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LIFE IN FORT DELAWARE Experiences of a Confederate Prisoner of War During 1863 and 1864 By AV A JOHNSON Co D 2d S C At the battle of Gettysburg ri July B 1SG3 I was an atom in Iong Division Ker- shaws ¬ fctreets Corps Mclawss llrigade and was a participant in ihe attack between the Peach Orchard kad Big Kound Top While my regiment was falling back from near the base of Little Kound Top I was knocked senso Vss in some way besides receiving a shot my left leg This happened about Min ret and I did not recover consciousness iSntil after night When I came to my ileuses I tried to get up but could not light myself because of my head In the iir-n- - tn rip mv head was all in a ilhirl beside the pain It seemed that jtiv brain was compressed and I conld not iludetstaud the nature of my injuries While lving on the ground 1 noticed the cltemvs litter bearer and others searching te field for the wounded which seemed ti be quite numerous i Noticing mv efforts to rise two ledoral sdldicrs approached me and one of them rmnarked that he would kill the rebel aid brought his gun down to carry out Ins threat the other interfered and told him hi should not hurt a wounded man He then left asserting that lie would find Feme other rebel that he would kill His companion told him that he ought to have been in the fight and done Ins part then He left but was evidently very mad Ihe other remained with me and got some litters bearers to take me off the field A PltlSONEIt OF WAK I soon found myself in company with many wounded and well Confederate prisoners who were being carried to the rear of the Yankee lines There were numerous wounded Yankees also Along side of me was a wounded Yankee being carried on a stretcher His left leg was broken below the knee and the foot was hanging over the end of the litter and was dangling about He was cursing the men who were carrying him because of the wav he lay on the litter I called the mens attention to the way the mans leg was dangling and told them to stop and put him on the litter so that his leg would all be on the canvass They Etopped and put him on the litter prop erjv I had my blanket in a roll under my head and as the man seemed to be suffer- ing ¬ so much I made them take my blanket and put it under his head for a pillow The sufferer remarked with an oath that the rebels had more feeling for him than his own men He was in so much pain and just happened to fall into the hands of two ignorant or indifferent fellow-soldie- that any suggestions to help him endure his sufferings set his heart natur- ally ¬ toward the party who seemed to be most interested in him He was soon car- ried ¬ out of my sight and I saw him no more I was taken to tho rear and the Yankees made me some coffee and gave me some hardtack and pickled pork They were very good and I got a little sleep Bv davlight I was much better except that I had pains- in my head I could stand and walk tolerably well without as- sistance ¬ There were about 2000 of us In an old field well and slightly wound- ed ¬ or such wounded as did not need to be lifted or did not need surgical attention Wo were guarded by some infantry the remnant of a regiment wiich had been engaged in the battle I noticed the enormous flag which they Bad and the fpwnefcs of their numbers The remnant of the regiment was not larger than two full companies if that many I was near the Quarters of these guards end I noted that five or sis citizens came op and after looking at us a few minutes one of them remarked to one of the Yankee officers that he ought to shoot the dirty scoundrels The officer got wrathy at this and told the citizen to leave or he would have him shot in place of tho prisoners The citizens compan- ions ¬ laughed and ha left very much taken down Soon after this the great cannonading began and the roar of the guns seemed to roll over the country like Jovos chariot wheels as it sped through a rebellious world and the universe till the centei shook This furious storm of exploding shells and booming guns had gone on but a short time until I noted that the enemy were bringing disabled guns to the rear and hurrying fresh batteries to tho front Near us was a large number of guns in park There wero a few trees in the field and some of our men climbed these to try to get a look at the battle Of these the most conspicuous was a tall lank but finely featured Texan Hatless he was tho first to climb The guards very soon Etopped this and we listened and waited all through the battle of the 3d in hopes that our army would break the Federal lines in which case we would doubtless be rescued But tnls nope was snalterea when we heard the battle lull and saw that the Federal army was not disturbed Late in the afternoon our infantry guard waB relieved by Kilpatricks cavalry Gen Kllpatricl after placing a cavalry guard around tho field rode up to us pulled off his hat and said that the guard had orders to cut us down without mercy if we tried to escape whereat some of tho rebels called for three cheers for Kilpatrick which all who could yell gave with a will Gen Kilpatrick seemed to be very much surprised at this for he sat on his horse and looked on in apparent blank astonish- ment ¬ He did not get off with the simple cheering for numbers of the Johnnies ral lied him with perplexing questions as to his health and the state of his mind while others made various suggestions as to a mans appearances under certain condi- tions ¬ He endured it all goodnaturedly and finally rode off semingly satisfied that his short speech iiad met with the indorse- ment ¬ of lis audience My head hurt me so had that I could not cheer him but I laughed In spite of it The Yankee guards were about ns much amused as anybody War would be an unmitigated curse if it were not ludicrous sometimes The Ith we learned that Lee had been repulsed on the 3d We were moved to Westminster Md On the way to West- minster ¬ wo were guarded by the 5th Pa Cav The day was very warm and we stopped at one place to rest in the shade of some trees While here the reports of suns was heard in the direction of a farm house one or two hundred yards from the road In an instant all eyes were turned In that direction A Federal soldier was seen to run out of tho farm house The Yankee officer sent some soldiers to see what was the matter After a little they returned with the man who had run out of the house and I understood that their man had shot another soldier who was in the farm house in a quarrel over some but termilk When lie was brought to the command he refused to give up bis gun The officers mounted on their horses Quickly formed a circle around him and cut him down with their swords At Westminster we boarded cars and were moved to the Relay House At this place we remained in box cars all the af- ternoon ¬ A great many people came near the cars and talked to us Some sym- pathized ¬ with us but the majority did not and made very uncomplimentary allusion to our personal appearances One young lsdy who was in a house near the cars sent a nolo by a young man which it stems that she Intended for some particu- lar ¬ rebel but a Federal officer intercepted the young man and took the note away from him We did not of course know what sho had written but the officer was In a rage as soon as he read it and went straight for the lady and threatened her with imprisonment nc accused her of treason This was done In our hearing and some of our men got mad and accused him of being no gentle- man ¬ Sharp words followed on both sides The young man and the young lady were evidently frightened It looked like the war was about to break out here How- ever ¬ wiser counsel prevailed and the off- icer ¬ was simply indiscreet and had acfl denly or otherwise gotten into a position and hnd to till it under unlooked for con- ditions ¬ This is always the foundation for accusations against Government Office ¬ holders do things unwisely or in anger or malice and their acts are charged to the Government which is in no wise responsi- ble ¬ any further than that those at the head have made a bad selection of an un- derling ¬ not through intention but because no man can tell what another will do un- der ¬ all circumstances The Yankees did not object to our talking to the people but drew the line on note writing The note sent by tho lady was finally allowed to be delivered as the treason if any was sole- ly ¬ in the supposed sympathy of the lady for some Confederate soldier This off- icer ¬ recovered from his first shock and allowed the lady to receive an answer to WEXT TO LADY AND JIEIt her note and tho Johnnies cheered and the war was averted THROUGH BALTIJIOHE USDEK GUARD We remained at the Kelay House until night when we went into Baltimore and got out of the cars We marched through the city with a heavy line of guards all around us The streets were lighted and were crowded with people United States flags were across the streets in many places and lots of tho people were because we had to pass under these flags Many of the streets were closed by barriers made of barrels etc We learned that these were erected as a means of defense in case Lee should bo victorious and might attack Baltimore The press of the people was so great in some parts of the city that the soldiers guards jind citi- zens ¬ were badly mixed up There was a great demand for buttons and we took of these mix ups to cut the buttons off our jackets and hand them to the people some of us getting in return While there were many friends in tho city the great majority seemed to be for the Union This class jeered us As we passed a corner I noticed a crowd of young men on the sidewalk and some of them made the that they could lick a thousand ragged dirty rebels like us At this remark I wondered why they were not where they could do it as their country needed them I had never been in a large city before and Baltimore was a wonder to me We were carried over to Fort where wo spent the remainder of the night on the sand bed outside of the fort It rained very hard We had no tents or other covering nearly all of us had noth- ing ¬ but the clothes on our backs I had given my blanket and oilcloth in a roll to the wounded Federal soldier on the field of so got soaking wet The wetting did me good however as I was somewhat feverish from my head When morning came we were put on board a boat to go through tho Delaware Canal to Fort Delaware On this boat a list of our names was made out and each of us was required to sign an not to try to escape as the guards bad been taken away During tho battle of July 3 during Picketts charge and while we were in the ild field Federal officers went the rounds of our men and asked each one to give the regiment to which he belonged We thought that it was simply a ruse to sec how many in Lees army wc so that they could make an estimate of Lees strength Wc then gave tho numbers of regiments which did not exist 0 as to make it appear that Leo had a very large army This was not al togother what one vould consider one of tho but as in love so in wai anything is fair While on the boat and the names of tho men were being