The National tribune., 1885-09-17
CONDENSED LETTERS.

D. S. Bacon, late Co. 4, 18th U. s. Inf, First
Brigade, Second Division, Fifth Corps, Alliance
o., states for the information of John b. Mason
1st S. T.. Rifles, that it was the 5th n. Y, or
Duryea's ZOuaves, that charged the Rifles so
savagely at Gaines Mills on the 9th of June,
1862.
j. P. Stevens, Germantown, Pa, favors the
repeal of the limitation of the arrears of PEN
sion act.
Samuel Grimshaw, late Co. B, SD Ohio,
Havensville, Kan, states that the Third Bri-
gate, I'd Div, - Corps, were not intreGehed
at any time during the first days fight at Ben
tonville, but was detached from the balance
of the division, and fought over the ground
that the First Division had previously occupied
when driven back.
Isaac Tibbets, late private, Co. E, 5th Kan.
Cav, sends US General Order issued by MAJ
Gen. Steele, dated Headquarters. Army of Ar
kansas, Little Rock, Nov. Z, 1868, and also a
General Order issued by Col. Powell Clayton,
dated Headquarters Post of Pine Bluff, Pine
Bluff, Ark, Nov. l, 1863, which we regret not
having the space to publish.
j. j. Ansmus, late Co. F., Sd Mo. Cav, La
Plata, Mo-, denies the account of the capture
OF Little Rock given in recent issue, by
COmrade Smith, and says that the 10th Ill. Cav.
were the first men to cross the river and they
were in advance of the brigade, which was
composed of the 10th H., the Sd No., and the
lst Iowa.
S. Snyder, Kirksville, o., agrees, with some
others of his comrades, that Justice demands
the support by Senators and Representatives of
an arrearages of pensions act that will treat all
alike.
r. C. Gregg, Co. Fl, 51st H., Rockwell City,
Iowa, states that it was Bradley's and Lanes
BrigadeS which were on the skirmish line from
Spring Hill to franklin He would like to hear
from Joseph w. Taylor, Orderly Sergeant, Co.
II Nncf Tnn,.
any of the boys who went through from An
napolis to Chicago i'll charge of Sergeant j. w.
Taylor, also from Lieut.. Hill, who commanded
Co.'S Ii and K on skirmish line.
Francis NJ. Law, Blunt, Dakota, writes that
he has been farming for two years and half in
Hughes County, and finds it to be the proper
place for old comrades to settle. Things grow
so luxuriOuSly and with so little cultivation
that he terms Dakota 'the lazy mans country"
and challenges the world to produce as fine
grain, vegetables or cattle.
o. Morton, Co. G, 9th Wis, Evarts Mich,
writes that the Iron Brigade " was composed
of the 9th and 9TH Wis, 18th Ind, and 9th
Mich.
John Bagley, Co. B, 29th Me-, Troy, Ne,
thinks q private should receive the same rate
of pension for the same disability as an officer,
and asks If the services of the private were not
as much needed as those of the officer, and
whether it does not take the same to support
one as the other.
Martin Newbury, Sheldon, Mimi, desires to
adopt girl of from nine to 13 years OF age.
He is well-to-do, and lives in quiet village
nine miles away from railroads.
J. w. Sweeney, late private Co. A, 31st N.
Y, Moberly, Mo-, referring to Comrade VIII
liams's case, A Prosecuted Soldier contends
that a man on furlough is as much in the
service as when actually engaged in military
duty, being subject to orders all the time, and
calls on all good soldiers to support Comrade
Williams.
c. w. n, Hubbard, o., suggests that instead
of building monument to perpetuate the fame
of Gen. U. S. Grant there be Grant arches built
all over the country, which may cost from five
cents to $iO0,O00,O0O, as they are made out of
plaster of Paris, granite, marble or gold
j. d. Martin, Madisonville, KY, who was
member of the 25th Ind. Third Division,
Seventeenth Corps, states the 18th did enter
Columbia, S. c., statements to the contrary
Notwithstanding.
E. G. Caulson, Pennsville, O., gives an inter
esting sketch of his military experience. When
Fort Sumter was fired on he at once commenced
drilling squads of men for the service, and in
spite OF il-health continued on duty in the ca
pacities of Hospital Nurse, Steward, Surgeon
and Captain of Home Guards until the close of
the war;
o. +. Raynor, Co. K, 9th Mich, West Unity,
o., agrees with JudSon ("Ned Buntlins ~ that
he never went into battle without having fear
that he could not describe. 1t never made him
run away, though he was in some of the hard
est fought battles of the war, at one of which
he was severely wounded.