The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-04-07

~ that DIVISION, having
q special detail from
| Gen. Sherman to SUPER
intend the construction of sap in our front,
| / will say that we did not use sap-roller and
did not have any use for oue We worked on
our sap at night Il being on duty every other
night all night until we reached the bottom
| of the bluff on which the rebel battery was
| situated. Oar men tried to get possession OF
| the hill, but were repulsed-Col. Mcclure, Chief
| of Tutte's staff and Colonel of my regiment,
| receiving O very severe wound in the shoulder.
| The next night our men, being determined to
| take that hill, went Mt it again, and got there
| 1t was not my night on duty, but that of a
young comrade, Henry Appellate of the llth
Mo. Expecting some fun, however, | went
| down to see 1t. The Lieutenant of the Pioneer
| Corps, Taylor of the Hath ILL.,. came and asked
me if would take charge of our black Pioneers,
| which / did. Each man was armed with PICK
| or spade. with goodly number of gabions.
marched the men on to the hill, formed them
| in line, planted their baskets. and in great
deal less than one hour we had a very formida-
BILE fort, within 25 yards of the rebel works,
| with the rebel videts in full view. Our colored
| men did well, for il was root hog or die with
| them, and every man stood his ground until
| their work was accomplished"
Homes for Settlers.
T. Millay, $50 Elizabeth street, New York
| City, writes: I" would like to hear from some
of the comrades in Virginia and Tennessee in
regard to homes for old soldiers. i want to
buy a small farm, and would like to hire it for
one year with the privilege of buying"
John Kick, Co. K. SD ILL.,, Odebolt, Iowa,
wants central or southern Utah comrades to
write him in regard to the desirability of their
regions for settlement for disabled soldiers.
r. G. Fnrcher, Box 81, Burkesyille, Va,
writes: my section, which ia in the tobacco
belt, has a good climate-not too cold in Winter
in, IF
can live from grass almost 10 months in the
year. Tobacco is our staple crop; soil is suit
able for bright and dark shipping tobacco. Corn,
wheat, and oats do well; also all kinds of fruits
and vegetables. Land is cheap-from 81 up to
SIS per acre. Would not advise parties with
out capital to come here and expect to get rich.
as there are plenty of poor people here now"
He Thinks This the Right Name for 1t.
g. Thompson, U. 8. Eng. Battalion, Wash
the late healthy writing from some of the COM
rades about the true title of the Late I'm
pleasantness,' War Between the States
North Against the South, Southern Con-
federacy,' etc, etc. The word Confederacy is
old as the American Revolution, and was used
for lack of better word until We became a
Nation but the extreme States Rights men
still held on to the definition that the Ameri-
can Nation was Confederacy of States only,
and one Of these gentlemen in speech at
Richmond. Va, in 1857, used the expression,
The southern portion of this Confederacy,'
from which it is easy to derive the term
Southern Confederacy.' But the key to I'M
lock all this combination of sophistry and de-
fusion is to call the accursed thing plainly
Shareholders Rebellion There is, of course
persistent effort to dignity it into something
more grand and noble, but If you call it by
what consider its right name then there is no
confusion in giving it proper place in history
and legality of existence"
Want to Get Married.
Samuel 8. James, Paola, Kan wants to cor
resuond with some good woman, with a view to
matrimony. He will not answer unsatisfactory
letters.
Theodore " Manson, Herndon, Va, Union
soldier, so years old, bachelor, good home,
strictly temperate, but not straightlaced."
wishes to correspond with refined young wo-
man 20 to % years old; object marriage. |
State age and personal description, and inclose |
photograph, which will be returned at once if
desired.
d. r. Long, st. Paul, Ark. wants to CORE
spond with some soldiers widow daughter. |
viii not answer unsatisfactory letters. The |
comrade is 4S years old.
How is This,
E. A. Bennett Huntington, W. Va, writes: |
" In the issue of the 10th inst, John T. Booth, |
seth Ohio, says that CaptE Over affirms that no |
part ofthe troops occupying the said western Vir
ginia were ever an integral part of the Eighth |
Corps. Ihave in my possession orders from Gen.
Kelley, dated Headquarters, First Division, |
Eighth Army Corps Harper's Ferry, Va, June
a., 1863, detailing officers from the 9th w.
Va.-Capt. Overs regiment-and the 18th w.
Va. both then serving in western Virginia; !
and another from Headquarters, Sixth Brigade
First Division, Eighth Corps. Clarksburg, w.
Va, June 81, 1863 about details of same matters,
and affecting same officers and signed E. Over,
A. A. A. General Either Capt. Over was in
error then or is now in error and if the latter,
then Comrade Booth is in error. l have an
Eighth Corps badge worn in service in West
Virginia, and have no doubt that the troops
serving in that State were attached to the
Eighth Corps"
Home Offered.
J. T. Hartwell Greenfield, Mass, says that
an honest young man between II and 90 years
old, who has worked several years on farm,
can learn of place where he can have good
home kind treatment, and wages according to
what he does. If satisfactory, he can have
work for years at market gardening, fruit, and
farm work. He must be strong, and willing to
work. Some veteran soldiers son preferred.
Was He soIdieri
W. Fl. Jack, Durango, Colo, wants to know
by letter if David Day was ever member of
Co. d, 57th Ohio. The said Day has been
abusing pensioners in his paper. and yet claims
TO have been soldier.
What Some Regulars Did.
Elmore G. Argadine. Forest Hiil Ind, |
who served three years in the 18th u. s.,
lS64l67 wants to call the attention of COM
rades to the part his regiment took in captur-
n model Of ,ohat regtnetas history should De.M Y
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