The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-11-15
Our Constituents.

VuI NVhsAtNHfhtns
Dutee Johnson, jr, Valley Falls, R. l., says
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE is source of pleasure
every week. and the fountain never runs dry.
He always urges the old boys to take the paper,
to read and study it. He would like some COM
rade who knows of the yellow fever epidemic
at New Berne, n c., in 1864, to write it up;
also, some eomrade to tell about the military
murder of seven men, which occurred in front
of Fort Totteu, n c.; and also to write of the
siege of Little Washington and Plymouth, n
c., where the ram Albemarle played so promi-
nent part.
VIM. shinnaman, Co. F, 18th Ind Pepper
town, Ind, thinks THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
the best soldiers advocate in the world and de-
serving of the support of every veteran and his
family in the country. He wishes US renewed
prosperity for our persistent advocacy of pen
sion legislation.
PrOYidential Spring.
Louis Wiselogel Co. D, 18th Mich, Chipley,
Fla, desires to add his mite to the probable
origin of the Providence Spring of Anderson
vile. He was not prisoner in AndersOnville,
but year ago made the place a visit and saw
and talked with Mr. ]. III. McNally, the man
who had charge of the gang of men who dug
the ditch to place the st0ckade in position.
He says there was an old spring there years be-
fore, but the trench came just inside of the
spring. and the dirt was thrown out and COW
cred the spring out of e.ght /; but, as the COM
rades have said, in August it broke forth anew
and gave relief to thousands of dying men.
There is a large pine stump very close to the
spring, and the spring has a box around it.
Personal.
Samuel D. Bates, Maiden, Mo-, desires to
tender his sincere thanks to the kind-hearted
person who has renewed his subscription to
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, the best soldiers
paper in the United States. He does not think
there is veteran in the land who would be
willing to do without the paper if he could
raise the money to take it.
Homes for Settlers,
L. J. Sheibley, Ponea, Neb, having seen q
number of old comrades inquiring about good
place to locate in, says he thinks there is none
better than Nebraska. Land is cheap and of
good quality. He will answer all letters on the
subject but requests that return postage be in
closed.
Random Shots.
Jehu Homard. Co. X, 1Ith Tenn. Cav, ks
met, Tenn, says, in confirmation of E. c. Davis,
about the use of cotton in the breastworks at
Knoxville, Tenn, that he was present durin :
the entire siege and neverSaw single bale used,
either for forming part of the breastworks or
otherwise. 1t was not necessary, for there was
plenty of timber and dirt.
VIM J. Hid, Co. /, 18th H., Washburn, H.,
says that there is very interesting story about
an old Ohio soldier who went out from Van
Vert o. He is demented on account Of wounds
received in the head at Chickamauga and has
| been a tramp for more than 20years. His name
is either Hugh or Henry Thompson, and the
GA. r. boys at Mead Center. Kan, got onto Z"
his case. His story sounds more like romance
than truth. Some comrade might get at the
truth of it through Gen. Black, of the Pension
Office, or by communicating with the comrades
of Mead Center.
Joseph A. Boner, Co. D. 123d Ohio, Bascom,
o., thinks the article By COmrade John G..
Weaver upon Salisbury Prison" the most
accurate of any he has seen. He (Bonerl was
there, and slept under the frame house. He
was in the first division and was trying to
draw his soup when the struggle for liberty
took place, and consequently lost his rations,
as the bucket was upset which contained the
delicious fluid. They had nothing whatever
to eat for the two following days.
John Staley, Co. III, SD Mo. State Militia,
Bethpage, Mo, has seen the accounts of the
killing of Bill Anderson and his brother Jim
and thinks that the man who signed the initials
NJ. D., Miami Mo-, never saw Bill. There
never was such man as Capt. Cox in that part
of Missouri. COmrade Yost gives the best ac-
count of the killing of Bill Anderson, although
he cannot say whether it was in Ray or Clay
County, it was so close to the line. One COM
rade says that Maj. Grimes was in command.
This is not So Lieut.-Col Cox, of Gallatin,
had command of the infantry. As for Jim
Anderson he was not killed.
Dan Knight, Co. @, 9Th Iowa Cav, Colfax,
Iowa, reads with much interest the descriptions
of how comrades got their wives.
Thomas Anderson, Sergeant Co. d. 11th Ky.
Cav, Mount Eden, KY, served from 1861 to
1865, and helped drive Bragg and Morgan from
kentucky, and was at the siege of Knoxville,
where he had his leg broken. He would like
to hear from any Of his old comrades.
ID. G. Anderson, Co. -, 43d Ill.,, st. Joseph,
Mo- SAYS every now and then some member of
Buell's army comes to the front aud tells what
wonderful feats they performed at Shiloh.
The last was from Comrade AIorehead, of Nc
Cooks Division. This division did noble
service on Monday, but were too tired on Mon
day evening to follow the enemy further than
did Grants army, although the latter army
had been engaged from early Sunday morning
until late in the afternoon of the following
day. Had McCooks Division been there on
Sunday they would have found more deter
mined fighting than they did. There were
brigades in Grants army who lost more men
in killed and wounded than did the whole of
Buells army. This can be proven by the OIL
cial records