The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-08-06

tinctly, and how the bullets Gcw over Fort
stephens when they arrived there. They were
immediately ordered over the works, and had
not gone 80 yards when one Of their men was
shot through the shoulders. The bullets were
whistling over and around them but they held
the line and lost quite number in killed and
wounded before n part Of the Sixth Corps eamc
up and relieved them. lie has yet to see any
thing in print regarding the conduct Of the
dismounted csyairymen on that occasion. He
IS glad 70 sec that the GAR. are talking Of
holding the National Encampment at Wash
ingtoa in 1902.
Patriotic Families.
]. ID. Long, Go. @, 18th Ind, Spring Mills,
Pa, having seen claims advanced for patriotic
families, does not claim that his family did
more than their duty, but will state that he
was one Of five brothers who enlisted during
the late war. The writer enlisted in June,
1861, and lost his left leg at Stone River Dee I.
1862. He bad three brothers in the 1l5th Pa;
one was killed and one wounded ut Chancel-
lOrsyille. May 3, 1868, and one was taken pris-
oner Mt Petersburg and died in prison. The
fifth brother belonged 70 the 20Jth Pa. The
writer would like 70 hear from comrades Of the
18th Ind
J. w. McPherren, Little Rock, Ark, hav-
ing seen the claim Of F.. W. LOOMS regarding
patriotic families. thinks he can give him
points in the beginning. The writer is one Of
six in one family who went to the front in tho
service Of the country. His father James en-
listed IN Go. A, Both H., in August, 1861 his
brother. James g., in Co. G., Both H.. August,
1861 the writer in Co. X, s7th Ohio, in June,
1852; his brothers, George and John s., in Co.
III. 5ith H., in August. 1852, and his youngest
brother, Andrew NJ, in the 9th Iowa Cav, in
september, 1868. They all served until the
close Of the war but the father, who was dis
charged in 1853, and his oldest brother, who
was killed at the battle Of Stone River, Dec 1,
1862. The writer was but - years old when
he enlisted, and his youngest brother but IA,
while his father was 50. He thinks a pretty
good showing for q Democratic family, his
father always voting tho Democratic ticket.
Good Location for Comrades.
Andrew McMar. Co. K, 1O6th H., Cotton
wood, Cal, would say 10 comrades who desire
to know something Of California that his neigh
borhOOd is rather isolated. there being but two
comrades there. He is located eight miles
west Of Cottonwood, where the ground is scat
tering timber with chaparral which is cleared
away with one horse, the timber being allowed
10 stand in the field. The soil Isl red, gravelly
loan, which is good for grain and all kinds Of
fruit. The writer raised two tons Of wheat hay
to the acre this year, and will have an abundant
crop Of raisns lmuscat grapes. Land can be
bought for from $40 10 $50 per acre, and he can
locate any number Of veterans on tracts of 40,
so, or $50 acres at from s. TO $40 per acre. He
would like 70 get q settlement Of soldiers
around him, and those commanding from
$500 to $1,000, or pension, could make a de-
slTable home there, where IL is perpetual sun
shine without musketOs, cyclones or billiards..
To any comrade inclosing four cents for return
postage will be sent sample Of the rasins the
writer raised last year, with instructions how
he made them, merely drying the grapes in
the sun. The writer would like 10 form a
colony Of veterans, so that they could build a
church, they being already supplied with
schools, and they could organize Grand Army
Post and enjoy the climate OF California.
Fort Gregg Again.
John w. Fought, Corporal, Co. T. Tooth Pa,
Unityville, Pa, having seen so much about
the capture OF Fort Gregg, feels that he can
not stand by and look, without taking
hand in the controversy. The First Brigade
First Division, Twenty fourth Corps, composed
Of the Tooth Pa. 62d and 9th Ohio and 18th
ILL.,, were surely the first in the charge and the
first to reach the fort. the 199th leading. Other
troops followed in the charge, but not until
the First Brigade had reached the works did
any Of them arrive and it is incorrect for any
other regiment to claim the honor Of planting
their flags as first on the fort. The writer was
the second man in the fort on the side upon
which they charged. and ought TO know who
was there. He saw the eolors of the 199th Pa
and 39th H., and knows that they were the
first flags in the fort, and can prove what he
says, and he thinks the record viii show that
he is about right
The 2d U. s. Vet. Vols.
Francis I. Moore, Co. G, "a U. s. Vet Vols,
Pittsburg, Pa, says that Comrade Perry Of the
War Records Office, at Washington, is incor-
rect when he says that Hancock's veterans were
paid SOP bounty. lie also says that Gen. Pat
tersou Second Auditor Of the Treasury is also
inc in ia Of fba
ceived in this regiment. The writer enlisted
in the 81 y. S. Vet. Vols. March 2. 1865 forone
year, and received $685. bounty at enlistment
1891 six months later, and 1891 at the end Of
his enlistment; $500 Of this being a special
bounty for old veterans. Every man had to
report at Camp Stoneman, near Washington,
where he was stripped and examined and
either passed or rejected. There were nine
regiments raised, and they were sent to Win
chester, Va, where they were stationed when
Lee surrendered. The last official duty per-
formed by these veterans was at the hanging Of
Mrs. Surratt and the other assassins at Wash
ingtOn.
Rain Did Not Always Follow
q. L. Camp, Go. G, 92d Ohio. Athens, Tenn
having noticed the request Of Comrade Hamil-
ton for comrades to communicate their reeOl-
lectiOns as 10 rainfals after battles says he re-
members the day ROsecrans took up the line of
began to rain and continued for rs consecutive
days, there being no fighting. At Chickamauga
it was dry and awfully hot, and the writer's
diary, which was written up each day before
he slept. says there was no rain until Oct. L.
when Z" it rained all last night and is raining
quite hard this afternoon" So after three days
of the hardest fighting Of the war no rain fell.
The battle of Mission Ridge was fought Nov
p, and there was no rain until the night of the
9th, when the rain fell until about noon of the
25th, and Nov. 20 it spit snow.
Scattering.
G. T. WaIdron, Co. X, 5th regiment, Han
cocks Veteran Corps and Co. +, 29th Ohio
WeIaka. Fla. says the article entitled 1.-THE
Balky Mule" in a recent issue, by Lieut.
George G.. IL. Leonard, Goth Ohio, set him to
thinking The writer we'll remembers the
dead eavalryman lying in an ambulance, as he
was the first dead soldier he had seen, and he
recalls the feeling that came over him. After
ward it got to be ON old story as they saw
plenty Of dead men during the campaigns which
followed, and in which the old 2gJh Ohio took
a prominent part. The writer has been living
in Florida for 81 years and likes the country,
and he would be pleased to hear from any of
the members of the 29sh or the I2ith Co., I'd
battalion, v. r. O., or Co. K, 5th regiment,
HaneOck's Veteran Corps, organized in the
Spring of 1866.
Photograph OF the 25th n. Y. Cav.
During the Reunion of the 25th N. Y. Cav.
which was recently held in this city. the sur
vivOrs had themselves photographed on the
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