The National Tribune Civil War Index

A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943

Richard Sauers

• Verlag: Savas Publishing
• Jahr: 2017
• ISBN:
  9781940669748
• Thema: History
• Thema: American Civil War History

The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans’ newspaper of the post-Civil War era. Launched in 1877 by a New York veteran to help his comrades and sway Congress to pass better pension laws, a short time later the National Tribune began publishing firsthand accounts penned by the veterans themselves, and did so for decades thereafter. This rich, overlooked, and underused source of primary material offers a gold mine of eyewitness accounts of battles, strategy, tactics, camp life, and much more.From generals to privates, the paper printed articles and long serials on everything from major battles such as Gettysburg and Antietam, to arguments about which battery fired the shot that killed General Leonidas Polk, whether Grant’s army was surprised at Shiloh, and just about every topic in between. Unbeknownst to many, a number of Confederate accounts were also published in the paper.Decades in the making, Dr. Rick Sauers’ unique multi-volume reference work The National Tribune Civil War Index: A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943 lists every article (1877-1943). The first two volumes are organized by author, his unit, title, and page/column location. The third volume—the main index—includes a subject, author, and unit guide, as well as a “Unit as Sources” index that lists articles that mention specific commands but are written by soldiers who were not members of that unit. As an added bonus, this reference guide includes the contents of both the National Tribune Scrapbook and the National Tribune Repository, two short-lived publications that included articles by veterans, and a listing of the major libraries that have National Tribune holdings.Thanks to Dr. Sauers, Civil War researchers and writers worldwide now have easy access to the valuable contents of this primary source material.

Volume 1: 1877 - 1903

1877

October

No Related Articles

November

11:3. “President Lincoln a Duelist.”

December

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1878

January

30:1-3. Porter Farley (140th NY), “Reminiscences of Gettysburg.” [Rochester Democrat & Chronicle]

February

33:1-3. “Andersonville.”

34:1-3, 35:1-3, 39:1-2. “Extracts of the Report on the Treatment of Prisoners of War by the Rebel Authorities.”

March

41:1-3, 42:1-3, 43:1-3. “Libby Prison,

Richmond, Va.”

April

54:1-2. “The Truth of History.” [Harrisburg Telegraph, W. H. H. Davis vs. Simon Cameron on the enlistments of troops in 1861]

May

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June-December

Missing from Microfilm

1879

January

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February

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March

19:1. G. N. Bachelor, “Soldiers’ Anecdotes.” [Rosseau at Perryville]

19:2. “An Incident of Gettysburg.” [Boston Transcript, Barlow-Gordon Affair]

April

32:1. “An Iowa Mother Who had 11 Sons in the U.S. Army—Their Record.” [Elizabeth Uprigh, Butler County]

32:1. “Another Lincoln Anecdote.”

May

35:3. E. H. Ropes (3rd NJ Art), “A

Reminiscence of Gettysburg—Gen. Webb’s Brigade.”

June

42:1-3, 43:1. “Decoration Day.” [speech of William McCandless at Gettysburg on May 30]

44:3. Obit: James Shields.

48:1. “Foraging for Chickens.” [Pvt. Justice of an IN regiment in May 1864]

48:2. “A Memory of the War. The Amputation of Gen. [A. V.] Rice’s Limb.” [Kennesaw Mt]

July

56:1. Godfrey Hardy (31st NJ), “A War Incident.”

August

64:1. John Duncan (15th KY), “An Anecdote of Gen. Rosseau.”

September

66:3. George C. Morgan (98th OH), “A Reminiscence of Chickamauga—Gen. Steedman’s Division.”

67:3. “The Secret Intelligence Among Southern Negroes During the War.” [Toledo Blade]

October

74:2. J. T. Wolverton, “An East Tennessee Anecdote.”

74:3, 75:1. “Johnny Clem, ‘The Drummer Boy of Chickamauga.’”

November

85:3. JM (48th PA), “A Soldier’s Beautiful Letter.” [written 6/25/64]

88:1. “The Angel of Castle Thunder.”

December

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1880

January

2:3. John Duncan (15th KY), Letter about Perryville.

February

10:1-2. Reuben P. Reed (55th IL), “The Battle of Shiloh from My Own Standpoint.”

March

22:2-3. “The Death of John Wilkes Booth.” [interview with Capt Edwin P. Doherty in the New Orleans Picayune]

April

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May

39:1. “How Lincoln Squelched a Marquis.” [of Hartington]

39:2. “His Conscience was Relieved.” [Anecdote on John B. Bachelder’s lecture at Buffalo]

June

43:3. W. H. Riland (93rd PA). His Service.