taken down I was at the number who could not sign their names to the promises to not try to escape I believe that I was the first one to write my name for the officer who wore glasses took them off and laid them down and looked bard at me while I signed the paper At that time I had not mixed with the world much and thought that every ¬ body could read and write as a matter of course but here I awoke to the fact that but few out of the three or four hundred on the boat could do so I am not relating this to cast reflections but In writing this narrative I intend to tell things just as they were The North ¬ ern people say they want the truth and so do the Southern people and I do or I do not want anything TORT DELAWARE I was wet when I got on tho boat but the firemen allowed me to stand around the boilers and when wo reached Dela- ware ¬ City at tho end of the canal and opposite Fort Delaware my clothing was about dry We were carried over to the fort without delay and were put in some wooden buildings which had three tiers of bunks on cither side Tho barracks were of Northern pine and the planks were nailed on up and down The roofs were covered with tarred paper There were some window openings These were long buildings about 20 feet wide and wero built so as to inclose a uquare On tho inside of this square was the yard All of the openings iu the build- ings ¬ were on the inside Tho opening in NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D 0 THURSDAY APRIL 17 1902 the buildings which communicated with the outside was on the side next to the fott Part of these buildings was used as a kitchen and a dining hall The sink was on the levee on the north side of the is- land ¬ and was built so as to extend out over the water in the river The build- ings ¬ were on the mirth side of the island so situated that they were exposed to a broadside of tho fort the huge of which were kept trained on tho prisoners The fort wis by some Itegulars of the heavy artillery while the infantry garrison at first consisted of a regiment of Delaware troops The island was about a mile from the Delaware shore and about a mile and a quarter from the Jersey shore The sur- face ¬ of the island was below the level of the waters of the river and was from overflow by a levee of earth and stone Canals extend over the island and were tilled with brackish water which kept them from getting too stagnant as would have been the case had the waters in them been fresh since there was no way to have a constant inflow and outflow The fort was casemated and was sit ¬ uated on the Jersey side of the island There were two wharves one opposite Delaware City and the other on the op- posite ¬ side near the fort Within a few days after I arrived the soldiers confined there num- bered ¬ more than 10000 there being more from North Carolina than any other State The guards were stationed inside and outside of the pen and some were posted on the levee There was no hospital on the island for sometime and the doctors came inside the pen and treated the sick HE TTIE THREATENED WITH IJiritlsONJinXT threatened suspended overjoyed hogsheads Confederate Confederate advantage greenbacks evidently observation Mcnenry Gettysburg agreement regiments represented proprieties astonished THE columbiads constantly garrisoned protected Confederate and wounded on their bunks The tnajori- - ty of the Confederates were from the field of Gettysburg and every Southern State was represented I did not get any medical attention ns I could get along without My leg soon got well To be continued Homes for Confederates Editor National Triiiuxe I want to express myself as in no way favoring the proposition to open the doors of U S Soldiers Homes to the Confederate sol- dier ¬ but I am in favor if thought best of building good homes into which they or any other loyal citizen could be re- ceived ¬ on the proper authority Not be- cause ¬ they have earned the title of Con ¬ federate soldier by fighting against their country and flag but for the reason that they aro now loyal citizens and need such a place of refuge In their old age It seems to me that it is about time to quit using the oftheard phrase They arc just as loyal now as tho boys who wore tho blue For if this be strictly true no more stars-and-ba- would be seen proudly floating at the head of marching columns in the Southland amid frantic cheers and rejoicing nor displayed at public meetings ofttimes to the utter ex- clusion ¬ of Old Glory to which glorious emblem the boys in blue aro now and al- ways ¬ have been true to the core J P Budd 20th N Y Cav Kverett Wash Served on the Constitution In 1836 S W Buck Adjutant Spalding Post 33 South Baysvillc Pa writes In the re- cent ¬ issue of The National Tribune I saw something about the oldest pensioner Per- mit ¬ me to say in this connection that Chester C Wage now aged SO enlisted as a sailor in the old frigate Constitution in January 1830 and the number of his pension certificate is 4889 He resides in Tuscarora Township Bradford Co Pu Ring Found on Old Camp Grounds J W Turner New Middleton Tenn writes that a plain gold ring has been found near Liberty Tenn It is supposed to havo been lost by some member of Gen Johnsons command in 18G2 In July or August 1802 Gen Johnsons Brigade camped on the banks of Dry Creek later went to Gallatin Tenn where they were captured by Morgan The initials on the ring aro T P G I WILL PAY YOUR BILL Write Me a Postal If you need help I want you to have my book I want you to know what my method docs I ask you to test it u mouth at my risk Send me no money Just tell me the book you need I will send with it an or- der ¬ on your druggist for six bottles Dr Shoops Ilestorative He will let you test it a month and if it succeeds you can pay him 550 for it If it fails I will pay him myself I inenn that exactly Dont say I cant do this Find out if I do A postal ad ¬ dressed to me will bring you tho order I have done this for years and over half a million people have accepted my offer My records show that 3J out of each 40 paid for the medicine they took Yet no patient pays u penny if I fail Do you know another remedy that ever cured 89 out of 40 different chronic cases Do you know another physician who will make an offer like mine 7 Dont you know that no other remedy ever compounded could stand such a test Then why not ask about mine If I cure you are well and the cost is a trifle If I fail you have not lost a penny I have spent a lifetime on this treat- ment ¬ I hnvojearned how to bring back the strength to those inside nerves which operate the vital organs When nnv vltn organ is weak my ltcstorative will give it the nervo power to net Tbero Is no other way to strengthen it In most chronic cases there is no other way to cure I know this treatment and you do not Let mo take the risk Let me attempt to cure you and if you think I have failed I will pay all the cost Simply state which hook you want and address Dr bhoop lox Ml Racine Wis Hook No 1 on Dyspepsia Rook No 5 on tup Heart Book Ho 1 on Uio Kidneys Rook No 4 for Women Rook No 5 for Men staled Book No 6 on Rheumatism Mild cases not chronic aro often cured by ono or two botUu At all drought PICKETiSHOTS From Alert Comrades Alonj the Whole Line THE YOVSOEST SOLDIER John M Vatican Color Corporal Co C lOllth Pa and Co G 111th Pa Phila- delphia ¬ Ia writes- - I have before me the business card of Comrade Joseph Aarons representing the- Mutual Life In ¬ surance Company of New York whose office is at the northwest corner of 10th and Chestnut streets- - Philadelphia Com- rade Anrons was lmnr October 1S0 en- listed ¬ January 1801 as drummer in Co B 109th Pa and was discharged July 19 1S04 He was considered at that time to be the smallest and youngest soldier in Gearys Division in fact while on the march with his drum slung on his back those in his rear could see only his little curly head above and his small slender legs below the drum It was a curious sight to see the little fellow trudging along with men seemingly three or four times as big and strong but his endurance was wonderful and was much commented upon by his comrades Joseph was taken prisoner at the Second Bull Bun light and when he saw the Confederates near him he kicked in the head of his drum fordoing which n rob threatened to kill him Joe was not dismayed however a com- rade- lias since told me and talked back to the Johnny On the way to Bichmond Joe could have easily escaped he being so small he was not noticed much by his cantors but when urged to get back to our lines by his comrades who were prisoners with him he refused saying he might be able to help them better because lie was little After his release from the rebel prison he was made an Orderly on Gen John W Gearys staff and served as such during K5 and til Comrades there may have been younger soldiers of the civil war but none were more gal- lant ¬ truer or braver than our little Joe His comrades claim that he was one of the youngest soldiers enlisted his age being 10 years two months and a few days We also think that he was the smallest boy in the war for the Union The boys who enlisted at the first gnu in that great struggle stayed till the last one was filed no matter what wero their hardships on the march in battle or prison pen they never flinched from duty but were al- ways ¬ at their post doing and daring with ¬ out hope of reward they went to do bat- tle ¬ for the country they loved with that patriotic spirit that springs up in every young Americans breast whose heart beats true for his country when danger threatens her life Truly the American pcoplo may take off their hats to the young now old veterans of 01 and 03 TWO BOY SOLDIERS Sam W Fralcy Crawfordsville Intl writes In Pickets Shots Feb 11 ap ¬ pears an article from Win Denbow of Albion Iowa with reference to the young ¬ est soldier of the War of the Itebellion John I Fralcy who was 14 years old in April til and enlisted in March 04 Of course there is only one month at fault in that statement as he was 14 years of age when lie enlisted in March and March 28 was 15 In the issue of March 20 is a verification from Maj E T Marshall Now I remember tho Major as Thomas P Marshall The Major no doubt tells everything as it was presented to him The two boys mentioned Sam and John D Fralcy were orphans Sam was one year and four months J Ds senior He was 10 on Jan 7 1804 and enlisted un ¬ der tho then Capt TV I Marshall in that month Now as to the guardian 6f these two boys his name is Ketcliam an uncle but the Major must bear iu mind that these two boys were bent on going to Might mit Sigel and were compelled to resort to a little strategy in order to get into the service at that age When Capt Marshall demanded that we get the con ¬ sent of our guardians a Mr Brown uncle etc had to he used ns guardian giving his consent for us to be enlisted Both boys were enlisted at Marshalltown Iowa and proceeded to Yicksburg Miss to join Co II 13th Iowa then with Uncle Billy Sherman on the Meridian raid to Jackson Miss after which some of us were furloughed 30 days and returned to Sherman then in Georgiu between Borne and Kcncsaw Mountain driving