The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-02-14

| battlefield of Rich Mountain in 1861. On the
| fy-leaf is inscribed: ITO Hamilton NJ. Gamble,
| from his niece, Annette, August, 1854"
| Robert Thomas, Eagle Grove, Iowa, left his
discharge with Samuel Chadwick, Of Three
Rivers, Mich, in 1867. He has learned that
| since then Mr.. Chadwick died in Washington,
d. G. Chadwick was at that time an employee
| of the Postotfice Department.. If anyone knows
anything in regard to Mr.. Chadwick or the dis
charge, the writer would be glad to hear from
him. he would also like the address of G. E..
Koon, Captain, Co. B, 18th Mich.
w. w. Hull, Sergeant, Co. /, I'D Ohio, Bay
ard, Iowa, has copy of the " Federalist." which
he took from the abandoned library of the Con-
federate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston March Is,
1862, and the owner may have it by addressing
as above. The book was taken IS mememtO
of the war.
George w Shane Captain, Co. H, 10th Ind,
New Castle, Ind. lost his swOrdbelt on the out
side of the bTeastworks at Fort Fisher, n. c.,
in 1865. He will pay reasonable reward for its
return.
Corrections and Criticisms.
F. M. Castle Co. G, 14th KY, and First Serg't,
Co. d, 1st U. S. Monte Vista, Colo, thinks that
COmradeW. K. Spencer. of Mclaughlin Squad
ron Ohio Cav, is q little off" in his COM
municatiOn in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE of
Jan. 10. The writer says that Col. Candill of
the 10th Ky. (Confederatc), was captured by a
part of the 14th KY, 39th KY. MID Inf and
the 18th Mich. Cav.
G. A. Lyon, Captain, 23d Mich Washington,
ID. c., corrects Comrade Russell, Co A. 65th
ILL.,, in his account of the battle of Franklin.
The writer says that Col john S. White, 10th
KY, led the charge of the reserves of the
Twenty-third Corps on that day. instead of
Maj. White of the 18th KY, as stated by Com
rade Russell, whose account was otherwise
correct. The writer says that Col. White lived
at MAYHEM, Mo-, in March, 1887, and he would
To haa crsbi haf ,I-c
no man knows more of the doings in the inn
mediate vicinity of the Union center at the
battle of Franklin than docs Col. Sam White.
John A. Maus, Captain, Co. B, 9Th Pa. Re-
serves, Winfield, Kan, in reply to Comrade
Joseph Mccoy, Co. Z, 10th Pa. Reserves, who
asked who killed Gen. Conrad jackson, COM
mander of the Sd Pa. Reserves and who stated
that it was his opinion that the deed was done
by member of the 5th Pa. Reserves says that
he thinks COmrade Mccoy could not have been
at the battle of Fredericksburg at all or if he
was, not at the front, or he would have seen
that the 9Th had enough to do without killing
Union men. Gen. jackson was killed by rebel
sharpshooters, right in the line of battle on the
railroad, as was also Capt Wells, of Co. Is, 5th
Pa. Reserves and many other comrades. The
writer knows this to be true, as he and Capt
Larrimer, of the 9th Reserves, came back over
the field to where the Generals horse and
equipments lay The General had then been
carried to the rear.
J. Huntington, Co. III, 10th Iowa (Crocker's
Iowa Brigadel, Flandreau Oak, says that G. II.
Smith, Co. A, 10th Iowa, is correct when he
says the 10Th Iowa was the first regiment to
enter Atlanta, Ga, but as prisoners of war;
but the writer declares the comrade in error
when he says they left Andersonville on the Sd
Sof July. The fact was, the prisoners taken on
July p were confined in a fort at East Point,
about six miles southwest of Atlanta, until the
oath, when they commenced their march to-
ward Andersonville, which place they left on
the 9th.
j. w. Hewitt, Second Lieutenant, Co. c. goth
Ind, Fort Scott, Kan. says that the article
which appeared in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
entitled Chronicles of Soldier; How 1st
Kan. Man Saw Through Glass Darkly," was
written By Serg't Z. B. Robbins, goth Ind and
the original is now in the writer's possession,
and he read it at the Reunion at Topeka October
last, where the LIST Kan. mau must have stolen
it by taking shorthand notes. The words are
almost identical, the only change being in the
regiments. The LIST Kan. was not connected
with the Goth Ind. in any way whatever. Serg't
Robbins, the author of the piece, was killed in
battle, and Comrade Hewitt does not propose
that any person shall appropriate this piece of
literature while he can expose the fraud.
Random Shots.