The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1895-07-18

Black River Bridge.
Don c. Cameron, Washington, ID. c.,
thinks Comrade Hazlett cut his fuse too
long when he wrote Osterhauss Division
were not in it at Black River Bridge. Oster-
haus had already been at the front and put
| in the 18th and AID Ohio, and the 49th and,
| think, the Goth Ind, and other regiments,
and came back after battery AID found the
| 1st Wis. in the road mixed up with Law
| ler's Brigade. "Lawler himself" says the
writer sat on his horse in the road under
| q tree, 10 PAGES from the lead gun.
The center section was shaken out and
went of to the front under Lieut.. Hsckett,
followed by Gen. Osterbsus and Capt Fos-
| ter 1t was about the time that they disap-
| peared in the grove that the slim lead driver
| fortified behind Gen. LAWYERS ponderosity;
being the kid.
ain three minutes more the shell ceased
| coming over the road, and in another min
ute we knew by the explosions that they
| were concentrating on the center section,
| and simultaneously the Timber was blown
up.
{" In another five minutes Serg't Stewart
came back for help and the right section, I'M
| der Ofderly-Serg't Aylmsr, hurried to the
| front, leaving the left with Lawler and bis
| men, still in the road.
Being with the right section / know
| that we took position alongside the railroad
and began slamming shells over the heads
of the infantry of our (Osterhaus's) divis-
ion before Lawler could have gotten in, unless
he went by balloon, and every one of those
| rebel pieces of artillery were at work and they
were well backed up by rebel infantry. The
| infantry of our division were well up TO a
| bayou close under their works. Look at
the casualties of Osterhauss Division at
| that battle and you will see that they were
| there or thereabouts."
Mil Spring.
Marion F. Finn. Cd Ky. battery, Evans
vile, ILL.,, writes: g wish to speak of the
movements of some of the other troops in
connection with Mill Spring, outside of
Thomas's Brigade. They were the brigade
at Somerset under Gen. Schoepf
1--WE had orders at roll-call on Jan. 18 to
march at IL midnight to join Thomas or
take hand in the battle. Daylight found
us at Fishing Creek, mile east of where the
fun was commencing We heard the first
shots, but were where the creek was past
fording A short council was held, and it
was decided to cross to support Thomas, if
needed. A large rope was stretched from
bank to bank, and the infantry commenced
lunging in and pulling themselves over by
, hand. think the 3Sth Ohio boys were the
first to take water that morning, except my
company, the Cd KY. battery.
ave got there, and would have done our
share if Thomas's men had not done the job
by themselves. / saw the rebel Gen. Zolli-
Golfer before he WIS taken off the field. /
don't think Col. Fry shot him. IL was not
thought so on the field. 1t was thought
Fry's men killed him.
Il also think that the 10Th Ky. were the
first troops to start the enemy to falling
back. Tue 18th struck them the right
and drove them from their position"
The Battle of Gettysburg.
VIII comrades skillful with pencil make
rude but accurate sketches Of the battle of
Gettysburg? want represented the, prog
ress of the battle in each regiment, ETC.; in
fantry charges and engagements, artillery
engaged cavalry at work, dead and wounded
lying on field, burial Of the dead, gathering
up wounded, hospital scenes, charge of cav
airy troops at meal, digging intrenchments,
skirmish-lines, sharpshooters at work, troops,
| artillery wheeling into line, Lincoln deliver
| ing his speech after the battle with crowd
| listening Edward Everett in act of deliver
| ing his Grafton, sketches of different parts of
the battlefield as occupied with troops, ETC.;
| anything funny, anything sad, capture of
rebels, appearance of rebel prisoners, dress,
| etc; uniforms of various Union regiments.
| Describe color, ETC., along with sketch, SO
the scenes can be colored. In word, rep
resent with pencil anything of note that
| occurred in the battle of Gettysburg that /
can use in lantern history. These pencil
sketches will be redrawn in ink sketches by
a special artist and then be transferred to
lantern slides and finely colored. With each
sketch give proper explanation, etc. Let all
furnish something for lantern history of
Gettysburg. All sketches accepted will be
paid for. Get to work at once, and send in
the sketches and get your money. Photos
OF sketches of battle made during or shortly
after engagement. / will return these, or
buy them, If the owner will sell. Send all
sketches, photos and information concerning
same to Rev. James W. Givan, sos Nine
tenth ST., Louisville, KY.
Information Wanted.
VIM. Thorburn, Waterville, Mimi, wishes
the address of comrades of Co. M, LIST Wis.
H. A., who knew of him being sick in Post
Hospital at Fort Lyon, Va, in February,
1865, and the whereabouts of either William
or Arthur ToogoOd, of same company.
Mrs. p. S. Kemp (nee Pat,on), of Marion,
Kan, wants information of the whereabouts
of her son, Joseph S. Patton last heard from
was discharged from service at Chattanooga,
Tenn, June 19, 1865. Enlisted in CiDcin-
natti, Sept. T. 1864, in Co. G, I'd Mo. Cav.
(MerrilPs Horse). Would like to know
whether he is dead or alive.
Grateful Company.
Theo Westmoreland, Surgeon, Quarles's
Brigade, Athens, Ga, writes: "At Benton
willie, N. c., in 1865, had q little surgical
experience with wounded Federals. After
that fight, under a shed adjoining wagon
shop, lay about 40 or so badly-wounded men,
who up to that time, had had no medical
attention. DIR. Van Gilbert, OF Days's Ala
bama Brigade, turned our attention to re-
lieving them. Having everything necessary
to dress the wounds but bandages, we called
upon an old citizen Just across the road from
the shop, who promptly told US he had moth
ing of the kind.
81 resOrted to little piece of strategy, as
twould be termed in those days, by telling
the old citizen that we would soon leave and
the Yankees would come in and if he would
let us have the desired sheets we would tell
the wounded men, and they would in turn
tell the incoming Yankees of his cOntribu
ton, and they would be good enough to give
them more protection.
You never saw bed clothes fly rs rapidly,
and the old woman gave us every sheet on
the place: and we never afterward heard, but