The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-02-20

EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: ] see the
"story OF Caunoneer Is stirring up the
"reminiscences of several comrades vino we're
there or thercaboutsn In tho main the
author seems very correct. In the three years
was in the army i wrote home To my young
wife a great many letters, most OF which she
retains. Once In while get into this drawer
Of old letters 10 sec what was tho news from
the front quarter Of century ago. To-day
ran across this Que Of June and g. 1864. do
scribiug what / was doing about the Bethesda
Church times. The letters have been read and
rercad 50 many times by our children aud
others that some have got separated aud some
lost. / send what i can find Of this one think
ing il may call 10 mind some Of the things done
by the old 146th n. Y. Xouaves):
Os THE MEcnAsiceNrf.LE TuRSPDF
MISE MILE FROM laeuuosb. Va, June 8 1854
My DEAH JEsSiI: We are having fcw minutes
OF peace just Bow--lat -. no big shot shells,
aud with only an occasional bullet 70 Will inn
prove the opportunity tn writing To you. think
] can truly say am a soldier now va earnest for
have ~ good muskct any Of them. gud have
had q little chance 10 use IL also. We have got up
some noble breastworls, and ~ IL has Just com
menccd 10 rain we have put up our tents Just back
Of the works a few feel and arc taking things
easy. although we don't know what minute
we shall have TO take our gums and defend our
selves. ann In good health and spirits except a
little deaf fron those brass guns Of Battery Is day
before yesterday close my carr; and whft IL
better still, ana perfectly content, more so than
when | WAS bugiing, for now know am doing
something for our old Uncle sam. Then felt rs
though / was droue.
| don't know tar there IL any name TO tht- plnce
only We n small church Ouf line Of bat
tie runs st right angles with and across tic Me-
clIhnic-ye turnpike, and about four i've miles
northeast Of that place, which IL the only town be-
tween us and Richmond bat 1T ~ getting du=k
and tie picseis are firing quite lively, ~ ! will
wait iii morning
June 5.-Good morning, Jennie Well, Il T.
raining slowly yet this morning, aud we hold our
position, as we did yesterday. No one hurt Ia sight
Of ~. Last night we were expecting something Of
break believe, through this part Of the line bot
all - quiet yet.
Thursday June 2 our tAyres's) Brigade had hard
hghting rergt Giles Of our company, was dis
abled on account Of stray bullet striking him iu
the arm and breaking 1t all go pieces.
IL Seens that there was some mistake Ia this
6rifiin's} Division. The Second and Third Bri-
gndes were ordered To fall back and take up pdsi.
ION across little swamp which wc were lying In
front Of. Our brigade should have had the same
order, but did not get it.s After we had held iIij.
position some Of tic Third lBartettrj Brigade came
up 10 our support, so when the febs came To the
edge 0t thc woods We gave them ii warm reUeDtion
Here got chance for five or sig more r,,tinds
The bullets struck thick around me M ever thev
could, but 1t didn't seem though they were going
TO lt me- and they did not although comrades fell
dead on every side.
One man in 90. A. s3l Pa, Of Bartletrs Brigade
stood close by my elbow, atd he shot through,
the breast and died la minute; la fact 1 was "a
busy looking into the woods that hardly knew
lac was gone The same bullet passed through III
cap ana scalp OF 81 line officer of The regiment
and laid him ont for some time, but he got an ia a
little while. Just then Battery Is, 4th IT, = Art.
came up with "A rush Ola Ia the skirmish-n win,
ns, aud let into the JohHuiss' battery la our front
With shell and canister. followed with "a few solid
shot which set pretty close. They afierwurd fell
back into oar front works and stopped there They
are the nrst artillery ever the skirmish.
line. They were close 10 us and there was 4 ring
ing sound To the reports of their brass guns that has
made me almost deaf. Al roloall That night our
regiment had 90 men missing, just half what we
IA lain
Goodfellow, our bngler II missing.
Next day, june 3, serg't Saunders was killed On
our skiTnisli-ne, and his body lost; also "a prjyste
from my company. Yesterday went on Tie N ir.
mish'iine in the morning; only stayed about four
hours when some Of the Ninth Corps relieved us
as IL wac supposed we We're going away But we
did not go; Burnside's Corps went instead
lIhere Was another sheet 10 The but IL N gone
now BEMUs BucKIry
-BEmue BUCKLEY, Co. X, I4Gth N. Y.
Ayers's Brigade, Fifth Corps, Cambridgeboro,