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Mission Ridge Again.

To THE EDITOR: | have read the discussion
about whose flag was on Mission Ridge first
with a good deal of interest, and as the case is
still open, and the jury is awaiting further
testimony before rendering their verdict, per-
nit me to add my testimony as to what | saw
] was Lieutenant, commanding Co. b, Seth
Ind, and was in the first line Of battle, and
have a very vivid recollection of what took
place in my immediate vicinity. ComradG
Adair as we'll as Others are correct in the main
about the formation Of the line and its ad-
vance etc. He may be "a little Off" as to
time, as Comrade Bird, of 35th H., suggests
but he, like me, may not have had the time to
look at watches. | had enough to do and to
think of besides. Comrade Bird is right about
the halt being momentarily at the first line OF
works at the foot of the ridge. That position
was untenabe under the heavy artillery fire
from the enemy. But he ought to know
what we were doing if he was wounded SO
near the rebel line of works at the top of the
ridge We were lying rs close to Mother Earth
as we could, and awaiting reinlorcemonts We
must have been there half an hour or SO in
great suspense, as though we were suspended
between Heaven and HI, with the position OF
the places reversed and the hot extreme i'm
mcdiately above us and uncomfortably close
which COmrade Bird ought TO know if he was
wounded there and | believe he was. His
regiment was there.
They were skirnishing to our right and kept
on with us, and we got iutermixed and lay
down together. The Both Ill. lost their color
bearer right by me and the colors fell on me-
and | had the honor of holding them aoft until
Col Chandler came and got them. The line of
battle below commenced moving to our sup
port and as it got halfway up the ridge we
Jumped VI, and rushed over the works, captur-
ing many prisoners and many that would not
be captured fell back behind trees and COM
mcnccd firing at us. We also captured Il bat
terry of artillery, horses and all. The boys will
remember seeing the horses, which were after
wand around headquarters. They were spotted
horses, and reminded us Of the circus" ut
home. ! we'll remember myself and Captain
OF the 18th Ohio turning one Of the cannon
around to fire at the rctroating enemy, and
after our labor we were not able TO touch it of.
We followed up the enemy along the top and
east slope of the ridge until We reached a rise
on the ridge, where We bcheld reiuforccncuts
coming to the Johnnics from the left | stood
up against a tree with our cClor-bcarer, who
was badly wounded. The rebels came on in
fine style, officers on horseback with drawn
sahcrs but they came to a sudden halt We
formed our forces (Which were badly disorgan-
lied after the CHARGE into line of battle across
the summit of the ridge and held the enemy
there until dark, and when we looked for them
in the morning they We're not thcre.-MAT-
THEW MClNEETY, Captain, seth Ind, Cutler
Carroll Co., Ind.
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Protecting the Baliot.Bo in Tennessee.

To THE EDITOR: Having read in The Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE of the daring exploits and
heroism of our brave soldiers during the war, /
am reminded of something that transpred I'M
der the writer's immediate view, that l think
has never gone into print. 1t was in October,
1863, the day of election in Tennessee The
officials at Nashville having heard that John
Morgan and his guerrilla band would make O
raid on Nashville, in order to capture and de-
stroy the ballot boxes and break up the election,
concluded to put the city under guard. Ac-
cOrdingly, details were made from all the hos
pitfalls of cOnvalescents who were fit for duty.
About 80 men-the writer included-were sent
out on the Charlotte pike. The disposition of
guards was made as follows: The reserve was
stationed about one mile out from the city
About 200 yards in advance a Corporal and six
men were stationed, and again 200 yards fur
ther on, an outpost of the same number of men
was placed, with proper instructions.
These men were all strangers to each other,
there being no two from the same company or
regiment. All was quiet until about o'clock
IN the morning, when we could hear the rebel
cavalry coming on the stone pike in the distance.
At first we could hear the clatter of the horses
feet then the rattle of the sabers On they
came. We thought there was fully a regiment
of them. We Of the second post waited for the
alarm from the outpost. The rebels were still
advancing, and we thought the outpost would
be captured. Presently two shots were heard,
and we sent the alarm back to the reserve The
Outposts rallied on the reserve" when an ad-
vance was made, and we soon met the enemy.
1t was no more nor less than an old, rickety
market wagon going into the Wednesday mar
kct OF Nashville. We again took our position;
but | think not much has been said about our
adventure that night in October, 1892. 8.
GALLEY, Co. b, 18th Ill, Greenwood, Neb.
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Losses OF the 5th and 10th NJ.

