The National tribune., 1885-10-01
CONDENSED LETTERS.

Minnie NJ. Bishof, Eudora, Kan, sends US
song written years ago for the 177th Pa.
f. +. French. Co. |, 29th Wis, Humboldt
Iowa claims for his regiment the honor of be-
ing the first to enter the city of Mobile when it
was taken.
r. b. Wallace, Sergeant, Co. 4, 1st Colo Cav,
Green Mountain, Iowa. calls up the lst Colo.
Cav. He would like to hear from any of them,
either personally or through THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE.
Jas. f. Crandall, Co. II, 38th Ind, Reserve,
Kan, corrects Gen. Carn in regard to the
regiments that composed the Third Brigade,
First division, Fourteenth Corps. He says they
were the 21st Ohio, 35th Ind, 18th Mich, 18th
Pa, and 1lth Wis. He also says that Capt. Jesse
K. Lowe, mentioned by Gen. Carlin as killed at
the battle of BentonviIlc. belonged to the 3Sth
Ind, and was commanding the regiment at the
time of his DEATH
Augustus Maury, Sergeant, Co c, 152d \. Y,
Red Field, Oak, advises all comrades 10 20
West, believing that they can do better for
themselves and their families there than in the
East. He says he is crippled soldier, but is
making good living. He thinks if he had
remained i'll the East he would have been III
the poorhousc.
J. r. Parvin, Co B, 10Th H., speaks a good
word for the service of his regiment. and the
10th and Goth ILL.,, 10th and l4th Mich, which
were brigaded with it.
Geo A. Baltzcll, Go. G, I'd VI. :. VI. Cav, Deer
Ridge, Mo, thinks his regiment did not receive
full justice at the hands OF COm5ade Thompson
in his article of Aug. 2l on Merril's Horse"
He admits that Mcrrills men were as brave as
any who ever 'straddled horse" but thinks
they did not know how to fight bushwhachers
as well as his own regiment.
/. W. Miller, GlbsCnburg, O., claims that Co. A,
Mclaughin'S squadron. Ohio Cavalry, fred the
last shots at the enemy by any OF Shernans
army The company named belonged to At
kinson's Brigade, Fitzpatrick s Cavalry. They
were i'll the advance at Chapel Hill, y. G.;
passed through the town, built barracks, and
exchanged shots just before the flag OF truce
was displayed
John w. Wagner, Battery F, 1st L, A, Second
Corps, Newport, II. l., replying to Comrade
NJ" Co. Il, 18th Ind, says that his lWag-
ner's) battery, commanded by Capt. Ricketts,,
did not have two of its guns spiked ut Gettys-
burg. He gives full credit to the regiment of
Comradc " NJ. for its timely and very efficient
support.
S +. Ridenour Co G, 11lth Ohio, Mctanora,
Ind, says the Second Brigade Twenty third
Corps, was on picket at Duck River. Tenn, the
night of Nov. 20 1864, until 9 o'clock. He
thinks his brikade was the rear-guard that
night.
J. d. Marquis, Co. l, 10Th Ill, Stacy, Mimi,
says Comradc Barney, 31st H., was correct in
saying that the Seventeenth Corps was i'll Co
luIabla, ). {. The 43th Ill. was in the Firss
Brigade, Third Division of the corps, and its
camp was just outside the city when the latter
was burned.
F. NJ Mccoy, Co. II, 3Sth H., Cos Third Ave,
TerIe lIaute, Ind, sends brief account of his
experiences in the war. He was taken pris-
oncr at Chickamauga, and was one of the for
tunate few to survive long confinement in a
Southern prison.
E. b. Seaman, Co A, 6Gth Ohio, Longton,
Kan, says Gen. Polk was killed June l., 1864,
by shell from knapps Pa battery, he be-
longing to the First Brigade, Second Division,
Twentieth Corps.
Robert S. Grimm, Mt. Vernon, o., wonders
what has become Of all the members of the 2lth
Ohio. He hopes they are not ashamed of their
coors, and would like to have them speak up.
W. J. RAIDER, Co. K 7th Wis, Fcnton, Mo,
writes that the Iron Brigade was composed of
the ID, 9th and 9TH Wis. and 10Th Ind, until
the battle of Antietam, after which the 9th
Mich. was attached 10 ii.
Douglas Wilson, Serg't, Co. II, 18th Iowa,
Shiloh, Ohio, assisted in planting the flag on
the top of the State House at Columbia s. c.