The National tribune., 1892-01-14

| SAs " writer wishes to give
such notice. that all
comrades may be informed aud not be caught
/ by him in his rascIlIty.
GrouIs.
C. L. Mooney Ada. Kan, has brother who
made application for pension nineteen years
/ ago, and has not received 10 yet lie himself
made application for one eight years ago, and
\ has not been put ON the rolls. He thinks 10
/ very hard that tine old soldiers have to wait
/ so long for the Government they fought for
/ to do them justice
ThFy are still CSming.
! Matt F. Kippax Columbia Tenn, says:
enlisted as a drunimer in the 18th U. 5. April z,
| 1862. az the ags Of IL years aud eight months
| (having been born Aug. .. 1870 was discharg-
/ ed Feb :, 1860 se-euliSted Feb. II, 1860, and
| was discharged Feb. TO- 1868; having served
4 five years and 10 months before was Il earSy
| OF age. Ny service ranged from Maine TO
/ Texas
o. o. PUppleton. Hawks Park, Fla, remark
| ing that William Cunningham, Go. h. Sth
| Iowa, wants % know If any Iowa soldier has a
record OF longer service than he, writes that he
enlisted in Go. y. 7.h Iowa, Sept. %, 1861,
and was mustered out as First Lieutenant
| llIth u. s. g. l., Nov. IS, lS66. having served
| continuously for FIVE years and 20 days. How
many Iowa men exceed this2
&. L. Bentley. Flint. Mich, writes that he
i
mustered in May for three years; was trans
ferred Oct. y OF the next year to Go. ID, U. 5.
| Engineers battalion re-enlisted Feb. 8, 1864,
and was finally discharged Feb 8, 1867; max
ing a service OF five years, nine months and 2l
days. exclusive Of 30 days fUrlough and 81 days
| in hospital
L. B. Gould, Superintendent National Gene
terry, Mobile Ala, writes that the National
Cemetery ut this place was recently visited by
very old L. ;. soldier. iuasmuch as he claims
To have been longer ia the volunteer service
than any man living. The following is what
appears on the Visitors Register in this Office ::
"Wm. A. Clark. Grand Rapids, Mich. Enlist
Ell Sept. 7tb, 1861. in Go. @, 81 Mich. Cav;
discharged az Brownsville. Texas, from Go. X,
II7th u. S. G.. Troops as First Lieutenant and
! Breyct-Captain, Aug. 10, 1867" This makes a
service OF nearly six years in continuous, act
i've service. What IS more, COmrade Clark
produced his sheep-skius TO prove his state
ment and record TO be true.
Married aud Happy.
Levi J. Smith, Fort Ripley, Mimi. in regard
to his advertisement in The NATIONAL TRIB-
USE recently for wife, says he was married
Dec. % to a soldiers widow from Gainesville.
Tex, and is now very happy in his new rela-
tions. lie. wishes to thank the ladies who
answered his request for correspondence.
information, etc.
Absalom VI. Chance. Co. B. SSH ILL.,. Bluff
City. Kan. while travelling from Bluff City to
New Mexico and return last Summer lost his
pension certificate ID. 03i, which he is very
anxious 10 recover.
Samuel l.. Williams, l.. B. %, TorringtOn,
Conn, wants the address. by letter, Of the Sec
rotary Of the Society Of the Army Of the James.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE would also like
tie same address for file and reference.
Colin VI. Lsurin, East Templeton. Quebec,
would like 10 know il any Of the boys Of his
regiment have bad a Reunion lately. He be-
lOnged to the i3d y. Y. He wishes some Of his
comrades would write to him.
Hugh X. Perry, Wyoming, Ohio, writes to
let the members Of his regiment know where he
is He was n private in Co. A, 32d KY, and is
now a member Of Phil II. Sheridan Post. 100,
Of Wyoming. Comrade Perry is a good friend
to The NATIONAL TRIBUNE and has done
much TO advance its circulation.
The Youngest Colonel.
s. Il. DOOne, Geneva, H., writes: "I saw a
few weeks since in a Kentucky paper that Col.
Billy HObsOn 18Th by, is claimed az having
been the youngest Colonel during the war -
years old. i can name a man who can beat
that. Col. Andrew Geddes, Sth Iowa, was pro-
noted TO Lieutenant Colonel Of his regiment
before he was 10 years old, virtually Colonel
commanding the regiment, for at that time
there was a vacancy of Colonel owing to the
promotion Of his brother. the late Gen. ]. L.
Geddes, Of Iowa, to Brigadier- General So
claim practically he was Colonel from little
while before he was 10 until the regiment was
mustered out Of service. lie could not be mus
tered in as Colonel, as the regiment was below
minimum required by law, having lost SO
many ia battles and otherwise. also claim he
was the youngest Captain in the volunteer
, service, be being Captain commanding a COM
pany when barely &C. Col. Geddes comes Of q
great military family. In Iowa they are
termed the Iowa military family" there
, having been five brothers in the war.
The Capture OF FergusOn's Battery.
Milton Fleisher, Co. A, Oh battalion, 18th o.
s. New Cumberland, Pa, says, in regard TO the
capture Of Fergus0u's four-gun battery, that
immediately after the battle of Missionary
Ridge one OF our scouts came in aud reported
that rebel battery without supports was near
Pigeon Ridge. There was a detail of men made
= from each company Of the 18TH amounting Ia
about 300 in all, aud without mounted officers
! they started after dark and avoided the main
= road. About midnight they formed in line oil
D battle. and the command TO advance was given
in whisper The first intimatiOn the rebels
had OF their approach was the camp guard, who
2 fired his gun, when the 18th gave them vOlley
and charged into the carp, taking some
prisoners and the battery without a man being
hurt. The 18th captured this battery without
3 any visible assistance from any other regiment
The account given by Capt. jesse III. Jones wa:
complete history OF the capture OF tnib DiJ
/, terry. The 18th don't want comrades TO stea
1 their thander. for the rebs captured four guns
{ OF their battery at Chickamauga, and they
4 wanted to redeem themselves.
\ J. A. Smith Co. b, Second Battalion, 16tl
! L. ), Clear Lake Iowa, thinks that some Of Oh,
= comrades are of in regard To the guns taker
r after tho battle OF Missionary Ridge. COmTadC
v Hahn has the Regulars, who were brigaded to
= getheT rs the First and Second BattaliOns, 18Th
Reg; First Battalion, 10Th Reg; First and Sec
oud BattaliOns, 18th Reg, and First Battalion
10Th Reg. The writer knows that the SecOnt
Battalion 10th Reg, was there and helped e
capture the rebel pickets that night. and were
o with the boys when they got the guns. i
, surprises him that comrades who were not il
n the action 40 all should want all the credit
n The writer was told TO fall in that night, ant
he went and helped 10 capture those guns, aut
n they would have taken the entire battery haG
not blunder, made, perhaps by some Of tht
/. comrades who know so much about It. Al
/. near as he can remember the Regular Brigad,
: consisted Of the First Battalion, 18th Reg.
First aud Second Battalion, 10Th Reg; FRS
IS aud Second, 18th Reg; First Battalion, 1911
Reg. and the 4th battery, under Gen. King.
II :. C. Dickinson, Co. q, llth Mich. Bronson
). Mich, says that if COmrade Burleson, Co.
IF nth Mich, and Hahn, ed Ohio, will take TIT
J, book, Michigan ia the War;" they will fnC
that the 18th, 10th, 18th, 18th, and 10Th Regu
Y lars in the brigade commanded by w. L.
| StOughtOn; King was also Brieal Ter General