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y BRAHAHF LINCOLN Continued from page one Thex were almost like one great family their close relation being cemented by frequent Intermarriages and Nancy had known the jovial goodBatuxefl popular Thomas practically all her life Her mother had a large family of chil ¬ dren and the kind hearted Mrs Spar- row ¬ who had not lightened the cares of the former by keeping the little Nancy much of the tlmo with her In- deed ¬ the child was more at home under the Sparrow roof than that of her fath- er ¬ and spent practically her entire childhood with these good neighbors more frequently called by their name than by her own All the Lincoln biographers seem to agree that Nancy Hanks was an un ¬ commonly pretty girl with dark hair and bright hazel eyes and that in intel- lect ¬ as well as In appearance she was much superior to her humble station In life She couia read and write which was a rare accomplishment in those early days and she cared much more for a book or some quiet pleasure than for the boisterous somewhat rough merry makings of those days and that locality Her deeply religious na- ture ¬ tinged her manner with something of melancholy which became more manifest under the hard conditions of her life and her duties were ever her first consideration Thomas who was exactly her opposite in temperament and in most of his Ideas attracted her largely by reason of his cheerful op ¬ timism and careless gaiety and she loved him with all the sweetness and depth of her gentle nature He loved her too in his rough good natured way proud of her beauty and book learning but she was no Lady Macbeth to spur him on to greater activity or effort by chastising him with the valor of her tongue and evidently preferred to endure patiently the terrible priva ¬ tions which his improvidence imposed upon her rather than pester him As far as can be seen she did not color or Influence her husbands life in the least Birth of Abraham For awhile after Thomas and Nancy Were married they lived in the little house 14 feet square in Ellzabethtown where he had taken her as a bride and where he was near her Uncle Joseph Hankss carpenter shop in which he worked In the tiny home they were at least warm and comfortable fully protected from the elements and with enough to eat and in after years poor Nancy must have looked back upon this period as one of comparative lux- ury ¬ With no premonitions of what was In store for her she performed her tasks with wifely pride and dreamed her dreams of future happiness and life was full of hope and gladness But this state of things did not last long Nothing could be more forlorn or desolate than her surroundings on Nolin Creek both inside her wretched little cabin with its dirt floor and out- side ¬ where nothing but barren hillocks covered with stunted scrubby under- brush ¬ met the eye At the time of the birth of the little Abraham she had only the roughest care and attention suffer- ing ¬ for the commonest necessities of life Old Dennis Hanks who was her cousin tells about Thomas walking into his mothers house one cold morning in February and rather sheepishly an- nouncing ¬ the fact that he was again a father this time of a son Denniss mother hurried up her work and went over to the Lincoln cabin to attend to the mother who had had no one but her husband to do the simplest thing for her As Mrs Hanks entered the cabin she saw Nancy lying on her pole bed covered with a bear skin holding the furture President clasped close to her breast The good woman washed the baby and put a yellow flannel petticoat and llnsey shirt on him cooked some dried berries with wild honey for Nancy slicked up the cabin and then went home which was all the nursing the baby or mother got She lay on her hard bed filled with beech leaves only till she had recovered strength enough to take up once more the bur ¬ den of her dally duties As usual with men of his character Thomas Lincoln blamed his want of fortune upon everything but his own Shortcomings The location of his farm was at fault and when Abraham was four years old his father moved 15 miles over to Knob Creek where he hoped the land might be made to laugh more abundantly for the meager hoe tlckllng he gave it than on Nolin Creek Of course since he worked no harder ill luck followed him and when Abraham was seven years old his fath ¬ er felt that the virgin soil of Indiana might glva more for little than Ken ¬ tucky Packing his family and goods In one wagon he trekked across the Ohio to Spencer County Ind and set ¬ tled on Little Pigeon Creek one and one half miles east of Gentryville Kalntucky as Dennis Hanks after- ward ¬ said was gettln stuck up with some folks rich enough to own niggers o it didnt seem no place fur pore folks any more Dennis says that he helped Nancy empty the shucks out of the tow linen ticks and to pile the few housekeenlng belongings the insult clent bedding and clothing and the few pans and kettles on the backs of two borrowed horses and that he and the Sparrows went along too but most biographers agree that the Sparrows did not join the Llncolns in their new home for over a year Removal to Indlnnt In the midst of the dense forest of beech oak hickory and blak walnut Thomas Lincoln set up another camp and It was only what was then called a half faced camp that is It was a mere shed of poles Inclosed on three ides with the fourth open to the weather There for 12 long months Nancy Hanks Lincoln lived with her two children a daughter aged eight and little Abraham seven years old Then they were forced to move into the house which she and the children had helped to build tho It was not completed for the Sparrows came along fbout that time and the camp had to be given up to them The new house wss of course more comfortable than the camp so much more so In fact that Thomas Lincoln was quite satisfied With It and tho It was without windows doors or floors made no effort to sup Sly this lack during the few years of 11 fo that remained to poor Nancy Altho still a young woman Nancys hard life had made her look like an old one The terrible strains on her health and strength had told terribly and the pretty clear skin of the young bride of only a few years back was changed to a deep sallow bv the poor and Insufficient food and the ma ¬ laria of tho rank woods which sur- rounded ¬ the Indiana home It was during this period that she kept urging her boy to study for he had taught him to read and write She would tell him stories about George wasningion fcnd other great men Impressing upon him the fact that he had as good Vir- ginia ¬ blood In him as Washington but that he could do nothing In the world without education Tho little Abraham would listen to her looking at her with great serious eyes every word sho ut ¬ tered apparently taking root in his heart Nancys health grew worse and worse and finally the mysterious dis ¬ ease called milk sickness struck the little community at Pigeon Creek where the Llncolns lived carrying off first the Sparrows and then poor Nancy herself Thomas with his own hands made her coffin and Dennis Hanks In Eleanor Atkinsons little book called The Boyhood of Lincoln gives this account of how this sad office was per ¬ formed Me n Abe helped Tom make the coffin He tuk a log left over from bulldln the cabin an I helped him whlpsaw It Into planks an plane em Mo n Abe held the planks while Tom bored holes an put em together with pegs Abod whittled Thar wasnt tcacely any nails in the kentry an lit ¬ except in knives and guns and tookln pots Toms tools was a won 4er to the hull deestrlot Pears to me like Tom was always- - makin a coffin fur some one We laldL Nancy close to the deer run in the woods Deer was the only wild critters the women wasnt afeerd of I reckon she didntrhave no sortro keer pore Nancy There was no preacher around at the time of Nancy Lincolns death and sh and the SparrowswereJaid away with acani ceremony This is said to have given the young Abraham such deep sorrow and preyed so upon his mind that several months later he prevailed upon a circuit preacher called David Elkin to come and deliver a funeral sermon over her grave then covered by the early Winter snows Dr J G Holland referring to this event says that notice of the coming service was carried by neighbor to neighbor till the whole country around was informed of it On the day in question a beauti- ful ¬ Sabbath morning all the settlers started for the Lincoln house some on foot some In carts of tho rudest con- struction ¬ some on horseback two or even three on one horse and some in wagons drawn by oxen In all 200 peo- ple ¬ were present when the parson came out of the modest dwelling still with- out ¬ doors floors or windows followed by Thomas and the two children They all proceeded to the tree under which Nancy had been buried where the par- son ¬ paid a beautiful tribute to- - the Christian character and virtues of the wife and mother The grave is now In- closed ¬ with a high iron fence and over it Is a stone placed there by P E Studebaker of South Bend Ind bear ¬ ing this inscription Nancy Hanks Lin- coln ¬ mother of President Lincoln died Oet 5 A D 1818 aged 35 years Erect ¬ ed by a friend of her martyred son It is said that most great men hav--bee- n the sonsof great mothers Nancy Hanks may not have been great her ¬ self but that some of her sons great- ness ¬ was due to her thero is little doubt Her ambition for him awakened his own her untiring effort to inspire him with high and noble motives bore rich fruit From her he got his deep tender and reverent nature his truth- fulness ¬ and earnestness he drew In with the milk of her breast In the devoted love of his Christian mother his char- acter ¬ took root and the grand and beautiful thing it became was largely due to her Lincoln did not speak often of his young mother He could not He had known her only as l sad and sweetly patient woman struggling against awful poverty Her sufferings in the cabin with its dirt floor where he was born in the camp with its open front and her last heart rendingly pathetic illness in the little house with no windows floors or doors were ever with him He simply could not speak of her But he has been known to say that all that was good m him he got from his two mothers To be continued m A NEW NAME It la Now Hra Genevieve Longfleld Lane Bound to Please When the name of Mrs Genevieve Hager Longfield was first presented for consideration for National President of the Ladles of tne Grand Army of the Republic there was a great howl in- deed ¬ there was now because she was not the wife of a veteran Mrs Long field made her campaign on the rela- tionship ¬ of being a niece and she won out Then she proceeded to make good and married a veteran Now Ladies of the Grand Army 4f the Republic what more could you ask Mrs Longfleld was married to Col Allan Lane of Portland Me at the Hotel Brunswick Boston last Novem ber The two met at the National En campment in Toledo