The National tribune., 1883-11-08
Eli J. WAMsLEY,
Co. i. 65tll Ind. V. I.
TO ANDERsoNyILL PnTsowFRs.

LoDA IRoeUoIs COUNTY. III, Oct u. 1883.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUsE:
ain cor ant reader Of your valuable paper
Being tie gse OF soldier and having lost :. eiear
brother IN the late war fec- deep interest ia ali
things pertaining to the soldier. Ia readiug over
youf paper often read letters from ex-pFisoilers
ana would Ike 10 make this inquiry through THE
Is.fBrsis- Did any ez-pTisoser Of Andersonyilfe
know Ely brother. who died in that terrible den?
u any Of them knew liII and wili reply through
IkZE s,LETE write me, they vail confer great
favor ca hls sister. as have never heard any of
the particulars Of lis death or how he died.
have two reports Of his death, but they differ as
to The time Of It One says August 10, 1864 and
the other November ~, lS6i Ills name was Birch
AleLeIssl, Of company 4, Eiglty-ninih regiment.
Illinois volunteer infantry, think Twentieth
Army corps, ARMY of the Cumberland. He WAS
taken prisoner al the battle Of Chicizanauga on
Saturday night, think. al O'Clock September ~
1853. lie taken to SCOTS Prison Rfchinond
Va and while there he sent q short letter to our
oldesf brother living az that time in Washington D.
G.. saying lac was WEI, and dId not know how long
he gouid be there. BE wrote Oh Christmas day of
isi'Si tiist was the only word We ever had from
hi5a IN February. iS6s,I think il Washe was
sent 10 Andersonville Ga.
After the war was over ! SAW ia one Of the
Chicago papers, lisi ST those that dicd IN Ander-
sGlyliie Prison. said list claiming 80 he taken from
register kept iy the officer IN charge OF the rissp
Ny brothers was there and time Of death
was August TO, 1864 Afterwards ] applied to Tie
Var Department 10 learn If las name ygas OF tie
rolls iA-re. II was the time Of death, November
u lh53 This j. all we ever knew Of hiIa after he
wrote 10 Brother Crawford from SCOTS Prison
Richmond, Va 80, II thjs shcnid come under The
notice OF amy that knew him wiiie IN prison and
IL le oi hls death, viii they please state OF what
he died how be bore bis suGefiAes and If he were
sensible 81 them, with any particulars there may
be 10 give and thus secure the lasting thanks and
best wishes oi his sister,
Mrs. RELea r. HoLLrsraR.
HOW OHIO CARES FOR HER LITTLE WARDS.
SOLDIERS AND SAm.oes' oRPHAEs' HoaE.
Af-sIA- O., Get. q 1859.
To The Editor NATIONAL TRTBUEE
Perhaps tae general reader OF THE NATIoYAr.
IldsrNE may be glad to know something about
the way III which Ohio cares for the orphans Of
soldiers aisa sailors. think but little is known of
the usi3tgi5on outside OF its immediate locality
There j. . farm Of Z75 acres situated near the ciy
oi Aeni2; the land IS under good cultivation: the
grounds are beautifully laid out with flowers and
trees everywhere ia front of one oil the buildings
= STAR of $500 foiinge plants. tle center being
aaEe century plant; below the star the letters u
:. 4. aud o. - and :. o. Home while anchors and
smaller stars flank the sides: fountains and quaint
devices are everywherc;-a lovely place. indeed
to rear good men and women.
The plzin building. with the large dDng-room
attached. for the TO children. forms Egyptian
cross. This building is three stories and is occu-
pied by the officers and teachers. The kitchen and
bakery under the clicrcns dining-room are mar
vels Of Deatneks. Tine third story contains sleeping
apartments for certain employees, and store
rooms. On each side OF the snain building are