The National tribune., 1894-02-15


AS 20 the treatment RECEIVED by the M
fnrtunates in those prisons, language fails to
describe the misery connected with those
Infamous places. Is 1T any wonder that the
few who are survivors of those places are
broken down, and have been TOR many years
only wrecks of what they once We're? III
this should he read bv any old comrade
who Was In Richmond during the Winter OF
'63 aud "a "r on Belle Lie The cold New
Years of 1864, | should be glad to hear
from him. My expet fence there during SIX
months Imprisonment at once conveys The
idea that they did all they could to weaken
our armies by starving US 10 death, and to
render MS unfit for further service through
exposure"
Did They Have a Picnicf
F. D. Forbes, Oath Mich. Pueblo, Colo,
says the old boys OF Co. E, 2,i Wis. are not
saying anything about Marvin r. Baldwin.
He wonders if they all had the picnic
Marvin says he had.
Songs and Poems.
L. F. Pickle, Co. A. 9th Mich, Long Island,
Mich, has a large collection of war songs
a d poems, and would like to exchange with
comrades. He wants the song called Dixie
Revised"
Badly Smiths "Vindicati0n.S
Charles H. Eas man. First Sergeant, Co.
F, 81 N. H., North Conway, N. H., wits +:
I" / have been very much interested in read
ing The review OF Badly Smi, his "VIndica-
iipn," Ivy Comrasie We ch, as The regiment
10 which hrlonged took an active part IN
that campaign and the battle of Drewry 3
uff on May 10. 1864. i have never before
seen 30 clearly he reason Of our defeat tn, re,
~ the 2d had good position, aud the
slaughter of the rebels in our front Was ter
Tibie.
We had built breastwork Of logs, and
stuck bushes IN front TO mask il. Early in
the morning, while thick fog proven ed The
seeing OF any object hey oud a lew yards dis
tan, the Jickeis came over the breastwOrks
saying, The rebels are coming and soon we
heard the rebel yell.
"C0mrade Lew Witham and myself had
our cartridges on little shell between the
logs, and we gave The Jobnnies the best
there was in the SHOP. But, like ST Klegg,'
we coud not DAD half fast enough.
Some nf the rebels came IN to our lines,
rather than go back under the wiherIng
fire. One came over near us, crying My
God, boys, what are you ,doins?'
We repnlsed the attack hui il seems that
the rebels captured bal terry on the turn-
pike to oar lett, and soon the shells came
crashing through the trees, completely en-
tladIng our liLe, and the order was given to
fall back for a short distance. A mounted
officer came dashing up with The order 10
20 back into the works. and we obeyed, hut
we were fanked and could not hold them.
We retreated to our camp, which think WAS
near the AppOmattox River, on high ground,
overlooking the river; but, az This happened
nearly 30 years ago, MY memory may be at
fault.
I'VE staid there until we joined the Army
of The Potomac just before the battle of
Cold Harhor. IL seems that Comrade Welch
has placed the responsibility tor the failure
of the movement where it rightly belongs"
Last to Leave.
D. W. Rank, Lieutenant, Co. M, 7th Pa.
Cav, LimestonevIlIe. Fla, writes: I" notice
in the issue oil Jan. 25, G. l.. Camp, Co. G,
92i Ohio claiming the regiment 10 which
he belonged AZ the last TO leave Chckamauga
or Rossvllle Gap. The regiment to which
belonged lett Rossvilie Gap, or near it, near
8 o'clock a. III. on Tuesday, Sept. % 1863,
and previous TO the leaving early in the
morning with detail from my regiment
formed line across the valley, and was
driven back only alter all the troops had left
for Chattanooga.
Il beieved then, and do so yet, that I
formed the last line and received the last
rebel bullets from that battlefield, and was
the extreme rear-guard OF The retreating
Army of the Cumberland to Chattanooga.
Il never heard of The tort at Cnatta-
nooga being called Fort Negley, SO that
cannot tell as to the correctness of Camps
diary"
J. F. Galtry, Russell, Iowa, says: "My
regiment, The 37th Ind, lett The plcket-line
the right of the regiment at daylight, and
the lett, by mistake, about an hour later on
Tuesday morning. My company (C) was in
the left wing Soon after we struck the
main road from by-road we overlook a
battery Of artillery and marched in rear of
it for some distance, when we passed 1t and
joined the right wing We arrived at Fort
Neeley about 10 o'clock Ard we were not
the last 10 leave, Tor on this by-r0ad we
passed videt aud soon after heard the
report of gun in his direction.
"Now among The many who have put in
claims in this matter was BOLTON, OF 81. Louis,
who says he saw some badly scared infantry
that morning, ant / think if it can be sim
mered down he will find that it was the left
wing Of the 37th.o
Information.
Some years ago there appeared in our col
umns the offer of a reward Of $50 for the
name and address of an officer who extracted
a tooth for a soldier at or south of Nashville,
Tenn, while in hospital If the comrade
who desired the information, will now ad-
dress E. r. Lewis, Evanston, ILL.,, he can get
full particulars of the operation.
Served I'm the Sikh War.
Robert Wi .son, Bonaparte,H Iowa, writes
III your issue of the 1st inst, under the
head of Personals is a statement about one
Serg't Donohoe, 69th N. Y, for personal
bravery, etc, and that Il 4 said Sergeant had
served in the British army, and was present
at some of the famous battles of the Sikh
war. l should be pleasedi to correspond with
him, as l also was in that war, and was in
the battles of Sadootapoor, Chillianwalla,
and Guzrut, in the Punjaub war in the
campaign OF 1S48 and 40. / was in the Oath
Foot, which lost in killed and wounded at
the battle of Chllanwalla 534 officers and
men. l served about four years in the late
civil war.
Brothers In Companies.
James K. Wallace Altamont, ILL.,, says
that in a total enlistment of SO of Co. K,
9Sth ILL.,, there were II sets of brothers from
Is families. A few of these are now living.
j. A. Duncan, Corporal, 143d Ohio, says
his company had 16 sets of brothers, but does
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