The National tribune., 1892-07-14

address, or will write to Pontiac. ILL.,. Box s52,
he can have q chat with the old Sergeant Of
Co. A, 10th U. s. Art.
The Death Of Col. Hull.
C.. NJ Woolsey, Lieutenant. Co. /. ID n. Y.
Cav Milton, N. Y. says: IN. II. Endsley. in
speaking of the death of Col. Hull, made some
slight mistakes, for, as / remember it, the LIST
Conn. Cav. were on the picket-line some three
or four miles from camp, and not the I'd Ohio.
The I'd n. Y. and the rest of the brigade were
lying west OF Winchester. and near what was
called the back road There had been some
skirmishing along the picket-line in the morn
ing. and the whole brigade was ordered to
saddle up and get ready to mount and We held
our horses, expecting TO be ordered out to fight
at any moment. We remained in this posi-
tion from about to 1 o'clock, when the COM
mand was given to march. Our regiment
moved out down the back road first on
walk. then trot. then on gallop. As we
passed along we met squads OF horsemen, with
their horses all tired out, who had been driven
in from the picket line, and from all Inquiries
Of them as to where the Johnnes were they
replied that we would see them soon enough,
and we did As soon as we raised to the brow
of hill we could see in the valley beyond
long lines of horse,nen of both armies confront
ing each other, and charging down upon each
at critical points, and then the lines of the
rebels. We soon got in our places as best we
could, and in front of US big rebel lay dead
who had just been killed. TIE fighting was par
ticularly severe around the little hamlet in
front; but soon the rebels were driven back,
and we were in hot pursuit In the eagerDess
of some Of us to gain a ford in the stream in
our front, we became detached from the main
part of the regiment, and 200 or 800 rebs rode
up out Of ravine parallel with aud almost upon
us, and we were taken so much by surprise that
we stopped where we were. They were going
at full galop and as they passed Us fred at us
several times, and orr drummer boy Wolf, of
Go. u was shot through the hat. Not far from
here Col. Hull was killed, who had been COM
mssoned Colonel just 10 days and received his
commission the day before, and the night pre-
vious had given some of the officers an enter
tainment. l think it was on Nov. IL that he
was killed"
A Long Service.
j. Wesley Isle, Indian Grove Mo-. says: 81
noticed communication in recent issue
claiming that o. A. Carwin was in continuous
service for term of five years, three months
and 81 days. Now we have member of our
John Tietjens) Post, SOC, named David Langs-
darf. who enlisted in Co. d. 18th Pa, on June
3d. 1861, and was discharged from Go. M, I'd U.
S. Art on Feb. 8, 1867, making total service
of five years, seven months and 10 days"
A Word from the Navy.
Edward L. De Haven, who served on the u.
S. soop-of-w war Pawnee from February, 1861,
until February, 1864. says that the chronology
Cal Record of the Great Rebellion now appear
ing in The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. was little
off regarding the taking and occupation of
Alexandria, Va; as the crew of the second
cutter of the Pawnee were in Alexandria some
time before the troops of the army arrived,
and the town was surrendered to Stephen C..
Rowan, the Commander of the Pawnee. before
the troops arrived. The crew of the Pawnee
had captured and towed two river steamers
from the wharf at Alexandria and anchored
them in the stream several hours before Els
worths Zouayes arrived, and if there is any
honor in OCCUPY ing Alexandria, it should be
given Admiral Rowan, who is now deceased,
and who deserved all the credit for that occu-
patton and much more.
We will say to the comrade that there was
no formal surrender of Alexandria. Com
mander Rowan demanded the surrender of the
place, but the rebel authorities simply evacu-
ated the town, which was taken possession of
by the Federal troops. The Pawnee was un-
donbtedly the first in the city, as she was
cruising between Washington and the mouth
of the Potomac for several weeks previous to
the occupation of Alexandria, and the troops
were landed under the protection of the
Pawnees guns.-EDIToR NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE.
Cloyd Mountain.
Mart Howe, Co. ID. 34th Ohio, Lincoln, Neb,
writes: / was a member of 9th w. Va. under
Gen. Hayes, and started on the Lynchburg
raid, but was wounded in the battle at Cloyd
Mountain and sent back to Charleston, and
thereby escaped many hardships that others
underwent If the comrades remember any
thing about the old 9th on that occasion,
would be glad to hear from them. especially at
the spirited battle above named, after which
there were 81 bodies around the flag of the 9th,
II of whom were rebels; but our flag was car
ried over the ramparts. and we gained the VIC
tory. / was wounded near the breastworks
and did not see all the fight. Do the comrades,
or any member of the 34th w. Va, know any
thing of a member of their regiment who was
killed on Big Sandy River. a tributary of Elk,
about 40 miles from Charleston? / think he
was cut off while retrcating from Fayetteville,
when Gen. Loring made his raid down Kan
awha Valley"