The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-16


paper, and to place each subject on q separate
sheet. The briefer a communication is the sooner
| space be found for IL. Copies of important
articles should be kept. in case Of accidental loss
| Spanish Fort.
J. 81. Bowman, First Lieutenant. Co. d, 47th
Ill, Oak Lodge, /. T., says lie would like to have
some Of the members of the Second or Eagle Bri.
| gade come forward and sustain him in his recent
statement in regard to the capture of Spanish
| Fort. If they fail to do so, he fears that he
will be placed in the light Of telling false
| hood, and he is feeling like the man who had
| an elephant: he does not know how to let 1t 90.
If any of the boys see this and fail to answer he
! will consider them weak in the knees; but if he
could hear from Maj. Ed. Bonham, Lieut.. John
B. Harlow, or Capt. Royal Olmstead, of Co. A,
47th ILL.,, Or any Of the 18th No.. 9Th Wis. or
5th Mimi, he knows he will be backed up.
8. c. Martin, Co. b, Goth Wis, Brainard,
Mimi, puts in claim for the Thirteenth Corps
at Spanish Fort. He continues: IF remem-
Der rightly, the Sixteenth Corps came across
the country from Pensacola, while the Thir-
teenth Corps marched up the east shore of
| Mobile Bay after the taking Of Fort Morgan.
Our brigade (the First Brigade of the Second
| Division, Thirteenth Corps had the lead by
| special permission Of Gen. Granger, and the day
| we arrived near Spanish Fort the Goth Wis. de-
| ployed as skirmishers and drove the rebs in
side their works, and established the first line
| Of investment Of that fort on the left of our
| lines. We held the line till after nine o'clock
that night; then we wore relieved by, l think,
| the Oath Ill. We continued TO hold that part
| of the line during the investment and when
| the works were taken we went in over that
| part Of the works in our immediate front.
How about the repulse of the famous "Tigers,"
who came over from the city to drive Us out Of
| our trenches? And the night they tried it, who
was it that was in the trenches and lost IS
men? The 9TH VT. Who went to their rescue
| and drove the rebs back with loss and held
the line frm7 The Gath H., supported by
| our regiment"
| How It Was.
| A. P. Carr, Co. II, 34th Ind. Lake Park,
| WASH, writes In the issue of Feb. H. T..
| Bird, 9Th Iowa Cav wants to know about a
| fight ON the banks of the Bio Grande in Texas,
May 13, 1866. On that date Col. Barrett, in
command on Brazos Island, eight miles from
| the mouth of the Rio Grande, went on re-
connoissance on the mainland with some 300
| of the 34th Ind, two companies I'd Tex. Cav,
| dismounted. and details from the S1st and 18Th
U. s. (coloredl. Some IL miles up the Rio
/ Grande we ran into hornets nest, among
which were Anderson's, Caters and Giddingss
cavalry, Benevida's 4th Ariz, two companies
| Texas Rangers and Jones's six-gun battery.
| The Johnnies fell back up the river five or six
miles, then they fanked US, and Barrett with
| the main column Lit out for Brazos, leaving
the rear guard, about 100 men, to stand them
| off, which we did so long as we had cartridge.
| We had four mon killed and seven wounded
that ] know Of Capt Shelby Eyebel told me
they had SO men killed and wounded. could
| tell lot more about it, for have an idea I
| was thar"
At Fort Wagner.
| J. n. Hermance, Co. E, 67th Ohio, Little
Rock, Ark, writes: "Comrade Kost is Ger
| tainly right when he claims that our troops got
| inside of the fort in that awful charge July
| 10, 1863 There are plenty of men living to-
day who can testify to that fact. Parts of the
! 9th and 62d and other regiments of that
! brigade got in and staid there until one and
two o'clock, and if reinforcements had come
| up could have remained there. But the odds
| were against them and the tide coming in and
to remain was to be overpowered without re-
| treat possible, and with some language not
found in the U. S. regulations the boys crawled
out as best they could. charge from one of
| those howitzers on the east side of the works
| went through the 67th's flag, leaving barely the
outer edges and bullion fringe. Sam Nc
| Donald, the Color-Sergeant, was well done up,
but got we'll, and many were killed in the
| ditch"
At Perryville.
| John. L. Shoemaker, Co. G, f23d H., Casey
| Ill 81 saw an article from Comrade 8. K.
! Crawford. NJ. d., 50th Ohio, about Perryviie
| My regiment was there, and received its bap-
| tism Of fire. suffering loss of 216 men killed
and wounded We were in Gen. TerrilI's Bril-
gade. We were On the left of the line, and
| fought mostly Oh an old stnbblefeld. Abont
| week after the battle the wounded were
| loaded in wagon trains (the writer being among
| the number) and carried back over the rocks
and hills distance of IS miles to Louisville
and New Albany. / was taken to Hospital 1,
Ward 3, in charge of DR.. Green, at the latter
place. Where are al! the boys that came with
that wagon.train? would like to hear from
| Them"
The 9Th n. HIS Flag.
Frederick Barrett, Corporal, Co. F, 9Th N. a.,
birmingham, Mass, writes: l noticed in
your paper of the 23d ut. paragraph headed
Heroes that spoke of the saving of the 9Th
N. HIS flag at Fredericksburg. l would say
that l was the soldier from whom Lieut.. Net
Teton took the flag and always supposed he
was killed, for l saw him fall. The center Of
the regiment was in front of the brick house
! in the field and where fell was at the right
of this house and about 300 rods from the rebel
! works l remem Der the pile of dead and
wounded there. l would be pleased to hear
from any of the boys of the Fighting 5th,'
| and Lieut.. Nettleton if alive"
The Troops at Harper's Ferry.
Theo. McAllister, Color-Sergeant, Coles
| Cavalry, Barlow, Pa, writes: "Please correct
| the slight mistake in a recent issue with regard
| to the troops captured at Harper's Ferry, Sept.
| II. 1862. Some portion of the garrison was not
| captured on that occasion On the night of
Sept Ia, Coles Nd. battalion. 10Th III. Cav,
/ 9Th N Y. Cav. and small detachment of
| Rhode Island cavalry cut their way through the
rebel lines and about the same hour of the
morning of the 18th that Miles was surrender
ing tire garrison of $4,000 men at Harper's
Ferry, we were busily engaged in capturing
| Longstreet's ammunition train of 81 wagons on
the Hagerstown and Williamsport pike; our
Maryland battalion escorting the train to Cham
bersburg, Pa, the same day."
Homes for Settlers.
Geo. H. Grace, Co. M, 4th Ill. Cav. Perry,
Iowa. desires to communicate with comrades
living where there is Government land to
homestead in good game country.
Alfred Brenner Co. l., 18th N. J. Cav,
Humphreys Neb., would like to correspond
with any comrade about location in milder
climate--fOr instance, the Ozark Mountains
and where there is Government land to be had
yet.
John Knox, Kingfsher, Okla. Ter, writes:
"a great many of the comrades are seeking
information about the Cherokee Strip which is
now about to be opened for settlement. will
say after years residence that this Territory
will make one of the best and richest regions in
the United States. 1t is not only an A agri.
cultural country. but is destined to be one of
the foremost fruit sections in the United States.
Nowhere have l seen fruit trees so thrifty or
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