles being pinioned, the wThite
cap drawn over his eyes, the hangman's
rope adjusted around his neck, he stood
wailing for death.
" Capt. Brown," said the Sheriff, " you
are not standing on the drop. Will you
come forward?"
" I can't see' was his firm answer ;
"you must lead me." The Sheriff led
him forward to the center of the drop.
"Shall I give you a handkerchief,
and let you drop it as a signal? "
"No; I am ready at anytime; but
do not keep me needlessly waiting." In
defiance of this reasonable request, he
was kept standing thus several minutes,
while a military parade and display of
readiness to repel an imaginary foe
were enacted. The time seemed an
hour to the impatient spectators; even
the soldiers besmn to murmur " Shame ! "
At last, the order was given, the rope
cut with -a hatchet, and the trap fell;
but so short a distance that the victim
continued to struirle and to suffer for
a consideiable time. Being at length
duly pronounced dead, he was cut down
after 3S minutes' suspension. His body
was conveyed to Harper's Ferry, and
delivered to his widow, by whom it was
borno to her far northern home, among
the mountains he so loved, and where he
was so beloved.
There let it rest forever, while the
path to it is worn deeper and deeper 'by
the pilgrim feet of the race he so
bravely though rashly endeavored to
rescue from a hideous and debasing
thraldom !
(To be continued.)
EDITORIAL NOTE.-Tlic ne it installment
of "T.e American CoEflict" will relate to
I the firing on Port Sumtsr.
THE JOHH BROWfi SOflG.
Origin and History of a Once Popular Com
position. It is generally supposed that the John
Brown song was first sung by the soldiers iu
1861. Certain it is thai when the Massachu
setts troops, under command of Col. Fletcher
"Webster, .son of DanieL Webster, v. ere en
camped on one of the islands of Boston Har
bor, before they set out to the. front, they gave
vent to their patriotism by singing
John Brown's body lies mouldering in the
jrrave.
But his soul goes marching on.
Spraguc Hall was the reputed author of
the words, though he neer laid claim to it
himself. The truth is the original John
Brown .sonj: was wntten by a woman, Edna
Dean Proctor, just after John Brown was
hung ,it Harper's Ferry, and from tins song
was taken- the first line of the sung as now j
sung. J" T ' j
Ji.il, Uie luuc, oiju may usk, v.nu ujataunji
that? A question, surely. Like the tune of
"(Jod Pave the King." to which we sing
'My Country. 'Tisof Thee," it may be an
old folk ton- to which nobodv has a right to
am end lus name, a son" llie school c
Iiililir.ii 1
of (JerniMiy were s nging long beioie any
claim wasina c by Great Britain.
Collin k:c, who has done the tame thing
with "Columbia, tho Gem of the Ocean,"
Aisneaily as can be ascei mined the melody J
aiiotlier-afpitnitiBMhoicOmninn heritage of Mississippi we were OTI1QK j, nJ.pn, , When we leaehed tjie road, well out ot
tho,.Y:fglo,Saxon pcL-wiiVMl ihstf to set Jg pXftn&i h' W9 & 1 A
the JohwiHromi sotti-JliHiufed music; but ,a'scd "efi trotted lelsm?V nlong be- a!I sccincdio be gomg home as you please.
ha lavs no claim to tiie composition snnply ! jlin1 A jjeutenant through clcvilihlmess, ' So Wtt H'tumed, Veaclung Hampton .about
marks it, "Ai ranged by Collin Coe." ! &hot him, though not fatally 1 o'clock, completely, btokeu up We had
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T.AST MOM i:T.S OK JOHN JJIiOWM.
Jobn Broun of O.uatoin".e, sjjakc on his dying day
" I will not 1 aw; to s-hrie my hou! a priest in h'aeryN,pay,
!Bnt lot some noor slave-mother. vhcm f haveatiivy.i to free.
With her children, Irom the gallons
John Brown of Os:uvatoinie, they led
Audio! a poortlave-mother, with hit
Then the bold blue eye trcw tender,
As he stooped between the eiovuling
of the John lit own song was composed for a
fire company at Chin lesion, S. C, by abunda'-
mei-ij " to " brother-." It appealed as a cam-
mimi son" in Masachubetts in tho Lincoln
campaign of 1800, and mis sung by the Ke-
publican marching clubs, which were sup- j
polling John A. Andrew for Governor and ,
Abraham Lincoln for Pieaideiit
It came alcut this way.
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The Dourlas
clubs
whe'i marching, would sing:
Go and toil John Andrews xo and tell
Amir w?.
John.