through several thousand head of cattle for the army And both boys Sam and John came out without any wounds Keturued to Iowa Discharged in August 6j lOKT HUDSOV S L Scofield Glen Brook Conn writes I have read with pleasure and interest what Col Ingraham had to say about Port Hudson and I want to say it is as near the truth ns any urticle L ever read only two or three slight errors ami you have it just as it was The last as- sault was made June 14 not June 15 on Sunday morning Then he says Banks had 30000 or 40000 men when he made the last assault I think he had about 10000 fit for duty Many went to other fields some went home many were killed or wounded on May 27 and the rest were in hospitals Then he says they had no barbed wire fences to keep us back They had logs and brush and ditches and ev- ery ¬ obstruction in the way so they could cut us down as wo came up to the works then a wide ditch in front of the works that an athlete could hardly climb most of those that made the attempt fell back into the ditch It would need four times or seven times ns many as he tells about in order to get there and get in The army was greatly reduced at that tjine There was some blunder that morning some or- der ¬ given wrong or we should have gone in that day and taken tho works or tried hard to The Confederates were brave men desperate fighters and the kind that never lets un 1 think they had a few sharpshooters Inside tho way things looked after the assault BROTHERS IN AN IOWA COMPANY Abial W Francis Co A 28th Iowa Malvern Iowa sends the following list of brothers in his company Branson Beller enlisted Aug 9 1802 mustered out July 31 1805 Elijah Beller enlisted Dec 25 1803 mustered out July 1 1805 William II Bowen enlisted Aug 9 ISik muster ed out July 31 1805 David Bowen en- listed ¬ Aug S 1S02 mustered out July 31 1801 James S Francis enlisted Aug U 18C2 William W Francis enlisted Aug 4 1802 Aabial AV Francis enlisted Aug 9 1802 three brothers mustered out July 31 1805 William Gingry enlisted Aug 9 18112 mustered out July 31 1805 Samuel Gingry enlisted Feb 20 1SG4 killed at Cedar Creek Oct 19 1804 Edwin C Ilouts enlisted Aug 2 1S02 dis ¬ charged Aug 180 August C Houts enlisted Aug 12 1802 mustered out July 31 1S05 Hiram Jackson enlisted July 20 1802 died Aug 20 1803 William Jack- son ¬ enlisted Aug 3 1S02 died Dec 30 1802 James M Jones enlisted Aug 10 1802 Henry Jones enlisted Aug 8 1802 mustered out July 31 1805 John S Rosell enlisted Aug 8 1S02 Joseph B Rosell enlisted Aug 8 1S02 mustered out July 81 1805 Frederick Segrist enlisted Aug 8 1802 died in hospital date un- known ¬ Samuel Segrist enlisted Aug 17 1802 mustered out July 31 1805 John W McGuire enlisted Aug 8 1S02 promoted to Captain ISO I William I Megnire en listed Aug 12 1S02 dipd Aug 2 1803 Samuel Taggart enlisted July 28 1802 promoted to First Lieutenaut 1804 George Taggart enlisted July 2S 1802 musttered out July 31 1S05 The three Francis brothers are living in the southwestern part of Iowa THE INDEPENDENT DIVISION AT TORT GKECG D T Peterson First Lieutenant Co B 10th W Va Third Brigade Indepen- dent ¬ Division Twenty fourth Corps Wes ¬ ton W Va writes I am surprised at tho difference of opinion in regard to the capture of Forts Gregg and Baldwin on April 2 1805 I do not say that all the regiments named by the different writers were not there but there were other regi montsnIso and I contend that M II Vanscoten is very much in error when ho says that the 199th Pa 89th N Y and 100th N Y C4th Fn 12th W Va and 23d 111 wero the only regiments en- gaged ¬ in the capture of Fort Grccg and to them wholly belongs the honor There was another brigade very much in cvi denco in that affair the Third Brigade Independent Division 1 wenty fourtn Corps commanded by Gen Harris and composed of the 10th 11th and 15th W Va This brigade formed the front line on the left wing and charged straight on Fort Gregg My company B of the 10th W Va lost three men killed and nine wounded in the charge I was one of the wounded FORT GREGG D P Hubbard La Salle Colo writes llAt the same time that the charge was made on Fort Gregg another chnrge was made by part of the same division the In ¬ dependent Division of the Twenty fourth Corps on another fort a short distance from Fort Gregg The question in my mind is which of these two forts was Fort Gregg At the time my company A llCth Ohio was deployed in the rear of the line and on the left to gather up strag- glers ¬ We were in plain view of the lines that charged on both forts If fort Gregg was captured by the troops that were on the right of the division W W Hill of the 123d Ohio is right If not Capt Case is right As stated before we were in rear of line on the left and V ltd our those troops in our front were mostly West Vir- ginians ¬ The 123d and 110th Ohio and I am satisfied the balance of the First Brigade of the division were on the right Wake up comrades of Co A lltith Ohio and tell us who captured Fort Gregg Capt J B Jester 12th W Va Sweet land la writes If the 12th W Va 23d III and 51th Pa did not capture Fort Gregg why did Gen Gibbon present a brass eagle to the 12th W Va with the inscription Presented to the 12th AV Va for milluntry in the charge on Fort Gregg April 2 05V The eagle and our Hag were deposited in the Capitol of A est Virginia I saw the eagle about 20 years ago I think it is still there The 23d 111 md 54 ih Pa did their share Maj Davis of the 54th Pa was killed near the fort I saw him when lie fell shot through the neck Gen Gibbon presented the eagle to our legiment because Col Curtis com ¬ manded the brigade and the 12th AV Aa was in front The fort was taken about 3 p m AAe went into camp near the fort that night THIS lAMILY WELL REPRESENTED Comrade A It Tucker Bluff City ICan writes that his family was web rep esented in the civil war He and three iirothers and three step brothers icrved in the Union army Comrade Tucker himself served in Co A 92d Ohio ilis brothers M B Josephus and T Z luckcr served in Co B 174th Ohio His step brothers I N and William U Cook served iu the 3d Ohio and still an ¬ other step brother Charles Cook served in the 18th Ohio M B Tucker died at Chattanooga Tenn from wounds and ever A B Tucker was wounded at Hays ville Ky Jpsephus at Franklin Tenn vV H Cook at Murfrcesboro Tenn Chas Cook at Perryville Ky John N Cook was a prisoner at Libby The six are still living STOWE IN THE WAR Through the generosity of H C Agely of Minneapolis Stowe At is to have a Soldiers Memorial Building to be con- structed ¬ of brick and granite Mr Akely was a Stowe boy but served in the 2d Mich Cav was promoted to Adjutant and Captain today he is a wealthy lum- berman ¬ II G Thomas Commander of II II Smith Post 19 Department of Acr mont who was a drummer boy in Co E 3d At is the superintendent of construc tion and expects to lay the cornerstone Memorial Day The names of all soldiers from Stowe and natives who served in other departments will be placed on mar- ble ¬ tablets in Memorial Hall Comrade Thomas has compiled 232 names entitled to recognition There may be others If so entitled any comrade should write II G Thomas Stowe At giving full infor- mation ¬ of service rank etc SI KLEGO LOST John Trunk of Cleveland Tenn writes I would like to find out who took my banner on which was the picture of How Si went to the front 1 left tins banner iu the northwest corner of Court Boom No 4 after the parade at Cleve- land ¬ I hnd takeii Si to nearly nil the National Encampments He was with me at Columbus Cincinnati Pittsburg and at Cleveland where he became lost strayed or stolen 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kerman wants every consumptive sufTcrer on the face of the earth to have this marvelous and only genuine cure for consumption Write to day It Is a sure cure nnd the free trial package sent you will do you more good than all the medicines cod liver oils stimu- lants or changes of climate and It will con- vince ¬ you that at last there has been discov ¬ ered the true cure for consumption Dont delay there Is not an hour to loss when you have consumption throat or lung trouble Send to day for Free package b 1IAXY BKOTHEItS IX THIS COJtrANT S Z Carrer Co II 30th 111 Omro AAis writes I Ijnve been reading Com- rade ¬ V Hildebrands nrticle in The Na- tional ¬ Tribune of March 27 wherein he tells of there being four pair of brothers in his comnanv I can go him several pair better Co II 30th III in which I had the honor to serve from til to Ui con- tained ¬ eight pair of brothers all enlisting in 1S01 namely AAalluce and Otvn Men son Itober and Samuel Archibald Horace nnd Hovey Chittenden Hanison and Cnl vin Jones Cornelius nnd Uareut Aan Ness John and AAashington 1loyd Oscar and Jerome Ford Oren and Allen Iickctt AAallacc llenson was severely wounded at Perryville and Oren taken prisoner at Chickamaugn Kobert Archibald was killed at Stone Itiver and Samuel taken prisoner at Chickamauga Horace Chit- tenden ¬ was severely wounded at Stone Itiver Harrison Jones was killed at Stone Itiver and Calvin shot through the breast Cornelius Vim Ness was severely wounded at Ciiickanmuga and ISarnct died in front of Atlanta AAashington Floyd was killed at Stone Itiver Oren Pickett was killed at Pea Itidge Ark Of the 1C brothers four were killed in battle four severely wounded and crippled for life one died in the service and two cap ¬ tured and boarded at the Andcrsonville Hotel All were young men at time of enlisting and were A No 1 soldiers ALL QUIET ALONC HIE TOTOMAC Comrade John M Aalleau Co C 109th Pa 04 N 0th St Philadelphia Pa noticed in the issue of March 2 the claim made by Comrade It I Aalentinc Co P Hiicktnils Diincaniion Pa that AA A Holland of that company wrote the poem All Quiet Along tho Potomac Com- rade ¬ Aalleau says that he finds in an old book in his possession tho poem All Quiet Along the Potomac with the fol- lowing ¬ note The piece sometimes print ¬ ed with the less characteristic title of The Picket Guard has been claimed for several authors Northern and houthern It appeared in the Southern Literary Mes ¬ senger in February 1SU3 as written by Lamar Fontaine private Co I 2d Aa Cav while on picket on the bank of the Potomac Itiver in 1801 More recently it has been claimed for nnotiier Southern soldier named Tliad Oliver but It is now lenown to have been written by Mrs Etiiel Lynn or Ethelindn Ilecrs of New York and first published in Harpers AVeekly in 1S01 The phrase All Quiet Along the Potomac was a familiar one in the Fall of that year and in the in- different ¬ announcement that was one day added APicket Shot tho author found the inspiration of her poem CLAIMS OF CO D SOtH OHIO Sergt D F Fryer Co D SOth Ohio New Comerstown Ohio writes that he served in tho above regiment from Decem ¬ ber 1S01 to August 180o and that the company had the following brothers D F Frayer J T Frayer Andrew Hess Enoch Hess David Keelcr Asbury Kcelcr Adam Moore Samuel Moore AA C AVinrd L AV AViard John D Thomp- son ¬ AVm II Thompson Allen Talbott Joseph Talbott Daniel Hardsock Henry Hardsock Jacob Hardsfcl A illiam Moore S J Moore S S AAcst T It AAest Frank Guess John Guess J It Guess Andrew Phillips Ezra