The National tribune., 1886-12-16
CONDENSED LETTERS.

says that Comrade A. White, 9TH Ohio, is
slightly mistaken in regard to the battle of
Port Republic. 1t was fought on the 9th and
7th of June, 1852, by the Second Brigade
Second Division of the Eighth Corps, composed
of the 1st Va, 7th Ohio, 18th Ind, 18th Va Cav
and some other regiment, which he has for
gotten, commanded by Col. Carroll, of the Sth
Ohio. They were assisted on the second day by
the 9Th Ohio, from the First Brigade
A. Robbins, Kalamazoo, Mich, would be
glad to see in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE some
thing from the old Third Division of the Sixth
Corps. He says he presumes its record is so
good that it does not need any blowing" He
wishes particularly to call up any old members
of the 9th N Y. II. A.
HenryW. Clark, Co. F, 9th Conn, New Haven,
Conn, correcting Comrade Troutman's account
of the battle of Charlottesville, says il was not
Lippards battery thatwas stationed at the Chan
cellOr House but it was Pettits battery. Neither
was it the 14Sth Pa. that drew off the guns,
but it was two companies of the 9th Conn, +
and d. assisted by some of the 145th Pa. Every
| horse in the battery was killed. The brigade
was comprised of the SD and 145th Pa 9th
N. Y, 27th Conn. and ID Del.
John Boles, Alta, Iowa. would be glad to hear
something of the l22d Ohio, where in the State it
was raised, and what part it took in the war.
| His son, Geo. III. BoIes, was a member of Co.
III, and was taken prisoner, and died in Ander-
| sOnvile in 1864.
E. H. Harris, Co. II, seth ". Y, Hodgeman,
Kan, thinks justice has not been done the s9th
| n. Y. in the published account of the capture
of Fort Harrison. Only Comrade Williams
has given that regiment any credit in con-
| nectiOn with that gallant affair. The writer
was wounded and captured at the battle of
| Chapin's Farm.
". Shelton, Co. d. 10th ILL.,, Roxbury,
| Kan, says the brigade that captured the four
guns at Resaca was composed OF the 10th Ind,
! 10Th Iowa, 105th and 120th Ill. These consti-
tuted the First Brigade, Third Division, TWEEN
| tieth Corps, commanded by Gen. Ward, better
| known as the Jack of Clubs"
Lindsay Steele, Captain, Co. f, 30th ILL.,,
| Chester, ILL.,, would like to hear from some of
the Both boys who were captured July %, 1864,
/ at Atlanta, and what Confederate regiment
took them prisoners. He thinks this will
enable US to get back our regimental flag,
| which was captured on that day. The flag
| bearer was shot down, and nearly half the regi-
ment were taken prisoners, or killed in trying
to save the flag. Nothing would make me
| prouder than to get back that old lag. as it
| had inscribed, in golden letters, Belmont,
| Fort Henry, Fort DoueIson, Britton's Lane,
! Grand Gulf, Raymond, jackson, Champion
| Hills and Vicksburg.' 1t was presented 10 the
regiment while at home in March, 1864, on
veteran furlough."
John Preston. Sergeant, Co. X, nth Ohio,
Belle Valley, o., wonders why he sees in THE
| NATIONAL TRIBUNE no communications from
the comrades OF his regiment. He wishes some
one would sound the bugle and wake them up.
q. Il. Munson, 49th n. Y, says he was in
command of the Sixth Corps Pioneers at the
| battle OF Cold Harbor. A Sergeant of his COM
mand was struck by an explosive bullet, which
wounded him and three others.
