The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-02-26
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Twenty third Army Corps, captured more
rebel flags at franklin than all the rest of the
troops engaged; also that il was the first TO
capture the rebel works ut Resaca and the first
to cross the Chattahooehie River.
Karl" criticizes sharply the management
of the Soldiers Home ut Dayton, Ohio; he
thinks the military discipline is too strict. He
says the Home has now about 800 inmates, of
whom 80 have TO sleep on the floor for lack of
accommodations.
w. J. Smith, West Township, Albany Co.,
n. Y, writes: Hold on. b. +. Luce, Drum
Major, 9Th Wis. You got the AID N Y off its
base when you put it in the Third Brigade,
First Division. Sixth Corps, at Rappahannock.
The 43d after the Charlottesville campaign,
was assigned to the Third Brigade, Second
Division, Sixth Corps in which it served until
mustered out June "a, 1865"
S. A. McNiel, Go. F, 31st Ohio, Redwood, o.,
says that the First Brigade, Third Division,
Fourteenth Corps, composed of the 18th, 31st,
and 3Sth Ohio and sd Ind, turned Braggs
left at Hoover's Gap in June, 1863 and at
Chickamauga took from the rebels a battery,
which had been captured from the 21st Wis.,
and 10Th Pa. He would like to hear from any
survivors of the brigade.
+. Folger, Co. E. 5th VT, Duncombe, Iowa.
would like to know if any comrade remembers
the expedition gotten up by the Sixth Corps in
the Shenandoah Valley in the Fall of 1864. He
says the expedition was sent upon information
| given by pretended deserter. who said he
knew where there were 500 good horses Sc
creted in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
d. C. Barrows, 22d ILL.,, Bartondale, Kan
cOrrects Comrade Brown, 10th ILL.,, who said
| that Col. Swanwick was wounded and taken
prisoner at Stones River. He was neither
wounded nor captured there, but had two
| horses killed.
| C Hackett, 18th Mass. battery, Northamp
ton, Mass, says that the 14th N. Y. II. A. did
| MIC Iut in IF tod
"a, 1865, and that they did not behave very
well. He says they permitted charge by the
! enemy, which resulted in the capture of two of
| the guns of his battery.
w. G. Hotter, Co. ID, 45th Pa Howard Cen
ter, Pa, has in his possession bible which he
found i'll rebel rife-pit in front of Petersburg,
| June 8, 1865. The owner had evidently been
wounded as the book plainly shows blood
stains. On the fly leaf is the inscription, WIN.
| w. Hutchinson Co. X, 46th Va. Reg, July 10,
/ 1863" Comrade Hotter will restore the bible
to its owner or any of his friends who may
apply to him.
! John Newland, Co. C, 10th Mo-, Westfield,
Mcpherson Co., Kan, insists that his regiment
| was the first to enter jackson, Miss, and not
the 59th Ind. He says his company lost half
| its men i'll that fight.
w. b. Willis, Second Lieutenant, Co. G, Oath
| N. Y, Alloway, n. j., corrects L. Williamson
in regard to the First Brigade, Third Division,
Second Corps, the latter having omitted the
oath and 2Sth n. j., which belonged TO that
brigade.
| J. S. Thompson, Captain, Co. F, 10th VT,
| Lyndon, VT, says he was one of the 600 Union
prisoners at Charleston who were placed under
the fire of the Morris Island batteries. He al
| ways supposed that the shells came from the
| Swamp Angel battery, and would like to know
| whether this is correct.
Francis Z. Wood, Pomona, H., writing of the
paI hat hut for A
J. Smith the expedition would have been q
total failure.
f. r. Beach, Co. K, I'D Ohio, strongly de-
tends the 10th and I'D Ohio at Shiloh from the
criticisms of Comrade Hogue.
