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The Battle OF Iuka.

To THE EDITOR: In your issue Of Aug. Z
see Comrade Winchester takes Carleton" F" to
task on the Iuka campaign. think, writing
from memory, that the 5th Minn. was not in
the engagement, and that Col. Boomer was
Colonel of the 26th Mo-, and killed while try.
ing to stop the stampede of the 18th Iowa (not
16th) and his regiment ON the left of the 11th
Ohio battery. / have reminder on my fore
head that j got at the time. They gave way
on the left of the battery, and we suffered the
cross-fre. / think there was more killed and
wounded in the gallant old 9Th Iowa at that
one volley than there had been up to that time
The taking and retaking of the 18th Ohio bat
terry is very vivid to my memory yet. / can
never forget how Capt. E. B. Bascom, command.
ing Co. T, stood with one hand holding a wheel
Of one of the pieces, pulling at his might, and
at the same time warding off with his doughty
saber blows aimed at him from the butts Of
rebel muskets. Yes, the compliment is well
given that the 9th Iowa stood like stone wall
If they moved, 1t was to advance. The gallant
conduct of the 18th Iowa, under command O
Capt. Bambery, of our regiment, at the battle
of Corinth, redeemed all his lost laurels a.
Iuka.-T. G. ORR, Drummer Boy, 9Th Iowa
Walworth, Oak.
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The sfst Ohio at Chickamangs.

To THE EDITOR: In THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE of Aug z, and in a letter written by Com
rade Robinson, / notice mention of the 21st
Ohio, part of which is correct and part wrong
The charge he speaks of was the remnant OF
the regiment breaking through after the regi-
ment was surrendered. The 2lst was on the
ridge all right enough, and held the line it
was sent TO take till it was surrendered. IL
was the last regiment on that part of the line,
or any other part, to the best of my knowledge.
1t was charged FIVE times that afternoon by
five different brigades of Longstreets COM
mand, and was not driven foot The Colonel
was ordered to hold the point at all hazards.
He told me short time since that he would
have been there yet if the ammunition had not
given out. At the surrender many of the boys
broke through the rebel lines, got together,
and acted as rear guard for the retreating army.
The regiment re-enlisted at Chattanooga, and
was with Sherman on all his campaigns.
had the privilege of going where pleased and
was on the skirmish-line from one flank oi
Sherman's Army to the other, and never saw
their equals as skirmishers.
The 66th Illinois was the hardest regiment
to drive; they could not be driven.
We do not all see the same thing alike, yet
in the main we are all correct. There were
many good regiments in the army, and few
not so good. They all found it hot enough al
times, if not little too hot. / never knew the
21st Ohio to turn its back to the enemy with
out an order. The 74th Ohio and 37th Ind
were good regiments.
once heard Gen. NJ. B. Walker, now on th'
retired list say the 21st Ohio twice saved th'
Army of the Cumberland-once at Stone Rive
and once at Chickamauga. Is he cOrrcct3 W.
would like to hear his version Of the mat
teri, Evart, Mich.
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StaAle,s Armx.

