The National tribune., 1885-12-03
CONDENSED LETTERS.

berry Grove, Kan: have in my possession a
! photograph of Annie E. Smith, of Hammonds-
| vile, Jefferson Co., O., which i took from the
side pocket of her friend, G. w. Lowry, while
! he was lying OH the battlefield of Resaca, May
| Ia, 1864, suppOsing him to be nortaly wounded.
| 1t is relic of value to me, but l will send the
| same to her or any of her relatives request
w. FL. Young, Go. B, 10th 1nd Veedersburg,
| Ind, tells how the members of the Oath KY.
skipped for home in the night after getting paid
Oft at Glasgow, KY. John Morgan's troops were
raiding i'll the neighborhood, and they went to
protect their families and property. They
mounted themselves on horses and reported at
Knoxville, Tenn, for duty.
Wilson White, Blue Earth, Mimi. sends a
brief account of Hunters raid up the Shenan-
doah Valley. Accounts of this campaign have
been very recently published in our columns
Phil Bessor, Co. d. 9th Pa. Reserves, Cam
bridge, ILL.,, thinks he has heard enough about
who captured the De Gresse battery and who
first entered Columbia, and starts new conun-
drum by claiming that the Pennsylvania Re-
serves were the first three years troops that
entered Washington in 1861
s. G. Fancher, Sergeant, Co. D, 41st Ohio,
sends an account of the night movement by
detachments of Hazen's Brigade, which re-
suited In the occupation of Browns Ferry, near
Chattanooga while Rosecrans's army was
penned up in the latter place.
N. NJ. Fain, Washburne, Mo-. thinks justice
has not been done to the old Mexican war sur
vlvOrs, and insists that Congress should take
some action for their relief
NJ. II. Wilson, Corporal Co. E. Sd KY, Haga-
man, ILL.,, hopes to have chance before he dies
to vote for John A. Logan for President
w. S. Parder, Co. l, 129th Ind, Allegan,
Mich, says he wants to elbow his bugle"-
and he does so-in behalf of Hovey's Babies !"
at Rocky Face and other points on the Atlanta
campaign. He thinks that in six new Indiana
regiments there were not 200 men over 80 years
OF age. The majority of the babies" ranged
from IA to 20 years.
James G. Watson, Co. I, 25th ILL.,, Mahomet,
ILL.,, writes in behalf of the deaf pensioners,
urging that their rating ought to be increased.
o. f. Ritter, Co. G, 92d Ill. M't'd. Inf, reply
ing to COmrade S. l.. Coulter, says the colors of
his regiment were the first to float over Chatta-
noOga. The regiment was commanded by Col
Smith d. Atkins.
Mrs. w. T. Wickham Nevada City, No.
whose husband was member of Co. D., 10th
Ohio, narrates the suferings endured by her
husband for many years after his discharge
finally resulting in his death, from disease con-
tracted in the army. She feels aggrieved that
her claim for pension has been rejected, and
thinks the Government is not Just to many
thousands of suffering widows and orphans
James Guthry, Co. B, 41st ILL.,, Beallsville,
Pa, urges all the veteran soldiers TO stand
support and assistance.
Mrs. Emma A. Porch, Pleasant Mound, Mo-,
referring to the novel pension case" recently
published in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, says
the lady there mentioned, whose name was
placed on the pension roll by special act of
Congress, was not the first lady pensioned for
disability, the writer herself having been
granted pension of $50 month some time
before the case referred to.
A. L. Yenner Co. B, 121st Ohio, Warsaw,
Ind thinks the soldiers who received wounds
and had hospital records have the advantage in
the matter of getting pensions over many who
were disabled by disease or accident, citing his
own case by way of illustration.
A member of the 63d Ohio, Oscoda, Mich,
sends quite lengthy article to prove that Col.
Rogers, of Texas, fell at Corinth, so feet in
front of Fort Robinett, and not on the parapet.
He says he was there and knows. This matter
has been discussed with fullness that has ex-
hausted alike the subject itself and the patience
of all readers of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE who
were not actively engaged in that fight.
Whether the body of the Texas leader fell
few feet or inches one way or the other from
given point can hardly be made an issue of
national interest.
"L. ID. r. 14th VT, Poultney, VT, thinks
the use of lances by the rebels was no more bar
barous than the throwing of THAT most miser-
able and much more murderous missile, the
Gardner she'll"
A correspondent asks: "Where is the soldier
rubbish out of the railroad tunnel near Gallatin,
Temp / think he was from Minnesota" Ad-
dress the finder of his pockethook n L. Rey-
nolds, Co. E, sd Ind, Eureka, Woodford Co., Ill.
Joseph III. Gleason, Co. c, Goth Ohio, Ripley
vile, Huron Co., O., says the Third Brigade,
Second Division, Fourth Corps, was the rear
guard from Spring Hill to Franklin, and that
the gallant fight of that brigade at Spring Hill
secured the safety of Scofelds army. The
ground covered by Comrade Gleason has been
so thoroughly plowed that We are compelled to
omit his communication.
w. S. Coen, Co. A, 5th Iowa Cav, replying to
the inquiry of Comrade Dawson as to who
would rise up and claim the honor of being
rear guard from Franklin to Nashville" says
the 5th Iowa Cav. was the last to leave the
Harpeth River after the battle of Franklin, and
acted as rear-guard for few miles, when a
regiment of infantry was passed to the rear,
the 5th Iowa Cav. being ordered to support in
case of necessity.
David NJ. Howard, Co. 1, Sd N. H., Great
Falls, N. H.. writes of the claims of the old
soldiers to consideration, and urges the veter-
ans to vote only for their friends.
o. NJ. Wilson, alias big Injun," Co. d, Sth
Cal, National Military Home, Montgomery Co.,
o., thinks that institution is not conducted in
all respects as it should be, and wants to hear
from some of the comrades of his old company
]. E. Carmichael, Co. II, 65th ILL.,, 223 S.
Market street, Ottumwa, H., writes: II was
wounded twice; in prison Libby once; scared
nearly to death several times; always ate my
ratiOns when l could get them, and l am ready
to testify that Southern sweet potatoes, chick
ems and hams were as good as can be found in
the North. have been South since the war,
and found that our brother Confeds have been
promoted; they are all Majors, Colonels and
Generals now"