The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-29
CONDENSED LETTERS.

J. H. Rea, Major, LIST Pa. Cav, Carmichael,
Pa, would like to hear from any of his old
comrades.
E. A. Jackson, York. ILL.,, would like to hear
from some of the members of the LIST Mimi. and
| 63d III.
D. Ii. Drake, Co. Fl, esd Ind, Harveysburg,
Ind, thinks the Government owes duty to
the soldiers rather than to the bondholders.
w. II. Lancaster, Co. D, 130th ILL.,, Friend,
Neb., does not agree with Comrade J. X. Shell
ton in his assertion that the only part Of the
career of his regiment (the 150th Ill., of which
he was not proud was the part it took in the
Red River expedition. Comrado Lancaster is
proud of the entire career of his regiment.
]. G. Brandt, Sergeant, Co. L, 18th Ohio,
Ironton, o., was much pleased with the recent
communication in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
| from II. G. Myers, of the 11th Mich, in regard
to the fight at Cynthiana, KY. He brandy
writes that they (the 18th Ohio) always felt
| glad when they had the Michigan boys to go
| in with them.
]. V. Perlew, Co. 81, 55th Ohio, Eagle, Mich,
thinks Conlrade Walker, of the 10lst ILL.,, is
! laboring under mistake when he claims that
| his regiment was the first TO enter Atlanta
after its evacuation. He (Perdew) claims that
| the Third Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth
Corps, was the first
]. G. Thompson, Forrest, H., is much de-
| lighted with the matter now appearing from
| the pen of Gen. Logan in The NATIONAL
| TRIBUNE.
B. Tice, Co. 81. 9th Ohio, Findlay, o., in
reply to the query of Charles A. French in re-
gard to what battery first opened fire on Fort
Gregg, says that it was two pieces OF Battery
d, LIST Ohio L. A.
T. N. Adams, Co. E, Goth Ohio, Deersville,
O., wishes to correct Lieut.. w. Fl. Haines, Co.
G., Goth Ohio. The brigade in question was he
(Adams) says, composed Of the LIST, I'd and 9Th
Mich, 5Oth Pa, 14th N. Y. h A., 18th N. Y.
and Goth Ohio, instead of the Goth Mich. and
Gath n. Y. III. A., as stated by Comrade Haines.
Shelton Morris, Co. d, 10th Iowa, sends
copy of the order issued by the rebel Gen.
Hindman before the battle of Prairie Grove
T. j. Wright, Captain, 9Th KY, WestbOro,
Mo-, says the Sth KY. was undoubtedly at Look
out Mountain, in spite OF any statements to the
| contrary.
Jonathan Llewellyn, Co. c, a3d Ind, Mabel
vale, Ark, indorses Comrade Newman's state
ment that the 22d Wis, 33d and S9th Ind. and
10th Mich. were the first troops to- enter At
lanta.
A. P. Moats Scotch Grove, Iowa, asks that
little glory be left for the old 34th Iowa in
regard to the capture of Fl. Blakely. as that
regiment was there and did good service.
Daniel S. Logan, Co. Ii, 26th H., does not
wish to wrangle about what his regiment did
and what it did not do but claims that it al
ways obeyed orders to the letter, participated
in 81 battles and skirmishes marched over 5000
miles, was never whipped, and never failed to
make its objective point
Is. T. Parks, Lieutenant, Co. g, 147th Pa,
Bloomsbury Pa, had two bullets go through
his head-one from ear to ear and tho other
one entering the back of the neck and coming
out at the right eye. He is still living in spite
of his terrible injuries.
W. w. Monday, First Lieutenant, Co. Fl, LIST
Ark. Cav, Verona, Mo-, was at the battles of
Pea Ridge and Prairie Grove He calls to mind
very well the desperate sighting at both these
places, and remembers when Col. Black, of the
37th ILL., got the terrible wounds from which
he suffers so much to-day.
III. Lawson, Co. B. 9Th Kan. Cav, Williams
burg, KY, thinks some provision ought to be
made for the prisoners of war He claims that
| they should certainly be paid ut the rate of 81
per day during their confinement and be now
penSiOned according to their disability.
j. S. Brooks, Co. l, 2oth Ohio, Jackson Court
house, w. Va, thinks the Government has been
far more tender in its care of the bondholders
than Of the men who risked life and limb in
defense of the Union.
w. II. Webster, Co. Fl, Both n Y lansing
| burg, N. Y, writes a strong letter in favor of
pensioning ex-prisoners of war.
Robert Duncan, Co. +, 2Sth H., Lusk, H.,
| would very much like TO SOC an account in THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE of the fight at Brittons
| Lane, Tenn, in 1862.
Addison White, Co. Fl, It'll Ohio, southing-
ton, o., thinks q little credit attaches to his
regiment for the part it took at the battle of
Winchester March %, 1862, and that recent
writer claimed too much for the 9th Ohio.
John holland, Co. l., 18th III. Cav, Oak Hill,
Kan, who enlisted at the age of 16 years and
seven months, was taken prisoner at Jonesvlle
Va, Jan. 3, 1864, and was. confined in Belle
Island. He tells pathetic story of the suffer-
ing endured by the Union prisoners in that
dreadful place.
L. F. Parish, Co. G, 18th Iowa, does not like
the way in which many comrades contradict one
another in regard to different movements. He
thinks this pickering as to who got there first,
who planted this that and the other flag, un-
becoming, as in most instances those men who
performed particular feats did it because they
were ordered to do it, or that they happened to
be in position whore it naturally fell to their
lot to accomplish it.