Phillips Joseph Slater Harvey Slater Adam Slater David Bcatty James Ileatty Philip Capper Martin Capper AVilliam Drake John Drake Charles Newell ltichard Newell Peter Newell SIX DltOTIIEES IS OXE COMPANY E F Keller Co II 07th Pa Kres gerville Pa writes that three families furnished 10 soldiers to the U S army There were six brothers in Co H C7th Pa as follows Iteuben Kunkle killed AAinchestcr Lewis Kunkle prisoner AAhite House Landing Nathan Kunkle wounded Occuquan Creek Aa Joel Kun kle wounded Gool Harbor ieter ivunme Paul Kunkle Four Ilecr brothers enter ed tlie Union service Philip served in the 1st Pa Bucktails Peter in the G7th Pa Jacob in the 147th Pa and Joel in the 17C Pa Six Green brothers served in Pennsylvania commands Joseph AVilliam and Thomas In the Uith Ia and iMlwm Stephen and Harrison in the 11th Pa A YOUXO SOLDIER Comrade John C Lyon Arroyo Grande Cal is among the youngest soldiers of the civil war He was born in an Jiurcn County Iowa May 4 1849 enlisted Feb 1C 1S04 in Co A 1st Iowa Cav and within 30 days after enlistment was in Arkansas fighting the Johnnies Ho was on the Ited Itiver expedition He was mounted orderly for Gen It M Jteynolds Acting Inspector General at Memphis Tenn He was in Gen Geo A Custers escort on the march from Alexandria La to Austin Tex was chosen as order- ly ¬ for Gen Custer and served as such until muster out at Austin Tex Feb 20 CO He has been a member of the G A R for 30 years and has served three years as Commander of Col Harper Post 120 BUT OXE COMPANY Q Comrade T II McDonald Calais Me writes as follows After all these these years of peaec and happiness that we have spent together comes the luoth Ohio with a rival Co Q Now comrades I want to protest I want it distinctly un- derstood ¬ that in all the regiments of the North and AVest that made the fighting strength of this Nation there was but one Co Q and that belonged to the 200th Ind There was only one Si Klcgg and one Shorty olio Pete aud one Sandy one old white mule called Abcd nego These all belonged to Co Q 200th Ind HEROISM AT TOUT GRECO David It Bryan Co A 54th Pa 112 Market St Johnstown Pa writes Our regiment took part in the assault on Fort Gregg Maj Nathan Davis was killed as ho mounted tho breastworks Charles Backley secured the ting that was over the fort AAe lost quite a number in the charge Our flag bearer was killed and the flag fell inside the Confederate works One of our boys jumped down and picked it up just as our boys came rushing into the fort A SUGGESTION TOR THE ENCAMPMENT E G Mansfield 27th Conn AAcst Hnven Conn writes AAould it not be a picturesque feature in our parade at the Nationnl Encampment to have a company of infantry one of cavalry and a battery uniformed and equipped as they were dur ing tho civil war Think it over Talk it up Perhaps the District of Columbia veterans could carry out the plan Our Commander-in-Chie- f might indorse it if brought to his attention THE OtII IRELAND A comrnde from Ellendalc writes that Si and Shorty were all right nnd ap- parently ¬ belonged to his regiment except that tlioy took the wrcng rond from Sa- vannah ¬ as the 0th Ireland went by the way of Fort Itoyal had a Lieutenaut kill- ed ¬ at Pocotaligo If anyone doubts there was such a regiment as the 0th Ireland ho will say that it passed in review before Grant and Pemberton July 4 1S03 and ho stands ready to prove its existence 6UCGZST FURLOUGH FOR SI AND SHORTY David AAeekley Co A ISSth Ohio Tark Itnpids Minn writes I have been a render of The Nationnl Tribune for tho last 10 years and cannot do without it but dont you think that Si and Shorty hnd better go home and help make garden Sis pap has not been very stout since he got tangled up in the hoop skirts and tho corn cribs must ho repaired Give them a leave of absence for a short time BROTHERS IN ONE COMPANY Ambrose F Craft Co M 15th Kan Cav National Military Home Kan writes that his company had 11 nairs of brothers as follows Ashniore Ayres Bell Craft Ewell Johnson Spcrey Sim onds Moor Hicks and Fan Of these 22 men one Ashmore boy was killed four died O T Bell L M Simouds L C Moor and TF Fan A Miracle Healer RESTORES HEALTH AND STRENGTH TO GHR0N10 SUFFERERS BY A MIGHTY SUBTLE FORGE OF NATURE Startling Disclosures Relativata the Most Wonderful Power Known to Man Doctors Puz ¬ zled The -- Sick Helped Free Professor Adkin Offers to Help th Sick and Afflicted Frco of Coat Hundreds Cured at Their Own Homes The Medical World has been startled br the wonderful cures effected by Proftnotf Thomas F Adkln a distinguished sclentlstl iv ho Is devoting his life to the relief of of- fering ¬ bumanlty People in the last stagei el consumption men nnd women living In con ¬ stant dread of death from Itrlghts Dlgeas Hlood Poisoning Cancer Dropsy Heart Dhf case and other dangerous ailments havo bta restored to health by the treatment of tola wonderful man after every known remedy and scores of eminent specialists had beta tried In vain Not In the history of Medical Science kJLT so many startling cures been recorded 8a marvelous has been his success In healing all kinds of disease that his patients call him a Miracle Healer a man of Snpcrnatunl Iowers a Physician with the Key to th Fountain of Yonth yet Professor Adkln de ¬ clares there Is nothing wonderful about hla ability to cure disease ami says that be carta simply because he undertsaeds nature A reporter called upon Professor Adkln c few weeks ago He fesnd a man of com ¬ manding llgnre whose personality was mai terfnl ami refreshing Ills eyes though fall of kindliness seemed to penetrate ones very thoughts while his every act and every word spoke of honesty and consideration of others He is clearly a man of wonderful fore of character He said I cannot attempt to tell you what my treatment H which I call Aitaopathy In these days of quackery and fakes every ad ¬ vance In science is Imitated by a score of Ignorant charlatans who pretend to cava mastered Its details Were I to attempt t explain to you for publication the practice of Aitaopathy without discussing Its every phase which I have not time to do thera would be a dozen unscrupulous persons pr tending to nnderstand Its use before the nnb Ilcatlon has been out a week Aitaopathy la not Christian Science it is not Hypnotism nor Divine nettling It Is Infinitely mora thorough and far reaching than any of them Vitaopathy I subtle force of nature reg- ulating ¬ the Intellectual and spiritual balng which controls the physical man It puts the system In a receptive condition which enables the body to receive the full benefit of my vitaopathlc Vegetable remedies which arc used in combination with It It Is true that this new treatment Is evtry day making wonderful cures It has cared the blind It has made the lame walk It has cured various organic troubles which had brought tho sutTerers to deaths door And here let me ask you to announce to all tha readers of your paper that I stand ready at any time to give the benefit of my experi- ence ¬ to anyone who is in need of help I will gladly make a complete diagnosis of tha case of anyone who Is in poor health and I will prescribe a thorough conrso of home treatment free of cost which I positively guarantee to cure Especially do I make thlj offer to those who are afflicted with danger ¬ ous disease and have been treated by other methods without avail If there arc any who are in the grip of Consumption Blood Poison Hrlgkts Disease Chronic Kidney Disorder Nervous Debility Dropsy Rheu ¬ matism Heart Disease If any of your read ¬ ers nre suffering from constant Headache Dyspepsia Sleeplessness Female Troubles lAist Vitality Vertigo or other similar Ills I Invite them to write me fully of their condi- tion ¬ and I will give them personal attention and help them to a complete recovery of health I want no one to send me any money Z am willing to give this service to all wha will put themselves In my hands without a penny of charge feeling that having beta blessed with the ability to cure disease when others fall It Is my duty to help those vrha cannot help themselves Professor Adkin showed the reporter scores of letters from Doctors Clergymea Statesmen Kdncators College Frofessorj Lawyers and others high In life who hara been cured by Vitaopathy as well as lettera from many men and women from all walka of life who availed themselves of his frea offer of help and the reporter left with a strange feeling of encouragement believing that he had met the most wonderful man of the age The following are a few extracts from Ut ¬ ters which the reporter examined personally I feel It a debt I owe to suffering humanity to maio known w hat has been done for me I had suffered tor over forty years from catarrh of the throat stonudi ami bowels I couched day and night- - I was la con- tinuous ¬ pain I bad tried so many kinds of treatment without benefit that I had given up alt hope By chance I learned of a woman whom you had cured after the doctors had given her up to die and I wrote for your free help That was one mouth apo To day I am a well woman I cannot understand It My friends are amazed 3Iy family physician is puzzled I w Ml I could ko out and proclaim the virtues of your marvelous treatment from the housetops You may use this letter as yon please I kuow my recommendation can only result in good 31ns A V Moohe Uox G3t Fitzgerald Ga I cannot express my gratitude for what youhav donoformy wife Shewason her deathbed she was paralyzed and hud a clot of biKxt on her bruin Phy ¬ sicians said lliere was no hope that she could recover but you liave saved her life She Improved from th very first day she commenced your treatment Tha clot of blood has disappeared she steeps well and has a splendid appetite liefer any sufferers who doubt your marvelous power to me or let them come to my bemo and witness the wonderful cure you have per- formed ¬ in my wifes casp My neighbors all know tha condition my wife was Iu when she commenced youe treatment and they were hourly expecting her death I hope and pray that I maj be at your cummand to help those who suffer and iret them to write you ftr free help W s Sivayse rh Fropr Sprine Clear IithlA Water iew llaveu Coim Every reader of this paper who Is slet with any disease Is advised to write to thta miracle healer addressing his or her letter to Professor Thos F Adkin President of tha Institute of Physicians and Surgeons Otfica 178 S Rochester N Y State the leading symptoms of your com- plaint ¬ and ask Professor Adkln to help yoa without cost nnd you will undoubtedly ba nble to get cured ns sc many others hara been Aitaopathy is unquestionably the most wonderful science of the ace and rrofessoc Adkin tho greatest miracle healer in tha world Indorse President Roosevelts Action At a recent meeting of GiJdings Post of Jefferson O resolutions wero adopted commending the Presidents action in to tolng the bill to remove charge of deser tion and also the vetoing of two other bills granting honorable discharges to sol- diers ¬ who had been dismissed from tha service by court martial a Sloin the Cough aud workft off the Coll laxative Bromo Qulnlue Tablets cure a cold la tea day Ko Cure Ko 1ay Price 25 cents