Go and tuJJ JohnVtidrows. John Hrown is dead.
t-'alt uoii'ib.uclrim ; wilt rou't uic him ;
Suit won't sao him ; John Brown's dcud.
To this, sung to the tune of " Go and tell
Aunt KhoJy our old gray goose is. dead,"
the Lincoln clubs would reply, using the
words from Edna J3eau Proctor's poptn, "John
is ou every wrapper
of OASTOElfA.
Brown's body lies mouldering in the graved
to which they added, "his soul goes march
ing on,."
The melody was introduced into the soldier
camp by Mr. Grccnleaf, of Chailestown, Mass.
The soldiers sang it when they weut to the
front; it made the welkin ring in the Army
of the Potomac, and soon enlivened every
rally iu the North, from the Atlantic to the
Pacific. It was echoed and re-echoed from
the Red River to the James and resounded
among the mountain peaks of Tennessee- and
Geoigia. It cheeied the famishing soldier: in
the pi ison pen, and gave a conquering rhythm
to the feet of Sherman's marchers to the sea,
and the triumphant hosts of Grant at Appo
mattox. MISS PKOCTOR'S .70HS IUIOWN.
John Brown died on the scaffold for the slave;
Dark was the ground when we dug his hallowed
prr.ivo; ,
Now God avenges thelife he gladly, gave, ,
Freedom reigns to-day. '
Cnoitus.
Glory, glory hallelujah, ,, A.
Freedom ruigns to-day. '
John Thrown sowed, and the harvcsfcraarcTvd:
Honor to him who has made the bondmen free;
Loved ovcrmore shall our noble ruler be.
Freedom reigns to-day.
John Brown's Lody lies mouldering in 'the
irr.ive: ' '
Bright o'er the sod let the starry banuerwavc"'!
J..O, tor the million he po til led all to S4,ye
Fieedom leigns to-day.
John Brown's soul through the world is inarch- t
iug on; J ' -v; -
IIiul totho hour when oppression shall bc,gony;s
All men will sing in the better'dny's (lawn,
Freedom's marching on. "'
John Brown dwells where the. battle strife is
Hate cannot harm him, nor sorrow stir him '
mm e.
E irth will remember the martyrdom he bote,
Freedom reigns to-day. . ' T
John Brown's body lies mouldering ,in the
grave;
John Jliown lives in the triumph-of.-the, bra.ve;
John Brown's soul not 11 higher- joy e.iu crave,
FiceJom leigns to-u ly.
ita;
Kate "B. Sherwoo'd.
to cum: a. cold is one day ,
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THAT DOG JEFF.-
i
He Uclonsed to tho 6lh Iowa, and'Wfts a
Great l'ct. " ' ' ''
Editor National Tribune: Qri.c ot Uievlo,y.sr
picked up a dog one day while we wore,
marching through Missouri, iu 18tlfJ JIq'
was then a pun, and we took lurnrt'carryr'
ins him in our haversacks, until' Jicwa-s
able to trot along with the conimundt '
Jeff, as we called him, grew to lie a good
.sized dog, and was very serviceabk"ay a j
forager in catching chickens,and turkeys.
He would catch pigs (oo.t holding one
until one of the boys could come and dis
patch it.
At the battle of Shiloh he was between
two fires. The regiment, at unq, tune dur
ing the engagement was located in .an,
open road; the enemy in our front was
firing grape-shot that were peiu by the
lime they reached us. and rolled on the
ground.
,jcrr would run afler and play with (hem
as iC w(,uJd have done with a ball in I ho
slrc(.( 1c &cernci (0 j,aVe HlHtinCt Or
sense enough not to touch tliom. He was
finally struck with a minie-ball in the
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more the Surgeon treating him even more
carefully than he did the lvys.
After Jeff had recovered sufficiently to
inarch with the regiment again, one day in
Then th?re was trouble. John M. Corse
frg.V
; a 1
ttair, put up a prayer for 1116 V'r
Miir-th 1
him out to die;
little child, pus-?ed nigh;
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and the old haih face g'.ew mild,.
-j IU)
ranks, and kied the negio'.s child 1
J. G. Vhittier.-
was in command of the division, "ip knew
Jeff, and was as much attached to the dog
as any of the boys. J va.'J 'tu'd 'that the
Lieutenant was eourt-mn.:alod iVml pun
ished Ic-iT was cared for, and agiiin had & ride
in the ambulance.
At one time ve were stationed at 6'iaud
Junction. Tenn.; a Lieutenant, havinir ron
sinned, took JefT with him, the bow not
knowing it until they received ,a letter
after he arrived home, italing'the fact.
