The National tribune., 1888-04-12

favor of the GAR. pension bill and the eouali-
cation of b0untiesS also the payment of the
| difference between gold aud the deprecated
| currency which the soldiers received. He
| would like TO hear from some Of his old COM
I rades.
George T.. Easterbroob, fGOth Y. Y. Caneaaea,
n Y, writes that there is q horse at that place
| that was owned and ridden during the war by
/ the late Col. Allen i. Burr, of the IS9tL y. y.
! The name Of the horse is '' Old Drank" and he
| is in good condition, full of life and viii ran
away every day if given chance lie usually
goes out and shows himself on Memorial Day
I with the old veterans.
w c. Burkhoider Li-onia, Pa, was very
/ indignant when he read Senator Vests recent
/ speech.
w VI. Corzine, I'D III. Auburn. IL. calls on
| the comrades Of the 7Sd i'll. to stand up and
show themselves.
T. n TrumbuII, Co F, 22i Y. Y. Cav. Svra-
cuEe, \. Y, would like 10 know If Mai. Reno Is
a member of the Grand Army, aud if be is,
thinks he ought to be kicked out of that or
ganization.
J. NJ. Dixon Co. K, seth H., TroyviIIc, La,
thinks the veterans ought Co give one pro-
longed cheer that would be heard from the
Pacific to the Atlantic for Senators Turpje and
Henderson. lie thinks they made two of the
finest speeches he ever heard.
Frank Weber, First Sergeant, Co. G., 9th
Mimi, Leaf Valley, Minu., says that the recent
account of the GuntCwu raid in TIE NATIONAL
! TRIBUNE was correct, with the exception that
the Indians were not in it.
W. d. Ford, Gray's Lake H., would like to
| have some comrade of Co. X Sth Mich, write
up the dojngs Of that regiment
Fl. w. NcRill, Lieutenant, 10Th Ohio Cav,
/ Maquon, H., sends an interesting account Of
| the battle Of Waynesboro, which was fought
Dec. A. 1864
VIM R. Townsend, Co. F, 9th Ohio, Rich
| field, o., thinks that Senator Vest had better
retire and keep out OF sight until he can say
something in defense Of the soldiers, instead Of
/ abusing them as he did
! William B. TooIer, 18th Conn, Uucasville,
/ Conn, claims for the 18th Conn. the honor Of
/ capturing the last rebel flag. His regiment
! was at Atlanta some time in February, 1866,
! when n locomotive was seen running back and
! forth through the city flying a rebel flag. The
| writer and several comrades made an assault
/ on the engine, and Lieut.. Baldwin seized the
flag and escaped without injury.
Isaac Gates, Co. Z, SD Ohio, Henderson, o.,
( has read a great many accounts of the fight at
/ Peach Tree Creek; but the only correct one he
has seen was that written by a comrade Of the
| 66th III. The writer says the boys got all they
/ wanted on that day, and he IS suffering yet
from wound received in the battle.
u. 3. Segreyes Scott City, Kan, would like
to ask Comrade Kippax, Cos. A. and d, 18th
| U. S., if he recollects the time when some of
the boys tied a rope to his leg and sent him
into a 15-inch gun at Fort Preble to spike it.
The writer would like to hear from any mem
/ Der Of his regiment.
George Amick, Co. IT, Dist Wis, Otsego,
Mich, feels like shouldering musket again
when he reads such speeches as that Of Senator
/ Vest on the dependent pension bill
James A. Walker Co. b. 4th Iowa Cav, 1913
West Fifteenth street Des Moiues, Iowa, says
that Comrade James Mckee is mistaken in the
composition Of Wius0W's Brigade during the
Meriden campaign. The writer says that the
brigade was composed Of tho 81 and 4th Iowa
Cav. and 10th Mo. Cav, the latter regiment
/ having a 4-gun battery, which did excellent
| service The 5th III. Cav and the 18th Ill.
Cav. were never under WiusloW
/ Z. Z. Ely, Co. /, 14th III. Cav, Harrington,
| Neb., has come to the conclusion that there was
no such regiment in the service as the 14th III.
Cav, although he has been thinking that for
the past 20-odd years he belonged to such a
| regiment. He wonders If it could have all
been dream. lie would like the address Of
Andrew Y. Roosa or any other member Of the
| regiment.
Thomas Jess, Mansfield, H., would like to
have some cOmrade give an account of the tEeat-
ment Of rebel prisoners at Camp Chase 0
Ellis Orcutt, Co. G, Goth Ill, Hansen, Neb.,
| would like to know what has become Of the
29th I'll. He does not claim that they were the
| first to plant their cOlOrs on every courthouse
IN the South or capture all the DeGress bat
teries but they were there, aud when it came
to capturing pigs and poultry they did their
full share.
J. T. Morris Bloomfield, H., wonders If any
Of the boys remember Biggs's plantation, near
Vicksburg and the gun which they got. called
"WhistIing Dick" aud which made such big
noise at that point.
s. II. Mccoy, Sergeant, Co. C, 18th Iowa, Co
lumbus City, Iowa, writes that It was Crocker's
Iowa Brigade lThird) Fourth Division, Seven
tenth Corps, composed OF the 18th, 18th, 18th
and 10th Iowa, under Gen. BeIknap, that drove
the rebels from the crossing at SaIkabatchie.
a. Stinson, 18th Ne, North Seerst hrt Me-
sends an interesting account of the part his regi-
ment took in the battle of Gettysburg.