The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-11-11

guard during the night or the 18TH, ana was
relieved the next morning by the SD Iowa.
He says the I'd Kan. which was a eolored regi-
ment, did not falter in its charge on the rebel
guns He thinks Gen. Sam Rice. Of Iowa, is
entitled to as much credit as anybody else for
saving the day at Jenkins's Ferry.
James ID. Dennison, Garden City, Kan, sug-
gests that the members of the Grand Army and
the W.RC. who have been so generous in con-
tributing to the Charleston sufferers now turn
their attention to many poor and needy dis
abled soldiers and their families in the West
who, scarcely able to work. are endeavoring to
exc out scanty livelihood. He says they can
find plenty of cases that should enlist their
warmest sympathies and earnest efforts.
A. Terry, Co. +, 18th Ill, Lost Springs, Kan
wishes that some comrade would write an &C.
count of the battle fought by Gen. G. c. Wal
cults Brigade at Griswoldville, near Macon,
Ga, on Shermans march to the sea- He thinks
the services of his brigade are well worthy of
being recorded by an able pen.
Alex. keefe, Co. A, I'd U. s. Cav, Athens
Pa, says the 1st ". Y. Dragons belonged to
what was known as the Regular or Reserve
Brigade, being the Third Brigade, First Diyis-
lou, Cavalry Corps, and at the time in contro-
versy was commanded by Col Gibbs. of the 1st
N. T., Gen. Merritt being in command of the
Division. The brigade comprised the 1st, I'd,
9th and 9th Regular Cav, the 9th Pa. and LIST
n. Y. Dragons.
Capt. Ned, WOonsocket, Oak, says he has
got so mixed up over the conflicting accounts
OF the battle of Antietam that he would be
very glad to see something from some good
writer OF the old Hawkins Brigade, which con-
sisted OF the 9th, seth and 103d N. Y. and 10th
Conn.
NJ. p. Frassoni, late Ordnance Department.
U. ;. A, Moosic, Pa, and Charles Stacey, Co.
ID, 55th Ohio. Norwalk, o., both add their tes-
tlmony to the use of explosive musket- balls by
Confederate soldiers.
i. NJ Adair, Sergeant Major, seth Ind, Sa-
lem, Ore, sends an account, written at the time
by Capt. Reilley, 10th KY, correspondent of
the Louisville Journal, which pays very high
compliment to the gallantry Of the 10Th and
e6th Ind. in the charge at Mission Ridge.
James Nj. Wharton, Co. A, 9th Ind, Bing-
hurst, Ind, wishes to inform Carleton" that
the battle of Mission Ridge was fought Nov.
"a and %, 1868, and not in October, as stated
In one of " Carleton's" recent articles.
John A. Johnson, 39th Iowa, Stratford, Iowa,
would be glad to have some comrade write a
sketch of the fight at Parker's Crossroads
Tenn, Jan. i, 1863. He was captured in that
engagement and was confined at MilIen.
Z. K. Newman, Central City, Iowa, has heard
from several of his comrades of the Sd II. /. III.
A In consequence of a letter from him pub
lished in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. He was
greatly pleased and would be glad to hear from
any others. He thinks THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE is great paper.
j. s. Salisbury, Co. C, LIST Neb., Ravenna,
Neb., abiding to the claim of some comrades
for length of service, says the LIST Neb. was
mustered in June 5, 1861, and was discharged
July 3, 1866
ID. G. Blodgett, 10th Ind battery, Lafayette,
Ind, says the shot that knocked the signal flag
and man from the extreme point of Lookout
Mountain was fred by the 18th Ohio battery
He is sure that the comrade of his own battery
who filed claim to the credit of that feat is
mistaken.
J. G.. Moore, Co. K, LIST Wis. Cav, Tomah,
Wis, writes that he first smelt powder with
Gen. McNeiPs force in the fight with Gen.
Marmaduke at Cape Girardeau. He thinks
his company (E) showed good pluck that day.
Capt. Shipman, of that company, was badly
wounded and was soon after promoted TO
Majors
Samuel B. Horne, Winsted Conn, late Pro-
vost Marshal Eighteenth Corps, says that Gen.
Grant in his Memoirs" Vol. /, pages 1906 434,
accuses Col. Murphy, of the 9Th Wis, of ?" disloy-
atty and gross cowardice" both in the evacuation
OF luka and the surrender of himself and men
at Holly Springs. He says: Can any Of the
comrades of that regiment or State give US in
formation as to the truth or falsity of the
charger would also like to be informed as to
Col. Murphy's subsequent service"
Thomas Warren, Co. d. 2lst Mass, Miller's
Falls, Mass, writes u brief account of the serv-
ice OF his regiment under Gen. Burnside. He
would be glad to have some of his comrades
send to The NATIONAL TRIBUNE sketches OF
their campaigns and battles.
j. ]. Parsons, Co. b, 105th Pa, Marionville,
Pa, stands up for Gen. Sickles and the Third
Corps at Gettysburg. He thinks the criticisms
made by numerous comrades upon Gen. Siekles
are very unjust and have no foundation in
truth.
Scott w. Jones, Co. NJ, 10Th Pa. Cav. Edens-
burg, Pa, derides the Confederate Col. W. A.
Morgan's account of his prodigious exploits at
Gettysburg and elsewhere in routing the Union
cavalry.
C. J. Foster, Duncan, Pa, writes that he is a
member of the Mormon Church, which he thinks
has been greatly reviled and unjustly accused.
He thinks it is time to stand up in defense OF
the truth. He says that when people speak
against the saints" they speak against God
himself. He says that some of the best and
truest men and women he has ever known be-
long to the Mormon Church, and some who