'I lie cars were then running from Grand
Junction to Memphis, lie Ipid the dog
with him in the car, and was ab nit four
milci from the .station when Jeff, beeniing
to realize the situation, jumped through
tlie open window and was b.udc with the
regiment, befuro he had been misled.
JefT v.ould follow any mtin of the roui
meat, and was a faithful and trusty dog.
1 hrough his fidelity each and every man
of the regiment became trreatly attach od to
him. He did valiant .service and will long
be remembered. Vhen tjic regiment w.ts
charging n'p tlie rugged fides of Missionary
llidgts poor Jeff wa-s shot and killed The
Iwi.vb buried him. putting up amnrker
bearing a suitable inscription J.-ftNott',
Co A, Oth Iowa, .Marion, Iowa. 5?Vt
FlGiTTiG TjlEItt OVEli
m
r
Wliat tlie Veterans Have to Say
i
About Their Campaigns.
ITlic Editor would-be glnd to receive from
the veterans (Volunteers and Jtegulurs) articles
of from 500 to 1,000 w'ords. written exclusively
lor Tnn XationacThihunk. and for publica
tion in the Fighting Them Over department.
Tho subject should Wi or interest to veterans
in guncial.nnd treated with special regard for
historical accuracy ot statement. Narratives
of the behavior of some particular regiment,
brigade, or division on somo Held whereon it
di-tingui&hed itself, in some campaign in which
it took: a prominent part, in some siege whoroin
it acted offensively or deteusively; remiuis
ccnccs of prison life, the march, the battle or
the camp all such nre solicited. The naval
veterans are invited to give narratives of their
Service in various enterprises. The Editor
especially desires for publication outside of the
Fighting Them Over columns dnimaticskctch.es
of" personal adventure, or of humorous inci
dent, connected with wnrtime service. Articles
will receive prompt consideration, and if avail
able be inserted. Stamps should be inclosed if
it is desired thatthtmanuscriptbc returned if
unavailablc.l
, AS RECRUITS AND VETERRflS.
Tho 3d '. Y.'.h Kxpcrlonco afc Kig llelliel
1 and Jrwry't lllufT.
Jditou National Tnreuxc : When at
Foit Monroe, the 3d N. Y., on June 9, 18G1,
was ordered to move at 11 o'clock p. m.?
carrying GO rounds of ball cartridges and two
days'1 rations. "We had only been in eanig
four days, and this was our first experience.
Tiie excitement of the occasion and some other
reasons prevented our leaving on time, and
he consequence will be presented later on.
; When all was ready the legimcnt w'as
formed on the parade-ground, Col. Fied
Townsend iu command, and the baud in
position on the right of the legimcnt. Yori
would have thought we were going on a pic
nic instead of looking for the Johnnies. The
command was irivcu '"Right face llight
shoulder arms Forward March ! " an (I 'l
away we went to Hampton Creek, passing
over the bridge to Hampton, and so we wejtt
along. We tried to make up our lateness by
going quick and double-quick. As we reached
the road running through to Hampton from
Newport News we were met with a terrible'
lire from musketry and a heavy piece of ar
tillery. We were thrown into confusion; very
nmch surprised. Our Colonel and staff were
mounted and in the advance, with the band ,
between them and Co. A. Everybody wasr
wondering who onr assailants were; but re
treating a short distance and daylight appeal
ing a grc.it mistake was discovered. The 7th
N. Y. (-"teuben Regiment), from Newport
News, had mistaken us for rebels and given uSf
our initiation. The oth N. Y. (Dttryea Zcfn-:
Oil
aves), who bad preceded us some time, came
pack on the double-quick, expecting to liiid
the rebels in their rear.
! Explanations soon. set things right, and the
piarch was taken up'J?gain. We soon arrived
at a place called' BigBethcl. Then there Wisf
hurry and scurfy. 'iV battery came plunging-'
down the road, moving up to the supp6sed
front. Some tvoops'were' moving over to the
right. But Co. A arid the :$d moved in linc-of-battle
to thcTefr, With the oth N. Y. going
down by the flank: 'As we neared the front
r k ... .. . t.
he Johnnies began to send over their com-
laments, but ab vc.advaneed thev shot too
u&h.
Tlicie seemed to be no knowledge dPtlftj
pdMtion of the eiimttj-, and each rcghnsnt
acted on its own., accaunt. As our regiment
advanced the bullcU, began to sing. By the
commaud of Che Colonel wc about-faced and
retreated, Ienving'''tno of Co. A's men
wounded, who Tfrat rtfterward taken prisoner,
Martin Uiche. of .WiHiamsburg. L. I.
had a inarch of 1 miles out and 15 miles re
luming, with almost two nights without
sleep; so yon can imagine what a tired crowd
we v.cie the next morning. The Colonel let
,1m rnst. nil that, ilav.
lint the next oh.-'lny !
j Battalion drill morning aud afternoon j
, kloublc-quick fiom right to leit every 'nYn'e-
jnlent was doublc-iuick, and was hotworir.
