The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1906-07-05
Letters ire. The rr..t.

pleasure that take my pen in hand to
answer your welcome letters Of Oct. 8
and 2S: though Uncle Sans military
post Office is ever on the alert to find
US. yet occasionally mail matter goes
astray. Since we left Decatur, Ca. our
marching and railroad travels are in
the neighborhood OF 500 miles. We are
now In bivouac about 80 miles from
Nashville. and are ordered to press on
via Columbia to Pulaski"
A week later concluded my epistle
from Pulaski as follows:
Dear Sister: Wearrived at Pulaski
yesterday, against which point the dar-
ing Gen. Hoods Cohfederates make
cavalry attacks; but 1t seems their suf-
fering army. hundreds OF miles from
its base Of supplies. together with Gen.
Sherman's forces marching onward in
his (Hood's) rear. he will get his skin
warmed, although his army,far out
numbers our small army under Gen.
Schof1eld. Both Generals were in the
same class at West Point.
well, our Third Division, Twenty
third Corps, it is rumored. are ordered
back to Columbia. Good-by from
your brother, Lewis"
"Camp Decatur. near Atlanta, Ca
Sept. Is, "a.
Dear Sister Lizzie: It is with graft
fication that / seat myself in pup tent
to answer your welcome letter Of Au-
gust Is, same day we started on our
great raid in rear OF Gen. Hoods forces,
| which compelled him to evacuate the
Gate City Of the South. l suppose you
have read ere this of the fall OF the
rebel stronghold, after four months Of
almost continuous fighting. skirmish-
ing, and digging breastworks from Tun-
mel Hill to Jonesboro."
Tongue cannot picture the horrors
| OF battle. You folks up North no doubt
had great jubilee over>it. Every reg
privilege OF inscribing the words: At
lanta' and date upon it's banners.
'Thy brother. Lewis"
I22, 1864
Dear Sister: On the Sd inst we
struck tents from a 80 days rest at
Decatur. marching much over the same
| route back to Snake Creek Gap, close
by our first battlefield in Georgia. The
| rebels do not relish a fight yet, which
relieves Gen. Sherman, and he con-
cluded to return and continue his
| Marching Through Georgia. first hav-
ing the Fourth Corps to report to Pap
Thomas. later detaching our Twenty
eighth Corps under Gen. John NJ Scho-
fed, to report to former at Nashville.
Il. F. Becker"
The 18th III.
Thomas H. Cave, Co. B. 44th H.. calls
attention to two errors in our publica-
ton of the history OF the 44th ILL.,. one
of FOx's fighting regiments. in recent
| issue Of The National Tribune. In our
account no officers whatever are report
ed as killed or MORALLY wounded, and
this Comrade Cave says is a mistake.
Lieut.. silas L. Parker. Of Co. B. was
| MORALLY wounded at Stone River. and
Capt. B. F. Knappen, commanding Co.
B. received a wound at Kenesaw Noun
tain. Ca, which resulted in his death
few days later. Comrade Cole. who was
company bugler, stood by Lieut.. Parker
| when he was shot, and visited Capt.
Knappen in the hospital the day before
| he died. He knew both men well.
The seth III.
George w. Hulse. Gladbrook. Iowa. is
gratified with the history Of the 36th
ILL.,, to which he belonged, and was left
on the field for dead at Chickamauga.
The regiment was in the division COM
manded by the best General In the war
l-P. H. Sheridan. If we had had more
like him the war would not have lasted
so long. 49, .s...a r.ss
A Grateful Comrade.
Martin Reigle. Bluffton. O., belonged
| to the 49th Ohio and was severely
wounded May q, 1854. The Union at
| tack was repulsed and many fell into
| the hands OF the enemy. The boys
| brought off as many Of their comrades
as they could. and night came on. The
enemy kept the field swept with a
shower of bullets to prevent a renewal
| OF the attack, but amid that Comrade
| James s. Gilpin. CARRIER, Okla. ran for
ward and succeeded In carrying Reigle
hoO L. 20 snnc fDrn t,1xc To-
written a very grateful letter to Gilpin
recalling the circumstance and his
courage in making the rescue, which
saved him from Andersonville.
New York Neglected.
Edward Kelly. Long Island City. N
Y, thinks that New York is fast fading
Tribune, and he hears nothing OF such
famous organizations as the Excelsior
Brigade, the CorcOran Legion, Tam
many Brigade and the Regulars. Why
is there not more said about them?
The nth Ohio.
Henry Roth, ST. Paul, Mimi. wants a
correction in his regimental history to
the effect that the regiment was not
mustered out until March, 1856 1t
was stated in these columns as January.
1855.
COmrade Roth is correct, as the vet
Grams and recruits were consolidated
into a battalion of six companies and
retained In service until March 8. 1866.
Sixth Corps and Gettysburg.
AS to the singing episode at Gettys-
burg, Comrade Abe Brown. Co. c. 10th
Pa, writes from Baden. Pa, to say he
recently read in The National Tribune
an account given by cOmrade in re-
gard to the Sixth Corps passing through
Gettysburg and singing through the
streets Of the town. July 2. 1.-The Sixth
Corps never saw Gettysburg as COM
mand," says Comrade Brown. "As to
the distance marched by that corps.
it was AZ miles In ~ hours, as we went
into the fight just Pa hours from the
time we started on the forced march.
Gen. Wheaton's First Brigade, Second
Division. was leading the march, and I
as a member of Co. H, 139th Pa, Col
Golfers regiment, First Brigade, Sec
ond Division. Sixth Corps, went into the
fight on Little Round Top when the
Regulars were coming back in disorder
Our left was about where Gen. War
ren's statue now stands. But we were
engaged on Round Top, firing about o
rounds per man. after which we went