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FlGffTING THEM OVER What Our Veterans Have (o Say About Tiieir Old Campaigns. LIBBY PRISON. lanVce" Writes Again Captains Fljnn and Sawjcr Dranu for Kxeculion. To the Editor: Itiglit across Carey street from Libby Prison to the right was " Csistlo Lightning," anotlicr largo brick warehouse filled with several thousand private soldiers. A little farther up Carey street to the left beyond Twenty-firs- t btroet, and diagonally across from Libby Prison, was "Castle Thunder," also a large brick building filled with spies, deserters, disloyal citizens and all clas-e- s of oflenders. This place was presided over by Capt. Alex- ander, a tall, tine-lookin- g man, who was always followed bj a large Siberian bloodhound. The three prisons formed an irregular triangle, and eo cloie togi-thc- r that a stone could bo thiowu from one to either of the others. On tho long line ot the triangle between Castle Thunder and Castle Lightning the ground was vacant of buildings and occupied by the encampment of our guards. Up the river a short distance from Libby Prison was "JJellc Ible," where thou- sands of private sold ieis were confined. Ail the prisons were under the charge of Gen. Winder, a stout, white-haire- d old man, who Bwore prouvly,au"i'cled the proverbial swagger and blustir of the Southern aristocrat, and de- lighted in insulting every man in his power. On one occasion he visited the hospital room of Libby Prison, and coming to the Mile of Capt. Gleason.n brave oilicerof the otli Md., who was dying from prostration and want, ho asked Capt. .Gleason, "What in h 1 lie or any Jlarylander wanted down there stealing nig- gers?" Uleasou'ss eyes flashed lire as he replied, that he had not, come d;iwn there to steal ne- groes, but to destroy from the face of the earth such traitors and ungrateful wretches as he and otheis who had been adopted and educated and Ad and clothed by the Government almost from their mother's breast, only to be turned IoojO to destioy the power that had befiiended them. Winder cursed and fumed, and went out in a towering rage. Poor Giea-o- u in aifew days had pas-e- d beyond his power aud joined the great encampment. The father of Winder commanded at Hladensburg, August, ltill, when the English, under Gen. Ko-- s, captured Wash- ington ami buint the Capitol. When Gen. Keyes made his famous " black- berry raid " up the Peninsula to capture Jtieh-mon- d and release the prisoners while Lee was raiding Pennsylvania, there were many thou- sands con lined there. We could hear his can- non roar as they came nearer, and our hearts beat with joy at tho prospect of soon seeing tho glorious old flag again. Wo enjoyed hugely seeing the old nun and boys, contrabands ami mules dragging the old cannon down to protect us from capture by the "d d Yankees." . We never could understand why the army did "nof attack. As we understood the case it could easily have been captured. We knew of but one brigade of good troops in the city available at that time for its defense. But Keyes cams aud vanished like a midsummer's dream, and, except a big scare at Itichmond, a couple of Quartermastersaud a few nap- ping in the fence-corner- s by tho rebels after his retreat, there was nobody hurt or molested, aud the army got a good feast of blackberries. Wc soon returned to our monotonous con- dition again. The mild diarrhea of the Sum- mer months now became dyaonterie and the deaths were frequent. Later, scorbutic dis- eases developed, lollowed by typhoid fever, and still later by pneumonia and rheumatic affec- tions. Our nine Chaplains had gone, and ex- cept in one instance, when the IJev. Bishop JIcGill.of the Catholic Church, preached to us, we had no religious services. Bishop ilcGill won the respect of all the prisoners, Protestaut and Catholic alike. Wc were allowed to purchase the daily pa- - ,, pens, and early every morning a large mahog- - any-colore- d son of Ham, named Ben, would i'cooie into prison, and, not being able to road, would atk the first prisoner he met to read the headings for him, so that ho could announce hfs.papers. That being done, he would start ofl'.'nt the fop of his voice, with "Great news in the .iijoriiiu' papers! Great news! Great news from dc EatJ Great news from de West! Aiioiher big battlo!" and there would be a rush to secure papers. By the time he would be &old out wo would often discover that the wag of a prisoner had played us a practical joke by imposing upon poor Beu in reading off head- ings that did not appear in the papers. Ben was a general favorite, and was of some interest to us until suspected and forbidden coming. The papers were the Examiner, "Enquirer and Whig. The latter was considered most reliable, because thought to bo most conservative. Tho other two were rivals, and Administration and m in tone, though all equally bitter against tho Yankee Government. Ouo " of them, I remember, one day contained along editorial demanding that the prisoners be 6ent tip the James Jliver and shot, and be made into phosphate and used to raise provisions for the support of the armies instead of being fed to keep provisions beyond the reach of their own citizens. In the same edition was a violent arraignment of Jeff. Davis, in which he was spoken of as "the one-eye- d son of a Kentucky horse thief." Thus you see it was not all har- mony among themselves, except in one thing hating and abusing the "d d Yankees." The papers would speak of tho South as a distinct race of people from the North, and claim they belonged to the Latin branch of the human family, while the Yankee was an Anglo-Saxo- n; ' when it was a notorious fact that one of the editors was a descendant of New England stock, and the other as Irish as the "llill of lfeath." The first news we received from the battle of Gettysburg through the papers was a sad blow to qs. The dispatch read thus: "A terrible battle near Gettysburg. Our army completely victorious. Forty thousand prisoners captured. The enemy in full retreat. Heavy losses on both sides." This was sent from the front after the first day's battle, and when they had cap- tured some 1,000 prisoners, and when the Elev- enth Corp3 had fallen back to Cemetery liidgc. - It was a long time before we learned the real truth from that engagement, as .the papers came very irrosularly for a while. After the battleof Gettysburg a very exciting incident occurred. We were all anticipating a resumption of exchange from our having cap- tured so many prisoners, as we thought the obstruction was owing to an unwillingness Hpon the part of the rebels to any fair arrangement, and that now owing to their reverses they would be disposed to yield. So one day Dick Turner came up to the door and called for all Captains in the prison to come down below. There was a ruth of all of that rank, and a few Lieutenants besides, who desired to bo .ex- changedas all supposed was to be the case and the rest were left lamenting their bad luck in not holding a Captain's commission, also. Yet there was a doubt about the matter, and a feverish anxiety existed to know what it meant. This was not lessened when Chaplain Brown was called, and as the venerable old man de- fended the stairs expressions of fear and sus- picion were to bo heard on all sides. The suspense was broken at last by tho reappear- ance of the Captains, pale and angered, as they ascended the stairs into the rooms again. The Btory was soon told. They had been drawn up in line, and an order read to them directing that two of their number be drawn by lot to bo executed, in retaliation for two of similar rank executed by Gen. Burnside in Kentucky. Chaplain Brown, of the Cth lid., had boon se- lected to draw the two names from the hat, and the names of Capt. Flynn, of the 51st Ind., and Capt. Sawyer, of the let X. J. Cav., were drawn. Wc saw them led over to Castle Thunder Flynn, a tall, handsome, dark-haire- d, manly soldier, slightly pale, hut quiet and deter- mined; Sawyer, a muscular, sandy-haire- d blonde, nervous and excited. Both men had Bplcndid records as soldiers, and no fears were felt that they would disgiaeo themselves. Flynn was said by his companions to bo a man of extraordinary nerve. Sawyer had killed a Capt. Cilly, of a South Carolina regi- ment, in a hand-to-han- d encounter during a cavalry engagement, and was at that time Buffering from a wound in the head received in his light with Cilly. This fight was a rather remarkable affair. They singled each other out in the charge. Cilly held his revolver cocked in the charge; Sawyer held his saber at a parry until ho came so close that ho knew Cilly could not have time to draw his saber, and then he brought his saber to a thrust. The horses struck breast to breast. There was a pistol flash, and horses and riders lay, to all appearance dead, upon the field. Sawyer's saber had gone through Cilly's body to the hilt, and staid there. Cilly's ball had gone into Sawvnr's car and out tho back of his head. Some tinicVafter the fight a rebel soldier, in I y drawing off Sawyer's boots, woke him up, and he was sent to Libby Prison. We had seen a spy executed in tho yard of Castle Thunder but a short time before, and to seo two such splendid fellows meet such a fate worked the prisoners up into a fearful state of mind. Nothing else was talked of, and various were the expressions of feelings. Somo said they did not dare hang them it was all sham. Others thought desperation would drive them to do anything. Some asked why they had not dared hang Dr. Kucker, who had been tried, found guilty aud sentenced to bo hung, and for whom all Surgeons were being held as hostages. Burnside was criticised by many for his hasty hanging of prisoners. Poor, kind-hearte- d old Chaplain Brown never recovered for the part ho was compelled to take in it. Shortly after this occurrence, a cavalry raid to White Houe captured Gen. R. E. Leo's son and a son of Gen. Winder, who were recruiting from wounds and sickness in the neighbor- hood, and a notice was served upon the rebel authorities that they would bo held as hostages for the safety of Capfs. Flynn and Sawyer. Wo all now felt that they were safe and would not be hung. In a short time they were sent over to tho dungeons of Libby Prison, but when the rebel authorities learned that Lee and Winder wero receiving similar treatment they were soon released and sent among us again tho heroes of the prison. Thus ended that episode of Libby Prison, and I hope they received their "just recompense of reward "anu out- lived the rebellion. There had not been any exchanges far a long while. Dr. Worthington had been uncondi- tionally released for somo kindness, I believe, shown some rebel wounded. Then fohowed the release of the nine Chaplains. Here I wish to mention an act of kindness the writer met with f.om an unexpected source. When the rebel Chaplains arrived in Richmond one of them called at the prison and inquired if he could bo of any assistance to me, as he had been request- ed to do so by a mutual friend. I thanked him, but told him not. He was a handsome, rosy-cheek- ed young man. dressed in new black broadcloth. Ho did not say who the friend was, or what his own name was, but as he took his departure he shook hands and hastily left through tho door, leaving a roll of Confederate money in my hands. It was a godsend to nic, as up to that time I had been penniless. I never saw him again, but a gontlcman told mo ho was a Methodist minister named Robert Hardy, and died afterwards in New Orleans. In November, Assistant Surgeon C. E. Golds-boroug- h, of the nth lid., was paroled for 10 days to see if something could not be done to release Surgeons, as Dr. Kucker, who had been the ob- stacle in the way, had made his escape from jail. He earned many letters to influential parlies in Washington, aud his garments were a complete mail bag. His mission was success- ful, and about the last of the month about 100 Surgeons took their departure from this den of misery. An amusing incident occurred in tho attempt of Maj. Harry White, of the 07th Pa., to escape as a Surgeon, having taken the name of an- other person. He reached City Point, but was detected just as he was about to be transferred to the Union boat and sent back to Libby Prison again. Yankee. From a First West Virginia Trooper. To the Editok: Let me reply to "Co. D. 8th Ohio," in The National Tuibu.ve of Fob. 5, !