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tn. Fight With nOsby at w.rrentOn junction.


To THE EDITOR: Please allow me space in
your paper for few words in regard 10 the
fight we had with Mosby on the I'd day OF May,
1863. think Comrade Sample, in The Ma
TToNAL TRIBUNE of June 10, is q little mis-
taken in regard 10 who was in command. There
was part of three regiments with us-lst VT,
9th n. Y, LIST w. Va Lieut.-Col. Crepps, OF
the 1st w. Va, was in command. At the time
above stated we had stopped for breakfast The
5th y. y. stopped i'm the rear Of US a short dis
lance. in a bit OF timber. The Ist VT was sent
ahead to see what they could find. and Mosby
got in behind them and came in on us by
the same road the 1st VT. went out, and that
fooled us a little, as some OF rs thought 1t was
the LIST Vt. coming back That is the reason
they got the advantage Of us. i was some little
distance across the bottom from the junction
watering my horse and that Of q cOmrade,
when / heard Mosbys gang raise the yell. l
started for my equipments. rs / had left them
in care of my comrade but Mosby was too fast
for me and got there before / could. / met my
comrade coming for his horse. / gave it TO
him and then l fled. In my flight l overlook
Lieut., Mack Carroll, Of our regiment. / be-
lieye his Orlerly-Sergcant was with him. i
told the Lieutenant that he had better get on
behind me, aud of course he accepted the
chance. His Orderly helped him on, and by
this time the Cuerrillas were coming close on TO
us: but. we did not wait TO get an even chance
All this time they were hollooing for US to halt,
but We concluded that there was nothing like
keeping in advance.
Soon the 9th n. Y. came on TO the scene and
turned the tide. The Lieutenant and myself
turned back, but as we had no saddle on the
horse and no arms, we could do nothing but hunt
UP our traps. ] found my saddle aud traps all
right, but :he Lieutenant was not so fortunate.
His horse had IFS leg broken by a ball, but he
was lucky enough 10 get a captured horse. The
Lieutenant said TO me- How did it come you
did not stop when they were so close on to
us2" ] told him l thought had good breast
works, if they were in the rear, and that the
rebels would have had 10 shoot through him
before they conld hit me. Ny company had
three men wounded, but none fatally. Maj.
Steele WAS not killed, but was mortally
wounded. and died in camp after being carried
TO the hospital. Capt. VIM. H. Mccoy, OF Co.
G of our regiment, was badly wounded, but is
still living-J. p. ALUM, Co. b, LIST w. Va.
Cav, Maynesburg Pa
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The Battle of PerrrTiIle.

To THE EDITOR: The articles written by
Maj. Jenness and Capt Garretty, published in
The NATIONAL tribune are both incorrect
in relation to the battle Of Perryvilie, Ky, Oc
tOber 8, 1852.
The battle commenced in the morning at
about 8 o'clock, and it was Gen. Gilbert's Divis-
ion that brought on the engagement. Gen.
Phil Sheridans Brigade, led by Phil himself
opened the dance, and it was the ID Mo- that
fred the FIRST shots aud drove the rebs back
across the eornfeld to the creek, and the ID Mo.
lost more in killed and wounded that dag than
any regiment engaged-1G6 killed and wounded.
And it was Gen. Phil Sheridan who stub
bornly fought and held Bracg's army to nearly
noon, when ROusscau's and JacksOn's Divisions
Tor Nelson's and Daviss Divisions as they were
called before the tragedy at Louisvillej and the
rest of our army came to our rescue.
Gen Sheridan was the hero of that day, as
healwlys showed himselftObe, and was properly
rewarded with Major-General's commission
by our beloved President Lincoln.-CHARLEs
ALLINGER, I'd Mo, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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lie corrects Conradcs Edwards and Prather.

