The National tribune., 1895-05-02
WHO Is Right?

| o., corrects Gen. Howard in regard to the
10th III. That regiment Howard places in
Blair's Fourth Division, Fifteenth Corps.
Porter places it in the First Brigade, Second
Division, Fourteenth Corps. / think it
should have been the Third Brigade. Fourth
Division, Sixteenth Corps, aud afterward
the First Division, Seventeenth Corps, under
| +. p. Blair.
"The 18th N Y Zouaves was exchanged
on the Atlanta campaign for the 10th H.,
which put it in the Third Brigade, Fourth
| Division, Sixteenth Corps, with the 25th
| Ind. and 32d Wis. This division was COM
manded by Veach, Fuller, and Brig Gen.
Joe Mower on that campaign. When and
where was the trade made? Who is right
and who is wrong? Sherman's Memoirs
| places the 18th N. Y. in the First Brigade,
Second Division, Fourteenth Corps, where
the 10th ILL., came fIom."
Who Got the BugIe?
W. J. Carson, Bugler, 18th u s., Muncie,
Ind, says that just at dusk, Sept. 20, 1863
at Chickamauga, he, with many others, was
taken prisoner. Some Johnny took his
bugle, and he wants it; for it won for him
that day nedal-of- honor and half-page
of honorable mention in Vol. 80, Part 1,
page 317, Official Records. He hopes this
may reach the eye of that Johnny.
Lincoln Story.
Levi s. Groom, Chief Bugler, I'd N. Y. Vet.
Cav, Glens Falls, N. Y, says he once met
Capt. Reardon, of q Mississippi steamer, who
told him the following story of Lincoln:
"Some years before the war, while was living
out in Illinois, L had law suit, and en-
ployed Abraham Lincoln aud his partner as
my attorneys. One Saturday night Lincoln
wanted to go home to Springfield, and he bor-
rOwed OF me S25 on account. Lincoln was al
ways wanting money took his due bill. The
suit was decided in my favor, and settled
with my lawyers, never thinking of the
$50.
Years after, while Lincoln was President,
/ found the note in one of my vest-pockets.
had business in Washington, and called
on the President. / was very cordially re-
ceived, and spent an hour very pleasantly
talking over old times. Upon rising to 60
l said, Blythe way, Mr.. President, believe
we have little unfinished business to SETTLE
aud showed him the note Well, WE'LL and
Lincoln laughed in his good-natured way.
How careless of US both to forget that in
our settlements I'll pay that now pulling
out his pocket-book.
Ono you dOn't,' said /; a note against
the President of the United States is worth
back into my pocket. Lincoln laughingly
protested, but 1 kept the note. After a
hearty shake of the hand, and q cordial in
vitation to call again 1 left the White House
and never saw him again.
One day my sister wrote me that she was
getting up sanitary fair for the benefit of
the soldiers, and wanted that note 10 sell at
the fair. / sent it on and she realized several
hundred dollars on it,"
The Dead Are at Andersonville.
j. T. Harris, Columbus, Ohio, writes: " /
see that f. s. Jones Post. Macon, Ga, is
making an effort to raise a fund, through
the GAR, to erect a monument In memory
of the dead at Andersonville. l approve
that fully, and thank the comrades of Ma
con for their energy in the matter; but when |
they talk of erecting it in the city of Macon,
| say Nit If they can show me the least |
argument founded on facts for such a loca-
ton, will do what little 1 can to assist |
them. If the city of Macon want to embel /
lish the center square, let them do so; but |
not with monument that belongs % miles
farther south, in one of the most beautiful |
cemeteries protected by the Government
No, that monument belongs in Anderson
vile Cemetery, and no place else; and the
sooner our Macon comrades realize that fact
the sooner they will get the funds to erect
it.n
Mistake I'm Facts.
F. W. Clark, Co. I, 149th Pa, New Castle,
Pa, says, in the issue of Feb. z, 1895, under
Picket Shots: "H. F. Whitcomb writes that
Col. r. E. Cross, 18th N. H., died at Wash
ington Sept. Is. In correction | will say
Col. Edward L. Cross, of the 5th N. H., was
wounded in the Wheatfield at Gettysburg
in the afternoon of July 2, 1868, and died
the same night He was at the
time in command of the First Brigade First
Division, Second Corps, consisting of 9th N.
H., 64th and 61st N. Y, Slst and 145th Pa"
Other Troops Had Hand.
II. Cordes, Millersburg, Pa, writes: ain
the issue of April Is Joseph ID. Porter, Steu-
benville, o., attempts to set Gen. Howard
right in regard to the 10th Ill, and then
says his (tne Second Division of the Four
teenth Corps participated in the charge at
Jonesboro, Ga, Aug. 81, and captured IL
pieces of artillery and Govan's Brigade, of
Division.
I" wish to ask the comrade if the charge
he mentions was not made Sept. /, and if .
any other troops assisted his division in
making the above capture, or if the Second
Gen. Morgan's) Division assisted other
troops in the capture? | do not wish to
vrest any laurels from the noble men of ,
Gen. Morgan's Division. l am certain they
we're there and acted bravely, but there were !
roops ahead of the left portion of that divis-
on, and wish to say they, too, have claims.
am not able to give the different COM
hands participating, but that capture was !
lot made by the Second Division, Fourteenth :
Corps alone"
Comrade s. s. s., Marcellus, N. Y, writes 7
n relation to the inquiry of s., Washington, /
}. c., answered in q recent issue,) that he q
las personal knowledge that at the battle of
the COnfederates did use
abroad iron as missiles in their artillery, as
lie picked up piece about a foot long that \
ell in the ranks of Co. f, 122d N. Y. ]
The Blood and it's Disorders. t
The blood is the life. The truth of this L
aging was even recognized by the savants o
f ancient times. a
When the blood is pure, coursing through 1
he veins with its natural warmth and q
igor, carrying strength and nourishment to q
IL of the body's vital organs, disease can i
ot possibly gain n foothold. L
A stagnant pool is sure to contain impure "
nd foul water. Just with the blood. a.
impure and sluggish blood is the bane of a
very life, as nearly every form of human st
ilment owes its origin to the condition of g
ne vital fluid. al