The National tribune., 1901-03-28


Beverly, W. Va. then with Fremont,
Pope, Mcclellan, Burnside, South with
Hooker, and finished under Thomas.
wish L could write something worth while
to others and that would call out some OF
my old comrades to relate things that
would be interesting"
WHO STOLE THE SADDLE?
Comrade W. II. G. Bowman. Co. D.
Merrill Horse I'D Mo. Cavl. CenteryilIe,
Wash, writes: Il wish to learn the
whereabouts OF the soldier who stole my
saddle at Camden, Ark. the night Steel
retreated from that place for Little Rock.
He can keep the saddle il he will only re-
turn my wife's picture, that was in the
regiment. They were good soldiers. but
looked after their own interests"
lis DREAM.
Joel GOWN, 161st o., Hickory, W. Va.
dreamed the other night that Henry Clay
Evans had been made the Commissioner
of Trusts, and that he skinned and bled
them as he did the soldiers, with the re-
suit that they all ran shrieking from the
and the Treasury was filled to
OYerilowing.
THE NATIONAL ENCAsrPSENT.
L. T. Corder, Co. H, 61st ILL.,, North
Cucamonga, Cal, writes that he would
like to have the Encampment at Denver,
and also that he would like TO hear from
some of the ex-prisoners of Andersoniile.
SCATTERING.
James l.. Ferris. Milford. Conn, writes:
NO doubt the 9th n. Y. Cav would like
10 know where their Surgeon, s. G. Sanger
S. He died number of years ago in An
sonia, Conn, and his remains were buried
here. 1t is only recently that we learned
Hhat regiment he belonged to. for he was
rery reticent about his life. He was one
IF the best educated and skilful doctors
hat ever came TO Connecticut. | hope his
Did regiment will take steps to have a
maidstone placed at his grave. There is a
g. A. X. Post in Ansonia."
Thomas Handley, Willimantic, Conn,
says he has the discharges of J. A. Van
Co. f, 18th \. Y, and Henry
Ingraham.
Mrs. J. A. Pigsley, Cumberland, Iowa,
says her father and three brothers were
soldiers, her husband was crippled by war
service, and her mother served in n st.
Louis hospital. and she herself was Vice
President of an Aid Society. She recalls
Incidents of Liucoln's first campaign. She
S now an earnest worker in the Ladies of
he G.. A. X.
l.. I'll. Brubaker, Florida, o.. writes: "It
always makes the hair stand upon the
back of my neck to read an article wherein
some one tries TO make people believe his
D. p. Pierce, Stales, Ind. If there had
been a few more 18th Ind. regiments in
he field, the rest of US might have stayed
1T home and hoed corn or fought copper
heads. l belonged to the 6Sth Ohio, and
I think We make a few tracks in the
Georgia mud"
William Thompson. Brazil, Ark,
writes: Il am subscriber of your paper
md enjoy reading all parts of it. One
hing that particularly interests me Is the
Picket Shots and the Fighting Them
Over, but never see anything from any
me of my fathers regiment. the Gith ILL.,
fates's Sharpshooters. My father be-
Onged to Co. K of this regiment. Ii any
me of that company or regiment is q
,eader of THE TRIBUNE, l would like to
near from him. My fathers name was
David w. Thompson. Let me hear from
-Ou through these columns"
If the comrade who wrote us from
)skaloosa, Iowa, asking where to get
ertain brand of ammunition. will sign his
lame to his communication he will receive
eSpOnse.
Comrade 7. N. Riebs. GS7 Milwaukee
St, Milwaukee. Wis. wants very much
o hear something of the 35th Ind, to
which regiment he belonged.
Nelson z. Laughton. Co. III. Doth Ind,
md Co. ID, 13Jth Ind, Nagle, Okla, wants
'omrades to write Of the service of tie
9th Ind.
]. III. Smith, Co. I, 18th Ind, Huron,
nd, says he would like to hear from some
# his former comrades through THE Ma
'IoNAL TRIBUNE.
Il. II. Eulass, Mason City, ILL.,, wants a
,oem, written by Confederate Colonel,
Who was q prisoner at Camp Chase, Co |
umbus, o., beginning:
Tonight you're gay with wit and wine.
While l my vigils keep !
Within the prison dead-house,
Where few mourners come to weep"
John McCann, Cos. G. and A, 9th ILL.,, |
Knoxville. Ark, wants some of the boys |
# the 9th to tell about the fight at Cor
nth, Miss, Oct. 8, 1862, and what was
one on the 4th by the regiment.
Laurence s. Hillabrandt, Co. d, 44th |
!. Y, Janesville, Wis, writes: Il saw in
ticket Shots an article from j. Z. Harley, |
liking exceptions to Adams's statement as |
D prisoners captured at Hanover Court
louise. Any one contradicting a 44th N.
;. boy raises my Ire-ish' at once, and l
-ould say, with your permission, Comrade
Iarley is way Oft Surely. il he knows