The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1897-03-18

Sdue, Oh UOTuOn 5 DlFlSlOu, cOlupOSc VI UHS
5th, 9th, 7th, sth, and 9th La. / met the
Colonel of one of those regiments at Dan
vile, Va, in May, 1865, and he told me they
left 200 dead on that little eminence where
they first encountered the White Cross
Here Getty's Division fought Gordon, Ram
seur, and Pegram, unaded. In each OF
their three fierce charges upon our division
we paralyzed them to that extent that when
the First and Third Divisions had fallen
hack, and we were being outfanked, the I'd
VT, deployed as skirmishers, held the rebels
in check, so that we took all our wounded
in fact, every thing-wth US, and at oul
leisure, to our new position. Gen. Getty
had said this pike must be held at whatever
cost, and held it was"
Willch's Brigade.
A. Z. Rice, Co. X, 18th Wis, !. liner
Mimi, says: "a. j. Gleason, Adjutant, 15tl
Ohio in an article on Confusion of Names,
as to New Hope Church, Dallas, and Pick
ett's Mill, in your. issue of Feb. II, says
Wllich's Brigade was composed at that time
of the 18th and 10th Ohio, 32d Ind. and S9tf
ILL., There were other regiments belonging
to Willich's Brigade that seem to have passed
out of Comrade Gleasons memory. have
a very distinct recollection of the Picketts
Mill engagement, as rebel bullet found it.
way through my left hand in the charge
made by Willich1s Brigade.
Our regiments the. 9Th Wis, belonged
to WIllichs Brigade, apd lost greater pei
cent. in killed and wounded that day MAY
81 than in any Of thel17 engagements tn,
regiment participated in. Gen. Which wa.
shot through thet breast at Resaca while
standing in the 'front.' line-of-battle at the
left of the 18th WIS The General had just
called attention p puff of smoke from 6
tree just back of the, rebel line. and ex.
claimed, l Will give any man So who viii
bring down that TT Johnny l agree
with Comrade Gleason that Gen. Woods d d
not 90 far enough to fhe left to turn the
rebel line. He certainly led us into one OF
the hottest contests, ion the time at least, Of
any in which l ever participated"
Powder River.
Fl. Limbaugh, Moline, Kan, writes: Say
10 Reuben Brown, 18th Kan, that 1 remem-
Der something of that Powder River expe-
ditiOn. One morning the 10th went out to
get something to eat. We went about five
miles, and were corralled by large body
of Indians. The 18th Mo. came to our
rescue, and saved our scalps. We had been
living on mule meat and hungered for
something better. But that band of In
dams sharpened our appetites till we were
quite well satisfied with just plain mule
steak. / would like to hear from some of the
members of the old 16th.o
Put the Flag in Their Care.
III. A. Keve, Co. E. 7th Ill, Abilene, Kan,
writes: wonder if any of your readers
remember the presentation of the National
colors to the regiment Of colored troops Or
gained at Corinth, Misc, in 1862. 1t was
an incident full of interest and very sgnif-
cant to me, aud marked a turning point in
the conduct of the war.
"a contraband camp had been formed in
the vicinity of Corinth, into which had been
placed such of the colored people OF the adj
jacent region as had sought protection
within our lines. That they might be made
self-supporting as far as possible, white men
were placed in charge, under whose direc-
ton they cultivated a large plantation. The
opportunity offered for enlisting regiment
was seized as soon as the grant of authority
could be obtained
Many hundreds composing the garrison
were present. Col. NJ. M. Bane, of the 5Oth
H., in an address, presented the regiment
with its flag. He placed it in the hands Of
the Color-Sergeant, with the admOnition to
bear it aloft as the sign OF their deliverance
from bondage and restoration to manhood.
The black man, less equipped in polished
sentences, was not whit behind the elo-
quent Colonel in his grasp of the subject and
comprehension of its meaning to his race.
With much feeling, he spoke of his graft
tude that the flag which through pa years
of unreguited servitude had been to his race
symbol OF oppression was now placed in
their hands for defense, and he felt author
lied for his regiment to pledge a devotion
to their new responsibility equal to any
ordeal"
Fowls Were Scarce.
E. H. Colcord, Vinton, Iowa. says: st
think Gen. Shermans imagination must
have been great if he could see turkeys and
chickens on the table at Knoxville, Dec. to
s. l was there, and know that Twas short
OF rations of any kind. ! know we had bread
with brick-dust and pieces of brick in it,
and heard one of the bakers say that he
swept the mill to get every kernel of wheat
that could be got. Ikndw some Of the boys
took part Of the horses corn, and that was
only two ears to the feed. The 10th III.
had good foragers, bnt they could not find
any turkeys"
Scattering.
Mary G. Boman, Sanborn, N. Y, writes
"My husband. Adam Boman, a German,
went to the war as aprivate in Co. K, 18th
N. Y. He enlisted at Batavia, N. Y. He
never returned. The Adjutant-G Generals
Office reports that he was captured by the
Confederates at Culpeper, Va, Oct II, 1863,
confined at Richmond, Va, Oct IA, 1863, and
sent to Americas or Ahdersonville Prison,
Ga, Feb. IA, 1864. Nothing further has
ever been heard from him. He left myself
and an infant boy when he enlisted. Will
any comrade who knows Of his death
kindly inform me-"
Veteran" care w. H. Lloyd, Box 81,
Matawan, N. j., wants home with vet
eran or in a veterans family where he could
do light work for his beard. He has good
references.
Miss Z. G. Bates, Sunderland, Mass, wishes
to say she is not the author of the poem
One Country and One Flag" which ap-
peared recently. Howard N. Legate, of
Boston, wrote it, and by mistake it was as
cribed to her.
George Jaeger, CO. F, 18th Ill. Cav, Provo,
Utah, writes: In your issue of Feb. 25 APP
pears statement that the last cavalry regi-
ment sent out by Illinois WAS organized Feb