The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-08-10

RSDAY. AUGUST 10, 1893.
terry, having no proper nourishment, shelter,
clothing or food, and comrades dying five or
| six each day, he never heard of one comrade
taking the oath of allegiance to the South,
ali preferring death rather than deserving
the cause they Joined to maintain.
The Old Second Corps.
e. Cook, Co. /, 9Th n. Y. II. A, Port
land, Ore, writes: Capt. Vaney, of the 1st
Del, answers my article in regard TO the Sth
! n. Y. H. A, and seems to think that Under
stood him to reflect on the bravery of my
old regiment. l understood him to imply
that the inexperience of the troops was the
cause of the failure. Capt. Vaney made
several statements which were all incorrect,
except that an engagement did take place
on June Is. He stated that a battery of
artillery was lost, which was not the case.
| Four guns of Meningitis battery were taken
on June %, but no guns were lost on the
18th. He also stated that the old Second
Corps was never defeated. l will put in
opposition a statement by Gen. Walker, who
was Acknowledgement of the corps at the
| time: At o'clock, however, the Sixth
Corps being still behind, Barlow's left was
thrown into confusion by sharp attack of
the enemy in great force The thanking
brigade gave way, and the front line finding
itself exposed fell hastily back, though in
order to evade the flank attack. No sooner
had Barlow halted his lines than the enemy
attacked in front, but were thrown off by
Mies's Brigade. Four guns of
Meningitis 18th N Y. battery were left
in the enemy's hands. The whole affair
was over in very short time-the Second
Corps had been defeated almost without be-
ing engaged. There had been very little
fighting and small loss, except in prisoners.
OF these the Second Corps had lost 700;
more than it had on the Peninsula more
than it had at Antietam, Fredericksburg,
and Charlottesville combined; also, four
guns, the only ones ever taken from the
Second Corps by the enemy The old Sec
ond Corps, according to Walker, was de-
feated. Walker also says the charge of the
1st Me- was bravely made, and doubt if at
that time old troops could have been held so
long to the work, "a they seemed to know
better than their officers, often, when they
had had enough. 1 see many statements
made in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE which
are not backed up by history, and think
we ought to be careful to do each other no
injustice by depending too much on our
memories, which Old Time has more or less
impaired"
Point Well Taken.
c. D. Shrader, Stafford, Kan, writes: ain
reading so many papers about pension
frauds, bummers, peTjurers, deserters coffee
coolers, shirks, and deadbeats, and, accord
ing to la Bragg, 'scums of the EARTH
question suggested itself to my mind: Whom
did Gen. Lee surrender TO at Appomattox?
Can it be possible that the Southern chivalry
surrendered to lot of deadbeats, coffee
coolers, deserters ETC.? Can it be possible
that all good brave, and true soldiers died
or were killed before the war ended, and
that Lee and Johnston surrendered to the
ghosts of those brave heroes and comrades
who sleep at Andersonville, Millen, Sauls-
bury, Libby, and many other hell-holes of
the South?"
The Hard-worked Privates.
w. Fl. VEGA, Waverly Junction, Iowa, says
that Z. NJ. Watson, of Co. B, 1st Mich. Cav,
must have been a good-natured Christian to
bear the insult of carrying a rail to please
old purse proud Gen. Crawford. The writer
thinks that the $13-hard-worked privates,
who did all of the dangerous work, were
used as slaves and bootblacks for the dude
officers. He thinks that because a man is
an officer is no reason why he should be
dude-tyrant, as was the case with many men
in the war.
AHe1per Wanted.
J. r. Putnam, Hartland, Wash, writes
Wanted, by comTade who is widower,
housekeeper; soldiers widow or daughter
preferred Must be between 80 and 90 years
Of age, and competent to cut and make
children's clothes. Will pay good wages
and situation will be permanent if satisfae-
ton is given. References exchanged"
Peach Tree Creek.
j. M. Blankenship, Co. K, Sd KY, Craw-
louisville, Ind, says that he is amused to see
the difference of opinion in regard to the |
Peach Tree Creek skirmish. He says that it |
was Newton's Reserve Brigade and some |
guns of the Twentieth Corps that checked |
the rebs on our left, and that there never |
was better regiment mustered in the service |
than Opdycke's Tigers.