To THE EDITOR: Among the many inter
esting articles in your issue of the 18th note
Colirade Edwardss GO. B, 30th Ohio account of
the battle of Antietam. While he relates many
Of the thrilling incidents CT the battle correctly
he evidently is a leeJle OF" on few points.
First. Gen. Reno commanded the Eighth IN
stead OF the Ninth Corps, which he asserts. In
mentioning the batteries of Cox's kanawha
Division he leaves out the lst Ky. and ist Ohio
batteries ] myself was a member of the latter
aud participated In the action Of that mcmor-
able day, the recollections Of which are rs
wildly Impressed Oh my memory as if il
occurred yesterday.
COmrade Edwards description Of the ground
is correct in the main, except that the ground
beyond the bridge was covered with n dense
growth of timber. which the rebels occupied.
In attempting 10 cross the bridge the division
was Ssvcral times severely Tcpulsed. The lst
Ohio and lst Ky. batteries. which occupied the
rising ground in the rear of the infantry, were
then ordered TO use grape and canister, firing
over the infantry into the woods beyond. The
eject was terrible, so demoraliZing the enemy
that our boys went over the bridge with
wEoop and pursued the rapidly-retreating foe
/ also desire 10 correct COmrade John III.
Prathcr, Of Co. Il, 9lst Ohio, in portion of his
acoount Of the action July Is, ISL, near Win
chester.
Instead of "scction of artillery" being
brought 10 the front TO play on the brick house
Mt Bunker Hiii two complete batteries the lst
Ohio aud LIST Ky.) were. in the action, and the
caissOn which exploded belonged 10 the LIST
Ohio Six men were riding on the caisson mt
tho time, two of whom were instantly killed,
the other four so severely wounded and black
ened by the explosion that they were uprecoS-
ni2ablc, and We're sent to the hospital.-THos.
A. MURPHY, LIST Ohio Independent battery,
Trenton, No
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CONDENSED LETTERS.

Walden Kelly, Osborn, No., claims that the
26th Ohio was the first regiment to enter Chat
tanooga.
Eli Lapeure, Co. C, 9TH VT, Midland City.
Mich, says that that regiment never lost its
colors at Port Hudson, as stated by COmrade j.
w. Smith, of the 9th Mich, in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE.
James r. Kent, Chicago H., does not think
the Grand Encampmcnt at san Francisco, in
voting down the service pension, voiced the
feelings of the Grand Army.
Francis Knapp, Go. ID, 10th Kan, New Ian
caster. Kan, gives an interesting sketch Of the
dOings OF his regiment.
Il. p. Stoves, Perry, H., writing in regard
to exploding bullets. says that after the sur
render of Vicksburg he found several empty
cartridge or ammunition cases, marked thus:
Exploding ball, 900 rounds, IS 400 caliber
manufactured at Charleston, S. c., @. s. ~"
Il. T. Norton, Elgin, Union Co., Ore, sends
US a copy OF paper, entitled Buck AIT Bal,
which was published by the 11th Kan, ut
Cane Hill. Ark, in December, 1862. Ii contains
q sketch Of the 1lth Kan, account of the battle
of Prairie Grove, the battle Of Cane Hill, and
the address of Gen. Hindman to the troops.
Henry f. Mayer, First Lieutenant, Co. B, Sd
W. Va, Clarksburg, w. Va, writes that his regi-
ment was mustered for three years or during
the war June 10, 1861.
J. II. Maryans, Wolfsyille, Ind, thinks it
strange that he has never seen anything in
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE i'm regard to the ex-
ploits of the 9th Ind, to which he belonged.
He says no regiment in the war for the Union
saw more service, did more fighting, or en-
dured greater hardships.
ID. M. Reed, Co. ID, 18th Iowa. Hedrick, Iowa,
writes that Co. ID. 18th Iowa, was the first
Union organization to enter Columbia, S. @.
