The National tribune., 1888-08-02

them to have in their widowed condition than
10 remain widows without a pension, Let
them try it. 1t will work like a charm, and
the widow can have revenge to her hearts con-
tent.
C. E. GoIdsborough, Surgeon Post 9, GAR,
Hunterstown Pa, has in his possession brass
medal, which belongs to II. Bryan, Co. +, 4th
Mich. Cav. This medal was found on the
evening of July ?, 1863, during the fight be-
tween Clusters Brigade and Wade Hampton's
cavalry, at Hunterstown, Pa Comrade Bryan
or his heirs can obtain the medal by communi-
eating as above.
Z. Ballard, Commander Post No %, GAR,
Stamford, Conn, says if Peter Quinn, Co. c, ID
n. y. Cav, or his heirs, viii write to him they
can obtain his (Quinn's) discharge, which was
left in the quarters at the time the regiment
was mustered out Of the service.
Phil 5. Dusenbury, Sergeant, Co. 3, lOSth
n. Y, Los Angeles, Cal, would like TO hear
| from the man who took a quare-and-compass
pin from his coat during the operation of sx-
tracing ball from his shoulder at Fredericks-
burg, Va, Dec. ID, 1862. II this person VIII
return the badge-Which was given him by his
father, who died shortly after-he will try all
he knows how to forgive him.
George w. Bellows, Captain Co. K, 14th III.
Cav, desires TO inform the members of his COM
pany that at their muster-out he retained the
company records and that he has them still. ii
muster-out roll, and viii write 10 him, inclOs-
ing stamp for reply. he will be glad to fur
nish any information these records may con-
tam. Would be happy TO hear from any Of the
recruiting party of their regiment who left
LoudOn, Tenn, and went IN skiff5 and dug
outs to Chattanooga, Tenn; or any Of the boys
of the old I4th III. Cav.
III. II. Davis Erie Pa, desires US to say to
the boys of the old 4th Mich that he would
like to meet them at Columbus in September,
and then they will sing the good old song,
While Foraker is Governor, no rebel flags
will leave"
R. NJ. Salts, Co. F, 4th Tenn, Flat Rock,
n. C., says: We wish you success in advOcat-
ing justice to ex-soldiers, and your fight against
| free trade. Free trade would suit England,
but let us work for our own country. /
should like to see the dependent pension bill
pass; also the equalization of bounty and the
| pay Of soldiers made equal to specie. Give Us
an equal showing with the bOndholders. Ger
! talnly we are entitled to as much. have been
/ unable to walk without assistance for over five
years. Would be glad to hear from old Gem
rades."
| Mrs. Henry Braden, Portsmouth, o., having
noticed articles where people claim to come OF
| fighting families, thinks her husbands family
[ we'll deserves that name Samuel and George
were members of the 18th w. Va; Silas was in
| the 9Th w. Va; Thomas in the 10th W. Va,
| while Henry ther husband) and Benjamin seFy-
| ed the country in the Ist W. Va Cav. Besides
these, Peter, the youngest, belonged to what was
| called the Bughunters," who served in Wood,
/ Writ and Richie Counties, w. Va. against the
| band Of the notorious bushWhacker, Dan Dur
| key.
f. C. Luce, Co. D, 23d Mass, New Bedford
Mass, seeing that Col. Hawkins still claims to
| have driven the rebels out of the battery at
Roanoke Island Feb. 8, 1862, deies him OF
| any one of the 9th n. Y. to prove that there
was any rebel troops within the battery, ex-
cept few wounded, when the 9th n. Y. arrived
there, or within 10 or 20 minutes after they
got there.
E. L. Hobart, Co. D, 25th IL, Independence
Iowa, in reply to s. II. Mccoy, 18th Iowa. who
raises a question with COmrade Piper, 32d Ill.
says that, having belonged to the brigade re-
| ferred to- he caR testify that the 32d III. did
belong to that brigade from Shiloh to Memphis
but he does not remember that the 18th Iowa
was in it. The brigade was composed of the
Sd Iowa, 28th, 32d, dist and SD III. The Sd
Ind. (Gen. Gresham's regiment) did not belong
to the brigade, although they belonged TO the
division He would like to ask COmrade Pipel
what became Of Bud Jackson, of his regiment
If killed at Shiloh, as his friends believe, car
he give any of the particulars?
A. NJ Gurnsey, Co. Z, 124th H., Taylor Neb.
corroborates an article in this paper by L
Nicholson in regard to the dog at Black River
Miss. The grave spoken of from which Thu
faithful spaniel did his bowling was little
below the ford on Clear Creek He saw thu
dog on two or three occasions. He was of gooS
size, grayish in color, with shaggy coat. II
kept hid IN the fallen timber, and commenced
his bowling about $50 p m, keeping it up 70
an hour or more Any of the boys who heard
the howl will never forget it.