The National tribune., 1900-07-19
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From Alert Comrades Along the Whole
Line.
ANSWER TO MEMORY JoGGERs."

ANSWER TO MEMORY JoGGERs."
Fred A. Lamb, Cornwall Hudson,
y. Y, Co: B, Beth N. Y, Cornwal-on-
recent issue Comrade Harper Wilson's
Memory Joggers.' l would like to an
swer some of his questions. The regi-
ments that built Fort Massachusetts We're
the Both \. Y, 9TH and 10th Mass. and
I'd X. /. We were at Camp Brightwood.
There might have, been others on the
work, as we helped build Fort Slocum at
the time. l would also state that pri-
vate of my company, Francis OFarrell,
captured the cOlors of the 14th \. T.. on
July /. l think they were sent to the bri-
gade headquarters and thence to Wash
ington. Our regiment crossed the river
on July / in heavy fog, charged Marye's
flights in the afternoon, and had rather
a sudden call to recross in the rain the
same evening. If the comrade wishes
any further information l can give it to
him."
GOOD CHANCES TO TELL GOOD STORIES.
W. Ruford, Co. D, 9th Ky. Cav. Shell
don, Mo-, says he does not believe he has
seen anything from the old 9th ky. Cav.
for long time, and he would like to hear
from some of its members about their ad-
venture in McLemore Cove on Sept. 20,
1868. "There were 13 captured out of
our company" he says, land nine died
in prison. One, got to Annapolis, and
three got home"
M. S. LeHew, Co. D, 1st Ohio Cav,
Rolla, Mo-, wants to know for what par
ticular act of bravery Capt. John 2. Rea
was promoted Brevet- Major at the bat
tie of Cleveland, Tenn, and referred to
in this paper of June Z, and suggests that
some comrade who was there give n brief
account of that important skirmish, in
Guiding the incident that occasioned the
brevetting.
George NJ. Cole, National Military
Home, Kan, wants some comrade to
write of the dongs of the 50th n. Y, in
cidentally giving sketch in brief of its
| whole career also. The writer was in Co.
A under the name of Newton WaddinG-
| ton.
]. F. Rulfson, Russell, Ala, would be
| pleased to hear from any soldier of the
| 18th N. Y. Cav, who was with him at
Blue Gap, southwest Of Romney, w. Va,
about May 16, 1864. "Is the Surgeon
who so ably selected new points of de-
compelled a backward move living? Will
any soldier or officer of either side name
the officer who commanded the Confed-
crate cavalry that constituted the attack
ing force at the Gap"
| AT FORT STEVENS.
George r. Lewis, Surgeon, 61st Pa,
st. Paul, Mimi, writes: I'm your issue
of May 81 there seems to be some dis
| pute as to when the Sixth Corps was in
action in front of Fort Stevens. l have
examined my record as Surgeon of the
61st Pa, and find there statement thai
it occurred on July II mot July III. If
| that is the question in dispute, my rec
ord satisfies me that l am correct, as my
regiment lost its LieutenantC Colonel COM
manding, wounded, one Lieutenant kiiled
five privates killed and some % wound
ed"
John g. Clevenger, Sergeant, Co. l.,
| list n. ]. Cav, Smithburg, Mo-, was al
the Fort Stevens fight. He was the Com,
missary Sergeant for the 500 dismount:
ed cavalrymen. "A detachment of US, u
he says, left Lighthouse Point on the
James River and landed at Baltimore and
reached Washington, starting for Fort
| Stevens, after drawing ammunition, be-
fore daylight on the 11th. We scrept into
the works on our hands. The rebels We're
so close the gunners could not work the
guns, but we soon drove them off and es-
of and to the left of Fort Stevens. In the
afternoon of the 18th Lincoln came out.
saw both of them. | heard him give the
order to shell the house where there were
sharpshooters after he was nearly shot. y
Robert Connolly, Lloyd, n. Y, says
Sixth Corps at Fort Stevens. The writer
was a member of Co. e, I'd D. c., and
was on special duty in the city when the
attack was made on the fort. His regi-
ment was in the ritie-pits at the time and
the boys told him next morning that when
the enemy met the Sixth Corps in front
of or outside of Fort Stevens they de-
clared it was no use to try to take Wash.
ington then, for the Sixth Corps had ar.
rived.
| EX-PRIsoNERs' STORIES.
Benjamin A. Spear, Lieutenant, Co. K
57th Mass, Monte Vista, Colo, writes
Il was a prisoner at Andersonyille and
Florence from Sept. 10 to Dec. s., 1864
and was Sergeant commanding Division
No. 9, 1000 men. On Dec. s 1 reported
a loss of 30 per cent. since September.
am one of the persons who put through
the 65-fOOt tunnel and had it ready tC
open on the outside of the stockade the
day before l went out. l was in the first
LOO sent out. We lay two days il
Charleston, S. c., for q storm to abate
When l entered Florence l weighed 165
pounds; at Annapolis, Dec. II. liz
pounds. Lieut.. Barrett was hung on the
Canadian line in 1865 by some of the old
boys he had abused; The statements II
Comrade McElroys book, 'Andersonville,
are as complete as possible. l was con
fined at Columbus jail with some of the
Regular Navy men, Capt. Williams
Lieuts. Porter and Preston, for foul
weeks, and then was transferred to Flor
ence, >. y. L was In the jail at Colum
bus at the time three officers made theil
escape across the alleyway by means OF
a portable suspension-bridge ingeniously
contrived. The writer of this was in com
mand of Co. X (sharpshooters), 5Ttt
Mass, and led the charge on the morning
Of July 80, 1864, at Petersburg"
G. Nj. says he saw some time ago 9
statement to the effect that Lieut.. Barrett
was shot by n cavalryman when Barret
| and q companion went away from Flor
ence, S. G. The writer declares that this
statement is not correct; that when Bar
rett left Florence Prison he made his
| uar throunh the Irninn lines and went fr