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The Mc(nok Raid. G

To THE EDITOR: In your issue of July 81,
headed Cavalry Raids" l think there is
mistake as to the 4th KY. being left as rear
guard and losing 800 prisoners. do not know
how many prisoners they lost, but the Sth Iowa
made the rear-guard, and we lost all of our
regiment but few who cut out with Mai z.
Z. Root commanding the I'd Battalion. The
4th KY and 1st Tenn. We're men who would
not surrender under any consideration. The
Sth Iowa lost somewhere about 800 men or
more Colonel Dorr was also wounded, and
went through Andersonville. and came to the
remnants of his regiment while we were at
tending to Hood, in 1864, and he staid with
the regiment until he died. at Macon, Ga, in
July, 1865. / helped the Surgeon to embalm
his remains. The 4th Ky. and 1st Tenn. were
splendid men. The I'd Mich. was not on the
McCook raid. l want to give you sketch of
my soldering. went into the 6th Iowa when
l was in my 18th year. My weight was 110
pounds; went in in 1868 and served until Aug.
4, 1865. When / came out of the army my
weight was IT'S pounds Ny hight was FIVE
feet four and half inches; when / came out
/ was five feet eleven and half inches So,
you see, grew seven inches on Uucle Sans
hard-tack. l fought against my father who
was Captain in the 1st Tex. Cav. We did not
meet for Is years. He still lives in Texas-has
a large family of grown-up young Texans,
but father brothers nor sisters can turn me
against the flag l fought for.-WILLIAM P.
GLADsoN, Co. B, Sth Iowa Cav, Elk Lick, Pike
Co. Mo.
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Andrens,s nirision.

To THE EDITOR: In your paper of Aug IA
think Comrade Duncan is mistaken in someofhis
statements regarding Spanish Fortsand Blakely.
In the first place, AndreWs's division never
saw Forts Morgan or Spanish Forts. 1t went
direct to Fort Barancas across the Bay from
Fort Pickens) from New Orleans, and from Ba-
rancas we marched to Pensacola, Fla, where we
were joined by Hawkins division of colored
troops-nine regiments. From there We
marched out through the swamps toward Pol
lard till we came to the Tensas River, where
the rebels had burned the railroad and other
bridges. The Pioneer Corps made a crossing
with poles on the remnants of the railroad
bridge Our regiment, the 24th Ind, was de-
tailed to cross and go on to the junction of the
Pensacola, Mobile & Ohio E. R., and tear up
the track and burn up their commissary build
ings, which we did, and returned the next day
and crossed back, and We all started in the di-
rection of Fort Blskely. Gen. Steele was in
command of the expedition. We invested
Fort Blakely on the 1st of April, Andrewss
division on the left and Hawkins division of
colored troops on the right. We captured
Blakely on Sunday evening, the 9th of April
o. B. LAWRENCE, Ord. Serg't, Co. B, Gath Ind,
Seneca Mo,
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History of the Sixth Corns.

To THE EDITOR: hear but little from MEM
bers of the old Sixth Corps. l should like to
have some one that is better writer than N.Y.
self write sketches of what that Corps did from
the time Sedgwick took command until the war
closed. Such an account would be readable to
great many old soldiers. Such as the taking
of Marye's Hights and the chasing before the
battle Of Gettysburg ofthe rebel Gen. Early, and
the march of 81 miles on July to join the
rest of the army at Gettysburg; then how we
followed them ON their retreat, the great fight
of the skirmish line at Funkstown, Md, where
the Vermont brigade held the rebels all of one
day; then the march of that corps to defeat
Early at Washington; then what it did under
Gen. Sheridan in the Valley of Virginia. but
it would take too much space to enumerate the
half of their gallant deeds in this sketch.-A.
NELSON Rich, Fort Dodge, Iowa.
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A Scene Mt CorintI.

