The National tribune., 1888-02-09

wagonload of -four, and had been bribed by the
proprietOrs wife with $500 TO restrain from
burning the mill. 1t was lHdicrous TO note his
change of eountenance and more so 70 hear
the banteFing remarks of the soldiers, who
jeeringly asked him how his dear friend Nor
gan was aud as he passed through the cars 70
the platform, one passenger baWled out " o,
yes; Morgan is bully fellow to know his
friends" The cries of How's your mule?"
and other comforting remarks greeted the IN
lucky individual until he was finally hustled
out on the platform with his hat smashed over
hiseyes.
A. E. Brooks, Co. D, 9sth Mass, Russell,
Mass, would like to hear from an old comrade
he nursed while suffering from the mumps,
at Meridian Hill, Washington, ID. @.
NJ. G. Wilson, Co. G, 3Sth Ind, Yirden, H.,
contradicts I4euts. Roby aud Sharp, Of the 18th
KY, in regard to the regiments composing the
First Brigade First Division Fourteenth Corps,
and says that the I'd, SD, 18th and Gath Ohio
and 35th Ind. were brigaded together at Peach
Tree Creek, and that the I'd Ohio and 18th Ind,
were brigaded together from the time of the
battle of Perryvilie, KY, in 1862 and were in
all the battles of the Fourteenth Corps
B. T. Spalding. Orderly, Second Brigade,
Second Division, Fourth Corps, GAINESVILLE o.,
remembers we'll the severe fighting at Buzzard
Roost, when they advanced to the peak over
rocks fallen trees, and through the thick
Capt Cox's battery by hand, and then could
only get it part way up, leaving the horses in
the valley; and as soon as a Judgement was
gained on the summit, the Signal Corps erected
o station, which commanded q view for many
miles in a southerly direction. lie says there
were some good sharpshoOters too, and they
were in demand up there. Among them were
George Livingston, of the 97th Ohio, Old
Sledge," as he was called; George Dusenberry,
Of the 10Th Ind, and many more Of the brigade,
who dislodged several of the rebels from their
hiding places and sent them rolling down the
sides of the mountain.
R. s. Johns, Co. l, 9th Pa. Cav, Elk Lick, Pa,
had his horse shot under him in q skirmish at
Griswoldville, Ga, Nov. y, 1864. The animal
/ fell upon him, crushing him severely, but the
cOmrade had the presence Of mind TO feign
death, as the Johnnies were not taking prison
| ers at that moment While lying there some
rebel relieved his pockets of s. worth Of postage
! stamps and some loose change, together with a
| Bible given him by his mother. COmrade
Johns is a helpless cripple, and because he can't
| find his Regimental Surgeon is without PEN
| sion.
| Reading the article in TIE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE on the escape of the Sumter from Martin
| ique calls to the memory of J. NJ. Untiedt,
| East Orange, n. j., that while at ST. Thomas a
! schooner arrived from Martinique bringing the
news that the Sumter was there unloading
| prisoners taken from vessels burned by that
| privateer. Among the vessels burned was the
schooner Daniel Trowbridge, bound from New
| Haven, Conn.,, to Demerara, with cattle and
merchandise The rebels took the provision:
from the vessel, cut the throats of the cattle
and then threw them overheard, and landed
the crew penniless on the island
Robert w. Medkirk, Co. Z, I'D Ohio, Indian
apOlis, Ind, thinks service pension rated sc
cording to disability would be the most equit
able measure that could be adopted.
P GaZan, Co. A, 31st n. Y, Gleason, n. Z.
writing of Marye's Rights, says the charge wa
made by the Light Division, Sixth Corps, com
posed of the 31st n. Y, 43d n. Y, 9th Ne, 5ti
Wis. and 61st Pa, and that those were the regi
ments that wore the green cross and capture'
the Washington Artillery Of New Orleans, witt
Col. Walton, their commander.
Charles r. f. Dilworth, 18th Ind. battery
Caldwell, Kan has seen so many statement
in regard to the part taken by different com
mands at the battle of Chickamauga; the mum
Der of Johnnies killed and captured by yariOu
comrades, and the modest hints that the saliva
tion of the Union army was accomplished b.
this or that regiment, that he feels eOmpellet
to rise and inform the readers Of THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE that the 18th Ind. batter
took no part in that little affair.
Joseph F. Gibbs, Co. Z, 18th w. Va. Letart
w. Va, was in all the battles in the Shenan
doah in 1864, except Cedar Creek.
Samuel c. Nash, 20. q, 28th Iowa, Harmony
Kan, gives the honor of capturing the seCtiO
OF battery at Jenkins's Ferry to the 18th lows
w. J Brown, Maspeth, n Y: l enlisted Apr
%, 1861, aged IL years, IN Co. /, 4th \. T., 10
F two years. Wasdischarged May 10, 1853. Re
, enlisted July 25. 1863, in Battery a, 18th \
Y II. A; discharged Aug. %, 1866. Served POI
ton of time in Second Corps, and is proud t
. say that he has no hospital record.
J. II. Warner, Ch2grin Falls, o., thinks ths
if the GAR. boys would show the same soil
front they did during the war, they woul
soon compel just recognition Of their right
c. II. Hurt, Barry, ILL.,, served in the Sth u
from April %, 1861, to June %, 1886, and Tos
in that regiment from private to Captain
During that time he never lost days servic
. except when wounded, and claims to hay
served longer in the same company and reg
ment than any soldier in the volunteer servic
, Charles Lee, Co. K, ed Wis, EnumclsJ
f Wash. Ter, says ComTade Bishop is little tt
! fast In critieizing Comrade Balls story of Ss
kahatehie; for the writer knows that the
: were Iowa regiments engaged there, and he
mighty sure that the 32d Wis Waded that fea
! full swamp. He thinks Comrade Lucas mu
have been at the crossing two miles farth
; down stream.
LW. Armstrong, 10th H.. Randolph, low
says that in all the accounts that he has set
q of the fight at Rivers Bridge, no one mention
r the 10th Ill; yet they were there, to his know
a edge. His company (E) had four men wounds
]. in that engagement.
= James E. Sowders, Co. D. Both Ind, Clinic
: Iowa says that Comrade Ball is correct in sta
ing that Gen. Buells forces saved Gen. Ora
q from defeat at Shiloh.
: T. G. Yates, Feesburg, o., thinks that q
: present pension laws are very defective.
e says that if the Government was as zealo
now in discharging its obligations TO the battl
SCARED veterans as it was to procure their ser
i ices in the dark days Of 1661I65, great de
n of misery would be spared the soldiers of t
o late war.
= w. c. Kennedy, Co. G, SD Ind, NeOga, Il
says that Comrade NJ. r. MeAIickle is cOrre
: in his statement IN regard TO the fight
Fort BlakeIy. The Second Division, Sixteen
Iu Corps, were about the first troops there, a
= were in the fight continually until the fort "
"a taken. The 55th Ill. led the charge. He a
says that the map Of Fort Blakely publish
a. in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE OF Dee. l, 10 [
q most correct one he has seen.
2. w. Kreskey, Co. K, 18th Pa. Cav, MINI
>. apolis, Kan, served four years III the Army
, the Potomac. He says that if the conrad
= would elect only soldiers friends to COngrt
- they would not have so much difficulty IN
curing their rights.
J. P Arbaugh, West Middlesex, Pa, wond'
: why it takes the Government SO long to deei
!. whether it viii aid the men who stood By it
1S6lJ65.
NJ. 81. Corbin, Co. A, 56th Mass, Webst
Mass, sends a very amusing account Of the {