The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-30

guarding the rear oil the army, then beSeglDg
Corintl, Miss On the 5th or 9Th of May, 1862.
just after returning from work on the roads,
was sitting on tent peg while Fritz Benrlen
was standing in front Of me, and while evening
rOll-call was held of the rest Of the company
that had not been on duty that day. While we
were cOnversng, concerning our work, shot
from gun aud the whizzing of bullets were
heard, and Immediately after Beurlen cried
ont and fell on to me, and while | endeayored
to hold him up, both OF us fell on our tent 1t
happened that bullet had pierced his knee
and he suffered terrible pain. Roll.call broke
up and the company and comrades of other
companies gathered around. 1t was then
learned that the shot came from our regiment
al guard. tent; IL at Lieut.. Berger, of Co. G, had
fired. A bush whacker had been taken in by our
pickets that day and brought 20 camp. His
gun, loaded with bullet and three buchshot,
was also brought in and put in charge of the
guard. Lieut.. Berger happened to be around,
and taking the bush whacker's gun in his hand.
commenced fooling with it. The gun went off,
MORALLY wouudng Col. Thayer's Orderly and
iniuring another man beside Fritz Beurlen.
The whole affair was husbed up, as of course
Lieut.. B. had not done it Intentionally, but
Comrade Beurlen was crippled for life. As he
afterwards wrote from the military hospital at
Evansville, Ind, he would never be able to
straighten his leg again, and would lave to go
through life on clutches. If Beurlen is still
alive and this should meet his eye, should
like to hear from him by letter."
Fort Gregg.
George II. Stowtz Major, Tooth NY, Buffalo,
n. Y, writes again | will remind Capt Role
of what he should know; that the writer of
this Assistant Adjutant- General of the
Third Brigade, and should know something of
the brigade and its movements on that event.
ful morn that the oath Mass. was detailed
to City Point previous to the order to move
from the north side of the James River, and
hence not company of that regiment was
present but the 34th Mass. was part Of the
First Brigade, Independent Division, COM
manded by Lieut-Col. Potter, and doubtless
company of that regiment is the real one re-
ferred to; that Col. Plaisted had resigned
previous to the 25th of March that Col. Geo.
Z. Dandy, of the Tooth N. Y. was in command
of the brigade, and continued till the close of
the war; that the goth Pa. was left on the
north side of the James River, and the 10Th
Conn, 18th BE, and Tooth n. Y were ordered
to the left at Hatcher's Run to take the place
of the Second Corps. Capt. Rofe can readilys ee
how unlikely that the dead Captain of the 18th
w. Va. was seen by Gen. Plsisted and mistaken
for himself, when the General was not in the
army, and hence could not have telegraphed TO
Capt. Rolfes people of his death" Again. the
Captain says: :" Not regiment of the Third
Brigade, First Division, regiment, partici-
pated in that engagement. On our return we
found them just whore We left them hours
earlier. The official reports assert that, with
supports, there were u regiments engaged
in the capture of Forts Gregg and Baldwin. 1t
is not my purpose to rehearse this sangninary
struggle in the capture of these forts Should
Capt Rolfe desire information, he can learn
from Col. Plaisted. if living. and Col. Hill, of
the 18th Me, residing at Powell Pa"
Information Asked and Given.
Charles W. Turman, Co. ]. 7th Iowa Cav, La
Barge, Wyo, wants to know if any comrade
has ever been cured of muscular rheumatism
contracted in the service, and what the remedy
was.
A. A. Ream, Co. l. goth Ind, PERT, Ind, saw
query in recent issue about Solomon A.
Lands. That comrade enlisted from Peru,
Ind. in August, 1862, and served through the
His Captain and Colonel and about 90
other members of the regiment still live in
Peru
]. S. Patrick, Co 3, 9th n. G. (Confederate),
BarcA Fla, says that sometime ago he made
inquiry if the soldier was yet alive whom bis
guard captured in mil-house in sight of
Washington, n. c., while il was in possession
of the Union troops. The writer supposed he
was a general officer belonging to the Western
army. The writer has been in Florida for 10
years, and is perfectly satisfied with the climate
aud cost of living. There are few homes yet
for actual settlers. Patrick has done very well
there, and thinks it is the place for poor man
to get chance to exist. He owns an orange
grove, and it is beginning to pay him well.
f. Atkinson, Delhi. Mimi, wants to CORE
spond with comrades living in southern Cali
fornia, will, view to making his home there |
II. c. Miller, Co. Fl, SD Pa, Kingston. Pa, |
writes: s. You being the encyclopedia for |
the comrades at large, let me test your po-
tency. | and other comrades have tried to |
find the song, the first two lines of which |
are: thousand years, my own Columbia, |
tits the glad day long foretold which |
inspired so many of the boys about the time |
our unpeasantness began. Will some COM
rade send it to me ?"
Death of Gen. Smyth.
Abram Smith, Co. !, 91st N. Y, and Co. d,
10th N. Y, Wichita, Kan, writes: I'm recent
issue some Captain of the LIST Del says his regi
ment belonged to the Second Brigade, Third
Division Second Corps, and was commanded
by Gen. Smyth. who was killed at Farmville.
Now, | belonged to Co. ID, 10th n. Y. Joined the
regiment shortly after Reamss Station battle.
We were in the Third Brigade, Second Divis-
ion, Second Corps, and Gen. Smyth was in COM
mand of the brigade and remained in command
until he was killed. The LIST Del. was also in
the brigade. j see in the History of the
Corps" you put Gen. Smyth in the Second
Brigade. which is a mistake. / did not see
Gen. Smyth shot but member of my company
dld. Inc reDeiS were on The reLreat, anu ten.
Smyth was riding well in front, when q solitary
Johnny partially turned and fired then threw
down his gun and That shot, without
aim struck Gen. Smyth in the face, and was
the cause of his DEATH
Losses OF the Eleventh Corps.
Charles Stacey, Co. d. 55th Ohio, Norwalk,
o., writes: "At the time the History of the
Eleventh Corps was given, in commenting on
he losses at Charlottesville, you said the losses
IS given were plainly too small. have looked
his matter up so far as the both Ohio was con-
cerned, and find you are right. The losses as
given for the 55th Ohio were only eight killed.
have the names of 81 who were killed and
MORALLY wounded in that battle, three-and-a
Ialf times many as are shown on the re-
port; while dozens of the men who were
wounded do not appear on the records as
such, net even when loss of Limb occurred.
Such records are injustice to great many"
Want the Poems.
Harvey Woodcock, Wheatland, Mo-. wants
someone to send him, by mail the poem en-.
titled "Our Grand Army of the Dead"
Il. S. Moran, Co. E, 10th w. Va, 10 East
Third street, Covington KY, wants someone
% send him, by mail, the poem on the Monitor
Ind Merrimac written shortly after the engage |
nent. 1t began 1T was 10 o'clock, the Sth
VI March, the rebel Merrimac."
The Troops Captured at Harper's Ferry.
Several comrades have written, criticizing |
he statement made recently by The NATIONAL