&&, in regard to burning the bridge at Port Republic. He says: "The cavalry never crossed the bridge, as the town is on this sido." Now, if "Co. D, Sth Ohio." had been there he would have known that Port Republic is on tho point of land in the forks of the river, and that the bridge in question is across the branch, on the opposite side of Port Republic from where wc were. 1 find in my memorandum, written at the time: "Sunday, June S, ltib'2. After a few shots from Robinson's battery, our cavalry, about 100 strong, charged on the town, aud swam the river, and held possession of tho town for about 15 minutes, llaj. Chamberlain's horse was shot and himself wounded. Tho rebels opened on us with infantry and artil- lery and wo wero driven out of the town, and compelled to relinquish our prisoners and one piece of artillery which wo had captured. Wo could easily have burnt the bridge, as there was plenty of firo in the street at the end of the bridge, where the robs wero cutting and tightening the tires on some of their wagons." The order he publishes, and whieh he seems to rely on as settling all disputes, is dated June 4, 18b'2, and (as it shows on its face) was issued on the supposition that' Jackson would retreat via Staunton. Itf tliat cveuttho importance of holding-th-e bridge can be easily seen. But as Jackson did not go by Staunton, and did go by this same bridge, it would seem that his four-days-ol- d order settles nothing. As this order, or dispatch, and what ho learns from "Comrade," in his communication in The National Tkiiuwr of Jan. 15, 1885, seems to bo all "Co. D" knows about the matter, it will be well to look into "Comiade's" source of in- formation. He says: "Our brigade was sta- tioned at White House Bridge." "Comrade" was then within 10 milc3of Port Republic, and that is as near as ho got. And yet he presumes to write tho facte. He says: "I have been waiting-'adon- time for some one else to write thefacfs above slated, but cannot wait longer." GreatCivsar! how he must have suffered, car- rying Ihcso facts in his bosom day after day, and waiting so patiently for somebody else to write them, until he could wait no longer. Now, let "Comrade" state his facts, and how ho got them. He says the reason the " bridgo wasnotdestroyed was lliatGen. McDowell inter- cepted interfered ?. He sent a dispatch to Car- roll to hold thebridgc,and uot destroy it under any circumstances." And the way he became possessed of these facts is, " that it was a common rumor m camp.' 1 prcsuiuo he means Ins camr? at White House Bridge. Even "Com- rade" ought to know that Gen. McDowell would not dispatch to Col. Carroll except through Gen. Shields, his division commander, especially when wo take into consideration that, McDowell being at Front Royal, he could not communicate with Col. Carroll except by personal messenger, as there was no telegraph line, and that the messenger would of necessity have to pass through Gen. Shiehls's camp. In regard to the 1st W. Ya. Cav., I would say to "Comrade" that they did not fight their battles at such long range 16 miles), and that thoy do not obtain their facts from the "com- mon report in camp." It would be natural to infer from "Comrade's" letter that bhields's Division would frequently have a "picnic" and chase Jackson, and that the 1st W. Va.Cav. was not fond of that kind of diversion, but pre- ferred the rear, and " we could not get them in front." That is not my recollection. If "Com- rade" will give me his address, and tell me of a time when he marched in front of the 1st W. Va. Car., except on a retreat, I will scud him a chromo. Tho 1st W. Va. Cav. is not uneasy about their reputation in the few skirmishes they were in while with Shields's Division. The record of tho regiment in Bu ford's and Averill's and Custer's Third Brigade, and tho fact of their being assigned tho right of the cavalry column in the grand review, makes it unnecessary to reply to "Comrade" further. T. H. B. Lem-le- y, Capt., Co. A, 1st W. Va. Cav., Jackson C. H., W. Va. A .Yarac to be 1'roud or. To Tnr. Editok: Knowing that tho Smith family was and is a numerous one, curiosity induced me to take BaU-s'-s History of the Penn- sylvania Soldier ami foot up the whole number of Smiths from that State who were in the war of tho rebellion, and in no case have I taken the same person moro than once where I dis- covered the fact that they had served in differ- ent organizations: In regular service field, staff and com- - Ervmrgenpy men field, btntl' and com-miseion- cd ..,. .. 48 193 In regular service and musician-- .. 131 Emergency men . and musicians.. 152 S83 I regular service, privates- - 3,118 " Emergency men privutes 816 1,261 Total in sorvleo 5,15 If to these we would add tho Schmidts, Smyths, etc, thoro would be somo hundreds more. There arc enough for five full regi- ments, full' officered. Imagine these all bri- gaded together! Wouldn't there bo fun, espe- cially at roll-ca- ll nnd when mail was received. D. P. Marhii vli., Co. K, 155th Pa. No lady of refinement likes to resort to superficial devices to supply a becoming sem- blance of her former beauty. It is health alono that lights the countenance and brings back fresh tints to the faded cheek. If anything will do this, it is Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham's VcgetableCompound, which hasalrcady brought health to multitude!) with whom all othor means had failed. THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON, D. 0., THUR3DAY, MARCH 26, 1885. SHERMAN'S BUMMERS. Dow the Boys Provisioned the Amir. To the Editok: Your paper has for years afforded the veteran soldier great solace and satisfaction in tho perusal of war anecdotes and reminiscences. Tho recital of tho campaigns and battles of the rebellion goes a great way toward strengthening our recollections of thoso trying times. Gen. O. O. Howard's recently published accounts of movements in whieh ho participated are instructive, aud I wish that more like them were sown broadcast over tho land as The Triiiune has disseminated these. Sherman's march, with its excitingly inter- esting episodes, has been written and rewritten of, but tho "true inwardness" of his brilliant march through the Carolinas has never been sufficiently exalted by tho "glimmering touch of the artist'B pencil," and I writo this moro to wake up 'the surviving "Bummers" of Sher- man's army than for the purpose of chronicling an incident that came under my observation, and was much commented upon by officers and men of "Pap" Williams's oid First (Red StarJ Division of tho Tenth Corps. When it is remembered that Sherman's army consisted of 00.000 men, and that they, with tho horses and mules, wore almost wholly subsisted by the efforts of 15 or 20 men detailed from each regiment, it will bo seen that the life of tho bummer during tho 60 days' journey through South and North Carolina was an eucrgeticoue at loast, if tho much-abuse- d fellows did occa- sionally have to plunder. But they taught the hot-blood- ed people of impetuous South Carolina what war was, and illustrated in a most practi- cal manner how to put down rebellion by mak- ing war terrible, which could be done in no better way than to vigorous! v strike at their "breadbasket." From every regiment, upon tho arrival of tho army at the Branehville Railroad, which ran from Charleston to Augusta, Ga., were detailed from 15 to 40 men, with orders to mount them- selves as best they could and devote themselves to scouring the country on tho flanks of tho advancing columns for food, forage, cattle, aud plunder generally. Tho Twentieth Corps, commanded by Gen. S. S. Williams, a splendid General and a nativo of Michigan, was the first to equip its bum- mers; somo had horses furnished them, and others got them as best they could. KH pat-rick- 's cavalry gathered in many a horse or mule that had been left in an exposed condi- tion during tho night. Tho writer procured his mule from Kilpatrick's wagon train on the night of our arrival at the Branehville Rail- road, running between Augusta and Charles- ton. At first all of tho regiments were not represented, but before many days every com- mand in tho entire army had its band of bum- mers. Each regiment acted on its own hook and had only one regulation to observe, and that was to take its regular turn in the advance. Each corps consisted of three divisions, and theio had to go to the right in the advance on alter- nate days, beginning with Jackson's First Di- vision. And woe unto a squad of another division who gained the advanco on a day when it was not its turn. When caught in such a proceeding the commanding General who was entitled to the advanco would sum- marily arrest tho disobedient bummers, dis- mount them and confiscate the plunder. I remember the day of our arrival at ray-ettevill- e, N. C, when 42 bummers of tho First Division, Twentieth Corps, drove tho rebels from the town aud across Cape Fear River, taking possession and securing a vast quantity of flour, meal, meat and tobacco. This day the Second Division, bluff old Gen. Geary in command, had the "right" to the road," and when he came up and found the condition of affairs, and realizing that tho hoiior of captur- ing Fayettevillo, with all its glory and plunder, had been insidiously appropriated by the in- significant 42 Red Star bummers, his wrath knew no bounds. He sent for the commanding officer, and was answered that there was no commissioned officer there that the men were composed of bummers from the 27th Ind. and 13lh N. J., and that a Hoosier-Jerseyma- n named Hi Hand, of tho 13th, " was runniilg the thing." The staff officer hunted up tho cheeky Hand, who had heretoforo considered himself equal to almost any emergency, and was looked upon as a sortof plumed knight by the men of the expedition. The General sent for him to report at headquarters, whither the Hand went, and after some little time was ushered into tho terrible pres- ence of tho mighty Geary. "What is your regiment, and by whoso au- thority do you presume to disobey orders in the manner you have done in advauciug upon this place, thus laying yourself liable to cap- ture and death?" The culprit was temporarily paralyzed by the manner and substance of Geary's reception. But he readily recovered, and told tho Gen- eral that he and his comrades had not seen their division for 12 days; had been down on Lynch's Creek, plundering the people, converting tho natives, educating tho negroes, and making war terrible; and as a result, ho told him that outside of the stores which they had captured on the retreat of tho rebs from Fayetteville, ho had 10 men running a large grist mill at Rock Creek, six miles from there, and that ho had 36 wagon-load- s of bacon and meal, 40 horses, and 2,000 negroes, which he would turn over to tho proper officer indue time, and that ho really must be off, as ho had a letter-diar- y of the trip from Savannah which he wanted to send to the New York Times by the first con- veyance. According to a staff olficer's account, who was present on the occasion, " Tho brave old General was paralyzed ; ho was dumb- founded. What was to bo done? It would not do to compliment the ld boy, and still he had proven himself the most successful for- ager in the command." Suffice to say, Geary released the brave and reckless 42 bummers, and bade them report to their command. Be- fore leaving. Hand exchanged horses surrepti- tiously with Geary's Adjutant General, and joined his command, a veritable hero in the cyc3 of ollicers ami men. The advance from Fayetteville to Goldsbor-oug- h was impeded by rebels, ami foraging was discontinued for the reasons that it was unsaio and the country had become so barren that there w;i3 nothing to plunder. But all of this vast army of bummers participated in the bat- tles of March 10 and 19 and proved themselves as brave and dutiful in tho ranks as thoy were adventurous aud successful on tho " flanks." What has become of poor Hand I do not positively know, though I know his account of Sherman's march was published in the New-Yor- k Times, and that it was the first newspaper tidings received in tho North of Sherman's march from Savannah to Fayetteville. Ho