The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-02-26

says that Carleton is right in giving credit
| 70 the S9th y. Y. and a part of the 9Th Conn.
for the capture Of the battery on the Nanse-
mond River, April -. 1853.
! T. +. Ballard writes to correct his address
/ which was wrongly printed. IL is Billiards.
/ Falls. Washington Co., Kan.
Bush VI. Mason, Kankakee City, Ill, says
/ that Comrade In6eld, 9th Ohio is right as to
I the rear-guard OH the march between Spring
! Hill and Franklin. 1t was the Third Brigade,
/ First Division, Fourth Corps, and the 9th Ind
4 was the last of the column.
J. III. Lagle, Co. ID. 18th Iowa, Linderville
Mo-, writes about killing his first alligator at
4 Port Hudson.
| correspondent mentions the death at
| White Earth, Mimi, of Edward B. Price, who
served in the U. S. Dragons in the Mexican
war, and during the late war in the LIST Mimi.
| n. B. Albeit, SD Ind, Redwood Falls,
| Minn does not agree with Henry Shafer as to
what regiment first planted its flag on the en-
emys Notifications at Atlanta. Comrade Abb
bett says the SD Ind, of the Second Brigade
| Third Division, Twentieth Corps, was the first
| Union regiment to enter Atlanta.
! 0. A. Rea, Co. H, SD Ohio, Marmont, Ind,
rises to defend the honor of the Eleventh
Corps at Gettysburg He gives extracts from
his diary which prove that his regiment and
many others did most gallant service. The
| Colonel of his regiment was James S. Robin
1
brigade was Kryzanowskis, of Schurz's Divis-
| ion.
| Sam II. Norris Co. K, 124th Ind, Cambridge
| City, Ind, replying to d. w. Smith, 120th
| Ind, as to Gen. HOvey's Division at Resaca,
May 18th, 1864 says the 12ith was not in the
charge, but was on detached duty at Snake
| Creek Gap. He wants some of the 120th boys
to write up the battle of Kingston, n. c., in
which they bore so honorable part.
! G. NJ. Potter, Co. /, 4th Ohio Jamaica, Guth-
RE Co.. Ia, corrects w. III. Hurford as to the
composition of the First Brigade of Shields's
Division. Hurford says it was made up of the
18th Ind, seth ILL.,, cd and 9th Ohio. Mr..
Potter says the regiments were the 18th and Sth
Ohio, 14th Ind. and 7th w. Va, Brig Gen.
Nathan Kimball commanding.
A circular received from George III. Uhler,
| Corresponding Secretary, gives the proceedings
of business meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the Ninety-thrd Pennsylvania Vet
| eran Volunteer Association. The committee
invites the Regimental Associations of the
| 9Sth, 102d and both Pa, and ed \. Y, to join
| them in q Brigade Reunion in September next.
| Albert Ford, Pomeroy, Wash. Ter, writes of
the death of Newell 5. Patterson, of Pattaha
/ Prairie, who served in Go. A, 9TH Kan. Cav.
| He leaves wife and nine children.
Francis A Booton, Co. &, 9lst Ohio, Urbana,
/ ILL.,, writes description of the battle of Cedar
Greek, the scene of Sheridans famous ride. He
/ lnlilkS the no Ol dIiuy
that turned apparent defeat into so complete a
| victory.
| Horatio M. Strevcr Co. A.. 41st Ill, Argenta,
| Ill, says the charge at Jackson, Miss, on the
| 18th of July, was made by the Second Brigade
| of Humans Division, Sixteenth Army Corps.
| The regiments that took part were the 2Sth.
| 4lst, and SD ILL.,, and the Sd Iowa. He would
! like to hear from s9me of the boys who partiei-
| pated.
NJ Kindell, Co. B., 9th Ohio, writes that he
was captured at Chickamauga and was in con-
/ fnement II months. lie would like to hear
from any of his old fellow prisoners.
] b. Cole, Co. /, 18th Wis, says Gen. Howard is
mistaken in putting New York troops into Sol.
| Meredith's Iron Brigade He says it was COM
posed of the I'd, 9th and 9TH Wis, and 18th
| Ind.
n B. Parker, Co. c. 59th Ohio, Chicago, o.,
says Comrade Kelso, LIST Ohio l.. A, omitted to
mention the 59th Ohio at the battle of Ivy
Mountain. In reply to the question, What
regiment began the battle of Chickamauga?"
he says the first shots were fired on the evening
| of Sept. Is by his regiment and the 44th Ind.
Robert c. Folwell, Co. E, Sth Pa. Cav, Mol
lica Hill, n. j., tells of the escape of himself
and several fellow prisoners from Anders0nville
by tunneling their way out.
Henry III. Winders, Co. /, 10th Wis, Aurelia,
| Iowa, who was prisoner 10 months, tells the
old, sad story of Andersonvile He would be
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misery.
J. G. Palmer, Co. C, 18th N. H., 50 Huron
street, Cleveland. o. sustains Comrade Arm
strong's correction of " Cartoons account of
the siege of Suffolk. He says that Armstrong
erred, however. in saying that 100 men from
the 18th n. III. were sent to capture the fort on
the Nansemond. They were from the 10th
| n. HI.
L. D. Shearer, Sergt, Co. A, 13sth Pa, Nor
ristown, Pa. takes issue with Capt. +. c. Jones,
Gath N. Y, regarding the last fighting of the
Army of the Potomac. He says Joness dates
are wrong and that the last battle was at Sail
ors Creek, April 6. 1865, the Union forces en-
gagged being the Second and Third Divisions of
the Sixth Corps and part OF Sheridan's cavalry.
]. Headley, First Serg't, Co. A, I'd n. Y. III. A,
also says that Capt. Jones is " off his base" He
does not question his correctness as between
Farmvllle and Sailors Creek, but says other
troops-for instance, the 9Th n. H., 61st n. Y.
| and I'd n. Y. III. A.-are entitled to share of
the honors, inasmuch as they shared literally
in the fighting Headley fixes the action at
Farmville on April Z.