The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-11-08

alt out and left his horse behind, tied near
where the black horse was hitehed All the
boys of his regiment know these facts
John Winkelman, Myersville, Pa, is one of
the survivors of the Sutaua disaster, and sug-
gests that a society be formed of all now living
who were on board that Inflated steamer. He
would like to communicate with any of them
on the subject.
]. o. Michael, Co F, 4th Md, Oakland, Nd,
saw the elephant from the Wilderness to the
capture of Petersburg, at which latter place he
was captured. Was prisoner for three days,
during which time he got nothing to eat but
sour grass, which he picked in a field where he
was under guard. This, however, was nothing to
what endured by the men who were starved
at Libby, Belle Isle and AndersOuviite.
John DragoO, Co. T. 18th Ind, Franklin, Ind,
has been a reader of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
ever since its first ISSUE He does not want to
boast of his regiments service, but It Is well
known in the Army of the Potomac. 1t lost
81 men by six shots from rebel battery at
Slaughter Mountain, Va. The first shot which
created the damage was a she'll; afterward
canister was used. While in pursuit OF Ashby
the regiment lost SO men, killed and wounded.
J. G. Carson, DubOistOWn, Pa, says: / ap-
precate the interest The NATIONAL TRIBUNE
takes in the Oyer-paid dead beats who went
to the front in 1861 to become a target for rebel
bullets for the extra large pay of 81 month,
WIN q Slight dltNdllCC d4tCkhtttti III - ekCatiJ
deprecated currency; and who now if they ask
the Government, who promised US we should be
cared for in case of disability tell US, if not in
words in actions, that we should go to work aud
help to pay ourselves and also our pensions,
also to pay in full in gold or its equivalent all
bonds that were bought for some 80 cents on
the dollar in gold; and some of us thank God
that we are able to do so by reason of good con-
situations that neither exposure or bullets
could completely as vet conquer"
Patrick MaiIey, Co. II, 65th Ind, Metamora,
Ind, was captured and had a similar expe-
rience to that of Fl. w. Peters, Co. X, LIST Wis.
he was taken at the same place, on the same
day, escaped at the same time and was confined
IN the same prison. He and six others trav
eled together during the night after their es-
cape, and at daybreak the next morning scat
tered. One cOmrade remained with him for
two days, and when they were fired upon by
their pursuers left him, and he was alone from
that time until recaptured, 10 days after his
escape. The recapture took place near Frank
lin Courthouse, Va. He was confined IN Jail
there for 10 days, after which he was removed
to Libby, and thence to that hell on earth, An
Jacksonville, March /, where he remained until
the goth of the following November. He was
paroled at Savannah, more dead than alive.
BE would be glad TO hear from Comrade Peters.
Charles w. Sayer Co L. LIST vt. II. A., Van
derbllt, OAK, is well pleased with The Ma
11ONAL 4hibUNES Stauu regarding the ola
soldiers of the late war. While a boy, and
waiting to get old enough to carry a gun, he
was often told that Uncle Sam would take good
care of the boys when they reached home
After all his brothers were killed he was fool
enough to enlist, and reached Cedar Greek in
| time to participate in that battle. When the
war was over, he enlisted in Co d, 18th q. S.,
afterward known as the 21st Inf, and was dis
charged at Petersburg Oct. IL, 1868.
Z. c. NOrthrup, Sergeant, Co. F, 9TH Ohio
Box $50, Fargo, Oak, has an entry in MS diary
under date of May 2, 1868, of the wounding
by one of our own batteriesy of several men of
| Co. A, 18th Ohio He cannot now recall all the
facts of the matter, but to the best of his rec
objection knows that such thing occurred on
the afternoon of the second days fight at Chan
eeIlorsVille. The accident happened just after
| an order was given to advance to the support
of Kuapp's Pennsylvania Battery. This order
was misunderstood by the men Of the 7th Ohio,
who thought they had been ordered to charge
| the enemy, who were in force in the woods in
| front They had been double-quicked some
| distance to the front of Knapp's battery, when
they were halted, faced about and marched
back and ordered to lie down. There was
battery of brass guns just to the left of the
line, a little to the rear. This battery was
firing canister, and through some mismanage-
ment some of the It'll Ohio boys were injured.