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The National tribune., 1883-06-14
TIE EDITORS TABLE.
A Glance at the Contents Of The
Tribane's Mail.
4 Lond Call for Cyrus.
To the Editor NATIONAL. TRIBUNE:

10 the Eu1tOr NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Cyrus w. Crisrnan, member of company O,
Ninety seventh Ohio volunteer infantry, was cap
tured under the following circumstances: The day
march from Franklin to Nashville, and when near
Brentwood Station, he took several canteens and
Went little way from the pike to house after
water. While there the rebel cavalry came DASH
ing up, and of course, Cyrus was made prisoner.
The good lady of the house, however, whose name
was, think, Overton, told the rebs plainly that
they could not take him away, as he put there
guard and had been there several months.
don't know why she took such a fancy to him
less on account of his youth and good looks. He
certainly was a fine looking soldier. In q short
time General Hood established his headquarters at
the house, and when he heard the lady's story he
gave Cyrus protection papers, and he certainly
Jared as well as any other prisoner of the late war
During his stay with Hood he WAS invited to the
wedding of rebel major at Brentwood Station,
and he participated m the festivities He seemed
to be good fellow and possessed OF winning ways.
He remained at the house till the rebels were
whipped back across the Harpeth River. when he
had chance to rejoin the boys In blue He had the
opportunity to meet n good many rebel generals
and they often twitted him about being about to
take Nashville; but when shell and solid shot
came crashing along and one shell passed directly
through the house, Cyrus asked if that looked like
going into Nashville. When the cannonaGing be-
gan the general present hurried away, and the
rebel army came along IN fall retrea*-sone with
out guns, some bareheaded and baFefooted, and
every one making all possible haste to get of
reach of our guns think they did not stop until
they reached Florence Ala.
Should Cyrus see this, let Us hear from him
through THE TRIBUNE A. p. SMITH,
Company G. g7th Ohio v. I.
ODEEoLr, SAC Co., Iowa.
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MATAMoRAs, IND.
A Succession of Surnrisea.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
/ have often asked myself the question, while
reading THE TRIBUNE, why some one doesn't write
up history of the Peninsular campaign, dur
ing which so many died in the Csiickahominy
swamps participated in that campaign from the
beginning to the end, and when / saw Comrade
Puller's question as to whether General Casey was
surprised at Fair Oaks, became Interested at once
If he was not surprised, some of his command
were, at any rate for was in his division, and
know that our regiment and brigade were surprised,
and think General Negley, who commanded our
brigade, surprised too, when his horse was
Yankee squad vas he called our regiment the
Eleventh Maine volunteer infantry-of which he
said that If he had had ten thousand men such as it
was composed of he could have taken Richmond
After the battle, we were, like Comrade Fuller,
minus everything but our canteens and equip
ments for just as soon as the pickets began firing
we were ordered to fall in, and expecting only to
have little fun driving the Johnnies back, hur-
ried forward at double quick. We met, however.
such shower of lead and iron and encountered
such heavy force that we considerably sur
prised, and still more surprised when we were
ordered to fall back. leaving half of regiment
either killed or wounded. As q consequence the
Johnnies gobbled up everything in our camp
even our salt horse" that we had slung over the
fire to cook for dinner-and you bet there were
bivouac in the rain with nothing but the heavens
day to drive them back past our camp towards
Richmond. would like to hear from some of my
old comrades through THE TRIBUNE.
ALoNZo X. STEWART,
Late Serg't, Co. ], 18th Me. V.
EUREKA, CAL.
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That charre Of narron,s pirislon.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
dislike TO spoil good story. but it is sometimes
necessary in order 10 get at the truth. In your
issue OF the 10Th nit there appeared article from
the lively pen of Lieutenant Fish about grand
charge made by Harrows division of the Fifteenth
Army Corps, capturing battery. &c, which other
troops of the Fifteenth Corps had refused to at
tcmpt-afraid, as ii were. Now, this is all mis-
take. About the 18th of June, 1854 our division
Second, Fifteenth Army Corps was on the extreme
ieft OF the army, little to the left of Big Kennesuto
and in plain view OF the town of Marietta. We had
been skirnlishing with the enemy the day before
and found their line at the base of the mountain
with strong outpost half mile south of the noun
TAIN IN a small piece ofwoods. 1t was this outpost
that General Harrow tried to capture the 18th OF
june. There was no battery captured, and no hill
TO be charged. IL was simply brilliant charge of
a weil-supported siSirmish line, and the rebels
labout 800 strong were sent flying of the woods
toward the mountain. TWAS while on the run that
General Logan ordered Captain De Grasse of our
division TO send few shells after them Just TO keep
up the excitement. 1 don't reeollect that General
Sherman was there, and think he was not. The
rebel General Bishop Polk WAS killed at Lost
Mounfain-six miles away-June 18th or l4tli
Respectfully, A. b. c.,
Both o. " Inf.
