The National tribune., 1884-10-16
CONDENSED LETTERS.

| April, 1866, of the regiment whose name and
number he forgets, except he knows that it
was Chicago reg ment and under command of
Col. Osborn.
Jas. A. Pine, Adj't, Eustis Post, No, 5, Or
ange CO., Fla, writes that many old soldiers
are looking towards Eustis for homes and in
| vestments. COmrade Orange Pound, of Ellis,
| Kan, has just. bought fine property near
| Eustis, Fla, and has gone back to Kansas for
his family. The Post is tiosrishing and large
| increase i'll membership is expected this Win
| ter.
JP Wood, Co. G, Odd Wis, Esdaile, Pierce
Co, Wis, takes exception to H. o. Buffngton's
| statement with regard to the fight at Sabine
| Cross roads, April 8, 1864, wherein he SAYS.
| "having reached Pleasant Hill, they settled
down for good nights rest" COmrade Wood
asks Comradc Burlington what time at night
| his rest began; for according to his memory,
| " 1T was after 10 O'Clock at night and raining
when we got our tents, and were called out at
o'clock a. IN. to march at sunrise, and were
on the skirmish line until O'Clock p. m, when
the fight began. The 23d Wis supported
Quinn's battery cd Mass J, which was lost in
| the fight. At Sabine Cross roads one division
| was placed in front to fight the whole army,
| with 10 miles between them and any support,
and that support in camp. Some OF the 23d
| WIS. were take prisoner, and reported that the
| rebels were piled up five feet deep in front of
| the battery, as the guns were charged with
grape and canister before they were deserted.
He asks Comrade Burlington where Col. Webb
was killed, in battle or on retreat?
| VIM. Jones, Co. l. AID Ohio Bloomingburg,
Fayette Co, Ohio, has been reading the Vicks-
burg Campaign" and is very well pleased with
it. Occasionally the memories of the writer's
differ from bis. He agrees with c. d. Morris,
Co. h, 333d Ill, as to date of landing at Bruins
burg. His diary shows that the 42d Ohio,
with the balance of Acting Brie.Gen LYONS
Priua I'D r A.
10 o'clock in the morning, and took few pris-
oners at the water tank. They remained there
until about 2 o'clock, when they drew five
days ratons and started for Port Gibson, as
described by COmrade Morris. At o'clock on
the morning of May / they were halted at
the foot of the hill and stacked arms and lay
down 10 rest but in about an hour afterwards
were awakened, and while preparing coffee the
Johnnies at the top of the hill, who had seen
their fires, gave them a salute of artillery,
which opened the lst day of May, 1863. The
battle of Thompson's Hill was May /, 1858;
battle of Jackson, May IA 1863; Champions
Hill, May 16, 1868; Black River Bridge, May
H. 1853; Cross River, May 1S, and attack on
Vicksburg May 10, 1863.
j. w. Wickham, Co. c. 33d ILL.,, says that the
sketch in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE lately about
Gen. Mower at Salkehatchie reminds him of an
incident with which that General was con-
nected at Pneville, N. C. The 9th ILL.,, hav-
ing been deployed to the right of the lines as
skirmshers, surprised squad of rebels with
one gun doing picket duty they got away
with the gun, but the Illinois boys shot one of
the horses and captured the Timber and one or
two of the men. Gen. Mower was there about
as as the boys were, and came riding up
on big bay horse, with a switch about four
inches long. He tried to halt the line there
but the sight of the flying enemy filled the
boys with ardOr, and away they went up the
hill after them until they came in sight of the
main line of the rebels when they halted and
began firing. The rebels sent some cavalry
out, at which the Illinois boys fell back, as
they supposed ON the line of battle supporting
them, but failed to find it, and then they had
to strain every muscle to get on the other side
to avoid capture.
John j. Hawkins, Co. G, 39th ILL.,, Blue
Mound, Kan, writes that on the morning of
10th May, at the battle of Drury's Bluff, the
rebels took advantage of heavy fog and came
suddenly down on the Union lines, striking
regiment that lay to the right of the seth Ill.
and utterly demoralizing it. The 37th H.,
however, checked the career of the JOhnnies,
and opening fire on them drove them back
A. w. Hageman, Seward, Neb., says that the
goth Ohio was not in Gen. Corses Brigade at
the battle of Missionary Ridge, as stated by
Gen. Howard, but that the 1O3d Ill. was.
Comrade J. T. Stanhope, Chesapeake. Mo-,
says he can raise Comrade s. w Skipworth. of
his being the youngest soldier, as he (Stanhope)
was born July H. 1913. and enlisted Feb g.
1862, in Co. II, I'd Mo. Cav.
Horace Baker, Co. K, Sth Wis, Weather
ford, Texas, thinks every comrade should keep
list of the public men who have opposed the
soldiers just claims, so that they will aways
know how to act towards them.
N d. Brown, 18th Wis, ,Columbiaville, Mich,
writes that Comrade &C. S." 55th Ohio, seems
to take exceptions to his quoting Gen. How
ards excuse for being driven from Chancel-
lorsville. He says he had no intention of dis
paraging the courage of officers OF men of How
ards command at charlottesville or else
where, but was having a friendly "set to'
with one of "Sherman's Bummers" and did
not expect "clout from that quarter"
Daniel Younken, Cameron, W. Va, says that
he thinks it was the 9TH and 14th Ind. that
were on the right of Port Republic just before
the line Of battle was formed, and not the 29th
Ohio, as stated by Comrade E. Baldwin in THE
TRIBUNE of Sept. 25.
Jacob G. Mattiek, Co. B, I'd w. Va, Granger
Mo, wants to know why somebody does not
defend Gen. Franz Sgel, and thinks that had
he been in command the disastrous defeat at
Bull Run would have been averted.
Geo. III. Palmer Portland, Conn., thinks the |
battle of Peach Tree Creek was one of the |
fercest engagements of the war, and that he |
never saw the rebels fight with more desperate
courage than they did on that occasion.
IL. H. Wickham, Canaanville, o., says that |
In former letter he intended to say THAT the |
21st Ohio did good fighting, no doubt, but that |
other regiments placed in the same position |
would have done equally as WELL"
Christian Wautzell, Marietta, Pa, enlisted |
in the 10th Pa, under the first call for three |
months men, and served from the 14th of May,
1861, until December, 1863, when he re-enlisted |
for three years more. He says he was with his
company up to the battle at Bethesda Church |
on the 30th of May, 1864, when he was wounded |
in the head and taken prisoner He lived on
ground corncobs in Andersonviile for seven
months, and contracted scurvy and rheumatism
in the worst possible FORM He also states that
he had been wounded before in skirmish,
and again at Fredericksburg, but the rigors of
the confinement in Andersonyille did more
than any thing else to break down his health
He thinks if hell is as bad place as Ander-
sonville he certainly wants to keep from it,
He applied for pension in March, 1882, and
in June 1884 after passing two Boards of Ex-
for total disability, he was granted
the miserable pittance of ST per month.
VIM. b. Loring Santa Rosa, Cal, wonders If
he can find through THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
the comrade with whom he spent very MEM
orable night after the second days fight at
The l41st Pa, of which he was
member tCo. e., lay that day in support of
battery standing in peach orchard, and had a
fine view of the left line until the batteries fell
back. Then came the struggle for ground, in
which he was wounded by ball passing
through his right thigh, injuring the sciatic
nerve the immediate effect of which was total