The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-06-06

that the 1st N Y. Cav and S7th Pa went up
the Stanton pike when it was the writer's regi-
ment instead of the 1st n. Y. Cav.
William E. Palen, Co. G, 1st La. Cav, Puyal-
lup Wn. Ter, was very much interested in the
account of Col. Gupp's raid from Morganzia to
Jackson, La. He has one correction to make,
however, and that is, that the part of the 1st
La Cav. to which the writer belonged was not
noticed in the account, although it was there.
II. Scurrah, Oxbow, n. Y, desires to correct
the statement that he served in the Sd Mass.
I'll. A., when he belonged to the Both Mass. IL. A.
Union SouthrOns.
J. II. Norris, Major, 18th Ill. Cav, Com
mander, Smith Post, Metropolis, H., is in favor
of admitting men into the GAR. who were
conseripted into the rebel service, but after
ward deserted to the Union forces and proved
true to the cause they espoused. The writer
says these men were not traitors. They knew
when they joined the Union army that if they
should be recaptured the penalty of their &C
tion would be death.
J. NJ Dixon Co. X, 56th H. JOnesville La.
heartily indorses Comrade Wilson's plea for
conscripted Southerners who afterward joined
the Union army.
w. w. Rhoads 18th o. S, Maysville, O., en-
tirely agrees with Comrades Wilson and Ste
phens, and believes that the comrades all over
the country will think as they do in regard to
loyalty to the Federal cause
j. d. Garner address not given) fully agrees
with COmrade Wilson that the rebel cOnscript,
whose cause he advocates, should be admitted
to the GAR.
Personal.
George W. Carpenter, Co. NJ, 9Th III. Cav,
Resaca, Mo-, was very sorry to hear of the death
of Gen. Hatch, as he served under that gallant
officer and did good deal of hard scouting aud
fighting with him in Tennessee and Mississippi,
during which time the writer's company form
ed the Generals escort.
James Gill, Co. Ii, Sd q. s., Moscow, Idaho,
was badly wounded at Malvern Hill and left
for dead on the field. but was reported on the
rolls as having deserted He would like to
hear from some of his regiment in regard to
the fight at Malvern Hill.
| Geo. w. Anderson, Co. /, 18th Me-. Riverside,
| Me-, was confined in rebel prisons for nine
months, and when he came out had lost his
health irrecoverably. He shudders at the re-
membrance of the terrible times spent in the
! hands of the rebels.
| j. ii. Jones' Co. Ii, 1st Conn. II. A., Spencer
Mass, says that the history of the Barnum
| family in recent issue brings to his mind a
/ family raised at his place which took an active
| part in the war He calls it the fighting
Worthington family" The father and nine
sons enlisted IN the army; several of them
were badly wounded in different battles aud
one was killed at Gettysburg
Alberta Railway, n. j., who is a widow,
would like TO correspond with GAR man,
aged from 40 to so, with view to matrimony.
Horace Pankinton, Co. l., 9th Pa. Cav, Net
| tawaka, kan would like TO have some eomrade
give description of the bombardment of Car
Isle, Pa, which occurred July 3, 1863.
| Albert Cotton, Omaha, Neb, thinks It
| strange that he never sees anything about the
capture and destruction of New Greek, w. Va,
now called Keyser. He says that there was
stationed at that place one section of Multi
| gan's battery of light artillery; Battery II, 1st
| W. Va. l.. A; the ID and Sd W. Va. Mid Inf
and some Pennsylvania troops. On the morn
/ ing of Nov. %, 1864, the rebels, under Rosser,
made desperate charge on the Union forces
and captured q large number of prisoners,
who were taken to Richmond.
F. w. Frost, Emerson, Ca. says that the
comrades who were with Gen. Sherman on his
march to the sea may recollect station on the
| Western q Atlantic Railroad, four miles north
of AlatoOna. The place remained the same
since the war until about year ago. when
some Northerners went down there and began
to build and take an interest in the town. Sew
eral old soldiers reside there and are treated
well by the natives. The place bids fair to be-
come soon very important point
Jasper GULL, Co. L. s7th H., Flint, H., says
Gen. ]. NJ. Palmer, who recently withdrew from
the GAR. because it was political machine
has always been a kicker. He first kicked at
the Democratic party, next he kicked out OF
the army, then kicked out of the Republican
party, aud has now kicked out of the c. r.,
and is still a-kicking. The comrade says he
knows that the GA Il. in his section is com
posed of members of both parties, all of whoa
vote as they please, without any interference
from the Grand Army.
Adelbert Parker, Co. d, sth Wis. Henning
Mimi, says that in August, 1865, his regiment
was stationed at Uniontown, Ala. After the
rebel soldiers had returned home they caused
our men much annoyance by continually
blocking up the sidewalks and indulging in like
performances until one day the rebels formed
in a crowd at the head of the street, and one Of
them remarked that he could lick the whole oil
the 6th Wis. by himself The boys upon hear
ing this Immediately marched to where the
rebels were assembled, and for about 10 min
utes there was lively serimmage, of which
the "Johunies got the worst The soldiers
were let alone after that.