The National tribune., 1891-12-17

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X HNNI of his regimental organ
III N\NAt ization, that he may So
VI II NJ M cure n roster Of the sur
Ill Al wa yivors.
MIA, VlNYAE CIV. Dean, WeIlston,
INN - o., has on file the names
ISHf7% and addresses Of thou
80 sands of comrades Of al
most every regiment.
- lie will answer all in
~-~ ~--s-@ quiries inclosing stamps,
although he cannot afford to reply to those let
tiers not containing them.
Capt. q. McKenney, Box 4, Case, Oklahoma
says that the Oklahoma lands in the County of
Cleveland and in County Il of the last Terri
tory opened TO settlers offer great many good
chances for old comrades to purchase claims at
low prices in the finest part of Indian Terri
tory. The Oklahoma lands are not subject to
drOuth like those Of Kansas and the west Of
Oklahoma. The eomrade will be glad TO an
swer all correspondents wishing to buy land,
inelOsng stamps, although he may receive too
many letters to do so.
Opening the Fair on SUNDAY
j. p. Diekey, Co. d. II4th Ohio, heartily in
dorses all that Comrade j. b. Van F0sseau said
about opening tho Worlds Fair on Sunday. He
admires the spirit of true loyalty that was
breathed from every line; not only loyalty
TO his country, but 10 Him who from the tops
OF Sinai many centuries ago gave out the COM
mandment, Remember the Sabbath day TO
keep 1t holy"
A COnfed's Experience.
J. NJ. Roberts, Co. II, 49th Va. (ConEederatel
Roanoke. Va, says that az the battle Of Seven
Pines he was slightly wounded on the arm, and
thinking that he had done his duty for that
day started for the rear. While he was retiring
the Yankee bullets began Whistling rather too
numerously over bis head, and thinking that
he was in just as much danger there as at the
front he got behind stump until the hercest
OF the fight was over. While sitting with his
back leaning on tho stump, q Yankee she'll
struck the ground directly in front Of the
stump, sunk three or four feet In the ground
and exploded, throwing the stump high into
the air and completely burying him with earth.
lie managed TO scratch himself out and beat a
hasty retreat aud arrived safely In the rear.
Can Beat His Record.
George w. Budd. East Brook, Pa says that
he can 20 William Cunningham, Co. X, Sth
Iowa, who claimed 10 have served longest in
the army. The writer belonged to the % Ohio,
and served four years 10 mOnthsand eight days.
He was in the hospital only four weeks. lie is
now 60 years Of age and very deaf
James EideOut, Lieutenant, 18TH Ne, High
lands. N. C.. was mustered in Aug. 8. 1861, in
the 7th Ne, and discharged July -, 1866, from
! tho 18th Ne, having served continuously. ex-
elusive Of 10 days between change Of regiments
and 40 days absence from command altogether.
RoIiin Bunch, 5th Iowa, Rockwell, Iowa,
says that William Cunningham is wrong as 10
the length OF service Of the Sth Iowa. The
regiment was mustered in in September. 1861,
aud mustered out at Selma April -, 1866. The
eomrade may have been on detached service
aud not been mustered out with the regiment,
but the sth served the longest of the Iowa
troops.
- HGnTy Beaver, Co. A, 1st Cal, Clss County,
| y. D., enlisted in his company Aug. Is, 1861,
and was discharged Sept. Q, 1866. He was with
Gen. Carleton the whole time.
Wants TO Get Married.
w. f. Hamilton. Post GIT. Shekemsko, n. Y,
wants to correspond with some good woman,
with view to matrimony. lie is a man Of
| good habits and 80 years Of age. He will not
answer letters that are not satisfactory.
Comments aHd Corrections.
A. b. Hudson, Grafton, Mass. insists that the
eolors of the 18th Mass. were the first planted
on Marye's Hights.
J.H. Osborn, Co. G, 55th Ohio, has something
to say in answer to Harry Hunterson's state
ment that at the battle Of Slaughter Mountain
Mcdowell put in less than q third Of his force
and did not send il relief until il was all cut 20
| pieces Osborn says that Mcdowell had no
more TO do with that fight than the man in the
moon. John Pope and N. T.. Banks ran that
I affair. Osborn says he does wish Com rade
| Hunterson was little better posted.
More About that Rebel Battery.
/ Serg't ID. G. Burleson Co. d. IIth Mich,
4 Ciarinda, Iowa, wishes 10 settle the dispute be-
| tween August Faul. Co. +, Ist battalion, 18th
| Regulars, and ComTade Il. &. West, Co. B, IIth
Mich, in the issue of Nov. 90, in regard to the
capture OF the four guns near Pigeon Ridge
after the battle of Lookout Mountain. He says:
" do not know how many took part, but do
know the l1th Mich. aided largely in captur-
ing the battery, and also guarded it back to
/ Chattanooga. / took part ia the capture and
L ia fa ha fact lfOu, ra4fn
have meant the 18th Ohio as they belonged to
our brigade in 1868, the same year the battery
was taken. / think COmrade Faul was correct
in stating there were no volunteers in the bri-
gade with the 18th Regulars, as my diary Of
the war gives no record Of the 18th Regulars
ever belonging to our brigade. Will Comrade
West come to the front and make an explana-
tion?"
Marion ID. Van Horn. Co. q. 1st battalion,
| 18th U. s., Denver, Colo, writes: Augustus
Faul, Go. +, 1st battalion, 18Th Regulars, Day
| ton, o., says he will prove it every time that
we had no volunteer regiment in our brigade
| after we left MurfreesbOrO with Mai..Geu.
Rosecrans' Comrade FauI Is in error. After
the battle Of Chickamauga, and before the bat
| tie OF Missionary Ridge, the Second Brigade,
known as the Regular Brigade First Division,
! Fourteenth Corps, consisted of the 1Ith Mich,
18th ILL.,, Goth Ohio, 1st and Cd battalions 18th
i ". S. Ist battalion 10th ". s.. Ist and I'd bat
%
Brig Gen. John III. King was our regular bril-
gade commander, but being I'LL during the bat
tie Of Missionary Ridge the brigade was CON-
manded by either Col. Marshall T. Moore,
Goth Ohio, or by Col. William J.. Stoughton,
Ilth Mich. In regard to the capture of Fergu.
sons battery on the night of Nov. 26. the en-
tire brigade is entitled to the credit bat it was
said at the time had it not been for the hearty
cheering Of the volunteers that night when the
battery was surrounded We would have bag
ged the drivers and gunners welt. How
ever, experienced aTtillerymen were found in
the 2d battalion of the 18th Regulars, who did
most effective service with that battery in the
battle Of TaylOr's Ridge, Nov. q, 1868"
A Sure Cure for rheumatism.
A. E. BToot, Co. /, Sd Iowa, Davenport, Iowa.
having seen several recipes for rheumatism,
sends the following: Take two bottles of Gov
ernment promises. and stand out in the cold
rain and rub in we'll on the parts affected until
you raise q patriotic feeling. and then dry
yourself by the side of Southern frog-po
| Denounced By n Post.
Charles Holyland, Adiutant, Col. John B.
Clark Post, l62, Allegany, Pa, says resolutions
were passed by that Post at a regular meeting
in November showing that Michael J. Cassidy.
Warden of the Eastern Penitentiary, located
at Allegany, without cause or pFoyocatiOn, de-
noHnced the soldiers of the late war as thieves
ard robbers; that the pension laws were -
fraud on the Government; that soldiers went
out for the money there was in il; that the
Government did not owe them cent and