The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-10-07

driven an by an OVERWHELMING lOfCc al uaIiight.
He insists, ms is certainly true, that Sheridan's
Division was in McCooks Corps.
VIM. III. Hastings. Orderly Sergeant, Co. X,
oath No. CrisEeld, Kan. wants 10 know the
name and address Of the lady who waited on
him, brOugh him icllics and other good things
10 eat, at the old College Hospital. on the river
bank, at New Albany, Ind. just alter the bat
tie of Nashville. He says that lady deserves
great honor aud praise from an old soldier, and
he would like 10 have chance 10 express his
gratitude TO her.
A. Snyder, Co. 4, 31st Iowa. Center Point
Linn Co.. Iowa wishes Samuel Moore. John II.
Willis. James T. Harding, and al Others OF the
company living who have removed from Linn
County to notify him of their whereabouts
Friends of deceased comrades are asked 10
notify him Of time and place of death. The
object is 10 make complete roster Of the COM
pauy. Ccmrade Snyder was appointed at the
regimenial Reunion for that purpose
John Is. Carrln, Co. i, lS0ih ILL.,, Stephens
vile IA. critciscs Carleton for ignoring
the l3Gth Ill. in his account of Banks's Red
River expedition. lie says the l30ih was there
and was nearly annihilatcd. The boys of the
regiment that got away from th-Te were 50 few
that they could not keep an organization,
and were put into the iSth Ohio, commanded
by Col Parker. and remained in that organiza.
ton until the 4oth went home on veteran
furlOugh.
Alexander Z. NcNair, Perth. Sumner Co,
Kan, diSagrces with X. w. Surhy, of Battle
Greek, Mich, in regard TO the capture OF Hood ;
wagon train after he was driven across the
Tennessee River. Comrade MeNair claims il
for the lst Ohio Cav, under command OF Col.
Palmer.
Munson Wolfe, Meadowfeld. Tenn, says ne
was a member Of Co. T. LIST Tenn Cav, COM
mandcd by Col. }. T. BrownlOw, and was in the
fight at Nashville, Dee. -. 1854. The brigade
was composed OF the LIST Tenn, Cd Mich. aud
4th Ky. Cav, commanded first by Col. Camp
bell, aftcrwari by Col. john I. CrOXton, Of the
4th Ky. The brigade was formed on the ex-
IRENE right in the first days fight.
Andrew Fisk, Battery A, lst Nd. l.. A., Cum-
berland Md, says be was in service from Octo-
Der, loGl, 10 the close of the war. lie was
severely injured by being thrown from his
horse at fredericksburg and was also wounded
by bail through the arm. He did not 20 TO
hospital, and thinks it very unjust that he is
denied a pension, though seriously disabled,
because he has no hospital record.
John Hanover, LIST Mich. ShagpshoOters,
Buchanan, Mich, wishes 10 correct Comrade
Wightman in regard 10 the regiments CompOs-
ing the Second Brigade, First Division, Ninth
Corps. He says they were the lst Mich. Sharp
shooters, I'd Mich, 20;h Mich. Goth Ohio. J0th
Pa, 18th n. Y. II. A., and R0emcr's battery.
The Sth, 27th and 18th Mich. were in the First
L
Second Brigade were the first troops in Peters
burg, the LIST Mich. Sharpsh0oters being the
first regiment in the city. The cOlOrs of this
regiment were raised on the Court. house about
1 o'clock p. IN. on April 3. The 2d Mich. was
next, its flag being raised on the Custom h ouse
a few minutes after the Sharpshooters
Chas. Shattuck, Co. A, 9th Ohio Cav, Eaton
Dickey Co, Oak, says the First Brigade, Sec
ond Division, Cavalry Corps, was composed of
I a lgl LIST Y
Cav. and was as good brigade Z" as ever drew
a sabcr." lie has not heard them mentioned
since the war, and wonders if they are ali dead
j. III. Lawrence, Battery 4, lst Mich L. A.,
! Fentonylle, Mich. thinks much blame has been
unJusily laid upon Gen. Mci'OCk for the battle
Of PerIyvlle, aud that the criticisms would lie
more proper if made against Gen Buell., He
! also AYERS that he saw whisky aud gunpowder
empticd from canteens taken from the bodies
of dead Confedera;es on that field
Samuel kceran, Co. /, l2Ith Ohio, Ontyille
o., says that some of the recent writers in these
columns have omitted the l2ith Ohio from the
Second Brigade, Third Division, Fourth CORPS,
at Mission Ridge. lie says that just before the
army formed for the charge the l2ith Ohio and
the 9th and 9th Ky. were put out on picket
/ When the orders came TO take the first line of
works they did not go back to the brigade, but
went right on from the picket line as skirmish-
ers in front of Hazens Brigade
| Michael Rnsk, Co i, S5th lad, Milligan, Ind,
says l.. 4. Patterson is wrong in saying that the
! lOlst III. was the first regiment TO enter At
lanta. III was the S5th Ind. that sent out a
sElrmlsh-line the morning Of Sept. ., 1864, and
was followed by the rest Of the brigade the 33d
Ind, 22d Wis. aud 18th Mich. 1t was the See
ond Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Corps.
! lie thinks he knows what he is talking about
VIM. III. Young. Vecdcrsburg, Ind, sends a
brief sketch OF the services Of the 10th Ind
"GreyhOunds." lie was a member of Co. b.
There is no question that the 10th Ind. did its
full share of hard service in the Army of the
| Cumberland.
Alfred 5. Isaacs, bearer. 95th Y. Y. saws
| that the title Of Iron Brigade" really belonged
/ TO the First Brigade First Division, First
/ Corps composed of the 20th 22d, 9th, 3Oth n.
| Y and 18th Brooklyn. 1--WE in our brigade
always knew that the old First was entitled TO
the honor Of the name, which was given TO that
brigade by Gen. Kcyes long before the 9th
Mich. was in the service as far back as Decem.
| Der, lSGl."
John Bondbauer, Sergeant, Co. c. 2lst No.
wonders who if anybody, was longer in the
volunteer service than he. lie served from
July 10, 1861, TO April 10, 1866, being three
months less than five years.
Albert Swift, lst n. Y. Dragons. Brownsville.
| MIMI, in response 10 COmrade Frank Robinson
concerning Trevillian Station, saws he WIS
Sohihlssiiy pefReaht OF the Regular Brigade
at that time, and knows of what regiments il
was composed. They were the LIST, % and 9Th
Regulars, the 9th Pa. and the LIST Wy Dragons.
The capture aud recapture Of Lieut. Col Thorpe
all occurred on the first day. The brigade was
commanded both days by Gen. Merritt. and
encountered its severest fighting and sustained
l.s heaviest loss on the nra. day.
The value Of vacation may DO greatly in-
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