The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-06-27

rebs. have my diary, IAN old cotton record
picked up in South Carolina,) which has list
of our mess In it, as written by Sergeant Of
the 121st III. The guards took this diary from
me when we entered the prison, but afterward
returned it. Would like to hear from any Of
my fellow prisoners"
Correspondence.
r. Fl. Parks, Patchogue N. Y, wishes some
near relative of Lieut. Richard 1. Clark, Co. G,
18th N. Y, would communicate with him.
Thomas Smith, Brooklyn, Iowa, would like
to hear from members of Co. /, 14th Ill. Cav.
John Gascon, $40 Detroit avenue, Detroit,
Mich, is very anxious to hear from members
of Co. ID. Sd Md. Cav; particularly Capt. Egan
and Col. G. G. Davis.
August Kreig, Co. E, 151st N. Y, lilo sher-
man street, Milwaukee, Wis, would like to
hear from some Of his comrades, as he does not
know the address of any Of them. If any Of
them are going to Encampment, he hopes they
will communicate with him before it meets.
John NJ. Squire, South Britain, Conn, would
like to hear from any of the members of the
165th N Y.
VIM. s. Preble, Co. K, 1st Kan, Aver, Mass,
would like to hear from any of his old COM
rades, as he has never seen anything from them
since he was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth
in June, 1864
Clarence N. Mccoy, Co. A, 9Th Mich, Anti
och, Cal, says that if l.. NJ. KeitzeI wants to
address she writer. He also says that the 21st
Ind. {" Jackass') battery were as good boys as
ever straddled mules or drew beads with Par
rott rifles. Their record at Port Hudson will
show this.
E. e. Stevens, so Bool street, Cincinnati, o.,
wants to correspond with the members of Co.
K, Sd Mass. Cav
Samuel p. Harger, Brighton, Colo. wishes to
correspond with some lady, no matter where
she lives. He is 80 years old. 5 feet 10 inches
high, with light complexion and dark hair and
eyes.
Personal.
Hugh Lowry, Co. B, 105th Ohio says that
during al his three years service in the army
he never got so near to his Generals as to give
them orders and then be mad because they
did not obey them. He always found that if
| he did his duty he had enough to keep him
pretty busy. He was at the capture of Atlanta
and went with Sherman to the sea.
John l.. Bruce, Co. II, Sd KY. Cav, Cedar
| Junction, Kan, thinks that perhaps the men,
bers of Co. II would like to know where John
ny is, and that he has been appointed Post
master at his place. The soldier-haters fought
| him hard and are still fighting him, as they
are talking about collecting all the mail posi-
bic and sending it to another Office. thus try
/ ing to take the bread out of the mouth Of a
crippled soldier.
| Joseph H. Grant Co. A, 10th Ohio, Bollin-
| gers Mills, Mo-, says that Gen. Milroy was one
| of the bravest and truest men who fought for
| his country during the rebellion, and on June
| 15 1863 he was in the lookout at the Star Fort
| all day. target for rebel sharpshooters, and
only left his high perch when it became too
/ dark to see the rebel lines.
B. G.. King, Co. G., 36th Ohio, Ridgeville,
Ind, thinks he was the youngest soldier. He
was born in January, 1850, and in July, 1862,
left his home and went into the 36th Ohio. At
South Mountain and Antietam be used gun.
/ When the regiment reached Clarksburg, in
October, 1862, be enlisted on the 21st Of the
month and served until the close Of the war.
He would like to hear from any Of his old
| comrades.
David Reid, $50 East Monroe ST., Spring
field, ILL.,, served three years during the war,
and lost his eyesight. He cannot see at all,
aud applied for an increase, but it was refused.
He now receives $50 month pension.
Lost and Found.
G. NJ Rose, Adjutant Post No. %, Alma
| Kan, has the discharge Of Patrick Toole, Ser
geant, Co. G., Goth ILL.,, who recently died al
| Alma. Toole enlisted at Joliet, H., June 49,
1861, his former residence being at Kankakee
Joshua Graft, Wa Keeney, Kan, has the dis
charge Of John d. Speerbeck, Co. A, 9Th n. Y.
II. A.
Random Shots.
T. Ward. Kerwin, Kan, says q man named
| SCOttt WHO itNeS near pHtCc ntls ID Ola UOTSt
that served in the artillery during the war
He 10 about 81 years old, is white in color, ha.
lost one eye, but otherwise Is perfectly sound
and q very handsome animal. He is branded
az. S. /. c." For about 90 rods it would tax,
mighty good horse 70 pass him. His owner
would not part with him for any money.
A. Wentz. Oxford, Neb.. says: !" / am writing
history of my regiment, the 18th n. Y. II. A.
but have lost my company memorial (Co. Al
/ would be highly pleased to have members o
Co. A, as well as any other company, send me
roster-a copy Of the memorials which We HAD
printed during the Winter Of 1864, '65-to ail
me in the undertaking."
A. Cassl, 65th Ohio. Mt. Vernon, o., say
that unless the same rates. or lower ones, ar,
made than those given to Columbus, the GA. r
men in his section will not go to the Eneamp
ment this year, and he is afraid that so many
other comrades will stay away that the meet
ing will be q failure. He thinks that the rail
roads will find themselves in the soup IL they
do not come down.
Sid. J.Wire, Co. A, 18th Wis. Cav Cambridge
Iowa, would like to have some Of the old boy
of his regiment come TO the front and tell wha
they saw and did during the war. If he eouls
he would tell about the knapsack drill ant
Gen. Williams orders of combat on Ship Island
and how the boys silenced the rebel yell abou
yellow;jack by telling them they had tn
} smallpox in New Orleans.
, | Dusten Is. AtklnsOn, TO. a, 10Th OHIO, wa
terloo. Ind, enlisted early in 1861. The frs
engagement in which his regiment participates
was at Somerset. KY; the next at CumbeT
land Gap and then &C Caswell, Tenn. wher
Capt Joseph Edgar was killed. The regimen
! then fell back to Cumberland Gap where
was surrounded and had TO fight its way to tn
Ohio River. 1t was also in the Vicksburg cam
paign. The writer was a prisoner for som
months on Johnson's Island.
Harrison p McCiahin, Co. /, IS0th Ohio. Ne
braska City, Neb., has been closely watchin
these columns. and has not seen anything frcn
his old comrades yet. He enlisted in 1861. an
re-enlsted in 1864 in Co. G. LIST u. S. V.
, Engrs. The regiment was commanded by Co
} VIM L. Merrill, Chief Engineer of the oil
/ Army of the Cumberland, and the writer
, company was commanded by Capt. A. A. Al
3 colt. The writer has a photograph of all tn
I commissioned officers of the regiment II
would like to hear from his old comrades.
Thomas Everetts, Rutland. ILL.,, thinks Sen
D ator Edmundss pension bill the most jus
/ measure yet promulgated, as it proposes to Civ
TO the soldiers remuneration for just what the
did. He thinks it would be unfair to pay
5 short term man as much as one who serve
) three or four years. The short term men GO
two bounties-One from the County in whic
{ they enlisted and the other from the Govern
ment-while the three-years men got onl
: a bounty from the Government.
Isaac Powell, Adjutant. Post No %, Depart
l ment of Virginia, Newberne, n. O., says tn