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very well for the place where I spoke of getting
help to let go. As to some of Crittenden's men
not being assailed that day, you are probably
correct, for they themselves were the assail-
ants. As the right wing of our army was
driven back at nearly right angles, we (that is,
Crlttenden's corps, or, more properly speaking,
the right of the eorps-Cruft's brigadel were
ordered TO charge. thereby engaging their at
tentiou while Rosy reformed the broken
lines of the right wing. As to their losses, ask
the gallant Sixth Ohio, which was in the bri-
gade next US on the left, what they think of
the cedar woods and cottonfieid in front Com
Tade Rutter begs me TO allow him to say that
the Eighteenth regiment beat cur record by
leaving their dead beyond the rebel lines
Hold on, conrade! l will not allow it. When
said the First Kentucky left its dead closer
to the rebel lines than any other regiment on
the field did not mean the line that they oc-
cupied after they had driven us out of the
cedar wood, but the line they held in the morn
ing at san-up and the line that the First Ken
tucky aSsaiied in the charge. 1t was the line
which the brick house stood on where we lost
our men, among whom | recall the following
OF my own company Donald Brick, and Ser
geant August Wilhelm-as gallant Prussian
soldier as ever drew saber for country
would like to hear from Orderly Sergeant
Christopher Farenhorst Captain Lamb, or any
other member of the cid First Kentucky, either
by mail or through THE TRIBUNE.
Respectfully, T. e. COFFEE, NJ. D.,
Co. II, 1st KY. VOL Inf.
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dies three led horses were fastened), and
fought the greri1las an foot, with the result
that they killed seven and wounded like
number, among the latter being Mosby him
self, and saved twenty-five horses Our loss
was four killed, seven wounded, and seven
taken prisoners out Of twenty -four men en-
gagged.
If anyone can show Drawer fight than that
with as good results, let him write it up, and
we of the One Hundred and battalion will give
him the palm. Moseby's wounds were very
serious, and for six months we heard nothing
from him or his guerillas To Carlos NJ. Jen-
kins, of the battalion, now of Los Angeles, Cal,
belongs the credit of wounding Moshy, and
under very trying circumstances, as at the first
fire he and his horse were wounded, the horse
being killed instantly, and falling upon Jen-
kins' wounded ankle, pinning him to the
ground. In that position, lying on the ground,
he opened, however, upon the rebel advance
with his two six-shooters, lifting Moseby out
of the saddle, and making it warm for the rest
while his shots lasted. He was taken prisoner,
and was fifteen months in Andersonviile.
S. G.. CoRBETT,
California One Hundred.
No. 3I1 TAYLOR ST., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.
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Veterans Who Want to Hear from Their Old Con-

veterans Who Want to Hear from Their Old Con-
Tades.
Comrade NJ. W. Angelo, company E, Tenth
Illinois infantry, Hillsdale, Mich. wants some
member of the old First division, Seventeenth
Corps to give q description of the part the di-
vision took in the battle of BentonviIle, N. c.,
March 21, 1865.
Comrade L. s. Frazer, WetmOre, Kan, writes
he would like to see written UP for THE TRIg-
UNE the campaign of the famous race between
Generals Buell. and Bragg, eliminating in the
battle of Perryville and Bragg's retreat; also,
that OF General Wilson's cavalry command from
Northeastern Alabama to Selma, Montgomery,
and Macon, Ga.
Comrade H. G. Hammond, Lockport, n. Y,
would like to hear from some eomrade through
The TRIBUNE regarding the Wilson raid
A comrade who was a member of the First
brigade, Third division. Fourteenth Army
Corps, wants some one to give history of the
part his command took in the Atlanta cam
paign.
Comrade W. S. Rogers, Mound City, III, who
was member of company /, Seventh Illinois
v. l., and was wodnded at the battle of Shiloh,
would like to hear from some coInrade of his
regiment through THE TRIBUNE.
A correspondent at Pliny, Kan, wants some
comrade TO write up General Hunters raid
through West Virginia to Lynehburg, and
would also like to hear from some member OF
the Fifteenth n. Y. cavalry.
Comrade B. F. Smith, company NJ, Second
United States cavalry, Meadville, Pa, wants
some comrade to write up Sheridan's Beaver
Dam and Trevyllian's Station fight. He took
part In both.