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LIFE IN FORT DELAWARE

Experiences of a Confederate Prisoner of War During 1863 and1864

By AV A JOHNSON Co D 2d S C

At the battle of Gettysburg ri JulyB 1SG3 I was an atom in Iong

Division Ker-

shaws¬

fctreets Corps Mclawssllrigade and was a participant in

ihe attack between the Peach Orchard

kad Big Kound Top While my regiment

was falling back from near the base ofLittle Kound Top I was knocked sensoVss in some way besides receiving a shot

my left leg This happened about Min

ret and I did not recover consciousnessiSntil after night When I came to myileuses I tried to get up but could notlight myself because of my head In theiir-n- - tn rip mv head was all in a

ilhirl beside the pain It seemed thatjtiv brain was compressed and I conld notiludetstaud the nature of my injuriesWhile lving on the ground 1 noticed thecltemvs litter bearer and others searching

te field for the wounded which seemedti be quite numerous

i Noticing mv efforts to rise two ledoralsdldicrs approached me and one of themrmnarked that he would kill the rebel

aid brought his gun down to carry out Ins

threat the other interfered and told himhi should not hurt a wounded man Hethen left asserting that lie would find

Feme other rebel that he would kill Hiscompanion told him that he ought to havebeen in the fight and done Ins part thenHe left but was evidently very mad Iheother remained with me and got somelitters bearers to take me off the field

A PltlSONEIt OF WAK

I soon found myself in company withmany wounded and well Confederateprisoners who were being carried to therear of the Yankee lines There werenumerous wounded Yankees also

Along side of me was a wounded Yankeebeing carried on a stretcher His left legwas broken below the knee and the footwas hanging over the end of the litter andwas dangling about He was cursing themen who were carrying him because ofthe wav he lay on the litter

I called the mens attention to the waythe mans leg was dangling and told themto stop and put him on the litter so thathis leg would all be on the canvass TheyEtopped and put him on the litter properjv I had my blanket in a roll under myhead and as the man seemed to be suffer-ing

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so much I made them take my blanketand put it under his head for a pillowThe sufferer remarked with an oath thatthe rebels had more feeling for him thanhis own men He was in so much painand just happened to fall into the handsof two ignorant or indifferent fellow-soldie-

that any suggestions to help himendure his sufferings set his heart natur-ally

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toward the party who seemed to bemost interested in him He was soon car-

ried

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out of my sight and I saw him nomore

I was taken to tho rear and theYankees made me some coffee and gaveme some hardtack and pickled pork Theywere very good and I got a little sleep

Bv davlight I was much better except

that I had pains- in my head I couldstand and walk tolerably well without as-

sistance¬

There were about 2000 of usIn an old field well and slightly wound-

ed

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or such wounded as did not need to belifted or did not need surgical attention

Wo were guarded by some infantry theremnant of a regiment wiich had beenengaged in the battle I noticed theenormous flag which they Bad and thefpwnefcs of their numbers The remnantof the regiment was not larger than twofull companies if that many

I was near the Quarters of these guardsend I noted that five or sis citizens cameop and after looking at us a few minutesone of them remarked to one of theYankee officers that he ought to shoot the

dirty scoundrels The officer gotwrathy at this and told the citizen toleave or he would have him shot in placeof tho prisoners The citizens compan-

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laughed and ha left very much takendown

Soon after this the great cannonadingbegan and the roar of the guns seemed toroll over the country like Jovos chariotwheels as it sped through a rebelliousworld and the universe till the centeishook This furious storm of explodingshells and booming guns had gone on buta short time until I noted that the enemywere bringing disabled guns to the rearand hurrying fresh batteries to tho frontNear us was a large number of guns inpark There wero a few trees in the fieldand some of our men climbed these to tryto get a look at the battle Of these themost conspicuous was a tall lank butfinely featured Texan Hatless he wastho first to climb The guards very soonEtopped this and we listened and waitedall through the battle of the 3d in hopesthat our army would break the Federallines in which case we would doubtlessbe rescued But tnls nope was snaltereawhen we heard the battle lull and sawthat the Federal army was not disturbed

Late in the afternoon our infantry guardwaB relieved by Kilpatricks cavalry GenKllpatricl after placing a cavalry guardaround tho field rode up to us pulled offhis hat and said that the guard had ordersto cut us down without mercy if we triedto escape whereat some of tho rebelscalled for three cheers for Kilpatrickwhich all who could yell gave with a will

Gen Kilpatrick seemed to be very muchsurprised at this for he sat on his horseand looked on in apparent blank astonish-ment

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He did not get off with the simplecheering for numbers of the Johnnies rallied him with perplexing questions as tohis health and the state of his mind whileothers made various suggestions as to amans appearances under certain condi-tions

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He endured it all goodnaturedlyand finally rode off semingly satisfied thathis short speech iiad met with the indorse-ment

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of lis audienceMy head hurt me so had that I could

not cheer him but I laughed In spite of itThe Yankee guards were about ns muchamused as anybody War would be anunmitigated curse if it were not ludicroussometimes

The Ith we learned that Lee had beenrepulsed on the 3d We were moved toWestminster Md On the way to West-minster

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wo were guarded by the 5th PaCav The day was very warm and westopped at one place to rest in the shadeof some trees While here the reports ofsuns was heard in the direction of a farmhouse one or two hundred yards from theroad In an instant all eyes were turnedIn that direction A Federal soldier wasseen to run out of tho farm house TheYankee officer sent some soldiers to seewhat was the matter After a little theyreturned with the man who had run outof the house and I understood that theirman had shot another soldier who was inthe farm house in a quarrel over some buttermilk When lie was brought to thecommand he refused to give up bis gunThe officers mounted on their horsesQuickly formed a circle around him andcut him down with their swords

At Westminster we boarded cars andwere moved to the Relay House At thisplace we remained in box cars all the af-ternoon

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A great many people came nearthe cars and talked to us Some sym-pathized

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with us but the majority did notand made very uncomplimentary allusionto our personal appearances One younglsdy who was in a house near the carssent a nolo by a young man which itstems that she Intended for some particu-lar

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rebel but a Federal officer interceptedthe young man and took the note awayfrom him We did not of course knowwhat sho had written but the officer wasIn a rage as soon as he read itand went straight for the lady andthreatened her with imprisonment ncaccused her of treason This was doneIn our hearing and some of our men got

mad and accused him of being no gentle-man

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Sharp words followed on both sidesThe young man and the young lady wereevidently frightened It looked like thewar was about to break out here How-ever

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wiser counsel prevailed and the off-

icer

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was simply indiscreet and had acfldenly or otherwise gotten into a positionand hnd to till it under unlooked for con-

ditions¬

This is always the foundation foraccusations against Government Office ¬

holders do things unwisely or in anger ormalice and their acts are charged to theGovernment which is in no wise responsi-ble

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any further than that those at thehead have made a bad selection of an un-

derling¬

not through intention but becauseno man can tell what another will do un-

der¬

all circumstances The Yankees didnot object to our talking to the people butdrew the line on note writing The notesent by tho lady was finally allowed to bedelivered as the treason if any was sole-

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in the supposed sympathy of the ladyfor some Confederate soldier This off-

icer¬

recovered from his first shock andallowed the lady to receive an answer to

WEXT TO LADY AND JIEIt

her note and tho Johnnies cheered andthe war was averted

THROUGH BALTIJIOHE USDEK GUARD

We remained at the Kelay House untilnight when we went into Baltimore andgot out of the cars We marched throughthe city with a heavy line of guards allaround us The streets were lighted andwere crowded with people United Statesflags were across the streets inmany places and lots of tho people were

because we had to pass underthese flags Many of the streets wereclosed by barriers made ofbarrels etc We learned that these wereerected as a means of defense in case Leeshould bo victorious and might attackBaltimore The press of the people wasso great in some parts of the city thatthe soldiers guards jind citi-

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were badly mixed up There was agreat demand for buttonsand we took of these mix upsto cut the buttons off our jackets and handthem to the people some of us getting

in returnWhile there were many friends

in tho city the great majority seemed tobe for the Union This class jeered us

As we passed a corner I noticed a crowdof young men on the sidewalk and someof them made the that theycould lick a thousand ragged dirty rebelslike us At this remark I wondered whythey were not where they could do it astheir country needed them I had neverbeen in a large city before and Baltimorewas a wonder to me

We were carried over to Fortwhere wo spent the remainder of the nighton the sand bed outside of the fort Itrained very hard We had no tents orother covering nearly all of us had noth-ing

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but the clothes on our backs I hadgiven my blanket and oilcloth in a rollto the wounded Federal soldier on thefield of so got soaking wetThe wetting did me good however as Iwas somewhat feverish from my headWhen morning came we were put on boarda boat to go through tho Delaware Canalto Fort Delaware

On this boat a list of our names wasmade out and each of us was required tosign an not to try to escape asthe guards bad been taken away

During tho battle of July 3 duringPicketts charge and while we were in theild field Federal officers went the roundsof our men and asked each one to givethe regiment to which he belonged Wethought that it was simply a ruse to sechow many in Lees army wc

so that they could make anestimate of Lees strength Wc then gavetho numbers of regiments which did notexist 0 as to make it appear that Leohad a very large army This was not altogother what one vould consider one oftho but as in love so in waianything is fair

While on the boat and the names oftho men were being taken down I was

at the number who could notsign their names to the promises to not tryto escape I believe that I was the first oneto write my name for the officer who woreglasses took them off and laid them downand looked bard at me while I signed thepaper At that time I had not mixed withthe world much and thought that every ¬

body could read and write as a matter ofcourse but here I awoke to the fact thatbut few out of the three or four hundredon the boat could do so

I am not relating this to cast reflectionsbut In writing this narrative I intend totell things just as they were The North ¬

ern people say they want the truth andso do the Southern people and I do orI do not want anything

TORT DELAWARE

I was wet when I got on tho boat butthe firemen allowed me to stand aroundthe boilers and when wo reached Dela-ware

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City at tho end of the canal andopposite Fort Delaware my clothing wasabout dry We were carried over to thefort without delay and were put in somewooden buildings which had three tiersof bunks on cither side Tho barrackswere of Northern pine and the plankswere nailed on up and down The roofswere covered with tarred paper Therewere some window openings

These were long buildings about 20 feetwide and wero built so as to inclose auquare On tho inside of this square wasthe yard All of the openings iu the build-ings

