The National tribune., 1903-11-12

w Is, it-V w Gt., uitCh Dds, w 49,
writes: 1T was certainly hot and dry Mt
Perryville, but, unlike Comrade Geo.
Petry, Go. G, 123d ILL.,. saw no snow
two days after the battle. He must have
| been dreaming when he thought he was
| sleeping in snow three inches deep. As
/ remember, the first snow fell about Oct.
2e-nearly three weeks after the battle.
l was taken prisoner. with many others
and kept in the Court House at Harrods-
burg until Sunday night following the bat
| tie, when was paroled. Food was
scarce, the Johnnies having little them
selves. During our brief Imprisonment we
subsisted mainly on parched corn
INFORMATION WANTED.
Joseph Parker Derby, Iowa, writes: "a
soldiers wife, a good writer, is prepar-
ing n paper to be read before Chaplain
Mcknight Post, and is especially anxious
to know what company. or regiment,
was the last to be mustered out of the
service. Will some cOmrade give the de-
sired information through The National
Tribune!"
WHEN WAS RICHARDSON HUNG?
F. NJ Williams, Goth Ohio, Urbana. o.,
writes: Can some comrade give definite
information as to when Richardson, the
rebel spy, was hung? Was it before or af-
ter the battle of Gettysburg? There is
a controversy here in regard to the date of
the hanging. l served four years. my reg
iment being a part of the Twelfth Corps,
but later belonged to the Twentieth Corps.
n am in favor of the S12 pension as advo-
Gated by The National Tribune"
THREE BROTHERS.
James NJ. Thorp, Co. 1, Goth KY.
Cynthiana, KY, writes: Il enlisted at Lex
ngton. Ky, Oct 20. 1861, and served con-
Af
pany until mustered out. Jan. II, 1865. /
am now 62 years old Two of my brothers
served in tine 18th Ky. I was with Nell
sons Division at Shiloh, and also partici-
pated in the siege of Corinth. l was with
Buell. throughout the Kentucky campaign,
followed Bragg back into Tennessee, then
from Nashville back to Bowling Green,
thence to Lebanon, KY, where, with many
others, l was captured by John Morgan.
who paroled us. After being exchanged
was for time on duty at Louisville,
and then, with the Twenty-third Corps.
participated in the Atlanta Campaign, and
finally was mustered out at Louisville"
NO SNOW AT STONE RIVER.
Cyrus A Bowers. Co. G.. 11th Mich,
Trinidad, Colo writes: "My regiment en-
tered the service Aug. "a. 1861, and was
mustered out in September or October,
1864. / was with the regiment in all its
battles, except Missionary Ridge. was
one of the detail sent with the wagon train
to Stevenson and Bridgeport. We were on
that duty about month, and returned to
Chattanooga the day after Bragg had been
driven from Mission Ridge. There was no
snow at Stone River. l have been trying
for seven years to have my pension in
creased Sc. / am in favor of the straight
$12 pension. Expectantly L look through
the columns of The National Tribune every
week, hoping to see an article written by
some comrade of the 11th Mich"
PoT-poURRI.
F. A. Parrott, Co. B, 1st Iowa, and Co.
II, I'd Iowa Cav, Iowa City, Iowa, writes:
Strangely enough, James Chamberlain,
Co. L, 1st Minn., writes disparagingly of
the "reminiscences and stories that the
boys write for The National Tribune. He
seems to labor under the false impression
that we are all 'short-term men, l have
received a number of letters indorsing
what have written One letter, however.
was uncomplimentary, the writer resenting
my Tales Adorned and calling me a liar.
Unable to control his angry passions, he
invited me to fight him on his native heath.
down in Missouri. That is too far for me
to go for the fun Of fight, and, besides,
l got all the fighting I wanted when the
Johnnies were in the field.
to indulge in facetious remarks, but it was
seldom that anyone became seriously of
Tended. For instance, an infantryman
would say that the reward for a dead cav
alryman had never been claimed That al
legation amused the infantryman and the
cayalryman as well. 1t pleased the former
and did not hurt the latter. 1 am especial
ly proud of my I'd Iowa Cav badge, and
also of the one indicating that l belonged
to Wilson's Cavalry
"Let the old boys spin their yarns
Many of them are too old and feeble to at
tend Encampments and Reunions. Their
pleasures are limited. Their greatest en-
jOyment is in reading The National Trib-
une between pension days The latter
pleasant occasions come only once in three
months, but The National Tribune comes
every week. The story of 81 and Shorty
is alone worth more than the 'one dollar
per year subscription. | am in favor of
the $12 service pension"
RAN A FOOT RACE
Samuel c. Majors. Battery II, 1st N
Y. l.. A., West Bridgewater. Pa. says
that he is the plymouth Pilgrim who ran
on North Side Avenue at Andersonville
for tobacco and potatoes. put up by the
rebel Quartermaster. John l.. Whitelsey
was his backer. Comrade Majors does
not feel that he could put up near as good
a race to-day. He would like to hear from
Timberlake and Whitelsey if living
WANTS A DOLLAR A DAY.
John Spencer, Pueblo, Colo. served six
years, three of them in the 35th Ohio, and
was SO severely wounded at Chickamauga
that he was left on the field for dead. and
remained 4S hours without drop of wa
ter or bite to eat. He afterwards served
in the 25th U. s., under Capt. Dewitt, and
in the 14th U. S., under Capt. Rogers. In
the latter regiment he was engaged in
collecting the dead from the different bat
tlegrounds and reinterring them in the
National Cemeteries, and hunting moon
sinners between times. He thinks a ser
vice pension would be more businesslike if
it got every cOmrade dollar day after
passing the age of 62.
AGAINST LEE STATUE,
Frank Reed Post, Tuscola, Ill, has
unanimously adopted resolution protest
ing against the statue of Lee being placed
in the National Capitol, and requesting the
Hon. Vespasian Warner to use his vote
and influence against it
The Union Veteran Legion, at its An