Henry P. Fisher, company F, Second Mis-
souri, V. l., wants some eOmrade to write up the
battle of Pea Ridge, Ark, March 6, Z, and 8,
1862, and to be careful to give each organiza-
ton engaged its proper share of the credit
A comrade at Des Moines, Iowa. who was a
member of company E, Eighty-frst Iowa, Col
Masten's regiment, would like to hear from
some of its members through THE TRIBUNE
Comrade s. A. Young, Panora, H., wants
some c0mrade to write up history of the IA
nous old Pennsylvania Reserves, of which he
was a member.
The query of C. A. Constantine. in our issue
of Aug. %, as to " What were the first troops to
enter Palark, Ark?" should have read What
We're the first troops to enter Pollard, Ala?"
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have been dissesi il the service and IN the line Of
duty, TO dissuafify theFl for further military
service. and also pensioners Of she Regular Army
The latter required by law 70 surrender their
pensions to the Home while they are inmates
There SEQ inmates borne on the rolls OF the
Home Board Of Commissioners. President H'vk
bisSer-General @. IT. Crane Surgeon Genera, yT 8
A.; BTigadisr-tieHerai Richard @. Drum, Adiut.snt-
General O. = A.; BFig,ssiier-e Robert Mac
feey Conrnissary General OF Subsistence U ) A.
secretary to the Board, Oliver " Lonaln For
any further information you may desire write e,
she secretary Of the Board this city. I'd There is
no SIS rate. IL entitled 10 SIS pensiOner would re-
esive S24
j. L., 81. Louis 30 and otters-we have reDeat-
edly stated tgt cannot give the cGSe Of ss,; f1s
d1It ctdig. Under the rules OF the Pension Oflics
such information is act given TO outside parties
The claimant Tor his attorney is furnished all
proper information relating TO the e!ain whenever
ne requests 1t; therefore correspondence in such
matters should be addressed To the Commissioners
O. tensions, and reply viii be received in due
time. II = Useless TO write TIE subject as 10
Is impossible for rs TO ascertain the information
Jfrs. z. 4. ". Neuf7;en, 0-The records Of Cen
eTai Hospital at Memphis Tenn are on iIs. IN the
9Iiiee of the SUrEeon-tlenerai. U. :. A. this city
me assistant surgeon mentioned IS iead his adj
dress was Columbus, ..
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STONE RIVER.
The Fight Still Going On Between Wagner's and
Hazen's Brigades.

Hazen's Brigsdes.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
I think your paper, as a soldier paper is the
best that is published. / like it very much,
and l think that every old soldier should take
It, In reading your paper of September 9th
see communication headed " The Regulars at
Stone River" As l was member of that
brigade, being private in Co. E, First battal-
ion, Sixth U. s. infantry, by your permission
would like to say few words about the battle
of the Cedars as it has always been called. I
remember very well our double-qucking out
on the turnpike and coming back and march
ing over the line of troops-and by the way, /
can tell Comrade Rutter that they were the
Second Ohio oyolunteers--who were to be oursup-
dort, but who, when we were driven out into the
open field were not at hand. / remember their
cheering US and telling us to Go in, Regu-
lars" but when we needed them they were not
there to help us. We went in by the right
flank and faced to the front, and lay down.
The rebels came down on the right of the
brigade, which became engaged first, and, if I
am not mistaken, was somewhat confused.
Then the right center raised up and gave them
a yolley, and commenced to load and fire
at will. l think we held our position about
twenty minutes, when we were ordered to re-
tire; We fixed our bayonets when we got out
in the open field, and were ordered to charge
into the cedars again. We drove the rebels
out of them to the open woods beyond.
As for our leaving our dead and wounded
further in the rebel line than any other troops
engaged, l think that General Rosecrans him.
self says, we did well. Just here would like
TO ask Comrade Rutter if he remembers the
rebel officer On the white horse who had his
hat off, cheering his men. l have always
thought that it was General Cleburne as it was
his troops we We're fighting. AS to any COM
rade saying that his regiment saved the day
at Stone River, think that it took all the
troops there TO do that. 1t is fact, however,
that ii was the general talk after the battle
that Hazen's brigade and the Regulars saved
the army on the 31st day of September, 1852.