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To THE EDITOR: In your valuable paper Of
Aug. ! see letter from Warner Mills, SD
Ohio. Now, have been pleased and little mad
az the several statements in regard to the battle
of Atlanta, Ga, July %, 1864. Gen. Leggett
says the battle commenced on the Sixteenth
Corps. Another man says Gen. Mcpherson was
killed in the forenoon, and who did or who did
not Tetake De Gress's battery. And here comes
CoInrade Mills, who has the gall to say the Sd
Ohio was the left regiment in the Seventeenth
Corps | presume Gen. Leggett is correct IS
far as his division is concerned, but he is wrong
as TO the Sixteenth Corps opening the ball.
There was not gun fired until after IL o'clock,
and the first pickets attacked belonged to Co Ct,
10th Iowa. We were just eating dinner ut the
time and got up, and by the time we got our
traps picked up Co. G. came in. Gel. Saunders
sent them back ut once, and they did not go 10
rods until they came back on the run and the
balls commenced to whistle over vs.. We were
the extreme left regiment Of the Seventeenth
Corps and were captured, but not until we had
killed aud wounded oae-half of tie command
that charged us and took the balance prison
ers and Col. Saunders had them sent to the
rear: and this was the first we knew o. being
outhanked. There was a gap between Us and
the Sixteenth Corps, by which the rebs cane in
by brigades. The balance Of our brigade-the
18th, 18th and 18th Iowa-got orders 10 get
out, but the order did not reach us, so we had
TO go the other way. You can ask Gen. ID. C..
Govan, the Confederate who commanded the
brigade that took US, how much it cost him.
]. c. MUNGER, Co. /, 18th Iowa, Waterloo,
Iowa
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STEVENSON'S DEPOT.
The Fight as Seen by a West Va. Carslryman.

To THE EDITOR: In your issue Of July 10
Comrade John III. Prather, Co. Il, 9lst Ohio,
gave a thrilling account of the beginning of the
Valley campaign in 1864, especially that stir
ling little fight at Stevenson's Depot, near
Winchester, Va, July 20, 1864.
was glad to read that sketch, for it was the
first allusiOn have ever seen from any cOmTade
to this affair. But Comrade Prather like all
other historiausl makes some errors in his
statement. In the first place he compOses Gen.
Avercl's Brigade of the 34th and 9lst Ohio, 9th
w. Va, and aboat 100 cavalry and two six-gun
batteries. Gen. Ayerell was strictly q cavalry
commander, but at different times some infan-
try were detached TO assist him in certain en-
gaSements. At the fight alluded to above
/ think the 1st Cd and Sd w. Va. Cav. were all
engaged-the LIST and ID on the left flank;
the 81 | am sure occupied the right wing;
the 9th w. Va. composed the center, the left
resting on the pike; the 3ith Ohio composed
the left center, their right resting on the pike;
the 9lst was Oh the right of the 9th w. Va,
their TANKS being well protected by the
cavalry. We are willing to give the
credit that is due them, and they de-
serve q great deal, for they stood up like
stone wall; but if the cOmrado does not
know what saved them from being "scooped
In by Gen. Ramseur's overwhelming forces,
who were pouring such CALLING fire into their
ranks. not 20 yards from them, let me say it
WAC DcGduoc pCh- AWFUL NuOt - IoO
SOON, seeing his lines willing down like new
mown hay, ordered charge by the cavalry
of both TANKS with drawn saber. This order
was at once executed, Col. j. 5. Witeher. COM
manding the Sd. leading us. We started forth
with yell. The rebel TANKS gave way aud
we swept around in rear OF their lines. causing
them to break in great confusion. Our regi-
ment captured quite number of prisoners in
! their flight. / think the comrade is mistaken
| in Gen Ramseur being mortally wounded and
prisoner; but Gen. Lilly was killed. / first
saw him dying under tree, somewhat to the
| right of the road.