went West after tho war, bceainc an cditoraud Mayor of a city in Kansas, but his love of whisky and adventure led him to abandon business, neglect his family, and finally fall in with the grand army of dissolute printers which have infested tho country since t c war. Brave, genial, intelligent, educated, without his "besetting sin" Hi Hand would have long ere this ranked as a man among men in any community or State. I have no doubt every regimental squad of bummers had one liko Hand, and to them, more than any other agency, does Gen. Sher- man to this day credit his success in pro- visioning his army during .tho memorablo march through the Carolinas. Perhaps somo of the boys can rccito more reminiscences liko this. And if so. can't wo have them? Henry C. IIakkison, 27th Indiana " Bummor." The Trouble Safely Out. Stomach trouble is serious business while it lasts; but what a blessed relief to have it do-par- l! Mrs. F. G. Wells, of 19 Atlantic street, Hartford, Conn., writes that she tried Brown's Iron Bitters 'for stomach trouble, and that 6he experienced such relief that the trouble is now entirely over. Sho recommends this great iron medieiuo to all who are afflicted. It cures liver and kidney complaints. Who ricked His rocket! To the Editor: On June 28,1863, I was takon sick near Washington and sent to the hospital at that place. While on my way there I was robbed of a good silver watch, jaek-knif- o and pocketbook, containing a small amount of money and somo postage stamp3. I would liko to find tho thief. Sa.m'i, Biiown, Co. F, 1st U. SCav., Ewiugton, Ind. Music for Decoration Day ami C.A.lt. Tosts. Our National War Songs contains 165 pages, full Sheet Music size, words and music com- plete. Contains all the popular war songs aud Decoration Day music. Thousands nro being ordered. Price, postpaid, for paper cover, 87 cents; Boards, $1.17; Cloth and Gilt, $1.00. Liberal discount in quantity to Posts. Send for list of contents. Address all orders to S. Brainard's Sons, publishers, Chicago, 111. in.. My husband (writes a lady) is threo times tho man since using " Wells' Health Ronewer." Stinging, irritation, all Kidney and Urinary complaints cured by " Buchu-paiba.- " $1. FRY TO;"THE FRONT. lie Replies Pleasantly to the Comrades Who ITbtc Criticised Him. To the Editor,- - Wc arc not accustomed to apologize for anything contained in our Na- tional TitmUNE articles or to retort to strict- ures upon our campaign history by tho com- rades. Upon tho jcontrary, we rather enjoy those criticisms, as thoy tend to evoke discus- sion and arouso the slumbering interest of tho comrades in the great campaigns and battles through which we passed years ago, never fully realizing their magnitude. It is but natural for soldiers to differand very widely at times in regard to the details and particulars of a battle. Tho soldiers of a great army do not all witness the lighting from tho samo position; thoy do not all advanco upon the scene of action by tho same route; they do not .ill wit- ness the same incidents; hence the honest dif- ferences of opinion between comrades relating to the samo event. We adopted the policy of stating our history clearly and truthfully, as we understand it, aided by memoranda made at the lime of tho occurrence of the events wc are narrating, and whatever of other data wc have at hand, and let the comrades "blazo" away at us to their heart's content, wc deigning no reply. We de- liver our shot and retire in good order. The amount of discussion elicited by our papers on "Chickasaw Bluffs," "Arkansas Post," "The Yiekoburg Campaign," and "On the Toche" has been, indeed, gratifying. Many of tho comrades have related their stories, and much more has been written and published in The National Triiiune in relation to those cam- paigns since those papers appeared than had been written in years before. While many of the writers differed widely as to minor details, they generally agreed in the main. We did not get as much criticism as did several abler contributors to your columns, nor as much as wo anticipated, but we succeeded in calling out very much from tho comrades that is of special interest to the Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sev- en teen fh Corps. We do not wish to criticise our critics, as we have said, but wo do most earnestly desiro to correct an erroneous impression entertained by Comrade Evan H. Mitchell, of Co. A, 54th Ind., of Do Courcey's famous brigade, that we re- flected upon the conduct of his regiment on that tcrrinle 28th of December at Chickasaw. Far be it from us to attempt to rob that gallant regiment of a single laurel. Richly it earned its honors on that bloody field. Dc Courcey's Brigade had no better soldiers thau the com- rades of the 51th. Wc well remember the sol- dierly bearing of their Col. Mansfield, then a boy of but little more than 21 years of age. What wc said of the 51th in our account of Chickasaw Bayou was not derogatory to their character as soldiers, nor was it so intended. They were model soldiers, if they wero "year- lings." Their conduct upon that Sunday moining was entirely excusablo in tho face of the murderous firo wo met. Older troops than they might have been excused for like conduct under liko circumstances. What we said in that connection was substantially as follows: After describing the charge of our brigade upon the rebel line in tho face of a most gall- ing and terrific fire, " tho 51th Ind. broke, nnd tho wonder is that more did not, so fearful was the firo which wo wore required to face." Thoro is here no imputation of unsoldierly conduct; it was a matter of wonder and remark that tho other regiments did not do likewise. Tho demoralization of that regiment by tho bursting of a shell, alleged by Comrade Lea-sur- e, of tho 10th Ohio, is news to us. Wo arc not inclined to credit tho statement. It is possible that Comrado Leasure has been draw- ing upon his imagination, just as he did re- cently in writing '1 he Thihune about tho fatal charge of De Courcey's and Blair's Brigades on the 29th of December, 1SG2, when ho alleged that my regiment (42(1, Ohio) was not at the causeway when his regiment fell back to it, and that wo did not aover the retreat of the "re- pulsed brigado in good order." The facts, borno out by history, and conceded to us, since his communication was written, by members of his own regiment, are that the 42d was beyond tho causeway, between it and the rebel outer lino of works, when the 16th.Ohio,22d Ky. and 51th Ind. retreated, past us. and wedid cover the retreat in good order. We give Comrade Lei- sure credit for a very fertile imagination. Comrade Mitchell complains that wo 4 2d Ohio boys used to call them "Green Hoosiers." Now, comrade-- , there was no malice in that; only a little camp humor, in which soldiers who had seon a year or two of service were wont to in- dulge at tho expense of some person or persons. In this instance, the butt of our innocent fun was the 51th. M. M. Lacoy, of 622 22d street, Washington, takes Comrade Morris to task on some of tho details of tho fatal ch a rge against the defenses of Vicksburg. May 22, 1803, here- tofore described by us. In tho courso of his "lampooning" ho says: "If Comrado Morris belonged to the 42d Ohio he ought to have a vivid recollection of tho position of Gen.Ostcr-haus'- s Division on that day." Wc will state here, for tho benefit of Comrade Lacey, that Comrado Morris was not a member of the 42d Ohio, but belonged, we think, to an Indiana regiment, either in Carr's or Ilovey's Division. No harm done, however. Let tho fight go on, comrades. Theso fights are not so blood v as those of 1862 '63. John W. Fry, 42d Ohio, Ashland, Ohio. Death of John Morgan. To the Edito'r: Sixty-eigh- t miles cast of Knoxville in East Tennessee isaplaco called Bull's Gap. In September, 1861, a brigade of Union cavalry was stationed there, under the command of Gen. Gillcm, composed of the 9th and 13th E. Tenn. Cav. and 10th Mich. Cav., with battery E of the 1st Tenn. Light Artillery. John Morgan was at Greenville, 18 miles east of Bull's Gap, at a private house, for the night. Ho had about 2.000 men in his command, who were in camp about three miles west of Green- ville. Gen. Morgan mado his boast that ho would capture tho Yankees at tho gap next morning at 9 o'clock or land himself and every man he had in hell. This was tho news circu- lated among tho Union cavalry by a message brought by a citizen from Greenvfllo. It was about 11 o'clock in the night when Gen. Gil- lcm got tho news. Tho soldiers were asleep. Tho bugle sounded, and in half an hour wo wero on the road to Greenville. Two miles from the gap there was a bridgo across Lick Creek. Hay was spread on the bridgo to deaden the sound of the artillery and horses. Ono mile further east a heavy thunder storm came down upon us. It was so dark wo could not sec tho man before us. save by the aid of a flash of lightning. The rain ceased nt daylight. Wo wore only nino miles on the road. It was so dark wo could not move fast. At Bluo Springs tho 10th Mich., in the advance, captured the rebel videts and drove tho reserve. A mile further on tho Confedcialo camp was discovered. One piece of tho battery was nnlimborcd, and sent a few shells into tho enemy's camp. The 9th E.Tenn. was ordered to tho front. As wo passed tho cannon the writer saw a member of the lOlh Mich, limping to tho rear, calling tho rebels all inannei of hard names for shooting a man in tho foot. "Draw sabers! "was tho command given, and in wo went, charging by column over the hill into the enemy's camp. When we got thcro they wero leaving in hasto. From Bull's Gap ono battalion of tho 13th Tenn. started to Greenville, making a detour to the left of the main column. They moved fast and reached Grceuvillo at early dawn, finding Gen. Morgan. Ho refused to surrender, and was promptly shot down. They placed his body on a horse before a soldier and carried it out of town till they mot tho rest of our column, ono and a half miles below town. Morgan's men wero in lino of buttle at'Grccnville. When wo camo in sight of theuf wo formed in lino by companies, marched down the hill towards town, and formed in column of fours. The 9th charged through tho town and the 13lh charged south of the town. It was quick work, and tho enemy's lino gave back, leaving cannon, cais- sons, and ammunition in our possession, with a number of prisoners, including one Adjutant. Wo started back to Bull's Gap, passing whoro Gen. Morgan lay dead. Tho soldiers changed tho words of "John Brown" to "John Mor- gan's body lies moldaring in the grave, as wo go marching on." W. B. Seaton, First Sor-gea- Co. E, 9th Teun. Cav. Catarrh Cured. A clergyman, alter suffering a number of years from that loathsome disease. Catarrh, after trying every known remedy without suc- cess, at last found a prescription which com- pletely cured and saved him from death. Any sufferer from this dreadful dise;o sending a self-address- stamped envelope to Dr. J. A. Lawrence, 199 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y., will receive the recipe free of charge. "Rough on Itch" cures humors, eruptions, ring-wor- tetter, salt rheum, frosted feet, chilblains. Another Lone Grate. To the Editor: On a wooded hillside in the western part of Franklin Co., Mo., by tho side of the old St. Louis and Springfield State road is a lone soldior's grave. From the decay- ing wooden slab at its head, when I first saw it, could be indistinctly mado out that the occu- pant's name had been something like "Hayne," and he had been a officer in a Minnesota infantry regiment. Citizens told me that when Smith's army was on its return from escorting Pap Price out of the State, and was bivouacked on tho little creek that winds by the base of the hill, a soldier died from tho effects of a gunshot wound, concerning which different stories were told, and that his com- panions left his remains in this lonely place. Some years since, in response to a printed cir- cular from tho Quartermaster's Department at Washington inquiring for isolated, uuraarked soldiers' graves, I reported this one, but no notico has been taken of it. Docs the occupant of this lonely, unmarked grave still live in the memory of former comrades or home friends and relatives? II. C, Shotwell, Mo. lVlnrhestcr Club to the Front. To the Editor: Tho boys around Toledo who took part in tho first battlo of Winchester, under Shields and Kimball, in 1862, will cele- brate the anniversary of that event this year, as usual, by a meeting of the Winchester Club on the evening of March 23. The boys expect to have, as usual, a jolly, good time. It will bo an informal, off-han- d affair. No cards. Hard- tack, coffee, stories and fun. The boys would like to get hold of Shields's official report of that battle. A Kansas comrado sent it to The Triiiune to be printed, but it has not appeared yet. Will some one who has it do tho Club the favor to report to Capt. D. C. Dewey, Toledo. O. ? Relics or Threw Wars. To the Editor: In your issue of Feb. 23 I see C. J. Madden claims to have relics from three wars. I have in my possession tho old powder-hor- n carried by my great-grandfath- MathewLindsley, when he was at Valley Forge with Washington. Then it was carried by my grandfather, Win. 