'So this was our initiation to war. There
was no head to the movement. It looked to
n:c as my first experience as a match up the
hill, ,ct a few shots and return in good order;
no skirmishers were thrown out, and no one
seemed to know what 4 as what.
Kow for an action in the latter part of the
war at Urewiy's Blufi". In camp at Bemnfda
Hundred, on or about May J), 18G1, wc were
enjoying GUI-selves' with camp life and duties
when we were ordered to prepare for a
movement to the front.
Passing out thiough our works we found'
we were heading towaid Kiclunond. Going
along the turnpike we halted in rear of the
Bin 11' and prepared for woik. We arrived
there ifnluiday mornimr, ilay l'l, and ad
aneid with our skiimisheis until we un
covered the enemy's lines; then'wc halted for
further developments. Company A was well
to the front.
Late in the afternoon a report reached us'
that the enemy were retreating, and without,'
instructions the men commenced to jnove
forwaul. The officers, taking in tho situa
tion, and anxious to be first, moved with J
them, hoping that the repoit was true.
But alter arnving well up to the enemy'rf
i . . . . -.. . . 'i
;woik., aud almost looking into them, we
found a hornets' nest. Ihe works were -well
lined with tioops. The order was given to
get back without delay.
After returning to our original line flic"
regiment at daik was icliecd and sent to
the rear to rest. On Monday, May It!, tnc'
show opened in earnest. Firing commen'ce'd
lightly on our right, and the regiment -was
ordered into line, Co. A on the rigiit. ' ' "J
A fo: was hanging so thick that the mem
bers of Co. A could not sec the colors. Soon'1
we heaid a horseman coming near us, 'ana
finally he, reached Co. A. "Where's the
Col nel'lccricd. "Fiontofthe colors, was
answered, and away he went.
' Foon wo heard U10 command to inarch.
Co. A led the way toward the firing, but
suddenty the regiment went into line-of-hattlc
and wc advanced fo5the charge. The most
remarkable tiling wa9 the lilting of that fog,
as it were, like n curiam before au audience
in a theater. Wc saw' one of onr regiments
breaking way liom tke front in rather a
demoralized condition.
We kept on iinril we readied a low fence
in fiont of a pMcieYd' woads. In passing
over the field Capt. II. L. Couch was .shot,
and loit his aiifi, aihl shortly after reaching
the tence, Lieut.-Col. E. G. Floyd was .shot in
the leg. Capt. lA lex IMann, from New burg,
then took comniand.
Co. A was on the exlicmo right of 'the
regiment, heing'in ntfiost dangerous position.
Tl:e M2.1 N. Y.,'Col.'N. M. Curtis, came to our
right, which gavb us some protection.
It was not long before the enemy bioke
thiough our lines nidi out of Gen. Hickman's
Brigade, and for some reason or othci the
1 I'M was withdrawn, leaving the 3d's flank
fully cnsed. Afler waiting consideiable
time for orders, and seeing the enemy pass
ing to our Hank, Co. A concluded that as the
Captain commanding was near the colore, we
had better git. So I ordered them to rise
and about face. The whole regiment fol
lowed biiit. It was well that we all retired.
When tho Johnnieasaw they were going to
lo:e us they opened fire. After 1 caching
cover Gen. Giltnora orderel us to move by
the flank. When we 1 cached the turnpike
we were deployed as skirmibheis across the
turnpike, facing Richnmul. aud ordered to
drive the rebels back at all hazaids. This
was promptly done and continued until all
the side and wounded were secured and
fafely beyond danger. A. I). Limukkgei:,
Cieednuor, Long Island, N. Y.
WITH THE lith iOltffl.
Kolca of a Comrade Who Was In It From
Start to Finish.
' Editou National Tribunc: The regi
ment to which T belonged was organized in
the early Fall ot 1SG1. Jt went into Missouri
to operate against guerrilla bands. In the
early Spring of 1SG2 it was ordered down
the river via St. Louis, Cairo, aud up to
Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Then came the terrible battle. We were
under McCIernand's command. Our Colonel,
Hare, commanding the brigade, was severely
wounded. Our Lieutenant-Colonel, Hall,
commanding the regiment, had his hors-e
killed under him. Many a good man fell in
that struggle.
