The National tribune., 1904-06-09

member Of Co. G, Sd Wis. will be 70
years Of age Feb. "a, 1904. have son
who also was i'm the service: consequently
he Is son OF a veteran and grandson OF
veteran. ! had three brothers who were
In the service; one served 13 months in
Andersonville: another. who was taken
prisoner by Gen. Forrest in person"
THIRD BRIGADE, SECOND DIVISION.
j. d. Walton, Co. l. Both Ohio, writes
from Koleen, Ind: Referring to a Picket
Shot from Comrade VIM. Edmonds. Co.
Z, 4th w. Va. Jan. II, l want to say 10
| the comrade. Shake! l was one of that
old brigade that left the Kanawha Valley
in December, '62. and went South. TO be-
| come Third Brigade, Second Division.
Fifteenth Corps. The comrade makes one
slight mistake. He puts the 44th Ohio
IN the brigade, but il was not there. Ii
| was composed of the other four regiments
he mentions-3O:h. 31th and 41th Ohio.
and 4th w. Va.-Cols. Jones. Sebring.
Parry and Lightburn-under the command
of Brig. Gen. Hugh Ewing, formerly Colo
mel, Both Ohio.
Third Brigade, which received that num-
ber and designation at Napoleon. Ark.
January, 'G}, and retained it until the
three brigades of the old Second Division.
| were consolidated into two brigades at
| Corinth, Miss. when the Fifteenth Corps
was on the march from Memphis to Chat
tanooga. Then all of the above regiments,
with some others, were put into the Sec
| Ond Brigade, same division and corps.
under the command of Brig Gen. J. A. j.
| LIghtburn. formerly Colonel. 4th w. Va.
who remained in command of the brigade
until near the end Of the Atlanta Cam
paign.
headquarters from the time we left Mem
phis. in '63 until I went home on veteran
furlough. in April. "a. and knew every
Colonel in the brigade"
WOULD SAVE EXPENSE AND TROUBLE.
Comrade w. P. Britain. Co. X, 9th
| Iowa Cav. writes from Martnsburg. Iowa !.
Il see that the Government proposes 10
allOt right of selection of public lands by
lottery. | think it would be better 70 ar
range that the numbers drawn bear the
number and quarter of the section to be
allotted to the winner. doing away with
expense of selection and all chance of dis
putes between settlers as to choice. Let
there be no selection about it. The winner
could be given fixed time to investigate
and take the allotment or reject it. If he
declined to take it, the land would remain
ON the hands of the Government and could
be sold to any settler who would take it
up at the Government price"
CoRP'L RIcKsECKER's TICKET.
Corp1 NJ 4. Ricksecker writes from
Gallon. o.: Il am one of your old, old sub
scribers; more than glad when your paper
arrives. Don't lose sight of 81 and Shorty !:
expect to hear of both in Congress
where they are needed-and expect to see
them on the National ticket For Presi-
dent, 81 For Vice-President, Shorty. Here
is copy of an order: Post Headquarters,
Gallipolis, O., Sept. Z, 1864. Special Or
der No. o, Corp1 NJ. A. Ricksecker. 1st
Ohio Ind'p't Battery. with two corporals
and six men of the 1921 Pa. Vols. and one
Corporal and six men of the Trumbell
Guards, 0. Y. S., will proceed aboard the
L. s. gunboat Alice and there report to
Lieut.. j. Il. Dague as temporary artiller-
lists. BY order of w. 2. Thomas, Colonel
192d Regt. Pa. Vols, Commanding Post !;
Geo. w. Mener, Post Adjutant.'
My hope is that Lieut.. Dague as some
of the boys will drop me a line. Let US
talk over the good times we had on the
Ohio River between Cincinnati and Wheel
! ing with our 'Musketo gunboat Alice"