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were on the inside Tho opening in

NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D 0 THURSDAY APRIL 17 1902

the buildings which communicated withthe outside was on the side next to thefott Part of these buildings was used asa kitchen and a dining hall The sink wason the levee on the north side of the is-

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and was built so as to extend outover the water in the river The build-ings

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were on the mirth side of the islandso situated that they were exposed to abroadside of tho fort the hugeof which were kept trained ontho prisoners The fort wis bysome Itegulars of the heavy artillery whilethe infantry garrison at first consisted ofa regiment of Delaware troops

The island was about a mile from theDelaware shore and about a mile and aquarter from the Jersey shore The sur-face

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of the island was below the level ofthe waters of the river and wasfrom overflow by a levee of earth andstone Canals extend over the island andwere tilled with brackish water which keptthem from getting too stagnant as wouldhave been the case had the waters in thembeen fresh since there was no way to havea constant inflow and outflow

The fort was casemated and was sit ¬

uated on the Jersey side of the islandThere were two wharves one oppositeDelaware City and the other on the op-posite

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side near the fortWithin a few days after I arrived the

soldiers confined there num-bered

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more than 10000 there being morefrom North Carolina than any other State

The guards were stationed inside andoutside of the pen and some were postedon the levee There was no hospital onthe island for sometime and the doctorscame inside the pen and treated the sick

HE TTIE THREATENED WITH IJiritlsONJinXT

threatened

suspended

overjoyed

hogsheads

Confederate

Confederateadvantage

greenbacksevidently

observation

Mcnenry

Gettysburg

agreement

regimentsrepresented

proprieties

astonished

THE

columbiadsconstantly

garrisoned

protected

Confederate

and wounded on their bunks The tnajori- -ty of the Confederates were from the fieldof Gettysburg and every Southern Statewas represented

I did not get any medical attention nsI could get along without My leg soongot well

To be continued

Homes for ConfederatesEditor National Triiiuxe I want to

express myself as in no way favoring theproposition to open the doors of U SSoldiers Homes to the Confederate sol-

dier¬

but I am in favor if thought bestof building good homes into which theyor any other loyal citizen could be re-ceived

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on the proper authority Not be-cause

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they have earned the title of Con ¬

federate soldier by fighting against theircountry and flag but for the reason thatthey aro now loyal citizens and need sucha place of refuge In their old age

It seems to me that it is about time toquit using the oftheard phrase They arcjust as loyal now as tho boys who woretho blue For if this be strictly trueno more stars-and-ba- would be seenproudly floating at the head of marchingcolumns in the Southland amid franticcheers and rejoicing nor displayed atpublic meetings ofttimes to the utter ex-clusion

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of Old Glory to which gloriousemblem the boys in blue aro now and al-

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have been true to the core J PBudd 20th N Y Cav Kverett Wash

Served on the Constitution In 1836S W Buck Adjutant Spalding Post 33

South Baysvillc Pa writes In the re-cent

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issue of The National Tribune I sawsomething about the oldest pensioner Per-mit

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me to say in this connection thatChester C Wage now aged SO enlistedas a sailor in the old frigate Constitutionin January 1830 and the number of hispension certificate is 4889 He resides inTuscarora Township Bradford Co Pu

Ring Found on Old Camp GroundsJ W Turner New Middleton Tenn

writes that a plain gold ring has beenfound near Liberty Tenn It is supposedto havo been lost by some member of GenJohnsons command in 18G2 In July orAugust 1802 Gen Johnsons Brigadecamped on the banks of Dry Creek laterwent to Gallatin Tenn where they werecaptured by Morgan The initials on thering aro T P G

I WILL PAY YOUR BILL

Write Me a Postal

If you need help I want you to havemy book I want you to know what mymethod docs I ask you to test it u mouthat my risk

Send me no money Just tell me thebook you need I will send with it an or-der

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on your druggist for six bottles DrShoops Ilestorative He will let you testit a month and if it succeeds you can payhim 550 for it If it fails I will pay himmyself

I inenn that exactly Dont say I cantdo this Find out if I do A postal ad ¬

dressed to me will bring you tho orderI have done this for years and over

half a million people have accepted myoffer My records show that 3J out ofeach 40 paid for the medicine they tookYet no patient pays u penny if I fail

Do you know another remedy that evercured 89 out of 40 different chronic casesDo you know another physician who willmake an offer like mine 7 Dont you knowthat no other remedy ever compoundedcould stand such a test

Then why not ask about mine If Icure you are well and the cost is a trifleIf I fail you have not lost a penny

I have spent a lifetime on this treat-ment

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I hnvojearned how to bring backthe strength to those inside nerves whichoperate the vital organs When nnv vltnorgan is weak my ltcstorative will give itthe nervo power to net Tbero Is no otherway to strengthen it In most chroniccases there is no other way to cure

I know this treatment and you do notLet mo take the risk Let me attempt tocure you and if you think I have failedI will pay all the cost

Simply state whichhook you want andaddress Dr bhooplox Ml Racine Wis

Hook No 1 on DyspepsiaRook No 5 on tup HeartBook Ho 1 on Uio KidneysRook No 4 for WomenRook No 5 for Men staledBook No 6 on Rheumatism

Mild cases not chronic aro often cured by ono ortwo botUu At all drought

PICKETiSHOTS

From Alert Comrades Alonj the Whole

Line

THE YOVSOEST SOLDIER

John M Vatican Color Corporal Co ClOllth Pa and Co G 111th Pa Phila-delphia

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Ia writes- - I have before methe business card of Comrade JosephAarons representing the- Mutual Life In ¬

surance Company of New York whoseoffice is at the northwest corner of 10thand Chestnut streets-- Philadelphia Com-

rade Anrons was lmnr October 1S0 en-

listed¬

January 1801 as drummer in CoB 109th Pa and was discharged July19 1S04 He was considered at that timeto be the smallest and youngest soldierin Gearys Division in fact while on themarch with his drum slung on his backthose in his rear could see only his littlecurly head above and his small slenderlegs below the drum It was a curioussight to see the little fellow trudging alongwith men seemingly three or four timesas big and strong but his endurance waswonderful and was much commentedupon by his comrades Joseph was takenprisoner at the Second Bull Bun lightand when he saw the Confederates nearhim he kicked in the head of his drumfordoing which n rob threatened to kill himJoe was not dismayed however a com-

rade- lias since told me and talked backto the Johnny On the way to BichmondJoe could have easily escaped he beingso small he was not noticed much by hiscantors but when urged to get back toour lines by his comrades who wereprisoners with him he refused saying hemight be able to help them better becauselie was little After his release from therebel prison he was made an Orderly onGen John W Gearys staff and servedas such during K5 and til Comradesthere may have been younger soldiersof the civil war but none were more gal-

lant¬

truer or braver than our little JoeHis comrades claim that he was one of theyoungest soldiers enlisted his age being10 years two months and a few daysWe also think that he was the smallestboy in the war for the Union The boyswho enlisted at the first gnu in that greatstruggle stayed till the last one was filedno matter what wero their hardships onthe march in battle or prison pen theynever flinched from duty but were al-

ways¬

at their post doing and daring with¬

out hope of reward they went to do bat-tle

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for the country they loved with thatpatriotic spirit that springs up in everyyoung Americans breast whose heartbeats true for his country when dangerthreatens her life Truly the Americanpcoplo may take off their hats to theyoung now old veterans of 01 and 03

TWO BOY SOLDIERS

Sam W Fralcy Crawfordsville Intlwrites In Pickets Shots Feb 11 ap ¬

pears an article from Win Denbow ofAlbion Iowa with reference to the young ¬

est soldier of the War of the ItebellionJohn I Fralcy who was 14 years old inApril til and enlisted in March 04 Ofcourse there is only one month at faultin that statement as he was 14 years ofage when lie enlisted in March and March28 was 15 In the issue of March 20 isa verification from Maj E T MarshallNow I remember tho Major as Thomas

P Marshall The Major no doubt tellseverything as it was presented to himThe two boys mentioned Sam and JohnD Fralcy were orphans Sam was oneyear and four months J Ds senior Hewas 10 on Jan 7 1804 and enlisted un ¬

der tho then Capt TV I Marshall in thatmonth Now as to the guardian 6f thesetwo boys his name is Ketcliam an unclebut the Major must bear iu mind thatthese two boys were bent on going toMight mit Sigel and were compelled toresort to a little strategy in order to getinto the service at that age When CaptMarshall demanded that we get the con ¬

sent of our guardians a Mr Brownuncle etc had to he used ns guardiangiving his consent for us to be enlistedBoth boys were enlisted at MarshalltownIowa and proceeded to Yicksburg Missto join Co II 13th Iowa then with UncleBilly Sherman on the Meridian raid toJackson Miss after which some of uswere furloughed 30 days and returned toSherman then in Georgiu between Borneand Kcncsaw Mountain driving throughseveral thousand head of cattle for thearmy And both boys Sam and Johncame out without any wounds Keturuedto Iowa Discharged in August 6j

lOKT HUDSOV

S L Scofield Glen Brook Connwrites I have read with pleasure andinterest what Col Ingraham had to sayabout Port Hudson and I want to say itis as near the truth ns any urticle L everread only two or three slight errors amiyou have it just as it was The last as-

sault was made June 14 not June 15 onSunday morning Then he says Bankshad 30000 or 40000 men when he madethe last assault I think he had about10000 fit for duty Many went to otherfields some went home many were killedor wounded on May 27 and the rest werein hospitals Then he says they had nobarbed wire fences to keep us back Theyhad logs and brush and ditches and ev-ery

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obstruction in the way so they couldcut us down as wo came up to the worksthen a wide ditch in front of the worksthat an athlete could hardly climb mostof those that made the attempt fell backinto the ditch It would need four timesor seven times ns many as he tells aboutin order to get there and get in The armywas greatly reduced at that tjine Therewas some blunder that morning some or-

der¬

given wrong or we should have gonein that day and taken tho works or triedhard to The Confederates were bravemen desperate fighters and the kind thatnever lets un 1 think they had a fewsharpshooters Inside tho way thingslooked after the assault