Then caino the siege and capture of Cor
inth, Miss. There was plenty of service during
the Summer Of 18G2 at Bolivar, Tenn., to
Iuka, Miss., and back to Corinth, Oct. 2.
In the, early morning of Oct. 3, we were
called, into lino of battle sonic two or three
miles west of the town to meet Van Dorn and
"Pap" Price, With their Confederate forces.
This Friday night VanDorn's men slept where
we had life night before; not that they were
whipping us, but because wc had a little sur
prise for them, nearer iown in the shape of
some.nO-pound Pa rrott batteries. Thevarions
regiments were placed to support these bat
teries'. '
Here let me tell something historians may
not know. About 4 o'clock in the morning
of Odt. 4 one or two comrades and I went
' An" Interrupted Breakfast.
back to where the teams were. Thinking to
Ynake sbmo coffee to drink, and fill our can
teens, tooK a camp-kettle from a wagon,
rgpt water, aud started a fire.
,Koom! 'Whiz! came a shell; then an
other. " 'Wc' failed to make the coffee, but
deadened" that fire with tlie water and hur
ried to the regiment.
The Confederates had seen our fire and
opened on us. While they were spoiling our
plan -to have some coffee the officer in com
mand of the battery, KicharUson, (tins our
regiment was supporting.) made ready and
replied with a boom and. a whirring sound
that seemed to carry terror with it, knocking
whirling the cannon that had spoiled onr
coffee. It acted as a quietus.
It was a beautiful morning. While the
sun was rising among the trees during tiie
hours' of stillness that followed, the Confed
erates seemed to be gathering their forces for
a terrible struggle. It came soon. Their
Col. liogers fell within a few feet of our
guns, while men were butchering one an
other all around. I do not remember the
regiment which met the brnnt of that charge
at Battery IJobnett Before night the Con
federates were rapidly retreating.
r Tie,!:itetLday, a" beautiful Sabbath, we
' were chasing a demoralized army. Dr. B. If.
Biedsoc, Co. G, 11 th Iowa, Marion, Ind.
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CHICKASAW BLUFFS.
The ITishlui or Dec. 20,1802, in Which the
JiSd Ky. I'nrticip.itcri.
Enrroit National Tribuni:: At Chicka
saw Bluffs the 2d Ky. lay in CypiesaSwamp
during night of Dec 28, 1802, preparatory to
crossing the bayou between us and the rebel
rillcpits and breastworks. Pontoon-bridges
were laid about midnight. We awaited a re
newal of the conflict of the previous ilay.
At dawn we still held the position where the
54th Ind. and the rebels had swayed back
and forth.
Shells were scattered thickly about the
ground, broken cypress branches were strewn
about dead men who lay in rows awaiting
burial.
We broke the fast of tiie night at sun-up,
with gloomy apprehensions of what might
soon ocouiv -Uie bugle sounded Jail in."
The lfith Ohio marched jup behind us. Some
said they had come to relieve us, but such
was trmisrak'e. We were ordered to march
acro-3 the bayou. Before crossing we un
sluiig knapsacks, throwing them in a pile
without a guard.
We crossed on the pontoons and soon struck
a heavy outpost, commanding approaches to,
the lcbel works. This the rebels had just
left Oil our crossing. Foster's battery took
station at our backs on the banks of the
bayou, and tried to draw the enemy's fire from
us, until we could get a good foothold on tlie
east bank.
Wejp'a.sicd'lue outpost and tried to deploy
on the field, but the enemy's ciossfirc swept
(Town on us from both wings in terrific vol
leys 61 iron hail. Foster's battery could not
drawjlhe enemy's fire.
Men fell on all sides. Many of the line
officers of the 22d Ky. were shot down.
Captt Garrard, Co. II, and Capt. llegan, Co.
G, were shot dead; Col. 'Monroe was slightly
wounded.
' Finding we could not carry the works, the
retreat was sounded and we fell behind Fos
ter's -battery. The artillerymen did their
pait nobly; so did the good old IGth Ohio,
w-itlriwhom the 22d Ky. was-always the best
of friends. Indeed, the brigade in all did
well.
After the Chickasaw Bluffs charge we fell
back to tlie 'Yazoo 1 fiver. 1 was wounded,
and rodein an ambulance from the field hos
pital to the boat-landing. The field hospital
was a bloody place. The Stngeons were
plenty, and armed with all sorts of insliu
ments to amputate people's aims aud legs;
so tho gc-cne was ghastly to one who was
not habituated.