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lie wants Eere Salt in Bis.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
am regular reader of THE TRIBUsE, but am
IN the sanie Tx j. Il. Thorp who, I see by your
last issue wants to hear from the fo' eassier
member of Farragut Post No 81 in Burton
Kansas. They all old soldiers except myself
All my brave deeds were the ocean. like to
hear the boys talk it overbat it isn't salt enough
AS was charter member and tie only one who
served in the navy, had the honor of choosing
name for our Post, and as thought the old ad-
m1ral was hard to beat, L named IL after him. We
started with thirty three year ago and have
sixty members Our boys are not overbuFdened
with money but such hearts-IilSe elephantsI
eoinrade was sick awhile ago. and as his planting
was suffering and he worrying about it, the boys
mustered seventeen teams and poughed his ground
and planted his corn for him. Talk about doctors!
In a few days he was we'll and now he tells the
story with tears in his eyes. That's the kind of COM
raaes We have IN our Post. / shipped as carper-
ter's mate the q. S. Colorado in 1864 and was in
both ightsat Fort Fisher Afterwards was earpen-
ter's mate the ironcIad Canonieus at the time
she went TO Havana Cuba. to lake the ram Stone
wall.
Now ], too, am one of those fellows to whom the
alI-wise Pension Department has said You haven't
made outa case And why? Because the records do
no9Show that was ever sick while III the service
have proved that was sick by two shiprnates on
the Colorado, but can find soul who was on the
Canonicus with me, although | was very sick ut
and before the time of my discharge. this should
reach the eye of any of my old shipmates / hope
they will help out, as at present am totally
unable to do manual labor. At any rate let's hear
from the water side of Fort Fisher
ADAMS PERRY
Late OF U. 8. Colorado and Canonicus.
BURRTON KAN
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The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
VIII some comrade of the Fifty-eighth Ohio vol
unteer infantry inform US through THE TRIBUNE
what the facts and circumstances attending the
death. of Henry Burke, one of the drummers of
that regiment, and generally understood to have
been the hero OF that beautiful and pathetic song,
The Drummer Boy of SHILOH
His grave is the first inside the gate OF the Shiloh
National Cemetery st Pttsburg Landing; ii is quite
short, and evidently the grave of small boy. The
Government has. through its officers, bestowed
great amount OF labor and taste In the arrange
ment AID decoration. Cannon balls painted black
pyramidaI piles of grapeshot, shells from the river
and conicai iron shells from the battlefield choice
flowers planted on and around the grave some
of the devices employed To distinguish the last rest
ing place of this young hero, whose death to
have been accompanied by remarkable oircuna-
stances, and to whom in his last moments some
affecting utterances OF patriotism and filial aec-
tion ascribed, which may possibly furnish ma
terials for traditions and legends in the distant
future
Can any comrade of any regiment give us light
on the subject, and tell how much of the famous
song is fact and how much is the product of
poetic imagination? During the past twelve years
have lived and abored in this immediate vicinity
and can testify that the grave of little Henry Burke
is object of great interest to visitors Memorial
Day and all other days. L. COTTON,
Missionary NJ. e. Church, PittSburg Landing,
and formerly Chaplain 129th Illinois Inf.
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not be adjusted in time for such payment The
reason why yOs have not received new ee.sfsi-
cate is because your claim has yet been settled
You must remember that there were many thou
sands of such claims and they could not ali be dis
posed of before June 18th. You viii probably get
your certificate IN time to draw n September
next. ID Examinations are sometimes ordered
in increase claims under act of March 3 Iss3 A
very small percentage Of sHeh claims however re-
quire an examination of pensiouer.
Reader Of The Tribune, Lebanon, Pave know
OF no better institution of the kind than g The
Nurses Trimming school Of Washington d. C. -
which has been in successful operation for several
years Address the Corresponding Secretary Mrs.
