The National tribune., 1899-08-03
CONFLICTING REBEL REPORTS.

| III 1tplN 10 IOnlrlue McauailN. captain
155th y. Y, i'll regard to the strength of the
rebel army, ] will say he is right. 1t is
wel-known fact that the retel leaders
miSied their people as to their numbers, so
| as 10 cover losses. This resulted in suffer-
ing IN the ranks from hunger and shortage
of supplies For instance, commander
reported 10000 men when in fact he had
10000. His men were ut once put on half
ratIons. Gen. Joseph +. Johnston's report
of the number of men in his command in the
Spring of 1864. as shown on page 614. Vol.
81, Rebellion Records. was iC Q 70, while
Gen. John Il. Hood. after assuming COM
mand of that army, reported. as published
on page 62S, that Johnston had 10000
electives. and that Johnston had under his
command stationed at other points, 66,6S4
more; making total OF 136.6S4. This
report was nearly true. See summary of
report, page 637. There were 101,715
infantry, 2S. 1853 cavalry, and 6 sos artillery.
Johnston reported loss of only 1000 from
May to July Is. Hood shows by regi-
mental reports loss to Johnston in the
same time of 22.750. See page 629.
| THE HORN" BRIGADE.
S. W. Bird. Adjutant. 35th H., Willich's
| Brigade, Woods Division, Fourth Corps,
Horizon: Wis, says to j; H. Campbell, Co.
G, S9th ILL.,, Pine Grove, ILL.,, that if any one
asks him how the Horn" Brigade went
into action Nov 25. 1863, he will know from
this: Front line, left to right, 35th ILL.,, 25th
| ILL.,, 10th Ohio, 18th Ohio; second line, 6Sth
Ind, Sth Kan, seth ILL.,, 32d Ind; 18th Wis.
follows: Front line, 35th ILL.,, 25th ILL.,, 49th
Ohio, 18th Ohio; second line, 18th Wis, 6Sth
Ind, S9th ILL.,, 32d Ind, with the Sth Kan.
on the skirmish-line.
| NOT IN THE HORNETS NEST"
Josiah Luke, Sergeant, Co. G., 10th Iowa,
| Lincoln, Neb., says: "If Comrade James
Otis, who, in recent article, states that the
9th ILL.,, under w. II. l.. Wallace. did very
hard fighting in the Hornets Nest at
Shiloh, will look up the records, he will
find that the famous Hornets Nest Brigade
was composed of the Sth, 18th, and 18th
Iowa, and about 500 of Gen. Prentiss' Di-
vision. He will also find that w. II. l..
| Wallace and his men were nowhere near
the Hornets Nest"
| SCATTERING.
| B. n. Reynolds, Grinnell, Iowa, regrets
that he never sees anything from Co, E,
| 18th n. Y. Cav. The writer was 13 years,
five months old when he enlisted, May "a,
1863, and when drilling he used to hook his
saber in the second ring. He is now prac-
tically cripple, but still soldi ar for right
| and justice.
W. B. Thacker, I'd Ohio, Traverse,
City, Mich, writes: "Comrade VIM. Friend,
3Sth Ind, in recent issue, noting the
part taken by the First Brigade, First Di-
vision, Fourteenth Corps, at the Battle of
| Lookout Mountain, says at that time the
brigade consisted of the I'd, 33d, and 18th
Ohio, 10th Wis, 3Sth, 42d and SSth Ind,
18th KY, and 1O4th III. Comrade Thacker
says that the 18th Ohio never was in the
brigade mentioned: that the comrade evil
IDENTIFY intended to say the 94th Ohio, Col.
Scribner.
J. Jewell, Sergeant, Co. F, 125th Ohio,
Pueblo, Colo, asks for description and
the dimensions of the noted mortar "Dicta-
tor" used at the siege of Petersburg. He
says that the picture of it in recent issue
of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE represents
its caliber as being not more thar eight
inches, and that a citizen and comrade in
Pueblo states that he stood by it number
| of times when it was being fired, and that
| the caliber could not have been less than
"a inches, and perhaps more. He says
the round-shot, before being charged,
placed in the gun by means of crane or
derrick, and that $50 pounds of powder
| were used at charge.
Eleasar Hull, Sergeant, Co. /, list N. j.,
whose address IS Soldiers Home, Kearny,
| N. j., states that Joseph Hobson, of the
same company, was taken a prisoner Of war
at the Wilderness, May 6, 1864. While
| being taken from AnderSonville to Florence,
S, C., he, being hungry, exchanged with a
rebel guard his haversack for loaf OF
charges, one being his own, he having re-
enlisted the previous December, and the
other being the discharge of a comrade of
Co. II, 1st n. j.. H0bson was accused by
Corpr Charles F. Hopkins, of his own
company, fellow prisoner, Of stealing the
latter discharge, and was tied up by the
thumbs. Comrade Hull is anxious to prove
| the innocence of Hobson, and would like
to hear from any soldier in the squad
guarding these men, relative to the ex-
change OF the haversack for the loaf OF
bread.
| CIV. Bausman, Stafford, Kan. requested
readers to send him prison song recently,
| and he has been swamped with mail ever
since. He thanks one and all, and con-
siders that the responses to his call are
splendid evidence Of the strength and popu-
larity of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Comrade Geo. w. Lowry, Weatherford,
Tex, wants to hear from some Of the mem
bers of the oath KY, and especially Co. E,
| NJ. J. Gledhill, Petrolia, Ontario, Canada,
gives as his idea of the Philippine question
that we should send a sufficient force Of
colored troops from the Southern States,
because they could stand the climate better
than the Western boys. He also thinks
races should be separated and that those
who are willing to go should be transported
to Africa. Bishop Turner estimates that
100000 would go.
| Coclrade Geo. A. Taylor, Chicago, H.,
wishes his comrades to know that the old
soldier has true friend in the Postmaster
| of his city, Chas. N. Gordon, who has done
well for the old soldiers, and when there is a
vacancy that one of them can fill he gives
him the position. Also, J. II. McCauley, of
Station ID, Chicago, is in favor of appointing
the comrades as carriers where the work is
| light, and U. S. Grant Post recently passed
a vote of thanks for his kind words.
| Comrade E. F. Edwards, Mari, Lake,
Pa, has written us an interesting .et.er on
| the pension question, and wants to hear
| from some of his old comrades in c., +, I'd
Pa. H. A, and 112th Pa.
Comrade Elijah Hurbaugh, Leaven-
WORTH Ind, Co G. 26th KY, First Brigade.
Second Division, Twenty-third Corps, an
| old subscriber of THE NATIONAL TRIB-
UNE. has sent us his photograph, which We
much appreciate.
P. C. Prints, Mcclure, O., wants the
poem "61 to '65," written by Paine, and
also the poem, "Logan's Death"
A. A. Jones, Co. b, 65th H., Toledo,
| Iowa, writes: an looking over my diary Of
July %, 1868, / find that the writer went
with battery on flatboats at the mouth of
Paint Creek, on the Big Sandy, in Eastern
Kentucky, and at q. M. started down the
| river. After we had run several miles, and
| while passing over shoal,we struck a rock
and sprang leak. The first boat in our
rear also struck another rock later on, and
| we went back and helped it to get off. The
| fiatboatS finally arrived at Louisa. The
| writer would like to know what battery it
was that was conveyed as described"
T. r. Keith, Hazel Green, Iowa, has a