The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-02-19
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Serg't W. Fl. Curtis. Co. A, 9th Mich, New
Orleans, La, who is now in New Orleans, met
in that city Richard Cousins, an ex- Conederate
Sergeant. and renewed an acquaintance formed
% years ago at the siege of Port Hudson, when
they Glanced to meet one night on picket and
exchanged a few courtesies.
Saml f. Slater, Bedford, Pa, writing of
premonitions, relates that Geo. Sumner, pri-
waite in Co. II, 55th Pa, with whom he was in
timately acquainted, had strange feeling
about 4 o'clock in the afternoon of June Is
1861, when they were standing in line of battle
in front of Petersburg. Turning to the writer
he said that he knew he would be killed before
the day was over, and. unfortunately, his pre-
monition was verified, he being shot dead
within a hundred yards Of the rebel works.
Chas. f. Foster, Manchester n H., writes
that the troops who did the fighting at the
Peach Orchard Gettysburg We're the CID Pa,
Sd Me-, I'd n. H. and Battery G., 4th n. Y. Art,
and that these were all the troops in the Orch
ard. excepting the regular battery, which re-
lieved the New York artillery after all their
ammunition was expended
Jno. III. Gettitt, Co. L. 1S5th n Y Windsor
n. Y, writes an interesting account of the ex-
petition. in which he took part to burn the
Weldon Railroad
We have from w. w. Kendall, Lieutenant
Co. A, 49th Ind, Ditney Hill, Ind, an inter
esting account of the crossing of the Missis-
sippi at Bruinsburg and the battle of Port
Gibson.
w Stanford, Patterson, o., writes an in
teresting account of the part taken by the
Second Brigade First Division, Fourteenth
Corps, at the battle of JonesborO Ga.
John K. Tisdale, 29th Mo-, ChllicOthe, Mo-,
sends an interesting account of the capture of
steamboat, by his regiment near Chiekasaw
Bayou.
JAS. NJ. Davidson, Co. /, 18th Mich, Yelling
to-, ,ol,, c..l
cent communication in THE TRIBUNE, that
some of his comrades are still alive.
E. n. Robbins, Co. B, Goth n. Y. Cav, Adj
ans, n. Y, gives an account of sumptuous
Thanksgiving Day dinner that was furnished
himself and nine comrades by q loyal citizen
at Princess Anne Court house
A. G. Cement, Los Gatos, Cal. sends US an
interesting account of the battle of Stones
River, i'll which he participated.
S. e. Thompson, Co. b. Tooth n Y, Letitia,
Kan, thinks a great injustice has been done
Col. Casey's Division by recent communiea-
tions in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. He denies
that it was driven from the front at the battle
of Fair Oaks, but that they did everything
possible that mortal man could do under the
circumstances.
CE. Mccoy, LIST Me. Cav. Bangor, Me-, is
very much interested in COmrade Hursh's ac-
count of the advance of the 1st N J. Cav,
lately published in THE TRIBUNE, and wonders
if he (Hursh) remembers the boys of the LIST
Me- Cav.
". s. Snow, Lieut., Co. K 18th Mo-, Wakenda.
Mo-, served four years, six months and 10 days;
was at Island No. 10, New Madrid, Corinth.
Iuka, Vicksburg, Nashville, Fort Blakeley and
other engagements and expeditions.
Louis S. Kercheval, 57th Ind. Boxley, Ind,
was severely wounded at Nashville, Tenn,
while trying to save the colors of his regiment.
ID. T. OsgOod, Gloucester Mass, writes that
there was no Colonel named DOnahue, COM
handing the 18th n. H., as stated by w. III.
Armstrong in The TRIBUNE of Jan. %
In our issue of the 18th ult. we published
communication signed G. A. Whitman. Hud-
son. Mass, when it should have been G. A.
Whttemore.
4. L. Lillibridge, Co. A, 45th Ill., Mason City,
Iowa, and w. J. Frazier, Co. d, 9TH Ohio both
agree with j. j. York, of the 9TH Mo-, in regard
to the 18th Ind. being the first to plant their
colOrs on the courthouse at Vicksburg.
j. X. Tyler. 121st N Y, New York City, in
dorses Comrade J. B. Rounds's statement in
regard to the Second Brigade at Rappahan-
mock.
R. J. Smith, Co. K, 59th Ind, Corydon, ILL.,.
claims that his company was among the first to
enter Jackson, Miss.
JOS. StOckham, Co. G. 33d Ohio, Stockham,
Neb., says Rev. VIM. Pittenger, in his story of
the Engine Thieves" does not mention the
name of Saml Slayens, Co. L, SD Ohio, who
was one of the engineers, and who was hung
at Atlanta for his share in the plot.
S. r. Hughes, Co. h, 18th Iowa, Davenport,
Ia, sends an interesting account of Col. Crock
ers Brigade at Corinth and quotes remark
of Col. Croker to his men: Boys, catch them
by the throat and choke the d wind out of
them"
j. Hall, Co. E, Tooth H., Elmira, Ill.,, was
captured at Guntown. Miss, June 10. 1864, and
was taken from there TO Andersonville, where
he was prisoner for nine months.
We have from Comrade f. A. Van de Viel,
Pleasant Hill. Mo-, relic of the war in the
shape of little sheet called the Border Star,
published at Independence, Mo-. August II,
1862. 1t gives an account of the successful
Confederate attack upon that Post, and also a
list of the killed and wounded according to
which the Union loss was between 90 and 90,
and the Confederate loss between 20 and so.
George w. Toms, Stamford, Conn, sends sta
tistics concerning the 9Th n. Y. Cav. which we
should be glad to print were it not impossible
for lack of snace