The National tribune., 1902-10-16
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BROTHERS IN AN INDIANA COMPANY.
1. Brinkworth, Lieutenant Colonel, 3Sth
Ind, Jeffersonville, Ind, sends list of
brothers in Co. G of his regiment This
regiment is one of FOx's Fighting 300,
and was organized at Lexington, Ind,
August 1861, and mustered into the U. s.
service, Sept. 1s, 1861, by Capt ]. Il. Gil
man, 18th U. s. Inf. In Co. G were
Is pairs of brothers; viz: VIM. G.. and
Charles w. Bliss, James and Hugh Col
win, Robert L. and Andrew s. Campbell,
Thomas ]. and Amos Craig, Levi and
Job Eldridge, Joseph w. and Thomas j.
Gorrell, William and Miley Hazard,
Robert and William Hall, John II. and
Samuel Henry, John and Thomas
Meranda, Warren and James Meranda,
Thomas d. and Isaac N. Traylor, Robert
f. and Andrew ]. Watson, David D. and
Jesse B. Wilson, John and Samuel Taft.
| Now, what became of these brothers? An
drew Campbell, Thomas ]. Craig and
Jesse B. Wilson, killed in action; William
Hazard, Robert Hall, John Meranda and
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wounds received in action; Hugh Colvin,
Charles W. Bliss, Job Eldridge, Thomas
J.. Gorrell, Samuel Henry, Thomas ID.
Traylor, John Taft and Andrew J. Wat
son, died of disease in the army; VIM.
Hall, VIM. Bliss, John II. Henry, Thomas
J: Meranda, Isaac W. Traylor and Samuel
Taft, discharged on Surgeons certificate
of disability; Miley Hazard, Robert f.
Watson, Robert Campbell, Amos Craig.
David D. Wilson, Warren Meranda and
Joseph w. Gorrell, mustered out with the
regiment July 10. 1865; James Colvin re-
signed March, 1868; Levi Eldridge was
taken prisoner at Chickamauga, Sept. 20,
1863. Col Brinkworth has no further record
of him. When Co. G was mustered into ser
vice the average hight of the men was
| five feet seven inches, and the tallest man,
William Hazard, sikh feet four and half
| inches, was the first color-bearer of the
regiment, was wounded in both legs at the
battle of Chaplin Hills, KY, and dis.
charged in consequence thereof. He was
the finest-looking man in the regiment,
and is the proud father of the two Off
GERS of that name who were with Gen.
Funston in the capture of Aguinaldo in
the Philippine Islands last year. Lieut.
Col. Brinkworth still retains the original
muster-in roll of this company, signed by
Capt. ]. Fl. Gilman.
| LIKES THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Daniel Heimbach, White Haven, Pa,
writes: $50 long as 1 am able to earn and
spare dollar, and my sight enables me
to read the paper, and so long as it re-
mains loyal to the boys in blue and our
noble country, as in the past, l will re-
had brother in the 2Sth Pa. He died
six years ago last April. I fail to see
why every soldier in the war of the re-
bellion does not take such a good paper
as The National Tribune l am going to
make an effort to get some subscribers"
Mr.. Heimbach has been Secretary of the
| White Haven Lodge of Odd Fellows for
% years, on December q, next; Secre-
tary Of the Knights Of Honor "a years;
Burrough Clerk 10 years; Collector White
Haven Water Co., five years; Notary Pub
lie since 1872; Justice Of the Peace since
| 1893; agent Of the Lehigh Coal and Tar
| Co., 36 years.
NOTICE, EX-PRIsoNERs.
Capt A. G. Quintrell, Goth o. v. l.,
missing before Petersburg June II, 1864.
Information requested, as we know moth
ing of his fate. Address NJ. G. Quintrell,
7S4 Euclid Ave-, Cleveland, o.
SCATTERING.
Mr.. Lewis Blankenship, Langsville, O.,
wishes to learn whether any of the Union
officers in prison at Libby in 1864 are liv-
| ing. Mr.. Blankenship was guard at
Libby Prison, and carried food to these
officers, inclosing it in a haversack and
passing it up to those on the second floor
by the use Of a bayonet.
The National Tribune has the discharge
of Vincent Barth, Fifer, Co. G, 9Th Wis,
which has been sent to us by Jacob G.
Bauer, of Judsonia, Ark. Mr.. Bauer
found the discharge among his fathers
papers. The discharge will be returned
to the owner upon Identification.
Joseph Mulvey, Orange, Tex, writes
| that he found at Burr's Ferry, up on the
Sabine River, Louisiana, the grave of
Massachusetts, man who was captured at
| Galveston, and died while prisoner. He
| reported the location Of the grave to the
Superintendent of the National Cemetery
ut Pineville, La, to which cemetery the
remains have since been removed. Mr..
Mulvey would like to hear from members
| Of the Massachusetts regiment.
Comrade John Taylor, of II Essex ST.,
Cliftondale, Mass, writes very enthusias-
tically of the recent Reunion of his regi-
ment, the I'd Me-, at Bangor. Comrade
Taylor enlisted early in May, 1861, and
| served two years. After his discharge he
remained in Maine about six years, then
| went to Boston, where he stayed until
1874, thence moved to Cliftondale, where
he has since resided.