The National tribune., 1885-04-09
CONDENSED LETTERS.

N Post, Co. D, 121st n. Y, lion, n. Y, thinks
J. B. Rounds's account of the fight at Kappa
hammock Station very correct, with the excep-
tion of his placing the 9Th Wis. in the Second
Brigade, First Division of the Sixth Corps.
The Executive Committee of the Eleventh
Pennsylvania Volunteer Association Col. 5. NJ.
Jackson, President; Il. S. Davis, Secretary
will meet at Gettysburg, Pa, May and 3, on
which occasion the time and place of holding
the next Reunion will be decided upon.
Chas. B. Berry, Indian Springs, Mo, belonged
to Co. d. 9th Kan. Cav. He wonders if any of
his comrades remember the time they went
hunting apples at Pleasant Hill, and one of
them (Bill Parker) was seized by bulldog.
A. B. Culver, Co. B, oath Mich, Aurora, Ill,
fails to mention the 2ith Mich. as one of the
regiments composing the Iron Brigade.
Reuben Nye, Verona, Wis, noticing in a re-
cent issue of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE an
article headed Another Lonely Grave" says
the grave in question must be that of Corporal
Haynes, Co. G, 10th Mimi. as he was shot near
a place similar to that described III the commu-
nicatiOn.
R.R. RisIey, Co. E, 10th Ind, st. Johns Mich,
thinks Gen. Boyntons article on Chiekamauga
very fine, and has read it with great pleasure.
Geo. Banner, Co. A, 10th Ind, Perkinsville,
Ind, writes that both Gen. Howard and earle
ton" are mistaken in regard to the regiments
that composed the Iron Brigade it being in
reality composed as follows: The I'd, 9th and
9TH Wis, 10Th Ind. and Oath Mich.
]. A. Ralston, Serg't, Co. E, 61st Pa, Hayes
vile, o., has perused with great pleasure Gen.
j. G. Lees account of the battle of Chancellors-
vile, and thinks it very fair and impartial
description.
Enoch Brady, Ridge Farm, Ill, has read with
particular interest the story of the execution of
Andrews, one of the Engine Thieves" as he
was in Atlanta in the Spring of 1866 and learned
that the words of Andrews about Union flag
floating over the very spot where the gallows
was erected was verified. Soon after the war a
flag was tied to one of the gallows posts, and it
foated there four months He also met the
man %. jones' who dug the earth away from
Andrews's feet while he was hanging.
Samuel Blummer, Color Sergeant, 1st Mimi,
Saltwater, Mimi, having seen communications
in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE in regard to the
loss sustained by a single regiment, thinks the
1st Minn. lost more men at Gettysburg on the
memorable I'd of July than any of the regi-
ments heretofore mentioned in that connection.
Calvin Stafford, Co. K, 23d Mich, Montrose,
Mich, comes to the defense of Hoveys Division
at the battle of Resaca and claims that it was
the Second Brigade of the Second Division
that was repulsed, and not the Second Brigade
of the Third Division, as has been stated.
Charles E. Harbaugh, Erie, Kan, thinks that
den. JalHcS uotSS nOt Sel lne
his services to the country deserve, and would
be much pleased to read an article in THE Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE on the life and services OF
that distinguished soldier.
A. r. Stewart, Arcata, Cal agrees with Com
rade Chick as to the day the last infantry fight
ing was done by the Army of the Potomac, but
says he omitted to give the 18th Me. the credit
for the share it took in the combat.
P. J. Kennedy, Co. c, Sth Ill. Cav, Denison
City, Tex, Joined his company as private and
rose to be Captain. He lives in a community
where there are many ex-Confederates, and the
greatest harmony exists between them and the
ex-soldiers of the Union.
Hiram Dunn, Serg't, Co. F, 25th Iowa, Milo,
Iowa, about March, 1865 was transferred with
squad of one hundred or more Union prison
ers from Salisbury to Libby via. Danville, and
while staying at Danville few days, converted
$50 Government bond he had in his possession
into Confederate money, receiving 1850 therefor.
He loaned this money out to his comrades in
various sums they promising to pay him at
their earliest opportunity, which every man
did.
F. J. Wolford, Waverly, O.: There will be a
Reunion of the SD Ohio April z, at Waverly.
81. E. Jones' Co. III, I'd Conn. II. A, Nauga-
tuck, Conn, says that G. L. Wheelock is incor-
rect in regard to the regiments that composed
the Second Brigade. First Division, Sixth Corps,
and gives the correct regiments as the 65th and
121st N. Y, 95th Pa. and 2d Conn II. A.