in September and were mutually attracted toward each other When Mrs Longfleld went to Boston on business connected with the Ladies of the Grand Army of the Re public she again met Col Lane and they Just up and got married without letting anybody Know anytning about It Col Allan Lane has a beautiful home In Portland and Mrs Lane will make her home there hereafter A splendid reception was given them In Portland when they went home and when Sirs Lane came back to ner oia home in Chicago she was the recipient of many receptions and dinners and lunches the very largest perhaps D- e- ing that given her by Thomas Circle of Chicago or which sne is an nonorea member The hall was beautifully dec- orated ¬ in the National colors and was filled to overflowing with the many friends of this popular President Amid loud applause Mrs Lane was received with all the honors of the Order She 1b a woman of letters well read and highly educated She Is a member of several organizations and held In high esteem by all and worthy of the distin- guished ¬ honors bestowed upon her Mrs Lane Is an easy and convincing speaker Is refined and unassuming but possesses ability and dignity befitting her rank Mrs Lane accompanied Commander-in-Chi- ef Nevius and Mrs Mary L Gil man National President of the Wo ¬ mans Relief Corps to Salt Lake City to make arrangements for the National Encampment next year and will now be found in her new home In Portland Veteranizing Editor National Tribune Would you please give the date of the order of the Secretary of War to enlist soldiers for the veteran service I think It was some time In December 1863 L A Pipes Gravel Switch Ky The first General Order which is numbered 191 was Issued June 25 1803 and provided that all able bodied men between the ages of 18 and 45 who had heretofore been enlisted and had served for not less than nine months and could pass an examination might be enlisted as veteran volunteers and receive the bounty anc other al- lowances ¬ of such These were to be given tho service chevron and receive in installments a bounty of 415 Ed ¬ itor National Tribune The Pennsylvania religion Bill Jim E Mellen 210th Pa Monterey Mex is not pleased a little bit with the Pennsylvania pension bill first because It excludes all Pennsylvania soldiers re- siding ¬ outside the State and they thould all protest againbt it If they were good enough to go when the State needed them they are good enough to be properly treated now Ono of Com- rade ¬ Mellens brothers was in the 74th Pa one in tire 148th Pa and his father was in the 150th Pa Enos Spahr 54th Pa Round Lake N D protests vigorously against tho Pennsylvania pension bill and wants all of the Pennsylvania veterans living outside of the State to send their per- sonal ¬ protest to Gov E S Stewart giv¬ ing date of their enlistment and dis- charge ¬ as well as their service with any comments on the bill that they think expedient He thinks that his own service while not better than oth ¬ ers entitles him to be a recipient of the benefits of any pension law He served 39 months was twice a prisoner and was once wounded In Favor el he Sbcrvrood Bill Capt John Barnes 23d Ky 33 W Second street Cincinnati O thinks that the trouble with the G A R is that short term men have too much in fluenco In it It was they who got thru the McCumbor bill which was strictly in tho Interest of tho short term men and they turned down the Indorsement of the Sherwood bill which would give all veterans who served 17 months or more l per day Abraham Lincoln HU Life and Work Tho National Tribune thru a par- ticularly ¬ advantageous purchase Is en- abled ¬ to offer its readers a great bar- gain ¬ In the Centennial Edition of Abraham Lincoln His Life and Work by Noah Brooks This Is really a 93 book and was brought out to sell at that price but for a limited time we shall offer it for 2 or with The Na ¬ tional Tribune one year both postpaid for 2 SO Seo page 8 for full descrip- tion ¬ of this book All orders received now will be filled at onco THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D C HtSDAY DECEMBER 31 1908 THE FIGHT AT REAMS STATION The Wont Day Is the Second Corps History Editor National Tribune Please give an account of the fight at Reams Sta tion in 1864 S McCall Corona ill There were several fights ai Reams Station in 1864 as the Army of the Potomac made repeated effort to cut the Weldon Railroad an Important line of supplies for Lees army The nrst was June 29 when Kautzs Division fought Fitzhugh Lees cavalry at that point in endeavoring to rescue uen Wilsons expedition sent out to cut the Petersburg Railroad At that tlmo the enemy had massed a very superior force and Kautzs and Wilsons Divi ¬ sions lost heavily 1501 prisoners being cantured 12 guns abandoned and tha wagons ammunition and supplies of the two divisions being generally burned The Weldon Railroad was left in good working shape up as far as tho Globe Tavern which was within a days hauling by wagon of Petersburg An expedition consisting of the First and Second Divisions of the Second Corps and Greggs Cavalry was sent to de- stroy ¬ the road as far as Rowanty Creek about 13 miles from the left of the Fifth orps which would oblige the enemy to haul their supplies more than 30 miles By the night of Aug 24 the expedition had accomplished its work as far as Malones Crossroads about three miles south of Reams Station and had still about five miles of road to destroy The Infantry was held at Reams Station This was too menac- ing ¬ a movement to not receive the at- tention ¬ of the Confederates and A P Hill was Bant with a large part of his own corns some assistance from Lone- - sfreet and t o divisions of cavalry un- - dijr Gei wade Hampton HancoeK men occupied the lntrench rrent wfcl had been thrown up by ttiiutz In tne previous June with Glb bs Second Division holding the left i Miless First Division on the right force of the enemy was estimated s fiom 8000 to 10000 and they at- tacked ¬ with great vigor preceding the advance with a heavy cannonade A part of the Union line was broken and some of the new troops did not behave creditably Two of our batteries were captured but Gen Miles rallied the 6l8t N T and striking the enemy in flank retook one of the batteries and a portion of the works Hampton dis- mounted ¬ his cavalry and sent them in onfoot against Greggs Cavalry which at first drove them back Gregg was however forced to retire and form on the left of the new line which Gen Gibbon had established Reinforce- ments ¬ were ordered up from the left of the Army of the Potomac but they did not succeed in reaching the battlefield until too late At night the expedition withdrew to the lines of the army Gen Hancock reports a loss of 610 officers and enlisted men killed and wounded with the proportion of officers being unusually large His missing numbered 1762 making a total of 2372 with a loss of nine guns Gen A P Hill re- ported ¬ his loss to be 720 almost entire- ly ¬ killed and wounded He claimed to have captured 12 stands of colors nine guns 10 caissons 2150 prisoners and 3100 stand of arms Editor National Tribune - Duponts Attack on Charleston Editor National Tribune Admiral Dupont made his attack on Charleston with seven monitors the Ironsides and the Keokuk The Keokuk was an iron- clad ¬ shaped like a turtle with two tur- rets ¬ She was struck about 100 times that day and my memory tells me that she sunk the next day In a choppy sea I was one of the boats crew to take the men off the Keokuk We went from the Daffodil There were boats from sevei Rl Ships sent to the assistance of the Keokuk Capt Ryan would not leave until all the crew were safe I think this was on the next day after she sank or April 8 1863 On that day the Monitor Weehawken grounded under Sumter and the Daffodil was or- dered ¬ to assist her We received a lot of solid shot from Sumter The Wee ¬ hawken did not float during tho night and at daybreak we were ordered away and the Ironsides covered the Wee ¬ hawken from the Are of Forts Moultrie and Sumter She was so near that the forts could not do her any harm Sept 6 the Daffodil was ordered to tow a number of boats from different ships with about 200 men on board to assault Fort Sumter Wo towed the boats close to the fort and the men landed The boats were all smashed and most of the men taken prisoners We arrived at the Savannah River in time to seo the ram Atlanta surrender to the Wee- hawken ¬ She had come out to sink the monitors but the Weehawken smashed her pilot house so that she could not steer I think there were 40 men killed and wounded tho the Weehawken only fired four shots Two pleasure steam- ers ¬ with passengers on board came out to see the Atlanta sink the monitors and wooden ships and break the block- ade ¬ John Hefferman Landsman U S S Daffodil 45 Washington street Flushing L I Wnpplns Might H W Day late an Acting Inspector General Third Brigade Third Division Third Corps writes with reference to Spinola and his brigade at Wapping Hlghts July 21 1863 At that time Comrade Day was there as Captain of Co A 106th jm T The brigade com manded by Col B F Smith arrived at the foot of wapping Hights as Gen Spinola deployed the Excelsior Brigade to charge the Hlghts The division was commanded by Brlg Gen Elliott As Gen Spinola advanced up the hill he fell wounded when about half the dis- tance ¬ The line halted and In a mo- ment ¬ the 106th N Y deployed and charged the Hights with fixed bayonets The section of artillery barely escaped and the enemy was driven down the steep hill into tho valley We held the ground and occupied the position over night About 14 Confederate dead vere found around the slight works they had madeJuIy 22 about 9 oclock the brigade turned back toward Wjir renton and finally brought up near White Sulphur Springs Old Soldiers Paper Col Maurice M Kalghn Salt Lako City has come Into possession of the papers of Patrick Connor who served the United States long and well Among these papers are discharges showing that Connor served 16 years 11 of which were In the 8th U S and five in the 1st U S Art Ho was finally discharged as First Sergeant of Co B 1st U S Art and has a fine record with special commendations on each discharge The Mlddleswnrt Family The Annual Reunion of the Middle swart family took place on Thanksgiv ¬ ing Day at the residence of Mr Dye near Wade Washington County Ohio The Middleswarts came from Holland In 1625 and settled In what is now New York City One of the brothers was killed by an Indian and tho other final ¬ ly settled near Germantown Pa where he raised a large family Tho Middle swarts have been active in every war the country has waged and there was a father and four sons In that for tho preservation of the Union There was a Mlddlcswart with Washington In the expedition against Fort Duquesne one with Mad Anthony on tho Maumce and plenty of them on the Potomac and un- der ¬ Sherman Thomas Sheridan and Grant Additional Ienslnn Leglslatloc Sill Post J W Bender