The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-11-21
Beautiful East Tennessee.

ful East Tennessee, as loyal a spot as the
sun shines on. At one time we had few
rebels, hut have none now. Our Congress
| sional District furnished more soldiers for
the United States Army during the war
than any otherc Congressional District in
the United States. We have elected q
Republican Congressman at every election
since the war; by msjoFities ranging from
5000 to $4,000. This is the Second Con-
gressional District.
"The LIST Tenn, commanded by Bob Byrd,
was brigaded for long time in Kentucky
with the 10Th Ohio, 33d Ind, and 35th Ipd.
At Cumberland Ford, KY, l drilled much
under Col. DeCoursey and Capt. Edgroy, of
the 18th Ohio. These officers drilled the
officers of other regiments belonging to our
brigade, and we all wept the day Capt.
EdgrOy was killed at. Tazewsll, Tenn. ii
this catches the eye of any of tho.e boys,
1 would be pleased to have line from them.
long mustache, of the 33d Ind.2
"My company enlisted Aug 0, 1861, and
served till Sept. IL, 1864. We did our share
of fighting, raiding, and marching. Part of
the time our brigade was commanded by
Gen. s. p. Carter, n Tennesseean; part Of
the time by James Spear, Tennessean, and
at times by our own Col. Byrd. We were at
Wild Cat, Mill Springs, Murfreesboro; We
were mounted at Lexington, Ky; in July,
1868, made raid into Tennessee under Col.
Saunders. The command consisted of our
regiment, two companies of Ohio troops and
two companies OF Kentucky cavalry.
We were under Burnside on his march
into Tennessee in September, 1863, and led
the advance all the way, brigaded with the
10th Ill. and 9th Mich, our Colonel COM
manding brigade. Lieut.. Jones, of the 9Th,
one of Col. Byrds staff, was killed while
leading charge at Philadelphia, Tenn"
Still Summer In Louisiana.
Comrade Hill, Florenceville, La, writes
snow is the time for Northern people to
move South. We have not had a frost yet
We are having Indian Summer weather.
fine time for digging sweet potatoes and
grinding sugar cane IT there are any North
ern people who wish to buy homes here
they had better come SOON. People are COM
ing out from the city of New Orleans aud
buying every piece of land that is for sa: !;
but we want men who will put up sawmills,
shingle-mills, gristmills, etc"
Information Wanted.
Mrs. Elizabeth Mcdonald, st. Johns, Gin
the survivors OF Co. /, 10th n. Y.
Mrs. Martha E. Roberts, of the Certificate
Division, Pension Office, Washington, d. c.,
wants the names and postoffice addresses of
any of the comrades of Edwin Roberts, Co ID,
7th KY. Cav, who knew him during his serv-
ice In that organization.
Thad. Coffin wants comrades in each State
to send him block of fancy wood, size Of a
postal card, one-half inch thick, suitable
TO work into a piece of furniture. Please
state name and where grown.
When the Boys Were Drenched.
c. Fl. Townsend, Co. A. 65th Ohio, Will.
mantle, Conn.,, writes: In John W. La
cocks account of Battling with Hsod at
Nashville Dec. Is, 1864, he says: About
noon it began to rain in torrents He is
mistaken. 1t did not rain during the day
Dec. 10. About 2 a. m. on the 10th was
the time when the boys received drench-
ing"
Hunting for a Wounded Federal.
Stephen c. Grigg, Co. G, Sd Mo-, c. S. A,
Gallatin, Tenn, writes: "Just after the
fight at Franklin, Tenn, in going over the
battlefield found a Federal soldier who had
been wounded. His right thigh had been
broken by minie-ball. carried him to q
fire and brought him canteen of water
While I was doing this he discovered that
the sOles of my shoes were worn off, and
offered me his boots, which, after some argu-
ment, ] consented to accept.
IL pulled off the boot from his left foot,
but on account of the pain which / caused
him, could not pull Off the boot from his
right foot. and was compelled to cut it off.
would like very much to find the man"
Wants Comrade Harris Address.
Aug. Wentz, Quartermaster-Sergeant, Co.
A, 18th N. Y. III. A., Eustis, Neb., would
like to correspond with COmrade III. S.
" Helped Save the Flag" in recent issue Of
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
Comrade Skinner Called to Account.
Comrade A. B. Hodge, Battery I, Cd ILL.,,
Peotone, ILL.,, writes: Il would like to ask
Comrade Skinner question or two and get
sot right in my statement. In his history
of our battery he says we were out two sets
of guns. Now, comrade, who told you that
the first set were Rodmans? was in it ,
from Camp Butler to the Grand Review. /
don't know to the second how old was, but
l do know that had the honor to be the
second man wounded in the battery. The
first one, Charles Howard, wgs struck ut
Island No. 10, and died in few hours. /
got my wound down in Mississippi while
the folks who moved out of COrinth
in the latter part of May, 1862.
"Our first complement of guns consisted
of four brass James riHed guns. At Louis
willie, KY, 1862, when preparing to go with |
Gen. Buell., we turned over two of our
James guns and got two 1O-pound PARROTS
and two 12-pound Napoleons, thus making |
a six-gun battery of u.s. We kept those |
guns until in front of Keuesaw Mountain, |
when they were condemned, and then we |
received our rifed Rodmans, which we |
turned over to the Government at Washing |
ton after the review. Am / not right, boys? |
"That piece of shell welded to the gun |
must have shrunk rapidly from the time |
COmrade Skinner saw it until L got my |
optics thereon. He says it was the size of |
an ordinary ink bottle Ihave told of that |
incident many times, and although it is a |
little moro than 81 years since it happened, |
have only got the piece up to the size OF |
my little finger. 1t was small fragment
Of shell that stuck into the gun, and from
of an inch to one inch was
visible when the gun left our possession at
the close of the war.
That knocking the wheel off the gun
men, is news to me. That Munchaussen
story of the way we crossed the bridge going
INTO Richmond, and the wheel running