This is one of the fights that historians would
describe (if noticed at all rs 4 skirmish but
let me say here, that of the 3S engagements in
which / participated during the war, this was
the bloOdiest and seyerest battle / ever wit
messed for the numbers engaged. Historians
consider a slight engagement of large army
a battle, and a desperate struggle of a small
army a skirmish.-W. NJ. MORRIS, Co. Z, Sd w.
| Va Cav, Lest Creek, w. Va.
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This malady is an index Of condition of the
system which should DC thoroughly changed.
That this is possible is shown by many letters
from patients. The following is an example:
FROM Rev. Il. J, Taylor, Warrcnton. n c.,
Oct u, leS5.-" Soile time in August / ordered
a Treatment OF Oxygen for my aunt She had
suffered with hay ferer regularly every year for
fifteen years. When ordered the Compound
Oxygen her annual attack Of hay fever had al
ready commenced. aud as you did not promise
relief after the commencement of the attack,
VIC were not very hopeful. But to our aston
ishment and joy the Oxygen relieved her at
once, aud only on one evening after she COM
menced the treatment, and then only for a few
hours, did she have any considerable trouble
with her hay fever. Though she really had
hay fever, il was 50 slight after she commenced
using the Oxygen, that sho was scarcely con-
scious of il. 1 do not know what Compound
Oxygen will do for hay fever i'm general, but
this Of fifteen years standing Mustered Jy
IL. You are at liberty 10 use this in any way
you may see proper, for the good of hay fever
victims. / believe it will cure hay fever. 1t
did il in this ease at any rate"
Drs. SrAEKEY & PALES, 1929 Arch ST.,
Phila., Pa, publish monograph OH Hay Fever
which is sent free TO all interested. Numerous
cures are reported.
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JENKINS,S FERRY.
ale goth Iowa in the Pleht-The Man Who Fired
the Last Gun in the War.


the Last Gun In the War.
To THE EDIToR: Having noticed in your
paper from time 10 time the many claims for
hOnors for various deeds of daring, etc, by
comrades during the late war, and having made
no special claim myself up 20 the present time,
] have concluded 10 ask you % indulge me in
a small claim FOR hOn0rs. i am not aware that
any comrade has laid claim 10 the honor am
about a. mention, yet j doubt very much IL i
get through with my claim without receiving a
yelo" from some Of my comrades inasmuch
ms j am well aware that other claims fully as
lost as this one have been earnestly disputed.
For instance, in the case where one cOmrade
claims that the rebel Lone Jack battery was
captured al the battle OF Jenkins's Ferry by
the 29th Int, another comrade denies the
statement claiming the honor for a cOl0red
regiment Now one of these comrades is
wrong, and cannot refrain from saying few
words III regard 60 this circumstance, which is
still fresh IN my memory.
was member Of Co A, 2o,h Iowa, and dis
tinctly remember being in the battle Of Jcn-
lins's Ferry from beginning 30 ending j also
remember that the rebels advanced on that
memorable morning dressed IN Federal uni
forms driving herd Of sheep IN their front,
thinking 10 deceive us into mistaking them for
our own pickcts returning with forage, but n
shot from 5crg't Thomas II. Huttons rife told
the tale Of the proposed deceit and thus opened
the battle Of Jeuklns's Ferry. The rcbs ran
two pieces Of artillery immediately IN front Of
ms and within 200 yards Of the right wing OF
the 29th Iowa, and after firing two or three
shots that regiment charged aud took them in
When arrived AZ the battery aud proceeded q
unhitch The dead horses in order 10 run the
guns 10 the rear by hand, the horses ali beiny
killed save ono, saw but two men there be
sides myself and the few surviving prisoner
taken, aud mother Of the men was eolured
hut were members Of my company, Serg'
Lewis aud Private Joseph Mcintosh. Man,
others Of the 18th and also of colorci regi
ment arrived immediately after, aud assisted il
taking the guns through tllai awful mud TO Tia
rear The question aa 10 who first placed hand
on the guns although among the f.st there
am unable 20 decide. Suffice IL % say, however
that thc 21th as a regiment did tbcir Who'll
duiy, aud the colored troops fought nouly.
