The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-06-21

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that big pen Of porkers at Loudon, Tenn, in
1868
HW. Blank, Co. K, 86th H.. Quasquotou,
Iowa, enlisted in September, 1861 re-enlsSed
in September 1861 and served until Noveul-
Der, 1865. He is now getting pension FOR dis
ability received at Dallas Ga
w. j. P, Ashley, Mont, would like some one
to tell the old soldiers Of the country how tho
old rebel Gen. Jos. Johnston can be admitted
as a member of the Grand Army
Isaac L. Owen, Redingtou, Neb., referring
TO statement in The NATIOSAL TRIBUNE
that the LIST Kan. was n thrcc-mOnth5 TcEi-
ment, says: " was q member Of Co. f OF that
regiment, and was musteFod-ia az Fort Leaveu-
worth on the 29th day of May, to serve for
three years or during the war"
Hampton Wade, Co. A, 18th Ky. Cav, Lake
City, Ark. would like to hear from some Of his
old comrades, either through the mails or the
reliable old NATIONAL tribune.
A. s. Rush. Bowling Green, Ohio, desires our
presence at the National Encanpment at Co
lumbus IN September. when we will find that
Wood County, o., will be represented by at
least 600 men in uniform, commanded by Col.
PrObert; n. II. Jones Lieutenant-CO Colonel; E.
II. Mason, Major; Hon. G. b. Spencer, Surgeon;
J. II, Lusk, Adjutant and Comrade Kiugsbury,
QuaItermaster.
W. F. Osborn, so West Ave, Rochester, n. Y,
has diary belonging to Joseph Tieruey, Co.
g, 9TH n. Y. Cav, and would like to know the
whereabouts of Mr.. Terney, if alive; if not of
any of his nearest relatives.
]. S. Patton, Co. d, 9th w. Va, Hutchinson,
Kan. would like some Of the old soldiers or
citizens residing on or near Reedy Ripple Creek,
Writ County, w. Va, inform BIN of about the
date in the Spring Of 1861 that man By the
name (as his recollection serves himl Of Riddle,
was shot In an engagement between scouting
parties
II. B. Scott. Co. A, 26th Ind, Disko, Ind,
says that Commanders Grail and Bolinger
have misinterpreted his article published
in TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, regarding Gen.
| A. J. Smiths command at Mobile. He did
not say they were ordered TO Fort Blakely
| Immediately after the siege of Spanish Fort
/ began. What he said was, they were ordered
there after the surrender Comrade Bolinger
credits him with saying that A. J. Smiths
! GueTrillas captured Fort Blakely, while he
/ says he never intimated such thing, and he
| wishes the cOmrade 20 give him the date Of the
| article in question.
w. b. Taylor, Co. G, 18th Iowa, East Portland,
/ Ore, would like to have some member of this
regiment give an account Of the battle OF Bel
mont, the first battle of any Importance IN
! which Gen Grant had command.
w. d. Gotten, Seneca Iowa, went to the war
| in 1851, and remained in the field until the
! close with the exception of a few months re-
/ quiTed to heal broken bones. Has never had
well day since. Proposes going to Colorado
this Summer, hoping 20 obtain relief from the
pure air of that phenomenal notwithstanding
! country.
Alexander Jordan, 1908 Jones street, ST.
Joseph, Mo-, writing Of the raid from Shelby
vile, says: eve rested two days at Shelby
| vile, then left for Huntsville. The 4th Ohio
| Cav. was on this raid, as claimed by Lieut
Coulter, of the 37th Ind. The battery with
the expedition was the 9Th Ind. battery, and
was raised at Fort Wayne and LapOrte. The
80 -
men in the army, and was killed at Big Shanty,
Ga, June IT, 1864"
s. G. Dickinson, Fredonia, Kan, would like
| to correspond with some comrade in Oregon,
| Montana or Washington Territories. Desires
| information as 70 climate, soil, timber and
watcT Also wants TO know If they have stone
for building purposes.
D. u. Elder, Co. II, lst Iowa Cav, FL Dorado,
Kan, prOpOands conuudrum which he would
like some of Senator Vests friends to answer.
Tho Senator alluded fppantly to the great
| carnage wr5Ugh: by rebel shot and she'll upon
the Union armies, stating that there was COM
psratiyely little loss sustained by the rebels.
IL has been boast Of the rebels that every
/ man able to carry o musket was in the army
that they robbed the cradle and grave" The
comrade thinks that with 100000 people
| they would at least have had 100000 men
and boys, which certainly ought to hush their
constant repetition Of the faisehGOd that they
! We're WNipp1U Tor laCh OF men.
Henry Neargearteu, Co. G, 1st Ohio Cav,
Kansas City, Nc, writing about the charge at
Monterey and Diminishing July T. after the
battle of Gettysburg, says that tho 1st Mich.
Cav. or LIST w. Va Cav. did not capture the first
100 wagons Of Lees supply train, as has been
stated. but they were taken by q squadron of
Cos. A and G, Ist Ohio Cav, which were Gen.
KilpatriciS's b0dyguard.
Adolphus Cooley, Co. K, Goth Ky, Kansas
City, Mo, writes OF The charge of Crocker's Di-
vision at jackson, Miss, HAY Il, 1868, and how
Capt. Cadle had placed the Stars and Stripes
over the Capitol of Mississippi during terri
BILE thunderstorm, which lasted some two
hours, during which the boys of the division
sang such songs as " John Browns Body
Billy Patterson" aud =" Old Shady" while Gen.
Grant held a council OF war close By.
Perry Hill, Co. K, 10th Tenn. Cav, Brayfeld,
H., thinks it is about time some member OF his
company or regiment was heard from through
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, and also wishes
some of them to write and describe the retreat
from Franklin to Nashville, and tell what regi-
menS covered il. he thinks it was the 10th
Tenn. Cav.
Benjamin F. Selby, Co. Fl, 41st H., Shots,
Mo-, writes that he was a teamster for his COM
pany in the Fall of 1861, when they were at
Paducah, Ky. One day he was ordered to re-
port 10 Gen. Payne, commanding the post, with
his wagon. He supposed il was for regular
duty, out was surprised when five or six women
ami girls got into his wagon, while the General
and staff mounted and gave him orders to fol-
low. These ladies had come to see q review OF
the troops at Paducah. When the band began
to play the mules in the wagon started and
ran Oft and if ever there was screaming you
could have heard it then. He finally stopped
the team and released the frightened occu-
pants vino took a furlough Immediately
w. NJ. Fiaugh, Co. B, 18th Iowa, Dexter
Iowa, says the 18th, 18th, 10th and 10Th Iowa
composed what was known as Crocker's lows
Brigade" Third Brigade, Fourth Division,
Seventeenth Corps. He was with this brigade
from the time of its formation, April 1852, IN
Til its muster-out at Louisville in July, 1865.
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