The National tribune., 1888-07-26
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From Alert Comrades All Along the
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Information Asked and Given.

Information Asked and Given.
Benjamin Hall, Baker KY, desires the adj
dress of Lieut.. David German, Co. q, 45th Ky.
Would also ask any comrade to tell him who
was the Provost Marshal at Warsaw, KY, IN
1854
n. M. Dollar, Fredonis, KY says that any
comrade who knew Joseph A. Crayne, Co. b,
Goth KY, who was detailed with others at
Nashville, Tenn, and was injured between
that place and MurfreesbOro, having leg
broken and being sent to Murfreesboro where
he lay in hospital for several months, will con-
fer favor by communicating with the writer
or with Joseph A. Crsyne, Marion, KY.
Peter Mcdonnell, Indianola, Iowa, desires to
know something about the death of John
Francis Dunn or Francis John Dunn. He was
either killed or mortally wounded at Antietam,
and was in a regiment which went from New
York city, the destination not known. There
may be some back pay and bounty due this
mans mother who Is now old and needy.
A. McCarroll, Tiona, Pa, would like the
name and address of the member of Co. F, Sd
N. Y. Cav, who signed -. t. o." to the article
headed "a Banquet of the Mind" in a recent
issue of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
III. G, Hendrick, Lawrence, Mich, would like
to know the whereabouts of William Bryley,
46th Pa, who knows about his being hurt
while in the service.
Hiram Merchant, Eden, O., says if any of the
boys of the Pioneer Corps, Third Division, Fiji
teenth Corps, want the address of any of the
officers of said corps and number of the pri-
Yates to write to him and he will give them
their present address.
III. p. Person, Reedsburg, Wis, referring to
an article in the issue of July -, under head
of "QuantrelPs Notorious Guerrillas," says for
the information of GO c." that the -. s."
mentioned therein is q resident of Reedsburg,
Wis, and member of Post No. 13 Department
of Wisconsin.
Miss L. NJ. Stackhouse, Grass Valley, Cal,
wants to know the whereabouts of G. w. Stack
house. Co. ID, 10th Ind. He was wounded in
right arm at Chickamauga, which caused
thumb and two foreingers to double up in
palm of the hand. Soon after the war he To-
Gated claim at Ashland, Neb.; afterward
moved to Emp0ria Kan; about March, 1875.
started for California; was taken sick on road
and stopped at Kearney, Neb., and since that
his friends have had no trace of him. 1t is
feared be may have started while sick and died
Ell route Liberal reward will be given for
definite knowledge of his whereabouts if liv-
ing or dead. VIII comrades help sister to
find him?
Frank NJ. Helleren, Demos, o., wants the
address of George Watkins and Chas. Wright,
old comrades of the 50th n. Y, Engineers, or
any other member of Co. A who was at the
battle of Fredericksburg December 1862.
Asa II. Jones, Co. +, 102d ILL.,, Mercer Co.,
H., says every comrade should take THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE now that % cents will get it
for three months, for it is the soldiers best
friend. He would be pleased to have some
comrade inform him where he can buy tame
buffalo.
Fred Fassett Co. Fl, 10th No. Cav, would
like to see something in The NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE about his regiment, especially about the
sinking of the steamboat B. NJ. Runyan, where
the regiment was considerably interested He
was only 16 years old, and did not take as
much notice at that time as he would now, so
did not know what was going on. If some
comrade sees this he would like him to write
an account of the accident.
George E. Gilchrist, Co. D. 7th Ind, Bright
wood Ind. would like the address of a mem
Der of New York heavy artillery regiment
that took part in the Wilderness campaign as
infantry. Thinks his name was Dougherty.
He was member of a detail to care for train
load of sick from Florence IS. c. Prison, under
Capt. Butler, who were to be exchanged at Will
miDgton, n. G. They made their escape from
the ears north of Leechs Depot, on the Will
mington & Weldon Railroad Feb. 81, 1865, and
reached our lines Feb. "a. Another comrade,
James Hendricks a brother of Thomas A. Hen
bricks, escaped along with them. Hendricks
is now dead, and Gilchrist would be glad to
hear from DougheTty.
w. r. Warner 18th Mass, Fall River, Mass,
says: =" In looking over my diary, kept during
three years service in the Army of the Po-
tomac, find that recorded on June IL, 1868,
that we First Corps halted near HARDWOOD
Church, where deserter from the 10th Ind.
was taken out into field, blindfolded and
shot. As / recall it, there was story told on
the march that the man had deserted during
the Winter, and later had been taken prisoner
by some of his own regiment. Can any
one now give the facts of the case? l
would like information also-fTom friendly
curiosity only concerning name, etc, of
Lieutenant of S0th H., who having been a
prisoner at Richmond, escaped through the
tunnel, injured his foot when about 90 miles
away, was secreted by negro, befriended and
fed, and finally piloted into our lines near
MitchelFs Station, Va, during the night of
Feb 30, 1864. The writer was in charge of the
picket post stationed on the railroad at that
point, and recalls readily the intense relief of
the Lieutenant ora once more finding himself
within the Union lines, and his earnest graft
tude to the negro who had stood by him so faith
fully. have forgotten the Lieutenants name,
or failed to record it. What has become of
him, and also Of the negro who assisted him 4"
William G. Hawley, Fort Collins, Colo. would
like to have the names of the officers with
their regiments aud companies, on the recruit
ing station at Troy N. Y, Feb. 23 1865 Also
of those at receiving barracks on Harris Island,
New York Harbor, Feb. "a, 1866.
Our Constituents.
James Hoy, 63d N. Y, 1877 North street. Bos-
ton, Mass, says: Recently, while talking to
| one of your subscribers about Gettysburg, he
asked me if l took THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
/ had never seen the paper, aud after looking
| over it | am sorry had not. / would not now
| be without it for five times its annual cost"
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! is doing all he can to secure subscribers for
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