1 recollect I set my Springfield down by the
door and there 1 le'ft it. I reported to Chap
lain Sunnier, who dressed my wound and or
dered nic to go in first ambulance to the hos
pitallioat. Here, the wounded were gathering fast
fiom the Blull's, and many that were not
wounded' "playing ofi'" as muses, getting
away fiom the battlefield. The next morn
ing 1 went aboard the hospital boat. I was
standing on the bow. I heaid considerable
noise in the direction of the cabin. Quite a
crowd of so-called nurses were making a
flight down thestaiis, followed by a large man,
who was kicking at them.
He walked up to me, looking me in the
eyes, but did not say a Avoid, and walked
away. I afterwards learned he was the
Suigeou-General.
Our command pioceeded up the river to
assault Aikan&as Post, while we wounded
were transferred to hospitals ab Keokuk,
Iowa, and Memphis, Tenn. A. J. Jacobs,
Co. D, 22d Ky., Wesleyville, Ky.
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At Chaiioolloruvillf.
William S. "WuUon, Co. D, 140th Pa.,
Danville, 111., says it was the oth Me. bat
teiy which was in front of the Chancellor
House, and whose guns were rescued by pait
of tlm 140th Pa., aud other tioops. Ife
thinks it was Col. Zook who came along the
line shoutiug " Save those guns !"
AFTER JuTOADUKE.
A 2d Wis. STanft Story of tho Fight at Tako
Chicot.
Editor National Tktrune: Tho 2d
Wis. Cav. led the advance on two important
occasions. The first time was at the head of
Gen. Sherman's army for four days, when
driving Geu. Johnston from the rear of Yicks
burg immediately following its surrender.
The final wind-up of this trip and the suc
cess of it are well known to all of the many
thousands in coutestiug for the possession of
Jackson, Miss.
Giving this passing notice, I w-ill speak
more fully of the second adventure. This
Gen. Marmaduke's defeated soldiers remem
ber well to this day; yet they were fighters,
and gave up nothing until compelled to after
much hard scrapping.
Memory fails to name all of the, regiments
that took part, and those noticing this article
will readily recall it if they were there.
On June '.I, 1661, a movo was inaugurated
to try to put an end to the molesting of our
transports, which were being constantly fired
into by Marmaduke's forces (including a bat
tery), that were located near Greenville, Miss.
Many lioats were secured, and conveyed a bri
gade of infantry, a battery, and some troops
of cavalry to the infested grouuds.
Our regiment, the 2d Wis. Cav., was first
to unload, aud was thrown out as pickets
till the lauding of all troops was effected
about 4 p. m. We were then ordered to
recounoiter.
The rebel pickets were soon reached and
driven in. The skirmishing continued until
dark. The drizzling rain increased during
the night and continued through the follow
ing day; but in the early morning wc were
engaged in skirmishing and steadily making
an advance.
In the thick: woody fields and brush
many times we were compelled to dismount
and work out on the flank, forming lines in
advancing.
Lake Chicot was reached in the afternoon;
there a bold stand wa3 determined on the
part of Marmaduke's men. Their first stop
was made at the appioach of an open field,
behind a heavy log fence. Our ca-alry be
ing dismounted, and using the timber for
protection, approached so near before they
were seen, that when the first volley operfed
the clattering on the log fence made more
music than the Johnnies desired. They fell
back to a second strong position, which our
men soon confronted. We charged across a
large field, but the dense weeds completely
hid the forms of our men while advancing,
the flags and staffs only being visible.
At the advance our cavalry was placed in
a position where they could plainly watch
the line of infantry.
When almost reaching the woods on the
farther side, the air was rent with the open
ing up of Marmaduke's whole force of in
fantry and artillery,, located on a high bank
j ust across a large bayou. The field of weeds
was soon, trimmed down to stubble by the
continuous fire from both sides. The soft
ground "was the only protection afforded to
our men ; into this they soon worked them
selves while lying fiat.
Gen3. A. J. Smith and Mower, wrho were
in charge of thi3 expedition, were now most
actively engaged in pressing the firing of the
1st Wis. battery and the work of the infantry.
The Johnnies were driven front the field
within a half hour's time, yet they could not
be overtaken, owing to the destruction of the
bridge over tho bayou, ,wliclv,bat to be re
laid by our troopd before wp could effect a
crossing. '
Our regiment was the first to cross, late in
the afternoon, and darkness came on while
we were trying to overtake the rebels. Wc
returned after dark. The boats by this time
were located at the head of the lake, on the
river, aud we were transported back to Vicks
burg. Tlie 8th Wis. found the hottest place
in the charge, and suffered quite aloss. They
had returned from the Eed IJiver expedition,
and stopped td.lendns a'haud'wWlon their
way home for veteran furtdngh. In conversa
tion with one of their members recently, he
remarked that "loose lead" was the thickest
he ever witnessed at this engagement. O. S. '
Sisson, Co. B, 2d Wis. Cav., West Salem,
Wis.