To THE EDITOR: / noticed in last weeks
issue that your correspondent from Oscoda,
Mch in speaking of the battle of Corinth,
says: "And right here is a chance to contradict
'Carleton's' statement where hespeaks of build
ing fires and getting breakfast as / know that
not man had anything better than hard-tack
and mighty little water that morning, and fires
or lights had been forbidden"
/ happen to know something about the first
shot fired on the morning of the last days
fight, as it passed not over 10 feet from where
| stood, and where | had slept with the rest of
the ambulance corps, near the Tishomingo
House. We were receiving orders from Sur
geon j. III. Murphy, of the 4th iinn., who was
in the saddle, the shot passing so near him as
to cause him to duck his head. Two stragglers
had slept near us; having lost their blankets
and being cold they set fire to small OHt-
building and were warming themselves at it.
This fire drew the fire of the enemy One shot
killed a wounded soldier in the Tishomingo
House, and another went through two Govern
ment mules. Though it was somewhat un-
healthy there just then, our boys had to laugh
at the leader of cur band, Mr.. James III. Hub
bard, who grabbed his blankets and ran behind
the she'll of a new wooden building for protec-
ton. Then commenced scene of confusion
not to be witnessed every day, even in the
army-soldiers, citizens, cont abands horses,
mules, army wagons, private RIGS of every kind
lodiSu Will all kiHdS Ol gOOuSi Win NOuicH
and children on the top, all in one confused
mass, struggling with yells and cries to get out
of range of the death-dealing shot.
While l am on this subject 1 would like to
ascertain the name of the Captain and a Quar-
termaster whom Comrade Seibert and myself
took to the field hospital on the day before.
think his name was Reno, but am not positive.
He was in conversation with Gen. Sanborn,
when bullet struck him in the breast imme-
diately over the heart, knocking him from his
horse, the shot, however, failing to enter his
body, being prevented by a thick memorandum
book in his breast pocket. He fell into Com
rade Sebert's arms.-JoHN H. THURsToN, 4th
Mimi, Pennington, Dakota Co., Minn.
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The Fight at Moscow.

To THE EDITOR: In your issue Of Aug
Vet" of Marshalltown, Iowa. undertakes TO
correct X. W. Surby in regard to tine action at
Moscow, Tenn. l think that s. Vet needs the
most correction. Allow me to say that r. w.
Surby is generally nearly correct, If not quite
so. l belonged to the 9th III. Cav, and was
there and if my information was correct at the
time, Col. Hatch did not leave La Grange until
sometime after the command. There was no
firing at Moscow until the command reached
there. The enemy had passed about an hour
previous, supposed 10 be on their way 10 Coll
ieryil!e or some other point on the railroad
west of Moscow. The pIankS on the bridge
were up, and as soon as they could be replaced
the command moved forward. The advance,
with one hOwitZer, crossed the river and the
timbeTed bottom, some 90 or so rods, TO an old
field grown up with weeds, where they met the
enemy in ambush The 9th ILL.,, at the head
of the column in crossing the field between the
slough and river bridges, received the order to
trailing carbines. As the head of the column
crossed the river bridge the order was given to
Halt" "Dismount" and Horses TO the
rear We formed as rapidly and well as we
could. and few reached the old field, where
the howitzers was giving the enemy all there
was in it. But there was no use. We had TO
fall back across the river 10 the breastworks.
The enemy made repeated efforts to cross the
river, but it was too hot for them, and they
were terribly punished in the attempt.
Now would like to ask . Vet " if Col. Hatch
was first on the ground, and shot before the
command came up. why was the command al
lowed to cross those two bridges in the way
they did? 1t seems to me that the Provost
Corporal in the command would have known
better. know l got across with my horse,
and that was the last / saw of him. / suppose
some Johnny rode him South. As for Col.
Hatch riding in an ambulance and giving
orders after be was wounded have nothing to
say, for | know nothing. But officers have
been known to stay on the field and give orders
after being badly wounded. One thing l am
certain of, and that is that that bridge was a
terrible warm place when l re-erossed it
"VEr," Co. B, 9th Ill. Cav, Willow Springs,
Neb.
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The lIth Pa.