To THE EDITOR: In reply to P. 81. Welch's
communication in THE TRIBUNE of the 21st
ult.. will state that Gen. Steele and three of
his staff officers, two on the Camden expedi-
tion-namely, Col. Manter, chief of staff, and
Capt. Sokolski-have all been dead more than
15 years, while Major Scammon, Aid-de- Camp,
died in 1876. Col. B. o. Carr, the Chief Quar-
termaster of the Department, who was left at
Little Rock, would be able to tell all about the
trouble in getting the outfit ready for that
campaign. ] know that more than one-half
our cavalry was dismounted and that we had
an insufficient supply of rations owing to lack
of mules. Capt. Thompson, from Indiana, was
Chief Commissary of the expedition; he would
be able to tell all about that Department.
There is one battle that ! failed to find men,
toned in book called Gaskells Compendium.
That is the battle called Jenkins's Ferry, on
the Saline River In Arkansas fought on the
Both day of April, 1864, wherein 1000 of our
men were killed and wounded, out of total
engaged of 1900 men, while the rebels lost
about LOO, according to the U. S. Army Hos
pital Reports. battle that will compare with
that of any other in the country in the pro.
portion disabled. see that Mr.. Gaskell men.
tions number of engagements in the Army oi
the Potomac. In which not one tenth the mum.
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the 9th Ill. Cav. was right in the middle Of the
bridge. In attempting to turn round on the
bridge one of the guns or a caisson got wheel
over the side of the bridge, and many minutes
were consumed in replacing it on the bridge.
While the part Of the battery was in that posi-
tion the bridge was impossible / sat on my
horse near the point of blockade at least 10
minutes (it seemed a day., waiting for the
bridge TO be cleared Sergt-Msj. Fitzpatrick
was shot in the head by the enemy while was
talking to him. and others killed or wounded
close by. To hold back the enemy until the
bridge could be cleared was of much impor-
tance. Co E. of the eth Ill. Cav, which was
Just behind the 9th III. Cav, and with them
across the river, was ordered TO hold partlcu-
lar line at all hazards; they stayed where or
dered to till their ammunition was exhausted.
Some even fought with dubbed muskets, and
one man to my knowledge was knocked insen-
sible and remained unconscious till the battle
was nearly over. After we were back on the
Moscow side of the river and l, with many
others. was sending bullets across the river into
the Confederate lines, some one called my at
tention to Gen. Hatch lying on his side on a
knoll six or eight rods in our rear. L knew
Gen. Hatch very well, and was sorry to see
that he was apparently wounded; he was, how
ever, the same brave Hatch, even when
wounded and lying there, and was giving dl
rections. He may have been taken to some
house after that, but during the greater part
of the battle he was on knoll near our front
line of battle-a fact which (for the respect
bear Gen. Hatch) would rather tell than by
silence permit an incorrect statement to pas
unnoticed.-9TH ILL. CAV.
To THE EDITOR: After Gen. Hatch wa
wounded at the fight at Moscow, Tenn, th'
command devolved upon Lieut.-Col. Trafton
of the 7th Ill. Cav. The guns that alarmed
Gen. Hatch were those fired by our coloret
friends in the fort The shells struck in th'
midst of Co. ID, 9TH III. Cav. They were th
first cannon fired, and caused Lieut.. Bradshaw
to withdraw from an advantageous position ol
the flank of the rebels that were charging tn
9th Ill. Csv.-W. w. BooToN, Co. ID, 7th III
Gou Iandon Mills III
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4 Mock Execution.

To THE EDITOR: have Just been reading
Mr.. Aldrich's letter. where he states that he
was captured by Forrest at Athens, Ala, the
24th of September That reminds me that,
owing to sick furlough, / escaped the trip to
Cahaba Prison. Half Of my regiment (the
10th Colored Troops) was detailed to guard the
fort at Athens. The other half went with Gen.
Sherman to Atlanta. Maj. Hawley commanded
the battalion and Col. Campbell commanded
the post. The fort was built just out of the
town of Athens. The 10th Ala. was recruited
around Pulaski, Tenn, Athens and Decatur,
Ala and was organized, l believe, in Feb,
1864. 1t was hard for the colored boys to
understand that it was punishable by death to
desert, and the desertions became so frequent
that the Major came to the conclusion that he
would have to make an example OF some of
them, or at least make the soldiers think that
death awaited them on their capture and re-
turn to the regiment. A squad of soldiers was
sent out and captured two of the deserters, and
mock court-martial was convened and the
deserters tried and condemned to be shot. The
day of execution arrived. The condemned
were asked if they wished to send any mes
sages home to their families, which they did.
Quite q number of citizen negroes from the
town came out to witness the execution. They
all took leave of the men and appeared very
much affected. 1t was arranged beforehand
that all the cartridges should blank. When the
guard fired and neither of the men was hurt,
| the Major appeared very much incensed that
out of IL men none of them hit the mark. He
soundly berated the commander of the squad
| and made the prisoners believe that some one
had tampered with the guns. Upon a solemn
promise before the battalion that they never
would desert again, he let them go. Suffice ii
to say, that ended the desertions. When For
rest captured the troops, he paroled the officers
down in Mississippi, and they were ordered to
Benton Barracks, Mo. I did not hear of the
capture of the regiment until I arrived al
| Nashville Tenn, some two weeks after. The
| Commissary Sergeant was captured, but was
sent with the enlisted men down South. and ]
| never heard what became of him. He was not
| allowed to go with the officers. A great many
of the men never Joined the regiment The
Commissary Sergeant being q sleep-walker,
suppose he got up in his sleep in the night and
| was shot by the guards. He was from Illinois
| If Mr.. Aldrich knows anything about him,
would like to hear from him. / do not re-
member the Sergeants name.-W. II. BRAD
FORD, IRoNToN, O.
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I'm BE Eosoou.

