The National tribune., 1892-08-04
PERSONAL.
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Mai. Harry White, of Pennsylvania, having seen
the account of Prison Experiences" recently
published In THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, by Capt.
Moses Wiley, of the LIST Tenn. Cav, In which the
Captain charges Maj. White with having taken
advantage of the exchange of prisoners between
Sherman and Hood in the Fall of 1864, to get out of
prison at Charleston, s. c., leaving Maj. Isett, Of
the 9Th Iowa Cav. in the prison to die when the
latter entitled to be exchanged and Maj. White
was not, says that Capt Wiley is mistaken about
the matter. Maj White claims that he secured his
exchange through the connivance of a rebel Ser
geant who duty at the Charleston prison.
and that he never signed paper or took parole
Through this Sergeant he got out of the prison,
and then managed the balance himself On Sun
day morning when the Sergeant passed the pris-
oners who were to go outside, lac passed Maj. White
with the others. He was barely able to walk. and
Col Harrison, of Indiana, and Col. r. K. Scott, of
Ohio, (nether of whom knew he getting out9
gave him their arms, and thus supported he walked
through the streets of Charleston and got through
to Rough and Ready, just below Atlanta, where he
got into Sherman's lines. He says that Col. Dorr,
OF the Sth Iowa Cav, sought to make q scene with
him, when he found out that he was along, because
he did not belong to Sherman's army. They got
into controversy, and the matter laid before
Gen. Sherman at Atlanta Gen. Sherman said that
Maj. White had done perfectly right; that it was
prisoners duty to escape If he could. He says he
does not make this statement in the way of ex-
PLANTATION, for he has nothing to explain. He got
out of prison with the help of the rebel Sergeant
and afterward by assuming bold front got safely
within the Union lines. He had been In prison
nearly a year, and was slowly dying of starvation
His only chance for life was freedom, and he took
the first opportunity to get away from the rebels
that offered. He would do the same thing again
under the circumstances and he believes any other
aoIL hoxyo IssI oi.
cumstances. He knows that Capt. Wiley was
gallant soldier but thinks his criticism of his &C.
TONS under all the circumstances of the case lit
tie severe.
Capt. John Fl. Munroe. 18th Iowa, of Muscatine,
Iowa, recently nominated by the Republicans
of the Second District of Iowa their Representa-
tive in Congress. Capt Munroe is SO years old, and
Is a native of Quincy ILL.,, but has lived in Musca-
tine since 1913. He enlisted private In Co. A.
11th Iowa, in September. 1861, and WINS promoted
Second Lieutenant of Co. of the 1lih Iowa, June
5. 1883. In July, 1853, during the Vcksburg cam
paign, he promoted Captain and Assistant
General, and served the stats of Gems Nc
Pherson, Logan and Howard He participated in
many of the hardest-ought battles of the West in
which the Seventeenth Corps was engaged, being
actively engaged at Shiloh, Corinth, Iukn, the
Vicksburg campaign, and in oil the actions In
which the Seventeenth Corps took part In the At
lanta campaign, escaping without serious injury.
He resigned his commission in January. 1865. after
three years and four months Of active field service.
Alter returning home Capt. Munroe studied law,
and was admitted to the bar in 1867. He las held
several important civil offices. having been City
Recorder of Muscatine several times Clerk of the
Court for 10 years. and Deputy United States In
ternal Revenue Collector. For the pas: 10 years
he has conducted an extensive law business. Last
September Capt. Munros presided at the Reunion
of Crocker's Iowa Brigade at Des Mones, being
First Vice President OF that society. He was gall
liant soldier, and will make Judge Walter j. Hayes,
the present Congressman from the Second District
OF Iowa. hustle to be reelected. The papers of
the District predicting unusually large vote
for Capt. Munroe from the old soldiers at the
ing election. as he Is prominently identified with
the Grand Army Of the Republic.
E. W. Andrews and c. w. Crazy Surgeons of the
Medical Board Of Pension Examiners at Chicago.
H., have performed remarkable surgical opera
ton on Mai. o. G. Towne. Towne has been CON-
fided to his bed for nearly year from growing
abscess in his right lung. Two months ago the
drained. Maj Towne began to recover rapidly,
but recently his condition became worse. Last
Sunday DR. Andrews determined on another opera
ton. After the Surgeons had made nm incison
they found almost The entire lung diseased. and
accordingly went further than they at first intended
and removed the fourth, fifh sixth and seventh
ribs. This opening was large enough to admit the
Surgeons two hands. In this cavity great guam
tity of stony substance was found, some of the
pieces being as large as marbles and as hard as