Commander Wash Young Adjutant North Balti ¬ more Ohio has adopted strong reso- lutions ¬ against the action of the G A R National Pension Committee In say- ing ¬ that it would ask for no additional pension legislation for a period of three years It does not believe that the ac- tion ¬ of the committee has satisfied tho veterans which It claimed to represent Pension News See classified ads on page 7 MffiROY AT WOf CHESTER Views of Several lfrtlcnant la the Fightln ul G W Warfel 12thUFa Gav Wilklns burg Pa is receiving atnany letters from comrades on account of his arti ¬ cle in The National ilrlbune on Milrcy at Winchester Uriah CtaicKay 12th Pa Cav Sharon Fafl writes to him to know if ho was a company blacksmith McKay was tho boy hlacksmlth of Co B and is now 63 years olaf W H Sheppard I22d Ohio Zanes ville O writes sonie corrections He says that Ewells advance appeared be ¬ fore our pickets between It and 8 am Saturday June 13 and fighting began at once The pickets were reinforced and we continued to hold on until Sun- day ¬ June 14 when tho Johnnies had us surrounded with artillery on Round Hill which commandel the whole posi- tion ¬ At sundown th marched Into the forts and repulsed thn charges MU roy on a platform high iA m the flac staff coolly surveyed Uie namy thru a field glass while shells vr bursting around him At 2 a m Monday Jun 13 they marched out of the fort thru the field close to font of Apple Plo Rldgo and on the Martinsburg road south of Stevenson Station There they met Edward Johnsons Division with the Stonewall Brigade and the fighting began before daylight Col afterward Gen J Warren Klefer with the 110th and 122d Ohio and tho 87th Pa rolled up Johnsons left flank and gained tho road to Harpers Ferry Mllroy was with them and they arrived at Har- pers ¬ Ferry before sundos n The 6th Md marched out of the fort toward the Shenandoah and taking another road arrived at Harpers Ferry a few hours afterward The 15th W Va and the 116th Ohio and fragments of other commands went northwest and reached the Union lines at Hancock S R AverUI f3th Pa Cav Brad- ford ¬ Pa writes that the battle did not open at Middletown 12 miles away but at Newtown five miles away The Ber ryvllle troops did not go back to defend Washington but rejoined Mllroy Mll ¬ roy was not dishonorably discharged but relieved and Investigated and In a short time was In command of a bri- gade ¬ in the Southwest Neither the 80th Pa Cav the 12th Fa Cav nor the 124th Ohio was at Winchester at all during the fight Generals and Their Commands Editor National Tribune Will you please answer the following questions thru the columns of your paper I What was the name of the army which KIrby Smith commanded In his Tennessee and Kentucky campaign and also In the Red River campaign against Banks 2 What army did Gen Dick Taylor command at his surrender to Canby in 1865 3 What General commanded Confed- erate ¬ Army of tho Mississippi also Trans Misslsslppl 4 Which General had chief com- mand ¬ of the Federal army at Iuka and Corinth Grant or Rosecrans Byron M Maxwell Marshall 111 1 Maj Gen E Klrbyj smith com- manded ¬ the Department of East Ten nessee Kentucky Northern Georgia and Western North Carolina when he advanced Into Kentucky and defeated Gen Nelson near Richmond 2 Maj Gen Richard f Taylor com ¬ manded the Army of tho Louisiana when ho fought Banks Hoieommandcd the troops cast of the Mississippi when he surrendered to canny 3 Lieut Gen afterwards Gen KIr by Smith commanded thtfiConfcdprate Department of the tTrans Mlssisslppi until the end of th6 warv 4 Gen Grant haa3command of the Department of the Tennessee at Iuka and Corinth In whlfrh Geri Roscornn commanding the Army of tho Missis- - slppi was operating Editor National Tribune The 17th and llfith N V Editor National Tribune Kindly give a short history of tho 37th and 115th N Y T H Woolverton 474 Miller avenue Brooklyn N X The 17th N Y was organized at New York City May 24 1861 for two years and mustered out June 2 1863 Co A of the 53d N Y was transferred to this regiment as Co G and hcing composed of three years men was transferred to a battalion ot the 12th N Y when the regiment was mustered out The 17th was also called the Westchester Chas- seurs ¬ and was commanded by Col H S Lansing of tho Regular Army It belonged to Griffins Division Fifth Corps and lost 37 killed and 40 from disease etc The 115th Ironhearts and ono of the 300 fighting regiments was organ ¬ ized at Fonda In July and August 1862 and mustered out June 17 1865 It was commanded by Cols Simeon Sam mon and Nathan J Johnson successive- ly ¬ The entire regiment was captured at the surrender of Harpers Ferry and after bengparoled was sent to Chlcigo to await exchange At the battle of Olustec Fla the regiment made a gal ¬ lant fight losing over 300 In Killed wounded or anlsslng At the battle of Chafilns Farm the regiment was in the fight at Fort Gilmer whore it lost half of its number present for vction In October 1864 it joined in thp advance on Richmond on the Darbytown road and sustained a considerable los from the 9th Me firing a volley into It thru mistake Many of Its men lost tneir lives from the explosion of the mine at Fort Fisher It belonged to Turners Division Tenth Corps and lost 135 killed and 18S from disease etc Its total of killed and wounded was 494 and 45 of Its members died in Confed ¬ erate prisons Editor National Trib- une ¬ The 15th X Y Engineers and the 103d IV Y Editor National Tribune I would like you to give a short sketch of the 15th N Y Engineers and also the 103d N Y Nathan W Yoder R F D Ro- mulus ¬ N Y The 15th N Y Engineers wis organ ¬ ized in New York City June 17 1861 for two years and mustered out June 25 1863 It was commanded by Col John McLeod Murphy who resigned Dec 12 1862 succeeded by Col Clin- ton ¬ G Colgate in command at the time of muster out It lost seven Killed and 122 from disease etc 1 The 103d N Y was organized at El mlra and New YorJc City In March 1862 for three years and at tho ex- piration ¬ of this term the original mem ¬ bers were mustered out apd the veter- ans ¬ and recruits consolidated Into a battalion of three companies and re- tained ¬ In service u was commanded by Col Bcnj Ringgold who died of wounds In May 18G followed by Col Baron F W Egloffstein who was dis ¬ charged in November of the same year and who was in turn succeeded by Col William Heine mustered out April 27 1865 upon the expiration of his term of service It belonged to Rodmans Division Ninth Corps and lost 66 killed and 102 from disease etfcEdltor Na- tional ¬ Tribune r The 1st and 2d Tenn Editor National Tribune Please glvo a little sketch of the 1st and 2d Tenn D Watson Carbondale Colo Tho 1st Tenn wag organized at Wil ¬ liamsburg Barboursvillo and Camp dick iiouinson in August and Septem ber 1861 and the roriminr rnnsolldat ed Into a battalion of two companies of veterans ana recruits finally mustered out Aug 8 1865 it was commanded by Col Robert K Byrd who was mus- - lerea out oepi iv 1864 upon expiration of his term of service It belonged to Negleys division Fourteenth Corps and lost 40 killed and 336 from disease etc The 2d Tenn was organized at Som erset Ky and upon the expiration of its mreo years- - service tne original members mustered out while the vet ¬ erans and recrult3 were consolidated into a battalion and retained In service till Aug 3 1865 It was commanded by Col James P T Carter who re¬ signed May 2 1S64 succeeded by Lieut Col James M Melton who was mus ¬ tered out Oct 8 1864 upon tho expira- tion ¬ of his term of service At the time of final muster out of the battalion Second Lieut Ellsha Harbour was in command It belonged to Negleys Di- vision ¬ Fourteenth Corps and lost 27 killed and 613 from disease etc Ed- itor ¬ National Tribune The 155th Fa Editor National Tribune Please give a short history of the 155th Pa Thos Taylor Emlenton Pa Tho 155th Pa one of tho 300nghtlng regiments was organized at Harrlsburg and Pittsburg during September 1862 and mustered out June 2 1865 It was commanded by Cols Edward J Allen John H Cain and Alfred L Pearson in nui cession The regiment was engaged In Humphreyss bloody assault on Ilnryes Hlghts whrrc It lost six killed wounded and four missing It took prominent part in an tne batties oi co Fifth Corps h 116i 65 distinguish ing Itself particularly at the assault on Petersburg at Feel- - Farm and at the Quaker Road Pearson was twice brevetted for E ntry while the regiment received complimentary no- tices ¬ from headquarters The 155th was pressing the enemy hard at Appomat ¬ tox when tho sign of surrender was dis played It belonged to Griffins Divi sion Fifth Corps and lost 142 killed and 112 from disease etc Its total of killed and wounded was 519 and 10 of Its members died In Confederate pris- ons ¬ Editor National Tribune Abrnlinm Lincoln Ills IIfe and Work The National Tribune thru a par ticularly advantageous purchase is en ¬ abled to offer its readers a great bar ¬ gain in the Centennial Edition of Abraham Lincoln His Life and Work by Noah Brooks This is really a 3 book and was brought out to sell at that price but for a limited time we shall offer It for 2 or with The Na- tional ¬ Tribune one year both postpaid for J25C See page 8 for full descrip- tion ¬ of this book All orders received now will be filled at once The 4th Ind Car Editor National Tribune Please give a short description of the losses of the 4th Ind Cav W H Williams Burl ington Kan The 4th Ind Cav was organized at Indianapolis In August 1862 and mus tered out June 29 1865 it was com- manded ¬ by Col Isaac P Gray who re signed Feb 11 1863 succeeded by Col Lawrence S Shuler who resigned May 16 of the same year Col John A Plat- ter ¬ then took command who also re signed Sept 9 1863 followed by Lieut- - Col John T Deweese who resigned March 11 1864 followed by Lleut Col Horace P Lamson in command at the time of muster out It belonged to McCooks Division Ca alry Corps and lost 28 killed and 108 from disease etc Editor National Tribune The 02d N Y Editor National Tribune Please give a short history of the 62d N Y Ed ¬ ward Tracy 312 W 25th St New York City The 62d N Y was organized at New York City in June and July 1861 and finally mustered out Aug 30 1865 It was also called Anderson Zouaves and was commanded by Col John L Riker who was killed in action at Fair Oaks May 31 1862 succeeded by Col David J Nevin who was mustered out upon expiration of his term of service June 29 1864 At the time of final muster- - out Lieut Col Theo B Hamilton brevet Colonel Aug 1 1864 was In command It belonged to Newtons Division Sixth Corps and lost 88 killed and 84 from disease etc Editor Na- tional ¬ Tribune The 00 111 Pa Editor National Tribune Please pub lish a short history of the 90th Pa as my father Jacob Lehman was a Cor- poral ¬ In Co B of that regiment Alex ¬ ander H Lehman 1306 Llpplncott St Philadelphia Fa The 90th Pa was organized at Phila delphia from Oct 1 1861 to March 10 1862 for three years ana consonuatea