The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-08-01
REORGANIZATION of the Fifth Corps

Col. T. F. Mccoy, 10th Pa, Lewistown,
Pa, thanks "The Cannoneer for his kind
reference He is right in reference to the
fact of there having been Fourth Division
in the Fifth Corps for brief period, COM
manded by Gen. Cutler. / find by refer
ence to my diary brief mention of the fact
of a reorganization of the Fifth Corps on or
about June 6, 1864 while in camp near Cold
HsrbOr, in which a Fourth Division appears,
l think, for the first time.
In the month of March, near Culpepsr,
after Gen. Grant took command of the
army, the First Corps. in which / had
| served for the previous two years, was
merged into the Fifth. Our division, the
Second, commanded by Gen. John C, Robin
son, was transferred, retaining its desgna-
ton, being then the Second Division, Fifth
Corps.
cat the battle of Spottsylvania Gen.
Robinson was wounded, losing leg. Gen.
Cutler was assigned to the command Of the
/ division, and remained in that position I'M
| til about June /, when Gen. Lock wood took
his place, but only retained it for a day or
| two, and this while the fighting at Bethesda
| Church and Cold Harbor was in progress,
when he was succeeded by Gen. Crawford.
In Il few days thereafter the reorganization
mentioned above took place, and after this
our division was known as the Third Divis-
ion of the Fifth Corps, and kept this desig-
nation TO the end OF the war, with Gen.
Crawford in command"
Two Good Stories.
A. 3. Glaspie, son of veteran, sends
couple of stories he heard at a recent Camp
fire. One Of the veterans gathered there
said:
On the march one day we passed a farm
house with several bee hives in the front
yard. My .pard remarked that honey
wouldn't kill a man if he had little, re-
mark with which L heartily conceded. SO
that night we managed to slip the guard
and came in with large amount of honey,
which we placed in a box in our tent. Next
day along came an officer searching for
stolen honey. In feeling around among our
things lie ran his fingers into the honey.
Drawing them out, with a sly wink he let
out: D you fellows; don't you know
any better than to leave your softsoap
around in that way?' The officer had honey
for his dinner that day"
The writer's father, Serg't A. P. Glaspie,
of the 18th Mich, once coniscated two fine
bred p1rkers. Along in the afternoon Maj.
knaggs, who was then Lieutenant, came
along to Gaspie, and said
AHdrew somebody has stolen a couple
of pigs and I've got TO look for them. IF /
find out who stole them they will get bad
punishment for it.'
1t is needless to say that Glaspie saw
they didn't find them.
Next day, if one had looked into a GER
tain tent, he would have seen Mai. Knaggs
eating pork-chops with the private soldiers.
1.-THE Cannoneer" Was Correct.
Charles Banks, Co. II, 1st Ohio, Dover,
Kan, approves The Cannoneer's" utter
ances in bis epilogue in the history of
Mink's Battery. They hang out the danger
signal to the young readers of The Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE for the future, and think
is warning that should not be ignored, for
we must look for more in the future az our
country becomes more and more polluted
with Socialism and Anarchism.
L coincide with the views taken by
The Cann0neer' in that we would not be
invited by the meanest sandhll crossroads
of the country, if it was not for the few dol
lars each one leaves, which means thousands
upon thousands to the lucky city that gets
the Encampment of the Grand Army"
Information Wanted.
VIM. Gurnett, Borden ST., Fall River,
Mass, wants address OF Bernard Moran, Geo
Boade, Edward Carpenter, Pliny d. White,
N
U. S. Inf; also of Alex. Atkisson, Co. E
James Shields Co. y, and Kit Burnes, Co. +,
same regiment.
Brave Christian Soldiers.
John Vessels, Co. G, Sd Mo. Cav,
Quincy, H., writes: Il certainly have en-
joyed Mink's Battery and L do hope we
will hear from The Cannoneer again; but
when he says, in No. 81, May 16 1896, that
he never knew Christian soldier to win
any battles; they were praying when they
ought to have been fighting etc, it makes
me feel very sad, because it shows that his
eyes saw only the material things of this
life as they passed before him, and he fails
to take notice of past history, of all that
pertains to the real life of this and every
other Nation whose God is the Lord. Most
certainly the more loyal we are to our God,
the more so will we be to our country and
to one another; the more of the spirit of
God, the more courage we have to stand
up against the enemies of our rights and
liberties"
Do Not Realize Dangers.
William c.. Reiff, Eddy. N. NJ, was
pleased with The Cannoneer's remarks
on Immigration. 81, too, deprecate,D says
he, the apparently deep-seated indifference
of the rising generation of Americans to
matters OF present public import. / could
wish that every boy and girl in this fair
land would carefully study the early his
tory of this country. If they would do
this, then, perhaps, they would more fully
appreciate the goodly heritage bequeathed
them by their grandsires defended, strength
ened and preserved by their fathers, and
rendered holy by the patriotic tears and
earnest supplcations Of their mothers"
Rattle.
p D. Hall, Corporal, Co. B. 1st Ala. Cav,
Victory Tenn, writes: 1 noticed sometime
ago a sketch of the Gath ILL., (Yates's Sharp
shooters). 1t brought to my mind an incl
dent in February, 1868. The 64th ILL.,, the
1st Ala. Cav. and one company of the 10th
Ill. Cav. were stationed ut Camp Glendale,
Miss, an outpost for Corinth. One night
snow fell. Early next morning the 64th
charged our camp with snowballs, COM
mencng on Ford's company. After a hand
to-hand encounter for 10 or Is minutes they
captured our camp and had half of our COM
mand in the fort rs prisoners.
In April, 1858, remember little fun
of different nature. The rebels under
Gen. Roddy attacked our camp, and instead
of the SNOWFALL they used the mine-ball.
The Gath was ordered to remain in the fort