The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-12-04

Kan, writes In defense Of Sickles &C Gettys-
burg. He thinks the criticism made BY some
OF the comrades through THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE are unjustto that officer aud to the troops
he commanded.
A. A. Weeks, Russell, Kan, says that chronic
diarrhea may be cured by eating half lemon
before each meal. He says it has been bene-
fetal whenever tried.
w. +. FallOn, Captain, Co. I, 9th Ill. Cav,
Stowe, Kans, gives this as his correct address.
1t was wrongly printed in recent issue.
J. f. Henderson, Co. B, Goth Ohio. lola,
Kan, agrees with Comrade Hanover, that the
Second Brigade, First Division, Ninth Corps
was the first to enter Petersburg, April 3, 1865,
and raise its colors over the captured city.
He says the first man to give positive informa-
| tion of the evacuation was John Ford, Co. b,
Goth Ohio, who crawled over to the rebel lines
and found the works empty.
Ira b. Davis, Co. A, Hath N Y, CannOnville,
". Y, differs from Comrades Taylor, sd Pa,
and Newman, Sd K. l. III. A.. in regard to the
occupation of Charleston. The writer is conf
dent that the Hath N. Y. was in the city
before any other United States troops.
| X. V. VanVOlkingburgh, Co. III, 18th Ia,
Canova, Oak, would be glad to hear from any
of his old comrades. He would be especially
| pleased TO hear from the soldier who on July
j, 1864, near La Grange, Tenn, picked up his
pOcket-book containing $3.50 and some receipts
signed by Hollis Hildreth, of Minnesota.
| Peter Roberts, Washington, Iowa, invites
correspondence from all comrades and friends
of Co. q, 55th ILL.,, in reference to the present
whereabouts Of the survivors and the facts
regarding the death of those who have died
| since the war.
J. A Hood, 51st Ind, Glidden, Iowa, In re-
spouse TO recent inquiry says that the State
of Indiana compiled and issued two volumes
of the war history of her troops. He thinks
| the work has never been completed.
Geo. Hamilton, Randallsville, n. Y, corrccts
Comrade Depew, 1SSth Pa In regard to the
capture of Fort Harrison. He says the fort was
taken by the First Brigade, Second Division
| Eighteenth Corps. He knows that the slst
and 9Sth N. Y. had hand in the scrimmage
and that the S1st should have the honor OF
raising the first flag, not only on Fort Harrison
but also over the rebel capital.
w. w. Ewing, Co. A, sJth Ind, Linden, Ind,
says that with all due respect to Comrade Pat
terson, 10lst ILL.,, and Comrade Stacey, 55th
Ohio, and without any pretensions to extraOr-
binary bravery, the fortunes of war gave to a
detachment of the Second Brigade, Third Di-
vision, Twentieth Corps, the honor of being
the first to enter Atlanta, Sept 2 1864. The
brigade consisted Of the 10Th Mich, 22d Wis.
SD and S5th Ind, and was commanded by Col
COburn, Of the SD Ind, who received the sur
render of the City by the Mayor.
John G. Rasspach, Co. G, 18th Wis, First Bril-
gade, Third Division, Seventeenth Corps, Aladi
son, Wis, says the city of Columbia, s. c., was
not set on fire by the Union troops, but by sol
diers of the Confederate army. who applied the
torch before they evacuated the place. In proof
of this statement he quotes from Gen. ]. ID
COx's volume on "The March to the Sea-
OF Scribners " Campaigns of the Civil War"
Joseph p. Lincoln, Co. E, 5th Wis, Ellsworth
Kan, thinks the contributors to The Ma.
TIoNAL TRIBUNE have neglected the frs
brigade commanded by Gen. Hancock, com
posed of the 43d N. Y, 49th Pa, 9th Me-, and
5th Wis, all of which he says were as good
regiments as ever marched to the sound of fft
and drum.
VIM. Weaver, Co. A, 9Th Ohio Cav, Bradford
o., would be glad to have some cOmrade write
a sketch of the fight at Lynchburg. Va. 1t wa
fought about June H. 1864. He was sent with
his company to burn the bridge between Rich
mOnd and Lynchburg and was not in the fight
Gilbert A. Fitch, Co. ID, list N. Y, Media
Kan, is confident that Gen. Spinola did not al
any time command the Excelsior Brigade.
N. II. Harms, Co. B, 18th Ohio, Milford, O.
congratulates the GAR. Pension Committe
aud the soldiers at large on the defeat of MI
Morrison, of Illinois. He expresses the hop
that it will DO very cold day when Nj
Morrison is again elected 10 Congress.
Chas. Barker, Co. A, 9Th y. Y, Sehroon Lake
N. Y, Is sure that Joseph Z. Nutter, Co. B, Is
Mass, was mistaken IN saying that Stonewal
Jackson was mortally wounded by the fire O
his regiment. he says that Gen. Jackson wa
accidentally shot by the soldiers of his ow
army.
A. G. Stephens, Sergeant, Co. A, 10th I'll
Decatur, ILL.,, says that good many ictitioU
claims have been filed for the capture of ID
Gress's battery. He says the job was who'll
done by the 9th Wis, 116th I'LL, and 57th OhiC
which were detached from the Fifteenth Corr
and sent to the aid Of the Seventeenth. he say
that they were sent in by Gen. Logan himsel
G. III. Lewis, Co. /, I'd VT, Huntington, VT
says that early one morning In January, 1S6:
240 Union prisoners were on board the true
boat at Richmond, bound down the river 70
exchange. "Jack" Warner, standing on th
wharf, said: Boys, am glad you are gOin
home; may you rest sweetly in Abraham
BOSOM" Some one among them proposed thre
cheers for Abraham Lincoln, and they wei
given with tremendous shout.
John o. Mullane, Co. ID, 9th KY, Cloverdal
Ind, says the rebel line at Mission Ridge W;
broken by the 9th Ky. and 9th Ind, of Hazen