The National tribune., 1886-10-28

] ported IN the Wisconsin Adjutant-GcnerH'7
Report Of Sept 80 1862; while the az. dnce
! on Fredericksburg did not occur till zee: Is
j. +. Gwynn, Signal Corps, ,.my oi the
! Cumberland, Carmichacls Pc avs that Lieut.
Sherry was on kencSaw Mcsntaln al the time
Gen. Sherman signale' 10 ten. toTse we
/ hope we have the cow.ade 5 name spelled right,
! FOR he saws: Navy Of our boys IN the army
dreaded being killed. because they said in pub
fishing the list the newspapers would be sure
10 spell D,cir names wrong
L. 4 Patterson, Jacksonville, H.. claims
that the Twentieth Corps suggested 10 the Eff
tconth Corps the badge Of cartridge-boN,
which was adopted by the latter.
+, II. Stewart, Captain, 18th Ohio Fostoria,
O., stands by Capt. Garrctty in regard 10 the
composition Of McCook's Corps az pcrryyille
He writes: " Every officer or enlisted man who
belonged TO the Army of the Cumberland should
have known by this time, if he did not then,
that the army i'm pursuit of Bragg was COM
posed of three Corps-McCooks Crittondcn's
and Gilbert's, with the division Of Dumont un-
assigned. Gen Thomas at that time was sec
ond in command and not commanding any
particular Corps, although at the time of the
battle of Perryville he was with and took
charge of the right wing Gen Crittenden's
Corps McCook's Corps was composed of the
divisions Of Sill, Rousseau and Jackson"
Edward Bradfleld, Co. G, 1Ith Me-, now Co.
Il, 18th L. 6. Inf, Cedar Canyon, y. NJ, cor
reefs Comrade J. ii. Smith in regard to the
9TH Vt. He says: Gen. Banks and not Gen.
Butler commanded before and after the siege
of Port Hudson. Gen. Butler did reprimand
the 9TH VT, but il was for conduct at Baton
Rouge, La, Aug. 3, 1862.
Lewis Campbell, Co. +, 10th Ohio, Darling
ton, Mo-, sends an account of the part his
regiment took in the battle of Shiloh. Ii was
in the brigade with the 4Sth and I'D Ohio,
commanded by Gen. II. p. Buckland.
w. III. Lee, Sergeant, Co. ID. Sth Iowa Cav,
corrects Comrade Munson Wolfe. He says:
when our cavalry brigade was organized in
the Spring Of 1864 for the Atlanta campaign il
consisted of the 18th Ky. M't'd Inf 9th KY, ID
Mich, LIST Tenn, and Sth Iowa, commanded for
a while by Col D0rr of the sth Iowa. and then
by Gen. John T. Croxton. If my memory
serves me right our brigade remained unbroBen
until the close Of the Wilson campaign in the
Spring Of 1861
Stephen \. Tolman, Co. D. 10th Mass, 145
Everett avenue, Chelsea. Mass, heartily ap-
proves the course of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
in regard 10 the GAR. Pension Committee.
He thinks the pension ratings do great injus-
tice 10 soldiers who have lost the sight of one
eye They received only a per month for a
long time, and now only s.. which he thinks
very small compared with other disabilities.
w. III. Smith, Co. X, sth Iowa Cav. Sutton,
Neb, reminds Comrade Munson Wolfe, LIST
regiments that formed the Cavalry Brigade on
the extreme right at Nashville Dec. Is, 1864.
The Colonel that first commanded the brigade
was j. b. Dorr, of the Sth Iowa. The brigade
was composed of the lst Tenn. Cav, 4th Ky.
Mtd Inf, ID Mich. Cav. and sth Iowa Cav.
Dan knight, Co. G, 9Th Iowa Cav, Cofax,
Iowa. disputes the claim Of COmrade Archer,
9TH Ohio Cav, 10 the capture of the bridge at
Pulaski, Tenn. He says the job was neatly
done by the 9Th Iowa. His own horse was
killed near the bridge and a number of his
comrades were killed i'm the charge
NJ r. Denniston, Sd y. j., Washingtonville,
n. Y, informs III. C.. Framework that the 33d
n. ]. was engaged the sth of May, 1864, at
Rocky Face Ridge, Ga 1t was on the extreme
right, and lost SO men and four officers killed
and wounded. Ii could not have been at Dug
Gap, as Famesworth says.
