The National tribune., 1895-05-30

George p. Butler Washington, ID. c.,
writes: "William E. Doyle must have q
grudge against Gen. Minty. He gives his
readers to understand that the whole inspi-
ration of the sahsr charge ut Lovejoy Sta
ton belongs to Col. Long. On page 666 of
Michigan in the War is the following:
1.-THE 4th Mich, still in command of Maj.
Mix, composed part of Gen. Kilpatrick's
force while on his celebrated raid around
the rebel army then defending Atlanta
This force consisted of tho Third Division Of
Cavalry, about 2, 500 strong, commanded in
person by Gen. Fitzpatrick; Minty's and
Longs Brigades, of the Second Cavalry
Division, numbering about 1854, with two
sections of the Chicago Board of Trade
Battery, in command Of Lieut.. Robinson.
Gen. Garrard, of the Second Division, did
not accompany the expedition, consequently
ing Colonel, took command of the brigades
of that division
again, on page 669, in letter written at
Sandtowp, Ca, under date of Aug 90, Col
Minty says: In the late great Fitzpatrick
raid 1 had two brgades under me-my own
and Longs. We did all the fighting. 1
had 2, 400 men. Fitzpatrick 1900. / lost 206
men; he lost 81 Gen. Long did not lead
the saber charge at Lovejoy's Station. Minty
did at the head of his own brigade. He
formed his brigade in three parallel lines:
The 4th U. s. Cav. first, or to the right, the
7th Pa. next, and the 4th Mich. to the rear
or left"
Fremonfs Bodyguard.
G. A. Purdy, Fremont's Bodyguard, Fall
mouth, KY, has never seen q list Of the
killed and wounded in Fremont's Body
guard at Springfield, Mo- According to his
recollection there were 10 killed and 25
wounded out of 156 men who made the
charge Oct. 25, 1861. Sixty-fve horses were
killed in the same charge. "My company
tC) had Is wounded; Co.'S A and 3, IL. Co.
had to stand in the lane between 2.290
men, who had q cross-fre, while A ard b
were throwing down the fences in our front
before we could make the charge. / was
wounded In the lane before we made the
charge"
A Disputed Date.
s. W. Gauldin, Co. Z, 10th ILL.,, Creston,
Iowa, writes: / wish to correct C0mrade
Tanquary, seth ILL.,, in your issue of May o.
He is mistaken as to the 4th OF July Gem
ing on Monday in 1884. Yicksburg fell on
the 4th day of July in 1853, and that was on
Saturday, and that would bring the 4th of
July in 1864 on Sunday. The 10th Ill. re-
IcVcU Tue oUtn III. the DuuuaJ HlSut on INC
4th day of July, 1864, between Kenesaw
Mountain and the Chattahoochee River, after
dark, and Monday morning, the 5th, the
rebels had flown and left a number of their
sleeping comrades for as to take in out of
the wet"
Information Wanted.
Comrade w. M. Secor, Brdgewater, Iowa,
desires the present residence of Joseph Fox,
who lived about four years ago at st.
Genevieve, Mo- He was tent mate of Secor's,
and knew all about his being wounded, etc.
John Bull was Surprised.
]. F. Zeller, Co. K, 18th Ohio, Tiffin, O.,
writes: In the issue of Feb. 81 there is an in
quiry for the name of vessel arriving in De-
Gem Der, 1864, at Savannah, Ga. On the morn
the first fort east of the city, flying the Eng
lish and Confederate flags. The officer in
command of the fort knew full well that she
was our meat, so let her pass by in peace.
1.-THE writer had charge of the guard at
the wharf when the little two-master tied
up. All, of course, knew she was block
ade runner. Imagine the surprise of the
Captain of this boat when asked to surrender
himself, the boat and cargo, and at once re-
port to Headquarters of Gen. Geary, in COM
mand of the city, for further orders.
1t was rather humiliating for big,
burly English sea Captain to surrender to
an 9Th Corporal of the Union army, and
dare say the Englishman's eyes stuck out as
much as any Johnny Bull that / ever saw
that had hoofs, horns, and four legs"