" Stayer?."
If. Robinson. Burrows, Ind., writes: "Co.
A, 4fith Ind., was mustered into the service
for three years, Oct. 5, 18C1. It contained
101 stalwart yonng m'eu, mostly' farmers'
sons. With the regiment it was in 26 en
gagements, many of them severe. It lost by
desertion, 1; died of disease while in service,
8; killed in action, 11; seriously wounded,
17. This is one instance wherein disease did
not kill more than bullet and shell, and
when we take into consideration the fact that
the company was engaged nearly its entire
service in Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi,
and western Louisiana, it speaks volumes
for the moral as well as physicaleatatns of
the company. But the best of all is to come
yet; from the best information at hand, 01 of
the original 101 still survive."
"What no Would Do.
Gen. Edward S. Bragg, of Wisconsin, the
veteran commander of the famous- ' Iron
Brigade," has viewj. of his own as to the
situation in Cuba. He says:
" 1 know what I would do if I were in
command at Havana Imrbor. I would shell
the town, take it and then set it on pre.
After the flames were well under way I
would advise the Government at Washing
ton what I had done. They might remove
me from my command, but the Cuban
problem would be solved completely."
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PICKET SHOTS.
From. Alert Comrades
Whole Line.
Along ino
Clmrge at Joneboro.
George W. Witherspoon, Lientcnant, Co.
IT, 11th Mich., Detroit, Mich., writes: '-'Tho
14th Mich., of the First Brigade, Second Di
vision, Fourteenth Corp?, under command of
Col. Henry R. Mizner, was the first to enter
the lines of the rebel Gen. Govan, capturing
four pieces of artillery, two of which belonged,
to Loomis's battery, of Coldwater, Mich., and
which were taken from our men at Stone
River, Tenn. In company with Maj. Fitz
gibbons, of my regiment, and two privates,
I assisted in turning one of these pieces,
loaded and discharged it inside the rebel
works.
"It was about this time that a private of
my command bayoneted two of the rebel
gunners. He may have been the boy referred
to in a recent article. According to the state
ment of Gen. Govan, this was the first time
their lines were broken, and by the 1-tth
Mich.
"I would state that in this charge the
colors of tlie 1st Ark. were captured by-my
brother, First Lieut. Alex. Witherspoon;
also, a pair of silver spnrs belonging to Gen.
Govan, and which have since been returned
to that gentleman."
I. If. Doughuian. Co. E, 17th Ohio, writes:
"I wish to assist in locating the 17th N. Y.
at Joncsboro. I claim the regiment was not
in the first line of charge at all. but was on
the reserve, the same as the 17th Ohio was,
only a short distance to their left. When tbo,
Regulars halted for a time, the 17th Ohio, di
rectly in their rear, was ordered to take their
place; but before we reached them they ral
lied, went in again, and captnred their portion
of the rebel line of works, which in their
front was in a ravine.
' ' We returned to our place again. We had (
hardly Iain downln order to protect ourselves
from the bullets when another order came for'
us to go in on the right of the Regulars. We
started, but just before we reached the brush,
the 17th N. Y. came in on a left-oblique on
the double-quick, and went in ahead of us.
I have always understood they lost ISfi men
in the next five minutes; those who were not
hit went over the rebel earthworks before
they had time to reload their guns, and cap
tured the men behind them.
,: I have never heard one of the 17th Ohio
regret that the 17th N. Y. got ahead of us that
day; for we should have received that volley
instead of them had they been one minute
slower. I afterwards learned the General
ordered the 17th to assist at that point,
and two orderlies started; one went to the
17th N. Y.,the other to the 17th Ohio. I
think: Comrade Hudson is correct in placing
the 17th N. Y. in the First Brigade, Second
Division, Fourteenth. Corps. The 17th Ohio
was iu the First Brigade, Third Division,
Fourteenth Corps. This should locate the
Zouaves."
G. M. Banfill, Sergeant, Co. E, 10th Mich..
Turtle Lake, Wis. , writes: c Comrade Harvey
is right about the troops that took the battery
at Jonesboro. I belonged in the First Bri
gade, Second Division, Fourteenth Corps.
The Regular Brigade charged two-thirds
across tlie open field and lay down. The
First Brigade charged over them and into the
woods. I fell within ten rods of the battery,
with a bullet through my thigh. Our boys
used the butts of their guns' before the rebels'
would surrender."