James Coulter, Co. b. 31th Ind, Amelia, o.,
referring TO the statement that no part of the
| Fourteenth Corps participated in the battle of
| New Hope Church, says that late in the after
noon Of May q the Third Brigade, First Di-
| vision, Fourteenth Corps was moved hurriedly
| TO the LETT to the assistance of the Fourth
Corps, which had engaged the enemy; and to
| prevent them being tianked by the overlapping
| lines of the rebels, the brigade occupied the
| space between the left of that Corps and
| Pumpkin Vine Creek, the extreme left Of the
| Union line ut that time. They were unex-
| pectedly rushed into the fight; occupied an
exposed position and suffered severe loss. Dur
| ing the night the lines moved a short distance
| to the rear, where strong works were erected,
and the siege began which terminated June
8 by the JOhnnies skedaddling The brigade
was composed of the 18th Pa, 2lst Ohio 37th
and 35th Ind.
Asa III. Jones, North Henderson, ILL.,, thinks
the Government should pension every soldier
who was confined in a Southern prison. He
says that almost without exception they were
I
| refusal of the United States Government to
make an exchange.
Newton Adams, Co. K 37th ILL.,, pays high
compliment TO Gen. John G. Black as a soldier
and also to the able and satisfactory manner
in which he administers the Pension Bureau.
Henry Vaughn, Co. Z, 24th KY, Mulberry
Grove, Kan, says il was his regiment, instead
of the l03d Ohio as narrated by Carleton, that
crossed Noses Creek on the stringers of the
bridge and drove the Confederates from the
opposite side He is sure the 103d Ohio will
not lay claim to that exploit
J. K. Higgins, Co. ID, I'd Wis says that the
title Iron Brigade" was earned in the first
battle Of Bull Run, and was carried through
the war by Western brigade, composed of the
I'd, 9th and 7th Wis and 18th Ind At the
battle of Fredericksburg it was commanded by
Gen. GibbOn. Gen. Fairchid, now the Com
mander-in- Chief of the Grand Army, was
Lieutenant Colonel of the I'd Wis Col. OCon-
nor was killed at Gainesville, Va, and Lieut.
Col. Fairchild then assumed command of the
regiment, and later the command of the " Iron
Brigade"
VIM. a. Coll, 7th Mo- Cav. Keokuk, Iowa,
thinks the Pension Bureau should furnish TO
applicants whose claims are pending the names
OF persons who give evidence against them
He thinks that in many cases such persons are
actuated by improper personal motives.
A. III. Depew, Co. A, lsSth Pa, Moscow, Pa,
EcltcIdIcS HIS AoILHeF statement JnaJ OrL ttar-
rison was captured by the Third Brigade
Third Division, Eighteenth Corps, and that
the flag of the 5Sth Pa. was the first to wave
over the works.
Adam Bair. Co. B. Goth Ohio, San Luis Obispo
Cal, says that to the best OF his recollection
the brigade to which his regiment belonged
first occupied Petersburg on April 3, 1865. The
LIST Mich. entered first and the Goth Ohio next
ID. Rumbdrger, Co. ID, I55th Pa, files for his
regiment the claim of planting the first flag on
Fort Harrison. He says everybody in the di-
vision knew the Dutch Major of the IsSth who
placed the flag there himself, exclaiming:
POys, Wy in HI toni you COON oop NIT dot
1agI Tammit, dis isn't nottings. Oop mid der
flag. Dot vosh goOt, pOys. Yah! Yah!"
III. c. Denny. Co. III. 18th Ind, SAYS he still
holds the fort" and insists upon his former
claim that the 18th Ind took an important
part in the capture of the 2-gun battery at
Magnolia Hills He wonders if all the mem
bers of his regiment except himself were killed
and is afraid that if they do not speak up the
history OF the war will be written and the 18th
left out in the cold.
Geo. 5. Humphrey, LittletOn Common, Mass,
hopes Congress will pass a bill for the equalza-
tion OF bounties, as measure of justice to the
veterans who bore the burden and heat of the
day.
Simon p Smith. 23d Ind, Salem, Ind, writes
brief account of the battle of Raymond, Miss
James G. Gibson, Co. A, 18th Ind, thinks
great injustice has been done to many of the
soldiers by reason of the failure of the Govern
ment to keep the promises it made to them
when they enlisted. He mentions their pay
ment in deprecated currency and the failure
TO equalize bounties, the land promised them,
and also the matter of penSOnS In all of these