The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-10-04
oh no. Comratie Munbruni

Oh no, Comrasie Munbrun!
B. F. Young, Sergeant, Co. E, Goth KY,
says that, under the head How Morgan
Might Have Been Stopped" Capt. w. l..
Munbrun takes a hind-sight view of the
fight at Lebanon, KY, and casts some re-
Election upon the old Goth KY. on that occa-
sion. Il had the honor to belong to the
famous old Goth KY, and participated in
that fight, and have right to speak out in
meetin'' He says the railroad depot at
Lebanon was loopholed around, and that it
was almost impregnable against artillery,
especially like Morgan's. There were no
loopholes in the wall he speaks OF, and no
breastworks of any kind, except houses and
such other means of defense as are usually
found in little towns like Lebanon.
"Munbrun says that it was boldly charged
that the Colonel of the Goth KY. was per-
suaded to surrender in order to keep Morgan
from burning the town, and that he had
never heard this charge denied. If he
peruses this letter he will have the pleasure
of seeing that denial We had only 337
men and officers, and Col. Chas S. Hanson
was as brave man as ever wore the blue !;
and if there had been any contract of the
kind spoken of, some one of our little band
would certainly have heard of it,
"The name of the Goth KY. stands high
in the calendar of noble deeds, and history
bears her roll as among the bravest of the
brave. Being one of that little band, and
| knowing that that fight was fierce one
from beginning to end, prompts me to utter
my protest against having single laurel
plucked from the fair name of the old Goth
| Ky.o
Fighting for Vicksburg.
N D. Sanford, Co. E, 95th ILL.,, Mars
Landing, Wash, was interested in Comrade
Behring'S Vicksburg story. "Our brigade
! Deitzler's) chased Van Dorm to Salem, and
overlook his rear-guard. We marched to
Memphis in the snowstorm Comrade Boring
speaks OF. We were nearly barefoot and
destitute of clothing.
We left Memphis about Jan. 10, 1863,
for Milliken's Bend. From there we went
to and were the first troops at Lake Provi-
dence. Our brigade did most of the work
on the canal Csnrade Boring talks about,
the same in which Grant in his Memoirs
says large-sized steamboat was taken from
the river to the lake by means Of ropes and
pulleys. As l remember it we took in a
sman-sized screw-wheel steamer by the
name of Rollins. After the canal was dug
and the levee cut, the canal was not deep
enough to admit large boats. The object of
| the CdHdl WAS W ScC Iulo Htu ItlvSI duu uc-
low Vicksburg. 1t failed. ] should like to
hear from my old brigade comrades"
]. II. Rhoads, Co. H, Both ILL.,, Goddard,
Kan, writes: "Cemrade Boring makes a
few mistakes Cen Sherman followed the
Mobile & Ohio Railroad to Memphis, and
went by steamboat to Chickasaw Bluffs,
while Gen. Grant went by land Tor starSed)
for Vicksburg along the Mississippi Central
| Railroad; bat Gen. Van Dorm mot Gen.
| Wheeler) cut our cracker line at Holly
! Springs, and we retrated our steps from
| Coffeeyile. We arrived in Memphis in the
! latter part of December, 1862, instead of
February, 1863, for / femesber distinctly
! spending New Years Day 1863, in Memphis.
| Comrades Hundley, Scott, Robinson, and
had eggnog that day; hence my recollection
of the date.
| "Comrade Boring is correct in the main
about the battle Of Champions Hill, except
that we did not remain at the rail fence
where we first charged. After remaining
some time at the rail fence we were relieved
and ordered back in a ravine short dis
lance away. Here we got fresh supply OF
! ammunition.
when some regiment on our left towards
Hovey's position was forced back, the rebs
| having charged and drove them, we were
/
moved by the left-fank or left in front until
we were in front of the broken line, when We
charged by the right-fank up to the fence
from which the rebs had driven our troops
And the Johnnies gave us warm reception,
| but left US in possession of the fence and
their dead and wounded.
"Comrade Boring, relating his experience
at Moscow, reminds me of my experience at
| Abbeyville, Tenn. We had marched all day
in the rain and slushy mud, and camped
after dark south of the aforesaid village, and
/, with others, were sent out on picket duty
about mile south of camp, in the edge of
an old cottOnfeld. We had just settled
down on our reserve post when it began to
snow, and kept it up most of the night. Of
course, we were dry, warm and in a good
humor, after being wet all day and standing
in the wet snow at night. Well, came off
duty at l o'clock, aud found the Sergeant
commanding the reserve post asleep. Some
of the boys picked splnters from the fence
and got little fire started and piled some
old rails on the fire, and some got rails for a
bed. lay down with my feet to the fire
and went to sleep, but soon woke up with
! the bottoms Of my shoes in a crisp and the
soles of my feet almost in the same fix.
Millikin's Bend is the place we went to from
Lake Providence"
Not on GuntOwn Raid.
B. F. Nourse, "a Michigan avenue, Chicago,
writes: II. Z. Brewster, Warehouse Bat
terry, is right in stating that the Board of
| Trade Battery was not on the Guntown raid.
We captured gun at the battle of Stone
River and were 7-gun battery from Jan.
/, 1863, to Aug l, 1864. That was the
largest number we ever had at one time"
| Information.
John L. Kessler, Seymour, Ind, found at
the Pittsburg National Encampment a
package of cuffs and collars. If the owner
will forward sufficient postage stamps to pre-
pay the same, the writer will forward them
Immediately. az
The Editor has in hand a letter for Henry
Riser, Second Lieutenant. Co. G, 18th Md,
from Tim Bresnahan, North Platte, Neb.
Will he send for it9
The Editor has in hand several contrib
uted poems, which he would like to return
to the writers thgreof.l They have no adj
dresses, and in most cases no names on
them. -
John w. Burnett, Co. F, 4th Pa. Reserves,
Waltham, Mass, would like to hear from
members of Gen. McClellan's staff, or escort,
or others who know whether Gen. G. B.
Mcclellan in person crossed Antietam
Creek, Nd, late in the afternoon of Sept.
16, 1862, and whether he was at Joe POffen-
berger's house at the time belated Confed-
| arata soldier WAS ~ ntured aft that house