The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1902-05-15

were those of the 18th Me-, 10th Conn.,,
and Tooth n. Y, Third Brigade, First Di-
vision, Twenty-fourth Corps. The brigade
was commanded by Col. Geo. B. Dandy.
of the Tooth \. Y. The latter regiment
has been mentioned as being present, but
the others have not. The writer does not
know what West Virginia troops We're
there. but he remembers that some were,
and that Gen. Harris was there. as he re-
members the name. | think the oath Mass.
may have been there. as it was in our bri-
gade but am only positive as to the first
three"
WHO CAPTURED FORT GREGG?
| Comrade G. X. Campbell, Co. b. 10th
Ohio, Coolville, Ohio, suggests that, TO
forever settle the question as to who is en-
titled to most credit for the capture of
Fort Gregg, each regiment engaged in the
assault select representative to report in
the Picket Shots" column of The Ma
TIONAL TRIBUNE the number of men of
his command engaged supplemented by
an official report of the casualties resulting
| from the charge. Fort Gregg was defend
ed by go men of Harris's Mississippi Bri-
gade; 80 surrendered; the remaining 220
were either killed or wounded. Comrade
| Campbell further says: Gen. Gibbon, of
Ords Corps, reports our entire loss in the
charge at about 800, which is supposed TO
| hIiltu. Mbuiiltt anu DIlSDiifIS. H
| full credencc is to be given to the various
claims given, Fort Gregg was n veritable
ThermOpylae' The 116th Ohio officially
reported Il killed and 81 wounded. $50 en-
gagged in the assault The 34th Mass. off,
cially reported , killed and 81 wounded,
$50 engaged in the assault. Boys, give us
the official reports, made at close of ac-
ton, and that will tell the whole story and
end the controversy. Let all reports be
/ IN IAI n FIf1rr
later than first issue i'll June next"
RUNNING THE vICKsBURG BATTERIES.
J. G. Conklng. Sergeant. Co. p. 47th
Ohio. Shepherd. Mich. writes: Il was on
the tug with Junius Henri Browne. run
ming the blockade at Vicksburg. and was
one of the four that escaped; | am the
only one living. Capt. VIM. II. Ward was
in command. He told me to stand on the
stern of the tug, with an ak and cut the
ropes if one of the barges should be sunk
Later he placed a man named Smith, of
the 9th Mo, in my place, and told me to
stay with him. Capt. Ward put bottle
Of wine between the bales of hay, and said
when we had passed the battery we would
drink it; then went down to the engine
room to see how things were getting along
did not see the Captain until the follow
ing December | looked for the wine, but
could not find it, and did not know until |
read -Four Years in Secessia' that the
Captain and the correspondent had drunk
it. When the tug bleY up Smith and
secured q plank and made for shore. The
engineers swan ashore, but were so badly
scalded that they died. A Lieutenant of
the 9th Mo. also reached Shore but died
that night"
BROTHERS IN AN ILLINOIS COMPANY.
w. s. Wood. Co. A. 18th ILL.,, Ottumwa.
Kan, writes that his company boosted of
IL sets of brothers. as follows: George and
William Hellycr Robert and William Da-
Wis, Sam and Martin Puget. Solomon and
Ike Tolan, Henry G. and Ike BOtenhamer.
John and Ben Davis, George and James
Brudagc; three Jameses, Ike, Web and
Hone; five Jesseys, John, Henry, Joseph.
James and Curtis; Nathan p and w. S.
Woods, George and Sam Ening, Nelson
and John Vandivcr. James and Darwin
Bloat. James Bloat Solomon TOlan, Mar
tin Puget. VIM. Davis and Ben Davis
were killed in battle; the last two named
at Chickamauga. VIM. Hellyer and Henry
and Joseph Curtis were wounded. John
Davis, Darwin BlOat and Sam Ew-
ing died Of disease. The 18th Ill. was in
the Second Brigade. Second Division.
Fourteenth Corps, and was with Sherman
from Chattanooga to the Grand Review.
THE GOVERNMENTS OBLIGATION TO THE
RANK AND FILE.
Robert Hilles Post 900, Evansville,
Ohio, has adopted q resolution protesting
against the granting of large pensions to
officers and their widows. The Post holds
that through the patriotism, labor, hard
ships, priyations, fatigues, danger and
exposures of the rank and file of the army
the best Government on earth today ex-
lists" and that ''many soldiers are now
suffering from the infirmities of age, which
infirmities have been FASTENED by the ex-
posures and hardships incident to army
life. and who are unable by manual labor
and meager allowance doled out by the
Government to live comfortably or even
deceiftly." The committee drafting these
resolutions were Comrade G. W. Mcbride,
Adjutant; c. W. Morton and w. II.
Brown.
A PRISON DELICACY.
James Lisenby, Spring Creek, Tenn,
writes of his experiences in Florence, S.
c. He says that after doing without meat
for over four months. he and his cOmpan-
ions captured a yellow dog belonging to
the rebel guard. Part OF the dog they
traded for three tenspoonfuls of salt; the
rest of it they baked and ate. The head
and skin they threw into branch, in Or
der TO avoid detection. Another prisoner
secured the head, and was eating it when
the guards came to search for the missing
Garland Their Graves, No. I,