The National tribune., 1886-04-08
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was wounded on the first line at the battle of
Perryville, and retired to the rear.
John Norris Co. II, 34th Ind st. John, Kan. =,
tells how he, together with a number of his
companions, got little hilarious from the
effects of some whisky they managed to secure
while doing picket duty during the Vicksburg
campaign. The Colonel came down to inspect
the picket-line and found the boys in a very
unsoldierly condition, being minus boots, hats
and muskets. They were promptly marched
to the guard house, but managed to carry some
whisky in with them, where they made jolly
night of it,
George NJ. Williams Co. B, 44th Mo-, Crab
Orchard, Mo-. tells how. while on his way to
Andersonville, he struck rebel guard who in
suited him, and how the rebel threatened to
drive his musket through him.
w. b. Brown, Co. IL, 4th Iowa, Guss Iowa,
was wounded at Chickasaw Bayou, and had to
carry his arm in a sling a long time after that
skirmish.
M. w. Buck, Co. K 50th Pa, Soldiers Home,
Erie, Pa, writes of the very pleasant way in
which the veterans live at the Home. He says
there are at present 40 inmates.
Charles Edwards, Co. G, 14th Iowa, Stones
Crossing Ind, tells of the part his regiment
took in the battle of Shiloh.
S. A. Mcneil, 31st Ohio, Redwood, o., in
dorses Comrade Shellenberg's correction of Com
rade Frys account of Garfield at Chicka-
mauga."
w. N. Morelan, Serg't, Co. G, 18th Mo-, Al
lenton, Iowa. thinks some one ought to write
up the part his regiment took at the battle of
Shiloh.
4. Belier, Co. A, 9Th Ohio, Ponce, Neb., says
that his regiment had as fine record as any
in the service. 1t took a conspicuous part at
Vicksburg Duvall's Bluffs, Winchester, Va,
and many other battles. He also relates how,
in May, 1865, at Hamburg, S. c., he, with sew
eral comrades, killed a lot Of blood hounds,
which had been used before the war to capture
runaway slaves and during the war to act in
Similar manner toward escaped Union SOL
diers.
Joe Browning, Sergeant, Co. Fl, 11th No.
Robinson, H., sends some interesting recollec-
tions Of the fight at Corinth in October, 1862
for which we would be glad to find space were
it possible for us to do so.
d. G. Rankin, Co. E, oath Ohio Lafayette,
Ind, wants to wake up his old regiment and
have Reunion. He hopes there will be STIR
ring up of the matter.
Thomas Trunnel, Co. b. 18th Mo-, Santiago,
Iowa, says good word for the faithful service
of his regiment, and wonders that its exploits
have not been written up in The NATIONAL
tribune
John Fort, Co. D, ODD Ohio, Gays, Moultrie
Co., H., thinks Hazen's Brigade was first on
Mission Ridge. He says he is the man who
rammed the shell into the first rebel cannon
captured on the Ridge, when it was turned ON
the fleeing enemy.
A. Brombley, 23d KY, Cherry Vale, Kan,
claims highest honors for Hazen's Brigade at
Mission Ridge, and says the flags of the 1st
Ohio and 23d KY, were planted on the crest be-
fore any others.
Francis l.. Clarke, Co. G., 11th Mass, Salem,
Mass, has a good word to say for Jack "
Warner, who was Quartermaster Of the prisons
in Richmond. Comrade Clarke says he was
captured at the first Bull Run, and while
prisoner received many kindnesses from War
ner. He thinks the latter was not so black as
some have painted him.
Fred. Eberle, Co. 1, 1st U. S. Art, Bellaire,
O., says his company was the first to enter
Washington, d. c., Jan. 49, 1861.
VIM. S. Newman, Co. X, 22d Wis., Juda, Wis,
says the first troops to enter Atlanta, Ga, were
details from the 22d Wis, 33d and S5th Ind and
10Th Mich.