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Reserves, or the 42d Pa., was one of the rogimentsof the Pa. Reserves a division of 15 regiments authorized by a special act of the Legislature of the State to be enlisted, armed, and equipped by the State to serve threo years or during the war, subject to a call from the Federal Government. II. P. Frazcy, Upton, Iowa, writes that tho Johnnies used to make the joke about the Pa. Bucktails (of which he was a member) that thoy loaded thcir'guns all night and fired them off all day. G. A. Dewoody, Co. H. 4th Pa. Cav., Balliett, Pa., thinks the cavalry branch of the service does not get sufficient credit. V. Carroll, Color Bearer, 25th O., Andorson, Mo., denies the statement of Col. Benj.T. Cook, of the 12th Mass., that the 11th Corps made but a feeble resistance at Gettysburg, and then fell back, and claims that Barlow's Division of that corps drove back the Confederate forces until ordered to retreat, as the rebels wero flanking them. J. M. Snyder, Captain Co. D, S3d 111., Ver-durett- e, Neb., writes an interesting account of the part taken by the 83d 111. at the battle of Fort Donelson, which space prevents us from printing. D. S. Hunter, Co. 1, 2d Minn., informs us that a very pleasant Reunion of his regiment was held at Anoka in January last, and that tho following officers of tho association wero elected for the ensuing year: Gen. J. W. Bishop, Pres- ident; A. H. Reed, V.-P- .; A. R. Kiefer, Secre- tary; Jacob Mai nzer, Treasurer. Isaac K. Young, 89th Wis., Chicago, 111., writes that a most interesting Reunion of his regiment was held at the Palmor House, Chi- cago, Jan. 22, and that the association chose tho following officers for the ensuing vear: Pres., Col. Charles T. Hotchkiss; V.-P- ., Capt. Frank M. Hobbs; Sec, Scrg't Isaac K. Young; Treas., Scrg't Rube W. Willett. James N. Brown, 10th 111., Chester, 111., re- iterates his statement that Lieut. -- Col. F. Swanwick, 22d III., was wounded and taken prisoner at Stone's River, notwithstanding Comrado Barrows's statement to the contrary. Jacob Gump, Ballon, Ohio, wishes to inform F. E. Olney, of Warsaw, Ind., that the Iron Bri- gade was composed of the 2d, 6th and 7th Wis., tho 19th Ind. and the 2ith Mich. James Morrison, Wahoo, Neb., writes that he was about a mile and a half south of the city of Petersburg when Gen. A. P. Hill was killed. Ho remembers distinctly that a soldier had a handsome ladies' gold watch which ho took from the dead body of the General after ho was shot. S. L. Barber, Capt., Co. I, 11th W. Va., Cot-tagevi- lle, W. Va., writes that the troops from West Virginia claim with pride tho honor of silencing the last battery that Gen. Lee ever put in position, a skirmish-lin- e being sent for- ward by Gen. Thomas M. Harris, under Capt. J. M. Jarboe, of tho lOlli W. Va. T. C. Thompson. Sorg't, Co. A, 123d Ohio, Rock Rapids, Iowa, informs J. W. Flowers, Co. 1, 12th W. Va., who inquired in The Tribune of Feb. 26 the name of the soldier who was shot in getting over a fence at the battle of New Market, May 16, 1S04, that the person in question was Isaac Michaels, Co. A, 123d Ohio. E. D. Pettibone, Co. B, 74th 111., Pecatouica, 111., says his company had 95 men, all of whom, savo one, wero from that place. It went to "the front" in Sept., 1862, and was mustered out at Nashville, June 10, 1S65. But 25 of the original members of Co. B remained. J. J. Rcucpi, Co. G, 4 1st 111., Bozcman, Mont., narrates briefly tho charge at Jackson, July 12, 1863. Ho is confident that it was the Seventh Brigado and not tho Second, of Lauman's Di- vision, that made tho charge. J. A. Lloyd, Corporal, Co. A, 9th HI. MTd Inf., Harlandsville, Ky., writes that his regi- ment was in 110 battles and skirmishes. Ho thinks ho fired one of tho last shots of the war, on the night of April 10, 1865. Kirby Smith, Co. C, 97th Ohio, Odobolt, Iowa, says that at Huntsvillo, Ala., one even- ing in tho Winter of 1861, several members of his regiment being in want of "baker's bread," procured the money with which to purchase a supply, by assessing several citizens whom they arrested on the street. A. (1 Parliman, 177th Pa., answering tho criticisms upon his report of tho scigo of Suf- folk, admits his unintentional error in writing "Col. Hawkins," when he should have written "Col. Kimball," of Hawkins's Zouaves. Ho does not know the name of the signal officer roferred to; it was reported in camp that our sharpshooters had killed 11 rebels who had climbed into tho trco to take observations. Ho is aware there were two railroads leading into tho city, but says, "They wero both on the samo sido of tho Nansemond, all tho samo." As to the fort captured, he thinks both com- rades aro right., and that thcro wero two taken, one of which tho men of the S9th N. Y. helped to capture J. Edobluto, Co. I. 62d Ohio, New Dover, O., tells how tho soldiers of the Eleventh Corps wore cooking, playing cards, and singing when rEARL ess. i i&feriLJSfeillfl I ' TM'-V- I ltS- - IT! BR I m l?fcS3'i TM:YrtlCW34C? mM&mrm -- g&sgsss iiisSfeaeafS . Tbe only machine th.it received ivn awanl nn loth Hono-pfiwe- r and Thresher ftnd Cleaner, M the CVnteii-nl- EihlMtlon; iym nwir.lt,l the two list Cold MednlS Sen by the New York State AcrtcnUnral Sotbty on Horse-fowfr- s ami Threherj, and Is the Only Ihrcititr 'elected frcm the vat nnniber built In tha Unite-.- Stater., for UlsutraUnn and description In "Appltton' Cyclopedia of Applied Mecbtnl's," re cently published, thus adopting It as the Stlincfntd machine of ihh country. Catalo-u- lent Ire. Address DlSlltU JUItUlU, Co.. M.Y. Stonewall Jackson swept out of the woods upon them. Thomas II. Campbell, Co. E,6-tt- h 111., "Yates Sharpshooters," Seattle, Wash. Ten, writes that he put in 10 months' time at Andersonvillc. If any of his comrades would like information regadiug the soil, climate, etc., of Washington Territory, ho will be glad to correspond with anv such. W. T. Bcardsley, Co. D, 33d Ind., South Whitley, Ind., says his regiment was never brigaded with an Ohio regiment. After the withdrawal from it of the 11th Ky., in 1S62, the brigade, till the close of the war, consisted of thc33d and Soth Ind.. 19th Mich., and 22d Wis. E. W. Dayton, Co. D, 36th Wis., says Comrado John Woods is mistaken in the statement that the battle at Farmville was not the last general engagement with Lee's army. Dayton says it was the last battle, and was fought by the First and Second Divisions of the Second Corps. Ho was in the latter, commanded by Gen. Smyth, who was mortally wounded. The Sixth Corps had a skirmish on the Sth, but not a battle. G. E. McKune, First Sergeant, Co. K, 89th N. Y., Lanesboro, Pa., and "A Soldier" of the N.Y., answer the question recently asked as to tho significance of the initials "S. N. Y." on a belt-plat- e picked up on ono of the Vir- ginia battlefields. Theysa' it meant "State of New York," and was used on theaccouter-ment- s of the militia of that State before tho war. Luke Rogers, Co. K, 20th Ind., Wolcotte, Intl., says it was Cos. A and K, 20th Ind., and not tho 1st N. Y. Mounted Rifles, whoso firo drove tho Confederate boats away from tho Congress, at Newport News, March 8, 1862. Andrew S. Parker, Co. C, 51th Ind., New Tacoma, Wash. Ter., vigorously defends his regiment from the word "yearlings" that has been applied to its members. Judging from his statement they were prime " three-year-olds- ," and thoroughbreds at that. W. C. Cook, Co. C, list Ohio, Dalton, O., thinks it was the list and not the 49th Ohio that was fired into and its boat wrecked, by a treacherous pilot, en route from .Tohnsonville, Tenn., to Cairo, in 1865. as described by Com- rade Lanham, Seneca, Kan. John D. Lytic, Sergeant, Co. I, 57th Ind., answering Sorgeaut James H. Seaman, insists that the 100th 111. was in the Second Brigade, Second Division, Fourth Corp3. Col. Bartle-so- n, of the 100th, was killed in front of Kene-sa- w. After the consolidation which formed tho Fourth Corps, following Chickamauga, the brigade consisted of tho 15th, 40th, and 57th Ind., 26th and 97th Ohio, 13th Mich, 23th Ky., and 100th III. John Morton, 37th Ind., Mission Creek, Nob., says the first skirmish preliminary to tho bat- tle of Chickamauga took place Sept. 10. tho Union troops encaged belonging to Gon. Neg-ley- 's Division of the Fourteenth Corps. C. A. B. Fox, Co. H. S6th 111., Forestburg, Dak., alluding to Gen. Carlin's mention of Gen. Gilbert, who for a brief time commanded a corp3 in Gen. Buell's army, recalls an incident that occurred near Perryvillc. Gen. Gilbert placed the Colonel of the S6th under arrest be- cause some of his men did not sufficiently re- spect his (Gilbert's) supposed rank. Col. Dan McCook, who commanded tho brigade, soon" afterward released the Colonel and restored him to duty. W. J. Hurst, Wellsville, Ohio, writes that in the G.A.R. Post room there are two photographs of Co. H, 42d Ohio, on the back of which is the name "Adam Dclman." Tho pictures were given to the Po-- t a few weeks ago by a confec- tioner near the depot in that village, who says a soldier who hurriedly stopped there one day left them, ho presumes by accident. He or his friends can have them by addressing Comrade Hurst. Patrick King, Co. E, 7th W. Va. Cav., Wild Cherry, Fulton Co., Ark., cannot do withoutTilE Tribune, and wants some one of his old com- rades to write for it an account of Averell's raid to Salem, Va. Comrade King will answer all inquiries from old soldiers as to soil, climate, etc., of Northern Arkansas. In Comrado J. M. Baer's article on Snaggy Point, published Fob. 5, the name "Ike S. Miller" should have been " Ike S. Mylar." D. F. Scott, Co. A, 45th III., Fair Haven, Carroll Co., III., backed by three comrades, Mike McGinty.H. Kinyon and E. Kinyon, tells what he knows about the first Union flag that floated from the Court-hous- o at Vicksburg after the surrender. He says it was the flag of the 45th III., " and don't you forget it." That regiment lay at Fort Hill, on tho Jackson road, and as Gen. Grant and staff passed " they took our dag with them; sol know." Ho says Comrades Lillibridgo, Frazier ' and York are all wrong. The writer says, he stood guard over "Old Pein-berton- 's Headquarters" that memorable 4th of July. W. M. Morris, Co. E, 3d West Va. Cav., Lost Creek, W. Va., referring to tho articles by Com- rades Jones, 61th N. Y.,and Mitchell, 31st N. J., on the "Last Fight of the Army of the Poto- mac," thinks that if they refer to the Army of the Potomac only, ono or the other mav bo right ; otherwise they arc both wrong. Comrade Morris's regiment was in the Third Bricadc, Third Division, Custer's Cav. Corps. His Divis- ion led the advance and engaged the enemy more or less every day from Five Forks to Ap- pomattox, including the dav of surrender. C. Montague, Capt., Co. if, 22d 111.. Oswego, Kan says Col. Swanwick, of his regiment, was wounded Dec. 31, 1862, at Stone's River, lay on the field four hours between two fires, was taken prisoner and confined at Richmond, Va. About May 5, 1863, he was exchanged and returned to his regiment. This is in reply to ComraueBar-row- s, 22d 111., who denied these facts. AL PRIZE, $:j000g3r Tickets only 5. Sim res in proportion. Louisiana State Lottery Company. 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  • FlGffTING THEM OVER