To TIE EDITOR: am very anxious to hear
from some of the old 11th Pa / have been
subscriber to THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE for four
years, and have never yet seen anything in it
about the regiment to which / belonged, and
am sure the 18th did as much hard fighting as
any regiment in the feld.-CYRUs w. ARM
BRUsT, Co. /, 11th Pa, Greeley, Welsh Co., Col.
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Cavalry Raid. near Atlanta.

To THE EDITOR; In your interesting article
under the head of Cavalry Raids,D in Ma
TaoNAL TRIBUNE Of July 81, You are as
think, mistaken in two or three points You
say that Rosecrans's cavalry crossed the Coosa
ON July IL, whereas we crossed the morning
ef the lzth. between 10 and IL o'clock Near
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THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE: WASHINGTON c. THURSDAY

are the finest words he ever uttered or wrote.
Our Commander appreciated the work we had
done. Gen. Hood did not repenish his COM
missariat, neither did Gen. Sherman lose his
1,500, 900 ratons, for did he not Immediately go
on his grand march to the sea?-J. ]. WHIT
NEY, NJ D., Asst Surgeon, 18th Wis.
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ceeding night, bayou was brdged which separated
the opposing hosts. should remark that through
out both nights, 9th and 2stl, rain poured down
INCREASINGLY during all of which time our boys
were sleeping on their arms or digging trenches,
which labor was performed by reliefs of one-half
the regiment every second hour These operations
were occasionally interfered with by the enemy
dropping a shell shot in the midst of our boys
they now fully and fairly in range of the rebel
batteries.
On the morning of the Goth the order to assault at
noon given, and the central portion of the
rebel works assigned to Gen. Morgan's division
and, as think without due consideration for the
exhausted condition of the men. They had been
engaged, without internssion, for 40 hours. fight
ing working; they had endured two nights of
cold drenching rain; they had been badly fed, and
many of the men were sick.
They went in with alacr;ty, and came out with
untarnshed honor, but repuised and terribly cut
up. The distance was greater than anticipated
and the distractions very much more than had
been counted on. They had space of full half
mile to pass over covered with fallen timber; they
had a bayou, or ravine, deep in mud and water to
wade through All these difficulties were sur
mounted, and the open grounds Immediately in
front of the works reached and occupied when q
concentric fire from array of masked batteries
was opened on our fatigued and exhausted men,
before which it was impossible for any troops to
stand advance. The force fell back in good
order, bringing with them most of our wounded.
What has been the total loss in killed, wounded
and missing, have no means of knowing; nor do
j know the losses in our brigade. The I'D went
into action with about 400 bayonets, and came out
with SO killed and wounded and 90 missing.
Among our killed two Captains,-Garrard, of
Frankfort and Hogan, of Louisville,-both much
valued and much regretted.*
After the repulse the forces re-embarked and the
boats dropped down the Yazoo. and have been
ascending the Mississippi at the rate of 10 miles a
day.
We are lying might at the mouth Of the White
River, in Arkansas and have orders to be in read
mess to debark early tomorrow morning.
have never undergone week of as much anx-
iety and fatigue the last During the three bat
tie days was my feet is or 20 hours each day,
and my legs have not yet rested sufficiently. Very
many men have sickened, and thus my labors have
| but little ntermission.
fear you will think have written you miser-
able letter, but situated am, without any pri-
vacy, in the social hall of the boat, filled to its
utmost capacity, and surrounded by the nosest
crowd of profane e-swearing, dram drinking, capd-
| playing song-singing, reckless, impudent, dare
| devils in the world it is the very best could do
Yours, truly, ---
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*The 22d KY was numerically the weakest regi-
ment in the brigade The young blood of Ken
lucky poured out on both sides in this most
unfortunate contest.
The Surgeon introduces conclusive evidence
to show how De Courcy's brigade was slandered
by Gen. Sherman to make scape-goat for his
own mistake-a mistake for which the Sur
geon does not blame him, as it was entirely
justified by the circumstances.
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1884-11-10
DIVINEPROVIDENCE.

