The National tribune., 1886-11-25
CONDENSED LETTERS.

+. Westerhagen, Co. c, 9th Wis, Milwaukee
Wis, says that the 9th Wis. was cOmplimented
by Gen. Mcclellan after the battle of Williams
burg. Gen. Mcclellan, accompanied by Gems
Smith and Hancock, rode in front of the 9th
while on dress parade, and thanked the regi-
ment for its gallantry in that action.
Solomon Smith, Co. II, 5th Ohio, Coldwater
Mich, was greatly pleased with Gen. Walkers
article on Warren at Bristoe." He says he
took part in that circus, side-show and ALL"
and Gen. Walkers account brings it all back
fresh to his memory.
Miss " NJ c." O.;awa, Kan, thinks IL n great
injustice that a widow whose husband served
more than three years in the war, and was in
nearly every battle with Sherman, is compelled
TO labor with her hands to secure a scanty sup
port for herself and children and receive no
help from the Pension Office, simply because
she cannot prove that her husband died from
injuries contracted in the service.
L. e. Horn. Lilly Chapel, Madison Co, o.,
thinks the people o. the country can never fully
pay the debt they owe To the men who saved
the Government from destruction. He hopes
the members of the Grand Army will stand
shoulder 20 shoulder in their efforts to secure at
least a measure Of justice to the veterans of the
war.
Montgomery Vorce, Co. K, 9th N. Y, Tomah,
Monroe Co, Wis., replying TO Comrade Reid,
I'd Wis, says the first advance on Frederieks-
buAS haS maui carly III the CpIlUR OF lcDZ Dy
the First Brigade, First Division. First Corps,
commanded by Gen. Augur. 1t was composed
Of the 22d, 9th and Both n. Y. aud 18th
Brooklyn, and was known as the Iron Bril-
gade"
James Walsh, "a Bradford street, Auburn, n.
Y, expresses the hope that the comrades who
served under Gen. Sykes will respond literally
10 the call for contributions TO erect n monu-
ment at West Point to the memory of that dis
tinguished officer.
A. J. Morton, Co. /, Goth Ind, Princeton,
Mimi, says he has in his possession a waist
belt similar TO the one described by Capt Geo.
Nj. Dean. 9th Iowa Cav. Ii was given TO him
by rebel prisoner at Camp Douglas, Chicago.
Ill.
J. S. Shaner, Wharton, o., gives full credit
TO the members of the Pension Committee of
the Grand Army for their efloEts in behalf of
the soldiers, but he thinks they have neglected
in their recommendations those who are afflict-
ed with deafness. He says there is not one deaf
soldier out of a thousand who would not rather
have lost an arm or a leg than his hearing.
lie urges that this class of sufferers receive
more consideration.
Robert Anderson, Co. C, 10Th u. s. Inf, Pratt,
Kan. would be glad to hear from his old COM
rade Anthony Franckhauser. whose address was
not given in his recently published letter
j. n. Burton, LIST Kan. NJ. l., Sterling,
Kan, thinks that his regiment has been ignored
battle Of Wilson's Creek. He says that accord
ing to the official report the LIST Kan. lost II
killed, 333 wounded and eight missing-tOtal
AIS out of GA engaged. This he says was
more than twice the number of casualties of
the lst Iowa and 2d Kan. combined.
;. r. Harrison, Goth n. Y. Monroe Lincoln
Co, Kan, says that at the battles of Williams
burg and Fair Oaks he picked up explosive bull
lets, and knows that they were used by the
| COnfedeFates
Henry A. Longenberg, Co. G.. 22d Iowa,
| Washington, Iowa. writes that he has in his
possession waist-belt like the one described
| by Capt. Geo. Nj. Dean, 9th Iowa Cav. He says
| it was taken from the body of Confederate
| soldier at the battle Of Champion Hills Miss
Some years after the war he met an Exon
| federate officer t. whom he showed the belt,
and who said il was the kind worn by many of
the Confederate soldiers.
Philip Flood, O. X, 5Sth H., Hartwell. Neb.,
sends list of the battles participated in by
the Ssth ILL.,, embracing nearly all the engage
ments Of the Army Of the Cumberland from
| Perryyile to Nashville COmTade Flood was
wounded at PerryYile and also at Adairsville.
| VIII ID. Butler. 9th Ind. battery, Greencastle
| Ind, correcting COmrade III. W. Phelps, 18th
| Ohio, says that about Sept. /, 1864, the entire
| command OF Gen. Al. Smith went TO Cape
! Girardeau, Mo, aud thence westward i'm pur.
suit of Price; afterward returning to ST. Louis
|
| il arrived Nov. -, the day of the fight at
| Franklin. He says Gen. Smith did not COM
mand the charge on the right Dec. 10, as lac had
the center of the line on both days of the bat
| tie.
c. Cramer. Co G, 1llth Ohio. Toledo, o.,
wishes 10 know the whereabouts OF James c.
Wetmore, who was Military Agent for the State
of Ohio after the war. He also writes that at
the battle of Franklin, Tenn. he lost his KNAPP
sack, containing among other things a Bible
| which he had carried more than two years If
any person has it he would be very glad TO re-
| cover il.
X. Flint Concord, Mass, desires information
/ in regard to the whereabouts Of his son George
who left Concord in company with Oscar Perry,
| April / last, to 70 cod fishing lie is Il years
old, light complexion, five feet four inches
high aud weighs about $50 pounds.
o. ii. Thompson, Cornish, Me, sends a copy
of an article from the Portland Press of Jan. >,
1865. giving the experience of Lieut.. VIM. III.
Smith during 10 months confinement in rebel
prisons. We would bo glad to publish the
article in full if our space would permit
James Santaro, Hartford. Conn, thinks the
] recent election for Congressman resulted favor