5. A. NJ. Canfield, 10 @ street, ". W
ITO insure replies, correspondents should give fuf
names and pOSr-0fice addresses Replies inquiries
Will be given either in this column by mail II reply
is published the initials only Of the writer VIII be asaI
Correspondenee any subject viii have prompt aten-
tiOE.-Ed.l
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More Asout the Battle Ct Jenesboro,.
TO tie Editor NATTovLL. TRIgr-yF


am a regular Teader Of TIE TRIBUNE and am
much pleased with the letters Of your correspond
ents, AID would like 70 give my view Of the part
taken by the Fourteenth Corps at Jcnesboro' Ga
September J, 1864, particlarly the doings Of our
bTigaGe--the First brigade, Second division -Four
Fourteenth Michigan, Sixteenth and Sixtiesh Hi
nois aae tine Seventeenth Eew York veteran vol
urtecr tll1nsl.rr copy from my diary Of sepiem-
Der y 4os flte following: This N, at O clock
the fourtsc-ath Corps moved TO the Jeff and front
IA the direction Of JonesbOro' At 3 O'Clock D. m
cane Ia range Of the rebel batteries and four
men Of the Fourteenth Michigan were killed by
the explosion Of shell We could see the position
OF the batteries across the open field The First
brigade put into position a. follows: Advance
teenih Army Corps; Seventeenth New York Zou-
ayes, Tenth anc Fourteenth Michigan. with the
Sixteenth and Sixtieth Illinois veteran volunteer
infantry support"
j belonged 10 the Sixteenth Illinois and wag In
BIe rear line the en of the division and saw the
partial rCPai5e Of the Regulars of Bairds Third di-
vision. but The second lae stopped the rebs and
the whole Line, lar rs ] could see did not stop
until The works were carried. ] do not doubt the
correctness OF SOnlTade Flshis statement but I
VIC, 81 the First brigade caItuTed sx-g1In bat
terry. W. PIisJner- six stands OF colOrs and large
number OF small arms The captain of the bat
tefy WAS standing with one around gun and
holding a 1lag IN his hand. He was MORALLY
wounded aud died during the night at the head
quarters 81 tise Sixteenth Illinois
would like 10 hear from some Of The bows who
Were IN the move From Hannibal. Mo-, 10 Chilli
cOthe, and AZ Monroe Station on the Hannibal and
81. ice Railroad. the l2th day of july 1861 /
have found i mentioned in any OF tie his
tories u The sssr know the Twenty-rst Illinois
Grant s regiment, was there.
Company A, 10th Illinois v. VI
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How the Rows Remember Cosy

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
/ agree with Comrade Avery about the Chieka-
manga campaign being success. Although Rosy
was removed from US by red tape, Chattanooga
WAS taken and held to certainty. The truth
about the fight at Chicl>amauga has never been all
told yet. If Rosecrans could have followed up the
fight that night, it would have been the grandest
victory of the war The Johnnies had been retreat
ing across the Chickamauga Creek at bridge q
little above the sawmill for nearly three hours,
when a courier followed them up and said the
Yankees Were retreating, and the rebel troops
halted. They did not pursue our men. think
that nearly all the army remember that, and Won
dered what the cause was.
Longstreet met his match In that fight, for we
captured nearly 600 of his men by single line of
our infantry that he charged. If any of them are
alive, they will remember it. There is another
thing the Army of the Cumberland will never for
get, and that was the day General Rosecrans was
removed. There were long faces that day
than ever saw in the army for we had always
expected when we started for place to take it.
We never knew what defeat was and think that
every soldier that belonged to that army felt as
did. w. II. AUSTIN
Private, 10th ILL.,, I'd Brig, I'd Div. 18th Corps
BAYLIs, ILL.