Wesley Kyshcr, Cleveland, Tenn, Senior
| Vice-Commander, Oviatt Post, No. 90 GAR,
| Department of Tennessee and Georgia, asks
| financial aid for needy soldiers of that Post
j. NJ. Lovejoy, Co. g, 121st N. Y, South Val
| ley, N. Y, pays high compliment TO the gal
/ lantry of the I'd Conn. H. A. at Cold Harbor,
| where it lost $50 men and captured nearly 500
| prisoners; and also, at Winchester Cedar
Creek, Fishers Hill, Petersburg, and Sailors
| Creek.
| VIM. c. Chick, Co. l, s5th Pa, Uniontown,
Pa, takes issue with Capt. F. C. Jones, 9th n.
| Y, in regard to the last fighting done by in
faEtIy in the campaign that ended at Appomat-
| tOx. He says the last infantry fighting was
done by First Brigade, First Division, Twenty
! fourth Corps. composed of the seth ILL.,, 9th
Ohio 199th Pa, and a detachment of the S5th
| Pa. The fight occurred on the morning of
| April 8, 1865.
| w. X. Spencer, Co. B, McLaughlin's squad
ron, Ohio Cav, Bridgeport, HI, confesses that
he was the culprit who stole and ate the grid
| die greaser" of his mess in camp at Strawberry
! Plains, Tenn.
| A. Lawson, Co. B, 9Th Kan. Cav, writes an
account of the march down the White River,
| Ark, in 1862.
Dr. C. III. Merrick, Seattle, Wash. Ter. speaks
a good word for the Sth Ohio, " regiment
which has travelled farther, fought harder and
! suffered more, with less blowing than any other
| Ohio regiment"
Geo. w. Hitchcock Quartermaster Sergeant,
| seth n. Y, writes that COmrade Armstrong is
| wrong in his criticism of Cartoons" account
of the capture of a rebel battery on the Nanse-
mond in the Spring of 1868. The S9th n Y.
| and part of the Sth Conn., did capture a rebel
| fort there with eight guns and 119 prisoners,
| including nine officers, and were cOmplimented
| in orders by Gen. Getty.
John w. Poland Co. E, Saith Ind, Frankton,
| Ind. supports the claim of his regiment for the
honor of capturing the battery at Magnolia
Church.
| Henry Hazler, Poquetannock, Conn, has in
his possession discharge of Gustavus Fine
| from Co. f, It'll regiment, V. X. c., formerly of
| Co. A. SD ILL.,, which he will be glad to restore
| to It's owner.
A. p. Heminger, First Serg't, Co. A, 12lst Ohio,
Martinstown, Mo-, writes briefly of Kenesaw.
| His brigade was the Second of the Second
Division, Fourteenth Corps and was composed
of the 18th H., 1OSth, 18th and 121st Ohio. He
| thinks that if the Goth Ohio, Twentieth Corps,
which was next on their right, had moved for
ward its line during the charge the effort TO
break the enemy would have been successful.
| C.S. Atkins, Co. F, I'd KAN Pleasanton, Kan,
says that Gen. Lyon was killed at Wilson's
Creek, while personally leading the I'd Kan in
a charge. Col. Robert B. Mitchell, of that regi-
ment, was wounded almost at the same moment
and fell by his side.
X. n. Ashmore, Co. c, Second Battalion. q. S.
Inf, says that in the charge up Missionary
Ridge they struck the 9th Tex, captured its
camp and a large number of its members. He
says that when "Old Pap" Thomas came rid
ing across the plain toward the Fourteenth
Corps, the latter united in a mighty shout that
seemed to shake the very hills. No power on
earth could stop the boys on that charge after
they once got fairly started.
Jacob Boyd, Pontiac, Kan, would like to hear
| from any of his comrades who took prisoners
from Point Lookout, Md, to Elmira, N. Y,
during which trip large number were killed
and wounded by railroad accident.
| J. S. Alexander, Co. +, 9th Ind, writes an
account the Red River expedition in which he
was one of the captured and taken with large
| party of prisoners to Alexandria, La There a
| scheme was laid to Overpower the guards, cap
ture the arms, release the officers confined in
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