    What Our Veterans Have (o Say About

    Tiieir Old Campaigns.

    LIBBY PRISON.lanVce" Writes Again Captains Fljnn and

    Sawjcr Dranu for Kxeculion.To the Editor: Itiglit across Carey street

    from Libby Prison to the right was " CsistloLightning," anotlicr largo brick warehousefilled with several thousand private soldiers. Alittle farther up Carey street to the left beyondTwenty-firs- t btroet, and diagonally across fromLibby Prison, was "Castle Thunder," also alarge brick building filled with spies, deserters,disloyal citizens and all clas-e- s of oflenders.This place was presided over by Capt. Alex-ander, a tall, tine-lookin- g man, who was alwaysfollowed bj a large Siberian bloodhound. Thethree prisons formed an irregular triangle, andeo cloie togi-thc- r that a stone could bo thiowufrom one to either of the others. On tho longline ot the triangle between Castle Thunderand Castle Lightning the ground was vacant ofbuildings and occupied by the encampment ofour guards. Up the river a short distance fromLibby Prison was "JJellc Ible," where thou-sands of private sold ieis were confined.

    Ail the prisons were under the charge of Gen.Winder, a stout, white-haire- d old man, whoBwore prouvly,au"i'cled the proverbial swaggerand blustir of the Southern aristocrat, and de-lighted in insulting every man in his power.On one occasion he visited the hospital room ofLibby Prison, and coming to the Mile of Capt.Gleason.n brave oilicerof the otli Md., who wasdying from prostration and want, ho askedCapt. .Gleason, "What in h 1 lie or anyJlarylander wanted down there stealing nig-gers?" Uleasou'ss eyes flashed lire as he replied,that he had not, come d;iwn there to steal ne-groes, but to destroy from the face of the earthsuch traitors and ungrateful wretches as heand otheis who had been adopted and educatedand Ad and clothed by the Government almostfrom their mother's breast, only to be turnedIoojO to destioy the power that had befiiendedthem. Winder cursed and fumed, and wentout in a towering rage. Poor Giea-o- u in aifewdays had pas-e- d beyond his power aud joinedthe great encampment. The father of Windercommanded at Hladensburg, August, ltill, whenthe English, under Gen. Ko-- s, captured Wash-ington ami buint the Capitol.

    When Gen. Keyes made his famous " black-berry raid " up the Peninsula to capture Jtieh-mon- d

    and release the prisoners while Lee wasraiding Pennsylvania, there were many thou-sands con lined there. We could hear his can-non roar as they came nearer, and our heartsbeat with joy at tho prospect of soon seeing thoglorious old flag again. Wo enjoyed hugelyseeing the old nun and boys, contrabands amimules dragging the old cannon down to protectus from capture by the "d d Yankees."

    . We never could understand why the army did"nof attack. As we understood the case it couldeasily have been captured. We knew of butone brigade of good troops in the city availableat that time for its defense. But Keyes camsaud vanished like a midsummer's dream, and,except a big scare at Itichmond, a couple ofQuartermastersaud a few nap-ping in the fence-corner- s by tho rebels afterhis retreat, there was nobody hurt or molested,aud the army got a good feast of blackberries.

    Wc soon returned to our monotonous con-dition again. The mild diarrhea of the Sum-mer months now became dyaonterie and thedeaths were frequent. Later, scorbutic dis-eases developed, lollowed by typhoid fever, andstill later by pneumonia and rheumatic affec-tions. Our nine Chaplains had gone, and ex-cept in one instance, when the IJev. BishopJIcGill.of the Catholic Church, preached to us,we had no religious services. Bishop ilcGillwon the respect of all the prisoners, Protestautand Catholic alike.

    Wc were allowed to purchase the daily pa- -,, pens, and early every morning a large mahog--

    any-colore-d son of Ham, named Ben, wouldi'cooie into prison, and, not being able to road,would atk the first prisoner he met to read theheadings for him, so that ho could announcehfs.papers. That being done, he would startofl'.'nt the fop of his voice, with "Great newsin the .iijoriiiu' papers! Great news! Greatnews from dc EatJ Great news from de West!Aiioiher big battlo!" and there would be arush to secure papers. By the time he wouldbe &old out wo would often discover that thewag of a prisoner had played us a practical jokeby imposing upon poor Beu in reading off head-ings that did not appear in the papers. Benwas a general favorite, and was of some interestto us until suspected and forbidden coming.The papers were the Examiner, "Enquirer andWhig. The latter was considered most reliable,because thought to bo most conservative. Thoother two were rivals, and Administration andm

    in tone, though all equallybitter against tho Yankee Government. Ouo

    " of them, I remember, one day contained alongeditorial demanding that the prisoners be 6enttip the James Jliver and shot, and be made intophosphate and used to raise provisions for thesupport of the armies instead of being fed tokeep provisions beyond the reach of their owncitizens. In the same edition was a violentarraignment of Jeff. Davis, in which he wasspoken of as "the one-eye- d son of a Kentuckyhorse thief." Thus you see it was not all har-mony among themselves, except in one thinghating and abusing the "d d Yankees." Thepapers would speak of tho South as a distinctrace of people from the North, and claim theybelonged to the Latin branch of the humanfamily, while the Yankee was an Anglo-Saxo- n;

    ' when it was a notorious fact that one of theeditors was a descendant of New England stock,and the other as Irish as the "llill of lfeath."

    The first news we received from the battle ofGettysburg through the papers was a sad blowto qs. The dispatch read thus: "A terriblebattle near Gettysburg. Our army completelyvictorious. Forty thousand prisoners captured.The enemy in full retreat. Heavy losses onboth sides." This was sent from the front afterthe first day's battle, and when they had cap-tured some 1,000 prisoners, and when the Elev-enth Corp3 had fallen back to Cemetery liidgc.

    - It was a long time before we learned the realtruth from that engagement, as .the paperscame very irrosularly for a while.

    After the battleof Gettysburg a very excitingincident occurred. We were all anticipating aresumption of exchange from our having cap-tured so many prisoners, as we thought theobstruction was owing to an unwillingness Hponthe part of the rebels to any fair arrangement,and that now owing to their reverses theywould be disposed to yield. So one day DickTurner came up to the door and called for allCaptains in the prison to come down below.There was a ruth of all of that rank, and a fewLieutenants besides, who desired to bo .ex-changedas all supposed was to be the caseand the rest were left lamenting their bad luckin not holding a Captain's commission, also.Yet there was a doubt about the matter, and afeverish anxiety existed to know what it meant.This was not lessened when Chaplain Brownwas called, and as the venerable old man de-fended the stairs expressions of fear and sus-picion were to bo heard on all sides. Thesuspense was broken at last by tho reappear-ance of the Captains, pale and angered, as theyascended the stairs into the rooms again. TheBtory was soon told. They had been drawnup in line, and an order read to them directingthat two of their number be drawn by lot to boexecuted, in retaliation for two of similar rankexecuted by Gen. Burnside in Kentucky.Chaplain Brown, of the Cth lid., had boon se-lected to draw the two names from the hat, andthe names of Capt. Flynn, of the 51st Ind., andCapt. Sawyer, of the let X. J. Cav., were drawn.Wc saw them led over to Castle ThunderFlynn, a tall, handsome, dark-haire- d, manlysoldier, slightly pale, hut quiet and deter-mined; Sawyer, a muscular, sandy-haire- dblonde, nervous and excited. Both men hadBplcndid records as soldiers, and no fears werefelt that they would disgiaeo themselves.

    Flynn was said by his companions to bo aman of extraordinary nerve. Sawyer hadkilled a Capt. Cilly, of a South Carolina regi-ment, in a hand-to-han- d encounter during acavalry engagement, and was at that timeBuffering from a wound in the head received inhis light with Cilly. This fight was a ratherremarkable affair. They singled each otherout in the charge. Cilly held his revolvercocked in the charge; Sawyer held his saberat a parry until ho came so close that ho knewCilly could not have time to draw his saber,and then he brought his saber to a thrust. Thehorses struck breast to breast. There was apistol flash, and horses and riders lay, to allappearance dead, upon the field. Sawyer'ssaber had gone through Cilly's body to the hilt,and staid there. Cilly's ball had gone intoSawvnr's car and out tho back of his head.Some tinicVafter the fight a rebel soldier, in I

    y

    drawing off Sawyer's boots, woke him up, andhe was sent to Libby Prison.

    We had seen a spy executed in tho yard ofCastle Thunder but a short time before, and toseo two such splendid fellows meet such a fateworked the prisoners up into a fearful state ofmind. Nothing else was talked of, and variouswere the expressions of feelings. Somo saidthey did not dare hang them it was all sham.Others thought desperation would drive themto do anything. Some asked why they hadnot dared hang Dr. Kucker, who had beentried, found guilty aud sentenced to bo hung,and for whom all Surgeons were being held ashostages. Burnside was criticised by many forhis hasty hanging of prisoners. Poor, kind-hearte- d

    old Chaplain Brown never recoveredfor the part ho was compelled to take in it.

    Shortly after this occurrence, a cavalry raidto White Houe captured Gen. R. E. Leo's sonand a son of Gen. Winder, who were recruitingfrom wounds and sickness in the neighbor-hood, and a notice was served upon the rebelauthorities that they would bo held as hostagesfor the safety of Capfs. Flynn and Sawyer. Woall now felt that they were safe and would notbe hung. In a short time they were sent overto tho dungeons of Libby Prison, but when therebel authorities learned that Lee and Winderwero receiving similar treatment they weresoon released and sent among us again thoheroes of the prison. Thus ended that episodeof Libby Prison, and I hope they receivedtheir "just recompense of reward "anu out-lived the rebellion.

    There had not been any exchanges far a longwhile. Dr. Worthington had been uncondi-tionally released for somo kindness, I believe,shown some rebel wounded. Then fohowed therelease of the nine Chaplains. Here I wish tomention an act of kindness the writer met withf.om an unexpected source. When the rebelChaplains arrived in Richmond one of themcalled at the prison and inquired if he could boof any assistance to me, as he had been request-ed to do so by a mutual friend. I thankedhim, but told him not. He was a handsome,rosy-cheek- ed young man. dressed in new blackbroadcloth. Ho did not say who the friendwas, or what his own name was, but as he tookhis departure he shook hands and hastily leftthrough tho door, leaving a roll of Confederatemoney in my hands. It was a godsend to nic,as up to that time I had been penniless. Inever saw him again, but a gontlcman told moho was a Methodist minister named RobertHardy, and died afterwards in New Orleans.

    In November, Assistant Surgeon C. E. Golds-boroug- h,of the nth lid., was paroled for 10 days

    to see if something could not be done to releaseSurgeons, as Dr. Kucker, who had been the ob-stacle in the way, had made his escape fromjail. He earned many letters to influentialparlies in Washington, aud his garments werea complete mail bag. His mission was success-ful, and about the last of the month about 100Surgeons took their departure from this den ofmisery.

    An amusing incident occurred in tho attemptof Maj. Harry White, of the 07th Pa., to escapeas a Surgeon, having taken the name of an-other person. He reached City Point, but wasdetected just as he was about to be transferredto the Union boat and sent back to LibbyPrison again. Yankee.

