The National tribune., 1885-03-19

| c. L. Paris, Co. G., 18th N. Y. H. A., Owasso,
Mich, fixes the date of the capture of Fort
| Stedman as March % 1863, instead of the 9th,
as stated by Comfadc NJ. G. Hackett.
| Peter FisleT, Captain of Co. q, 9th Ind,
| MorgantOwn, Ind, writes that Ruger's Brigade
! arrived at or near the Charlottesville house
on the evening Of April 80, 1853 and went into
camp south of the plank road. The brigade
was composed of the I'd Mass, Sd Wis, 9th
| Ind, 18th n. J. and 10th \. Y, two moro
regiments than Carleton gives it.
J. +. Troutuer Co. K, Sd Iowa, Bradford,
| Iowa, objects to the statement OF Comrade II.
NJ. Strevcr, dist ILL.,, that the charge at Jackson
| Miss, July Il, S63, was made by the Second
! Brigade of LaUman's Division. lie says the
! Second Brigade was not in the charge, which
was made by the Sd Iowa, 4lst III. and SD H.,
! of the First Brigade and the 2Sth and sd ILL.,,
of the Third Brigade. Col Pugh 4ist H.,
| commanded the assaultng force. He is posi-
| tive as to the troops engaged, as Il few We're
| captured from each of these regiments and
spent several months together III rebel prisons.
| c. T. Lord. First Lieutenant, Co. i, 9Th Me-,
replying to the article in regard to the arbitrary
! transfer and forced enlistment of men from the
volunteer service into the Regular Army, says
| that while his regiment was stationed at Beau
| fort, s. C., several of its men were thus trans
! ferred to a Regular battery, and in direct oppo-
| sltIon to their wishes and protests Que man
who refused to do duty was tied up by the
| thumbs until he became exhausted, and was
cut down by order of the Surgeon.
| Eli Brooks, Sd Ind. Cav, Noblcsville, Ind,
thinks Carleton" does injustice to his regi-
ment; but Conrade Brooks neglects to say to
! what battle he refers.
| John b. Swoop, Co F, 10th Pa, Valparaiso,
| Ind, and A. r. Stuart, Sergeant Co. l. 18th
| Me-, Arcadia, Cal, both write in regard TO the
| last fighting with Lees army, and say that
! their regiments were busiy engaged on April 8.
| C. Bitka, Co. Ii, LIST Mimi, Torah Stearns
! Co, tlinn., tells of his experience at Gettys-
burg and says his regiment lost nearly four
| fifths of its men.
J. C. Clipson, Co. D, 125th H., Clarinda, Ia,
defends the 66th Ohio at Kenesaw Mountain
and says the criticisms upon that regiment by
| Comradc \. p Henninger, 121st Ohio, are I'M
| just. His bri gade commander, Gel. Dan Nc
| Cook, was mOrtally wounded.
W. +. Meyer, Serg't Co d. 1st Pa. Cav, Su-
gar Valley, Pa, differs from Comrade Simpson,
! who said there was no fighting in the forenoon
OF Aug. 8 at Cedar Mountain. His regiment
and others had sharp fighting in the morning.
Isaac Rhodes, Fulton, Ia, writes that the
| survivors of the LIST Iowa Cav. have organized
a historical society to collect, preserve and per-
| petuate the story of their campaigns and bat
| ties All comrades are invited to correspond
with DR.. Charles Ii. Lothrop, Secretary, Ly-
ons. IA.
William Campbell, Co. F, Goth No, Moline,
Kan, says that his regiment and the 18th Mo.
were in the battle at Iuka Sept. 10, 1862, sup
| porting the 11th Ohio Battery. The Goth lost
| 81 killed and wounded.
C. Sheldon, Co. +, 147th N. Y, says that Gen.
Howard is right and Comrade Cole. 7th Wis, is
wrong in regard to the 147th being in Mere
| dith's iron Brigade. He says the regiment did
belong to that brigade.
A. L. Stockholm, Co. Fl, 44th N. Y, Frank
| lin Forks, Pa, does not agree with COmrade
| Loyeioy, 12lst n. Y, as to the fight at Kappa
hammock Station. He says tho skirmish line
was composed of the 44th n. Y. on the left and
the 5th Ne. and 9th Wis on the right. He
! thinks the works were carried by the regi-
ments named, numbering in all about $50 men.
