The National tribune., 1902-02-20

Feb. 6, has made q mistake about th'
troops that took Fort Gregg, in front o
Petersburg Capt. Case says that For
Gregg was taken by the 18th w. Va. tht
23d III. and the 54th Pa, under command
OF Col. Curtis, 18th W. Va. He was with
the brigade on that memorable morning.
LOUISVILLE TO THE SEA.
| Fl. G. Winchester, Co. |, 34th H., Olive
Ind. Ter, writes that there are many vet
Grams of the civil war residing in the Ter
ritOry, but he knows none of his regiment
He has been reading Lyman ). Widney's
story, which recalls many incidents long
since forgotten. Comrade Winchester was
in all the battles and marches in which
the gallant "old 34th" was engaged, but
miraculously escaped without scratch.
SCATTERING.
Ezekiel MARBLE, 604 MARBLE ST., West
Grafton, w. Va, writes that he has q
| medal issued to John J. Madale, Co. l.,
10th n. Y. Cav, which he will return
to the owner or his relatives.
II. J. Conover, 400 st. MaTy's St, Pc
kin, ILL.,, would like to hear from any sol
dier who was on the steamboat Rob Roy,
going from New Orleans, La, to AleXan-
dria, La, on the Red River, May ., 1864,
when fired into about 10 miles below
Alexandria, La.
Abner Dunham, First Lieutenant, 18th
Iowa, Manchester, Iowa, has a copper
identification check which bears the in
scriPtiOn "a. Bryant, Co. Il. 9th Reg't
Vt. Vol, Chester" This check was found
last Summer about ~ miles from VIII
liamsburg, Va, by the side of the grave
of two Union soldiers, who were murdered
by guerrillas shortly before the close of
the war.
f. C. Hardman, of Smithville. W. Va.
writes that his father served in Co. G.
L. Al.
fights il the Shenandoah Valley and was
present at Lees surrender at AppOmat
tOx Court House.
W. G. Shearer, Co. ID, 42d Mo-. Lock
wood, Mo, writes that he favOrs the Quay
bill, because, under the provisions of the
proposed law, all the widows would get
SO per month. and nearly all the veterans
who are not now pensiOned would get $l2
per month.
George Smith. 200 East Erie Ave, Lo-
rain. o., is one of five. brothers who served
under "Old Glory from 81 to go. His
father also was in the service. All reached
home in safety.
T. o. Cooke. 1922 Woodland Ave, Lo-
rain, o., has noticed the claims made by
various comrades to the honor of being
the youngest Post Commander. Com
rade Cooke himself is a very young Post
Commander, but his record has been
beaten by others already mentioned in
The National Tribune. Comrade Cooke. |
however, puts forward another claim. that !
Of being Past Post Commander in three
partments-Texas, Arkansas and Ohio |
His first term as Commander was COM
pleted over ~ years ago. He was one OF |
the Delegates that organized the Depart |
ment of Texas Mt Dallas. in the SOS.
]. NJ. Doty, Kent, o., served as marine
engineer in the Quartermaster's Depart |
nent, under Thomas ]. Carlisle. He en-
listed Aug. Il, 1863. to serve six months, |
md was not discharged until May Is.
1865. He would be pleased to hear
through The National Tribune from COM
'ndes who served in that Department.
Siverd Post, 50, Winfield, Kan, has
'94 members in good standing. The COM
AIDES OF this Post want to know if any
Post in a town of $500 inhabitants can
'eat this record.
ElberfieId Post 4Si, Elberfeld. Ind.
las adopted resolutions favoring the con-
truction of naval vessels at Government
lards. They believe, should construction
4 vessels be made at Government Naval !
lards, 1t wonld give number of veter-
ms employment.
Geo. M. D. Hymns. Fulton, O., would
Ike some survivor to write full account
4 the Snltana disaster
John Ellis, Salona, Wis, would like to