with the 11th Pa Nov 26 1864 It was commanded by Col Peter Lyle from the beginning of its service until its consolidation belonged to Robinsons Division First Corps and lost 103 killed and 127 from disease etc Ed- itor ¬ National Tribune The 15th X Y II A Editor National Tribune Some time ago I asked you kindly to give a little history of the 15th N Y H A whether it lost many what were its battles and if credited with capturing a rebel flag Henry Bollinger Bound Brook N J The 15th N Y H A was organized at New York City from October to De- cember ¬ 1861 the original members mustered out by detachments as their terms expired and the veterans and recruits finally mustered out Aug 22 1865 Cos A B C D and E formerly belonged to Lieut Col Sengess 3d Bat- tery ¬ German H A The 15th was com- manded ¬ by Col Louis Schlrmer all thru its service belonged to Ayress Division Fifth Corps and lost 150 killed and 230 from disease etc It took part in the battles of the Wilderness Spotsylvania North Anna Tolopotomoy Bethesda Church Petersburg Chapel House and Hatchers Run I do not remember that it captured a rebel flag at any time Editor National Tribune The 12th Ohio Indpt Battery Editor National Tribunef Please give a short history of the 12th Ohio Indpt Battery J M Bcelman 328 S Park Ave Chicago 111 The 12th Ohio Indpt Battery was organized at Camp Jackson Juno 8 1861 and finally mustered out July 10 1865 It was originally Co D ot the 25th Ohio detached as tho 12th Ohio L A March 17 1862 It was com- manded ¬ by Capt Aaron C Johnson who was mustered out upon expiration of his term of service June 25 1864 succeeded by Capt Frank Jackson who Resigned April 29 1863 At tho time of final muster out Capt Alfred Noecke was In command ot the battery It be ¬ longed to Stelnwehrs Division Eleventh Corps and lost three killed and 17 from disease etc Editor National Tribune Confederate Generals Editor National Tribune Will you please publish tho names of the Gen- eral ¬ Confederate officers that were killed and wounded at the battle of Franklin Tenn Nov 30 1864 and also state if there was any battle of the ciyil war where the loss in General Confederate officers was as great as at Franklin J K Merrlfleld Co C 88th 1 The Confederate General officers killed at Franklin were Maj Gen Pat- rick ¬ R Cleburne and Brlgr Gens Arch- ibald ¬ Grade John Adamsj Oscar G Strahn S R Ghist and H B Granberry Thero has never been a full list pub- lished ¬ of the Generals Colonels Com- manders ¬ of regiments etc wounded but very few who led their men into that desperate assault escaped without some injury We think that at no time during the war were as large a propor- tion ¬ of men struck by bullets as among the Confederates at Franklin Editor National Tribune A Case In Point John H Fertig 253 20th street Mil ¬ waukee Wis gives a case that recently came to his notice A number of Gleasons N Y Bat ¬ tery was taken prisoner and was one of tho few men who entered iff rebel service In order to save his tife He was captured by our forces and confessed to what he had done He had been a prisoner over eight months at Belle Isle LIbbey Lynch- burg ¬ Andersonvllle MUlen Savannah and Florence and only took the oath to save his life This fact prevented him from entering the Grand Army and was a severe punishment to him thruout the rest of his life and now his widow is denied a pension Is not his punish ¬ ment greater than he deserved Those French Uniforms D Eldredge Boston Mass says that in his statement as to thcrcglmeats receiving the French uniform he only mentioned those whom he knew re- ceived ¬ them They were the 18th Mass 44th N Y and 83d Pa He is not sur ¬ prised to learn thru D C Graves that the 62d Pa also had such uniform They were bought by Uncle Sam in the usual way and probably never saw the light after packing till the boxes were opened in Virginia He has been un- able ¬ to find any proof that the uni- forms ¬ were given as a reward for good behavior Serjtt Perkins George B Perkins a lawyer of Talla- hassee ¬ Fla writes to Tho National Tribune with regard to the young Sergt Perkins of a Florida regiment who was mentioned In an extract from Cen de Trobriands book He desires to know If any of the readers of The Na- tional ¬ Tribune remember Sergt Per- kins ¬ how he Ifioked his sbe and fea- tures ¬ and particularly whathospitul or prison he was carried to Ho thinks that Sergt Perkins was his father Burnlns the Co mmlsji a rjr BnlldlnfiT Joseph Jarvis Cobden III wants to know what regiment vai on provost guard at the commissary building at Little Rock Ark when it burned down in the Fall of 1863 Also what regi- ment ¬ of the First Division FIfteonti Corps under Maj Gen Frederick Steele went into the charge at Arkan ¬ sas Post without any bayonets Also the time of the surrender of Arkansas Post Fort Hindman Arkans n T ost was captured Jan 11 1863 Editor Na- tional ¬ Tribune One of the Llbliey Prisoner Edgar Schocder Brooklyn N j writes that he was one of the prisoners who escaped thru the tunnel from Lib bey Prison Feb 9 He was at that time Second Lieutenant or uo u 4tn fa and was recaptured Feb 11 and con- fined ¬ with other comrades in a small cell for several days He ha3 now for over 20 years been employed as drafts ¬ man and computer in the Topographical Bureau of the City of New York Whrre Are They S P ONeal Denver Colo wants to know where are Moses Cushman John Conners and Richard Skeighn of Co C 14th Ohio He wants to hear from them to help him in his pension claim He also wants to know the name ot the large brick hospital in -- Nasnviua ana the name of the doctor who was in charge in the Spring of 1862 A Solid Vote Jeremiah Fisher Commander of Geo D Wells Post West Boylston Mass says that the comrades around there voted solidly for Taft -- CHANCELLORSVILLE Continued from page two Brigade Lieut s W Russell my ju ¬ nior and Capt A M Ty- ler ¬ of Gen Wrights Btarr were each In succession sent back to hurry up tho 49th and 119th Pa These two regi ¬ ments arrived most opportunely Their advance was as gallant as tlmrly and settled decisively tho possession ot tho rciiouots yet so great had been the losi of the regiments thus far engaged that they were not strong enough to carry the rlllo pits and stay tho fire from them which still greatly annoyed ouc men Capts Tyler Packard and Hurd were sent In succession to Col Emory upton commanding the Second Bri ¬ gade1 of this division with orders to mm to bring up speedily two regiments of his command and the 121st N Y and 5th Me under Col Upton wera led to the assault upon the rifle pits with unexampled coolness steadiness and bravery At the bayonets point they overcame the enemy everywhere and resistance was speedily over The Second Brigade captured sl colors one color lance the rebel pon ¬ toon bridge which was thrown across the river just to the rear of the largcfl redoubt and about 800 yards above tho ruins of the railway bridge The total number of prisoners taken by them In the assault was 103 com- missioned ¬ officers and 1200 enlisted men The Third Brigade- - captured in thfl two redoubts two 10 pounder ParrotB guns and two three Inch ordnanca guns four caissons filled with ammuni- tion ¬ five limbers several horses many prisoners and stand of small arms and one color The total number of small arma taken was 1225 stand The actual number fngnged front the Second Brigade was 568 The nu ¬ merical strength of the Third Brigada in this action was 1549 To this forca was opposed the entire Louisiana Bri ¬ gade live regiments Hokes Brigada three regiments and tho Louisiana Guard Battery To be continued Death of Gen Mann Col and Brevet Brig Gen Orrln J Mann 39th 111 died Dec 13 at Oak Park 111 and was buried In the Roso Hill Cemetery He was born in Char don O in 1833 and became Major c the 3Sth 111 Oct 11 1861 He rose to be Colonel of the regiment and received the brevet for gallantry before Rich ¬ mond After the war he was appointed Collector of Internal Revenue then elected to the Legislature and nexO Coroner and Sheriff of Cook County 111 He was stricken with paralysis In 1S91 from which he never recovered He attended the last Reunion of thai 39th 111 at Wheaton and was rpceived with loving enthusiasm by his old com¬ mand Joseph fnAtwood who miles the above says that Gen Mann was a good officer a brave leader anLalwaya kind and considerate to the men under him Tablet to Col Benedict On Sunday Dec 13 a tablef was dedicated in the College Street Church Burlington Vt to the lata George G Benedict editor of the Bur ¬ lington Free Press and a lifelong mem ber of the church The Vermont Com mandery of the Loyal Legion and tha G A R Post were present in a body and President M H Buckham of tha University of Vermont paid an elo quent tribute to Comrade Benedicts memory The tablet states his 54 years as editor his services in the waa for the Union and that the tablet Is a token of loving remembrance from comrades-in-arm- s and friends Union Veteran Legion WllIiamE Schubert writes that En campmenf 15 Union Veteran Legion St Louis Mo is doing good work and growing At the recent election Wil ¬ liam E Schubert was elected Colonel r C E Wenniger Lieutenant Colonel John G Langyuth Major C A Ell rich Chaplain B Knoepfel Quarter- master ¬ C Wagner Officer of the Dayg and John McFall Surgeon A Soldiers nome George H Webber Vermont Soldiers Home Bennington Vt says that ha found the conditions so bad in the Na ¬ tional Soldiers Homes that he had to leave them and go back to his own State where he finds what is really a Soldiers Home He served In Co C 4th Vt from August 1S61 until July 1865 Appointed Aids The veterans of Green Valley III are much pleased at the appointment of David S Lanier an Aid on the stafj of the Commander-in-Chi- ef G A R They feel that he has deserved this honor and that it has been worthily bestowed Compliment Editor National Tribune I have re- ceived ¬ the views Fighting Ships and Wedding Belte and the stereoscope They are fine I never saw such fine stereoscopic pictures My wife and friends are very well pleased with them M Goddard 12th 111 Cav 64 ElnK street Camden Me Pension Xcws Sec classified ads on page 7 Vacant United States Government Land Where anil How to Get It Under tho Homestead Timber Coal Stone OH Saline Desert and Other Federal Laws Soldiers and Sailors Homestead Itishtt Public Lands of Texas Irrigation and Reclamation Work Tha Rectangular Sjstem of Survcjs Lts Jl - V P- - -- J MONT NOAK f JL fJ 17 SV I - JL NEB- - Y OHIO A Wrfrsol Utah I 307f6S8 4 u ino JTxW AHZ I NMry I 86339 ARK vj Scy VtC Yt7TZ9osy Vmiss ALA OA I W vtw Wrhi uA115 A I T JU Jv mA 4 The figures In tho above outline map of the United States show the number of acres ot unappropriated Government land remaining In the 25 public land States and Territories open to purchase or entry under various laws The total area of land still belonging to the United States 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BRAHAHF LINCOLNContinued from page one