To THE EDITOR: Please let me give little
testimony in the matter Of the Battle of Mos
COW, Tenn, and the conduct Of Con Hatch
during tie battle
One correspondent ssys Gen. Hatch rode
about the field In an ambulance, giving COM
nands; another, that he was tho first mounted
man wounded at that engagement / was
there, and am quite certain that 90 years has
not dimmcd my memory. The advance of the
9th IL. Cav. had got across Moscow Bridge
whom they were attacked by the Confederates
Of Lee. The remainder Of that regiment hurried
across 10 aid them. few companies of the
eih 10 Cav. also had passed over the bridge
when tae order came for no more 10 cross the
briige, but for our troops TO return TO the Mos
eow side Of the river. When the order came
tbe battery Of laOaatain howitzers attached to
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THOSE CORRECTIONS.
Mrs. Denlson Explains the Matter satislactor

Mrs. Denlson Explains the Matter Satisfactorily.
One of the best of women, and an indefati-
gable friend of the soldier, has been greatly
annoyed by an article which appeared first in
the Buffalo Express and was afterward copied
into this paper, headed A Brave Woman"
and telling how Mrs. III. E. Denison, now In
spcctor of the Woman's Relief Corps for the
State of New York, had mended rebel Gen
erals pantaloons, and detailing some other in
cidents. 1t appears that a laundering reporter
secured the narrative in an interview with
Mrs. Denison, and made sad work in writing
it out, much to the lady's distress, for she has
been besieged by corrections" from all parts
of the country. She now writes us:
To THE EDITOR In answer to Hugh Thomp-
sons article in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE OF
Aug. Ia, | would state that there were some er-
rors, viz:
1st. Fort Smith is in the State of Arkansas
I'd. Cow Creek is on the prairie below Fort
Scott, and Cow-Skin Prairie is farther south, in
the Indian Territory and southwest corner OF
Missouri. We were at Cow Creek.
Sd. Instead of Dnwoode insert the name ot
the rebel General Standwaite (Gen. Standwaite
was part Cherokee Indian).
4th. The I'd Colo. captured Gen. Marmaduke
Cnstead of Magruder) at Mine Creek, Oct. "a
1864, and it was his garments | repaired.
9th. 1t was Private Brown who was shot and
left to die; having his hair and eyebrows
burnt off by the burning prairie the rebels had
fired. He was private in the 18th Iowa. and
was, as afterwards learned, alive as late a,
1865.
9Th. For Maj Dobbins insert Capt. Dobbins
of the 9th Kan Cav.
7th. Our escort was not composed of the Cd
Colo. Or 18th Iowa.
refer you to Serg't Lockstone, of the 2d
Colo post 132, Dept of Kansas.) He says thu
escort was composed of detachment Of th,
18th Iowa and scattering men from Kansas regi
ments whose time had expired and who wer,
going to Fort Scott. All were commanded b,
Lieut.-Col. Campbell, of 9th Kan. Cav. He ad
mits that the men behaved very badly, but tn,
boys had done good service before.-MRs. NJ
Z. DENIsoN, New York.
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The Ell, n. Y.

