The National tribune., 1888-11-22
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Henry c. Vaughn, Co. E, Oath KY, Mulberry
Grove, Kan, says be is sure that there were
cotton bales used in the construction of the de-
| fenses of Knoxville, Tenn, and that they were
at the northeast side of the city, almost south
of the depot and little east of the main street.
| He believes the troops who occupied these
works were the Tooth and 10th Ohio. He
also thinks that had Longstreet made his at
| tack on this portion of the line instead of at
| Fort Sanders he would have had much better
| chance for success.
John w Curtis, Co. B, 10th Tenn. Cav,
Chestuee Mills, Tenn, referring to the article
of COmrade c. c. Davis regarding the use of
cotton bales in the construction of the works at
| Knoxville, Tenn, says that the comrade is
right, for to his knowledge no such material
was used, and he was there all the time, and
drove mule-team and helped handle the ma
terial used in building these breastworks. He
thinks II the man Dickinson, for whom the
| appropriation for cotton was passed, had been
private soldier he would have been allowed
about 81 per month only
James M. Gatchell, 104th H., reiterates the
statement that the 104th ILL., was the first regi-
ment to cross Chattanooga Creek and to ascend
Lookout Mountain at the time of the battle,
Comrade ]. B. Jacobs, Co. A, 33d Ohio, to the
contrary Notwithstanding. This can be proved
| by every man in the 104th H.
F. L. McCurdy. Co. G, Sth Mo-, Belle Plain,
Iowa. says j. N. McCurdy, of Bucyrus, o.. is
| mistaken about his being the possessor of q
| spear captured from the rebels. He has large
knife which he captured at Fort DonelsOn ;
what is known as an " Arkansas toothpict."
| The rebels he thinks, have enough to answer
| for without imputing anything else to them.
| Their treatment of the unfortunates who fell
| into their hands was enough to damn them for
ever. This knife is 10 inches long and the
handle about six inches, and is just as long now
as it ever was.
John V. Smith, Co. 1, 10th H., Silverton,
Ore, has not seen anything from any of his
old comrades in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
They did good service and should not be
| afraid to tell of it. They were in the siege of
Vicksburg and left many of their members
there. He would be pleased to hear from any
of his old company and regiment
w. P. Hobson, Commander, Post No. 449, G..
AR, Department. of Kansas, says Comrade
Cross, Co. G, 9TH Iowa Cav. who was Sheriff of
Stevens Co., Kan, was killed by a band of out
laws on the border of the Indian Territory in
July last, while pursuing and trying to arrest
them.
Lucius W. Hull, Drum Major, 18th Ohio,
Jacksonville, o., makes claim to being the
youngest soldier. He was born April 80, 1850
and went out in Co. K, 10th Ohio, in 1861. and
drummed for his clothes and rations. He WAS
captured in June, 1863 at Winchester, Va, and
confined on Belle Isle; was paroled and re-
turned home remained but few weeks, and
| enlisted in Co. G, 18th Ohio, when II years old.
He was made Drum Major in the Winter of
| 1864. He served until the close of the war, and
was in the campaign of Atlanta and with
Thomas at the battle of Nashville.
J. B. McGonigal, Colby, Kan, says that if
S. Bessonett, Boulder, Colo, will consult any
member of the 10Th or 49th Ohio or 32d Ind
| they will inform him that their regiment and
the 39th Ind. composed the original Willich's
| Brigade. 1t was mounted after nearly two
I ~ i. II. Il
the Sth Ind. Cav 1t was as gallant q regiment
as ever left the State, and was led by Col. Thos
Harrison, cousin of our Ben. 1t is always
best to know the whole facts before setting up
for historian.
William r. Brooks, 10th n. Y battery, IN
ion, N. Y, thinks the statement made by Charles
Brooks, Baraboo, Wis, regarding the 10th N
Y. battery is incorrect. This battery was
raised at Binghamton, N. Y, during the Win
ter of 1961-'62 by Capt. NJ. w. Lock; went