The National tribune., 1885-10-22
CONDENSED LETTERS.

| Jas w. Shaw, Co. FL, Both ILL.,, Carlinville
| ILL.,, in reply to a communication from w. w.
Allen in a recent issue of THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, in regard to the shooting of a pris-
oner in retaliation for the murder of forager,
says that he remembers the case very well. The
| forager who was killed about that time was
named Woodruff. He would leave the camp
| and go about fOraging without orders stealing
| jewelry aud the like. One day Woodruff was
| found dead, with piece OF paper pinned to his
breast, on which 1T said: Death to foragers."
The old man who drew the fatal slip was the
father of nine children, and everybody de-
| plored his sad lot. The Colonel commanding
| the regiment at the time was w. c. Rhodes, and,
of course, it became his painful duty to detail
| the men to do the shooting.
| n. A. Victor, Co. C., 10th Iowa, Montezuma,
| Iowa, claims that his regiment was the first
regiment that entered Little Rock, Ark.
A. p. Carr, Tacoma, Wash. Ter, writes that
Lieut.. Steele, of the 18th n. Y, is correct in
regard to the regiments forming the Iron Bril-
gade.
Sam1 R. Russell, Pottsville, Pa, writes that
| until he saw the controversy in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE regarding the use of lances in the
rebel army, he never knew that there was any
doubt about their use. He got pike, or lance,
at Yorktown, Va, which was about 10 inches
wide and about IL feet in length, and two
edged.
John Shay, National Military Home, o.,
| writes that he sang Marching Through Geor-
gia at the Treasury at Washington in Octo-
ber 1864
E. w. Nagle, National Home, Wis, has in
his possession the head of a spear or lance, which
he got in the fort at or near Bayou Metoe, Ark.
4. Houghton, Co. l. 22d Mass, Boston, Mass,
says that nothing too good can be said of
Duryea's Zouaves and their conduct at the
battle of Gaines's Mill.
H. III. Wickham, Canaanville, o., writes that
there was man by the name of Sherman of
Michigan, hung with a hickory withe by rebels
near the Chattahoochee River. He also writes
| that VIM. j. Lawton was shot and killed near
Rome, Ga, by rebel scout, and that he Wick
ham has in his possession picture of him.
He will be glad to give any information in his
possession to Lawtons friends on application.
w. Smith, Harrison, Ind. on Sunday, Sept.
90, 1863, at the battle of Chickamauga, saw q
bugler seize the flag of some regiment that was
being driven back under murderous fire from
the rebels He the(bugler) blew to the colors,"
around which the men rallied and checked the
advance of the COnfederates. COmrade Smith
has long wished to know who this gallant man
was, but so far has been unsuccessful in finding
out
John K Duke, Co. F, SD Ohio, Portsmouth,
o. writes that it is difficult to state which regi
ment was the first to enter Columbia S. c., as
any one of the 60 regiments composing the
Fifteenth Corps might lay claim to that honor.
w. III. Hittle, Sergeant, Battery K, LIST BIO.
L. A., Henderson, Iowa, writing in regard to
the battle of Corinth, asks if Davis's Division
was not the only one engaged the first day of
that famous fight.
Thos. Alum, Des Moines, Iowa, was appoint
ed Corresponding Secretary of the 22d Iowa
Regimental Association at q recent meeting of
that organization, and wishes to get the names,
company and pOSt-otfice address of all COM
rades in order to prepare roster.
Nj. Harter, Co. b, 120th OHIO, Butler, o.,
writes that while in Texas, sometime ago, he
became the possessor Of saber-bayonet dated
1872, which he prizes very highly.
David F. Jones, Cd Ito. Cav. Go. E. MerrilPs
Horse, Rose, Kan, states that his command
was the first to cross the river at Little Rock.
NJ. w. JONES' Co. +, 23d Mich, Howard, Kan,
says many erroneous accounts of the regiments
which composed the Second Brigade, Second
Division, Twenty-third Corps, have recently
been published, and gives as its correct con-
stituents the 11lth and 115th Ohio sOth Ind,
107th H., 18th KY, and the 23d Mich.
N. S. Fales, Sergeant, Co. B, 18th Me-, Thorn
aston Me-, writes that notice recently pub
lished in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE in regard
to Peter Ames, Of Belmont, Me-, was the cause
of him finding that old comrade, whom he had
not seen for nearly 25 years, though we lived
but 90 miles apart.
J. Weidensall, Lieutenant, Saith Pa, Los An
geles, Cal, sends an interesting account of the
operations of his regiment from its muster-in
until its term of service had expired.
Jno. w. Sedgwick, Co. G, seth Ind, Sedg-
wick, KY, claims for that regiment the honor
of being the first to plant its flag on the top of
Missionary Ridge.
Eugene Mann, Batavia, Ill, sends an interest
ing account of his stay in Belle Isle Prison.
He drew rations for his mess, which was COM
posed of 20 comrades. The food supplied he
had to divide into 20 parts, and he says it was
not an agreeable task to do so with 20 hungry
men watching him for fear that he would put
q crumb more in one mans share than another.
Attention. Kansas SOIdiersi