The National tribune., 1890-04-03

1 held conversation WIN tue 0t1CerS DetOre ana
| at tho beginning of the charge that drove the
battery from the position, and was on the
| ground fully five minutes after the battery WAS
| gone. In all this time he did not see bayonet
| or dubbed musket, and thinks the Cannoneer
must have worn maRnifying glasses to see SO
much. The comrade is Mistakes about the
| battery The one he refers to was Battery b,
| 9th u. s. Art, which belonged to Crooks COM
mand. 1t lost in that engagement its Lieuten-
| ant (Southworth), killed, and nearly all of its
| guns and men, who wore mostly captured. The
| battery TO which tho Cannoneer was attached
| at the time was NJ 9th u. s. Art, which had
been with Gettys Division of the Sixth Corps,
not only all through tho Valley campaign, but
all through tho Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold
| Harbor and Petersburg campaigns, previously.
| 1t never was anywhere near Crooks command
| in line Of battle; never was supported by any
| regiment connected with it; and i'm fact, from
| the Wilderness TO Cedar Creek never in any
| battle or skrmish in line with any troops but
| those of the Second Division, Sixth Corps OK
cept mt Spottsylvania Courthouse, May H.
where it was supported for short time by part
| of Upton's Brigade, of the First Division, Sixth
Corps. EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
N. Id DOMAIN Allerton, Iowa, thinks Comrade
N. nj. Camp is little off" in his account Of
tho battle of PhilippL lie claims that il was
writer agrees to that, but no wants Comrade
| Camp TO understand that the 1st w. Va. was
there and took part In tho battle.
| J. w. McMullcn, 10th Ind battery, Frank
! fort, Ind. does not want to rob any comrades
of the laures they won during tho lively times
in Dixie, but he is pursuaded that Corp'l Brown,
of Battery B, Ind'p't Pa. L. A., has not heard
from tho 10th Ind. for such long timo that he
| has forgotten that there was such battery at
Stone River The writer's battery went into
| position on tho left of the railroad which they
! held until they were out of ammunition, which
| i
| During this time they fired i,756 rounds and
burnt tho vents out of all of their six guns,
until it took an inch and quarter hole to
| bring them to solid metal. He will also say
that his battery was tho only one that took po-
sition and held it throughout the day, which
| fact he can prove by Con. Rosecrans.
ID. ID. Dohl Butler, Ind. says it appears that
all tho comrades who belong to the Eastern
army are literary men. At least, tho members
! OF the Army of tho Cumberland and the Army
| of the Tennessee write so little that one would
| think they were all dead The writer belonged
| to the Fourteenth Corps, under Gen. Thomas,
and was Mt Chickamauga when the rebels made
| their desperate assault on Gen. Thomas's Corps,
and he gained for himself that day the name
of tho Rock OF Chickamauga." The writer
| does not claim that his corps did all tho fight
| ing mt Chickamauga, az the boys In Gen. Rose
crans's army were all gallant fighters, and did
their full duty.
Lyman Root Third Brigade Second Divis-
| ion, Fourth Corps, Kinsman, o., says that
Comrade Shellenberger's account of the retreat
made by the Fourth and Twenty third Corps
| from Columbia to Nashville is the most acGu-
rate and truthful he has read.
! J. ID. Wilkinson lst Mo- J.. A., Plattsburg,
| N. Y, says that in the issue of March 20 he is
| made TO criticize the Caunoncer in regard to
! the ist Mo. l.. A. Tho. statement that he
quoted and criticized was from Fox's Regi-
mental Losses In the Civil War, and not from
| the Cannoncer.
Lost and Found.
Charles Graham, Toledo, Iowa. has the dis.
| charges OF John Simms. Co. g. 7th Ind. Cav;
VIM. r. Nevius, Co. G. II2th n. Y; John T..
| Rockenfcd. Co. +, 25th Iowa; Ephriam A.
JeiIries, Go. G. 10Th Iowa.
c. J. SpoGord says that Gen. Spofford lost his
sword aud belt. which was presented to him
by members OF his regiment, near Fairfax
Courthouse There was an inscription on
| the blade follows: Presented TO Lieut.
Col J. r. Spoaord by the Herkimor County
Members Of tho 9th regiment N. Y s. Vols,
March II, 1862" He carried the sword all
through the war up TO Appomattox. Gen.
SpoHord passed over TO the silent maiority six
years ago, and his family arc very anxious to
obtain possession OF the relics. Address Mrs.
J. T. Spodord, Dolgeyilc NJ Y.
". j. Leach, Woicott. Va, on July 4, 1863.
found on the field OF Gettysburg a copy OF" U. S.
Infantry aud Rifle Tactics" upon Tho fiy-leaf
of which IL the name II, l.. Haskell, i25th NY
John McClaren. Post 1877 Cokeyile. Pa, says
that at Gettysburg he gave acomrade his watch
10 take care OF, aud Jas never seen either the
comradc or the watch since. lie does not know
the namo Of the person to whom he gave the
watch, but is anxious to recover his property.
Personal.
Jacob Judd, Commander Atlanta Post, No.
275, Platte Center. Neb, was member OF the
fF4 L 4. al. Il.
Second Division, Thirteenth Corps aud helped
To do the gophofiug at Blakely Ala. He was
also in Mobile the dag the magazine exploded
May %. 1863 He has seen a communication
from comrade Of Goldwood Post No II, in
TnE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, aud the comrade
does not give his name He would like to
communicate with him, and he would like to
obtain some les from around old Fort Blakely
but not In the way they dished them cut on
the 9th Of April 1855.
Elizabeth Herold. oxford, Ran, says that
there is an old soldier by the namo OF James
Robinson at kiowa, Kan, who served five
years AS "A Regular and three years in an Indi-
aua regiment during the late war; who has two
honorable discharges; who has been examined
and found entitled to pension, but has as yet
been unable 10 obtain evidence sufficient to
pete his claim. He took up homestead
ia Barber Co., Kan, and has not raised any.
thing for three years on account Of the drouth.
mas II large lamiiy, aal lives IN dugOut. IT
any of the comrades can identify him aud give
any information regarding his disability, they
viii confer "A favor upon deserving old soldier.
Riley White, Sonthington, o., had four
brothers in the service: III. ]. White was in n
Wisconsin regiment, aud was nj New Orleans
when IL was taken q. w. White, ID Ohio
Cav, was mt Little Rock, Ark; 4. White aud
the writer joined the 9Th Ohio, at Charleston,
Va, in September, 1861. aud participated with
ii ia the battles Of Port Republic. Cedar Mount
ain, Winchester, Antietam aud Harper's Ferry.
}. s. Clemmens, Mineral, o.. wants 20 CORE.
spond with some comrado in East Tennessee in
regard to improved and unimproved land in
that section.
Simon Dristill, Winger, Ind, was member
OF Go. q, nth OHIO, and participated in 80 en-.
gagements, large and small. lie would like
very much 10 hear frem some of his comrades.
X. J. Kelly. Sergeant 20 c, 37th Ind address
not given, was one OF the men who left tho
plow standing in the fnrrow in 1861 aud Joined
the Fourteenth Corps, commanded by Gen Geo.
Ii. Thomas, aud was with it from Fishing
Creek where XOllieoifeI's forces where defeated,
until tho hnal surrender of the rebel army
lle carried II muskGt from the banks Of the
Ohio to the Atlantic Ocean, thence through the
| Caroinas TO Washington. He thinks that for
bravery and military skill, Gen. Thomas was
| second TO no commander In either army. The
Ur ~ D.sy In,