The National tribune., 1888-02-23

G.; discharged Sc Washington, D. C., June 2
1864, by reason Of expiration Of term Of service.
re-eniisted sept. ?, 1864 at Warren, for ens
year, IN Co. D. 18th Ohio, and was discharged
june "a 1855. as Orderly Sergeant, at Green's
ooro, n G. lie SAYS that now, at the age OF 81.
he IS physical wreck
Z III. DierdOrff, Co. F, 50th III, Indspend-
enee, KAN calls upon his comrades not 70 tag IN
their endeayoss 70 get justice FROM the Gov
eminent.
Al Eobus.
J. Fl. Callahan, Co. B, I22d III. ssoeAd,Ia.
Kan, writes that in The NATIONAL TRIaUNEof
Nov. "A, ID. ID. Cooper, Co. l. 9th H. SAYS thss
Comrads Stewart was correct and the writer
mistaken as % the troops engaged in she chargs
on F0Ft Blakely, aud be considers is iIrsla
cheeky in Cooper 70 claim that the records
IN the AdJutaat- Generals Office sro incorreos.
Tie writer has the honor to possess q medal
awarded aim for the capture Of q rebsl Gag IA
that engagement
C. Ii. Snare, Corporal, DIST " Y Independents
battery, claims Cor his command the honor q
opening the night at spanish Fort.
). A. Stewart, Co, g, 67th Ind, Paoli, Ind
Claims that the tag Of ais regiment wa tha
drst to wave over Fort Blakely, Ala
J. AcNelIy, Seymour, Ind, thinks that thu
campaign IN tee Southwest, with Mobile "a ths
objective point has not received near the share
OF notice its Importance merited- At che time
this campaign was in progress events around
Richmond and near 70 Washington engrossed
the attention Of the Nation.
Franklin.
4. J. Tarboz II2th IL, O5srlin. Kan. sayH
that COmrade Wolfe Is badly mistaken when
he says there were no Illinois or Ohio COWS a.
the battle Of franklin. Comrads Tar5ox claims
that If it had not been for Gen. Cox the battle
would have been lost. He rallied the men and
led the eounter-ehRrgs which recovered the
works.
2
/ Ind, who was ons of Opdyeks's Tigers. though
/ he dOn's know Why in the world they shouid
| DO called BY thas name, pays quite q compii-
ment 70 Wagners Brigade and says tbat il "a
/ had not been for the help Of that brigade 5hs
/ battle would not have been won.
| l. +. Becker, Co. A, l0ith Ohio, Clinton. D.,
read with great satisfaction the communities
ton Of Capt. w. P. Wolf Co. @. l75t6 Ohio,
| On the battle Of Franklin in the issue Of Dee.
y, and, "a he was thar wishes 20 corroborass
/ the statements made by the Captain
The 4tlsAtA Campaign.
/ W. Il. WoOley, Co. B, S1st Ohio, address uOs
/ stated gives the Second Division Of the Six
/ tenth Corps, composed Of the Slss Ohio, 18th,
Goth and 9Th H., Col. M6Fsey commanding the
honor Of TecaptaFing De Gress's battery.
/ George Thompson, Co. B. 10Th Ohio, Cresson,
/ Iowa, says that the statement made BY Com
rade Gale, 10Th Ohio, is correct il regard 70 the
capture Of De Gresss battery at Atlanta a. she
/ writer was one Of the men who helped 70 do the
/ work
S. E Boswell. Both III. Monmouth. III. con-
tends that Gen. Leggett was incorrect in stating
that Col. Rhodes was kicked by mule at Az
! lanta. COmrade Boswell says he WAS q witness
| Of the accident, and that the kick came from
horse.
/. saIkahatehie.
| Joseph A. Morgan, Co. B, 11sh lows, Hartford,
/ No., says Serg't F. Phillip, Co. E, sd Wis, IN
4 nov-r
little OF himself, for if he (dOrganl il not mis-
taken, the I'D Ill was temporarily bEigsded
/ with the Third Brigade, Fourth Division. Sew
enteenth Corps, and was not at Salkahatehie-
i J. T. Palmer, Co. A, 32d H., Normal, H.,
contends that both Comrades Lucas and Ball
are in error as to the troops which eompoB-
! Ell the brigade at the Salkahatchis. He Pal
meri gives the I1th, 18th, 18th and 18th Iowa
| and the sd III. as the constituents Of the bril-
gade.
Cedar Creek
C. NJ Welch, Co. E. 18th Ind Topeka, Kan,
| was much pleased with communication on
the battle Of Cedar Creek written By D. c.
Anderson in the columns Of The NATIONAL
TRIBUNE, which called TO his mind an amusing
rhyme written by ]. NJ Scott, Co. /, 22d y. Y,
of which We print the first two lines, Wans Of
space forbiddiug more:
Old EARLY camped at Fishers HiIl
Resolved some Yankee blood 10 spill
Joseph Muzzy. 11th vt, johnson VT, was a
participant in the battle Of Cedar Greek, and
writes an interesting account Of the same,
which lack OF space prevents our publishing.
Lookout Mountain.
John Wilson, Captain, Co. G, 5th KY, Station
| Camp, KY, cOntradicts the assertion Of Capt.
Jas. A. Moore, Co. 3, 147th Pa who claims that
the White Star Division flag was the first on
the summit of Lookout Mountain on the morn
ing of Nov. ., 1863. He (Wilsonl refers to
order of Gen. Thomas, which, he says, gives
that honor to the Sth KY.
C. B. Morrill,, Co. d, 60th Y. z, Hope, Kan,
eontradicts the statement made by Capt Moore,
of the 147th Pa, that the Second Brigade con-
stituted the front line on the extreme right
during the charge at Lookout Mountain. Com
rads Morrill, claims that the Third Brigade,
with the 6Oth n. Y. on the extreme right and
the 10Th n. 7. next on the left, composed the
line.
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TIOSAL TRIBUNE IN regard 70 pension matters.
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In the dark times Of the war, and insist upon
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