    From a First West Virginia Trooper.To the Editok: Let me reply to "Co. D.

    8th Ohio," in The National Tuibu.ve ofFob. 5, !&&, in regard to burning the bridge atPort Republic. He says: "The cavalry nevercrossed the bridge, as the town is on this sido."Now, if "Co. D, Sth Ohio." had been there hewould have known that Port Republic is on thopoint of land in the forks of the river, and thatthe bridge in question is across the branch, onthe opposite side of Port Republic from wherewc were. 1 find in my memorandum, writtenat the time: "Sunday, June S, ltib'2. After afew shots from Robinson's battery, our cavalry,about 100 strong, charged on the town, audswam the river, and held possession of tho townfor about 15 minutes, llaj. Chamberlain'shorse was shot and himself wounded. Thorebels opened on us with infantry and artil-lery and wo wero driven out of the town, andcompelled to relinquish our prisoners and onepiece of artillery which wo had captured. Wocould easily have burnt the bridge, as therewas plenty of firo in the street at the endof the bridge, where the robs wero cutting andtightening the tires on some of their wagons."

    The order he publishes, and whieh he seemsto rely on as settling all disputes, is dated June4, 18b'2, and (as it shows on its face) was issuedon the supposition that' Jackson would retreatvia Staunton. Itf tliat cveuttho importanceof holding-th-e bridge can be easily seen. Butas Jackson did not go by Staunton, and did goby this same bridge, it would seem that hisfour-days-ol- d order settles nothing.

    As this order, or dispatch, and what ho learnsfrom "Comrade," in his communication in TheNational Tkiiuwr of Jan. 15, 1885, seems tobo all "Co. D" knows about the matter, it willbe well to look into "Comiade's" source of in-formation. He says: "Our brigade was sta-tioned at White House Bridge." "Comrade"was then within 10 milc3of Port Republic, andthat is as near as ho got. And yet he presumesto write tho facte. He says: "I have beenwaiting-'adon- time for some one else to writethefacfs above slated, but cannot wait longer."GreatCivsar! how he must have suffered, car-rying Ihcso facts in his bosom day after day,and waiting so patiently for somebody else towrite them, until he could wait no longer.Now, let "Comrade" state his facts, and howho got them. He says the reason the " bridgowasnotdestroyed was lliatGen. McDowell inter-cepted interfered ?. He sent a dispatch to Car-roll to hold thebridgc,and uot destroy it underany circumstances." And the way he becamepossessed of these facts is, " that it was a commonrumor m camp.' 1 prcsuiuo he means Inscamr? at White House Bridge. Even "Com-rade" ought to know that Gen. McDowellwould not dispatch to Col. Carroll exceptthrough Gen. Shields, his division commander,especially when wo take into considerationthat, McDowell being at Front Royal, he couldnot communicate with Col. Carroll except bypersonal messenger, as there was no telegraphline, and that the messenger would of necessityhave to pass through Gen. Shiehls's camp.

    In regard to the 1st W. Ya. Cav., I would sayto "Comrade" that they did not fight theirbattles at such long range 16 miles), and thatthoy do not obtain their facts from the "com-mon report in camp." It would be natural toinfer from "Comrade's" letter that bhields'sDivision would frequently have a "picnic"and chase Jackson, and that the 1st W. Va.Cav.was not fond of that kind of diversion, but pre-ferred the rear, and " we could not get them infront." That is not my recollection. If "Com-rade" will give me his address, and tell me ofa time when he marched in front of the 1st W.Va. Car., except on a retreat, I will scud him achromo.

    Tho 1st W. Va. Cav. is not uneasy about theirreputation in the few skirmishes they were inwhile with Shields's Division. The record oftho regiment in Bu ford's and Averill's andCuster's Third Brigade, and tho fact of theirbeing assigned tho right of the cavalry columnin the grand review, makes it unnecessary toreply to "Comrade" further. T. H. B. Lem-le- y,

    Capt., Co. A, 1st W. Va. Cav., Jackson C.H., W. Va.

    A .Yarac to be 1'roud or.To Tnr. Editok: Knowing that tho Smith

    family was and is a numerous one, curiosityinduced me to take BaU-s'-s History of the Penn-sylvania Soldier ami foot up the whole numberof Smiths from that State who were in the warof tho rebellion, and in no case have I takenthe same person moro than once where I dis-covered the fact that they had served in differ-ent organizations:In regular service field, staff and com- -

    Ervmrgenpy men field, btntl' and com-miseion- cd..,. .. 48193

    In regular serviceand musician-- .. 131

    Emergency men .and musicians.. 152

    S83I regular service, privates- - 3,118 "Emergency men privutes 816

    1,261

    Total in sorvleo 5,15If to these we would add tho Schmidts,

    Smyths, etc, thoro would be somo hundredsmore. There arc enough for five full regi-ments, full' officered. Imagine these all bri-gaded together! Wouldn't there bo fun, espe-cially at roll-ca- ll nnd when mail was received.

    D. P. Marhii vli., Co. K, 155th Pa.

    No lady of refinement likes to resort tosuperficial devices to supply a becoming sem-blance of her former beauty. It is health alonothat lights the countenance and brings backfresh tints to the faded cheek. If anythingwill do this, it is Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham'sVcgetableCompound, which hasalrcady broughthealth to multitude!) with whom all othormeans had failed.

    THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON, D. 0., THUR3DAY, MARCH 26, 1885.

    SHERMAN'S BUMMERS.Dow the Boys Provisioned the Amir.

    To the Editok: Your paper has for yearsafforded the veteran soldier great solace andsatisfaction in tho perusal of war anecdotes andreminiscences. Tho recital of tho campaignsand battles of the rebellion goes a great waytoward strengthening our recollections of thosotrying times. Gen. O. O. Howard's recentlypublished accounts of movements in whieh hoparticipated are instructive, aud I wish thatmore like them were sown broadcast over tholand as The Triiiune has disseminated these.

    Sherman's march, with its excitingly inter-esting episodes, has been written and rewrittenof, but tho "true inwardness" of his brilliantmarch through the Carolinas has never beensufficiently exalted by tho "glimmering touchof the artist'B pencil," and I writo this moro towake up 'the surviving "Bummers" of Sher-man's army than for the purpose of chroniclingan incident that came under my observation,and was much commented upon by officers andmen of "Pap" Williams's oid First (Red StarJDivision of tho Tenth Corps.

    When it is remembered that Sherman's armyconsisted of 00.000 men, and that they, with thohorses and mules, wore almost wholly subsistedby the efforts of 15 or 20 men detailed from eachregiment, it will bo seen that the life of thobummer during tho 60 days' journey throughSouth and North Carolina was an eucrgeticoueat loast, if tho much-abuse- d fellows did occa-sionally have to plunder. But they taught thehot-blood- ed people of impetuous South Carolinawhat war was, and illustrated in a most practi-cal manner how to put down rebellion by mak-ing war terrible, which could be done in nobetter way than to vigorous! v strike at their"breadbasket."

    From every regiment, upon tho arrival of thoarmy at the Branehville Railroad, which ranfrom Charleston to Augusta, Ga., were detailedfrom 15 to 40 men, with orders to mount them-selves as best they could and devote themselvesto scouring the country on tho flanks of thoadvancing columns for food, forage, cattle, audplunder generally.

    Tho Twentieth Corps, commanded by Gen.S. S. Williams, a splendid General and a nativoof Michigan, was the first to equip its bum-mers; somo had horses furnished them, andothers got them as best they could. KH pat-rick- 's

    cavalry gathered in many a horse ormule that had been left in an exposed condi-tion during tho night. Tho writer procuredhis mule from Kilpatrick's wagon train on thenight of our arrival at the Branehville Rail-road, running between Augusta and Charles-ton. At first all of tho regiments were notrepresented, but before many days every com-mand in tho entire army had its band of bum-mers. Each regiment acted on its own hookand had only one regulation to observe, andthat was to take its regular turn in the advance.Each corps consisted of three divisions, and theiohad to go to the right in the advance on alter-nate days, beginning with Jackson's First Di-vision. And woe unto a squad of anotherdivision who gained the advanco on a daywhen it was not its turn. When caught insuch a proceeding the commanding Generalwho was entitled to the advanco would sum-marily arrest tho disobedient bummers, dis-mount them and confiscate the plunder.

    I remember the day of our arrival at ray-ettevill- e,N. C, when 42 bummers of tho First

    Division, Twentieth Corps, drove tho rebelsfrom the town aud across Cape Fear River,taking possession and securing a vast quantityof flour, meal, meat and tobacco. This daythe Second Division, bluff old Gen. Geary incommand, had the "right" to the road," andwhen he came up and found the condition ofaffairs, and realizing that tho hoiior of captur-ing Fayettevillo, with all its glory and plunder,had been insidiously appropriated by the in-significant 42 Red Star bummers, his wrathknew no bounds. He sent for the commandingofficer, and was answered that there was nocommissioned officer there that the men werecomposed of bummers from the 27th Ind. and13lh N. J., and that a Hoosier-Jerseyma- nnamed Hi Hand, of tho 13th, " was runniilgthe thing." The staff officer hunted up thocheeky Hand, who had heretoforo consideredhimself equal to almost any emergency, andwas looked upon as a sortof plumed knight bythe men of the expedition. The General sentfor him to report at headquarters, whither the

    Hand went, and after somelittle time was ushered into tho terrible pres-ence of tho mighty Geary.

    "What is your regiment, and by whoso au-thority do you presume to disobey orders inthe manner you have done in advauciug uponthis place, thus laying yourself liable to cap-ture and death?"

    The culprit was temporarily paralyzed bythe manner and substance of Geary's reception.But he readily recovered, and told tho Gen-eral that he and his comrades had not seen theirdivision for 12 days; had been down on Lynch'sCreek, plundering the people, converting thonatives, educating tho negroes, and makingwar terrible; and as a result, ho told him thatoutside of the stores which they had capturedon the retreat of tho rebs from Fayetteville, hohad 10 men running a large grist mill at RockCreek, six miles from there, and that ho had36 wagon-load- s of bacon and meal, 40 horses,and 2,000 negroes, which he would turn overto tho proper officer indue time, and that horeally must be off, as ho had a letter-diar- y ofthe trip from Savannah which he wanted tosend to the New York Times by the first con-veyance. According to a staff olficer's account,who was present on the occasion, " Tho braveold General was paralyzed ; ho was dumb-founded. What was to bo done? It would notdo to compliment the ld boy, and stillhe had proven himself the most successful for-ager in the command." Suffice to say, Gearyreleased the brave and reckless 42 bummers,and bade them report to their command. Be-fore leaving. Hand exchanged horses surrepti-tiously with Geary's Adjutant General, andjoined his command, a veritable hero in thecyc3 of ollicers ami men.

    The advance from Fayetteville to Goldsbor-oug- hwas impeded by rebels, ami foraging was

    discontinued for the reasons that it was unsaioand the country had become so barren thatthere w;i3 nothing to plunder. But all of thisvast army of bummers participated in the bat-tles of March 10 and 19 and proved themselvesas brave and dutiful in tho ranks as thoy wereadventurous aud successful on tho " flanks."