Thex were almost like one great familytheir close relation being cemented byfrequent Intermarriages and Nancyhad known the jovial goodBatuxeflpopular Thomas practically all her lifeHer mother had a large family of chil ¬

dren and the kind hearted Mrs Spar-row

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who had not lightened the caresof the former by keeping the littleNancy much of the tlmo with her In-deed

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the child was more at home underthe Sparrow roof than that of her fath-er

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and spent practically her entirechildhood with these good neighborsmore frequently called by their namethan by her own

All the Lincoln biographers seem toagree that Nancy Hanks was an un ¬

commonly pretty girl with dark hairand bright hazel eyes and that in intel-lect

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as well as In appearance she wasmuch superior to her humble stationIn life She couia read and write whichwas a rare accomplishment in thoseearly days and she cared much morefor a book or some quiet pleasure thanfor the boisterous somewhat rough

merry makings of those days andthat locality Her deeply religious na-ture

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tinged her manner with somethingof melancholy which became moremanifest under the hard conditions ofher life and her duties were ever herfirst consideration Thomas who wasexactly her opposite in temperamentand in most of his Ideas attracted herlargely by reason of his cheerful op¬

timism and careless gaiety and sheloved him with all the sweetness anddepth of her gentle nature He lovedher too in his rough good naturedway proud of her beauty and booklearning but she was no Lady Macbethto spur him on to greater activity oreffort by chastising him with the valorof her tongue and evidently preferredto endure patiently the terrible priva ¬

tions which his improvidence imposedupon her rather than pester him Asfar as can be seen she did not color orInfluence her husbands life in the least

Birth of AbrahamFor awhile after Thomas and Nancy

Were married they lived in the littlehouse 14 feet square in Ellzabethtownwhere he had taken her as a bride andwhere he was near her Uncle JosephHankss carpenter shop in which heworked In the tiny home they wereat least warm and comfortable fullyprotected from the elements and withenough to eat and in after years poorNancy must have looked back uponthis period as one of comparative lux-ury

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With no premonitions of what wasIn store for her she performed hertasks with wifely pride and dreamedher dreams of future happiness andlife was full of hope and gladness

But this state of things did not lastlong Nothing could be more forlornor desolate than her surroundings onNolin Creek both inside her wretchedlittle cabin with its dirt floor and out-side

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where nothing but barren hillockscovered with stunted scrubby under-brush

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met the eye At the time of thebirth of the little Abraham she had onlythe roughest care and attention suffer-ing

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for the commonest necessities oflife Old Dennis Hanks who was hercousin tells about Thomas walking intohis mothers house one cold morningin February and rather sheepishly an-nouncing

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the fact that he was again afather this time of a son

Denniss mother hurried up her workand went over to the Lincoln cabin toattend to the mother who had had noone but her husband to do the simplestthing for her As Mrs Hanks entered thecabin she saw Nancy lying on her polebed covered with a bear skin holdingthe furture President clasped close toher breast The good woman washed thebaby and put a yellow flannel petticoatand llnsey shirt on him cooked somedried berries with wild honey forNancy slicked up the cabin and thenwent home which was all the nursingthe baby or mother got She lay onher hard bed filled with beech leavesonly till she had recovered strengthenough to take up once more the bur ¬

den of her dally dutiesAs usual with men of his character

Thomas Lincoln blamed his want offortune upon everything but his ownShortcomings The location of his farmwas at fault and when Abraham wasfour years old his father moved 15miles over to Knob Creek where hehoped the land might be made to laughmore abundantly for the meager hoetlckllng he gave it than on Nolin CreekOf course since he worked no harderill luck followed him and when

Abraham was seven years old his fath¬

er felt that the virgin soil of Indianamight glva more for little than Ken ¬

tucky Packing his family and goodsIn one wagon he trekked across theOhio to Spencer County Ind and set ¬

tled on Little Pigeon Creek one andone half miles east of Gentryville

Kalntucky as Dennis Hanks after-ward

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said was gettln stuck up withsome folks rich enough to own niggers

o it didnt seem no place fur pore folksany more Dennis says that he helpedNancy empty the shucks out of thetow linen ticks and to pile the fewhousekeenlng belongings the insultclent bedding and clothing and the fewpans and kettles on the backs of twoborrowed horses and that he and theSparrows went along too but mostbiographers agree that the Sparrowsdid not join the Llncolns in their newhome for over a year

Removal to IndlnntIn the midst of the dense forest of

beech oak hickory and blak walnutThomas Lincoln set up another campand It was only what was then calleda half faced camp that is It was amere shed of poles Inclosed on threeides with the fourth open to the

weather There for 12 long monthsNancy Hanks Lincoln lived with hertwo children a daughter aged eightand little Abraham seven years oldThen they were forced to move intothe house which she and the childrenhad helped to build tho It was notcompleted for the Sparrows came alongfbout that time and the camp hadto be given up to them The new housewss of course more comfortable thanthe camp so much more so In factthat Thomas Lincoln was quite satisfiedWith It and tho It was without windowsdoors or floors made no effort to supSly this lack during the few years of11 fo that remained to poor Nancy

Altho still a young woman Nancyshard life had made her look like an oldone The terrible strains on her healthand strength had told terribly and thepretty clear skin of theyoung bride of only a few years backwas changed to a deep sallow bv thepoor and Insufficient food and the ma¬

laria of tho rank woods which sur-rounded

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the Indiana home It wasduring this period that she kept urgingher boy to study for he had taughthim to read and write She would tellhim stories about George wasningionfcnd other great men Impressing uponhim the fact that he had as good Vir-ginia

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blood In him as Washington butthat he could do nothing In the worldwithout education Tho little Abrahamwould listen to her looking at her withgreat serious eyes every word sho ut¬

tered apparently taking root in hisheart Nancys health grew worse andworse and finally the mysterious dis ¬

ease called milk sickness struck thelittle community at Pigeon Creekwhere the Llncolns lived carrying offfirst the Sparrows and then poor Nancyherself Thomas with his own handsmade her coffin and Dennis Hanks InEleanor Atkinsons little book calledThe Boyhood of Lincoln gives this

account of how this sad office was per ¬

formedMe n Abe helped Tom make the

coffin He tuk a log left over frombulldln the cabin an I helped himwhlpsaw It Into planks an plane emMo n Abe held the planks while Tombored holes an put em together withpegs Abod whittled Thar wasnttcacely any nails in the kentry an lit¬

except in knives and guns andtookln pots Toms tools was a won4er to the hull deestrlot Pears to me

like Tom was always- - makin a coffinfur some one We laldL Nancy close tothe deer run in the woods Deer wasthe only wild critters the women wasntafeerd of I reckon she didntrhave nosortro keer pore Nancy

There was no preacher around at thetime of Nancy Lincolns death and shand the SparrowswereJaid away withacani ceremony This is said to havegiven the young Abraham such deepsorrow and preyed so upon his mindthat several months later he prevailedupon a circuit preacher called DavidElkin to come and deliver a funeralsermon over her grave then coveredby the early Winter snows Dr J GHolland referring to this event saysthat notice of the coming service wascarried by neighbor to neighbor tillthe whole country around was informedof it On the day in question a beauti-ful

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Sabbath morning all the settlersstarted for the Lincoln house some onfoot some In carts of tho rudest con-struction

¬some on horseback two or

even three on one horse and some inwagons drawn by oxen In all 200 peo-ple

¬were present when the parson came

out of the modest dwelling still with-out

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doors floors or windows followedby Thomas and the two children Theyall proceeded to the tree under whichNancy had been buried where the par-son

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paid a beautiful tribute to- - theChristian character and virtues of thewife and mother The grave is now In-

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with a high iron fence and overit Is a stone placed there by P EStudebaker of South Bend Ind bear ¬

ing this inscription Nancy Hanks Lin-coln

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mother of President Lincoln diedOet 5 A D 1818 aged 35 years Erect¬

ed by a friend of her martyred sonIt is said that most great men hav--bee- n

the sonsof great mothers NancyHanks may not have been great her¬

self but that some of her sons great-ness

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was due to her thero is littledoubt Her ambition for him awakenedhis own her untiring effort to inspirehim with high and noble motives borerich fruit From her he got his deeptender and reverent nature his truth-fulness

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and earnestness he drew In withthe milk of her breast In the devotedlove of his Christian mother his char-acter

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took root and the grand andbeautiful thing it became was largelydue to her Lincoln did not speakoften of his young mother He couldnot He had known her only as l sadand sweetly patient woman strugglingagainst awful poverty Her sufferingsin the cabin with its dirt floor wherehe was born in the camp with itsopen front and her last heart rendinglypathetic illness in the little house withno windows floors or doors were everwith him He simply could not speakof her But he has been known to saythat all that was good m him he gotfrom his two mothers

To be continuedm

A NEW NAME

It la Now Hra Genevieve Longfleld LaneBound to Please

When the name of Mrs GenevieveHager Longfield was first presented forconsideration for National President ofthe Ladles of tne Grand Army of theRepublic there was a great howl in-

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there was now because she wasnot the wife of a veteran Mrs Longfield made her campaign on the rela-tionship

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of being a niece and she wonout Then she proceeded to make goodand married a veteran

Now Ladies of the Grand Army 4fthe Republic what more could you ask

Mrs Longfleld was married to ColAllan Lane of Portland Me at theHotel Brunswick Boston last November The two met at the National Encampment in Toledo in September andwere mutually attracted toward eachother When Mrs Longfleld went toBoston on business connected with theLadies of the Grand Army of the Republic she again met Col Lane andthey Just up and got married withoutletting anybody Know anytning aboutIt Col Allan Lane has a beautifulhome In Portland and Mrs Lane willmake her home there hereafter Asplendid reception was given them InPortland when they went home andwhen Sirs Lane came back to ner oiahome in Chicago she was the recipientof many receptions and dinners andlunches the very largest perhaps D-e-

ing that given her by Thomas Circle ofChicago or which sne is an nonoreamember The hall was beautifully dec-orated

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in the National colors and wasfilled to overflowing with the manyfriends of this popular President Amidloud applause Mrs Lane was receivedwith all the honors of the Order She1b a woman of letters well read andhighly educated She Is a member ofseveral organizations and held In highesteem by all and worthy of the distin-guished

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honors bestowed upon her MrsLane Is an easy and convincing speakerIs refined and unassuming but possessesability and dignity befitting her rank