Yours, in F., c. and L.,
HENRY K. YoUNa,
1st Sergt., Co. A, 10th Inf U. S. A.
nr-r, JC,f
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One of the Wars Humble Heroes.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL. TRIBUNE:
wish some cornrade would furnish THE
TRIBUNE with q copy of song entitled "Spott-
sylvania." The first verse is as follows:
Twas the 18th of May in 81
And early III the morning,
The gallant boys of the Second Corps
Gave Early little warming
The day had broke not very clear
With Hancock in the saddle,
The boys went in with hearty cheer
Which made the rebs sxedaddle.
was there myself and know we gave them
a little too much warming. 1t cost us thou
sands of men killed and wounded and there
was not much gained. was wounded myself
in that fight and still suffer from the effects
/ recall an incident which occurred at Cold
Harbor which for cool daring and bravery,
! cannot, think, be beat. 1t was about the 1st
of june 1864, and our divisien-the First of
| the Second Corps-having made charge and
| been repulsed, We're compelled to leave their
| killed and wounded between the lines which
were not over 200 yards apart and in plain
! view of the rebels as well as ourselves. 1t was
| almost certain death for any one to stick his
| head above the breastworks, to say nothing of
| the danger in attempting to assist our wounded,
| whom we could hear crying for help and water.
| One of the latter, Comrade Bebont, of Co. d,
| One Hundred and Fortieth Pennsylvania v.
| l., had been shot through the leg and lay
! where he fell about halfway between the
! in a hot sum- when at last John L. Hathaway,
of the same company, could stand it no longer,
and he told the boys that he was going to carry
| some water to Bebont. They told him that he
would certainly be killed, but he, nevertheless,
| took two canteens and, filling them with water,
crawled up to the head Of the regiment, where
| Captain Henry, who commanded it, was, and
! jumping over the works, walked towards his
! wounded comrade. The rebels were so taken
/ by surprise that anybody should attempt such
| a feat, that they did not fire on him until after
he had reached his comrade, given him q
drink, left him a canteen of water, and was re-
| turning. Then they fired volley after volley
on him, but he ran like deer and succeeded
| in reaching the breastworks just where his
| own company was stationed. He was wounded
| in the leg, but didn't limp particle, because
as he said, he didn't want to let the rebels
| know they had hit him. He is now living in
Chase, Rice county, Kan, and if his act was
not heroic and charitable | would like to hear
! of one that was. G. g.,
BULL CITY, KAN. Co. B, 14o Pa. VI.
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W2sEcA, MENN.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBryE.
@. K. BUCKMAN,
Co. G, LIST MINI. Vol. Inf

10 the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In your issue of the 18th ult. Comrade C. w.
OnthaDk, of company D, Fifteenrl Illinois in
iaatry, asks: Were any three-years' regi-
ments mustered earlier than his?" I think
we can beat him by three hours. was rnem-
Der OF company E, Thirteenth Illinois infantry
went into camp at Dixon, Lee county H.. ON
the 9th day Of May, 1861, and was mustered
into the State service on the same date. and on
the 2ath day OF the same month, about 6 or 2
a. m, was mustered into the United States
service by Captain John Pope, now major
general, commanding forces at Fort I.eaven-
worth, Kan. The Thirteenth Illinois infantry
was the iirst regiment accepted by the United
States from Illinois for three years believe.
If not so, then some regiment has been cheated
out Of it's number. There were three-months'
infantry regiments that went from Illinois.
numbered seven to twelve, inclusive Dick
Hates-the old war governor of Illinois-called
out ten infantry regiments early in Nav to 20
into camps of instruction and hold themselves
IN readiness TO answer TO the call of Uncle Sam
for three-years men. All these were accented
by the Government, and soon were Oh the way
to the field These regiments were numbered
from thirteen to twenty two, inclusive.
The Thirteenth Illinois infantry was COM
manded by Colonel John B. Wyman. and a
Drawer, more dashing and fearless man never
swung eheese-knife. He fell at Vicksburg.
Miss, while leading his regiment through the
thickest Of the fight, for where the fight was
hottest there Colonel Wyman wanted to be.
The action took place on the 2sth of December,
1852, and on the 29tk, the day following, the
great charge was made at Chickasaw Bluffs by
Frank p. Blairs brigade of General Z. Steelejs
division, consisting Of the following regiments
OF infantry: Fourth, Thirtieth and Thirty
first Iowa, Twenty-ninth and Thirtietb Mis-.
seuri, aRd Thirteenth Illinois, and Colonel De-
courcey's brigade of Mergan's division consist
ing In part Of the Sixteenth Ohio and Fiftv-
fourth Indiana Our storming party was badly
cut up. Our artillery, which operated mostly
from one point, did their best, but could rem
der us but little assistance. As the contested
ground in their frsnt was by many feet higher
than the batteries, they were liable to kill more
Of Us tkan of the JohnEies, whe were nest aa
vantageously posted in strong rife-pits, of
which there We're two lines filed with infantry.