BROTHERS IN AN IOWA COMPANY

Abial W Francis Co A 28th IowaMalvern Iowa sends the following list ofbrothers in his company Branson Bellerenlisted Aug 9 1802 mustered out July31 1805 Elijah Beller enlisted Dec 251803 mustered out July 1 1805 WilliamII Bowen enlisted Aug 9 ISik mustered out July 31 1805 David Bowen en-

listed¬

Aug S 1S02 mustered out July 311801 James S Francis enlisted Aug U

18C2 William W Francis enlisted Aug4 1802 Aabial AV Francis enlisted Aug9 1802 three brothers mustered out July31 1805 William Gingry enlisted Aug9 18112 mustered out July 31 1805Samuel Gingry enlisted Feb 20 1SG4killed at Cedar Creek Oct 19 1804 EdwinC Ilouts enlisted Aug 2 1S02 dis ¬

charged Aug 180 August C Houtsenlisted Aug 12 1802 mustered out July31 1S05 Hiram Jackson enlisted July 201802 died Aug 20 1803 William Jack-son

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enlisted Aug 3 1S02 died Dec 301802 James M Jones enlisted Aug 101802 Henry Jones enlisted Aug 8 1802mustered out July 31 1805 John SRosell enlisted Aug 8 1S02 Joseph BRosell enlisted Aug 8 1S02 mustered outJuly 81 1805 Frederick Segrist enlistedAug 8 1802 died in hospital date un-known

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Samuel Segrist enlisted Aug 171802 mustered out July 31 1805 John WMcGuire enlisted Aug 8 1S02 promotedto Captain ISO I William I Megnire enlisted Aug 12 1S02 dipd Aug 2 1803Samuel Taggart enlisted July 28 1802promoted to First Lieutenaut 1804 GeorgeTaggart enlisted July 2S 1802 mustteredout July 31 1S05

The three Francis brothers are living inthe southwestern part of Iowa

THE INDEPENDENT DIVISION AT TORTGKECG

D T Peterson First Lieutenant CoB 10th W Va Third Brigade Indepen-dent

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Division Twenty fourth Corps Wes ¬

ton W Va writes I am surprised attho difference of opinion in regard to thecapture of Forts Gregg and Baldwin onApril 2 1805 I do not say that all theregiments named by the different writerswere not there but there were other regimontsnIso and I contend that M IIVanscoten is very much in error whenho says that the 199th Pa 89th N Yand 100th N Y C4th Fn 12th W Vaand 23d 111 wero the only regiments en-gaged

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in the capture of Fort Grccg and

to them wholly belongs the honor Therewas another brigade very much in cvidenco in that affair the Third BrigadeIndependent Division 1 wenty fourtnCorps commanded by Gen Harris andcomposed of the 10th 11th and 15th WVa This brigade formed the front lineon the left wing and charged straight onFort Gregg My company B of the 10thW Va lost three men killed and ninewounded in the charge I was one ofthe wounded

FORT GREGG

D P Hubbard La Salle Colo writesllAt the same time that the charge wasmade on Fort Gregg another chnrge wasmade by part of the same division the In ¬

dependent Division of the Twenty fourthCorps on another fort a short distancefrom Fort Gregg The question in mymind is which of these two forts wasFort Gregg At the time my company AllCth Ohio was deployed in the rear ofthe line and on the left to gather up strag-glers

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We were in plain view of the linesthat charged on both forts If fort Greggwas captured by the troops that were onthe right of the division W W Hill ofthe 123d Ohio is right If not Capt Caseis right As stated before we were in rearof line on the left and V ltd our thosetroops in our front were mostly West Vir-ginians

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The 123d and 110th Ohio andI am satisfied the balance of the FirstBrigade of the division were on theright Wake up comrades of Co Alltith Ohio and tell us who captured FortGregg

Capt J B Jester 12th W Va Sweetland la writes If the 12th W Va23d III and 51th Pa did not captureFort Gregg why did Gen Gibbon presenta brass eagle to the 12th W Va withthe inscription Presented to the 12th AV

Va for milluntry in the charge on FortGregg April 2 05V The eagle and ourHag were deposited in the Capitol of A estVirginia I saw the eagle about 20 yearsago I think it is still there The 23d 111

md 54 ih Pa did their share Maj Davisof the 54th Pa was killed near the fortI saw him when lie fell shot through theneck Gen Gibbon presented the eagleto our legiment because Col Curtis com ¬

manded the brigade and the 12th AV Aawas in front The fort was taken about3 p m AAe went into camp nearthe fort that night

THIS lAMILY WELL REPRESENTED

Comrade A It Tucker Bluff CityICan writes that his family was web repesented in the civil war He and three

iirothers and three step brothersicrved in the Union army ComradeTucker himself served in Co A 92d Ohioilis brothers M B Josephus and T Zluckcr served in Co B 174th OhioHis step brothers I N and William UCook served iu the 3d Ohio and still an¬

other step brother Charles Cook served inthe 18th Ohio M B Tucker died atChattanooga Tenn from wounds andever A B Tucker was wounded at Hays

ville Ky Jpsephus at Franklin TennvV H Cook at Murfrcesboro Tenn ChasCook at Perryville Ky John N Cookwas a prisoner at Libby The six are stillliving

STOWE IN THE WARThrough the generosity of H C Agely

of Minneapolis Stowe At is to have aSoldiers Memorial Building to be con-

structed¬

of brick and granite Mr Akelywas a Stowe boy but served in the 2dMich Cav was promoted to Adjutantand Captain today he is a wealthy lum-berman

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II G Thomas Commander ofII II Smith Post 19 Department of Acrmont who was a drummer boy in Co E3d At is the superintendent of construction and expects to lay the cornerstoneMemorial Day The names of all soldiersfrom Stowe and natives who served inother departments will be placed on mar-ble

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tablets in Memorial Hall ComradeThomas has compiled 232 names entitledto recognition There may be others Ifso entitled any comrade should write IIG Thomas Stowe At giving full infor-mation

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of service rank etcSI KLEGO LOST

John Trunk of Cleveland Tennwrites I would like to find out who tookmy banner on which was the picture ofHow Si went to the front 1 left tins

banner iu the northwest corner of CourtBoom No 4 after the parade at Cleve-land

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I hnd takeii Si to nearly nil theNational Encampments He was withme at Columbus Cincinnati Pittsburgand at Cleveland where he became loststrayed or stolen I want to get him backto go to the big parade at AAashington inOctober

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1IAXY BKOTHEItS IX THIS COJtrANT

S Z Carrer Co II 30th 111 OmroAAis writes I Ijnve been reading Com-rade

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V Hildebrands nrticle in The Na-

tional¬

Tribune of March 27 wherein hetells of there being four pair of brothersin his comnanv I can go him several pairbetter Co II 30th III in which I hadthe honor to serve from til to Ui con-

tained¬

eight pair of brothers all enlistingin 1S01 namely AAalluce and Otvn Menson Itober and Samuel Archibald Horacennd Hovey Chittenden Hanison and Cnlvin Jones Cornelius nnd Uareut AanNess John and AAashington 1loyd Oscarand Jerome Ford Oren and Allen Iickctt

AAallacc llenson was severely woundedat Perryville and Oren taken prisoner atChickamaugn Kobert Archibald waskilled at Stone Itiver and Samuel takenprisoner at Chickamauga Horace Chit-tenden

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was severely wounded at StoneItiver Harrison Jones was killed atStone Itiver and Calvin shot through thebreast Cornelius Vim Ness was severelywounded at Ciiickanmuga and ISarnctdied in front of Atlanta AAashingtonFloyd was killed at Stone Itiver OrenPickett was killed at Pea Itidge Ark Ofthe 1C brothers four were killed in battlefour severely wounded and crippled forlife one died in the service and two cap ¬

tured and boarded at the AndcrsonvilleHotel All were young men at time of

enlisting and were A No 1 soldiers

ALL QUIET ALONC HIE TOTOMAC

Comrade John M Aalleau Co C 109thPa 04 N 0th St Philadelphia Panoticed in the issue of March 2 the claimmade by Comrade It I Aalentinc Co PHiicktnils Diincaniion Pa that AA AHolland of that company wrote the poemAll Quiet Along tho Potomac Com-

rade¬

Aalleau says that he finds in an oldbook in his possession tho poem AllQuiet Along the Potomac with the fol-lowing

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note The piece sometimes print ¬

ed with the less characteristic title ofThe Picket Guard has been claimed for

several authors Northern and houthernIt appeared in the Southern Literary Mes ¬

senger in February 1SU3 as written byLamar Fontaine private Co I 2d AaCav while on picket on the bank of thePotomac Itiver in 1801 More recently ithas been claimed for nnotiier Southernsoldier named Tliad Oliver but It is nowlenown to have been written by MrsEtiiel Lynn or Ethelindn Ilecrs of NewYork and first published in HarpersAVeekly in 1S01 The phrase All QuietAlong the Potomac was a familiar onein the Fall of that year and in the in-

different¬

announcement that was one dayadded APicket Shot tho author foundthe inspiration of her poem

CLAIMS OF CO D SOtH OHIO

Sergt D F Fryer Co D SOth OhioNew Comerstown Ohio writes that heserved in tho above regiment from Decem ¬

ber 1S01 to August 180o and that thecompany had the following brothers DF Frayer J T Frayer Andrew HessEnoch Hess David Keelcr AsburyKcelcr Adam Moore Samuel Moore AA

C AVinrd L AV AViard John D Thomp-son

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AVm II Thompson Allen TalbottJoseph Talbott Daniel Hardsock HenryHardsock Jacob Hardsfcl A illiamMoore S J Moore S S AAcst T ItAAest Frank Guess John Guess J ItGuess Andrew Phillips Ezra PhillipsJoseph Slater Harvey Slater AdamSlater David Bcatty James IleattyPhilip Capper Martin Capper AVilliamDrake John Drake Charles Newellltichard Newell Peter Newell

