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pied the extreme right of the hill. The Firs.

contest around the city. On that morning
Comrade Buchanan was the messenger sent by
Sherman to Admiral Porter, asking for help of
the fleet to capture Haines's Bluff. He would
like to hear from some Of the 30th Mo-, or any
of the brigade.
Geo. H. Welsh, Co. F, 9th H., Hillsdale,
Kan, corrects John W. Beatty, of the same
company and regiment, in regard TO the
battle of Prairie Grove. Comrade Welsh s
| recollection is that they broke camp early
on the morning of the 4th of December
and struck the rebels on Sunday morn
| ing, Dec. Z, about O'Clock. He is also pretty
sure that the I'd Mo. battery did not lose any
guns, though the men and horses were pretty
badly cut up.
J. G. Gates, Co F, sth Ind Cav, Asherville,
| Mitchell Co, Kan, says that Comrade Lemon
made number of mistakes in attempting to
correct us in regard to a. Rousseaus Raid"
| Comrade Gatess company and Co f, of the Sth
Ind, reached the Coosa River July 13, crossed
| the river that evening just before dark, and
| took up quarters for the night in large build
| ing where cotton had been stored. The rest of
| the regiment moved with the main column
| down the river perhaps half mile and caflped
| opposite the shoals. On the morning OF the
18th Cos. + and E took up the line of march,
| but had not gone more than half mile in the
| brush before they ran into the enemy and the
| fight began, in which Co. + had the advance
and got the best oft They killed and wounded
is of the enemy, including the Adjutant, and
captured the Colonel. The enemy was driven
back quarter OF mile. Serg't Snyder of Co.
F. asked the captured Colonel how many men
he had, and he answered, Enough to whip
you fellows if we had got them to do as
| wanted them to-" 1t was subsequently learned
| that they were home guards, about 600 strong
but they could not stand the attack of less than
100 bluecOats with Spencer carbines. The two
companies marched down the river opposite
| hp nd wi hoy raJ
of the boys on the other side called out to know
who they were. They were told the 6th Ind,
when the boys on the other side rushed across,
and then the main column crossed over. Com
rade Gates would like to hear from Sers't II.
| Ii. Spalding about the regiment.
| I. j. Lacey, Co. +, 18th ILL.,, correets both
| Comrades Van Camp and G. Wilson in regard
to the First Brigade, First Division, Fourteenth
Corps. He says that Gen. Negley's Division
| had the First and that the First Brigade was
| composed of the 10Th ILL.,, 18th Ohio, 69th Ohio
and l1th Mich, commanded by Col. Stanley,
of the 18th Ohio. This brigade was the last
! organized body of troops to leave the bloody
| ridge. 1t held the extreme left of the army
and the road that led to Rossville, so that it
had to hold its position until all the troops got
| back. All comrades will agree with him that
the army fell back from right to left. The
brigade did not leave its position until it was
quite dark, and there was no firing after they
| left the ridge.
| d. w. Carroll, Co. G, 7th Ky, Williamsburg,
KY, corrects Comrades Mason and Fry as to
the First Brigade of OSterhaus's Division OF the
Thirteenth Corps. This was composed of the
49th and Goth Ind, 120th Ohio, 11Sth Ill. and
9TH KY, the latter being one of the oldest reg-
ments in the division, and was with the bri-
gade through the Vicksburg campaign and
until near the close of the war. 1t lost half it's
number in killed and wounded in the charge
on the works of Vicksburp
Comrade Bates, Co. ID, 36th Mass, Boston,
Mass, has been waiting for the three years that
he has been a subscriber to The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE for some one to tell the story of the
charge of the 9th of May, 1863, at Port Hud-
son. His regiment lost its communicated
Rodman-there and suffered severely.
l.. F. Parish, Co. g. 18th Iowa, Ravanna, No.,
says that his regiment was not stampeded at
Iuka, nor disgraced. All the stampedng there
came from Gen. Rosecrans's body guard, which
had got too near the Johnnes, when they re-
ceIved a heavy volley and put spurs to their
horses and came back through the regiment,
cutting it in two. The regiment may have
been bewildered for a moment or two, but it
was only momentarily. The 18th was on the
battlefield from first to last, and behaved very
well, as the losses show. Gen. Rosecrans CEN
sured the 18th at first, but took it back in an
order issued the 23d of Oct, 1862.
g. II. Bowles, Co ID, 10th Mo-, Drakeville
Mike Mahone," which appeared in recent
issue of THE TRIBUNE, thinks that Comrade
Malone should have been promoted for meri-
torious conduct in the battle of Iuka, instead
of Napoleon B. Washington.
j. w. Hartwell, Co. +, 3lst ILL.,, Marion, ILL.,,
wants to know what has become of Hard
shell" the Commissary Clerk of the Third Di-
vision Seventeenth Corps.
Martin Folder, Co. i, 18th Pa, Manorville. Pa,
says that John Derry was mustered out Dec.
16, 1862, in the 62d year of his age.
A. j. Swanzer, Shiloh, o., writes that in
recent tour through Virginia he visited the
battlefield of Cloyd's Mountain, and there
gathered many relics left by both the Union
and Confederate armies. During his tour he
also met with number of the boys of the 5ith
Va, then holding Reunion at Newbern, and
had very cordial reception from them.
j. F. Wolverton, Adamsville Tenn, writes |
that on the 22d ult. the dead body of Union |
soldier was exhumed two miles east of that |
place and e-buried in the Pittsburg Cemetery. |
He was supposed to have been buried at the |
time Gen. Lew Wallaces forces were encamped |
at Adamsville. The bones, which were nearly |
decayed, were inclosed in a cartridge box. The |
uni orm was rotten, but its blue color was still
visible. Comrade Wolverton would like to |
know if any comrade can shed any light as to |
the name, etc, of this soldier.
w. S. Woodruff, Kennard, o., writes US that |
Comrade Geo. w. Hamilton, 196th Ohio, died /
on the 24th ut., in the 49th year of his age. |
While in the service he received bullet wound |
in the lungs, which disabled him for number |
of years, and finally caused his death. He |
leaves n wife and family of six young children |
in straitened circumstances.
f. A. Howard. Co. A, 59th H., Memphis. Mo-,
is very much interested in Gen. Howard's ac-
count of the battle of Lookout Mountain, as he
participated in that memorable conflict.
John HoltOn, Co. f, 9th Conn, East Gran
vile, Mass, says that Comrade W. H. Arm
strong. of the 1st N. Y Mounted Rifles, who
wrote an account in THE TRIBUNE of the en-
gagement of the Darbytown raid, is quite cor
rect, and that the Mounted Rifles did splendid
work that day. Comrade HOlton would like
very much for some comrade to write up that
engagement.
E. b. Moore, Co Fl, 54th Ohio, Robinson, Col,
writes that if the correspondent signing him
self "W. B. b." Co. A, Goth Mo-, in THE TRIB-
UNE of the 18th ult., will send his address, he
will tell him something about taking the home
stead and timber-culture claim on the line of
the A, T. & S. +. r. X. in Western Kansas
Jesse B. McGuire. Co. b. 22d Mo-, reads with
great interest the articles of Gen. Howard in
THE TRIBUNE, as he participated in most of
the events narrated therein.
George Richard Collyer, Kan, writes that
there is no better land in the world for the
cultivation of sorghum than in Trego Co., Kan
TIE climate is healthy, and old soldiers and
others having small capital will do well to
go there. He will answer all communications
in regard to the matter if stamps are inclosed
for reply