Mrs Lane accompanied Commander-in-Chi- ef

Nevius and Mrs Mary L Gilman National President of the Wo ¬

mans Relief Corps to Salt Lake Cityto make arrangements for the NationalEncampment next year and will nowbe found in her new home In Portland

VeteranizingEditor National Tribune Would you

please give the date of the order of theSecretary of War to enlist soldiers forthe veteran service I think It wassome time In December 1863 L APipes Gravel Switch Ky

The first General Order which isnumbered 191 was Issued June 251803 and provided that all able bodiedmen between the ages of 18 and 45who had heretofore been enlisted andhad served for not less than ninemonths and could pass an examinationmight be enlisted as veteran volunteersand receive the bounty anc other al-

lowances¬

of such These were to begiven tho service chevron and receivein installments a bounty of 415 Ed ¬

itor National Tribune

The Pennsylvania religion BillJim E Mellen 210th Pa Monterey

Mex is not pleased a little bit with thePennsylvania pension bill first becauseIt excludes all Pennsylvania soldiers re-siding

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outside the State and theythould all protest againbt it If theywere good enough to go when the Stateneeded them they are good enough tobe properly treated now Ono of Com-rade

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Mellens brothers was in the 74thPa one in tire 148th Pa and his fatherwas in the 150th Pa

Enos Spahr 54th Pa Round LakeN D protests vigorously against thoPennsylvania pension bill and wantsall of the Pennsylvania veterans livingoutside of the State to send their per-sonal

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protest to Gov E S Stewart giv¬

ing date of their enlistment and dis-charge

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as well as their service withany comments on the bill that theythink expedient He thinks that hisown service while not better than oth ¬

ers entitles him to be a recipient ofthe benefits of any pension law Heserved 39 months was twice a prisonerand was once wounded

In Favor el he Sbcrvrood BillCapt John Barnes 23d Ky 33 W

Second street Cincinnati O thinksthat the trouble with the G A R isthat short term men have too much influenco In it It was they who got thruthe McCumbor bill which was strictlyin tho Interest of tho short term menand they turned down the Indorsementof the Sherwood bill which would giveall veterans who served 17 months ormore l per day

Abraham Lincoln HU Life and WorkTho National Tribune thru a par-

ticularly¬

advantageous purchase Is en-

abled¬

to offer its readers a great bar-gain

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In the Centennial Edition ofAbraham Lincoln His Life and

Work by Noah Brooks This Is reallya 93 book and was brought out to sellat that price but for a limited time weshall offer it for 2 or with The Na ¬

tional Tribune one year both postpaidfor 2 SO Seo page 8 for full descrip-tion

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of this book All orders receivednow will be filled at onco

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON D C HtSDAY DECEMBER 31 1908

THE FIGHT AT REAMS STATION

The Wont Day Is the Second CorpsHistory

Editor National Tribune Please givean account of the fight at Reams Station in 1864 S McCall Corona ill

There were several fights ai ReamsStation in 1864 as the Army of thePotomac made repeated effort to cutthe Weldon Railroad an Important lineof supplies for Lees army The nrstwas June 29 when Kautzs Divisionfought Fitzhugh Lees cavalry at thatpoint in endeavoring to rescue uenWilsons expedition sent out to cut thePetersburg Railroad At that tlmo theenemy had massed a very superiorforce and Kautzs and Wilsons Divi¬

sions lost heavily 1501 prisoners beingcantured 12 guns abandoned and thawagons ammunition and supplies ofthe two divisions being generallyburned The Weldon Railroad was leftin good working shape up as far as thoGlobe Tavern which was within a dayshauling by wagon of Petersburg Anexpedition consisting of the First andSecond Divisions of the Second Corpsand Greggs Cavalry was sent to de-stroy

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the road as far as Rowanty Creekabout 13 miles from the left of theFifth orps which would oblige theenemy to haul their supplies more than30 miles By the night of Aug 24 theexpedition had accomplished its workas far as Malones Crossroads aboutthree miles south of Reams Stationand had still about five miles of road todestroy The Infantry was held atReams Station This was too menac-ing

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a movement to not receive the at-tention

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of the Confederates and A PHill was Bant with a large part of hisown corns some assistance from Lone- -sfreet and t o divisions of cavalry un- -dijr Gei wade Hampton

HancoeK men occupied the lntrenchrrent wfcl had been thrown up byttiiutz In tne previous June with Glbbs Second Division holding the left

i Miless First Division on the rightforce of the enemy was estimated

s fiom 8000 to 10000 and they at-tacked

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with great vigor preceding theadvance with a heavy cannonade Apart of the Union line was broken andsome of the new troops did not behavecreditably Two of our batteries werecaptured but Gen Miles rallied the6l8t N T and striking the enemy inflank retook one of the batteries anda portion of the works Hampton dis-mounted

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his cavalry and sent them inonfoot against Greggs Cavalry whichat first drove them back Gregg washowever forced to retire and form onthe left of the new line which GenGibbon had established Reinforce-ments

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were ordered up from the left ofthe Army of the Potomac but they didnot succeed in reaching the battlefielduntil too late At night the expeditionwithdrew to the lines of the army GenHancock reports a loss of 610 officersand enlisted men killed and woundedwith the proportion of officers beingunusually large His missing numbered1762 making a total of 2372 with aloss of nine guns Gen A P Hill re-ported

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his loss to be 720 almost entire-ly

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killed and wounded He claimed tohave captured 12 stands of colors nineguns 10 caissons 2150 prisoners and3100 stand of arms Editor NationalTribune

- Duponts Attack on CharlestonEditor National Tribune Admiral

Dupont made his attack on Charlestonwith seven monitors the Ironsides andthe Keokuk The Keokuk was an iron-clad

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shaped like a turtle with two tur-rets

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She was struck about 100 timesthat day and my memory tells me thatshe sunk the next day In a choppysea I was one of the boats crew totake the men off the Keokuk We wentfrom the Daffodil There were boatsfrom sevei Rl Ships sent to the assistanceof the Keokuk Capt Ryan would notleave until all the crew were safe Ithink this was on the next day aftershe sank or April 8 1863 On thatday the Monitor Weehawken groundedunder Sumter and the Daffodil was or-dered

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to assist her We received a lotof solid shot from Sumter The Wee ¬

hawken did not float during tho nightand at daybreak we were ordered awayand the Ironsides covered the Wee ¬

hawken from the Are of Forts Moultrieand Sumter She was so near that theforts could not do her any harm Sept6 the Daffodil was ordered to tow anumber of boats from different shipswith about 200 men on board to assaultFort Sumter Wo towed the boats closeto the fort and the men landed Theboats were all smashed and most of themen taken prisoners We arrived atthe Savannah River in time to seo theram Atlanta surrender to the Wee-hawken

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She had come out to sink themonitors but the Weehawken smashedher pilot house so that she could notsteer I think there were 40 men killedand wounded tho the Weehawken onlyfired four shots Two pleasure steam-ers

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with passengers on board came outto see the Atlanta sink the monitorsand wooden ships and break the block-ade

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John Hefferman Landsman US S Daffodil 45 Washington streetFlushing L I

Wnpplns MightH W Day late an Acting Inspector

General Third Brigade Third DivisionThird Corps writes with reference toSpinola and his brigade at WappingHlghts July 21 1863 At that timeComrade Day was there as Captain ofCo A 106th jm T The brigade commanded by Col B F Smith arrived atthe foot of wapping Hights as GenSpinola deployed the Excelsior Brigadeto charge the Hlghts The division wascommanded by Brlg Gen Elliott AsGen Spinola advanced up the hill hefell wounded when about half the dis-tance

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The line halted and In a mo-ment

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the 106th N Y deployed andcharged the Hights with fixed bayonetsThe section of artillery barely escapedand the enemy was driven down thesteep hill into tho valley We heldthe ground and occupied the positionover night About 14 Confederate deadvere found around the slight worksthey had madeJuIy 22 about 9 oclockthe brigade turned back toward Wjirrenton and finally brought up nearWhite Sulphur Springs

Old Soldiers PaperCol Maurice M Kalghn Salt Lako

City has come Into possession of thepapers of Patrick Connor who servedthe United States long and well Amongthese papers are discharges showingthat Connor served 16 years 11 ofwhich were In the 8th U S and fivein the 1st U S Art Ho was finallydischarged as First Sergeant of Co B1st U S Art and has a fine recordwith special commendations on eachdischarge

The Mlddleswnrt FamilyThe Annual Reunion of the Middle

swart family took place on Thanksgiv ¬

ing Day at the residence of Mr Dyenear Wade Washington County OhioThe Middleswarts came from HollandIn 1625 and settled In what is now NewYork City One of the brothers waskilled by an Indian and tho other final¬

ly settled near Germantown Pa wherehe raised a large family Tho Middleswarts have been active in every warthe country has waged and there wasa father and four sons In that for thopreservation of the Union There wasa Mlddlcswart with Washington In theexpedition against Fort Duquesne onewith Mad Anthony on tho Maumce andplenty of them on the Potomac and un-der

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Sherman Thomas Sheridan andGrant

Additional Ienslnn LeglslatlocSill Post J W Bender Commander

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more Ohio has adopted strong reso-lutions

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against the action of the G AR National Pension Committee In say-ing

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that it would ask for no additionalpension legislation for a period of threeyears It does not believe that the ac-tion

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of the committee has satisfied thoveterans which It claimed to represent

Pension NewsSee classified ads on page 7

MffiROY AT WOfCHESTER

Views of Several lfrtlcnant la theFightln ulG W Warfel 12thUFa Gav Wilklns

burg Pa is receiving atnany lettersfrom comrades on account of his arti ¬

cle in The National ilrlbune on Milrcyat Winchester Uriah CtaicKay 12thPa Cav Sharon Fafl writes to him toknow if ho was a company blacksmithMcKay was tho boy hlacksmlth of CoB and is now 63 years olaf

W H Sheppard I22d Ohio Zanesville O writes sonie corrections Hesays that Ewells advance appeared be¬

fore our pickets between It and 8 amSaturday June 13 and fighting beganat once The pickets were reinforcedand we continued to hold on until Sun-day

