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The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1883-05-31

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBI-SE:
] have been reading an article in your issue Of
May 10, headed. achievements of the Twentieth
Corps. written 10y Joseph EngoInaF, of MiliyiIle,
n }. lie starts out by saying the Twentieth Corps
Was composed Of three divisions. The First; CON-
manded by General VI illiaIns. the Second, by Gen
eTll Geary- and the Third by General Howard.
That viii be news TO the men Of the Third divis-
lon, always supposed II was General Dan
Buiter4ieid thai commanded as. General Howard
commanded tsie Fourth Corps at that time and on
up 10 The death Of Mcpherson. He goes or to say
that the IiFsi and Second divisions had formerly
been the old Twelfth Corps. Army OF the Potomac
aud The Third division bad formerly been the old
tieNeiitil CORPS Army of the Potomac. The facts
are these; The Eigst division had been the old
Twelfth Corps; the Second had been the Eleventh
Corps ana the Third. with the exception of one
brigade, ltlie lhird) had always belonged TO the
Army OF the Cumberland Then lac tells what the
Twentieth Corps did At Peach Tree Creek He saws
the Third division was on tbe let; the Second, ia
the center. and The tlrst, on The right The Third
division Oh the left; the Second, the right
and tllc First, in reserve Colnrade Engomar GER
tainiy remembers The sudden giving way of the
Second division under the pressure of the bulk of
Hood army, and the splendid advance of the First
division into the breach and the driving back Of the
rebels. BE il remembered, too that the Third di-
vision not Idle during this time. EugOnar
says ii was GeaTy's Second division that captured
the famous lincttc battery at kcsaca. Now. j;
cnfS 10 me that Geary had precious little so do
Resaca Abbott in his History OF the Rebellion,
says; " On Msy l5 Butterfield cut a bloody path
lDio the enemy works, capturing a fort and four
guns headiy, IN his history, speaking of the
same battle. says " Weird brigade of Butterfeld's
division, had desperate hands hand fight for the
possession OF lunette with four guns which they
finally succeeded ia capturing And then have
liant recollection OF being there part of the time
ut least. have IN my possession oonqraiaIiaiory
order issued by Butterfeid the next day after the
Aght, as follows
HEADo'Rs THIRD DTv.. TwESTIETH A c.,
NEAR REsAcA, Ga, May 10, 1894.
~E3encral Order No 4
'.The general commanding feels If a duty, as well
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Five Brave Brothers.

SIN your last issue noticed a letter giving the
army record of five brothers 1t prompts me to
two of them in the same regiment They
all younger than myself. One was a member of
the Seventy sixth Illinois V. l., another of the
Fifty-fourth Illinois V. L., third of the Ninety
first New York V. L., and the fourth of the One
Hundred and Twenty-first New York Y. l. I was
A member myself of the First United States sharp
shooters, and served three years and eight months.
Three of my brothers gave their lives 10 their
country. One rests at Key West, Florida, another
in Tennessee and another near Falmouth, Virginia.
My surviving brother received four gunshOt
wounds at the battle of ChiekaInaugR-One III the
left arm one in the neck, one back OF the right
ear, the bullet coming out near the temple, and
another through OF his legs below the knee.
l was taken prisoner at the battle OF Gettysburg,
my parole framed, and it now hangs IN our Post
rooms Peter IL. Kipp, Brown Post, Schenevus,
New York.
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A Capital Story About the Fifteenth Corps Badge.
To the Editor NATIONAL TgIsrTSE.

