The National tribune., 1886-06-03

doing justice to the soldiers, and thinks the
/ Government ought to fulfill its contract made
y!!.h the soldiers when they enlisted for its
! defense.
N. G. Cooper. Lieutenant, Co. E. 9th N. Y,
Sturgis, Mich, is in favor of repeating the limi-
tation of arrears act
John III. Ball, Co. H. 64th Ill, Berne, N. Y,
calls to mind the bloody combat his regiment
had with the rebels at Atlanta
Ben III. Earl, Co. ID, 2d Ohio Cav, Soldiers
/ Home, Leavenworth, Kan. says his regiment
was in the Department Of the Gulf and was
/ in service from the commencement Of the war
until the close, and that it fired the last guns
at Lees army at Appromattox, on the morning
/ Of April o, 1866.
L. s. johnson, First Lieutenant, Co. B, 34th
III, WhittemOre, Iowa, takes Issue with
Carleton's" description Of the battle of Stone
River in regard to the 3fth Ill. fighting with
/ fixed bayonets In q hand-tO hand encounter
with the rebels until the color bearer was
killed, and that the regiment was overpoYered
and fed from the field, leaving its colors in the
hands Of the enemy. Comrade Johnson says
that Cartoons" statement is true, except
they did not engage in q hand-to-hand fight
with the rebels.
G. L. Banks. First Sergeant, Co. @, 18th Ind,
C0feyville, Kan, says Maj. Bohn, Of the 92d
| Ill, is certainly wrong when he claims the
honor of planting the first flag in Chattanooga,
| 9Th Ohio.
Daniel w. Beauchamp, Co. A, 22d Mich,
| Marine City, Mich, thinks that Congress had
| far better appropriate money for the suffering
men who years ago gave their youth and
strength TO defend the Union, than to appro-
pirate large sums for building monuments that
benefit neither the living nor the dead.
Z. Ingalls,, Co. c. Goth Ind, remembers that
while prisoner at Libby two soldiers came
/ into the prison. One was an Irishman and the
other claimed to be Scotch. Churchill the
4 Scotchman, Joined the rebel regiment that was
/ guarding them at the time, and he (IngalIs) re-
members how the boys tried to Kill him when he
entered the prison some business. A comrade
| Of the 14th (Brooklyn) threw a stick of wood
at the renegade and another hurled one through
/ the window and tried to strike him while on
/ guard. For this Capt. Jack Warner that an
/ gel Of mercy" put the boys on bread and water
/ for week. The Irishman, whose name was
Kilday, said he was deserter from the Union
army, and was released with them and did not
refuse 20 leave the prison, as stated in recent
communication in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
He afterwards joined the navy as fireman,
/ and served on the u. s. steamer Bermuda. He
claimed to have belonged to the 18th Ind.
/ Russell Johnson, Commissary Sergeant, s9th
/ ILL.,, Ontario, n. T., thinks Comrade Young is
mistaken regarding the manner Of the death
| Of Lieut.-Col. Duncan j Hall On the morning
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sol's account the sad affair ACQUIRED thus:
number OF regimental officers and priyates were
lOunging around on the ground, when, not far
| In advance, and in the direction Of the enemy
| musket firing commenced Col. Hall jumped
to his feet, stood erect and looked in the direc-
\ tion Of the shots, when a ball pierced his abdo-
men, from the effects of which he died.
Edward F. Morgan, Cherokee, Iowa. writing
Ia reply to Chas. A. French, Of st. Adams, VT,
says it was the 81 Vt. light battery which
opened fire on Fort Gregg, south Of Petersburg
on April 2, 1865.
u W. Teall, Co. K, 1st Conn. II. A., Albu-
| querque, N. ~, Claims an early three year
muster for the 4th Conn, afterwards changed
| into the 1st Conn. III. A. This regiment was
mustered into the service Of the Union for
three years at Hartford, Conn, on the morning
/ Of May 22 1861.
W. H. Minot, Co. E, 22d Wis, Marshall,
| Mich, writes that A. F. Bullock, of his COM
/ pany and regiment, was shot through the head
in front Of Atlanta, the ball entering below
the right eye and passing out at the back Of
| the head. BE was taken up apparently life
| less, carried back TO the regimental hospital,
and pronounced TO be mOrtally wounded By the
/ Surgeons who examined him. His brother, @.
! II. Bullock, who was Orderly Sergeant, when
he heard the verdict Of the Surgeon said !:
Boys, help me get him back to the field hos
| pital, and I will nurse him and get him
I bhAoAHA A5 q uidltCE oi AdCJ Luo EpuuucN
man recovered and regained his health, al
though he was terribly disfgured. He is now
/ keeping grocery store in Beloit, Wis.
/ Jas ID. Newcomb, Neosha Falls Kan, is very
much pleased with the part Of the country in
which he lives He thinks it an excellent set
/ ting place for comrades. The wheat corn and
| oats are the main crop in his vicinity, and cat
/ tie and hogs are raised with profit. They have
plenty Of timber, consisting principally Of oak,
hickory and black walnut. The water is excel
/ lent.
/ G.. N. Chaffse, 5Cth Pa, Plum Creek, Eeb,
writes a letter, in which he criticizes the
actions Of Mr.. Morrison, of Illinois. He thinks
that if that Congressman had suffered what the
/ Union soldiers had he would not be guilty of
Il s.ch pneanness towards than