To THE EDITOR: In THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE of March % John p. Garfield, Sergeant,
Co. F. 10th n. Y, says: 81 cannot see how
their 18th n. " loss was greater than the 10th
n. " who were brigaded with them under
Gen. Warren"
1t does seem strange, to say the least, as the
5th and 10th n. Y. entirely composed Warren's
Brigade. At Gainess Mill the 10th, out of SIS
officers and men (per official report, lost 9
killed or died of wounds and "a wounded, while
the 9th \. Y, out of $50 engaged official re-
port, lost SO killed or died of wounds, no
wounded and missing. At the second Bull
Run the 10th n. Y fell back through the line
of battle of the 5th, and the latter were left
alone in the position of forlOrn hope to stand
before the charge of Hoods old Texas Brigade.
The 10th N. Y. lost 81 killed or died of wounds
and 81 wounded out of $40; the 9Th n. Y,
under the immediate command of their Colonel,
G. X. Warren, lost 1l5 killed or died of wounds,
1873 wounded and missing out of 490.-AL-
FRED DAVENPORT, Sergeant 9th n. y, New
York CITY.
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Tho First to Enter Chnitnnnnga.

To THE EOTOR: | must contradict Lieut..
Wilson. Co. IL. 9th Ind, in saying that some
of the boys of Wagner's Brigade did swim the
river aud enter Chattanooga first. Maj. J. III.
Bohn was right Jared HILL the regimental
color bearer Of the 92d Ill, planted the first
Union flag on the Crutchiield House in Chatta-
nooga. Notwithstanding Gen. Woods efforts to
detain the regiment, We went into Chattanooga
on the run, and there were no Wagner men to
be seen. They may have swan the river at
some time or place. l swan the river at Har-
rison's Landing and above to swap papers and
trade coffee for tobacco with the rebel pickets.
The cpd did not want the provost duty. They
always went to the front and could always be
found thcre.-W. b. BAILEY, Co. IL, 92d Ill.
MED Inf.
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Gen. A. ]. Smiths Raid on TupelO.