To THE EDITOR What has become of the
members of the 57th n. Y? At Minneapolis /
spent whole day to find one comrade of the
57th-Sergt Johnson, Co. H. now at Granite
Falls Mimi. No one at that Encampment re-
paid me so much for meeting. At the Albany
Encampment l found but one. see no famil-
lar names in any old soldiers gatherings.
Have the members of that gallant regiment
forgotten each other? Wake up, comrades
Show your colors. Though badly scattered, let
us get together once more though brave Zook,
Chapman, Parrison, Wright, and many others
cannot rally US again. Let us have Reunion.
"A. II. Downs Co. I. Bennington, Vt.
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The 49th Pa. at Marye's Nights.

To THE EDITOR: Comrade Judson w. Cur.
rier, of the grand old 9th Me-, was mistaken
when he says the 49th Pa. broke at Marye's
Hights. We were not attached to the Light
Brigade and not in the storming party. We
were left on the fiat with the main division
and did not move forward until the nights
were taken. write this for the honor of the
49th who belonged to Hancock's old brigade
and were never known to break, unless you
would call it break to the rear on the even
ing of May 10, 1s64.-J. A. QUIGLEY, Co. D.
49th Pa, blanchard. Center Co., Pa.
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The Capture of Arkansas Post.

To THE EDITOR: In your issue of the 2sth
inst there is description of the battle at
Arkansas Post. The writer u. w. Fry is
somewhat off of the track. was Color-Ser-
geant of the 127th Ill. / went onto the fort
with our flag before they quit firing, and got
the flagstaff shot in two in my hands quite q
little while before the main line came up. / was
Capt. Riley, and refused the same When they
surrendered could see all over the fort, aud
am sure held the only Union flag ON the fort
/ have the testimonials to back me up, and my
understanding is the 1000 came in just after
the fort had surrendered, and in all, the pris-
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Chiokasaw Bayou.

To THE EDITOR: How many troops were en-
gagged at the battle of Chickasaw Bayou, Vicks-
burg, Miss. The first attack, under command
Of Gen. Sherman PC. ]. HAvNER, Co. /, 4th
Iowa, Cambria, Wayne Co., Iowa.
[The attack was made by two brigades of
De Courcy and Blair, and the Ath Iowa, of
Thayer's Brigade, in all about 5000 men. The
works wero defended by six rebel regiments of
s. D. Lees command, numbers sunknown.-ED.] ]
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Der were disabled. Isuppose he thought, like
good many others, that the army west of the
Mississippi did no fighting, but only looked on.
The fact is, that q majority of the battles
fought west of the Mississippi were fought
against superior numbers of the rebels, for
which reason they were as hardly contested as
any of the war. think that our army in the
West has been greatly sighted by historians
and more especially the battle of Jenkins's
Ferry.-ONE WHO KNOWS, Beef Slough Wis.
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The Last Man.

To THE EDITOR: Robert X. Scott, of Napo-
leon, o., who went out first, if my memory
serves me- right as Major of the 9th Ohio, was
mustered out of service as Brigadier- General,
U. S. A., July g. 1863 at Charleston, S. G. Thus
Ohio comes to the front again.-JoHN B. DEN
Ms, Phil Kearny Post, Yankton, Oak.
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Certainly, Kenesau.

To THE EDITOR: In Comrade J. J. Whitney's
article in last issue of THE TRIBUNE on the
battle of Allatoona, he says: "Gen. Sherman
was at Lookout Mountain, 10 miles from ALA
toona. Was Sherman not at Kenesaw Noun
tainf Answer in TRIBUNE.-J. F. YarneD,
Winamae Ind.
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Our Natioaal War Songs Book

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Also, Blaine and Logan Songsters.
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Does Not See How Amy Soldier Can Get Along
Without 1t.

