The National tribune., 1886-04-22
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CONDENSED LETTERS.

Z. T. Lee, Cerro Gordo Ill.,, says Comrade w
W. Barnett is mistaken about the 10th Ill
being in Hurlbut's Division at the battle OF
Hatchie Bridge. He claims that it was the 4Ist
Ill.,, under Col. l. c. Pugh.
VIM. Allen, Co. 3, Sd KY, writes that his was
the first loyal regiment raised on Kentucky soil.
John w. Hammond, Burbank Oak, is very
much pleased by the way in which Gen. Black
administers the affairs of the Pension Office.
G. w. Bridges, Co. B, 9Th N. H., Brookline,
n. H., will always remember with gratitude
and pride the grand old 4th Wis, which was in
the same brigade with his regiment
C. L. Wilson, Co. K, 21st ILL.,, Tecumseh, Neb.,
writes that his regiment was mustered out Dec.
Is, 1865. He would like to hear from some OF
his old comrades.
August Merrill, Captain, LIST Me-, Pomona,
Cal, thinks the Government has not acted in
good faith towards its defenders.
H. E. Evans, Nicholson, Wis, is in favor of a
general service pension.
L. L. GambelI, Co. B, 25th Iowa, was with
Sherman on his march to the sea. He writes
of the great delight he experienced, after his
four years service, of going back to his family.
J. n. Cubbison, Co. K, Goth Iowa, Bronson,
Kan, is strongly in favor of a service pension,
and writes an able letter in regard thereto.
ID. Flowers, Georgetown, o., writes that there
is in his town sleigh built over 80 years ago by
Jesse Il. Grant. the father of the General. The
sleigh is owned at the present time by an old
friend of the Generals father.
Solomon Smith, Co. III, Sth Ohio, Coldwater,
Mich, was an eyewitness to the execution of
the bounty. jumpers mentioned by T. s. Potter
in recent issue of The NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
He says it was truly the most heartrending
scene that he ever beheld, and although the
culprits deserved death there was commisera-
ton felt for their fate on account of the bung-
ling way in which the execution was carried
forward.
Jas. Forder, Co. D, 3Sth Ind, Girard, Kan,
Wye's account of the battle of Jonesboro. He
thinks the description given of the charge made
by the 18th N. Y. excellent.
Joseph Ogden. Corporal, Co. K. Goth Pa, Ma
tional Home, Maine, indorses COmrade Peter
Ayre's account of the march from Emmittsbarg
to Gettysburg.
John T. Gray, Co. B, 5Sth ILL.,, Tampico, ILL.,,
sends an interesting sketch of his regiment
from the time of its organization until its mus
ter out.
Richard Fl. Ball. La Conner, Wash. Ter,
writes an interesting account of the capture of
Fort Blakely, and gives the credit of the cap
ture to the Third Brigade, Second Division,
Thirteenth Corps.
r. C. Freeman, Co. B. 7th Ind. Cav, Null
berry Grove, Kan, relates that in the Fall of
1868 his regiment went on an expedition from
Hickman, KY, to Union City. Tenn, and ON
the second day out they heard firing on the
left A detail Of men, under the command of
Lieut.. j. q. Mayer, was sent out to investigate,
and soon came across a squad of guerrillas who
had captured three or four of the 10Th Pa Cav.
Two of the guerrillas were killed and three
captured, the rest making their escape to the
hills. The 10th Pa. boys Were overjoyed at be-
ing restored to their comrades.
j. A. Macarthur, Mitchell. OAK, sends copy
of Gen. Giles A. Smiths congratulatory order
to the Third Brigade, Fourth Division, Seven
teenth Corps, after the capture of Columbia,
S. c..
S. 8. Short, Lieutenant, 9sth N. Y, Alton,
n. Y, wondersif all the boys of the Nineteenth
Corps are dead, or whether they do not care to
fight their battles over again.
J. ID. Brinford, Aliens Grove, Iowa. indorses
recent communication in THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, which affirmed that Gen. A. J. Smith
was not whipped at Tupeo.
Alonzo Warsall, Co. |, Sd Iowa, Millbank,
OAK, was on the steamer that picked up num-
Der of the survivors from the North America He
mentions the fact of sick soldier and his sister
being among the saved and of the generous con-
tribution which was got up for them by the
boys.
L. A. Roberts, Mulberry Grove, Kan. writes
that great injustice was done the soldiers by
paying them in deprecated currency instead of
gold or silver.
d. H. King, 22d n. Y, Fort Edward, n. Y,
gives the 14th Brooklyn, ed, 9th and 3Oth
N. Y, and the I'd Berdan Sharpshooters, as the
regiments composing the Iron Brigade.
Frank Demaro, Serg't, Co. A, 5th w. vs.,
Ironton, O., writes of the unjust discrimination,
he thinks, between the pensions of the officers
and the privates of the late war.
A. w. Huber Co. G, 7th Pa. Cav, Pinegrove,
Pa, tells how the rebels tried to destroy the