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June 14 when tho Johnnies hadus surrounded with artillery on RoundHill which commandel the whole posi-tion

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At sundown th marched Intothe forts and repulsed thn charges MUroy on a platform high iA m the flacstaff coolly surveyed Uie namy thrua field glass while shells vr burstingaround him At 2 a m Monday Jun13 they marched out of the fort thruthe field close to font of Apple PloRldgo and on the Martinsburg roadsouth of Stevenson Station There theymet Edward Johnsons Division withthe Stonewall Brigade and the fightingbegan before daylight Col afterwardGen J Warren Klefer with the 110thand 122d Ohio and tho 87th Pa rolledup Johnsons left flank and gained thoroad to Harpers Ferry Mllroy waswith them and they arrived at Har-pers

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Ferry before sundos n The 6thMd marched out of the fort towardthe Shenandoah and taking anotherroad arrived at Harpers Ferry a fewhours afterward The 15th W Va andthe 116th Ohio and fragments of othercommands went northwest and reachedthe Union lines at Hancock

S R AverUI f3th Pa Cav Brad-ford

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Pa writes that the battle did notopen at Middletown 12 miles away butat Newtown five miles away The Berryvllle troops did not go back to defendWashington but rejoined Mllroy Mll ¬

roy was not dishonorably dischargedbut relieved and Investigated and In ashort time was In command of a bri-gade

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in the Southwest Neither the80th Pa Cav the 12th Fa Cav northe 124th Ohio was at Winchester at allduring the fight

Generals and Their CommandsEditor National Tribune Will you

please answer the following questionsthru the columns of your paper

I What was the name of the armywhich KIrby Smith commanded In hisTennessee and Kentucky campaign andalso In the Red River campaign againstBanks

2 What army did Gen Dick Taylorcommand at his surrender to Canby in1865

3 What General commanded Confed-erate

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Army of tho Mississippi alsoTrans Misslsslppl

4 Which General had chief com-mand

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of the Federal army at Iuka andCorinth Grant or Rosecrans ByronM Maxwell Marshall 111

1 Maj Gen E Klrbyj smith com-manded

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the Department of East Tennessee Kentucky Northern Georgiaand Western North Carolina when headvanced Into Kentucky and defeatedGen Nelson near Richmond

2 Maj Gen Richard f Taylor com ¬

manded the Army of tho Louisianawhen ho fought Banks Hoieommandcdthe troops cast of the Mississippi whenhe surrendered to canny

3 Lieut Gen afterwards Gen KIrby Smith commanded thtfiConfcdprateDepartment of the tTrans Mlssisslppiuntil the end of th6 warv

4 Gen Grant haa3command of theDepartment of the Tennessee at Iukaand Corinth In whlfrh Geri Roscornncommanding the Army of tho Missis- -slppi was operating Editor NationalTribune

The 17th and llfith N VEditor National Tribune Kindly give

a short history of tho 37th and 115thN Y T H Woolverton 474 Milleravenue Brooklyn N X

The 17th N Y was organized at NewYork City May 24 1861 for two yearsand mustered out June 2 1863 Co Aof the 53d N Y was transferred to thisregiment as Co G and hcing composedof three years men was transferred toa battalion ot the 12th N Y when theregiment was mustered out The 17thwas also called the Westchester Chas-seurs

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and was commanded by Col HS Lansing of tho Regular Army Itbelonged to Griffins Division FifthCorps and lost 37 killed and 40 fromdisease etc

The 115th Ironhearts and ono ofthe 300 fighting regiments was organ ¬

ized at Fonda In July and August 1862and mustered out June 17 1865 Itwas commanded by Cols Simeon Sammon and Nathan J Johnson successive-ly

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The entire regiment was capturedat the surrender of Harpers Ferry andafter bengparoled was sent to Chlcigoto await exchange At the battle ofOlustec Fla the regiment made a gal ¬

lant fight losing over 300 In Killedwounded or anlsslng At the battle ofChafilns Farm the regiment was in thefight at Fort Gilmer whore it lost halfof its number present for vction InOctober 1864 it joined in thp advanceon Richmond on the Darbytown roadand sustained a considerable los fromthe 9th Me firing a volley into It thrumistake Many of Its men lost tneirlives from the explosion of the mine atFort Fisher It belonged to TurnersDivision Tenth Corps and lost 135killed and 18S from disease etc Itstotal of killed and wounded was 494and 45 of Its members died in Confed ¬

erate prisons Editor National Trib-une

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The 15th X Y Engineers and the 103dIV Y

Editor National Tribune I wouldlike you to give a short sketch of the15th N Y Engineers and also the 103dN Y Nathan W Yoder R F D Ro-mulus

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N YThe 15th N Y Engineers wis organ ¬

ized in New York City June 17 1861for two years and mustered out June25 1863 It was commanded by ColJohn McLeod Murphy who resignedDec 12 1862 succeeded by Col Clin-ton

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G Colgate in command at the timeof muster out It lost seven Killed and122 from disease etc 1

The 103d N Y was organized at Elmlra and New YorJc City In March1862 for three years and at tho ex-piration

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of this term the original mem ¬

bers were mustered out apd the veter-ans

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and recruits consolidated Into abattalion of three companies and re-tained

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In service u was commandedby Col Bcnj Ringgold who died ofwounds In May 18G followed by ColBaron F W Egloffstein who was dis¬charged in November of the same yearand who was in turn succeeded by ColWilliam Heine mustered out April 271865 upon the expiration of his termof service It belonged to RodmansDivision Ninth Corps and lost 66 killedand 102 from disease etfcEdltor Na-tional

¬Tribune

rThe 1st and 2d Tenn

Editor National Tribune Please glvoa little sketch of the 1st and 2d TennD Watson Carbondale Colo

Tho 1st Tenn wag organized at Wil ¬liamsburg Barboursvillo and Campdick iiouinson in August and September 1861 and the roriminr rnnsolldated Into a battalion of two companies ofveterans ana recruits finally musteredout Aug 8 1865 it was commandedby Col Robert K Byrd who was mus--lerea out oepi iv 1864 upon expirationof his term of service It belonged toNegleys division Fourteenth Corpsand lost 40 killed and 336 from diseaseetc

The 2d Tenn was organized at Somerset Ky and upon the expiration ofits mreo years- - service tne originalmembers mustered out while the vet ¬

erans and recrult3 were consolidated

into a battalion and retained In servicetill Aug 3 1865 It was commandedby Col James P T Carter who re¬signed May 2 1S64 succeeded by LieutCol James M Melton who was mus ¬

tered out Oct 8 1864 upon tho expira-tion

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of his term of service At the timeof final muster out of the battalionSecond Lieut Ellsha Harbour was incommand It belonged to Negleys Di-vision

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Fourteenth Corps and lost 27killed and 613 from disease etc Ed-itor

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National Tribune

The 155th FaEditor National Tribune Please give

a short history of the 155th Pa ThosTaylor Emlenton Pa

Tho 155th Pa one of tho 300nghtlngregiments was organized at Harrlsburgand Pittsburg during September 1862and mustered out June 2 1865 It wascommanded by Cols Edward J AllenJohn H Cain and Alfred L Pearson innui cession The regiment was engagedIn Humphreyss bloody assault onIlnryes Hlghts whrrc It lost six killed

wounded and four missing It tookprominent part in an tne batties oi

co Fifth Corps h 116i 65 distinguishing Itself particularly at the assault onPetersburg at Feel- - Farm and atthe Quaker Road Pearson wastwice brevetted for E ntry while theregiment received complimentary no-tices

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from headquarters The 155th waspressing the enemy hard at Appomat ¬

tox when tho sign of surrender was displayed It belonged to Griffins Division Fifth Corps and lost 142 killedand 112 from disease etc Its total ofkilled and wounded was 519 and 10 ofIts members died In Confederate pris-ons

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Editor National Tribune

Abrnlinm Lincoln Ills IIfe and WorkThe National Tribune thru a par

ticularly advantageous purchase is en ¬

abled to offer its readers a great bar¬

gain in the Centennial Edition ofAbraham Lincoln His Life and

Work by Noah Brooks This is reallya 3 book and was brought out to sellat that price but for a limited time weshall offer It for 2 or with The Na-tional

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Tribune one year both postpaidfor J25C See page 8 for full descrip-tion

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of this book All orders receivednow will be filled at once

The 4th Ind CarEditor National Tribune Please give

a short description of the losses of the4th Ind Cav W H Williams Burlington Kan

The 4th Ind Cav was organized atIndianapolis In August 1862 and mustered out June 29 1865 it was com-manded

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by Col Isaac P Gray who resigned Feb 11 1863 succeeded by ColLawrence S Shuler who resigned May16 of the same year Col John A Plat-ter

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then took command who also resigned Sept 9 1863 followed by Lieut- -Col John T Deweese who resignedMarch 11 1864 followed by LleutCol Horace P Lamson in command atthe time of muster out It belonged toMcCooks Division Ca alry Corps andlost 28 killed and 108 from disease etc

Editor National Tribune

The 02d N YEditor National Tribune Please give

a short history of the 62d N Y Ed ¬

ward Tracy 312 W 25th St New YorkCity

The 62d N Y was organized at NewYork City in June and July 1861 andfinally mustered out Aug 30 1865 Itwas also called Anderson Zouaves andwas commanded by Col John L Rikerwho was killed in action at Fair OaksMay 31 1862 succeeded by Col DavidJ Nevin who was mustered out uponexpiration of his term of service June29 1864 At the time of final muster- -out Lieut Col Theo B Hamiltonbrevet Colonel Aug 1 1864 was Incommand It belonged to NewtonsDivision Sixth Corps and lost 88 killedand 84 from disease etc Editor Na-tional

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Tribune

The 00 111 PaEditor National Tribune Please pub

lish a short history of the 90th Pa asmy father Jacob Lehman was a Cor-poral

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In Co B of that regiment Alex ¬

ander H Lehman 1306 Llpplncott StPhiladelphia Fa

The 90th Pa was organized at Philadelphia from Oct 1 1861 to March 101862 for three years ana consonuateawith the 11th Pa Nov 26 1864 It wascommanded by Col Peter Lyle fromthe beginning of its service until itsconsolidation belonged to RobinsonsDivision First Corps and lost 103killed and 127 from disease etc Ed-itor