Row 10 return to the subject OF nay Gain 70
honor. j claim 10 have fired The last gun a
tie war. Now don't all deny this nj once I'hi
gun was fired a. the close OF The famous BATH
OF Whistler Station, Ala. The fame OF tai
battle consisted partly in the small nGmbe
actually engaged and partly in its being th
last battle OF the war, which was fought ZOO
after the capture aud near the city OF Mobile
Ala, ia tlie latter part Of April, 1865. j d
company with other comrades of the regimen
bad previously been wadiag through an alliga
toI sSanp in pursuit Of the enemy, when
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The 7th VI. at Port Hrason.

To THE EDITOR: In regard to the 9Th Vt
losing their colOrs at Port Hudson, | must say
that think that the cOmrade is mistaken, for
the 18th was not at Port Hudson, and | was
member Of that regiment myself We left
Vicksburg on the Sd of August, 1862. and
landed at Baton ROEge in the evening of the
same day the battle took place. On the morn
ing of the 9th of August, 1862, l was the only
man in my company who was on duty, all the
others being sick with the swamp fever and all
excused from duty. And on that morning men
who were scarcely able TO stand up took their
guns and went out and did all they could.
When the comrade says he was there and knew
all l think he must be mistaken, or else he was
not there and took someone else's say so. The
Colonel Of the 9TH vt. was killed in the battle
of Baton Rouge, also our General Thomas; but
just as soon as Col. Dudley, of one of the Massa-
ehusetts regiments, got command we gained the
victory.-THOs. EyEEETTs, Co. B, It'll Vt, Rut-
land Ill
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how rher uelped tI,s E.eapea Prisoner.

To THE EDITOR: I have read great many
interesting communications in THE TRIBUNE
and heard from great many OF my old com
rades through its medium, and thought L
would like to make some inquiry and try and
find out if there was any Of the boys living who
participated in this adventure. Some time in
1864 our regiment 1.-THE 10th Mich. Cav was
raiding up and around Bulls Gap, Tenn, and
wcre living off the country, aud one day while
my mate and my myself were out foraging and
were coming in on a by-path we ran into about
dozen rough looking specimens of humanity.
We Immediately unslung our Spencer rifles aud
ordered them TO throw up their hands, and
they Immediately surrendered. We rode up to
see what we had captured, and found that they
were escaped prisoners from Salisbury Prison,
n. C. They were sorry looking lot, L can tell
you-halfstar ragged and dirty. We I'M
slung our haversacks and told the boys to fall
to- and also gave them two canteens of moon
shine, and they very soon cleaned out what we
had. We directed them how to find our regi-
ment, and turned back into the country to re-
plensh our stock OF provisions and moonshine.
About shutdown we came back on the main road
aud were following up after the regiment. We
had not gone far when we heard q great deal OF
shouting laughing and singing, and supposed
that we were close up with the regiment, but
upon investigation we found that 1T was the
escaped prisoners working of the moOnshine
we had given them. We took the boys into
camp and carried them to Knoxville, Tenn.
Some two or three days after we went into
camp at Knoxville, was on duty at headquar-
tiers. and went over to the city to the Generals
headquarters with some papers, and while there
saw two or three well-dressed, good-lOOking
boys sitting around, aud noticed that they kept
| looking at me very closely, and after while
one of them came up to me and asked if did
nos know him. l looked him over aud con-
cluded that i had never seen him before, and
told him so. He laughed, and said that he was
one os the boys that We had brought in from up
the country. think these boys were all from
New York, and if this should fall under their
notice / should like 10 hear from them.-O. w.
BIRMINGHAsi. Co. ], 10th Mich. Cav, Harvard,
| Neh
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The Battle Of PerryrIIIe.