To THE EDITOR: Your most valuable paper
arrives weekly, and is read with great interest
l do not see how any old true-blue soldier can
live and enjoy life without it. / went out
with the 29th Wis. and returned to Madison
with it in July, 1s65.-H. c. PAGE, Durand,
Wis.
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oners there were 1896. have not stood up
since got shot in the charge on the fort at
Vicksburg on May 49, 1s63.-JAMEs S. ScHER-
MERHoRN, Col.-Serg't, 127th H., Bristol. Ken
doll IN Ill
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Rough on Pain" Ask for it. Quick cure.
Collie, Cramps, Diarrhea; externally for Aches,
Pains. Sprains, Headache, Neuralgia.
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Twin Foes to Life

Are Indigestion and Constipation
Their primary symptoms are among the
most distressing of minor human ailments,
and a host of diseases, speedily resultant
from them, mutually aggrayate each other
end assaiI at once the whole machinery
Of life. Nausea, Foul Breath, Sour
Stomach, Dizziness, Headaches,
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kidney Diseases, Piles, RheumatiSIns
Neuralgia, Dropsy, and various Skin
Disorders, are among the symptoms
end maladies caused by arrangement of
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CHICAGO, Ill

"Ropgh on Itch" cures humors, eruptions,
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chilblainS.
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If you are failing, broken, worn out and
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Druggists.
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Singing, irritation, all Kidney and Urinar
complaints cured by Buchu-paiba." 81.
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a Thorough Purgatiye

medicine IL the first necessity for cure.
Then the cathartic effect must be main
tanned, in a mild degree, just sufficient
20 prevent n recurrence OF eostiyeness,
and at the same time the liver. kidneys
and stomach must be stimulated and
sfreEgthened.
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Pills

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than any other medicine. They are
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A NJ Garoute of Ohio; Capt and Asst Quartermsster
". J. Kountz. Of Pennsylvania Hospital Chaplain z
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CAHABA PRISON-when most crowded In 1854 65g
Names Of men, Yankees put In C0ba Jail; their
regiments and State; their leader? Full of little
Charley who killed three Yankeesg Did any of the
Yankees who took the oath and vent 20 Mobile escape
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might have been ayerted. am equally salts
Ned, from my long service and personal ac-
euaintance with Gen. Howard, that had Col.
Lee, Gen. Mclean, or any other officer taken
she responsibility 10 report 10 him Col. Lees
belief in the premises, he would have listened
70 him, and taken such steps as would have
unmarked Jacksons movements. Whether the
fsct viii ever be established or not, large
number Of both officers and privatcs hold Gen.
Deyens responsible for the disastrous defeat Of
the Eleventh Corps AZ Charlottesville on May
6, 1863, and the ultimate defest Of the entire
army under Hooker.-D. M. CONNER, Orderly
Sergeant, Co. K, sst Ind. Cav, Liyermore. Ala
ncda Co, Gal.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-05-12
STEALING WABASH TICKETS.
iBY TELEGRAPH 70 TuK TRIBUNE. |


DETROIT, May 11.-A man about thirty years
old entered Lindenberger Co.'s office, at No. II Wood
wardaVe, April l. aud offered for sale two unmfed
tickets the Wabash and Baltimore and Ohio Short Line
from Chicago. The tickets bought by the
broker al So each, the regular fare being Ss. day
or two later five tickets Of the same kind and
over the same route were purchased by the firm.
Subsequently the returned again, and f. r. Linden
berger recognized him the person who sold him the
tickets. The had three Wabash and Balt-
tickets for sale, and they bought without
questions Then Lindenberger informed H. Knight the
general agent Of the Wabash and instructed to go on
as usual, and buy all their tickets which offered
special officer put in charge Of the On April
II the suspected person called again and offered second
class ticket the Wabash, which Lndenberger per
ceived was which he had sold two days before his
ticket gave the desired indication OF the train upon which
tho tickets supposed be stolen. which thought
10 be tho night train from Detroit TO Chicago. A
watch set In the meanwhile the man who sold the
tickets TO Lndenberger shadowed ~ Chicago where
the detectives lost sight OF him;
Another version Of the affair Is that the suspected con-
ductor was quietly arrested but proof being obtana
bic against him, he discharged from the service