To THE EDITOR: In The NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE of recent date COmrade Fitch tells how
Gen. A. J. Smith retrcated to Memphis, and
invited comrades generally to speak up and
make little history of our own upon the sub
ject. / heartily approve of the suggestion,
but would caution comrades to SO write as not
to have their narrative Of events suspected or
questioned.
While giving Comrade Fitch all due credit
for honesty of purpose, | regret that a due re-
gard for truth compels me to take exception to
his account of Gen, Snith's raid on Tupelo.
1t may be that the lapse of so many years has
somewhat clouded his recollection of what then
took place.
l shall at present confne myself to one por-
tion of the comrades account-the attack on
our wagon train at Camargo Crossroads. A
casual reader would naturally infer that the
SD Wis. alone guarded the train. Now, the
fact is that tho 18th Wis. formed a portion Of
the guard and equally participated with the
33d Wis. in the gallant repulse of the rebs on
that occasion, forcing them in their flight to
abandon a stand of colors, which fell into our
hands. The Same casual reader would also in
fer that the repulse of tho rebs and capture of
the colors were the work Of the SD Wis. alone.
My recollection of that days fight will not
permit me to pass unnoticcd these differences.
Now, it is possible there may have been more
than one stand of colors captured, but l dis
tinctly claim that, during that countercharge
on the rebs, Max Forvilly, Co. G, 14th Wis,
seized stand of rebel colors from fence against
which it stood and handed it to Capt. Mans
field, commanding the 14th Wis. contingent of
the guard.
To make history worth recording, 1t is i'm
perative that it should be accurate. l would
therefore request Comrade Fitch to explain
why he has ignored the presence of the 18th
Wis. at Camargo Crossroads, and if there were
two stands of colors captured on that occasion.
MAX FoRvILLY, Co. G, 14th Wis, Menominee,
Mich.
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How the Boys Got the Heiier Into the Stockade.
To THE EDITOR: In your issue of Feb 25,
/ find an article from L. II. W., on Christ
mas in Florence" The wood squad" was the
means of saving many poor fellows life for
the time. But to my story. The foraging
alluded to by the comrade was discovered, and
Col. Iverson was determined to break it up; so
when the squad was formed in line to march
into the stockade at night each one was
searched for the valuable bean or something
else that might keep soul and body together
little longer. t9- =
One day while the boys were cutting wood
mamma came walking through the dense under
brush in the shape of yearling heifer, right
into the midst of the choppers. / need not
say that an instructive fear Immediately took
possession of each man who beheld the kindly
animal that it would by some hocus-pocus
vanish from their sight and to prevent such
calamity some 80 or 40 arms, strong as the
fare of the generous SOuthrOn at that time
could make them, were stretched out and Sc
cured the mamma, and 0, shame to Northern
chivalry the beautiful animal was actually
butchered and dressed. Now, what to do with
it was the question, but only for q moment.
1--WE are allowed to carry in sticks; lets US
carry in the meat in our sticks And no sooner
said than done. Sticks were procured, split
apart, small cavities capable of holding five or
ten pounds hewn out of the center, portions of
the carcass put in, the halves again united,
and by ingenious wedgng firmly held to-
gether, and the sticks ready with their de-
licious contents to be carried before the COM
mandant for inspection, and thence into the
stockade to gladden. the stomachs of many
hungry chum. Well, when the time came to
go in the sticks were all loaded, after first
smcaring them with mud to cover up any
crack and further, to create the impression
that they had fallen in the mud. Arrived at
the gate the motley cavalcade was halted, and
each stick carelessly-though carefully
grounded by its owner, and all submitted to
inspection by the Colonel, who said: " You
ID Yanks can't fool mel" And we all knew
we couldn't-without the sticks.
" You can go in" And each Yank. with n long
face and a hungry stomach-but the meat on
our shoulders-walked into the stockade, and
such stews as were concocted and eaten in that
old stockade that night was a wonder and
Godsend. Now, Comrade E. II. W., do you
recall the event?"-V. d. EDDY, Co. A, 44th
n. Y, Rush City. MINI.
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lines were temporarily broken, the losses were
naturally heavier than on the TANKS, where
our men stoutly held the breastworks and
fought under good cover" Just so; and for the
reason that our two brigades staid in the fight
when the lines were broken, is the reason of
such terrible loss of over a thousand men.
Gen. Cox says, speaking of Wagner: He
rallied the disorganized brgades at the river"
At about IL o'clock at night one of Wagner's
staff officers found me near the Carter House,
and asked me to notify Maj. John 8. McGraw,
then in command of our regiment, to form the
regiment with as little noise as possible and re-
port with it at the river. l found him few
feet to the southeast of the Carter House, de-
livered the message, and at once formed my
company within 10 feet of the Carter House,
and with the regiment, with all the companies
represented, marched to the river, and from
there to Nashville, where, in few days after we,
with grand old Pap Thomas in command,
turned on that rebel army and whipped it out
of existence.-J. J. FINNEY, Captain, Co. ID,
57th Ind. Richmond Ind
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To THE EDITOR: A few days after my arli-
Gle containing a cut OF the Thirteenth Army
CorI@ iataeapPcarcG Ia TIE NAIIoNAL IRIE-
UHH Of The 18th Of December. the letters came
FoGTag ia from the members Of the cid ror,s
from all parts Of the country. Every person
heard iTgm speaks IN the highest terms OF the
badge and recommends lis adoption. / also re-
ccved letter from a prominent jewclcr in
New York city, who has been manufacturing
the same G#tgeIbr year Iast. Thcyurr a.ade
Of nickel silver, solid silver, aHd gold and are
very handsome. / now have two Of them in
my possession, ana will give any of my old
comrades interested the desired Information
about lae badges upon application. am now
wearing ono of them, and they viii be gcucr-
ally adopted i'll this part Of the country by the
members of the old Thirteenth Corps who are
thick in this vicinity. ] might add that the
badge IS suspended from . neat cry--.ar by one
or tao small links, upon which can 5e engraved
the name oi company and regiment or division
and BRIGADE. =. VAN MT, Wooster, ..
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Missionary Ridge Again.

