The National tribune., 1885-05-07
CONDENSED LETTERS.

]. M. Potts, 10Th III. Cav, Redfield, OAK, is
very much pleased with Cartoons" account
of the battle of Gettysburg, and especially the
commentator of the gallant Gen. Buiord. He
wants some of his comrades to write up his
tory of the part his regiment took in that battle.
R. A. Patterson, Co. F, 57th ILL.,. Winterset,
Iowa, tells an incident of remarkable coolness
which occurred in the battle before Atlanta
July %. 1864. As the wagon trains were going
OFT the field teamster drove his wheel against
q tree, which arrested the further progress ofthe
wagon. He seemed almost psralyzed with fear
as he did not dare to leave his charge and to
stay meant captivity or death. Just then a
soldier rode up to the frightened teaInster and
asked him what was the matter. On being in
formed, he said, Hold on minute. while light
my pipe, and will help you out of the scrapei"
Then coolly taking his pipe out of his pocket. he
filled it with tobacco and lighted it, and then
deliberately walked to fence, took of rail
and used it as a lever, got the wheel free from
the tree, and the teamster went on his way
rejoicing.
J. B. Williams Co. c, I'd Ind. Cav, Usage
City, Kan, complains that the cavalry branch
of the service did not receive sufficient recog-
milton during the war.
w. o. Ensign, 14th Ohio battery, Rutland,
ILL.,. writes that the entire Sixteenth Corps was
not at the battle of Atlanta, but it was only the
left wing that constituted the command of Gen.
Dodge. The right wing had been for long
period prior to the Atlanta campaign, and was
at that time, operating down the Mississippi
River under the command CT Gen. A. j. Smith.
Itshould be also further borne in mind says the
comrade, that the Fifteenth Corps in the At
lanta campaign was composed of only two di
visions--the Second and Fourth.
Fred Folger Co. E, 9Th VT, Fort Dodge, Iowa,
thinks the reason the soldiers doing garrison
duty around Washington complained of their
ratiOns, etc, more than others, was on account
of their idleness and inactivity.
w. G. Loghry, Waldron. H.. enlisted in Co.
A, 18th ILL.,. at Woodstock. in March, 1864, and
was captured at Ackworth by some of Hoods
men. He was taken to Andersonville, and was
guest at Capt. Virus hotel for some time.
E. NJ. kinman, Jacksonville, H., was very
much interested in the battle of Chickamauga
as written by Gems. Carlin and Boynton. He
says that to complete the history of the engage
ment he would like to see an account of the
march of Gen. Gordon Granger to the relief of
Gen. Thomas, and also of the charge made
against Gen. Longstreet.
Jno NJ. Crist, 2O9th Pa Jamestown, Pa,
thinks the Pennsylvania volunteers are not
dealt with fairly by contributors to THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE. He says that in many in
stances they are entirely ignored in narratives
of great battles, such as the Wilderness, Gettys-
burg, etc.
II. SDTicit, W. 4ONd- .ONd Slty, lONd,
writes that it was the 22d Iowa that carried the
fort in the memorable charge on Vieksburg May
~, 1868.
j. Thatcher, Pioneer Corps. Fourteenth Di-
vision, Seventeenth Corps. Shingletown, Cal,
claims for his corps the honor of being the first
Union troops inside the corporate limits of
Fayetteville, N. g.
j. R. Stone 3Sth ILL.,. Bone Gap, H., contra
diets Gen. Carlin in his statement that after the
battle of Stones River his brigade did not have
any fighting until some of the S1st Ind. got into
trouble at the Peach Orchard. Comrade Stone
says, if his memory serves him right. the 3Sth
ILL., did some fighting at Liberty Gap, on the
way to Tullahoma.
4. A. Allen, Co. d, 9th Wis, Morntaindale,
Colo, was wounded Sept 8, 1868, the day of the
advance on Little Rock. His injury was des-
perate and it was supposed mortal, but the
skill of the Surgeon and his own strong consti-
tuition pulled him through.
Ieander McCrca, Wall Lake, Iowa. claims for
Battery A, LIST Mich. l.. A. the honor. of firing
the first shot on the Union side at Perryville.
He desires to return thanks to some kind friend
who sends him THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
j. ii. Simmons, Co. b. S7th Pa, Etters Pa,
has read with great pleasure an account of the
S7th Pa. at Winchester, by Comraae Colds
borough. in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE of Feb.
26 The 87th Pa. was organized September,
1861. and mustered into the United States serv-
ice on the l4tn uay OF tnat month"; III remained
in Maryland until May, 1862 when the regi-
meat requested to be sent to the front.
W. S. Hayes, 18th N. Y. battery, Joslin, III, |
writes that A. j. Adams's statement of the |
Peach Orchard fight is a correct one. The |
name of the battery that Comrade Adams for |
gets was the 18th N. Y. Independent battery.
Fred T. Taylor, La Conner, Wash. Ter. writes |
that at the battle of Gettysburg when the /
Bucktails relieved the First Brigade, First Di- |
vision, Second Corps, at Little Round Top, q |
farmer who lived in an old stone house rushed
put and, bidding his family good-by, took a
nusket, fell in and advanced with the regi-
nent. The farmers name was Fred Drum
nOnd.
J. E. Gilbert, Lincolnsville, Kan, was at |
gettysburg on the ID of July, where. with a
auad of soldiers, he gathered up Is rebels be-
lind the bouders on Little Round Top.
j. c. Moore. Bradenville Pa, contradicts the
statement that the battle at Sailors Creek was
he last fight of the war, and says that it really
ook place at Farmville, the day after the en-
,agement at the former place.
James De Witt, Abingdon, H.. who has just
eturned from a trip through Oregon, is not at
III pleased with the country, and would not ad
rise Eastern comrades to go there with the pur-
,ose of settling.