In your issue of the 18th inst noticed an &C.
count of the origin of the badge of the Fifteenth
Army Corps, which is far from being correct. You
are right when you say that Western men did not
sport badges like our comrades of the Eastern
army but the last year of the war nearly every
badge - Our Our corns 1the Fifteeptb1 always had
badge mark u that was blazed upon the trees
by our advance pioneers, indicating our line of
march. 1t was simple cross If the first division
was in advance notch was cut over the upper
point of the cross; second division, notch at the
right hand point third DIVISION at the bottom and
fourth division at the left hand point thus giving
O distinct mark for each division. If any of our
divisions were to take different roads directions
the marks the trees would guide them. This
proved of great value to us march to the
sea. But here is the correct version of the origin
of our corps badge: After the battle of Chicka-
nooga from Vicllsburg. The Second division
the first to arrive at Chattanooga, and passed
through the Eleventh and Twelfth Corps some
time after midnight, so as to escape the vigilant
eyes of the enemy upon Lookout Mountain. The
next morning a straggier of this division, ragged
and foot-sore making his way through these
two corps, and in his anxiety to catch up was tax
ing short cuts In doing SO he attempted to cross
a sentnel's beat in front of General B. headquar-
tiers, but was halted by the white gloved sentry.
The general, hearing racket outside, stepped out
to see what was up, and the following dialogue
took place:
General" Hello, my man, to what regiment do
you belong?"
stragger-" Sixth Missouri av course"
Gen." What corps do you belong?"
Stray" Fifteenth, to be sure"
Gen.-"Where is your badge?"
Stray" Badge is il? And what is that?"
Gen." Do you see this seminal with half moon
on his cap? That means the Eleventh Corps, and
that man over there with star his cap belongs
to the Twelfth Corps
Strag-" Oh yis; now can see how yees fell
lows could get back to Washington City SO easy av
dark nights-ye would take the moon and stars
wild yel Here is the badge of our corps and he
clapped his hand on his cartridge box, fairly
rounds in here and sixshty in our havisak /" And
off he started for his regiment. General Logan,
hearing the story, adopted the cartridge box our
badge. THIRTIETH OHIO.
KINGSTON OHIO
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The Capture of Mobile.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
AS yet have failed to see in THE TRIBUNE any
account of the capture of Mobile, few days ante
cedent TO the surrender of Lees and Johnston's
armies. VIII not some competent person give in
THE TRIBUNE history of that event? With many
beloved comrades of Co. A, Forty seventh Illinois
front during the siege of the Spanish fort and was
with the Third division of our Army Corps in the
final charge, which resulted in the capture Of Fort
Blakely. l have map of the march of the two
Army Corps-Fwenty-third and Sixteenth-from
Fish River. and of the forts and surroundings but
do not feel able to give complete history of the
siege and capture. The fire from the Spanish
fort at times WAS very severe, and Royal o. Ohm
stead, the respected major of our regiment in
formed me that even at Vicksburg he never was
under hotter fire than that Should any of my
old comrades of the Forty-seventh read this brief
letter want them to know that the acquaintance
danger and hardship is still cherished and remem-
bered by the writer j. BoANs,
RISING CITY NEB, Co A. 47th l. " L
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The Whereabouts of some Old Veterans.