To THE EDITOR: During the last month sew
eraI of the boys have been telling, or trying to
tell, what troops were the first to gain the top
OF Missionary Ridge, where we SO cycrlastingiy
got away with the rcbs. / belonged 10 the
Third Division, Fourth Corps, Cen Wllich's
Brigade, Col. john A. Martin, commanding our
regiment, and a better officer never went into
battle than the Colonel now Gov John A.
Martin. The right Of our regiment rested on
Orchard Knob when the signal of six guns was
fired. As the last gun was fired the order was
given to advance, and then the fun commercial
1t was about as near h a5 | ever want to
get As we reached the foot of the ride we
halted for two or three minutes but the boys
saw it was sure death to stay there, so up they
went without orders from any one, so far as
heard, and if orders had been given, / most as
surcdly should have heard them. got about
half way up the ridge when Il rebel bullet,
through my right arm, put stop 10 my fight
ing. As far as | could see from where ! Wa5,
our brigade reached the tnp rs soon, if not
sooner, than the others, but we got there all
the same, and helped 20 make one OF the most
complete victories made during the rebellion
And now comrades, don't let us worry about
what each particular regiment or brigade did,
rs we were all engaged III the same glorious
cause, aud came out on top with flying colors
JOHN +. PICKAGD, Co. G, eth Kan, Wash
ingtOu, Kan.
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To Whom Does the letter BelOngf

To THE EDITOR: During recent visit to
my old home in New York State, was over
hauling trunk full Of old war relics, and
among them found a long letter which, if my
memory serves me rightly, was found by me
on the field of Antietam, and preserved on &C.
count of its peculiar and interesting contents.
1t was mailed at Huntersville, Va, Aug. 3,
1861, and is addressed to Mr.. Robert l.. Boggs,
Co. ID, 10Th W. Va, care of Capt. William
Smith, Cox's Brigade 1t was written by ia
cob Frank, Co. G, Sd Ohio and jointly signed
by Henry Bender, Jacob Smith, Charles z.
Cannon, William Smith, and Richard Horn.
shall be glad, on application, to forward
the letter to any Of the parties above named, or
to any of their friends. And l can safely say
that it will be found highly amusing and Pc
culiar piece of composition.
There is postscript added by Jacob Smith,
stating that they had just read in a Cincinnati
paper that William WAS shot," and the name
of Nick Horn is mentioned in another 2. S.
c. w. GREENE, Spring Valley, MINI.
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He Wants the Names OF Their Regiments.

To THE EDITOR: We have buried in our
cemetery at this place about IS comrades, and
know the companies and regiments to which a
majority of them belonged. There are some,
however, whose service is unknown to us, and
we should be very glad to have these defects
rcmedied. Any comrade who can give US the
information Will confer great favor. The fol-
lowing is list of the dead: Joseph Brown,
18th Mo; c. Cummins, Doth Wis; Joseph Earl,
- Ohio; J. Gilmore, 18th Iowa; Henry and
Hartman Crafty brothers, 4th Mo; A G.. A.
Gamble, 10Th Ohio; ". L. Hanna 9th Wis;
james Harrison, 4th Va; Daniel Handy, 4th
Mass; J. Hoag, 18th Mass; Oscar Jennings,
9TH Mo; VIM. Montgomery, Navy; Jas. Monroe
and - McConokc, unknown; VIM. Neighbors,
LIST Ala. Cav; George Patchin 3ith Iowa; Jno.
Pondron, unknown; +. Right. 3Sth Iowa; E.
J. Randall unknown; ID. +. Rundel, 12th Ind;
J. r. Williams, unknown.-P X. WATTS Wal
lace Post, No 3d. Centralia, Ill.
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10 re ----,ryE:: Since the boys are wraug-
ling over 50 many uuimpyItaut matters ] viii
step la for a moment and cgitici~e Con,ado +.
SpIague, Co q, Goth i'll. / notice that he sends
All Inscription and some verses COPIED from ihe
cemetery 1t Cheraw, ;. {. There were SIX
verses written on the Lynch monument lie
only sends three, aud impcr!cctIv copied at
that. Was he short Of paper, or was his time
hmited!-C. a. To1rKINs, Co. L, lJ1th y. Y,
Glen Castle, \. !.
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To THE EDITOR In your issue of March IS
Mai Geo g. Jcnness in his article on Gen. A.
Med. McCooll at the battle Of pcrryvillc, Ky,
SAYS: " His two divisions Nelson ana Davis -
were in the advance and brought on the en-
gagcmcnt carly in the day" This is Incorrect,
as Mctook5 Corps was composed of Rousseau S,
Jacl.sou's and Sill's Divisions, and the first two
participated in the engagement and the bat
terry which he mentions as being in that part
Of the field where The most desperate fighting
occurred was Battery A, 1st Mich. l.. A.. instead
OF a, lst Ohio l.. A. would call his attention
to these facts. for every comrado who took part
in that battle should feel proud of the service
they rendered. and the honor done the gallant
Rousseau ana the lamcntCd Jackson dctracts
nothing from the praise worthily bestowed upon
that mos patriotic and loyal man, Gen 4 Med.
McCo0k. There is a gOodIy number OF TRIB-
UNEs received ut this office, and no paper is
more eagerly sought after or more thoroughly
peruscd by the old veterans. We have a flour
ishlug Post lCady, No. go at thi place, which
meets every Thursday evcume IN their own
hall. | should be much pleased to hear from
more OF the members OF McCooll's Corps through
the columns of TIL: TRIEu &u-AL. w. VII
BUR, Captain, Battery A tloom.ss1, Isl Mich
l.. a., Brockport, y. \.
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To THE EDITOR: ! have tried for three
weeks to do without TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
but / cannot / must hear from the Mule and
81. Here's my collar for another ycar.-W. II.
LArP, Columbus, lad.
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Piles. fstul@, rupture and structure
radically cured Book OF particulars 10 cents
in stamps. Worlds D.apensary Medical Asso-
ciat: on, Buffalo, Il. Y
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Comraacs:--ScEd ioT lay nc;g illustrated
q. &. X. Catalogue l.. 4. ARMSTRONG.
Detroit, Mich.
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The body is more susceptible to benefit from
Hoods Sarsaparlla now than at any other sea-
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Rheumatism and Catarrh caused ~ poor and
corrupted blood, cured ~ Ayers SarsapariIla.
Middletown transcript., 1886-02-26

