The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1885-08-20

| Nicholas thinner, SD Ind, Covington, Ky,
writes an excellent letter urging the Senators
and Representatives to retain the present in
ternal revenue and customs systems and dis
| tribute the surplus revenue among the deserv-
| ing and needy old soldiers of the country.
| Royce Kelley, Hartford, Mich, says the regi-
ments composing the :" Iron Brigade" were the
| I'd, 9th and 7th Wis. 10Th Ind. and oath Mich.
Henry c. Kuester, Co. B, 10th ILL.,, Oakland,
] CAL, in reply to a recent article in The Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE, entitled IAN Irritable Colo
nel," says that gross injustice is done Col.
| Mersy in that letter; that he was thorough
| gentleman in all that word implies, and one
not at all likely to give way to such explosions
| of wrath as the communication credited him
with.
John Furse Co. I, I'd Wis, Lockport n Y,
| gives the regiments composing the " Iron Bri-
| gade" as the 3D. 9th and 9TH Wis, 18th Ind.
and oath Mich
s. D. Davis, WILDER, Neb, writing in regard
| to the recapture of De Grasses battery, says
| that if Judge Woods, of Washington, ID. c., who
was Colonel of the 10th Ohio at the time re-
| ferred to, would tell what he knows about the
affair, it would do great deal to set the matter
| straight.
Chas. L. Marie, Co. K. Tooth Pa, Manasquan,
| n j., writes that Gen. Polk was killed late in
| the afternoon of June IA, and not at the time
stated by J. L. Rice in recent issue of The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
John B. Boyd, Willmar, Kan, served in Co.
| G., 9th Ill,-First Brigade, First Division,
Seventeenth Corps,-and says his regiment did
| enter Columbia, S. c., Notwithstanding Com
| rade Prouty's assertion that the Seventeenth
Corps did not go into that city.
A. P. Mcfarland, Co. K, 4th Iowa, Bridge
port, O., thinks the honor of retaking De
Grasses battery does not belong to any regi-
ment, but all the troops engaged in the battle.
He says the rebels were simply fanked away
from the battery and driven back on its right,
and the mere fact of being the first to reach
the guns did not amount to anything, as the
fighting which rendered the recapture possible
was not done i'll their vicinity.
III. Cofeen, Council Bluffs Iowa, writes that
it was the LIST Iowa l.. A. in command of First
Lieut.. VIM. III. Gay, which assisted so mate
rally in the recapture of De Grasses battery,
and not the 18th Iowa, as was stated in a recent
communication in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
J. H. Crowder Bethany, H., writes that the
10th Ill. Cav. was certainly the first regiment
to enter Little Rock, Ark.
N. T. Barrett, Co. E. sd Ohio, Union, O.,
claims that his regiment assisted in the taking
of De Grasses battery.
Alvin A. Estey, Co. C, 4th Wis. Cav, Sheboy-
gan Falls, Wis, sends US an interesting sketch
of his regiment, in which he served five years.
Myron L. Crittenden, Co. /, 4th Iowa Cav,
Washburn, Mo-, has read with great pleasure
the columns of " Fighting Them Over" and
would like very much to see an account of some
of the doings of his regiment, particularly in
regard to Guntown, Tupelo, Prices raid in
Missouri, Grierson's raid and the Wilson raid.
j. S. Chandler Co. B, 9Th VT, Ripton, VT,
writes that at the stOrming of Marye's flights,
May g. 1863 the 2d and 5th Vt, assisted by the
right wing of the Goth N. j., captured five guns
of the famous Washington Artillery.
A. McKirahan, Co. d, ADD Ohio, College
Springs Iowa. writes that he is sure that some
of the rebel troops under jeff Thompson in the
forts at New Madrid, Mo-, were armed with
spears or spikes.
G. w. Wilson, Co. K, 18th Iowa, Pike Kan,
says the 18th Iowa was certainly the first regi-
ment to enter Columbia, s. c. He thinks Com
rade S. L. Parker must be mistaken about the
Both Iowa finding the Nag of the 18th leaning
against stone at the Courthouse. He would
like to know if the flag was attached to staff
at the time of its alleged discovery.
II. E. Vaughn, Co. L, oath Kan, Mulberry
Grove, Kan, writes that short time after the
siege of Knoxville some soldiers, in looking
over the battlefield in front of Fort Sanders,
found q number of lances. The slaves were of
black walnut, about five feet in length, and the
blades, which were of polished STEEL about IL
inches. Comrade Vaughn adds that friend of
his has the head of one of these weapons, which
he cut from the staff and carried away as a relic
Frank Faville, Captain, Co. d, 9th n. Y,
Dogelville, n. Y, writes that Lieut.. ID. S. Fa-
ville who was killed at the second battle of
Bull Run, had on his person when killed, his
watch and chain, letters, diary, pocketbook,
sword. belt and revolver. The family would be
very thankful for the return of the sword.
Truman III. Barbick, Co. F, 22d N. Y, Jesup,
Iowa, says the First Brigade, First Division,
First Corps, was composed of the I'd Burdan's
Sharpshooters, 14th Brooklyn, 22d N. Y, Both
n Y and oath N. Y.