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o the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:


A comrade writing from Oakland Illinois and
claiming to have been an eye Witness is very
much mistaken when he says that Colonel Mer-
GERS Second brigade of the Second division, Six
I'D of July IN the battle OF Atlanta. The singular
feature of this mistake is that the writer refers to
Sherman's Memoirs which, SO far from confirming
his statement show that the battery was taken by
the enemy in heavy and very sudden assault
upon part of the Second division of the Fifteenth
Corps about o'clock in the afternoon But as
General Sherman says in his report of the next day
TO Halleck. the ground and batteries were irnme-
diRtely recovered by the troops REINFORCED"
And on page 81 of his Memoirs volume 2 he saws
the Fifteenth Corps. General @. r. Woods, COM
manding. He says he ordered Woods TO wheel
his brigades to the left advance in echeion, and
catch the enemy in flank" covered by some of
Schofeld's batteries. He adds: We saw Woods
troops advance and encounter the enemy who had
secured possession Of the old line of parapet which
had been held by our men. His right crossed this
parapet, which he swept back, taking it in flank,
and at the same time the division which had been
driven back along the railroad was rallied and
fought for their former ground. These combined
forces drove the enemy into Atlanta, recovering
the twenty-pound Parrot gums de Grasse's) but
OF them was found bursted while in possession
OF the enemy" belonged TO the Third brigade of
the First division, General Woods commanding
and was in the charge which, as above described
recovered the guns spoken OF as De Grasses Par
rotts and no description of that engagement that
have ever found mentions any brigade of the Six
Fifteenth Corps alone recovered the ground and
the guns. as General Sherman himself says. Tie
charge the eye witness" III must have been
some other part of the field and other guns
De Grasses was Ohio battery. 1t was an Illinois
battery and good one. Yours, fraternally,
L. SYADLEY.
Co. z, Both Iowa Inf.
Ir-T FrTprrr- --r-rST
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To the Editor NAr1oSAI. TRIBUNE:

In THE TRIBUNE of May B. my statement that
the Third division. Fourteenth Army Corps, did
not participate in the charge at Jonesboro is an
error of my own, resulting from reading General
saw an account of the operations of the Third di-
vision on the 3Ist of August, when that division
spoken OF took place on September L, 1854 1
would not say anything TO the disparagement
of the comrades of the Third division. Com
rade Scott, In his account of the Second division,
remarks that while the First and Second brigades
came up nobly to the work, the Third brigade
failed to do so. The fact is the Third brigade
ried the works calamity, and i saw falling back
anywhere along our line. Comrades of the Four
teentb Corps, one and all, the victory ours
JOHN ii. BRUBAKER,
Sd brigade, I'd division, l4th A. @.
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"POtomac Jaek,sn Prison Experiences.
To the Editor NArIogAr TRIpUsn:


few days ago a friend gave me three copies of
IHE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. and now regret that
did not become acquainted with II sooner IN
close you post-oiIiee order for Two dollars. Please
send me BACK numbers from January, 1852 TO pres
ent date. Permit me to say that ] have found in
formation in the three copies which IS very inn
poriant and interesting to me. | was confined in
rebel prisons Tor fourteen months. was captured
near cuipeier, Va, ON the 18th of October, 1868.
and sent first TO Richmond Va. and inearcerated
in Pemberton prison. In November, 1853 | was
sent to Danville Va, and about February, 1864 to
Andersonvllle, Ca, and thence, about September,
about two weeks. ] was next sent to Florence, S.
e., ana IN December 1854, paroled with the
first lot that LETT Florence My Richmond prison
was occupied by men who, had been taken pris-
oners al the battle of Chiekamauga, under Rose
Grams, and, as | was the only prisoner from the
Army oil the Potomac, the Rosecrans boys gave
the name OF Potomac Jack by which name
was known through all my prison life. have
Chefzamaugzt prisoners of 1868 who were sent to
the above prison. From the building was in at
banvlile an attempt was made to escape by tuIl-
neling from the cellar with view of coming out
under barn that stood about twenty-five feet from
the main building. Shortly before the tunnel was
completed the earth caved in and, to the surprise
OF all, instead OF having been run In straight line,
II was found to be of horseshoe shape, that if the
prisoners had dug seven feet further tho tunnel
would nave led TO the wall OF the main building. /
should hike to hear from any of my fellow prisoners
thsTe who remember Potomac Jack. Some of my
early acquaintance Were Asia Childs and James
Gardner. / think they were from the Fourth Ken
lucky volunteers; also, William Miles and Jack
Dougherty, whose regiments do not recall. The
four were my comrades ali through my prison life.
Can any one give me any Information about them?
/ have no doubt many of your readers would DO
pleased to have that tunnel fully described.
Yours respectfully
Late Co. A, 9th Vermont Vols.