To THE EDITOR: read Lient. John Robin
sons letter in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and
agree with him in some things; in others l do
not The part agree with is this: " Ii is now
seen clearly what was through glass
darkly at the time-that rivalry, envy and
personal ambition in superior officers were
potent factors i'm prolonging the contest" That
The lives aud health of thousands Of good sol
dicrs were TINS thrown away there is no doubt.
/ was simply a private, and supposed 10 know
nothing of reneralship, but l know that Gen.
Buell. had an army that could ana would whip,
If properly handled, both Bragg and Kirby
Smiths army. There was continual fighting
from Louisville 20 Perryville, and there is no
doubt that McCook brought on the battle on
the 9Th OF October, the same as Gems Reynolds
saa Siczies did at Gettysburg; but when the
fight was brought ON it was the sacred duty OF
the General commanding to give all the aid in
his power. Bragg was ready for US; his line
was in plain view for outiianking u.s. and we
did not have 30 wait long before they were on
us Ia fierce charge, trying TO double and roll
rs Up and capture Capt. Bush's 1th Ind. battery.
The losses on our side were fear!ui nut the old
Twenty-eighth Brigade, composed of the list
and DIST Wis, 18th Pa, and oath ILL.,, stood
their ground and rcpulsed every charge. There
was no disaster, and i know Of no repulse 10
our line, only the repulse of the Johnnies every
time they came. IL was not gencralship there,
1t was simply the fighting, staying qualities of
the Union sodier.-THEODoRE HERRLING, Co.
X, LIST Wis, Fond du Lac, Wis.
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The Third Corrs at Gett1sbrrg.

To THE EDITOR: i wish to add a word to
what COmrade Henry ID. OBrien says in THE
NATIoSAL TRIBUNE Of July - in regard to
the right of the Third Corps being attacked on
the 2d OF July, whore he says Hancock ordered
the lst Mimi. and the lllth N. Y. to charge.
The lllth was brigaded with the l25th n. l.,
and l know that Co. of the l25th was
gagged in that charge on the afternoon of the
2d, for IL was our first experience under fire,
aud there we lost our first man killed. i will
never forget of the incidents of that charge.
When We got to the place where we were want
ed the company was halted and faced TO the
'front.' and the order was given to charge |,
being near the left of the company, cast my
eye to the right to see how everything was going,
aud saw the tallest man OF the company dis
charge his musket ia the air at an angle of 45
or 80 degrees and turn rs though he wanted TO
run. 1t looked so ridiculous, as he was, like
Saul, head and shoulders above any OF his fell
lows. That was as much as l had time To OBJ
serve him. US we had business in front, and the
shells and bullets Were flying pretty thick. We
charged down into tho ravine full OF trees and
rocks aud bushes. A big Irishman, whom. the
boys had nicknamed "Plate of Mate" threw
himself down behind big rock. Some of US
boys thought that was no place to charge, and
VIC tried to rout him out Of there. Afterward
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To THE EDITOR: / think that Comrades
Linn and Springer have got the Second Bril-
gadc. Second Division, Army Of the Potomac
badly mixed up. The Second Brigade of the
Second Division WAS at one time composed OF
the following regiments: 4th, Sth and
18th Pa, LIST Ne and 4th n. Y. j. L. Gregg
was our first Colonel and most Of the time
commanded the brigade, aud after ID. McGregg
resigned he commanded the division and wore
two stars. Later The 10th n. Y. WAS sent away
aud the 18th ia. Cav. took IFS place. Whether
the lst Me- remained in the brigade 10 the close
of the war ] DO not now remember, but this
DO know, that while they did remain in the
brigade they were The chrms of the 10th, and
they would fight for each ol.er a. long as there
was 4 rag left, and the fellow that came in
among tho bows OF the 18th and had aught 20
SAY against the LIST Me. might as well begin 10
pull Of his coat or retreat, as lac had 10 DO one
or the other, and that right soon. B. COLE
MAN, Co. Il, 10th Pa. Cav, CaPron, i'll.