The rebels had rsking artillery fire on us
from the time we emerged from the woods into
the fallen trees and up the bluff and into
the open field, our lines falling away like chaff
before the breeze. j. T. lLIFF,
TOPEKA, KAN. Co. c, 18th Ill v T.
tApropos of the charge at Chickasaw Bluffs.
can any survivor of the Thirtieth Iowa furnish
an account Of the manner in which Colonel
Abbott met his death ED
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nilros's Brigade at'oesar Mountain.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Upon reading Comrade William Simpsons
statement of the heat experienced at the time
Of the Cedar Mountain fight l recall some of
the incidents that happened TO our brigade
General MIlToy's). We had crossed the Blue
Ridge at ThOrnton's Gap, where We broke up a
wedding parJy-and took the 3. O. along-some
few days prior 10 SAID battle. In marching up
the western side Of the Blue Ridge We came near
large orchard OF very large sugaF-hearted
cherry trees. We we're hot tired and thirsty
General Milroy said: - Bows we rest here ten
minutes" When we had rested the march
was resumed, but that orchard. oh ! where was
1T The limbs and cherries were emigrating
eastward until they parted company, then the
limbs dropped out Of ranks, and the cherries
passed over the mountaip. We camped at a
little town called Mo0dyille, IL my memory is
correct, where there was some good rail fences,
but 10 wood with which TO build our camp
hres. The command was: Boys be sure and
take nothing OF that fence but the top rail"
Well, We didn't but when we got it it was the
bottom rall as well rs the top one! Then came
the order for nights march to Calpepper
Cour-House. We toiled through that night
and reached the courthouse after daylight the
next morning. and then passed up TO the vicin-
lty OF the Cedar Mountain battle ground, 1.-THE
battle having been fought before we arrived,
where we skirInished Tor twenty-four hours, or
AollSS--4 cannot remember Gates ang TIME
with the rebel pielets they holding the battle
field Then came the order for detail If
am not mistaken out Of my regiment TO 90 to
the battleteid under a flag of truce and bury
our dead, who had fallen IN the fight some
days before. i was in that detail was
over the battlefield, and horrible sight it
was. Men lay IN groups and singly where
they bad fallen Some Of their clothing was
gone; ali their pockets turned inside Out. and
they -prn md T.--s L. I,
sun shining on them so long that their own
mothers could not have recognized them. We
buried them as best we could. Next morning
We started out 70 hunt up and ehastise their
murderers. We spread out and skirmished Up
20 and over the mountain, saw where the reb-
els had lain Ia the shade Of the cedaTs. but not
a enc could We find. Then we took mp cur
line Of march TO the Rapidan-Ai ilroy's brigade
In the advance. / hope some Of MY Old COM
rades ia that campaign viii write It up.
J. F. STARcHER,
hINTERsgILLE, No. Co. G., Sd Va. Inf
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Tho Command at Columbus, Ky.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
VIII you kindly inform me who was in
command at Columbus, KY. in June 1864?
CLEAR SPRINGS, Mo. d. II. FLEMING.
William Hudson Lawrence, colonel of the
Thirty fourth New jersey volunteer infantry,
was IN command at Columbus at the time speci-
fed. The troops stationed there were as fol-
lows: Thirty-feurth New Jersey, 0ne Hundred
and Thirty fourth and One Hundred Thirty
sixth Illinois, Fourth United States colored
troops, Fourth United States artillery There
were patients in the Columbus hospital from,
the Twentieth, Twenty One Hundred
and Twenty-feurth, Seventy y-secend, Fifty
eighth and One Hundred and Nineteenth
illinois volunteer infantry; the Fertieth,
Twenty-seventh and Seventh Iowa; the Twen-
ty-third, Fifty ninth, Forty-ninth and Fifty
second Indiana infantry the Fifty third Ohio.
and the Sixteenth Wisconsin volunteer in
fantry-ED.l
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Ist Sergt., Co. A, 10Th INT, D
DUBUQUE, Iowa.
To the Editor NATIoNAL TRIRuNE.


Comrade Rutter should go slow when he as
serts that the Eighteenth U. S. Regulars saved
the day at Stone River. / WAS there myself
about that time, as member of Wagner's old
regiment, the Fifteenth Indiana, ard have got
the marks to show. My company Co D) went
IN with forty men in the morning and had but
thirteen men fit for duty left that night. We
lost our captain (R J. Tenpelton) killed, our
second lieutenant Mark Walker) wounded in
the head by shell, while our orderly sergeant
Milton MAXWELL lost his right arm, and-well,
VIII quit as am no newspaper correspondent.
could tell Comrade Rutter quite lot about
that day that he did not see-aboAt the left
wing OF the Army of the Cumberland from
about o'clock a. M until about or o'clock
p. m, December 3lst, when / was sent to grass
with about an ounce of rebel lead in me.