the department of which Mr.. Garland
is the head, from company Of which
he became a shareholder long before
he became Attorney General and as
to that petition he has never taken any
action or exerted any influence, direct
ly or indirectly. The law officer who
has acted upon it is not in Mr.. Garland's
power in any way. The only other
official course Mr.. Garland could have
pursued (if he had interposed at ally
would have been to refuse the petition !;
and that would have been to withhold
simply because he was a stockholder
the direct and most effective means
Of righting what is charged to be a
great public wrong. There would
have been neither reason nor justice in
that and as we regard the matter
there can be neither reason nor justice
in the continuance of the attacks upon
Mr.. Garland. He has borne them
with patience, forbearance and dignity
that we trust will continue to the end.
He stands upon his well earned reputa-
tion as man, citizen and public officer,
and he is right. If character is not
worth that, it is not the precious thing
men are taught to believe it is.-
II T,edOer
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The Garland Case.

There have been but few assaults
upon a public officer so unwarranted
as far as we can see as that upon At
torney General Garland, based upon the
Pan-Electric Telephone Company stock
he has been SO unfortunate as to own.
Mr.. Garland has been exhibited before
the country in way to lead people to
suspect that he is not an honorable
man or upright official. No one of his
assaifantts would say 50 expressly, yet,
that is suggested by the attacks made
upon him. But the fact is there is no
person in the Federal service possessing
higher or purer character than Mr..
Garland or high and pure character
more deservedly gained and held, both
as citizen and officer, than he. Until
this telephone scandal was started.
there never was even passing breath
OF suggestion against his good name,
and the simple, incontrovertible facts
in this case are these About three
years ago, and certainly one year be-
fore he became Attorney General, or
could have thought of becoming such,
he was one of the corporators of a new
telephone company called the Pan-Elec-
trio, under what is known as the ssRog-
ers'' instrument or device. In this
company he became shareholder.
entitled to stock, as thousands of others
do in kindred enterprises. His stock
was not gift. Long afterwards he
became Attorney General of the
United States, and since then that
company has applied to the Depart
ment OF Justice to have the United
States bring suit against the Bell
Telephone Company upon q charge of
fraud in the issue of the Bell patent.
This application was turned over to
the consideration of Solicitor General
John Goode, the proper law officer in
such case, since, which time the
case mas Deen with him and Secretary
OF the Interior Lamar, Mr.. Garland
having nothing to do with it. The
Secretary Of the Interior, Mr.. Lamar,
as honorable and pure a man and Off
Ger as the Federal Government has in
It's service, after hearing the testimony
In support of the charge of fraud in
the issue of the Bell patent, considered
that It is the duty of the United States
to bring suit upon the prinaa facie case
made out, and preparation is going on
for that suit. These are the naked |
facts.
The single point at which the great |
trust in the case touches the Attorney
General is that a petition had come into