The National tribune., 1892-01-21
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.


hard and creditable fighting. He will be glad
to give the boys any information about his sec
ton, especially the Cherokee Strip. He will
answer all the letters ne can which inclose
stamps.
William Burton. Macksbur2. o., wants to
know where ne can get roster Of West ViF-
GINA troops.
The NATIONAL. TRIBUNE has the discharge
of John Hays. Both Ind.
Geo. Dressing suddenly left his home at
Weldon Creek, Mason Co., Mich, Dec. 2. He
belongs to Oliver Halt Post, of Scottville
Mich. His family Is very anxious to find him,
and anyone knowing where he Is will confer a
great favor By addressing Mrs. Geo. Dressing
at Weldon Creek.
Benjamin +. RUSSELL NJ. d., Lieutenant, 1st
n. j., Thurston, Ore, would like TO know from
some Of his comrades the date Of the action Of
the Wilderness that Capt. Thackary was shot
in the bowels and Col. Ryerson in the head ;
also the date and place when Maj. Close was in
charge of the pieket-line, aud was afterwards
relieved by Lieut. Col. Upton, Of the New York
Chasseurs.
]. r. Sherwood, Co. E, 18th Ind Cav, Pine
| Bluff, Ark, does not see why there is not Just
ice done 10 the widow Of the soldier who dies
by giving her the same amount Of pension that
he received.
The Tyler Stoekads.
c. Stem, Commerce, Tex, wishes some COM
rade would write an interesting article about
| the Tyler StOckade. He was a prisoner there,
and did not have any picnic.
| Those -Four Guns.
oren Holmes. Co. c, % battalion. 18th o. g.,
| says about those four guns captured after Mis-
! siOnary Ridge that the 18th u. s. took them
alone. The 18th was commanded by Capt.
| Geo. w. Smith There were no volunteers in
his brigade at that time. The writer's bril-
gsde consisted Of the 18th, 10th, 18th and 18th
U. s., commanded by Gen. King.
George Prets, Co. q. Goth Ohio, West Carroll
ton, o., says to Marion ID. Van Horn that he
| has given the right name TO the four guns
taken after Missionary Ridge. lie adds that
there were ITO prisoners captured. The Goth
Ohio marched them back some distance, and
went into camp for the night. What became
OF the prisoners after that he does not know.
| The name on the caissOn boxes Of the guns was
/ FergusOn's s. C. battery. Comrade Van Horns
| formation Of the brigade is Just as he remem-
beers it.
| Homes Tor Settlers.
| Commodore P. o. Haven, Co. K, 5ssh Ill,
| Milan, ILL., wants some comrades Ia Washing
| ton State TO write him about the opportunities
offered the settler. He wants to know if there
| are any homesteads left, what the climate i5
| products, schools. etc; especially in the neigh
| bOrhood Of Lake Chelan.
| A. b. Leeper, Owaneeo ILL.,, writes: "I viii
say to Joseph Large, 115th Ill, that il he wants
/ 70 find out about California land, to correspond
with Comrade S. J. Miller, Glendora, Cal, who
/ will cheeTfully answer his inauiries / will
just casually remark that have fine farm for
sale at very low price, and on easy terms"
J. NJ. Grant, 9l9 DE Kalb avenue, Brooklyn,
/ N. Y, writes: would like % hear from some
Of the comrades in Virginia and Tennessee in
regard to the desirability Of their location as a
home for old soldiers. am about purchasing
a small farm, and would prefer Virginia or
/ Tennessee, where there are few eomrades."
Chickamauga.
A. B. Leeper, Co. A, II5th ILL.,, Owaueco, Ill,
writes: |" / desire to call Comrade bottoms at
| tention 10 an error ia his latest article on
| Chickamauga. He did not see Mai. Cusac, Of
/ the 2lst Ohio, on tire battlefield on May 90
| 1890. can prove il by the Major himself and
several other reliable witnesses, including his
own daughter. When you come TO furnish any
information that is to pass as history. you
should be very careful TO furnish all the details
| and have established every point so thoroughly
that (you) will not have to retract or modify
| any portion OF any statement / (yOul may
make. How is that, comrade for one Of Capt.
| Hayen's improved constituents, who belonged
/ 70 the ll5th Ill.?"
Here's Another.
Dan Cornell, Winona Springs, Ark, writes
" i shall have to assert my claim as being one
| Of the youngest soldiers. / was born April IS
| 1917; enlisted as private in Co. A, 59th Ohio
| Sept IL, 1861; was discharged by civil au-
thOrity June 16. 1853; re-enlisted in Co. K,
same regiment, as private. Dec. %, 1863 was
| discharged July 16. 1858; thus serving over
three years before was Is years old.
Wants to Get Married.
ii. Harrison, Woodstock, Ont, says: al
would like TO correspond with some maid or
widow in view of matrimony. l sm not par
| ticular about age, il not too old must have
| some means of her own. / have q good farm
here. i cannot answer unsatisfactory letters"
The Taking OF Grrgg's Sword.
w. @. Brombaugh, Co. E, 9th Ohio, writes:
In regard to Col. Melyaine taking Gen.
| Gregg'5 sword. one eOmrade states that it was
at the battle Of Rocky Face Ridge; another,
that Col. Mcllvaine was killed in same battle
at which the sword was taken. Gen. Gregg
was killed at Chickamauga; Col. Nell vaine was
killed at Rocky Face Ridge May o, 1864. Serg't
Cashel can tell who shot Gen. Gregg: I saw
him fall. Would like to hear from Col Brown
or Capt. Chamberlin, Co. O, Gath Ohio"
Wants to Adopt BOI.
Jefferson T. Moore Co. ID, 9th Mass, Box
o. BlandfOrd, Mass, is farmer without chill
dren. lie wants boy between 10 and Is years
Of age to adopt, or will pay wages. A good, live
Irish boy preferred, one who can make himself
useful as we'll as ornamental.
Comments and Corrections.
o. l.. Davis, EmpOria, Kan, thinks that in
the death of Senator Preston b. Plumb the old
soldiers of the West have lost q second John A.
Logan.
L. 6. Walker, Co. L, 20Eh NY. Cav, New Ber-
lin, NY, says in answer to j. Ogden, who asked
what regiment of cavalry took the place of the
81 n. Y. Cav in December, 1864, that it was
the Goth N. Y. Cav, and this was the same
regiment that the 81 relieved at Norfolk.
Who Knows OF the Bearl
William Adams. S1st N. Y, Arthur, N. Y.
says that nearly every soldier has heard OF
"Old Abe" the war eagle, of which the Badgers
we're so justly proud, and asks If anybody
can tell him anything about the big black bear
that he remembers seeing marching with the
infantry on the Peninsula in 1862 He wishes
some cOmrade would give Bruins war record
He thinks that tho "CannOneer " in his forma-
ton of the lines before Petersburg was not
aware that there was q portion of the Eight
zenith Corps on the right of the Ninth Corps
which reached to the AppomAttox. Neyerthe-
less, he gives him all honor for telling his story
Of the private soldier so faithfully and we'll
Not the Emancipation Proclamation.
ID. Bond. Color Guard, lst Mimi, was much
interested in tho Quaker Scouts narrative, as
he was present in some of the operations of
which he writes. The Scout is inaccurate In
speaking about President Lincoln's proclama-
ton when he says that the President produced
the proclamation already signed, giving the |