How strange, how deeply mysteri-
Gus and inscrutable are Gods vista
tons upon mani Vainly we attempt
a solution, and Paul explains why it
is that we do not comprehend His
dealings as being simple, because in
this life we "see thro' a glass dark
ly."
The windows of the ancients were
made of horn or very thin pieces of
metal, which but family admitted the
light, and objects seen through them
were so feebly defined that it was i'm
possible to decide accurately what
they were. The eye was not at fault,
neither the object, but the medium
through which the rays of light enter
ed.
The dimness of our mortal sight
accounts for our ignorance in not be-
ing able to understand what now be-
wilders and perplexes us as we strive
to know what He has IN love and
mercy wisely yelled from mortal
sight.
We wonder why sin abounds; why
the best christians are often subject
ed to the deepest Affections, and why
the good and useful are cut off at an
untimely moment, just when we need
them most, and when their projected
plans were but half accomplished.
We cannot understand the unequal
| distribution of riches, nor why God
bestows so many earthly blessings
upon the most selfish and sordid of
their race. The sudden death of
friends upon whom we had leaned
for our earthly support, and whose
love was the one sweet solace amid
pain and preservation. is another
providence beyond our finite ken.
These things are really not mystic
rious, but we through this imperfect
vision cannot discern Gods wisdom
in his dispensation. In the life-ex-
perience of each one of us there is
some battling providence that almost
staggers our old faith, and we are
driven to rest in the only safe solu-
ton :-"Thy judgements are great
Deep" Even the inspired and saint
ly Isaiah was tempted to cry aloud !:
s'Verily thou art a God that hilest
thyself p
All! what blessed exchange we
shall make when we pass out from
our home of shadows into the white
light of eternal day.
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When she was at last PROSTATE,
Don would look around as if to say,
"See what / have done p Then he
would initiate what he had seen the
trainer perform. He would Chamber,
climb until he was on Queens head,
and there he would sit with the air of
q conqueror. He was quite likely to
thrust his little fist into the elephants
eye or. to swing his foot into her
mouth, but not a motion would the
patient creature make while he sat
there, for she seemed to know that
he was not very secure on his high
perch.
Sometimes Don would carry his
picture blocks to Queen, and together
they would build houses. Don would
put on one block, then Queen would
take one up in her trunk and put it in
its place as carefully as if she had
been used to the game all her life !;
and when Don would kick the house
down, as he usually did when it was
about half built, his merry laugh and
her thunder like rumble were some
thing worth going miles to hear.
1t never seemed to occur to Don
that there was anything odd in his
companionship with the gigantic
creature and had it entered his lit
tie head to do so, there is no doubt
that he would have proposed a walk
in the fields with her, with as much
innocence as if she had been a small
| dog.
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HIS PET.

A pigeon, which for six years was
a pet of the late Thurlow Weed, for
a long time showed, in touching
way, his appreciation of the loss of
his master. A gentleman called at
the house, and the pigeon alighted on
his shoulder, cooed, peered into the
strangers face, and then flew into
an adjoining room.
"He has done that to every gentle
man that has come into the honse
since father died." said Miss Weed,
with sigh.
D "He takes most kindly to Gen.
Bowen, who visits me occasionally,
and who has been in feeble health
sometime and walks slowly.
1.-The bird will coo and fly to the
generals shoulder, but when he sees
that it is not my father, he will stop
his cooling and find some other perch.
"Since the day that fathers re-
mains were carried away, the affec-
tionate creature has been seeking for
his master. He flies through every
room in the house, and fairly haunts
the library where father spent most Of
his time with his pet.
''He will tread over every inch of
space on the lounge, and then go on
to the rug, over which he will walk
repeatedly, as if in expectation of his
dead masters coming.
''He invariably does this at meal
time, when our table is set in the
back parlor, of which we now make
a dining room. He can see our ia
BILE from the rug"
"Then you do not put him in a
cage?"
"Oh, never!' was the response.
ssThe run of the house has been his
since he came into it. Other pigeons
come into our yard frequently, and
our pet sometimes joins them He
seldom remains long with them, but
comes back through one of the win
dows, and begins his search again
through the house for my father