SIX DltOTIIEES IS OXE COMPANY

E F Keller Co II 07th Pa Kresgerville Pa writes that three familiesfurnished 10 soldiers to the U S armyThere were six brothers in Co H C7thPa as follows Iteuben Kunkle killedAAinchestcr Lewis Kunkle prisonerAAhite House Landing Nathan Kunklewounded Occuquan Creek Aa Joel Kunkle wounded Gool Harbor ieter ivunmePaul Kunkle Four Ilecr brothers entered tlie Union service Philip served in the1st Pa Bucktails Peter in the G7th PaJacob in the 147th Pa and Joel in the17C Pa Six Green brothers served inPennsylvania commands Joseph AVilliamand Thomas In the Uith Ia and iMlwmStephen and Harrison in the 11th Pa

A YOUXO SOLDIER

Comrade John C Lyon Arroyo GrandeCal is among the youngest soldiers of thecivil war He was born in an JiurcnCounty Iowa May 4 1849 enlisted Feb1C 1S04 in Co A 1st Iowa Cav andwithin 30 days after enlistment was inArkansas fighting the Johnnies Ho wason the Ited Itiver expedition He wasmounted orderly for Gen It M JteynoldsActing Inspector General at MemphisTenn He was in Gen Geo A Custersescort on the march from AlexandriaLa to Austin Tex was chosen as order-ly

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for Gen Custer and served as suchuntil muster out at Austin Tex Feb 20CO He has been a member of the G

A R for 30 years and has served threeyears as Commander of Col Harper Post120

BUT OXE COMPANY Q

Comrade T II McDonald Calais Mewrites as follows After all thesethese years of peaec and happiness thatwe have spent together comes the luothOhio with a rival Co Q Now comradesI want to protest I want it distinctly un-derstood

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that in all the regiments of theNorth and AVest that made the fightingstrength of this Nation there was butone Co Q and that belonged to the 200thInd There was only one Si Klcggand one Shorty olio Pete aud one

Sandy one old white mule called Abcdnego These all belonged to Co Q 200thInd

HEROISM AT TOUT GRECO

David It Bryan Co A 54th Pa 112Market St Johnstown Pa writes Ourregiment took part in the assault on FortGregg Maj Nathan Davis was killed asho mounted tho breastworks CharlesBackley secured the ting that was overthe fort AAe lost quite a number in thecharge Our flag bearer was killed andthe flag fell inside the Confederate worksOne of our boys jumped down and pickedit up just as our boys came rushing intothe fort

A SUGGESTION TOR THE ENCAMPMENT

E G Mansfield 27th Conn AAcstHnven Conn writes AAould it not be apicturesque feature in our parade at theNationnl Encampment to have a companyof infantry one of cavalry and a batteryuniformed and equipped as they were during tho civil war Think it over Talkit up Perhaps the District of Columbiaveterans could carry out the plan OurCommander-in-Chie-f might indorse it ifbrought to his attention

THE OtII IRELAND

A comrnde from Ellendalc writes thatSi and Shorty were all right nnd ap-parently

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belonged to his regiment exceptthat tlioy took the wrcng rond from Sa-

vannah¬

as the 0th Ireland went by theway of Fort Itoyal had a Lieutenaut kill-

ed¬

at Pocotaligo If anyone doubts therewas such a regiment as the 0th Irelandho will say that it passed in review beforeGrant and Pemberton July 4 1S03 andho stands ready to prove its existence

6UCGZST FURLOUGH FOR SI AND SHORTY

David AAeekley Co A ISSth OhioTark Itnpids Minn writes I have beena render of The Nationnl Tribune for tholast 10 years and cannot do without itbut dont you think that Si and Shortyhnd better go home and help make gardenSis pap has not been very stout since hegot tangled up in the hoop skirts and thocorn cribs must ho repaired Give thema leave of absence for a short time

BROTHERS IN ONE COMPANY

Ambrose F Craft Co M 15th KanCav National Military Home Kanwrites that his company had 11 nairs ofbrothers as follows Ashniore AyresBell Craft Ewell Johnson Spcrey Simonds Moor Hicks and Fan Of these22 men one Ashmore boy was killed fourdied O T Bell L M Simouds L CMoor and T F Fan

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SUFFERERS BY A MIGHTY

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The -- Sick Helped Free

Professor Adkin Offers to Help thSick and Afflicted Frco of CoatHundreds Cured at Their OwnHomes

The Medical World has been startled brthe wonderful cures effected by ProftnotfThomas F Adkln a distinguished sclentlstliv ho Is devoting his life to the relief of of-fering

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bumanlty People in the last stagei elconsumption men nnd women living In con ¬

stant dread of death from Itrlghts DlgeasHlood Poisoning Cancer Dropsy Heart Dhfcase and other dangerous ailments havo btarestored to health by the treatment of tolawonderful man after every known remedyand scores of eminent specialists had betatried In vain

Not In the history of Medical Science kJLT

so many startling cures been recorded 8amarvelous has been his success In healingall kinds of disease that his patients callhim a Miracle Healer a man of SnpcrnatunlIowers a Physician with the Key to thFountain of Yonth yet Professor Adkln de¬

clares there Is nothing wonderful about hlaability to cure disease ami says that be cartasimply because he undertsaeds nature

A reporter called upon Professor Adkln cfew weeks ago He fesnd a man of com ¬

manding llgnre whose personality was maiterfnl ami refreshing Ills eyes though fallof kindliness seemed to penetrate ones verythoughts while his every act and every wordspoke of honesty and consideration of othersHe is clearly a man of wonderful fore ofcharacter

He said I cannot attempt to tell you whatmy treatment H which I call Aitaopathy Inthese days of quackery and fakes every ad¬

vance In science is Imitated by a score ofIgnorant charlatans who pretend to cavamastered Its details Were I to attempt texplain to you for publication the practiceof Aitaopathy without discussing Its everyphase which I have not time to do therawould be a dozen unscrupulous persons prtending to nnderstand Its use before the nnbIlcatlon has been out a week Aitaopathy lanot Christian Science it is not Hypnotismnor Divine nettling It Is Infinitely morathorough and far reaching than any of them

Vitaopathy I subtle force of nature reg-ulating

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the Intellectual and spiritual balngwhich controls the physical man It putsthe system In a receptive condition whichenables the body to receive the full benefitof my vitaopathlc Vegetable remedieswhich arc used in combination with It

It Is true that this new treatment Is evtryday making wonderful cures It has caredthe blind It has made the lame walk It hascured various organic troubles which hadbrought tho sutTerers to deaths door Andhere let me ask you to announce to all thareaders of your paper that I stand ready atany time to give the benefit of my experi-ence

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to anyone who is in need of help I willgladly make a complete diagnosis of thacase of anyone who Is in poor health and Iwill prescribe a thorough conrso of hometreatment free of cost which I positivelyguarantee to cure Especially do I make thljoffer to those who are afflicted with danger ¬

ous disease and have been treated by othermethods without avail If there arc anywho are in the grip of Consumption BloodPoison Hrlgkts Disease Chronic KidneyDisorder Nervous Debility Dropsy Rheu ¬

matism Heart Disease If any of your read ¬

ers nre suffering from constant HeadacheDyspepsia Sleeplessness Female TroubleslAist Vitality Vertigo or other similar Ills IInvite them to write me fully of their condi-tion

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and I will give them personal attentionand help them to a complete recovery ofhealth

I want no one to send me any money Zam willing to give this service to all whawill put themselves In my hands without apenny of charge feeling that having betablessed with the ability to cure disease whenothers fall It Is my duty to help those vrhacannot help themselves

Professor Adkin showed the reporterscores of letters from Doctors ClergymeaStatesmen Kdncators College FrofessorjLawyers and others high In life who harabeen cured by Vitaopathy as well as letterafrom many men and women from all walkaof life who availed themselves of his freaoffer of help and the reporter left with astrange feeling of encouragement believingthat he had met the most wonderful man ofthe age

The following are a few extracts from Ut¬

ters which the reporter examined personallyI feel It a debt I owe to suffering humanity to maio

known w hat has been done for me I had suffered torover forty years from catarrh of the throat stonudiami bowels I couched day and night-- I was la con-tinuous

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pain I bad tried so many kinds of treatmentwithout benefit that I had given up alt hope Bychance I learned of a woman whom you had curedafter the doctors had given her up to die and I wrotefor your free help That was one mouth apo To dayI am a well woman I cannot understand It Myfriends are amazed 3Iy family physician is puzzledI w Ml I could ko out and proclaim the virtues of yourmarvelous treatment from the housetops You may usethis letter as yon please I kuow my recommendationcan only result in good 31ns A V Moohe

Uox G3t Fitzgerald Ga

I cannot express my gratitude for what youhavdonoformy wife Shewason her deathbed she wasparalyzed and hud a clot of biKxt on her bruin Phy ¬

sicians said lliere was no hope that she could recoverbut you liave saved her life She Improved from thvery first day she commenced your treatment Thaclot of blood has disappeared she steeps well and hasa splendid appetite liefer any sufferers who doubtyour marvelous power to me or let them come to mybemo and witness the wonderful cure you have per-formed

¬in my wifes casp My neighbors all know tha

condition my wife was Iu when she commenced youetreatment and they were hourly expecting her deathI hope and pray that I maj be at your cummand tohelp those who suffer and iret them to write you ftrfree help W s Sivayse rh

Fropr Sprine Clear IithlA Wateriew llaveu Coim

Every reader of this paper who Is sletwith any disease Is advised to write to thtamiracle healer addressing his or her letterto Professor Thos F Adkin President of thaInstitute of Physicians and Surgeons Otfica178 S Rochester N Y

State the leading symptoms of your com-plaint

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and ask Professor Adkln to help yoawithout cost nnd you will undoubtedly banble to get cured ns sc many others harabeen Aitaopathy is unquestionably the mostwonderful science of the ace and rrofessocAdkin tho greatest miracle healer in thaworld

Indorse President Roosevelts ActionAt a recent meeting of GiJdings Post

of Jefferson O resolutions wero adoptedcommending the Presidents action in totolng the bill to remove charge of desertion and also the vetoing of two otherbills granting honorable discharges to sol-

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