The National tribune., 1885-04-02

and the Eleventh Corps from the criticism of 3.
L. Cook in THE TRIBUNE of Feb. 10.
G. N. Barrett, Co. III, 10th Pa, Port Allegany
Pa, says there is not the slightest doubt as to
Stonewall Jackson being shot by his own men.
A. w. Saint, Sergeant Co. ID, 36th Ind,
Knightstown. Ind, is delighted with Gen.
Boynton's account of the battle of Chickamauga
and thinks it by all odds the best article on
that engagement which has yet appeared in
print
WIN. Thaler, Palmyra, Neb, while lying in
the hospital near Nashville, Tenn, in the Win
ter of IS63l6t met W. w. Brown. the engineer
of the captured train, and from him learned a
good deal about the thrilling story of Captur-
ing Locomotive
Simon Marugg. Sergeant, Co. B, 9th Wis,
Dubuque, Iowa, was severely wounded at the
battle of Gettysburg, and fell into the hands Of
the Confederates, where he remained for three
days
j. s. Bailey Co. G, 9th Ill. Cav, Menomonee,
Wis, in reading Gen. Hatch's letter TO Conrade
Surby in regard to the battle of Moscow, won-
ders how the General could claim that the
fight occurred on the south side of Wood River
as when he arrived there not one of his men,
except the dead and wounded, were on that
side of the river.
John P. Myers, Springvile n Y, was taken
prisoner July /, 1863, at Gettysburg, and was
released the day after President Lincoln was
murdered. making 661 days in all he was a
prisoner OF war.
The death of Gen. Capron brings to the
memory of A. II. Taylor, First Sergeant, Co. A,
5th VT, Alexandria, Mimi. the fact that that
General commanded the brigade to which his
tTaylor's) regiment belonged during Hoods
invasion of Tennessee.
T. B. Kinton. 21st Mo, Green City, Mo-,
claims that his regiment was the largest one in
the service of the United States.
w. r. Hendricks, 57th ILL.,, Plymouth Ill,
sends some Interesting of H.
ern prisons, which we cannot publish for want
of space.
Frank Springer. First Lieutenant, Co. A, 21st
Pa. Cav, Summityille, Iowa, writes that, in the
main, Serg't Emmerson is correct as to Gen. B.
X. Warren's raid to Perryville, but he does not
mention all the troops which took part in said
raid namely, the 1st Me-, 21st Pa. Cav, 4th
n. Y, and 9th Ohio Cav.
8. p. Jewell, Co. G, 41st Ill., Fairfax. Mo-,
writes that James s. Ortman, in THE TRIBUNE
of March ), is mistaken in regard to Grants
army being whipped at Shiloh on Sunday morn
ing.
George Barber Co. G, I12th n. Y, Bradford,
Pa. says the "Swamp Angel" threw the first
shells into the city of Charleston.
J. Blair, Co. G, 18th Ohio, Caledonia. Ohio,
says that B. Chance, of Co. L, 18th Ohio was on
duty the day he was wounded by the Mexican
at San Antonia and not ON the day before, as
stated by s. G. Bernstine in a recent issue of
The TRIBUNE.
J. J. Purman, First Lieutenant, Co. A, 140th
Pa, Canton, Ohio, writes that he was wounded
in the wheatfield at Gettysburg on the second
day, and lay all that night and next day where
he fell. Near him lay a Sergeant of the 9Th or
11th Mich, badly wounded who was struck
second time while lying there. Comrade Pur-
man is trying to find him, if living, and if
dead, to learn when and where he died.
w. ]. Wheeler, 54th Ohio Olney, ILL.,, is very
murh di=rGuraDaH Hn feels that the
Union soldier is played out and the Confederacy
in the saddle, and supports this view by in
stancing the defeat of Gen. John A. Logan by
q stay home; the defeat of an old soldier
candidate for Congress i'll the 10th Illinois Dis
trict by COpperhead in the County where
Olney IS, and a One-armed soldier by man
who boasted that his father was in the rebel
army, and he would have been there had he
been old enough
o. n. Wheeler, 31st Ohio. Prescott Wash.
Ter, wishes to inform Comrades Shaw and
Cowgill that the First Brigade, First Division,
Army OF the Ohio was composed of the 18th,
3lst and 3Sth Ohio and 18th Ky.
W. E. Lane, Co. B, Sth Tenn. Cav, Greenvlle,
Tenn, writes an interesting account of the
difficulties that beset him in joining the Union
army at the outbreak OF the rebellion.
r. Chapman. Boston Highlands, Mass, in
dOrses the statement of Jno. Woods, of st.
Lawrence. Oak, in regard to the engagement
with Lees army April y, lo60.
J. Dervesse Go. ID, S1th Ohio, Bloomville, O.,
has read with great delight the articles of Gen.
Carlin in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE He is
also very much pleased with Gen. RoyntOnS
account of the battle of Chickamauga.
C.. E. Foster, Co. G, I'd n. H., Manchester, Y.
H. says that s. X. Harrison is mistaken in
stating that the Excelsior Brigade was in the
Peach Orchard at Gettysburg July 9, 1868. as
the only regiments there at that time were the
I'd n. H.. Sd Me-, 63d Pa, and Battery G, 4th
N. Y. Art.
ii. l.. Miller,Co. C. 31st Ohio. Prairie City ILL.,.
was much pleased with Gen. Boynton's account
of the battle of Chickamausa, but thinks that
he was mistaken in saying that the 9th Ohio re-
captured LiddelPs battery
G. S. Norton, Co. e.. 18th ~ Y. Ithaca, n.
Y. writes that the 21st n. Y. Cav. was not
mustered ont Of the service until somo Tine in
the Summer of 1866.
J. S. French, First Lieutenant, Co. H, 18th
Conn.,. Otsego Mich, has read with much
pleasure the communication of Comrade Hicks,
of his regiment, it being the first he had heard
from any member of the 7th Conn. for many
years.