William t. Orr, z. w. w. and G. shops, Ale
gsny City, Pa, served 10 years in Co. E, 5th
! Z. $. Cav. Before the war he served with Il.
f. Lee Hardee, Van Dorm. Hood, Fitzhugh
Lee and others who became famous rebels. lie
was among those surrendered by Twiggs in
| Texas, before the war began. He witnessed
the surrender of Lee at Appomattox. and car
ries a bullet in his leg, received in Clusters
| fight at Charlottesville. Va.
| c. +. Goodrich, Pendleton, Ind. says he has
| for many years had the impression that the
| SD Mo. had hand in the fight at Helena,
Ark, July a, 1863, and was not mere locker
on while Battery K. 1st Mo. l.. A, defeated
| Price and Marmaduke. He thinks COmrade
Cornish, Bayard. Iowa, views the action through
| amiscroscope which magnifes the part taken by
| that battery.
c. Billings, Co. A, 5th U g. Cav, First Bril-
gade, First Division, Cavalry Corps. Maynard,
| Iowa, thinks the comrades who write so much
about the achievements of the Generals of the
war have been neglecting Phil Sheridan. Mr.
Billings is somewhat L" off his base" however,
| when he says Sheridan commanded the cavalry
ut Gettysburg. Sheridan was at that time COM
! handing a division of infantry in McCOok s
| Corps, Army Of the Cumberland. Gen. Buford
commanded the Union cavalry at Gettysburg.
w. A. Bartholomew, Marengo. Iowa. has in
| his possession the discharge of John Marshall
| Private, Co. NJ, 14th n. Y. III. A. mustered out
at Washington, D. c.. Aug, 26, 1865. which he
would be glad to place in the hands of its owner
or his friends. The discharge was picked up
in Connersville, Ind, in 1869
| Ross K. COwen, Co. A, McIaughlin's Squad
| ron, Ohio Cav, declares himself ready to for
| give the miscreant who stole jug of applejack
| from his tent in North Carolina if he can fud
out who he was. He would like to have the
| man confess"
| w. r. Ii. Pomehorn, Co K, 14th Pa, Lake
! Spring Dent Co. Mo-, writes to let his old conf
Tades know that he is still present for duty and
| able to eat his rations. He will correspond
! with any who may write him.
Il. f. LOCKER. Serg't, Co. G, 42d Pa, and
Serg't, Co. g, 190th Pa, rises to remark that if
| all Gen. Shieldss troops had done as we'll at
| Port Republic as CarrOlls Brigade. Stonewall
| Jackson would not have crossed the bridge.
! James Cutlery Co. 3, 4lst ILL.,, Bealsville,
Pa, writes that ho was "only : private haul
| ing ammunition for the gallant soldiers W no did
| the fighting" He was in 4 ]. Smiths Corps,
and thinks he was the "boss " General.
| q. l.. Wheelock, Co. f, 37th Mass Adams,
| Mass calls Comrade Shearer. 13Sth Pa. to
| order respecting the troops engaged at Sailors
| Creek. He says the First Division, Sixth Corps,
| was in the advance, its Second Brigade leading
composed of the 37th Mass, Cd Il. l., Sd, 5th
23d and SD Pa, 4th and 5th Wis. The 37th
! Mass took twice as many prisoners as it had
men in its ranks, losing nine killed and l3
| wounded.
| George n. Richardson Pioneer, Williams Co.
| o., wants some one to send him the words of
the song beginning, Shenandoahs fertile val
| 10y long had been the rebel boast"
II. A. Trip, Blue Ill., Me- says w. II. Arm
strong is in error when he claims that no regi-
ment of cavalry was mustered out later than
the 1st n. Y. Mounted Rifles, Nov %, 1865
The 2d BE. Cav. was mustered out Dec. g. 1865,
at Barancas, Fla. He does not know as this
was the last cavalry mustered out but is sure
that it takes the cake" from the LIST n. Y.
o. A. Moser, Co X. 10th Iowa, Emporia Kan,
was much pleased with the article of Lieut.. S.
f. Jones, of the 18th Wis, in regard to the bat
tie of Iuka which apparel in THE TRIBUNE of
Jan. %.
William F.. Warthen, Co II, 9th Iowa Cav,
Davenport, Iowa, remembers very well the hard
fighting the old Seventh Corps did in Southern
Ark thpir annmipo haip0 hn oil ioa