To the Editor NATIONAL IRIBUNE:
BY way of reply to the inquiry Of COmrade Chas
". Hill, in your issue of May 10th beg leave to
say that / was a member Of company K Second
regiment. California volunteers. Captain John p
smith" Black sam, as the boys used to call him.
and one of the best friends I ever had-was our
captain. / was mustered into the regiment in the
summer of 1861, and first colonel was A. J.
Smith, at that time, believe, of Oregon but after
wards general and chief of cavalry under Pope. I
was on the expedition under General p Edward
COnuoT. to Salt Lake City and at the battle OF
Bear River. / was severely wounded on January
%, 1853 and am totally crippled, unfit for any
thing more in this life and one of Uncle Sans pen
sloners- have been away from the Pacific Coast
since the winter of 1879. DR.. Williamson was in
Salt Lake City some years ago, as also Johnny
Frank. J. w. KilgOuT was in Nevada in 1872 at or
near Walkers Lake. The last saw of John HOl-
the eye of any of the Second regiment boys,
should be glad to hear from them through THE
TRIBUNE, which Is one of the best papers in this
great Republic. w b. MELTON
NINDES, Mich. Corporal Co. K, I'd Cal. cav.
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An Interesting Story of AndersOnvIlls.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Through the kindness of Captain Meyerhoff of
this Post, THE TRIBUNE placed in my hands,
for which great favor you have my sincere thanks.
Since have been reading THE TRIBUNE have
been intensely interested and delighted with the
correspondence about Andersonvilie, Shiloh, the
Signal Corps, and the escaped prisoners. l read
while and then cry while, and then L fall down,
roll over, laugh, and shout for joy! | tell you,
comrades, that those of you who not taking,
THE TRIBUNE are missing a feast of fat things. 1
have read nearly all the papers in the land for the
last twenty years, but this Is our pGper,-and don't
You forget it, About four years ago applied for
a pensioH, but Commissioner Dudley has twice
rejected my claim. verify believe | would die of
pure disappointment were it not for the consola-
ton that get from THE NATIONAL. TRIBUNE. The
boys have been telling their experience of battles
and prison life and /, too, have little experience
of my own that / would like to relate, with the
permission of the editor. 1, too prisoner ST
Belle Isle, Andersonville, Florence, and Charles
ton, 5. G. But ADdersonvilie the chief scene
OF nay adventures. The Providential Spring has
been thoroughly discussed, but have Providen-
tial well, hole in the ground that want to tell
about, and perhaps some of the boys will remem-
Der the circumstances. About the 18th of July,
1861, when the six raiders were hanged, Captain
Wirz had gallows erected inside she stockade for
the purpose, and the time was set for the exeeu-
ton and the prisoners marched in When they
saw the awful reality before them one of them
made desperate effort to get away, which caused
general stampede among the prisoners, and In
the rush was showed head foremost into of
those wells about thirty feet deep, my left shoulder
being dsiocated in the fall. l remained in the well
until the men were hanged, and then the ropes
We're used in getting me out of the well. owe my
deliveranee from that living grave chiefly to a
member of the Fourteenth Illinois cavalry. be-
heye his name Noah. His surname l cannot
reeoect, but he has the gratitude of my heart all
the same. The next thing TO get my shoulder
back in place, and for this kindness / under
obligations to Pennsy lvania troops, who had
just come in from Roanoke River. / cannot reeol-
ieet their names and regiment, but there was one
they called Peter If any one of them will ad-
dress me at Evansville, Indiana, they shall have
ali the thanks and gratitude that my poor old
heart and tongue are master of.
ELI j. WAyfSLEY,
Co. E. 65th Indiana Vol. Inf.
EVANSVILLE I'M
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CANTON. Ill.
Baird's Division at JOnesb0ro'.
le Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
send you herewith a copy of an order issued by
General Baird which / think will convince the
readers of THE TRIBUNE that Comrade Fish's state
ments in regard to the part which Bairds division
took in that famous charge at Jonesboro were cor
rect:
HEADQ' RS, THIRD DIVISION, FOURTEENTH CORPS,
JoNEssoRo', GA, Sept g. 1864.
SOLDIERS OF THE THIRD DIVISION: You have
again crowned yourselves with glory. 1t was not
necessary for the heroes of Chickamauga and Mis-
sion Ridge to illustrate the valor of the American
soldier. You have gone through the long arduous
campaign, enduring all its hardships and fatigue.
The work which you have been called upon to
perform has been always perfectly accomplished,
and your losses in daily and nightly conflicts with
the enemy have equalled the casualties of great
battle. Always near to the enemy, he has never
dared to attack your lines, and at the end of the
campaign you might have gone to your homes
with proud satisfaction although not privileged to
take part in any of Its more brilliant and dazzling
lent that trenches well defended either by the
enemy ourselves could not be carried by assault,
and it reserved for orr own gallant Third bril-
gade in front of Jonesboro to disproye this and in
so doing give the finishing stroke to the Atlanta
campaign. Eleven hundred men of the Seventy
fourth Indiana, Tenth Kentucky, Fourteenth and
Thirty eighth Ohio regiments you assaulted works
of extremely difficult approach, defended by the
best fighting troops of the rebel army, and under
murderous fire of canister and musketry you car
ried them with the bayonet, taking one-half
many prisoners as your own number. The loss
you SuStained-one OF every three engaged being
struck-shows how desperate was the struggle and
how magnificent your success. Comrades, / con-
gratulate you, ard am proud to be your COM
mander. So long as glory Is praised or bravery
honored among men, it will be the boast of your
descendants that you belonged to this army.
By command of Brig. Gen BAIRD"
Don't you think this is conclusive?
THOMAS LITcHFIELD,
LIST Sergt, Co. i, 14th o. V. I.
pr ryyA EsN
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CRIDERsvILLE, o.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Esa-ba,,, tb, fII,>,,,;,,c- N, III 10, 80 ;,s.,

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
Perhaps the following viii be of interest TO youl
readers. / was a private in company l. Ninth
New Jersey volunteers, and was wounded in the
right hand at the battle of Drury's Bluff Va. May
10 1864. At that time our regiment was part OF
Heckmans brigade, which also included the
Tyyenty-third Twenty-6fth and Twenty-seventh
Massachusetts. Our brigade flag was white, with
single red star in the center and the brigade
known as Heckmans Lone Star Brigade Now,
what is curious about my wound IS this. that
the scar on the back of my hand resembles our
brigade flag being red, with the five points dis
tinetly defined General Hickman was taken
prisoner at the same battle, and about the time
received my rations of lead. 81. TISsxAS.
vienna N J.
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Did they Make Good their Escape,

