The National tribune., 1884-03-20
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON G. THURSDAY

uncle in the 37th Illinois, who served three
years. Charlie is patriotic little boy of twelve
who has a brother William and sister Flora.
He likes his teacher, Joseph Gerky. which
makes us think he is a very studious boy.
Bennie Beeson is little boy ten years old
His papa served in. company B, ID Iowa cav
airy, and belongs to Frank Thomas Post, G. A.
| T., Marshalltown, Iowa, in which there are 229
members. He has two brothers and two sis
ters and they all like to read The TRIBUNE.
| Earnest Dakin. Dansville, Mich, says his
father served three years in the army in the
/ 1st brigade, 1st Michigan cavalry, company III.
! He enlisted September, 1861 and in 1864 was
| taken prisoner at the battle of the Wilderness,
and was in Andersonvile five months and
| twelve days. He is thirteen years DID, and has
two brothers and two sisters
Ella T. Aldrich, Jerome Mich, is ten years
| old, and likes to read the letters in The TRIB-
UNE from other little girls. Her papa was
three years in the army and six months In
! Southern prison, and was nearly drowned at
/ the burning of the ill-fated steamer Sultana
the Mississippi River. He contracted catarrh by
that exposure, but has never received pension.
Carrie S. Van Vie is twelve years old, and is
/ proud to say her papa was in the army. He
was in the Sth Wisconsin battery, light artil-
! lery. and had the measles in the army, which
| affected his lungs so that he has not been well
4 since. He has never been able to secure pen
sion. Carrie thinks the poor soldiers ought
! all to have pensions.
Nellie Warner Johnsonville, n. Y, says she
| is lost if THE TRIBUNE fails to come Thursday
night. Her papa served three years in COM
pany G, 1st Vermont cavalry. He was taken
| prisoner in g. Banks retreat in the Shenan-
/ doah Valley; was at Belle Isle 113 days paroled
and retaken at Gettysburg, and kept at Belle
Isle and Libby 136 days.
Thaddeus McQullen is more than pleased with
! his Waterbury watch, which, he says, does not
vary minute. He is a little boy of ten, who
lives at Warriors Mark, Pennsylvania, and
reads The TRIBUNE with his soldier father.
Minnie" Holyoke, Mass. says her father
! served three years and three months in COM
pany B, 9TH Connecticut He was taken pris-
oner twice, but escaped, and was wounded
| three times. Her uncle Rodney Gage, was
chaplain in the army another was killed at
Antietam, and two died upon reaching home.
| Lettice r. Loring, Yarmouth, Me-, goes to
school with three brothers, and has three more
brothers and one sister at home. Her father,
Joseph III. Loring, served three years in COM
pany E, 18th Maine, and was wounded at the
battle of Petersburg, June, 1864. He enlisted
| April 19, 1861, and was mustered out July II,
1865. She Is eleven years old, has brother
thirteen and one five months old; has sister
eight, one six, and another four.
Horace Pennington, Fairmount Springs Pa,
says his father, John C. Pennington, who served
three years in company Z, 10th Pennsylvania,
would like to hear from some of his old COM
rades. Horace is thirteen, and is interested in
the Grand Army, of which his papa and sew
eral of his comrades are members.
My papa served through the war in the 9th In
diana infantry, sergeant OF company A. lie was
taken prisoner at Charlestown, Va October Is,
49, and was in the following prisons: Log house,
Stanton, Va; SCOTS buildings, Richmond; Belle
| Isle. Va; Raleigh, n. c.; Andersonviile, Ga /;
Millen Savannah, Blackshear, Thomasville, and
Albany. returning to AndersonvIle Christmas
and got nothing 10 eat for a Christmas gift, and
was released at ViclSsburg, Miss. April 81, 65 He
was with the first hundred that entered Anderson
vile and with the last sixty-ive that came out.
So says Sarah E. Watts who was twelve years
old in February, and lives in Baltimore, Md.
She adds the following:
Ii has been very interesting to us children to
hear papa tell of his prison life ii was hard
place, or pen as they call it. He says the first thing
IN the morning was louse;" the next was roll
call; then call TO ration. which half-pint OF
meal BALI pint of beans and two ounces OF meat
For thirty-two days he received meat at all
AIy papa IS w. III. Il. Watts, member of Warren
Post, No %, Maryland and president of the Pris-
oners OF War Association of baltimore. We love
! 10 read THE TRIBUNE. and papa thinks it better
than all other papers.
John Elmske, Winona, Mimi, is the son oi
Henry Elmske, who served three years in tht
army In company H, 9th Minnesota. He was
wounded in the battle of Nashville, and wa:
in hospital until the close of the war. He
has one sister, who likes TO read The TRIBUNE
with his father and himself
, Bessie Clark, Milton, Wis is ten years old
! Her mamma is treasurer Of the Woman's Relic
Corps and her papa is commander of Hamilton
Post He enlisted as a private in company K
18th Wisconsin, October z, 1861; was promoted
TO lieutenant, and discharged at Madison, De
5 cember 81, 1865.
Harlan P. Perrile, Zionsville, Ind, is a littli
+ boy nine years old, whose father was q soldie
E in the 18th Ohio battery. He likes to hea
stories of the war.
Ella slote, Eldon, No, says her papa servet
three years and eight months under Genera
: Sherman, in company X, 18th o. V. L. 15tl
army corps. She has two sisters and tw,
brothers; one of them is named Sylvester Sher
man.
' John Moran, Rocllton, Ill., says his fathe
e was in company II, 9th Iowa cavalry, and wa
. in the battles of White Stone Hill and Eutay
' Springs. Ifany Of the sons of his papa's com
rades see this, John would like to have then
write to him.
y "THE TRIBUNE is welcome visitor in on
: family says Pearl e. Edwards, a nine-year
old daughter, whose papa, A. Edwards, serves
in the 23d Iowa, and was TWO months in An
Il dersonville prison. She has three brothers AM
c one sister, and they all like TIE TRIBUNE sto
c ries.
!. Elphena B. Wood, Delhi, Iowa, has soldie
father and an invalid mother, whom she help
= ali she can. Her grandmother is living, pas
II seyenty-two, but her grandfather, Stephen r
! Hastings, who served in company II, 16tl
: Iowa, died in the hospital at st. Louis. lie
:, father enlisted IN 1861, in company l. I'd Iowa
? served three years and three months, and wa
wounded in the right hip, at Prairie Station
bliss, February q, 1864
Ada Evans writes from Rantoul, Kan, tha
y her father, Rev John A. Evans, who served
= first in company K, 14th Kentucky cavalry
d and loved his country so well that he re-en
E listed in company ID, 9Th Kentucky cavalry
le IN thirteen battles and served to the clos,
= ~ would like some comrade to give an account
A. the battles OF Lafayette, Ga, and Tuscaioosi
g Ala. He would also like some comrade to Civ
y an account of the encampment at Calhoun, Ga
. where he was crippled while shoeing a hers
. which went by the name of Bombshell, as b
had been hit by piece of shell. Her pap
ID was shoejng him for race, when he steppe
Of on his toe and crushed in the nail.
r. "AIy papa was wounded May u 1864, Spottsy
se / vania Court House, in the daylight charge.
10 makes my blood run cold to hear him tell of th
$ dreadful day"
Of So writes Georgeanna s. Rash, from Ocea
to Beach, n. ]. Her father, Charles w. Rash, Ell