    What has become of poor Hand I do notpositively know, though I know his account ofSherman's march was published in the New-Yor- k

    Times, and that it was the first newspapertidings received in tho North of Sherman'smarch from Savannah to Fayetteville. Howent West after tho war, bceainc an cditoraudMayor of a city in Kansas, but his love ofwhisky and adventure led him to abandonbusiness, neglect his family, and finally fall inwith the grand army of dissolute printerswhich have infested tho country since t cwar. Brave, genial, intelligent, educated,without his "besetting sin" Hi Hand wouldhave long ere this ranked as a man among menin any community or State.

    I have no doubt every regimental squad ofbummers had one liko Hand, and to them,more than any other agency, does Gen. Sher-man to this day credit his success in pro-visioning his army during .tho memorablomarch through the Carolinas. Perhaps somoof the boys can rccito more reminiscences likothis. And if so. can't wo have them? HenryC. IIakkison, 27th Indiana " Bummor."

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    Who ricked His rocket!To the Editor: On June 28,1863, I was

    takon sick near Washington and sent to thehospital at that place. While on my way thereI was robbed of a good silver watch, jaek-knif- oand pocketbook, containing a small amount ofmoney and somo postage stamp3. I would likoto find tho thief. Sa.m'i, Biiown, Co. F, 1st U.SCav., Ewiugton, Ind.

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    FRY TO;"THE FRONT.lie Replies Pleasantly to the Comrades Who ITbtc

    Criticised Him.To the Editor,-- Wc arc not accustomed to

    apologize for anything contained in our Na-tional TitmUNE articles or to retort to strict-ures upon our campaign history by tho com-rades. Upon tho jcontrary, we rather enjoythose criticisms, as thoy tend to evoke discus-sion and arouso the slumbering interest of thocomrades in the great campaigns and battlesthrough which we passed years ago, never fullyrealizing their magnitude. It is but naturalfor soldiers to differand very widely at times

    in regard to the details and particulars of abattle. Tho soldiers of a great army do not allwitness the lighting from tho samo position;thoy do not all advanco upon the scene ofaction by tho same route; they do not .ill wit-ness the same incidents; hence the honest dif-ferences of opinion between comrades relatingto the samo event.

    We adopted the policy of stating our historyclearly and truthfully, as we understand it,aided by memoranda made at the lime of thooccurrence of the events wc are narrating, andwhatever of other data wc have at hand, andlet the comrades "blazo" away at us to theirheart's content, wc deigning no reply. We de-liver our shot and retire in good order. Theamount of discussion elicited by our papers on"Chickasaw Bluffs," "Arkansas Post," "TheYiekoburg Campaign," and "On the Toche"has been, indeed, gratifying. Many of thocomrades have related their stories, and muchmore has been written and published in TheNational Triiiune in relation to those cam-paigns since those papers appeared than hadbeen written in years before. While many ofthe writers differed widely as to minor details,they generally agreed in the main. We didnot get as much criticism as did several ablercontributors to your columns, nor as much aswo anticipated, but we succeeded in calling outvery much from tho comrades that is of specialinterest to the Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sev-en teen fh Corps.

    We do not wish to criticise our critics, as wehave said, but wo do most earnestly desiro tocorrect an erroneous impression entertained byComrade Evan H. Mitchell, of Co. A, 54th Ind.,of Do Courcey's famous brigade, that we re-flected upon the conduct of his regiment onthat tcrrinle 28th of December at Chickasaw.Far be it from us to attempt to rob that gallantregiment of a single laurel. Richly it earnedits honors on that bloody field. Dc Courcey'sBrigade had no better soldiers thau the com-rades of the 51th. Wc well remember the sol-dierly bearing of their Col. Mansfield, then aboy of but little more than 21 years of age.What wc said of the 51th in our account ofChickasaw Bayou was not derogatory to theircharacter as soldiers, nor was it so intended.They were model soldiers, if they wero "year-lings." Their conduct upon that Sundaymoining was entirely excusablo in tho face ofthe murderous firo wo met. Older troops thanthey might have been excused for like conductunder liko circumstances. What we said inthat connection was substantially as follows:After describing the charge of our brigadeupon the rebel line in tho face of a most gall-ing and terrific fire, " tho 51th Ind. broke, nndtho wonder is that more did not, so fearful wasthe firo which wo wore required to face." Thorois here no imputation of unsoldierly conduct;it was a matter of wonder and remark that thoother regiments did not do likewise.

    Tho demoralization of that regiment by thobursting of a shell, alleged by Comrade Lea-sur- e,

    of tho 10th Ohio, is news to us. Wo arcnot inclined to credit tho statement. It ispossible that Comrado Leasure has been draw-ing upon his imagination, just as he did re-cently in writing '1 he Thihune about tho fatalcharge of De Courcey's and Blair's Brigades onthe 29th of December, 1SG2, when ho allegedthat my regiment (42(1, Ohio) was not at thecauseway when his regiment fell back to it, andthat wo did not aover the retreat of the "re-pulsed brigado in good order." The facts, bornoout by history, and conceded to us, since hiscommunication was written, by members ofhis own regiment, are that the 42d was beyondtho causeway, between it and the rebel outerlino of works, when the 16th.Ohio,22d Ky. and51th Ind. retreated, past us. and wedid cover theretreat in good order. We give Comrade Lei-sure credit for a very fertile imagination.

    Comrade Mitchell complains that wo 4 2dOhio boys used to call them "Green Hoosiers."Now, comrade-- , there was no malice in that; onlya little camp humor, in which soldiers who hadseon a year or two of service were wont to in-dulge at tho expense of some person or persons.In this instance, the butt of our innocent funwas the 51th. M. M. Lacoy, of 622 22d street,Washington, takes Comrade Morris to task onsome of tho details of tho fatal ch a rge againstthe defenses of Vicksburg. May 22, 1803, here-tofore described by us. In tho courso of his"lampooning" ho says: "If Comrado Morrisbelonged to the 42d Ohio he ought to have avivid recollection of tho position of Gen.Ostcr-haus'- s

    Division on that day." Wc will statehere, for tho benefit of Comrade Lacey, thatComrado Morris was not a member of the 42dOhio, but belonged, we think, to an Indianaregiment, either in Carr's or Ilovey's Division.No harm done, however. Let tho fight go on,comrades. Theso fights are not so blood v asthose of 1862 '63. John W. Fry, 42d Ohio,Ashland, Ohio.

    Death of John Morgan.To the Edito'r: Sixty-eigh- t miles cast of

    Knoxville in East Tennessee isaplaco calledBull's Gap. In September, 1861, a brigade ofUnion cavalry was stationed there, under thecommand of Gen. Gillcm, composed of the 9thand 13th E. Tenn. Cav. and 10th Mich. Cav.,with battery E of the 1st Tenn. Light Artillery.John Morgan was at Greenville, 18 miles eastof Bull's Gap, at a private house, for the night.Ho had about 2.000 men in his command, whowere in camp about three miles west of Green-ville. Gen. Morgan mado his boast that howould capture tho Yankees at tho gap nextmorning at 9 o'clock or land himself and everyman he had in hell. This was tho news circu-lated among tho Union cavalry by a messagebrought by a citizen from Greenvfllo. It wasabout 11 o'clock in the night when Gen. Gil-lcm got tho news. Tho soldiers were asleep.Tho bugle sounded, and in half an hour wowero on the road to Greenville. Two milesfrom the gap there was a bridgo across LickCreek. Hay was spread on the bridgo to deadenthe sound of the artillery and horses. Ono milefurther east a heavy thunder storm came downupon us. It was so dark wo could not sec thoman before us. save by the aid of a flash oflightning.

    The rain ceased nt daylight. Wo wore onlynino miles on the road. It was so dark wocould not move fast. At Bluo Springs tho 10thMich., in the advance, captured the rebel videtsand drove tho reserve. A mile further on thoConfedcialo camp was discovered. One pieceof tho battery was nnlimborcd, and sent a fewshells into tho enemy's camp. The 9th E.Tenn.was ordered to tho front. As wo passed thocannon the writer saw a member of the lOlhMich, limping to tho rear, calling tho rebelsall inannei of hard names for shooting a manin tho foot. "Draw sabers! "was tho commandgiven, and in wo went, charging by columnover the hill into the enemy's camp. Whenwe got thcro they wero leaving in hasto. FromBull's Gap ono battalion of tho 13th Tenn.started to Greenville, making a detour to theleft of the main column. They moved fast andreached Grceuvillo at early dawn, finding Gen.Morgan. Ho refused to surrender, and waspromptly shot down. They placed his body ona horse before a soldier and carried it out oftown till they mot tho rest of our column, onoand a half miles below town. Morgan's menwero in lino of buttle at'Grccnville. When wocamo in sight of theuf wo formed in lino bycompanies, marched down the hill towardstown, and formed in column of fours. The 9thcharged through tho town and the 13lh chargedsouth of the town. It was quick work, and thoenemy's lino gave back, leaving cannon, cais-sons, and ammunition in our possession, with anumber of prisoners, including one Adjutant.Wo started back to Bull's Gap, passing whoroGen. Morgan lay dead. Tho soldiers changedtho words of "John Brown" to "John Mor-gan's body lies moldaring in the grave, as wogo marching on." W. B. Seaton, First Sor-gea-

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    the western part of Franklin Co., Mo., by thoside of the old St. Louis and Springfield Stateroad is a lone soldior's grave. From the decay-ing wooden slab at its head, when I first saw it,could be indistinctly mado out that the occu-pant's name had been something like "Hayne,"and he had been a officer ina Minnesota infantry regiment. Citizens toldme that when Smith's army was on its returnfrom escorting Pap Price out of the State, andwas bivouacked on tho little creek that windsby the base of the hill, a soldier died from thoeffects of a gunshot wound, concerning whichdifferent stories were told, and that his com-panions left his remains in this lonely place.Some years since, in response to a printed cir-cular from tho Quartermaster's Department atWashington inquiring for isolated, uuraarkedsoldiers' graves, I reported this one, but nonotico has been taken of it. Docs the occupantof this lonely, unmarked grave still live in thememory of former comrades or home friendsand relatives? II. C, Shotwell, Mo.

    lVlnrhestcr Club to the Front.To the Editor: Tho boys around Toledo

    who took part in tho first battlo of Winchester,under Shields and Kimball, in 1862, will cele-brate the anniversary of that event this year,as usual, by a meeting of the Winchester Clubon the evening of March 23. The boys expectto have, as usual, a jolly, good time. It will boan informal, off-han- d affair. No cards. Hard-tack, coffee, stories and fun.

    The boys would like to get hold of Shields'sofficial report of that battle. A Kansas comradosent it to The Triiiune to be printed, but ithas not appeared yet. Will some one who hasit do tho Club the favor to report to Capt. D. C.Dewey, Toledo. O. ?

    Relics or Threw Wars.To the Editor: In your issue of Feb. 23 I

    see C. J. Madden claims to have relics fromthree wars. I have in my possession tho oldpowder-hor- n carried by my great-grandfath-MathewLindsley, when he was at Valley Forgewith Washington. Then it was carried by mygrandfather, Win. Dayton, when Buffalo wasburned in 1512, and given to me by him. Asrelics of the third war I have something in thoway of the old canteeu and haversack, a fewstray bullets, a broken constitution, &c. L. D.Stilson, 49th N. Y., York, Nob.