II consider THE TRIBUNE the best soldiers paper
printed. During the war confined IN six diff
ferent Confederate prisons Andersonyille among
the number, and L would ike 70 hear from some
comrade who with me in The fall of 1861, when
l was of the squad of prisoners that were re-
moved from AndersonviIle to Savannah, in some
box that lime had been shipped in. During the
journey, six of my fellow prisoners cut a hole
through the bottom of the car and dropped
through, and have always been anxious to learn
whether any of them survive. At the time of my
capture / as hearty boy welded
saber, but have never a well day since
Charles W. Carter, Co. ID, 18th Mass. Vol Inf, Ring
wood H.
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A Case of pistr Without Patriotism.

Merrils farewell order to his men, and It almost
brought the tears to my eyes. 1t seemed to me
that had never read anything that touched me
that did / shall DO all i can TO secure THE TEIB-
UNE 100 600 subscribers for it is enphatieally the
soldiers paper. Some years ago / asked the New
York Fitness why it that it bitterly opposed
all bills introduced in Congress for the relief Of the
soldier, and the editors reply that the Treas
ury could not stand such a DRAIN and he thought
that the soldier already very well provided for.
The editor of the EifReSS Is known IN New York as
Praying John Dougail,' but his prayers will not
avail much for as while many of our old soldiers
IN want. For my part / shall take no paper
that opposes the soldier."-H. III. Cruger, Co. x,
3isn l. v l. Waterloo Wis
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TIE EDITORS TABLE.
A Glance at the Contents of The
TribaRe'S Nail.
Ths TrIbune,s Patriotic NI..Ion.
do NArIoNAL TRIBrNE:

To The Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
THE TRIBENE Is doing good work in keeping
alive the memories Of the scenes and incidents u
twenty years ago. and il ought % be read by every
man, woman. and child in the land. i persuaded
my little daughter to read the first number Of the
paper which received, but she has since required
no urging. The fact that her father participated in
some of the lively scenes SO elOquenty depicted IN
your columns incentive enough for her, and
she Is now the first TO go fOr" the paper when il
arrives. So it should be with all our youth Every
orphan of the knows that his father fell on
some Southern battlefield that every MANNED,
SICK, and feeble veteran stopped some rebel bullet
that we had war that shook our country to its
great foundations, and that the best blood Of our
sons was freely shed in its support but the menu
bers of the generation now coming on will never
know what really Is until they experience !t
for themselves. Therefore, as / said before your
paper Is not for the sOIdieF alone 1t should teach
patriotism to the young VINO viii take our
place and should particularly interest these sons
Of Veterans organizations. Rip RAPs
LAWRENCE MASS
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What Came Of Publishing Soldiers Letter.

TO the Editor NATIONAL IRIBJNE:
/ shall ever feel grateful to YOU for publishing
my letter, as by that means / have heard from
number of my old comrades-aalcng them our old
brigade commander How widely they scat
tered now-one IN Kansas. another IN Florida, and
still another in Arkansas. / viii state for the
benefit of the First brigade, First DIVISION Fourth
Army Corps, that Colonel J. VI Kirby, our old
brigade commander, lives in Upper SandusSy, o.
/ cannot understand now how / managed to get
along many years without THE TRIBCNE.
would not be without it for five times the price,
and how il can be published for dollar per
year Is mystery. Every comrade who has not vet
done so should subscribe for it Immediately. This
Grand Army news alone Is more than worth the
subscription price. AS for myself, have enlisted
for the war, and You may put me down for a life
subscriber. have seen many soldiers papers bus
that can compare with it. So go on with the
good work and we viii guard the pielSet-line.
FRANK J. LOvETT,
Co L, 3Sth ILL., v. L
ftr,rr. q
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To the Editor NATIONAL TEIBUNE:

10 Iut LuILOI INAIININaL 1t.IbINA.
want to ask Signal Corps Officer Fish where
the Twenty-third Army Corps was in the charge
mt Resaca when the One Hundred and Eleventh
Ohio volunteer infantry lost sixty-one killed, as
well as at other places duriRg the Georgia cam
paign He has entirely overlooked the Twenty
third Corps, and, if my memory serves right
that corps did some of the hardest fighting OF the
campaign. | should be glad To hear from any OF
my old comrades either through THE TRIBUNE or
by letter, and should like to know how many of
the Second brigade Second division Twenty-third
Corps remember me. The boys used to call me
"Old Dad :" of the brigade eomInissary.
JOSEPH SNYDER.
New MARKET, JEFFERSON Co., TENN.
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A Soldiers Choice for 1884.