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National Tribune

The 15th X Y II A

Editor National Tribune Some timeago I asked you kindly to give a littlehistory of the 15th N Y H A whetherit lost many what were its battles andif credited with capturing a rebel flag

Henry Bollinger Bound Brook N JThe 15th N Y H A was organized

at New York City from October to De-

cember¬

1861 the original membersmustered out by detachments as theirterms expired and the veterans andrecruits finally mustered out Aug 221865 Cos A B C D and E formerlybelonged to Lieut Col Sengess 3d Bat-tery

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German H A The 15th was com-manded

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by Col Louis Schlrmer all thruits service belonged to Ayress DivisionFifth Corps and lost 150 killed and 230from disease etc It took part in thebattles of the Wilderness SpotsylvaniaNorth Anna Tolopotomoy BethesdaChurch Petersburg Chapel House andHatchers Run I do not rememberthat it captured a rebel flag at anytime Editor National Tribune

The 12th Ohio Indpt BatteryEditor National Tribunef Please give

a short history of the 12th Ohio IndptBattery J M Bcelman 328 S ParkAve Chicago 111

The 12th Ohio Indpt Battery wasorganized at Camp Jackson Juno 81861 and finally mustered out July 101865 It was originally Co D ot the25th Ohio detached as tho 12th OhioL A March 17 1862 It was com-manded

¬by Capt Aaron C Johnson

who was mustered out upon expirationof his term of service June 25 1864succeeded by Capt Frank Jackson whoResigned April 29 1863 At tho timeof final muster out Capt Alfred Noeckewas In command ot the battery It be ¬

longed to Stelnwehrs Division EleventhCorps and lost three killed and 17from disease etc Editor NationalTribune

Confederate GeneralsEditor National Tribune Will you

please publish tho names of the Gen-eral

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Confederate officers that werekilled and wounded at the battle ofFranklin Tenn Nov 30 1864 andalso state if there was any battle of theciyil war where the loss in GeneralConfederate officers was as great as atFranklin J K Merrlfleld Co C 88th

1

The Confederate General officerskilled at Franklin were Maj Gen Pat-rick

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R Cleburne and Brlgr Gens Arch-ibald

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Grade John Adamsj Oscar GStrahn S R Ghist and H B Granberry

Thero has never been a full list pub-lished

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of the Generals Colonels Com-manders

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of regiments etc woundedbut very few who led their men intothat desperate assault escaped withoutsome injury We think that at no timeduring the war were as large a propor-tion

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of men struck by bullets as amongthe Confederates at Franklin EditorNational Tribune

A Case In PointJohn H Fertig 253 20th street Mil ¬

waukee Wis gives a case thatrecently came to his notice Anumber of Gleasons N Y Bat ¬

tery was taken prisoner and wasone of tho few men who entered

iff rebel service In order to save histife He was captured by our forcesand confessed to what he had doneHe had been a prisoner over eightmonths at Belle Isle LIbbey Lynch-burg

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Andersonvllle MUlen Savannahand Florence and only took the oath tosave his life This fact prevented himfrom entering the Grand Army and wasa severe punishment to him thruoutthe rest of his life and now his widowis denied a pension Is not his punish ¬

ment greater than he deserved

Those French UniformsD Eldredge Boston Mass says that

in his statement as to thcrcglmeatsreceiving the French uniform he onlymentioned those whom he knew re-ceived

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them They were the 18th Mass44th N Y and 83d Pa He is not sur¬

prised to learn thru D C Graves thatthe 62d Pa also had such uniformThey were bought by Uncle Sam in theusual way and probably never saw thelight after packing till the boxes wereopened in Virginia He has been un-able

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to find any proof that the uni-forms

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were given as a reward for goodbehavior

Serjtt PerkinsGeorge B Perkins a lawyer of Talla-

hassee¬

Fla writes to Tho NationalTribune with regard to the young SergtPerkins of a Florida regiment whowas mentioned In an extract from Cende Trobriands book He desires toknow If any of the readers of The Na-tional

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Tribune remember Sergt Per-kins

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how he Ifioked his sbe and fea-tures

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and particularly whathospitul orprison he was carried to Ho thinksthat Sergt Perkins was his father

Burnlns the Co mmlsji a rjr BnlldlnfiTJoseph Jarvis Cobden III wants to

know what regiment vai on provostguard at the commissary building atLittle Rock Ark when it burned downin the Fall of 1863 Also what regi-ment

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of the First Division FIfteontiCorps under Maj Gen FrederickSteele went into the charge at Arkan ¬

sas Post without any bayonets Alsothe time of the surrender of ArkansasPost

Fort Hindman Arkans n T ost wascaptured Jan 11 1863 Editor Na-tional

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Tribune

One of the Llbliey PrisonerEdgar Schocder Brooklyn N j

writes that he was one of the prisonerswho escaped thru the tunnel from Libbey Prison Feb 9 He was at that timeSecond Lieutenant or uo u 4tn faand was recaptured Feb 11 and con-fined

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with other comrades in a smallcell for several days He ha3 now forover 20 years been employed as drafts ¬

man and computer in the TopographicalBureau of the City of New York

Whrre Are TheyS P ONeal Denver Colo wants to

know where are Moses Cushman JohnConners and Richard Skeighn of CoC 14th Ohio He wants to hear fromthem to help him in his pension claimHe also wants to know the name ot thelarge brick hospital in --Nasnviua anathe name of the doctor who was incharge in the Spring of 1862

A Solid VoteJeremiah Fisher Commander of Geo

D Wells Post West Boylston Masssays that the comrades around therevoted solidly for Taft

-- CHANCELLORSVILLEContinued from page two

Brigade Lieut s W Russell my ju ¬nior and Capt A M Ty-ler

¬of Gen Wrights Btarr were each

In succession sent back to hurry up tho49th and 119th Pa These two regi ¬ments arrived most opportunely Theiradvance was as gallant as tlmrly andsettled decisively tho possession ot thorciiouots yet so great had been the losiof the regiments thus far engaged thatthey were not strong enough to carrythe rlllo pits and stay tho fire fromthem which still greatly annoyed oucmen

Capts Tyler Packard and Hurdwere sent In succession to Col Emoryupton commanding the Second Bri ¬gade1 of this division with orders tomm to bring up speedily two regimentsof his command and the 121st N Yand 5th Me under Col Upton weraled to the assault upon the rifle pitswith unexampled coolness steadinessand bravery At the bayonets pointthey overcame the enemy everywhereand resistance was speedily over

The Second Brigade captured slcolors one color lance the rebel pon¬toon bridge which was thrown acrossthe river just to the rear of the largcflredoubt and about 800 yards above thoruins of the railway bridge

The total number of prisoners takenby them In the assault was 103 com-missioned

¬officers and 1200 enlisted

menThe Third Brigade- - captured in thfl

two redoubts two 10 pounder ParrotBguns and two three Inch ordnancaguns four caissons filled with ammuni-tion

¬five limbers several horses many

prisoners and stand of small arms andone color

The total number of small armataken was 1225 stand

The actual number fngnged frontthe Second Brigade was 568 The nu¬merical strength of the Third Brigadain this action was 1549 To this forcawas opposed the entire Louisiana Bri ¬gade live regiments Hokes Brigadathree regiments and tho Louisiana

Guard BatteryTo be continued

Death of Gen Mann

Col and Brevet Brig Gen Orrln JMann 39th 111 died Dec 13 at OakPark 111 and was buried In the RosoHill Cemetery He was born in Chardon O in 1833 and became Major cthe 3Sth 111 Oct 11 1861 He rose tobe Colonel of the regiment and receivedthe brevet for gallantry before Rich ¬

mond After the war he was appointedCollector of Internal Revenue thenelected to the Legislature and nexOCoroner and Sheriff of Cook County111 He was stricken with paralysis In1S91 from which he never recoveredHe attended the last Reunion of thai39th 111 at Wheaton and was rpceivedwith loving enthusiasm by his old com¬mand Joseph fnAtwood who milesthe above says that Gen Mann was agood officer a brave leader anLalwayakind and considerate to the men underhim

Tablet to Col BenedictOn Sunday Dec 13 a tablef

was dedicated in the College StreetChurch Burlington Vt to the lataGeorge G Benedict editor of the Bur ¬lington Free Press and a lifelong member of the church The Vermont Commandery of the Loyal Legion and thaG A R Post were present in a bodyand President M H Buckham of thaUniversity of Vermont paid an eloquent tribute to Comrade Benedictsmemory The tablet states his 54years as editor his services in the waafor the Union and that the tablet Is atoken of loving remembrance fromcomrades-in-arm- s and friends

Union Veteran LegionWllIiamE Schubert writes that Encampmenf 15 Union Veteran Legion

St Louis Mo is doing good work andgrowing At the recent election Wil¬liam E Schubert was elected Colonel rC E Wenniger Lieutenant ColonelJohn G Langyuth Major C A Ellrich Chaplain B Knoepfel Quarter-master

¬C Wagner Officer of the Dayg

and John McFall Surgeon

A Soldiers nomeGeorge H Webber Vermont Soldiers

Home Bennington Vt says that hafound the conditions so bad in the Na¬tional Soldiers Homes that he had toleave them and go back to his ownState where he finds what is really aSoldiers Home He served In Co C4th Vt from August 1S61 until July1865

Appointed Aids

The veterans of Green Valley IIIare much pleased at the appointmentof David S Lanier an Aid on the stafjof the Commander-in-Chi- ef G A RThey feel that he has deserved thishonor and that it has been worthilybestowed

Compliment

Editor National Tribune I have re-ceived

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the views Fighting Ships andWedding Belte and the stereoscopeThey are fine I never saw such finestereoscopic pictures My wife andfriends are very well pleased with them

M Goddard 12th 111 Cav 64 ElnKstreet Camden Me

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A book containing the acreage by States Districts and Counties corrected to July 1 1903 with brief descrlp- -tlon of the character of the land by counties together with particulars as to how United States lands can bsecured under tho various Federal Laws and also information about State lands in Texas and United States landsIn Alaska with valuable tables sent to any address for 25 cents by

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