The National tribune., 1893-11-09

OF Oct. 10 that COmrade
Lancaster, of The I'd Wis.
Cav, is the man who was
not shot for mutiny on Jnly IS, 1865 My
recollection of the affair is that he received
80 lashes on his back as part of the punish
ment instead of the shooting. II | am
wrong, / hope the comrade will correct me-
/ have always blamed Gen. Custer for in
ficting punishment forbidden by army
regulations.
In the latter part Of August or the 1st
of September of the same year Custer or
dered this same punishment inflicted on q
Sergeant Of the 7th Ind. Cav. at Hampstead,
Tex, for capturing beef on the prairie and
confiscating it to the use of his mess. The
early tactics of the war Of protecting rebel
property seemed to be revived at the close
would like to ask the I'd Wis. boys
how they liked alligator meat, but then
would not for moment have the readers of
our valuable paper think the I'd could an
swer the question from experience"
J. Darrow, Cos K and F, 10Th III. Cav,
LeRoy, Mimi, says that Notwithstanding
the dale Oh which he was not shot at Alex
audria, La, may be fixed in Comrade Lam
casters mind, yet he (Darrow) must declare
the comrade in error, because the date is now
in the writer's war diary, put there at the
time, which was Friday, July %, 1865.
Are the Two One?
w. Fl. Newln, I'D H., S1S West Grand
avenue, Springfield, ILL.,, brings up ques-
ton much mooted in his regiment by writing
thus: Might not the name of the Robert
G. Taylor whom we left behind the night
OF Feb. 26, 1864, when escaping from prison,
have been Robert George Taylor? Then,
again, might not the George Taylor, account
ed for on the rolls of the I'd Mass Cav. as
deserter, have left of, at time of enlistment,
for convenience or brevity, the Robert of his
name? Now, the Taylor we left behind
gave,the name Robert G. Taylor at the time
we left him, and previously had given the
date and particulars of his capture by the
rebels. The date was some time in July,
1863, about the time of, or shortly after, the
battle of Gettysburg. The Taylor we left
also gave the I'd Mass. Cav. as the regiment
he was member 0. / am strongly inclined
to the opinion that t. b rt c. Taylor, I'd
Mas. Cav, that and the George
Taylor accounted f.. a, a deserter OH the
rolls OF that regimen, are identical. If so,
might not George Taylor be wrongfuIly
accounted for as deserter? The man we
left was an Englishman, rather below me-
dium hight light-complexiOned with light
hair and eyes, and was marked by small
pox; this latter mark acquired while
prisoner, il ! mistake not. This man being
an EDglishman, and the fact that he per-
sisted in being left are two reasons, 10 my
mind. for concluding that he might possibly
have been deserter. The man we left was
about "a TO 81 years old, and had been in
this country but few weeks at time of
enlistment. The insertion of this state
n 10,
source that will determine whether or not
my solution is correct"
About Gen. Brannan.
D. Eldridge, Historian, Sd n H., 36 Brom-
field street, Boston, Mass, writes: -. r.
King Battery c, 1st Ohio Art, inquired in
Sept. q issue about Gen. Brannan. In re-
ply, Gen. John Milton Brannan died at his
home in New York Friday, Dec is, 1892
The papers of the day announced his death
and purpOrted 10 briefly sketch his military
career, but siDgularly omitted his entire war
service, and the reader could not have learn
ed from the printed words that this country
had had a civil war"
Comrade Eldridge asks question him
self He says that in the great storm of |
November, 1861, in which the Port ROYAL
expedition was, the steamer r. B. Forbes |
a.
What gunboat was it?
Speaks for His Comrades.
John Vorous, Co. /, 4th Pa. Cav, New |
Lebanon, Pa, writes: "The record published |
If my regiment in recent issue fails 10 |
1--WE us any credit for doing anything in the |
asst campaign of 1865. Being a member, |
know it was actively engaged Mt Dnwiddie
Courthouse March 81, 1865; Amelia Springs
n |
7armville April z, 1865; and sustained loss
It each of these engagements. 1t was also
It Appomattox Courthouse, and was among
he very last troops engaged April 8, 1865,
IN the App0mattox and Lynchburg road.
The Oldest Veteran.
John Fl. Crawford Co. D, 1O1st Ohio, Peru,
J., writes: AS there has been q great deal
aid, and for so long, in your paper about
lie youngest soldier, suppose we drop him
nd speak about the oldest man at time of
niistment. | will say, for starter, that
%. A, 101st Ohio, had a soldier 80 years old
t enlistment. For proof of this statement
would refer you to the Ohio Roster Vol.
II, page 400. The remarks opposite his
ame read as follow: George A. Stewart,
ge so, enlisted Sept. 4, 1S62-three years.
his man, too aged to keep up with the regi-
nent, made his way back to Ohio Oct. 9,
where he is supposed to have died soon after
I any regiment in the United States service
ad an older soldier in their ranks, / should
Ike to have his record brought to the front
Nth well-anthentcated proof"
Five of 'Em.
George II. Pettis, Co. X, 1st Cal, Provi-
ence, r. J., tells of an instance where the
reat Smith family once more takes the lead
/ seems that Co. ], 1st Cal, had upon its
nuster-roll the names of Albert L. Smith,
'enj. f. Smith, Edwin d. Smith, and Samuel
NTH, who answered to their names at roll
all as Smith first" "Smith second,n
Smith third" Smith fourth" When Sec
nd Lieut.. Whitman L. Smith, of Co. G, was
romoted as First Lieutenant, Co l. he was
hereafter known throughout the regiment
s Smith fifth"
Want to Get Married.
William p. Bane, Nineyeh, Pa, wants to
orrespond with some young lady, whose
Tst requisite must be that she stands at
east six feet six inches in hight. The
writer himself is seven feet.tall References
nd photographs must be exchanged. No
oOlishness. 20
[. Bnch, Crescent, Mo-, would like to cor
espond with some comrade veterans widow
T daughter with a view to matrimony.
references exchanged. No unsatisfactory