There is not a soldier in this section Of tho
country but would be glad TO take THE TRIBUNE.
The most OF US however, are strugi ing with pow
erty and can scarcely keep the wolf from the door.
Since this hue and cry has been raised against the
soldier however, by the unprineipled men who
stsid at home during the war and coined money,
while the boys IN blue lighting the battles Of
their country we have determined 10 stick close
together and support paper that gives publicity
TO ISLANDERS upon our pensioners and eN-sOl3ierS
generally Here is the soldiers choice for 1881:
For President John ~ Logan for Vice-PresiCent,
ID. W. VOorhees.n-W- j. Wheeler. Co. q, 54tb
Ohio Olney Ill
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What the Letters Mean.

81 am little boy only fourteen years old, but
love to read The TRIBUNE well if had been
a soldier myself My fsthe= was a member of Co.
b, Ninety first Illinois " l. notice that many Of
the letters which you publish from soldiers. end by
saying Yours, in F., c.. and L. VIII you be kind
enough to tell me what these letters mean and
would also like to ask whether any reader of THE
TRIBUNE furnish the song entitled Prices
Raid James E. Edwards, Clarence, Mo.
The letters referred to are the initials of the
three words, Fraternity, Charity, and 10y
atty" which constitute the motto of the Grand
Army.-ED.]
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Men Who Deserve srmpathr.

when read in THE TRIBUNE of the hardships
and trials which our ex-Soidiers were compelled to
face during the war, / am prompted to write you
line to encourage you III the noble work IN which
you engaged i am especially interested in the
fate of those poor fellows whose adventures while
attempting to make their escape from DanyIile
prison related in the narrative entitled Good
Bye to Dixie. Too mtfch cannot be said IN behalf
of the men who made such sacrifices for their
country. Wishing you success in your efforts TO
care for the soldier and his widow and orphans,
subscribe myself the wife OF veteran Mrs Kate
Annis. LanarS III.
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The Rattle Of Been Bottom.

although not soldier, subscriber TO your
valuable paper and take great deal of pleasure IN
reading the many interesting articles which il
tains. Among your correspondence find the names
of any persons with whom / am personally ae-
quainted which, together with the fact that several
of my kin laid down their lives save the country
make those military "reminiscences doubly inter-
esting to As yet, however, have seen no
mention made of the battle at Deep Bottom, near
Richmond A number of my most intimate friends,
as we'll as brother of mine, who held the rank of
captain, participated in that engagement, and
think description thereof would prove OF interest
Centre, Wis.
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Yer, Good Indeed for a small Post.

Enclosed please find s. for eight subscribers.
which completes our LIST of fifty and entities 20
the full number of the Campaigns of the Civil War.
This is doing very well, / think for y small Post.
The boys thought il folly to try 70 raise such
club, but where there is win there is a way, and
you have the result. On receipt of the books,
shall turn the library to Frank Lowry POSI-
John A Edmiston Clinton III
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IF those of our ex-solders who have failed yes
to receive Just recognition Of their claims az tho
hands of the Government would paint themselves
a bUtternut color, go on reservation and heap
talk big Injun', they might each receive 500 .
year cow, and pair OF striped stockings, secure
free tickets to and from Washington. pow wow
with the Secretary of the Interior, and have their
children educated, all for nothing Is nos an
American soldier as good "a an American Indisns"
Is. Cornell, Chippewa Falls Wis
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Bayard's Brigade at Cedar Mountain.

was much interested in Major Ropes descrip-
ton of the battle OF Cedar Mountain but cannot
help thinking that Bayards brigade OF cavalry de-
serve credit for the part they took. Had it
not been for the stubborn resistance of the cavalry
jackson would have been at Cupeper before the
other troops could have arrived. hope some COM
rade will give us description ofthe movements of
the cavalry from the time we went back from the
Rapidan to the Potomac.
RED BANK N. j. RICHARD LAWRENCE.