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    Maria, Cal., writes that the 1st Pa. Rilles (Buck-tails- ),13th Pa. Reserves, or the 42d Pa., was one

    of the rogimentsof the Pa. Reserves a divisionof 15 regiments authorized by a special act ofthe Legislature of the State to be enlisted,armed, and equipped by the State to serve threoyears or during the war, subject to a call fromthe Federal Government.

    II. P. Frazcy, Upton, Iowa, writes that thoJohnnies used to make the joke about the Pa.Bucktails (of which he was a member) thatthoy loaded thcir'guns all night and fired themoff all day.

    G. A. Dewoody, Co. H. 4th Pa. Cav., Balliett,Pa., thinks the cavalry branch of the servicedoes not get sufficient credit.

    V. Carroll, Color Bearer, 25th O., Andorson,Mo., denies the statement of Col. Benj.T. Cook,of the 12th Mass., that the 11th Corps made buta feeble resistance at Gettysburg, and then fellback, and claims that Barlow's Division of thatcorps drove back the Confederate forces untilordered to retreat, as the rebels wero flankingthem.

    J. M. Snyder, Captain Co. D, S3d 111., Ver-durett- e,Neb., writes an interesting account of

    the part taken by the 83d 111. at the battle ofFort Donelson, which space prevents us fromprinting.

    D. S. Hunter, Co. 1, 2d Minn., informs us thata very pleasant Reunion of his regiment washeld at Anoka in January last, and that thofollowing officers of tho association wero electedfor the ensuing year: Gen. J. W. Bishop, Pres-ident; A. H. Reed, V.-P- .; A. R. Kiefer, Secre-tary; Jacob Mai nzer, Treasurer.

    Isaac K. Young, 89th Wis., Chicago, 111.,writes that a most interesting Reunion of hisregiment was held at the Palmor House, Chi-cago, Jan. 22, and that the association chosetho following officers for the ensuing vear:Pres., Col. Charles T. Hotchkiss; V.-P- ., Capt.Frank M. Hobbs; Sec, Scrg't Isaac K. Young;Treas., Scrg't Rube W. Willett.

    James N. Brown, 10th 111., Chester, 111., re-iterates his statement that Lieut. -- Col. F.Swanwick, 22d III., was wounded and takenprisoner at Stone's River, notwithstandingComrado Barrows's statement to the contrary.

    Jacob Gump, Ballon, Ohio, wishes to informF. E. Olney, of Warsaw, Ind., that the Iron Bri-gade was composed of the 2d, 6th and 7th Wis.,tho 19th Ind. and the 2ith Mich.

    James Morrison, Wahoo, Neb., writes thathe was about a mile and a half south of the cityof Petersburg when Gen. A. P. Hill was killed.Ho remembers distinctly that a soldier had ahandsome ladies' gold watch which ho tookfrom the dead body of the General after ho wasshot.

    S. L. Barber, Capt., Co. I, 11th W. Va., Cot-tagevi- lle,W. Va., writes that the troops from

    West Virginia claim with pride tho honor ofsilencing the last battery that Gen. Lee everput in position, a skirmish-lin- e being sent for-ward by Gen. Thomas M. Harris, under Capt. J.M. Jarboe, of tho lOlli W. Va.

    T. C. Thompson. Sorg't, Co. A, 123d Ohio,Rock Rapids, Iowa, informs J. W. Flowers, Co.1, 12th W. Va., who inquired in The Tribuneof Feb. 26 the name of the soldier who wasshot in getting over a fence at the battle ofNew Market, May 16, 1S04, that the person inquestion was Isaac Michaels, Co. A, 123d Ohio.

    E. D. Pettibone, Co. B, 74th 111., Pecatouica,111., says his company had 95 men, all of whom,savo one, wero from that place. It went to"the front" in Sept., 1862, and was musteredout at Nashville, June 10, 1S65. But 25 of theoriginal members of Co. B remained.

    J. J. Rcucpi, Co. G, 4 1st 111., Bozcman, Mont.,narrates briefly tho charge at Jackson, July 12,1863. Ho is confident that it was the SeventhBrigado and not tho Second, of Lauman's Di-vision, that made tho charge.

    J. A. Lloyd, Corporal, Co. A, 9th HI. MTdInf., Harlandsville, Ky., writes that his regi-ment was in 110 battles and skirmishes. Hothinks ho fired one of tho last shots of the war,on the night of April 10, 1865.

    Kirby Smith, Co. C, 97th Ohio, Odobolt,Iowa, says that at Huntsvillo, Ala., one even-ing in tho Winter of 1861, several members ofhis regiment being in want of "baker's bread,"procured the money with which to purchase asupply, by assessing several citizens whom theyarrested on the street.

    A. (1 Parliman, 177th Pa., answering thocriticisms upon his report of tho scigo of Suf-folk, admits his unintentional error in writing"Col. Hawkins," when he should have written"Col. Kimball," of Hawkins's Zouaves. Hodoes not know the name of the signal officerroferred to; it was reported in camp that oursharpshooters had killed 11 rebels who hadclimbed into tho trco to take observations. Hois aware there were two railroads leading intotho city, but says, "They wero both on thesamo sido of tho Nansemond, all tho samo."As to the fort captured, he thinks both com-rades aro right., and that thcro wero two taken,one of which tho men of the S9th N. Y. helpedto capture

    J. Edobluto, Co. I. 62d Ohio, New Dover, O.,tells how tho soldiers of the Eleventh Corpswore cooking, playing cards, and singing when

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    Stonewall Jackson swept out of the woods uponthem.

    Thomas II. Campbell, Co. E,6-tt- h 111., "YatesSharpshooters," Seattle, Wash. Ten, writes thathe put in 10 months' time at Andersonvillc.If any of his comrades would like informationregadiug the soil, climate, etc., of WashingtonTerritory, ho will be glad to correspond withanv such.

    W. T. Bcardsley, Co. D, 33d Ind., SouthWhitley, Ind., says his regiment was neverbrigaded with an Ohio regiment. After thewithdrawal from it of the 11th Ky., in 1S62, thebrigade, till the close of the war, consisted ofthc33d and Soth Ind.. 19th Mich., and 22d Wis.

    E. W. Dayton, Co. D, 36th Wis., says ComradoJohn Woods is mistaken in the statement thatthe battle at Farmville was not the last generalengagement with Lee's army. Dayton says itwas the last battle, and was fought by the Firstand Second Divisions of the Second Corps. Howas in the latter, commanded by Gen. Smyth,who was mortally wounded. The Sixth Corpshad a skirmish on the Sth, but not a battle.

    G. E. McKune, First Sergeant, Co. K, 89thN. Y., Lanesboro, Pa., and "A Soldier" of the

    N.Y., answer the question recently askedas to tho significance of the initials "S. N. Y."on a belt-plat- e picked up on ono of the Vir-ginia battlefields. Theysa' it meant "Stateof New York," and was used on theaccouter-ment- s

    of the militia of that State before thowar.

    Luke Rogers, Co. K, 20th Ind., Wolcotte,Intl., says it was Cos. A and K, 20th Ind., andnot tho 1st N. Y. Mounted Rifles, whoso firodrove tho Confederate boats away from thoCongress, at Newport News, March 8, 1862.

    Andrew S. Parker, Co. C, 51th Ind., NewTacoma, Wash. Ter., vigorously defends hisregiment from the word "yearlings" that hasbeen applied to its members. Judging fromhis statement they were prime " three-year-olds- ,"

    and thoroughbreds at that.W. C. Cook, Co. C, list Ohio, Dalton, O.,

    thinks it was the list and not the 49th Ohiothat was fired into and its boat wrecked, by atreacherous pilot, en route from .Tohnsonville,Tenn., to Cairo, in 1865. as described by Com-rade Lanham, Seneca, Kan.

    John D. Lytic, Sergeant, Co. I, 57th Ind.,answering Sorgeaut James H. Seaman, insiststhat the 100th 111. was in the Second Brigade,Second Division, Fourth Corp3. Col. Bartle-so- n,

    of the 100th, was killed in front of Kene-sa- w.After the consolidation which formed

    tho Fourth Corps, following Chickamauga, thebrigade consisted of tho 15th, 40th, and 57thInd., 26th and 97th Ohio, 13th Mich, 23th Ky.,and 100th III.

    John Morton, 37th Ind., Mission Creek, Nob.,says the first skirmish preliminary to tho bat-tle of Chickamauga took place Sept. 10. thoUnion troops encaged belonging to Gon. Neg-ley- 's

    Division of the Fourteenth Corps.C. A. B. Fox, Co. H. S6th 111., Forestburg,

    Dak., alluding to Gen. Carlin's mention of Gen.Gilbert, who for a brief time commanded acorp3 in Gen. Buell's army, recalls an incidentthat occurred near Perryvillc. Gen. Gilbertplaced the Colonel of the S6th under arrest be-cause some of his men did not sufficiently re-spect his (Gilbert's) supposed rank. Col. DanMcCook, who commanded tho brigade, soon"afterward released the Colonel and restoredhim to duty.

    W. J. Hurst, Wellsville, Ohio, writes that inthe G.A.R. Post room there are two photographsof Co. H, 42d Ohio, on the back of which is thename "Adam Dclman." Tho pictures weregiven to the Po-- t a few weeks ago by a confec-tioner near the depot in that village, who saysa soldier who hurriedly stopped there one dayleft them, ho presumes by accident. He or hisfriends can have them by addressing ComradeHurst.

    Patrick King, Co. E, 7th W. Va. Cav., WildCherry, Fulton Co., Ark., cannot do withoutTilETribune, and wants some one of his old com-rades to write for it an account of Averell's raidto Salem, Va. Comrade King will answer allinquiries from old soldiers as to soil, climate,etc., of Northern Arkansas.

    In Comrado J. M. Baer's article on SnaggyPoint, published Fob. 5, the name "Ike S.Miller" should have been " Ike S. Mylar."

    D. F. Scott, Co. A, 45th III., Fair Haven,Carroll Co., III., backed by three comrades, MikeMcGinty.H. Kinyon and E. Kinyon, tells whathe knows about the first Union flag that floatedfrom the Court-hous- o at Vicksburg after thesurrender. He says it was the flag of the 45thIII., " and don't you forget it." That regimentlay at Fort Hill, on tho Jackson road, and asGen. Grant and staff passed " they took our dagwith them; sol know." Ho says ComradesLillibridgo, Frazier ' and York are all wrong.The writer says, he stood guard over "Old Pein-berton- 's

    Headquarters" that memorable 4th ofJuly.

    W. M. Morris, Co. E, 3d West Va. Cav., LostCreek, W. Va., referring to tho articles by Com-rades Jones, 61th N. Y.,and Mitchell, 31st N. J.,on the "Last Fight of the Army of the Poto-mac," thinks that if they refer to the Army ofthe Potomac only, ono or the other mav bo right ;otherwise they arc both wrong. ComradeMorris's regiment was in the Third Bricadc,Third Division, Custer's Cav. Corps. His Divis-ion led the advance and engaged the enemymore or less every day from Five Forks to Ap-pomattox, including the dav of surrender.

    C. Montague, Capt., Co. if, 22d 111.. Oswego,Kan says Col. Swanwick, of his regiment, waswounded Dec. 31, 1862, at Stone's River, lay onthe field four hours between two fires, was takenprisoner and confined at Richmond, Va. AboutMay 5, 1863, he was exchanged and returned tohis regiment. This is in reply to ComraueBar-row- s,

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