New BRITAIN, CORN
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1 Questionable COMPARISON.
he Editor NATIONAL. TRIBUNE:

10 the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In relation TO my inquiry concerning Swinton's
quotation, which you have so kindly noticed in
your issue of the 31st permit to say that it
seemed strange that that gentleman should have
had in mind Moreau when speaking of Summers
prompt advance to Heintzelman's aid at Fair Oaks
In other words Bonaparte and Moreau, operating
from eneh other-the former however
IN large measure depending for the success OF bis
campaign in Italy upon Moreaus in Germany-did
not offer comparison such met the case so
handsomely as, say, Riehepause-Moreau's lieu
The hard-pressed and yielding Hentzelnan at
Fair Oaks was suecoFed on the field, whereas
whatever aid the First Consul received which
rendered his victory ut Marengo possible was by
the withdrawal III smother theater of operations of
the large army under the Arch Duke, defeated six
months after Marengo was fought the blood
stained hills OF Linden. Carnot's congratulations
not in question; at least they not meant
SO to be. 1t waste your crtie-the inielieitous
comparison OF Mr.. Swinton; hence my inquiry.
MARENGo
m
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very long one the coIor-bearer was obliged to carry
battle of Chckamauga we were ordered to join the
Eighteenth Kentucky volunteer infantry, which
we kicked against, and as after short time we
mental organization, we held our own. although
we had no colors The ladies of Brown county,
however, made up sum of money and bought us
two flags One of these-the blue banner-was
placed, after we had them some time, in charge of
sutler, but one occasion, when the latter was
away from the regiment, the Confederate cavalry
captured the suter goods and one flag with them.
Ii remained in the hands of it's oaptors for sixteen
years, but in July. 1850, both the flag captured at
Chickamauga and our blue banner were recovered
by the writer after long search for them.
w. NJ. BARNS,
Late Co c, seth o. v. 1; Adj't j. FL. Jenkins Post,
No. 242, G. A. r.
WILLIAMSBURG, o.
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Streight's Raid.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:

To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
In the last issue of your valuable paper. Leuten-
ant G. III. Fish had very interesting letter con-
corning Colonel Strcight's expedition into Georgia.
If you have room to spare, would like TO give
few incidents connected with General Dodges
command. was an humble member of company
II, EgAy-first Ohio volunteer infantry, at the time
Lieutenant Fish speaks Of. In regard to the cross
ing of Bear Creek, / wonder whether he or any of
nv ooulrases in that command remember what
trouble some of the boys had AFTER crossing the
creek or river, which was some hundred yards
wide, in ascending the opposite bank. 1twas about
forty feet high and almost perpendicular in some
places and being of clayey nature ii became very
slippery from so many climbing up the bank At
ter getting almost TO the top, some dozen more
AT a time would slip back again into the water
their guns, knapsacks and themselves almost COW
cred with mud. Then to hear the mild language
used by some of themi While in camp, near the
creek took the Bark off of the elm trees, cutting
II as high up we could reach and as near to the
ground possible in order TO have ii long enough
to cover us and protect us from the rain. When
we laid the oval side up and crawled under, we
found that our heads or feet must be exposed to
the weather and we looked like so many terra
pins with their heads protruding from their shells
Your humble servant put in a day, alternating
from the above position to standing in the rain for
a change.
Lieutenant Fish gives very correct account of
crossing the bridge over Old Town Creek. re-
member very well making the trip, with regi-
ment crossing single file and at the mercy of the
rebels, without having much of show to return
their fire. Before crossing the bridge, and while
Smelling each other the rebels threw a shell at one
Oh our guns psihtec near a pTlck mousse Inc mouse
was two-stories high, having a hall through the
middle. The family had not vacated the house
and were standing the veranda watching the pro-
ceedings. The shell passed through the hall. over
their heads without injuring any Of them but they
beat hasty retreat. In the yard two darkieS were
standing. One of them went down TO the creek
bank toward the rebels, the other come the
double-quick toward our regiment Some of the
boys wanted TO know OF Sambo, what made him
run. He said, Lab! Massa; it's gettin' too hot
for dis chile" The last saw of him he was still
making o 40 time 20 the rear Many amusing in
cidents occurred during the expedition, which
tended TO Tighten our burdens. If any of the OFF,
GERS of the One Hundred and Twenty eighth u. S.
c. T. should read this, / would like to hear from
them. W. G. BRADFORD,
First Lieutenant l2Sth q. S. O. T.
IRoSToE, OHIO.