The National tribune., 1885-12-10
CONDENSED LETTERS.

TIE Halcnie Bottoms. lie tnlnkS the dead lay
thicker there than in the Hornets Nest at
| shiloh
A. I. Kremer, Co. N, Sth Iowa Cav, West
Branch, Iowa, says a good word for Croxton S
! mounted brigade and its service during aud
after the Atlanta campaign.
| n. j. Barrett, 18th Wis, Trim Belle, Wis,
says he has complete roster OF his old com-
| pauy, the names OF the original regimental
| line and staff officers, and the names OF the diff
| ferent companies previous to their being organ
lied a regiment. He will deem it pleasure
to give them on application. He would be glad
to hear from his Old comrades of his regiment,
| especially of Co. Il who were members of that
company previous TO the transfer to A in
| December, 1863.
Z. III. Coney, Topeka, Kan, writes that Dan
iel McAlpin, SO years of age, and a veteran of
| the war of 1Sl2, is an inmate of the poorhOuse
III Rlce County, and that some effort should he
made by Grand Army comrades to get him
transferred to a Soldiers Home.
X. e. Waterman, Co. G, 18th Mich, Allegan,
| Mich, believes Congress should pass law CIV
| ing every soldier a deed of 100 acres OF land
when located. He would like to hear from
comrades of the GAR. on the subject.
| 5. Il. Cobb, 32d Me-, Gray, Me-, thinks the
Government ought to pension all the soldiers
who served three months or more.
Thos. Hunter, Co. ID, 18th Mich. Cav, thinks
Lieut.. lsgrieg, of that regiment is not quite
|
Davis. He would like to know how much
Lieut.. lsgri igg received for his share of the
| money paid for the capture.
j. N. Stanford, I'd battalion, 18th U. S. Inf,
| Brunswick, Tenn, tells the story of the capture
by the rebels, and the recapture by the 9Th
| Ohio and I'd Mimi, Of the Regular battery at
| Chickamauga.
| A. II. Stafford, Ellington, N Y, says: At
| Bermuda Hundred, Va, in 1864, took from a
rebels knapsack Testament with the name of
| Edward N. Jeannerett, Go. /, 9th S. Co. prison.
| er OF war at Fort Delaware, Sept. Is, 1862.
l have the same now, and would be pleased to
| send it to him any of his friends.
Emmett M. Irons, Co. E, 121st N. Y, Fly
Creek, Otsego Co., n. Y, wants to read some-
thing about his regiment. and also wants some
one to tell him how to make "hardtack." He
| wants to make it for use at campfires.
w. w. Riley, 18th w. Va, Clendennin w.
Va, writes that he thought he belonged to the
Eighth Corps, but after reading recent commu-
nications he begins to think there no
Eighth Corps, and is not certain whether he
himself was in the army at all or not
A. Koch, Co. F, 12lst Pa, East Sandy, We
mango Co., Pa, writes how an old wornOut artil-
lery horse frightened whole picket-line one
night at High Bridge, Va.
II. Churchill, Co. c, 29th Mass, hatfield,
Mass, gives sketch of his part in the seven
days lighting on the Peninsula.
III. w. Miller Co. X, 9TH Iowa, Mt. Valley,
Iowa, urges soldiers to unite for a change of
the present arrears of pension law.
j. Snellbaker, Co. +, 4th Ohio, Sandyville,
o., says, in reply to Comrade Oliver H. Bur-
dette. of the Tooth Pa, that the honor of re-
puising Longstreet's famous charge on the 9th
of May 1864, in the battle of the Wilderness,
belongs to Third Brigade, Second Division, Sec
ond Corps, commanded by Gen. S. S. Carroll,
consisting of the 4th and Sth Ohio, 9TH w. Va,
and 18th ind. The brigade was complimented
on the field by Gen. Hancock for the gallant
style in which it was done.
+. w. Morrison, 4th Ohio tells of the expe-
rience of his regiment at the battle of the VIII
derness, when it was on the eve of being mus
tered out by reason of its expiration of term of
service.
