The National tribune., 1888-03-08

UbEIuI oHo WICK anu lIiDby OuG MGSh dua NC
suffered untold agonies during his confinement.
Luke Bryan, regiment not given.) Newark,
o., sends an interesting account Of his army
experiences.
Fred Heacock, Co. B, 104th Ohio, Columbi-
ana, o., (instead of Columbus, as recently
printed, says that J. s. Conner, in his account of
the battle of Franklin, was wrong when he
wrote that Lieut.. William Kemble belonged to
Co. q, 175th Ohio The Lieutenant belonged to
Co. G, 104th Ohio, and was killed near the cot
on-gin in a hand to-hand fight with the rebels
John Springer, Lake Fork, o., was one ofthe
kids of Co. /, 163d 0hio-a 100-days regi-
ment. He was discharged Sept 10, 1864, and
re-enlisted in February, 1865, in Co. a, l96th
Ohio. He would like to hear from any Of his
old comrades.
George A. Smith, Co. H, 7th Ohio Cav, Whip
pie, O., sends an account of the part taken by
his regiment at the battle of Rogersville. He
says that for two hours the fighting was as
desperate as any he ever saw. The I'd +. Tenn.
were all captured and part of the 18th Ohio
Cav.
A. stinson, 10Th Me-, North seersport. Me-,
sends an interesting account of the part his
regiment took in the battle of Gettysburg.
Guy l.. Blk, Concord, n. H., says he has been
laborng under the deluson for the past %
years that he belonged to Co. A. 8th n ii. H. A,
but not having seen any mention of the regl-
mentin THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, he has made
up his mind that there was no such organiza-
tion. STILL he knows he was in the army, be-
cause he draws $50 month pension. He says
If there was such q regiment as the 9Th n. H.
II. A., he would like very much to hear from
some of its members
d. III. Denney, Co. A. 26th Ohio. Galena, H.,
corrects the statement of James Wilson, which
appeared in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE of Jan.
3, in regard to the 2Gth Iowa being part of the
Fifteenth Corps, that was mustered Outat Louis
vile, KY. Comrade Denney says he is certainly
mistaken, as the 26th Iowa was never in Louis
vile, except when marching from Memphis to
Chattanooga.
| o. J. Foss, Co. Fl, Cd Wis. Cav Granite Falls
Mimi, calls upon the comrades of his company
| to send him their names and addresses in order
| to effect a company organization. He thinks
it would be pleasant to hold Reunion during
the coming June at Granite Falls during the
| GAR. Encampment.
| J. II. Masten, Co. F, 1st NY. Cav, Cohocton
| N. " raises his voice in defense of Gen. Custer
and referring to a recent remark by ]. K. Low
den to the effect that the Michigan boys would
| like the traducer of Custer sent up to Michigan
to be fixed" says that the 1st n Y Lincoln
| Cav. wants hand in that job, as they followed
the gallant Custer on many bloody field, and
he was never seen in the rear.
Henry n Shanahan, Co. N, 4th Mich Cav.
Del Prairie, Wis, thinks that it must be humilia
ting to the Southern chivalry to think they
were whipped by host of pension suckers anC
bummers, as the soldier hating papers of the
country now term the Union soldiers.
s. Daman, Sergeant, Co. l. 103d Ohio, Akron
O., thinks that Lieut.. S. Petit is sadly want
ing in respect when he speaks of Gen. JACK
Easement as shallow Drained buffoon.
/. B. Goodrich, First Sergeant Goth Ind.
never sees anything in THE NATIONAL TRIB
UNE from his old regiment. He wishes thc
comrades would wake up and do little ink
| singing.
Fl. c. Norman, Sergeant, Co. Fl, Both Ky.
Monticello KY, has seen nothing in THE Ma
TIoEAL TRIBUNE concerning the existence o
the Both Ky. MID Inf. He wonders why none
| of the boys 50 rise to explain"
John K. Trip, Co. A, 9th H., Shelbyville
H., does not claim for his regiment the honor
of planting flags on State CapitOls, capt
uring batteries and like exploits, but say
they were great on charging suffers she
bangs" peanut stands and other stronghold
where eatables were stored.
g. II. Sterling, Co. +, 8th Wis, Mellette Oak.
concludes that all his comrades have beer
finally mustered out, as he never hears from
them through The NATIONAL TRIBUNE o.
| otherwise.
w. H Lutes Co. E. 10th Iowa, Wymore, Neb.
wishes the readers of The NATIONAL TRIB
UNE to know that his regiment took part il
| the late unpleasantness, although its service
do not seem TO be noticed.
J. A. Barney, First Sergeant and Breve
Captain, Co. B, 10th Wis, Mayville, Wis, say
that H. A. Weidensand, Co. ID, 46th Pa, is il
| error in his statement in The NATIONAL TRIB
UNE Of Jan. % when he says that the Tween
tieth Corps did not exist until Towards (Eley
enth) and Slocum's (Twefth) Corps went int
| the Western army The writer says that a
the battle of Stone River the Army of Thu
Cumberland, under Roseerans, was designated
as the Fourteenth Corps. The left wing wa
commanded by Gen. Crittenden, the center b.
Thomas, and the right by McCook. Immedi
| ately after that battle the army was divided
into three corps The left wing was designatet
as the Twenty first Corps the center as til
| Fourteenth, and the right, consisting of tire
divisions, under Gems. JEFF C. Davis Sheridan
and Johnson, commanded by Gen. McCook, a
the Twentieth until after the battle Of Chicka
manga, when the Twentieth and Twenty irs
Corps were consolidated and called the Fourth
and the Eleventh and Twelfth consolidate,
and called the Twentieth.
T. G. Roberts, Co. B, list Pa, residence no
given,) although he has been reader of TIL
NATIONAL TRIBUNE for four years, has faile
to see anything of the doings of his comrades.
William James,. Jacksonville, Fla, writin
in reply to l.. J. Ms question in regard to tn
time the first colored troops enlisted says tina
Co. B, SD U. S. C. t., was organized on TIL
10TH OF OCTOBER ana mustered INTO the SerVlc
of the United States by Brig. Gen. Rufus Sax
ton Nov. z, 1862.
E. Daley, Co. B, Independent KY. Cav, Gov
ington KY, writing of the fight at JonesborC
says he will never forget the sight that met hi
eye on mounting hill and looking on PAL
of the town in flames. The depot was Wrappe
in the fiery element, and the steeple. which wa
composed of iron framework, had burned to
white heat, and the tracery, standing in relic
against the sky, presented one of the mo:
beautiful appearances he had ever witnessed.
John d. Shannon Co. d, 4th w. Va, Ant
guilty, o., does not claim that his regiment pu
down the rebellion, or that it was the first I
plant its flag on the domes of the rebel capitol
but does claim that it was composed of as goo
material as any regiment in the service of Uncl
Sam, and did'its duty as faithfully.
JAS B. Pyeatte, Co. A, 5th Ind. Cav, Marion
Ind, writes that his regiment was in % battle
and skirmishes, and during the month of Jun
1864, in Georgia, was engaged in a skirmis
nearly every day. During its term of ser'
ice it captured GAO prisoners and its casuatit
were "a killed in action, IA died in hospita
Us in rebel prisons, and 70 were wounded (
whom 13 died. and 497 were captured.
W. F. Smith, Co F, 127th H., Armenia, Oak
writes that his regiment participated at th
battle of Jonesboro and in every other engage
ment in which the Second Brigade took part.
E. Wildman, so Elm ST., Danbury, Conn
says that in recent issue of THE NATIoNA
TRIBUNE he was given credit for commandin