The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-08-21
Where are the OWuerst
lbert. Cascade. Mont. IL

Charles Gilbert, Cascade, Mont, loft his dis
charge In 1867 with Col. Mayors, claim agent
whose Office was on CaTondelet street, New
Orleans but does not now know where he is,
and is in need of his discharge.
Mrs. Ozark, Midland City, Mich, has the dis
charge of Sylvanus b. Fox, Co II, 2lst Iowa.
She wants to hear from some members of the
2lst Iowa
p. H. Keck, Co. d, 9th w. Va, Box 200 Wells
town, o., left his kBapsac< and contents st the
brick farmhouse used for a hospital, three
miles north of Winchester. July 90 1864.
NJ. J. Reilly. 1862 Folsom street. San Fran
| cisco. Cal, has the discharge of George Grenia,
Co. b, 9th Mo-
Henry Abbott. Allenport Pa, has a photo
graph, found at the Wilderness, of lady. in.
scribed on which is "Truy, your friend, Helen
l.. ellison, March LIST. Cd" He also has three
other pictures, one Of a woman aud two OF men
found at the same place, but does not say whose
names are on them.
J. W. Barney, Captain, Co. b, LIST Dell East
Las Vegas, N. NJ, lost in front of Petersburg,
1864, two commissions as Second Lieutenant
| and First Lieutenant Co. b. 1st Del.
G. G. Rubottom, Co. X, ADD Ind, Liberty, Mo-,
has the discharge Of Jesse I. Sheideler, Co. II,
9Th Ind
James Lawler Corpus Christi, Tex, has the
discharge Of David Campbell, Co. /. 18th " r. G.
James Early. Go, ii, 10th Ohio can get his
discharge by addressing ID. w. Welsh, Adjutant,
Post II. Parkersburg, w. Va.
Thomas J. Kerr, Welsvile. Pa, has the dis
charge of Corporal Stephen HettngeT, Co. /,
47th Pa, that he or his representatives can
have by writing for 1t aud stating where he
gave IL to the writer aud why he did So
Ellen Cook, widow of Erastus +. Cook, 20. E.
| LIST Veteran Reserve Corps, gave the writer
discharge, which she alleges was given to her
| husband by mistake on or about June %, 1865,
| at Albany, N. Y. The discharge was for Will
| liam klmball, of same company and regiment.
| Kimball was born in Allegheny County, Pa. Is
| there any relative OF said William Kimball in
said place or elsewhere now llving2 Said KIM
| balls discharge recites that he was wounded at
/ Salem Mountain probably meant for Salem
| Church). Write to II. +. Harmon No. 81
Arcade, Rochester, N. Y. Please inclose stamp.
Comments and Corrections.
Mark X. kuoop Co. f. 9Th Ohio Cav, Troy
| O., was one of Sheridan's escort on his fa-
| nous ride. His horse had given out short
| time bekOre and he was in the dismOunted camp
! at MaTtinsburg On the morning of Oct 10,
while at headquarters no found that there
| were some horses to 90 TO the front. and he and
| his Chum secured ono each. Some 80 or 40 men
were formed in line at the depot and when the
| train came in from Washington they started
| for Winchester with Sheridan, arriving there
| in the evening. Sheridan stopped at Winches-
l tor and tho men camped south of the town
| The next morning they were awakened by the
| artillery at Cedar Creek, got their breakfast,
| aud by that time Sheridan had come out to the
| camp They Immediately started for the field,
and hard ride followed. When they got out
eight miles, or at the edge of Old Town, Sheri-
dan commanded "A halt aud ordered his men TO
form across the Valley on the left of the road
and drive back the straggers. COmrade Knoop
was within Is feet of tho General when he
gave the Order aud none of his men went any
| farther with him, for he wheeled his horse and
| started off in "A run. 10 was just two and half
| miles from where he left his men to where the
limo was reformed in tho afternoon Knoop
was up tho Valley about three years ago,
| and went over the ground. He found IL was
lust I01 miles from Winchester to whore the
line was reformed after Sheridan got there.
s. Dickerman, Co. A, SD H., Stillman Val
ley, H., gives his remembrance of the burn
| ing of Prentiss Tho boats used were the Iatan
| Alhambra aud tho ram Queen of the West
The boats were fired upon just above Prentiss
| In the evening. Col LippincOtt sent detail
| ashore and gave the citizens half IN hour to
get out of the town. Co. A. SD Ill., burnt the
courthouse and the jail. When they left Prem
tiss they went down TO Eunice got the cotton
they wanted, started up the river and were in
formed by negro that the rebels were in am
bush ut Bolivar. The next morning the three
boats were dashed together, tho ram being on
the side toward the rebels, and Just before
reaching Bolivar Bend several transports were
met containing rebel soldiers who had been
exchanged. A running fight ensued, the rebels
losing more than tho Federals.
William q. Ref, Marion, KAN was Is wears
old Mt tho time of tho raising of tho flag by
President.elect Lincoln on the morning of Feb.
%, 1861, at Philadelphia. He was so small
that he found it necessary to climb to the top
railing of an iron fence, which stood close TO
and in front of the west wing of the State
House, that he might see the great and good