Daniel Donovan, Co. B, 18th ILL.,, Reed City,
Mich, corrects Comrade Snider by saying that
Steeles command, and not A. J. Smiths, took
Fort Blakeley at Mobile.
j. c. Van Orman, 1O3d Ohio, 96 Stanton ST.,
Cleveland, o., thanks Comrade Root for taking
up the cudgel in defense of the oath KY. He
says his regiment was brigaded for two years
with the 24th KY. and Goth ILL.,, in the Twenty
third Corps.
d. L. Hamer, Co. G, Gath N. Y, Lacona, N.
Y, discusses the question as to which was the
original Iron Brigade, and says it was composed
of the 14th Brooklyn, 22d, oath, and 30th n Y,
and Cd Berdan's Sharpshooters.
Private" Co. C. 18th Me-, thinks it strange
that more is not heard from the old Second
Corps.
A. A. Garlock, First Lieutenant. 10th Mich
Cav, Sebewa, lOnia Co., Mich, writes in high
commendation of Gen. George b. Mcclellan
the organizer of the grand Army of the Poto-
mac. He thinks justice has not been done to
Little Mac" whose name is so dear to his old
soldiers, and urges the erection at Washington
OF a suitable monument.
III. G. Parker Co. B, 10th ILL.,, and Co. B, 1st
NJ. NJ. b, Morrisonville, Ill.,, wants to know if
&C. Grundy" is the man who was shot across
the breast at Mound City, ILL.,, while in camp,
by the accidental discharge of a mimic rife by
one of his comrades.
A. X. Rarey, Captain, Co. /, 45th Ohio, Ken
ton, o., fully cOrrObOrates the statements in
recent article in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE re-
specting cruelties practiced by Gen. Longstreet's
men on wounded prisoners in East Tennessee.
o. f. Sweet Battery F. 1st Pa Art saws the
claim of the New York regiments to the name
and fame of the Iron Brigade is spurious that
1.-THE noted and only true Iron Brigade known
by nearly every one in the grand Army of the
Potomac, and whose name and heroic deeds
will live long after we are all gone was COM
posed of the I'd, 7th, and 9Th Wis; oath Mich,
and 10Th Ind"
j. r. Rathburn, Co. K, 125th Ohio. Big Run,
o., referring to the recent request of a veteran
for some one to write up the regiment which
stole the most chickens and contained the great
est number of liars, and the oldest privates,
says that while his regiment did not stand in
the front rank of purlOiners and prevaricators,
it contained plenty of men old enough to know
how to keep something to eat, whether on the
march or in camp or field.
J. r. Young, Co. H, oath N. Y, Liverpool
N. " agrees with Comrade A. C. Tibbals in |
regard to the regiments composing the First
Brigade, First Division, First Corps
Eugene Cole, Co. B. 10th Mich, Brecken- |
ridge, Colo. was captured at Bentonville N c., |
March 10, 1865, and as soon taken to the rear |
the rebels robbed him of all his possessions in
Guiding $3 worth of postage stamps.
G. ID. Kindall, Captain, Co. K, 11th Mo-, New |
ton, ILL.,, writes that Col. Rodgers fell dead |
when within probably two feet of the ditch |
surrounding Robinett, at Corinth.
Buckeye" Creola, O., referring to q recent |
communication in regard to Capehart'- Brigade,
says the assertion made therein that the organ
izatiOn was composed of loyal West Virginans
is true only in part, as the brigade was COM
posed of the 1st, I'd and Sd VIVA. Cav, and the
1st N. Y. (Lincoln) Cav, and was the Third |
Brigade of Clusters Cavalry Division. E. M.
Johnson, Crown Point, N. Y, also differs in q
few minor points with the communication in
question, in regard to the date of several of
the events mentioned, etc.
w. NJ Nichols, 1st Mo. Eng, West Liberty,
ILL.,, says that in the Fall of 1861, while his
was encamped seven miles south
of Sedalia, Mo-. at large spring, a Frenchman
of Co. F committed suicide and was buried
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