Edwin w Smith, Co. G, 5ith Ohio. Covert,
Kan, writes TO correct an error he made in his
Atlanta article. lie should have said the slst
Ohio instead Of the sod The SD Ohio was not
in the Fifteenth Corps. He would also like 10
make honorable mention Of the 10Th and Goth
H., of the same brigade and corps, who, along
with the slst Ohio so nObly and calamity helped
the Second Division 10 retake the lost lines.
Lieut.. A. Miller, Co. d. % VI. 5. VI. Cav,
McCune Crawford Co, Kan, writing Of the
Marmaduke raid says he was Officer Of the Day,
received the flag Of truce FOR immediate sur
render, and after the battle marched with the
force at the Cape, consisting OF the "a No. Cav,
LIST Neb. and lst No. battery. Gen. Yandevers
force consisted Of the 10th and 18th III. Cav.
Sd Mo. Cav, and Battery c, lst No. Art
b. +. Maull Co 4, Sd y. j., Bridgeton. y.
J., says the lst, I'd, Sd, 4th and 18th " j.. First
Division, Sixth Corps were the First y. J. Bri-
gade and not the Second as stated by COmTadc
Gore, ID ~ j. The First was Phil. Koarny's
old brigade.
A. NJ. Casteel, Co f, 18th No. Cav, Frecland,
Carter Co, No, will be glad TO answer any in
quiries relative TO the graves Of two Union sol
ders near that place. One of them has on n
Died Jan. /, 1sG3" The men belonged TO the
command of Gen. Davidson. They should be
removed 10 one of the National cemeteries.
Clinton VI. Ncrmillion Co. A, seth Ohio,
Assaria, Kan. takes issue with the comrade
who said the Third Brigade, Third Division,
Fourth Corps was not in action at New Hope
Church on the Atlanta campaign. He says he
was in that brigade, and received wound at
New Hope from the effects Of which he has
never recovered.
q. w. Jackson, Co. G., l2Ith ILL.,, Chester,
Neb., has noticed that the G. A r. Pension Com
mittee is censured by many comrades for not
voting 10 pension all ex-prisoners of war. He
does not think this class more entitled 10 pen
siOns than any other disabled soldiers He
DtieNes All CoulIaucs not aDlc 10 perform manual
labor entitled TO the promised support from the
Government when they are needy and de-
pendent upon charity or other support
David A. Snowman, Co. III, 4th Me- Caribou,
Me- thinks Congress should pass a law giving
81 per month 10 all dependent or disabled soil
diers and do away with the vast amount of
special pension legislation. Ho hopes the Grand
Army will work solidly for this
William NJ. Mackey, Co c, 18th Ill, Hutson-
vile, ILL.,, declares that the attack on Sunday
morning at Shiloh was a surprise 10 the Union
army, or at least 10 a large portion of il. He
says that when the picket-line came tearing
back in confusion our regiment was cleaning
guns for inspection, some with the barrels Off
the stocks others were packing knapsacks or
polishing Shoes
5. +. Chandler, Co. +, oath n. Y, Mime
apolis, Mimi, agrees with Comrade Pr1yn that
the Iron Brigade was composed Of the l4th
Brooklyn, 22d, oath aud Both ~ Y. and bat
TALON Of BeTdan's SharpshOoters from the
Spring OF 62 until the brigade was disbanded
IA May, 63. Then" he SAYS, :" the Wisconsin
Brigade took the name. We do not deny that
they carried the name from that time till the
close OF the war, but we do claim, and they
know our claim is just, that they got il second
hand.p
L. Kneeland, Co F, sd Mass, Minneapolis
Mimi, says: " have in my possession book
called the Letter Writer which / picked up
on the battlefield, with the name T.. ID. IVES
ton, Go. b, lst u. s. Chasseurs written i'm IL. III
he is living or any Of his relatives would be
glad 10 restore the book 10 them"
James Harrel, Co. ID, Goth Ind, corrects Com
rade Charles A. Curtis in reference 10 the hat
tie and surrender at Munfordville, Ky. He