The National tribune., 1885-01-15
CONDENSED LETTERS.

w. II. Handy, Wauseon, o., in reply to C.
Spore, Decatur, Ill, who some time since made
inquiry in regard to charge "a - little fort "
in front of Petersburg, says the name of the
place was Fort Gregg, and the charge spoken
of was made by the First Division of the
Twenty-iourth Corps. The troops in the fort
were from North Carolina and they were nearly
all killed or captured.
Abiding to q recent communication in THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, in which the writer says
there were no Bucktails" after June, 1864,
]. w. Marshall, Constantine, Mich, says he was
a member of Co. ID, 15Oth Bucktails, and that
his regiment was recruited, mustered and
fought as such, being finally discharged as
Bucktails, June %, 1865.
j. w. Sturgis, Marietta, o., writes that the
109th Pa were not the original "Bucktals, "
but in that regiment were some 200 member
of the real regiment.
J. H. Bowman, Sergeant, Co. II, 42d Ohio,
CardingtOn, o., thinks that j. E. Leasure, of
the 10th Ohio, in his communication in The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE of the 25th alt, does not
give due credit to his (Bowman's) regiment for
the part it took in the charge at Chickasaw
Bayou.
Daniel L. Dickerson, Richland, Dak writes
that he has no recollection of such man as
Carl Schweigier, Co. i, 103d N. Y, a letter from
whom appeared in THE tribune of Dec IS.
Comrade Dickerson was in that company for
in South Carolina in july 1863, but was in
Virginia OH raid to Richmond during that
time.
Howard Barvis, Co G, 10th Pa Morrisville,
Pa, says that Gen. NJ. Lovejoy, in referring to
the fight at RappahannOck Station. is incorrect
in placing the Add n Y. in the Third Brigade.
l.. Rossiter, Cotton, Cal, writes that the
Third Brigade. First Division, Sixth Corps,
commanded by Gen. David RUSSELL and COM
posed of the 9th Me-, 9Th Wis, 49th and 10th
Pa, took the rebel works at Rappahannock
Station.
G. w. Fox, 9th N. J., Trenton, N j., allud-
ing to the battle of Charlottesville, says that
" Carleton is in error when he speaks of
Bests battery, when it should have been Dim
mick's; and also in stating that the I'd n J..
captured four stands of colors, when in reality
they captured seven.
ID. S. Hunter Co. /, Cd Mimi, Anoka, MINI. !:
There will be a Reunion of the I'd Mimi, held
at st. Paul, Mimi, on Jan. 20, 1885, the 23d
anniversary of the battle of Mill Springs, KY,
in which battle the regiment took prominent
part. All members of the Second Brigade,
Third Division, Fourteenth Corps, are cordially
invited to attend, aud will receive a hearty
welcome from their old comrades-in arms.
f. E. Page Naperville, ILL.,, reads with great
pleasure the articles in The NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE, and especially those from the old COM
rades.
Capt. d. w. Davis, Tamaqua, Pa, says that
Carleton" is wrong in saying that Huey led
the charge of the 9Th Pa. Cav. at Chancellors-
vile, and that it was Maj. keenan,.
S. p Conner, MITCHELL Ind, sends us well
written communication, in which he handles
without gloves tile recent article in Demorests
Monthly, rejecting on the soldiers of the late
war.
r. King, Chester Crossroads o., contests
the claim Of l.. L. Willhide Co. f, I'D Ind, in
regard to firing the first shot at Chickamauga,
and claims that feat for Croxton's Brigade.