Yours is the soldiers paper. 1t is sound for
the soldier, and the soldier should be sound for
the paper. T. NJ. ADAMS,
= Private, Co. D, 18th Regt, Ind. Vol. Inf
NAPOLEON, OHIO.
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To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
inclose you herewith an item from one of
our dailies, which explains itself So far,
have been unable to find the SONS of Colonel
Mason, who are, am informed, his sole sur
viving family. The members of our Grand
Army Post (Farragut, No. %, Department of
Miehigan,) would be glad to have Colonel Ma
sons body brought here and laid by the side of
his wife in our own Oak Hill Cemetery, but as
the drafts upon our funds have been so heavy
and, you know, most of the survivors of the
veterans of 1861 and 1865 are poor, therefore
am desired to ask if there is not some provis-
ions made by the general Government to meet
just such cases 2-some fund which could be
drawn upon to meet the expenses of sending
for and bringing home and respectfully bury
ing this gallant soldier who fell while calamity
leading his regiment in charge to cut their
way out when surrounded by the Confederate
forces On that, for him, fatal 4th of October,
1864. ] am informed that he refused to allow
any of his command to remain with him, say
ing, " You can do me no good ss | have my
death wound, but you can save, each, one good
soldier for future service, in case you get out"
Hoping TO hear from you personally or through
The TRIBUNE, l am, ever, L. J. ALLEN.
BATTLE CREEK, MICH.
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The Misfortune of Vest Virginia Battery.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

wish to relate a strange occurrence in the
history of battery B, First West Virginia artil-
lery. December "a, 1862, our brigade, under the
command OF General Gloueerette, entered Win
chester in the forepart of the day and went into
camp on the Hill back of or west of the town.
About o'clock in the afternoon the command
was ordered out to meet the rebels, who were
reported coming down the valley in force We
harnessed our horses as quicklyas possible and
started out at double-quick to engage the Tim
aginary, as it pToved) foe. We were going at a
full run through the town over paved street,
when, suddenly, eight wheels of the battery
simultaneously came of, throwing the boys
who were riding on the limber-chests of the
guns and the caissons right and left into the
street. One of them, who was riding at the
time with the writer, was seriously injured,
the spindle of the gun running through his
left thigh, and making him cripple for 1ife
Now, who can account for this strange occur
renee? 1t has always been a mystery to me.
and cannot help thinking that the linchpins
of the guns must have been extracted before
we left camp. SAM VANHoRN.
Battery B, 1st w. Va. Art.
ApARyA 0urn
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Some Dashing Cavalry Exploits.
To the Editor NATIONAL. TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
The good old paper is brimfuI of inter
esting news every week. / noticed recently
the inquiry "Who ever saw a dead cavalry
man." and. as l think that is slur on one of
the most efficient branches of the service, per-
nit me to say that my regiment-the Eighth
Indiana cavalry-was in the McCook raid
around Atlanta when it was surrounded and a
demand was made for the surrender of Nc
Cooks whole command, but we broke the rebel
lines with terrible fire from our Spencer car
bines, and the Tenth Ohio cavalry with Sec
ond Indiana and Fourth and Fifth Kentucky
cavalry, made q saber charge, and opened the
way for the escape of 10000 men. was with
Fitzpatrick ON the march to the sea. The cav
airy was used as curtain to hide the move
ments OF the infantry, and we thrashed or
drove Wheeler q dozen times on that famous
campaign. cayalryman viii run before he
viii fight, will he? Well, just listen to this
Colonel Jones made report to Governor Nor
ton that detachment of twenty-one men, de-
tailed for scout on the Chattaheochie River
had a fight with seven companies of Wheeler's
cavalry. They fought them four hours, kill
ing and wounding 123 of the rebs, and losing
thirteen of their own detachment of twenty
one, the rest being all wounded. The rebs
captured nothing but broken Spencer rifles
The regiment was in 13S battles and skirnishes
My company went into the battle of Stone
River, December 80, 1862, with seventy three
men; on the 8th of July, 1863, only eight of us
answered to roll-call. / fell off my horse sew
eral times on the Rosseau, McCook, Stoneman
and Fitzpatrick raids for want of sleep
like to see the boys fighting their battles
over again. but let us do justice to all that were
in the service. We have live Post here with
145 members. We intend to have four days
encampment at the fair grounds, beginning
October 2. Avery pleasant time is anticipated
by the boys. JOHN 4. EIcHAR,
WARSAW, IND. Co. c. Sth Ind Cav