The National tribune., 1890-03-13

In THE NATIoNAL TRIBUNE Of Feb. q the
CannOueer described perhaps with more vehe-
mence than was necessary, the character of
certain recruits who were brought into the
army by the big bounty and substitute system
prevailing in 1864. We have received a good
many letters from veterans who enlisted in
that year, and who seem to take this deEuneia-
ton as personal 10 themselves. Everyone
knows that great many mercenaTies came
into the army under the big-bOunty and sub
stitute system, but everyone knows also that
u great many good, honest soldiers enlisted in
ls6l, who did their duty, many of them being
boys who were too young for enlistment in
previous years We arc confident that the
Canuoneer did not mean any reflection upon
this class Of men, and THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
did not We can see no reason why any honest
duty. doing soldier who enlisted in 1861 should
consider himself reflected upon by the Can
nOncer's reference TO bouutyiumpers," etc.
john DonolsOn Co. l.. 4lh Pa. Cav, Agency
City, Iowa, would like to ask the Cauuoncer
how he formed three cavalry divisions at Cedar
Creek. The Third Division iGray'sl remained
with the Army Of the Potomac. aud took an
active part in the operations against the We'll
don and South Side Roads during the Fall aud
Winter of 1864. There were three cavalry
divisions in Sheridau's army. Two of them,
Mcrrtt's and Casters, We're from the Army of
tho Potomac. The other was commanded at
I
Gen. Avcrell when the latter was relieved.
This last-named division was the cavalry Of tho
Army Of West Virginia, and never belonged TO
the Army Of the PotOmac.-EDITORl
w. 4. Barry, West Alexander, Pa, in reading
the list Of batteries that lost 20 men or more in
single engagement, saw il mentioned that
Battery F., "a Pa. l.. y, lost 81 men at the bat
tie Of Wauhatchie, Tenn. He wants to know
II this IS not an error, and should it not be
knapp's battery ", Pa l.. 4. This loss is
greater IN proportion than the losses mentioned,
from the fact that there were only four guns.
All their officers were killed or disabled and
the battery ut the close Of the fight was under
the command of a Sergeant. The writer's bat
terry was known only as knapp's battery, but he
always thought they officially belonged 20 the
LIST Pa. l.. 4. until looking over his discharge
paper, he sees they are called Ind'pt Battery E,
Pa, l.. A. tOur correspondent is right. The
error was typographical one, It was Knapp's
battery.-EDIrOG.
Buell. Not 10 Blame.
J. L. Bgley, First Sergeant, sth Iowa, Shells
burg, Iowa, denies Comrade LoZier's statement
that Gen. Buell. was in command of the army
on the Corinth campaign. After the battle of
Shiloh, llulleck took command, with headquar-
ters in the field, with Gen. Grant second in
command. This was in April and May, 1862
If anyone was 20 blame for Beauregard's escape
it was not Grant, Buell. or Pope. The writer
was with that army from Shiloh TO Corinth.
and Beauregard was not in Corinth with an
army afteTward.
w. NJ. Rcmy. Co. T. $50 Ohio, Sybene, O.,
thinks that Lozier does injustice in his opposi-
tion TO placing Gen. Buell. on the retired list
Lozier is correct in his statement about the
dispatches captured at Huntsville and for
warded 10 Buell.. bat that General was in no
way responsible for Beauregard's withdrawal
from COrinth, rs Gen. IIalIcck was in COM
mand. Buell. was subject 70 their orders
Buell. made some terrible bluulers; bE. if all
the officers who Numbered during the war had
been cut off from the retired list, that list
would bo much shorter than it is now.
Lost and Found.
John Sims, Co. c. 9Th Ind Cav. Dicks, Mo-,
left his discharge with Graham aud Nelson,
Toledo. Iowa, in 1867 or IS6S, and has not
heard from il since He would like 10 recover it.
James X. Guest, First Sergeant, Co. A, 18th
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