The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-03-20
THREE SHINING NAMES.
The Men Who Bore off the Honors at Peters,
burg.


burg.
To the Editor NATIONAL TRIBUNE:
! am a subscriber TO your paper, and as THE
TRIBUNE appears to be the fountain head of
information for the soldier, write to say that
! have long desired to know who were the two
beside myself out of the three soldiers who
were complimented by General Grant as being
first in the corps to watch they scverally be-
longed to plant the dear old flag on the works
at Petersburg, Va in. the final and successful
assault on that place on the morning of April
2, 1865
/ will explain in rs few words as possible
how it comes that i know nothing of the other
parties in this affair." The day we were mus
tered out had hint from the adjutant of my
regiment that | was going to get something
NICE" and some months after ] had returned
home | received a letter from the adiutant-
general of the State of Pennsylvania stating
that he had valuable package in his hands
for me from General Grant, and asking how
and where he should send it. ] forwarded the
desired instructions, and in a short time re-
ceived package containing Sl53.33 and a
complimentary letter, signed u. S. Grant,
lieutenant general, stating that l had been
designated by General ii. 6. Wright, command
ing the 9th corps as entitled to certain honors
in behalf OF that corps, &c. | have always
wanted to know who the other boys were. /
was Only two moEths past eighteen years OF
age when l was mustered out, although the
rolls say / was eighteen when mustered in.
served thirty-fOur months and seventeen days.
and carried the flag from the battle of Salem
Church Tor Charlottesville until the close of
the war. l would like to tell you something
of what that dear old flag went through in my
hands, but my wife, who was only baby at
that time, says you viii not read what l have
written, and as her opinion might prove cor
nj cl,. Toeof oasf l3a@ Il h,lf
D. w. You've,
LoND0N, O. 10th Pa. Vols.
THE good wife, comrade, evidently does not
know what painstaking person the editor OF
THe TRIgUNE is, and you yourself appear to
have been too modest to furnish the following
letter, which is now ON file in the Adatant-
Generals Office at Washington:
HEADQUARTERS Il. S. ARMY,
WAsHINGToS, ID. c.. July o. iS6j.
Sergeant DAVID w. YOUNG, l39th Pennsylvania
volunteers:
The sum of four hundred and sixty dollars was
sent TO me by patriotic citizens to be presented as
reward for gallantfs 70 the soldiers who should
iirst raise our flag over Richmond.
AS Richmond was not taken by assault have
concluded that the donors wishes will be best car
ried out by dividing the sum between three sol
Giers most conspicuous for galsahtry in the final
and successful assaus on Petersburg.
You have been selected by Major General ii, g.
Wright commanding the 9th army corps as emit
tied to this honor on 5ehalf of that command and
herewith present to you one hundred and fifty
three dollars and thirty three cents as onethird OF
the original sum.
1t affords me great satisfaction TO receive from
your commanding general such unqualified testi-
inony of your gaiiantfg and herosns in battle and
to be the medium Of transmitting to you this rec
ogniton of the worth OF your services in defense OF
our common country. u. 3. GRANT
! Official Lieutenant c eneraI
GEORGE K. LEFT, 4. A. G.
The two other soldiers to whom similar let
tiers were sent were Corporal jacob r. Tucker,
Co G, 4th Maryland volunteer infantry, 9Th
army corps. and Sergeant Thomas ~ SicGraw,
Co B, 23d Illinois Yplunteer infantry, 9th army
corps. Whether tie latter are still living and
what their present address is we do not know
perhaps some Of or readers can tell. Surely,
some one OF our eigt ty-oad thousand subscribers
| must be able to mi srnl us-ED.