The National tribune., 1885-03-26
tonewa1l Jackson swept out of the woods upon

| Stonewall Jackson swept out of the woods upon
! them.
Thomas Fl. Campbell, Co E, 9th H., "Yates
Sharpshooters," Seattle, Wash. Ter, writes that
he put in 10 months time at Andersonville
If any of his comrades would like information
regading the SOIL climate etc, of Washington
Territory, he will be glad to correspond with
any such.
w. r. Beardsley, Co. D, 33d Ind, South
| Whitley Ind, says his regiment was never
brigaded with an Ohio regiment. After the
withdrawal from it of the 14th KY, in 1862 the
brigade, till the close of the war, consisted of
the 33d and s5th Ind, 10Th Mich, and 22d Wis
f. w. Dayton, Co. ID, 36th Wis. says Comrade
John Woods is mistaken in the statement that
the battle at Farmville was not the last general
engagement with Lees army. Dayton SAYS it
was the last battle, and was fought by the First
and Second Divisions of the Second Corps. He
was in the latter, commanded by Cen Smyth,
who was mortally wounded. The Sixth Corps
had skirmish on the Sth, but not battle.
g. f. McKune, First Sergeant, Co. X, s9th
N. Y, LanesbOro, Pa, and "a Soldier" of the
14ith n. Y, answer the question recently asked
as to the significance of the initials IS. \. Y"
on belt-plate picked up op one Of the Vir-
ginia battlefelds. They say it meant State
of New York, ;" and was used on the accouter-
ments of the militia of that State before the
war.
Luke Rogers, Co K, goth Ind, Wolcotte.
Ind, says it was Cos. A and K goth Ind, and
not the 1st n. Y. Mounted Rifles, whose fire
drove the Confederate boats away from the
| Congress, at Newport News, March 8, 1862
Andrew s. Parker, Co. c. 5ith Ind, New
Tacoma, Wash. Ter, vigorously defends his
regiment from the word "yearlngs" that has
| been applied to its members. Judging from
his statement they were prime "three-year-
| olds," and thoroughbreds at that
w. c. Cook, Co. G, 41st Ohio Dalton, o.,
thinks it was the 41st and not the 10th Ohio
that was fired into and its boat wrecked by
| treacherous pilot, en- route from Johnsonville,
Tenn, to Cairo in 1865 as described by Com
rade Lanham, Seneca Kan.
John ID. Lytle, Sergeant Co. /, 5sth Ind,
answering Sergeant James III. Seaman, insists
that the Tooth III. was in the Second Brigade,
Second Division, Fourth Corps. Col. Bartle-
son. of the Tooth, was killed in front of Kene-
saw. After the consolidation which formed
the Fourth Corps, following Chickamauga. the
brigade consisted of the 18th, 10th, and 57th
Ind, 26th and 9th Ohio, 18th Mich, 2Sth KY,
and Tooth III.
John Morton, 37th Ind. Mission Creek, Neb.,
says the first skirmsh preliminary to the bat
tie of Chickamauga took place Sept 10. the
Union troops engaged belonging to Gen. Neg.
ley's Division of the Fourteenth Corps.
G. A. b. Fox, Co III, S6th ILL.,, Forestburg,
Oak, alluding to Gen. Carlin's mention of Gen.
Gilbert, who for a brief time commanded
corps in Gen. Buells army, recalls an incident
placed the Colonel of the seth under arrest be-
cause some of his men did not sufficiently re-
spect his tGilbert's) supposed rank. Col. Dan
McCOok, who commanded tho brigade, soon
afterward released the Colonel and restored
him to duty.
W. J, Hurst, Wellsville, Ohio, writes that in
the G.A.R Post room there are two photographs
of Go. FL, 42d Ohio, on the back of which is the
name Adam Delman." The pictures were
given to the Post few weeks ago by confec-
tiOner near the depot in that village who says
soldier who hurriedly stopped there one day
left them, he presumes by accident. He or his
friends can have them by addressing Comrade
Hurst.
Patrick King, Co. f, 18th W. Va Cav, Wild
Cherry, Fulton Co, Ark, cannot do without THE
TRIBUNE, and wants some one of his old COM
rades to write for it an account of AverelPs raid
to Salem, Va. Comrade King will answer all
inquiries from old soldiers as TO soil, climate
etc, of Northern Arkansas.
In Comrade j. VI. Baer's article on Shaggy
Point, published Feb. s. the name Ike S.
Miller" should have been Ike S. Mylar."
d. F. Scott Co 4, 45th H., Fair Haven,
Carroll Co., H., backed by three comrades, Mike
McGnty, III. Kinyon and E. Kinyon, tells what
he knows about the first Union flag that floated
from the Courthouse at Vicksburg after the
surrender. He says it was the flag of the 45th
Ill, and don't you forget it." That regiment
lay at Fort Hill, OH the Jackson road, and as
Gen. Grant and stall passed they took our flag
with them; so l know" He says Comrades
Lillibridge. Frazier and York are all wrong.
The writer says he stood guard over "Old Penn
berton's Headquarters" that memorable 18th of
July.
w. NJ. Morris, Co. E, Sd West Va. Cav, Lost
Creek, w. Va, referring TO the articles by Com
rades Jones. 6fth N. Y, and Mitchell, 31st Nj,
on the Last Fight of the Army of the Poto-
mac" thinks that if they refer to the Army of
the Potomac only, one or the other may be right
otherwise they are both wrong. Comrade
MOrris's regiment was in the Third Brigade,
Third Division, Clusters Cav. Corps. His Divis-
ion led the advance and engaged the enemy
more or less every day from Five Forks to Ap-
pomattox, including the day of surrender.
C. Montague, Capt, Co. Ii, 22d H.. Oswego,
Kan, says Col. Swanwick, of his regiment was
wounded Dec. 81, 1862, at Stones River lay on
the field four hours between two fires. was taken
prisoner and confined at Richmond, Va. About
May ., 1868, he was exchanged and returned to
his regiment. This is in reply to Comrade Bar
rows, 22d ILL.,, who denied these facts.