The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1892-07-21

| RSN hgH spoke of four sheds erected
| ctxNlA FIRF4 on the north side of the
| @S&@ 1RAE stockade, only one of which
| Law IA IN was completed the other
| *i$& WA f8Nyi three were rooted and al
| ~ kAsaZkll forded some shelter. They,
WNF sMAs when finished, were only
| b. wv 80 NV intended for detachment
| n Tos apiece; that would be
| 49, IL three COS apiece, or 270
| C4T -, men. Now there were in
| + the stockade about 100 de-
tachments. By this you can see that in con-
| sidering the number confined in the stockade
| about 30,000-what proportion could avail
| themselves of this shelter in 30 In the Fall
after the capture of Atlanta, the prisoners were
sent away from Andersonville. The first IL de-
| tachments-what survived-fr0m Belle Island
were sent to Savannah; others to Florence, ;. u
OF the men sent to Savannah, in time-excspt
1000 at Backshire-1,000 were paroled, the
others sent to Florence or back to Anderson
vile, arriving about the last of December. The
writer was one of the number. John McElroy,
10th III. Cav, author of history OF Ander-
sonville, was with the second thousand. We
remained at Andersonville until the last of
March and in April. Many of us are there yet;
1857 died before We got there. This time
enongh of our little number-not over 4,DOO-
died to swell the list to near $4,000 men,"
Comrades Statement Verified.
L.
NATIONAL TRIBUNE of May r. in referring to
Lieut.. B. c. Shaw's description of the wounding
of Col. b. c. Kelley at Philippi. W. Va, juno 3,
1861, that Lieut. Shaw is right in his descrip-
ton. The writer was in Capt. Phil Kushners
company (E, 18th Ohio, Col. Irving command
ing,) and was Sergeant of the guard that took
Col. Kelley back from Phiippi to Grafton was
also Sergeant of the guard that took detail of
eight men and carried wounded rebel on
stretcher four miles in the country to his home,
he having lost leg from the first shot OF
4-pounder from the top of the hill.
A Comrades Explanation.
I. B. Webster, Captain, Co. I, 10th KY, Louis
vile, KY, says: "In a recent issue Comrade
L. c. FL. Beyland. 9th Ohio, in replying to my
article, the Death of Zollicoffer,' did not
keep in mind the title of said article In order
to make it clear to him and others, allow me to
say that made no attempt to give descrip-
tion of the battle of Mill Springs or to say
what troops were engaged in it. did give the
names of the commanding officers and their
regiments comprising our brigade, because /
felt that brigade of infantry is sort of family
circle, so closely are the members bound to
each other. However, / did not intend to
insinuate that there were no other troops there,
for / knew there were. The history Of that
fight has been written by those far better quail
fed to do 80 than J. That the 9th and the I'd
Mimi. were there l knew, and am prepared to
say that there were not in the service two more
gallant regiments. This l state from observa-
ton. As to Wooford's cavalry, they were every
where. l only had one object in writing that
paper april 81, 1892, and that was to place
Gen. S. s. Fry correctly before the readers Of
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE. thank the COM
rade for his evidence in saying that gave
correct account of Zolicoffers death"
A Comrade Criticized.
Hiram w. Davis Co. D. a32d n. Y, Heath,
N. Y, would like to correct Comrade John B.
Hayes 18th n. Y, in giving a short and inter-
esting history of his regiment. He states that
the 32d N. Y. formed part of his brigade. The
32d n. Y. was in the Third Brigade, the other
regiments being the 18th and 31st N. Y. and
95th Pa The 9th N. " Gen. H. w. Slocum's
old regiment, is the one to which Comrade
Hayes should have referred, as it was in the
Second Brigade.
Youngest Soldier.
Thomas 8. Timpson, Co. A, 165th N. Y, Buff
falo, N. Y, was born Aug. 81, 1877; enlisted
Feb "a, 1864; served until Sep. !, 1865. E. ii.
Wishon, Portsmouth, o., was born Aug. II,
1S47 ;renlisted from Portsmouth, O., 1861, in
Battery L, 1st Ohio L. A. At the age of Ia
mustered in at Camp Dennison as lead driver,
and ut the end of two years promoted to No. 6,
and was mustered as non-commissioned Off.
Ger at Columbus o. He never missed battle,
was Off duty a day, and was considered the
baby of the Army of the Potomac.
w. E. Brooks, GAINESVILLE, N. Y, was born
Sept. /, 1947. In 1861 was mustered in the
95th n Y, and re-enlisted at Culpeper, Va,
January 1864. Discharged July, 1866.
The Capture at Piedmont.
D. H. Smith, Co. d, goth Pa. Cav, Elliots-
burg, Pa. says: "Comrade Lewis, 1st N. Y.
Cav, in calling Comrade Hildebrand to ac-
count about the prisoners captured at Pied
mont June s. 1864, should know that the Goth
Pa Cav had hand in their capture. After
the 34th Mass, 18th w. Va, and 54th Pa. had
driven the enemy back through the woods
three companies of the Goth Pa. Cav. charged
their left through wheatfeld, killing
many aud capturing large number of pris-
line, while the infantry charged them in
front. The comrade says they lost eight
men out of their regiment. Co. d of the
Goth Pa Cav. lost nine in this charge" A
few weeks ago cOmrade asked: Did Gen.
Hunter mount negroes when the soldiers
had to waikiki II this question had been re-
ferred to certain member of the Goth Pa. Cav.
he could have answered it, l think. / met that
comrade in Philadelphia last Summer and he
looked as though he could outwalk almost any
negro yet ! do know there was danger of
Hunters tent being punched full of holes for
few nights on the Lynchburg raid. Hope the
comrade that was taken off that horse when
the negro was put On Will ieb US near ABOUT IL.
Information Asked and Given.
Mrs. Mary A. Boyle, 334 Oakland avenue,
Green Point. Brooklyn, N. Y. wants the adj
dress of any comrade who was in the LIST N. Y.
MID Rifles in 1862.
Mrs. Mary Dunn, Talbot street, st. Thomas, |
Canada, wants the address of comrades who |
knew Peter DeHaven Dunn, who served in |
both army and navy.
Cicero Hawley, Co. B, 104th Ohio, Los Angeles, |
Cal, says: Looking over the column of In |
formation Asked and Given, thought would |
like to know who the old soldier was that stole
q silver watch from q comrade in the printing
office at Wilmington, N. c., in the Spring of
1865. The undersigned had charge of the office
for the Government at the time"
What Soldiers Are These?
Sam Swofford, jr., First Lieutenant, Co. D.
7th Tenn. MED Inf, Orme's Store, Tenn., says:
" Just after the battle of Chickamauga some
soldiers who had been wounded were brought
to Pikeville, Tenn, and, l think, some Of them
lied and were buried there. ! wish to know
who they were and to what commands they
belonged. Anyone knowing anything con-
corning this will confer favor by writing to
the above address,"
The Winfield Scott.
Fl. G. Burgess, Montrose, Pa, would like to
correct the Lieutenant that has been writing
up the Hilton Head expedition in November,
1861 as he stated that the 4Sth N. Y. was on
the Winfield Scott That is mistake. Six
of Do hat,