The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-07-02

Charleston from Sept u 10 Oct. Q. 1864 and "A
Florence irom Oct. -. 1854. to Feb. %. 1855
wth the amount and kind. condition. or
whether Issued nc al. Among tho rltions az
Audcrsoayillo sre some that me Womb kick hia
dog irOm on his place il he should know him
70 attempt % cat such food Irs can rofer to
any particular Gay the food was issued and
knows that bis record is correct. Tho rations
were simply bcastly
Getting 70 Getiy,burr.
d. 1T. Chase, Captain, 18th r.. s. Logansp0rt.
IND, says that in tho article. Getting 10 Get
tysbur&, the writer states that tho Fifth Corps
arrvei go p. m., July ,. Gen. Doubleday in
ms book has made the same error. The Regu-
lar DIVISION arrived In Che rear Of tho right Of
the Union line near Rock Creek, during tho
night OF July ]. AZ daylight of tho "a they
threw ont a ssirmish.liuc but this was with
drawn cagly in The forenoon OF tho 2d The
writer remembers distinctly the reading OF
orders By the AdlutaHt. and knows they wera
ready early on Tie morning Of the 2I 20 roin-
force our line. Tho Pennsylvania Reserves
Gld not arrive until tho afternoon Of the ID
The writer's pocket itinerary saws. We ar
rived on tho morning OF the LIST, len camp July
i, at q. n1.. and marched 20 miles 60 near Get
tysDuTg. lie cannot say as 90 GrEiu's Divis-
ION, whether 10 was up or not but thinks
Ayers's Division was up and ready for action
at dayhShs July :, instead Of p. M. July p
Forgot the 2i y. " Nt'd RGes
w. +. Define. Sergeant, Co. i. "a n. r. Med
Rifles Cannon Falls MIMI SAYS that the
" CanuOneer in giving the endorsements to
Army Of the Potomac from The 9th 20 the 10th
OF May Omts tho 2d y. Y. Med Rifles. dis
mounted, about 1000 They joined tho army.
were put in the second limo Of works on Nav
l6, and assigned 10 the Ninth Corps. P9tter'z
Division, Provisional Brigade. Thoy were
brigaded with the eth " y Cav, dismounted.
and the lith y. u. III. A.. aud commanded by
Col Marshall. Of the latter regiment The
" Battle Month" is one Of the best articles De-
line has ever read, and has made some things
plain to him.
In the Sand Holes
Cyrus Macy, Co. A. 9Th Wis. University
Place, Neh, never having seen ANYTHING Of the
selected go men Of the old Iron Brigade who
were chosen TO strengthen the picket pits be-
tween the Union and Confederate line at the
time Of the spriBging Of the mine I'm front OF
Petersburg, July 81, 1864, says he was one OF
the number aud the man who went back to the
breastworks to iil canteens He would be glad
to hear from any Of the boys who were in those
sand holes that sultry July day.
Enlo-Iziug Gen. Hinty.
Samuel X. Bachtel, 9Th Pa Cav, Philadef.
phia, Pa, having seen tho slur Of NJ. W IT,.
regarding Cen Miuty'5 soldicrly qualities, SAYS
that the Generals war record sings his praise.
The writer's regiment was part OF AIiutv's Bril-
gade and every man in the regiment viii eulo-
gize Gen. Minty, rs he was good soldier and a
fne-l0oking man. The writer lost a leg on the
Fitzpatrick raid, and knows how Gen. AIinty
conducted himself on that occasion He is clad
to know that the General is still living, and to
know his postoftice address, The writer would
like to hear from any Of the boys Of Minty's
Brigade. He also thinks that every man should
sign his name and address 10 his c0mmuniea-
ton to this paper, as many n comrade long
thought dead has been found i'm this way.
They ere lonely.
III. 1T. Harvey, Woodstock, Ont wonId ike
to correspond with widow or daughter of a
veteran, with view to matrimouv. He fsa
widower with two little girls To the righ5
party he can guarantee q frst-C,ass home.
A veteran, and a widOwer Of a. residing in
Western city, a member Of the Methodist
Church, desires to correspond with q widow or
daughter Of q veteran between the ages of %
and 40 years; object, matrimony; references
exchanged. Address Boy in Blue, care Of The
NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
SteycnsOn's Division at SpottsylYania.
Fred H. FOss Co. d. 56th Mass, Dover n II
says that the "Cannoneer in his article on
SpOttsyl vania fails to mention SteveusOns Di-
vision, Ninth Corps, and also fails to show them
in the diagram Of the battle Of May 10. al
though the positions Of Potter and Wilcox arc
plainly indicated. The First Division, Ninth
Corps, started from the Ny River on the even
NlB OF My IL on Jue Fredericksburg road,
lost their way, and after marching most Of the
night, got into position for the attack and par
ticipated in it,. The writer regiment lost about
20 men, some Of them receiving most horrible
wounds. He thinks Gen. Stevenson was killed
on the night Of the llth by sbarpshoOfers
Again be tthe Cannoneer y says the Ninth
Corps was unable to cross the North Anna River
at Ok Ford. This the writer knows 10 be wrong
rs the First Brigade, First Division, Ninth
Corps, crossed the North Anna May "A and had
q very sharp engagement there. The writer
quotes from Boston paper of this affair show
ing that the First Brigade was closely engaged
on May Fl at Oxford The loss Of the brigade
in that action was $50 killed, wounded, and
missing.
Scoring Gen. Wiley.
j. r. Martin, Co. Il, lst Iowa Cav, Shell
Rock, Iowa, says that some great writer re-
marked that to attack the dead is contempti-
be-" This saying was brought fOrcibly to his
mind when he read Gen. Wiley's attack on
Gen. Sherman ard be would like 70 know, in
the name of American manhood, why he did
not write during the lifetime Of the old hero
who led the boys through the COnfederacy.
Truly, he was as willy as his name, as nc did
not intend that IL should be answered by the
one he maligned, and so waited over a quarter
Of a century for death to set his seal on the lips
of him who knew not how to frame false
hood. The writer desires to thank COmrade
Sargent for his sOldierly defense of our old
commander for there is tho true ring of COM
radeship in it. It is about time to bury all
these little unpleasant memories along with
the animosty of that terrible strife, and re-
member that all only tried to do their duty
and sustain the flag our fathers left to our keep
ing.