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of which Comfnde Antes had then been q
Il member FIVE years.

r. ]. Williams, 10th Ohio. Secont
Brigade, Third Division, Sixth Corps
Ridgeway, o., writes: Il was with Sheri
lday in the Valley Campaign Of 1854. AZ
ter the battle of Opequon Greek l was lef
at the hospital to help care for the wound
ed. In the bushes found a wounded boy
a member of the Sixth Corps, shot through
the lungs. 1t was then late in the even
ing, and could not get him to the hos
pital, so placed him against tree, and
left him, telling him l would return in
the morning. Early next day I returned
He had high fever. He told me to cut
his blouse and shirt about the shoulder
blade. l found that bullet had almOs,
pierced his shoulder. At his earnest re.
quest, 1 made a small incision with pen.
knife, and succeeded in extracting the
bullet. l was about to drop it in my peck.
ct, when he said, Give ME that bullet
want it for keepsake / hope that
soldier boy will read this account"
NEW YORK DRAFT RIOTS.
! u. G. Bowen. % Cherry St, Water.
bury, Conn, writes that he wishes to see
some account of the draft riots in New
York City. He had an uncle living there
at the time and working in an armOry,
and has heard him talk about the riots.
] Mr.. Bowen feels sure that a complete his
! tory of those trying days would be of in
| terest alike to himself and 100000 other
| subscribers of The National Tribune.
FORTY YEARS MASON.
Comrade ]. A. Roe, Pruntytown. W.
Va, writes: DO not let me miss single
copy of the National Tribune, especially
since Geo. Dallas MOsgrove has again
taken up his quill. His articles have al
ways been very interesting to me. 1 am
now starting on. my I'D year. 1 have
voted the Wing and Republican tickets
for 81 years straight, and never missed a
vote. ! have been Baptist 80 years. and
an A. II. and A. NJ, for 40 years; Il G. A.
X. man for 20 years, and have never been
found delinquent in any instance"
A YOUNG VETERAN OF THE CIVIL WAR.
Thos. r. Peak, National Military Home,
Va, is one of the youngest veterans of the
civil war. He was born Jan. II, 1S4S. He
enlisted July %, 1861, in Co. l, 9th Pa;
served three years; reenlisted. and was
finally discharged July 20, 1865; was twice
wounded, and was taken prisoner.
BROTHER AND SON DIED IN THE SERVICE.
G. W. Stahlnacker, Terre Haute, Ind,
writes: Il served for IA months in Co. X,
31st Ind: was wounded in front of At
lanta, July %, 1864. My brother was a
member of the 11th Ohio, and was killed
in battle with the Indians at Plat
Bridge, Idaho, in June or July, 1865. My
son was member of Co. b, 161st Ind,
War with Spain. After muster out, he en-
listed in the 9th U. S. Inf. serving in the
Philippines, and later in China, where he
died March %, 1901. am member of
Morton Post, l, Department of Indiana.
THE ID Z. s. s. S.
L. B. May, Superintendent. National
Cemetery, Camp Nelson. Ky, writes: IN.
Hobrook says the I'd U. S. s. s. was in
the First Brigade, First Division, First
Corps. NJ. Holbrook is correct in every
word. l was a member of Co. /, Oath n.
Y, in the same brigade.
WITH THE REGULARS IN ARIZONA.
l.. II. Vokes, Rochester, MIMI, writes:
First Serg't John A. Spring has certain
ly written an admirable series of sketches
of army life on our Western frontiers,
now completed in The National Tribune.
| believe | express the wish of every old
frontier Regular Of the COS when
say, May we hear from him again."
RECOVERY OF GEN. M'PHERsoS's BODY.
VIM. Burke, 225 Neil ST., Columbus, O.,
is anxious to learn whether any comrade
who went with him into the jack-oak TIM
Der to recover the body of Gen. McPher-
son is still living. There were four in
the party. One was staff officer, anotll-
er a s;i-alry orderly. third belonged
to either an Iowa or Illinois regiment, and
the fourth was COmrade Burke, q men,
Der of Co. E., AID Ohio. They placed the
body in an ambulance and took it to
Marietta.
SNAKE CREEK GAP.
+. X. Wagner, Warrensburg, Mo-,
writes: 81 wish to correct statement 1
made in The National Tribune of Aug. |
IA, 1902. Serg't Mueller did not lead the |
advance into the gap. Lieut.. James Oats,
Go. *, 9th ILL.,, under orders of Gen. |
G. B. Dodge, led the advance. Sergt
Mueller and his 16 men were captured in |
the charge across Sugar Valley at the
southern outlet of the gap. Only five
of this party ever returned to the regi- |
ment; the others died in Andersonville |
StOckade. The 5Oth Ill. and also the 39th |
Iowa came to our support not moment
too soon, as the Confederates from Resaca
We're hurrying to reach the outlet OF the
gap"
SCATTERING.
J. E. Lepper, Kendallville. Ind, wishes |
some comrade to send him the song, ''The
New Secession Wagon"
A. T. Sims, Broken Bow, Neb., requests
that some member of the I'd Iowa Cav. |
write for The National Tribune an ac-
count of their charge at Pennington, May
8, 1862.
James e. Catlin, Lieutenant, Co. I, 45th |
Pa, who recently wrote an article on the !
Eight at the Crater" for The National
Tribune, resides at Vinton, Iowa, not
Uniontown.
J. Gull, Corporal, Co. E, S7th ILL.,,
ILL.,, inquiries what has become
Of all the old S7th LII. boys; there is moth
ing in The National Tribune from them.
Joseph L. Dorgan, 661S State ST., Chi
cag0, ILL.,, whose father served in Co. r,
18th N. Y, requests that some member
Of that regiment write its history for
The National Tribune.
james McAfahon, Sergeant-MajOr, of
Post, 80, Department of
South Boston, Mass,
wishes seine cOmrade to inform him where
there is good land subject to homestead
entry. He would prefer part Of the 160
acres prairie and part timber land.
Thomas Scars, Past Commander of Post
81, G. A. r., Winnemucca, New, has the
discharge of Frederick Oidenburg, who
lied in hospital last Fall, and will return
The same to relativeS upon application.
Ellen A. Rauck, 1857 East list ST.,
Albany, Ore, wishes to procure the words
IF the war song, 'The Boys are Marching
Home" Mrs. Rauck is the niece of Lieut..
Abner Wood. Co. A, Sd Wis, killed at
Va.-wounded May 2;
lied May 3. She would like to correspond
with comrades who were with Lieut..
Wood during his last hours, and who know
where he was buried.