The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1894-02-01

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dead cavalrymen enough to satisfy them.
His regiment lost 56 killed in action, and IA
died of wounds and they received more than
once the special thanks of President Lincoln
for their behavior on the field.
Honor the Boys i'm Blue.
Robert l.. Anderson, GAINESVILLE Fla, Is q
son Of q veteran. He asks: "Did you ever
hear pubic-school teacher, while instillng
loyalty to the flag to o school-room full of
pupils, trying TO fill the minds of them with
the idea that one of the boys in blue were
entitled to as much respect and loyal rever-
ence as the flag itself? am afraid you will
have TO answer No. ! hope that we will
hear of some teacher who has thought OF
this. Every time / hear of the teaching of
loyalty to our country, to our flag, etc, just
want to jump up and shout, And to their
preservers!' Why not? Did not the blood
boil when those who assailed the Union
tried to trail our beloved flag in the dust
Did not many who went to the trent, and
barred their breast to the stern realities of
war, never returnP Are most of our veter-
ans bettle-scarred, manned and crippled for
life? Yes. What was their object? Was
it not to preserve the Union and give to this
country one flag and one point of the COM
pass? Did they not accomplish their pur-
poser Then why not teach the rising gen.
erations to point with pride to the boys in
blue?"
Want to Know.
Norman C. DOMAIN, Co. A, 10Th W. Va,
Allerton, Iowa, says he got piece of the
famous apple-ree at AppOmattOx G. H.,
large enough to make fnger-riDg. He
has it yet in his possession. The writer
wishes some comrade would tell him, by
mail, from what direction the Twenty-fourth
Corps-or, in particular, Turner's Division
advanced on the rebels on the morning of
the surrender. He often wonders if Ed
Carr, of said company, remembers the music
box he used to carry through the camp at
Berryvile, Va, in the Spring of 1863.
w. Fl. Townsend, Co. A, 18th Pa. Cav,
Sagnach, Colo, would like some member of
his regiment to tell him if there has ever
been history written of the organization.
He understood at one time that Col. f. A.
Stratton, Captain of Co. A, was engaged on
such work.
Andrew ]. Wilcox, Chatham, Columbia
County, n. Y, desires the whereabouts of
Chas w. Michael, 11th N. Y.
Information.
Frances A. Combs, Eversley avenue, Nor
walk, Conn.,, has information of the last
hours of +. o. Harrington, Co. A, 18th Pa,
who was left for dead on skirmish-iine
during the war.
o. E. Slearns, Co. B, 9Th Wis, Fullerton,
Neb., was a teamster at McATthur'5 Division
Headquarters, Sixteenth Corps, during the
battle Of Nashville. He was on the field
with ammunition that day. He remembers
that the boys charged and took fort. and
that after dark he went up to the fort and
hauled off brass 12-pOunder, having en-
graved on it, "The Ladies' Defender, Charles
ton, S. C." He wants to know what became
of the gun.
Relief of Knoxville.
L. w. Cogswell, 18th N. H., Newmarket,
n. H., writes sin an order to Gen. Sher-
man from Gen. Grant, dated Chattanooga,
Tenn, Nov. %, 1868, appear the words
Granger is on the way to Burnside's relief
but have lost all faith in his energy or Ca
pacity 10 manage an expedition OF the inn
portance of this one. l am inclined TO
think, therefore, l shall have to send you.
Push on as rapidly as you can to the Tennes-
see, and determine for yourself what force
to take with You from that point
"Acting under these instructions Sherman
picked his forces, and on Dec. 5, one day
after Longstreet had retreated, reached
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side the following: ] am here, and can
bring $4,000 men into Knoxville tomorrow;
but Longstreet having retreated, feel dis
posed TO stop, for stern chase is long one.
But I will do all that is possible. Without
you specify that you want troops, will let
mine rest tomorrow and ride in to see you
The next day dec. g. he entered Knox
ville-twO of Changers Divisions following
him. Sherman reported to Burnside in per-
son OH that beautiful Sabbath afternoon
He passed along the line of defense with
Burnside, and halting on the point near the
Richardson House, near by which were the
Headquarters of the 11th n. H., of which /
had the honor at that time to be in COM
mand, he uttered warm words of praise and
commentator for what had been done,
which was responded to by hundreds of
brave veterans, who had gregated there,
with ringing cheers for him and for Burn
side, Sherman joining in the latter.
"a general handshaking followed, and he
returned to Burnside's Headquarters. All
talk about outside troops raising the siege or
participating in it by desperate fighting, or
in any manner. is idle talk to the brave men
who defended Knoxville so successfully"
Scoring Baldwin.
Alfred Turner, Chaplain, John A. Logan
Post, Sand Hill, w. Va, writes: "Com-
rades, there comes a time in the life of each
of us when we have an opportunity for doing
good. One such opportunity now confronts
us, in the shape of at once reiuting the slur
cast on onr cid, MANNED and crippled COM
rades. Who would ever suppose that the
battles of the Wilderness, etc., would ever
be called picnics by one who was soldier?
We have been looking to see some of the 5th
N. Y. III. A. boys writing about the 'pcnics'
they enjoyed with Gen. Sberidan's noble
and brave army in the Shenandoah Valley
in 1864. Come, comrades, tumble about
your vest pockets; peradvanture there yet
remains an old but sound cartridge; if so.
please take down your long-unused rifle and
load and fire at will never mind if it does
kick at the first shot; just keep on firing in
the spirit of F., G. and L., if it takes all
Summer"
p. /. McGinnis, Deadwood, s. D., says it
must be surprise to the ex-rebels to learn
what O picnic it was fighting them accord