The National tribune., 1885-12-24
CONDENSED LETTERS.

Jacob G. Mattick, Co. B, 9Th w. Va. Cav.
| Granger, Mo-, gives graphic description of the
| miseries he endured at Belle Island, where he
| was prisoner many months.
| Light Artillery" comes to the support Of
Musician" 10th Ohio, when he saws Gen
| Wright did have line of battle formed ready
to advance before Gen. Sheridan arrived al
| Cedar Creek.
Henry j. Walter, Co. A, 30th Ill, Buffalo
Prairie, H., was severely wounded by gun
shot wound at the battle of Mendon Station
and greatly disfigured thereby. He hopes the
coming Congress will pass laws to give the SOL
| diers of the late war their due, and thus in a
small way recompense them for what they en-
| dured for their cOuntry's sake.
J. Heacock, Co. c, 4ist Iowa, writes that
through hardships and exposure incident to the
service he contracted lung disease bat has been
denied pension ON the ground of prior disa-
bility although he was subjected to a most
rigid examination at the time of his enlist
ment.
ia. Foster, Co. E, 4th Pa Cav, Brush Creek,
Iowa, thinks the experiences of 81 klegg," as
told in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, the truest
picture of q soldiers life he has ever seen.
John G.. Suggett Sergeant, Co. G, 10Sth H.,
Mapleton, Peoria Co.. Ill, says Comrade Fry,
in his article on the capture of Mobile, was
wrong in saying that Bartram's Brigade entered
Spanish Fort without opposition after midnight
of A. J. Smiths Corps took possession of tho
fort that night before 10 o'clock and the Sth
Iowa was the first to plant its colOrs on the
rebel works, followed by the 10Sth and 124th
Ill. and an Indiana regiment, the number of
which he has forgotten.
James Chaddock, Co. /, 18th H., Vermont,
Fulton Co., H., writes brief account of the
fight at Memphis, Tenn, on the morning OF
Aug. "a, 1864
Hugh Brady, Co. I, sith Ill, Yates Center,
Kan, says he was Pennsylvanan but served
in the war from Illinois. He thinks honors
are easy" between the Eastern and Western
soldiers as to their fighting abilities. Hesays
l heard captured rebel Lieutenant remark
on the battlefield of Chckamauga, on Sunday
morning, Sept. 20, 1868: You men down here
fight different from what your men fight in
the Potomac Army; for when we get your East
ern soldiers started on retreat We can keep
them going. But when we get you men on the
run, and think we can keep you all going, the
first thing we know you are all charging back
on us with your bayonets fixed, and we have to
get back to the rear He was one of Long
streets men,"
jesse Neff, 40th Ind, Greensburg, Ind, gives
as strictly correct" the following compost
ton of Wagners Brigade-Second Brigade
Second Division, Fourth Corps: 10Th, 10th
and 57th Ind, Goth and 9th Ohio, Tooth
Ill.,, 28th KY, and 10th Ind. battery. Gen.
Wagner was the first Colonel of the 10th Ind
Referring to Maj. Coulter's (64th Oho) article
on the taking of Chattanooga Comrade Neif
says it was the flag of the 9th Ohio that
Harker's Brigade found flying over the city,
while other correspondents have stated that
Wilder's troops were the first to enter the place
and plant their flag
John Otto, First Lieutenant 11th Ind. bat
terry, Auburn, Ind: "Comrade Corey is right
as to the formation of Lytles Brigade in 1863.