July

49:1-3, 50:1-2. “Close Quarters.” [CSA soldier’s escape from train to Fort Delaware on 2/2/6?]

55:1-3. “Sentenced and Shot.”

August

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September

66:1-3. “The Battle of Groveton or Second Bull Run.” [Fifth Corps soldier]

October

73:1-3. “Antietam. One of the Great Battles of the War.”

November

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December

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1881

January

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February

11:3. “How Sickles Saved His Life.” [Gettysburg]

March

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April

25:1-3, 26:1-2. “An American Andre. How a Great-Grandson of Martha Washington was Hanged During the Civil War as a Spy.” [William O. Williams & Walter G. Peter on 6/9/63]

May

32:1-3. Henry T. Owen, “The Turning of the Tide. Gen. Pickett’s Grand Charge at Gettysburg.” [Philadelphia Times]

35:2. John B. Gordon, “On the Picket Line.” 35:3. “The First Bull Run Fight.” [Postmaster King in the New York Times and Messenger]

38:1-2. “The Youngest Soldier.”

38:3. “Queer Happenings in War.” [Detroit Free Press; covers Franklin, Fort Wagner, and White River]

June

43:2. “Andersonville.” [current view]

44:1. A. R. Mullen (PA), William Dyas (117th NY), J. T. Suter (IL), “Young Soldiers.”

July

Not on Microfilm

August 20

1:1-2. “Three November Days. What Benjamin F. Taylor Saw in 1863. Bragg’s Defeat. Mr. Taylor’s Account of the Battles Before Chattanooga . . .”

1:3-4. “Bull Run to Washington. The Great Skedaddle by a Survivor.” [National Republican]

1:5. Obit: Robert Patterson.

2:1-2. “The Ghost of a Lantern.” [signal corps in January 1862]

3:1-3. “In Front of Yorktown.” [Porter’s Division]

3:3. “Fighting for Posterity.” [Anecdote about J. A. Early]

5:2-4. Biog: William W. Dudley (19th IN).

August 27

1:1-2. “In Front of Yorktown,” Part 2.

1:3-4. “At Chancellorsville.” [Philadelphia Times]

3:1-3. “Three November Days,” Part 2.

3:3. “The Old Man Wants Them Guns.” [anecdote about G. H. Thomas at Nashville]

September 3

1:1-2. “In Front of Yorktown,” Part 3.

1:3-4. “Harrison’s Landing, 1862. The Rebel Shelling of the Union Army.” [7/31/62]

3:1-5, 5:3-4. “Three November Days,” Part 3.

7:3. “A Daring Expedition.” [William B. Cushing and gunboat Monticello, San Francisco Chronicle]

7:4. (4th MI Cav), “A Close Shave.” [Philadelphia Press, about Dick McCann’s Confederate cavalry]

September 10

1:1-2. PDH, “The Attack on Lee’s Mills.” [4/16/62]

1:3-4. “Petersburg Revisited. An Irishman’s Idea of the Crater.” [Philadelphia Times]

2:5. “Historical Drumsticks.” [Niles Mirror, concerning sticks carried by the 24th MI]

3:1-4. J. S. Slater (13th NY), “Malvern. The End of the Seven Days.”

September 17

1:3-4. “Appomattox Court House. The Place Where Lee Surrendered.” [Philadelphia Times]

1:5. Obit: Ambrose E. Burnside.

3:1-5. J. S. Slater (13th NY), “At Gaines’s Mill. Scenes and Incidents of the Battle.” [National Republican]

5:2. Obit: James Starr (6th PA Cav, Meade ADC), John G. Parr (139th PA), K. R. Breese (USN), William M. Gregg (23rd, 179th NY).

5:4. Biog: Silas M. Bailey (8th PA Res).

September 24

3:1-4. J. S. Slater (13th NY), “The Grand Review. A Never-to-be-forgotten Scene.”

3:1. Henry H. Brownell, “Marching Home.” [poem]

October 1

1:1-2. George Reynolds (15th IA), “Gen. McPherson’s Death.”

1:2. “Suit Against Gen. Banks.” [versus William R. Hodges of New Orleans]

1:3-4. J. S. Slater (13th NY), “Yellow Jackets.” [bees at Malvern Hill]

3:1-3. “Torn Battle Flags. Wrecks and Relic...