The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-09-03

arrived, and there were some amusing scenes
at the crossing Of the troops lie saw one
trooper grab the tail Of his horse and swim
across with him. lie wonders If thar hoy is
still living, aud 90 what regiment ne belonged.
Explains the Movement.
A. r. King, Co. X. 18th Ill., Ricdland. H.,
says there has been q good deal Of cross firing on
Comrade +, l.. Hobart Of his regiment. Hoo
BART evidently knew that the 2stb was there
somewhere and 90 some time, aud some are
still tacrc-ucVcr being able 90 get away The
mysterious movement was simply reCouuOis-
sance in the direction OF Grand Junction 90
keep the enemy from reinforcing some other
point, possibly luka or COruth and the only
myst ri0us point about 10 was the way they
got back to Bolivar without being gUlJicd.
On the morning OF Sept. ~, 1852. tho brigade
moved in tho direction Of Grand Junction
on the 2lst they advanced four miles, when
they came upon the eHcmy, numbering five %
one, who wcgo coming in on both sides Of
them, and they were ordered % IbCut-iHcc and
march % Bolivar which was done in double
quick for some distance, az the enemy were
making strenuous efforts to head them of and
capture tho train. They succeeded in out
marching the Tebs aud at Dunlap Springs
formed in line Of battle 90 allow tho train to
cross the swamp or stream when the eucmy'5
advance guard came IN sight The batteries
opened on them. which checked them. They
then marched with tae train in front, reaching
Bolivar ~ p. M, marching % miles. Oct 9,
l-G2, the division was ordered 10 hold them
selves in readiness to march nc q moments
notice, and No 3 q. m, Oct. T. they moved out
OF camp, marching p miles 20 the Big Muddy
River. On the morning Of the 5th, while
marching. they met the rebels at the Big
Hatchic Bridge. The battle opened with artii-
lcry about n N. Gen. Ord was in command,
but was shot from his horse 40 the crossing Of
the bridge, when HUrlbut took command The
writer's regiment went into the action with
800 rank aud Sic. and lost 40 killed wounded,
and missing. The FIRST Brigade, Fourth Dr.
vision, Sixteenth Corps. was composed of the
81 Iowa, J3i Ind, 25th and 32d III.
We're in The Line.
l.. TT. Blancher, Senior Vice Commander,
Post 100 Muir, Mich. was glad to see the re-
port Of the National Eucampmcnt but the
report Of the men in line by States takes no
account Of the Michigan Division, as neither
his Post VI. w. Dresser, 100 nor IubbardstOn,
PewamO, Portland, Ionia, SaraHac, nor Iowa
/ lOniG County battalion, which were present.
I The battalion, Col, Kidd commanding. was in
\ the advance Of Bcrrien County, and Post 100
\ &. w. Lung commanding, was on the right
next to the COOrs. lie does not know the
strength of the battalion, but Post 100 had two
/ platoons Of - men and three officers. It was
gala day long TO be remembered, and he
hopes 70 Ge ia Washington at the EucImpment
\ IN l-J2.
A Powerful Memory.
/ Wilson Grey, Co. X 9Th Pa Cav, Ickesburg
/ Pa, says that VI. W, H.. Maquon, H.. in critciz-
/ ing Gen. Minty in his account Of the Fitzpatrick
raid, processes great iuterestin 4lnty at which
\ the writer does not wonder for few knew the
\ little General who did not like him. But if
\ NJ. W. III. writes entirely from memory, as a
\ long period has elapsed, he hardly thinks
I his criticisms are Of value. NJ w. III. tells
[ how Fitzpatrick consulted his map; saw how
4 FI,s.a
I heard the word passed all along the line that
I they were surrounded saw the Generals
\ anxiety, and heard him call out to the officers
\ that their call had been sounded, etc. The
writer cannot see how a man in the ranks
\ could have taken al! Of this in, and thinks NV
/ III. must have a powerful memory. According
/ 10 VI. w. II. s account this charge must have
\ been a very tame one as they moved out so
! orderly and so easily captured guns and pris-
\ Oners. The writer thinks there must have
\ been q hole somewhere through which the
troops passed, and be IS still Of the opinion that
the hole was cut by SIinty's Saber Brigade.
GrouIs.
/ O.. +. Williams, Mount NebO w. Va has
/ been applying for a pension under the old and
| the new laws, both Of which have been rejected,
/ and 10 has stripped him Of money. The writer
7 lives in rebellion, and the Examining Boards
\ are mostly composed Of rebels, who will not
give justice 70 the old vets, rs they DO all they
\ can TO prevent them from being pensiOucd.
\ The old soldiers are ordered before the Boards
I which are from 40 to 80 miles distant and they
have TO get there the best way they can and
/ in q majority Of cases have their claims re-
| jected.
/ Rev. f. W. Mcintosh, Decatur, Ill.,, complains
/ bitterly of his treatment in Detroit, where he
/ was Oyercharged, and not allowed to sell pie
I lures 70 the comrades. A policeman, whom he
/ said was in the rebel army for two years, re-
/ fused to allow him to exhibit a picture of
\ Andcrs0nvil.e. COmrIdc Mcintosh thinks that
/ this was an unpleasant contrast to the hOspi-
\ tality in Boston, which was the finest and most
/ lavish ever extended TO the comrades.
Is Sure OF His Ground.
/ G. w. Raworth. South Omaha. Neb, wrote a
/ short article sometime ago about the charge Of
/ the 6ith Ill. at keHeslw Mountain June 27
\ 1864, and Comrades Rogers, of Co. =. and Hen
\ bricks wrote 10 TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE that
he was mistaken in the date. As two We're
/ against him, he did not know but that no
/ might be mistaken. Since then. however he
/ has written several comrades, and finds that
/ he was correct. The Adjutant Of the G4th was
| killed that day, and he has letters from several
| comrades who were wounded on the 27th Of
1 June, and they say he is right. The fight
/ started about o'clock on the morning Of the
| 9th, and they were not relieved until 1 or ?
\ o'clock In the morning of the 2-th. The flag
I
| ain but it was not until the rebels had eyacu-
| ated The writer does not remember Of the
\ 9th making charge on the 81 Of July, and if
I Comrades Rogers and Hendricks will put on
/ their thinking caps they will remember that it
was June q, instead Of July 3.
/ Information asked and Given.
/ Samuel NJ DoolittIe ODD BigIer street, North
/ Denver Colo, writes for the information of
/ James McMauu, OF GraniteviIlc, Mass, that Al
| bert w. Powers, now of Saudusky, o., was Or
/ derIy-Sergeant Of Co. IT, "a Mass, in 1862 He
\ was alterward promoted q Lieutenant of Co. G.
/ The writer would like to get the address Of
any of the members Of Co. II, 2d Mass, at origi-
/ nal enlistment.
| G. w. Vaupelt, Lynchburg, o., wishes the
address of j. O. Clark, Co. G., 10Th H., who
/ wrote the article "a Good Location" in a re-
/ cent issue.
Where Are They!
/ r. A. Moore Adjutant, fth u. :. G. IT. H. West
| Plains Mo-, would like to know what became
/ Of the colOrs Of his regiment. The officers of
the first battalion Of the regiment have been
on a still hunt for these colOrs for several years
/ Many of the officers of the regiment had re-
\ signed before the final muster-0ut at Pine Bluff
/ Ark in 1866 Inquiry has been made at the War
| Department at Washington and at Little Rock
Ark, but has failed to elicit information as 10
/ what become of them They were as hand
/ some a set Of COlOrs as ever went to the field
/ The writer would like to get some information
L a. ~ fwH HNanHU HNassHHW