A Post Surgeon Speaks..
,T. Lee McComas, M. D., Oakland, Md.,
noticed sometime ago an inoniry as to what
rebel troops took part in the raid on Morgan
town, W. Ya., in 1?63. He says he was Post
Surgeon at Oakland during the war. " On the
entrance of the Johnnies," the Doctor says,
"I was captured and my horse confiscated by
a tall gentleman and two others, after a dash.
When they caught up with rue; the, taU.gep
tleman thrust a pistol In my face" and" said:
'I am Lieut. Bell, of the 12th Va. Cav.,' etc
Oh, it was funny. I am snre many of the
boys of Blencker's Division, and others
of Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, and Con
necticut, will remember 'Doc' McComas,
and how I sent them home on furloughs."
Picked Up the Shell.
Patrick Dolau, 30th Ind., Albion, Ind.,
writes : " When we weie going lor Atlanta
at Peach Tree Creek, I got into a rebel gopher
hole, and a Johnny singed the hair on the
side of my head about three times, shooting-
at me. I yelled to him that he was either
an awkward fellow or a good shot; that I
had about (JO rounds of ammunition and he
was welcome to it. I then let him have some
of it and presently he stopped shooting. I saw
the Johnnies load a cannon; when they fired
it the shell came into my pit ; I picked it up
and threw it out, but the shell did not ex
plode. Then the Captain of our artillery,
finding it fitted aguu, sent it back to the John
nies. I wonder who was the Captain of the
two Napoleons that stood north of the Widow
Glenn's house on Sunday afternoon at Chicka
mauga? I helped to use one of the guns."
Another of Fremont's Men.
Daniel Bnrket, Ashland, Kan., writes:
"In a recent issue I read the sketch of one of
Fremont's men. I know of another, Richard
L. O wings. I have heard him speak of
Charles Prucss, and he was present when the
flag was tied to a ramrod at Pike's Peak, aud
was also with the expedition of 1642. He
now lives at Circleville, Kan. He is the man
spoken of by Gen. Sherman as being with.
Fremont at Los Angeles. Gen. Sherman calls
him Capt. Owens. He was born at -Zaues-ville,
O., in 1S13."
Scattering-.
James T. Crooks, Co. I, 49tb Ohio, Toledo,
O., writes: 'Isee in a recent issne a letter
from William Spencer, Co. I, Sth Kan. I re
member a little fellow who belonged to that
regiment, and whom the boys adled 'Chip
munk.' To show how good a sailor he was,
while we were on a transport lie would go
fiom mast to mast hand over hand on the
stays o'O feet above the deck. One day he
was performing this feat when lie passed over
the smokestack and was asphyxiated. He
fell to the deck about four feet from the spot
where I w as sleeping: He lived only an hour.
We buried him with all the honors of war in.
the Gulf of Mexico. The 4tfth Ohio left
Texas in December, 1365."
A. A. Blair, Past Commander, Delkcr Post,
Birmingham, O., would like some comrade
to send him the poem, "Why I Wear this
Army Button."
J. II. Wood, Co.'K, 119th 111., Brooklyn,
Iowa, writes: "In the Fall of 1S61, while
Gen. Price was raiding Missouri, the Union
forces captured a desperado named Cole. He
was taken prisoner near De Sota. Mo. On
tho way to camp he killed a Union soldier by
cutting his throat with a pocket-knife. Next
mouiing the Union soldiers hanged him. I
think the men belougcd to an Iowa regiment."
D. J. O'Malley, Rosebnd, Mont., has the
discharges of Samuel Townsend, Co. I, 50th
Pa.; Joseph Heddou, Co. I, 50th Pa.; and
Benj. F. Raymond, Co. F, lith Mich., and
Co. B, 1st Mich. S. S.
T. Coffin, 23d Ohio, New Castle, Ind.,
writes that he has the commission issued to
Capt. John M. Newkiik, Co. K, 11th Ohio,
and signed by William Denison, Governor.
William 11. Payne, Co. I, 37th Intl., Al
pine, Ind., writes: "Capt. Charles Grants
Co. C, 18th Ohio, told of a successful charge
by that regiment at Stone River. The 37th
Ind. was in that charge. We went Into
action with 4o6 otiicers and men, of whom
15G were either killed or Avonuded. Col.
John F. Miller led the Third Brigade of
Negley's Division, and without orders from
his superiors attacked the Johimies under
Gen. Breekimidge, and drove them from a
very important position. Thatevcning Gen.
Bragg commenced his retreat. The. o7tli
Ind. was tho first regiment to reach Mur-freesboro."
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