Geo. Brill, Co. B, 14th Wis, Cheboygan,
Mch thinks that something ought to be writ
ten in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE about his
regiment. 1t did good service in the field, but
has had very little recognition.
III. j. Beville, 23d Mo-, Topeka, Kan, thinks,
with Comrade B. T. Beville, that lone who
was at the battle of Shiloh and participated in
that struggle, might reasonably infer that either
Col Jackson was not there at all, or else ne was
entirely. Ignorant of the actual condition of
affairs.''' l---
G. l.. Baldwin, Co. K, 9TH Pa, Shickshinny,
Pa, thinks the practice of spending all the
praise upon officers of the army is great mis-
take, and that more ought to be said in regard
to the achievements of the privates.
Thomas Hale, Sergeant, Co. B, Goth Ohio,
thinks Peter G. Hine, Co. /, Goth Ohio, who
wrote communication in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE of Feb. IL in regard to being at the
battle of the Wilderness, is somewhat mistaken,
as Co. did not come up to the regiment until
about the Sd of june at Cold Harbor.
j. G. Faris, Co. b, 47th Ill.,, Mt. AYR, Iowa,
corroborates Comrade Gibson's account in re-
gard to the first troops entering Spanish Fort.
W. III. Davis, 10th Mich, says Charles Van
Wye, in his recent article in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, does gross injustice to the 18th n. Y.
Zouaves as to their conduct at the battle of
Jonesboro, Ga.
Geo. L. Hoyt, Co. I, 18th N. Y, Lafayette,
n. Y, pays his compliments to that "Angel of
Mercy" Jack Warner, of Libby Prison noto-
riety.
Esey Patch, Co. ], 124th Ohio, Plain City, o.,
contradicts Chas. Van Wye, Co. K, 23d Mo-, in
the statement that at the battle of Jonesboro
the 18th N. Y. fell back in confusion.
P. Dugan, Co. E, cath Mass, Detroit, Mimi,
would like to know what regiment made the
charge on the riGe-pits before Fort Wagner,
Aug. 26, 1863
l.. j. Baker, Co. B, 18th Mich, Wellington,
Kan, tells how. when encamped near Nash
vile in 1864, they were ordered by their Colo
mel not to take the fence-rails with which to
make their fires, but only use broken pieces of
fences. He says it was astonishing how rapidly
the fences in the neighborhood disappeared,
and they all came into camp in the form of
pieces"
James F. Walker, Co. T, 101st ILL.,, Columbus,
Kan, claims his regiment was the first to enter
the city of Atlanta after the rebel evacuation.
Hiram Loomis, 37th Iowa, Elberon, Iowa,
claims that he was born Dec. 25 1900, and en-
listed in Co. ID, 37th Ohio, in September, 1862,
where he served two and half years, and was
discharged on account of rheumatism and other
disabilities contracted in the service.
VIM. Bliss, Corporal, Co. G, 10th Wis, Knapp,
Wis.,, claims to have fired the shot which killed
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh.
Chas. A. French, 10th Conn, st. Adams, VT,
is anxious to know what light battery it was
that opened fire on Fort Gregg, just south of
Petersburg on the I'd of April, 1865.
Hugh Brady, Co. l. S4th H., Yates Center,
Kan, is one of the stragglers in paying his
compliments to Comrade Vail and Geo. Smith,
Fair Haven, o.; also, gives lash to the writer
of " Brag is a good dog"
j. r. Shelton, Co. b. 130th H., Atwood, ILL.,,
says the only part of the career of his regi-
ment of which he is not proud was the part it
took in the Red River expedition.
II. Hale Somers, Co. T., 14th ILL.,, Franklin,
Pa. wishes to say that Col. Jackson is correct in
placing the 10th H. in Hurlbut's Division,
recent writer in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE to
the contrary Notwithstanding.
Henry Roback, Co. E. 152d n Y, Little
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