The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-08-18

| Gen. JOS damD iln, was IOrfDen III Two lilies VI
| battle, and coupled the extreme right OF the
| Sixth Corps and therefore, as it advanced had
| TO protect its own flank. | was In said brigade,
| and entered the works with the boys. On our
| right as we advanced was a battery that an
noyed us greatly. When we entered the
enemy's works this battery was about one
| third of mile TO our right. All formations
had vanished in the headlong rush we had
made for the works. This battery continued
to annoy US. A portion Of tho brigade turned
| 10 the right, while the rest plunged on toward
the Boynton plank road and charged this bat
terry. 1t contained but a small force, and they
retreated on our advance, leaving as in posses
sion. While we held possession, the boys
turned the guns and sent their compliments
after the Johnnies in the form of canister.
When we left the battery we did it lively, for
our friends in gray had more artillery On our
right which they used to hurry US along. BY
this time it was sometime after sunrise, and
the Twenty fourth Corps was moving from
left to right, passing through the captured
works ut or near the point where our brigade
struck it at day light The rebels then trained
al! their available artillery between us and the
Ninth Corps and the city upon the advancing
Twenty fourth Corps. They were constantly
under a terrific cannonade until they struck
this battery. Gen. Grant soon came down the
line from the left and halted near us, when
the enemy for short time made him and his
d
other business on hand in the shape OF that
ace of hearts the Twenty fourth Corps
/ saw the troops of the Twenty fourth
charge this same battery and carry it at the
point Of the bayonet that was in our possession
at sunrise. That Fort Gregg WAS ours at sum
rise; that the gallant Twentyfourth Corps
lost 500 or more Killed and wounded in captur-
ing it is An historical fact / want the conf
rades to remember that / did not say Fort
Gregg vas onrs before the Twenty fourth
Corps took it; but if it was not, then / am still
at a loss to know where Fort Gregg was loca-
ted"
Searching for a Wife.
J. r. Luce veteran of the war, Box 267,
Stevens Point, Wis, is in search of a life COM
panion. One who is affectiOnate, kind, and
true, about feet inches in hight, good
housekeeper, educated and refined, between q
and 40 years of age preferred. The writer is
w:doger. and. mechanic doing good bust
ness has a nice, pleasant home and plenty for
the comfort Of himself and wife. Desirable
persons wishing to learn more regarding him
can write and exchange photographs.
There Seems to be a misunderstanding.
J. b. Kirk, Co. II. Tooth Pa, 100 W. Wayne
Street. Lima, o.. says: Comrade CASTOR, in
his article in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE of
March 80, greatly misunderstood me when he
says that make him feel tired trying to prove
what prisoners Jared the worst. | am sorry
that my meaning was misconstrued, as the ex-
preston above alluded to was called out by
sundry articles which had been reading and
which compared the treatment of rebel pris-
oners at Emira and Camp Morton with the
treatment prisoners got in Andersonville,
Florence Salisbury, and Libby. j had
wish to make it appear that had a hard time
while CASTOR had soft snap Many of the
officers who were prisoners with me from
inr will
Der me. or at least will remember my Dutch
oveu,' which was not cold for six months. ex-
cept while moving from one prison to another.
Many of these comrades can verify all that l
have said. and much more, for l have received
many letters from comrades after my article
was published. | think that if Comraae Gas.
ton will reread the article he will admit that
he was too fast i'll criticising
Knew of But One.
Alex. Reeves Corporal, Co. d, 5th Kan. Cav,
Hennessey Oklahoma Ter, sends clipping cut
from The NATIONAL TRIBUNE of March 3,
which states that Chas. A. Reeves, 10th Pa.
Res, and 9Th Kan. Cav. Springfield, D., was in
Washington. The writer was Corporal of
Co. ID, 5th Kan. Cav. Before the organization
of the 9Th Cav, Co. ID was Co. f of the Sd
Kan. (Col. Jim Montgomerys regiment,) and
the writer was one of the first TO enlist in that
organization, and was with it when it Joined
manned with it until it was mustered out of
service at Leavenworth, Sept. 20. 1864. Up to
this time the writer never knew that there
was another Reeves in the 9Th Kan. Cav, and
would, therefore, like to know who the above
named Comrade is.
Good Place to Locate.
J. w. Farley, Hill City, Kan, says that any
comrade desiring cheap home will find Ora
ham Co.. Kan, the best place to settle, as lands
ara cheaper now than they ever will be again.
They are not having boom, but are having
good steady and healthy growth, and they have |
thousands of acres of fine rolling prairie lands, |
aud man is wanted on every quarter section of
it. They have good schools all over the County, |
and are church-going people. healthier /
country cannot be found while the climate is |
as good as could be asked for. They challenge |
the world for Fall grains, and one good corp will |
pay for the land it is also u fine stock country.
The writer has lived in the County for the past |
six years. and knows what he is talking about.
He would gladly furnish any comrade infor-
nation.