The National tribune., 1908-06-04

on the 4th of July, 1866, there was mus
tered on the streets Of Wheeling the
same old I'd W. Va. Cay. The old Stf
W. Va. was so badly reduced that i
was sent home in the Fall of 1864 ant
recruited with nine-months men, wheI
it was mounted and called the eth W
Va. Cav. The 5th and 9Th w. Va. were
consolidated to form the 1st w. Va
veterans, which was the only consolida
ton he ever heard of.
The 95th Pa. mt Spotsylvania.
w. C. Tainted, 95th Pa, Minneapolis
Mimi, says that at Spotsylvania hi
regiment charged up to the rebel works
and lay down on one side while the reb
els stayed on the other, and they tried
hard to bayonet each other over tn,
works That green oak, % inches il
diameter, which was shot down, stood
inside the rebel lines and about tn,
center of his company. They wer'
finally flanked and driven back, and HI
was the last one to leave. He crawlet
for several rods, and then got up ant
ran. They were rallied, and charged
again to within one and one-half rod
of the works and right in front of tina
tree. They stayed there the rest of thu
day in mass, and kept up such a stead!
fire that the rebels could not raise thei
heads about the breastworks. The tre'
was cut down by their bullets. He free
PAT rounds, and quite number of then
went into the tree.
Eaten While Living.
Comrade George E. Tilly, Lieutenant
18th n. Y. Engs., writes from Jamaica
n. Y: II suppose 1 am the only soldiel
of the civil war who ever ate a piec'
Of live 10 no r1ln ~
in the woods. 1t happened in this way
On our arrival at Belle Plains, Va.
was, with others of our command
placed on guard. On being relieved b.
the second relief, returning to tn
guard tent, I found that several of m.
comrades were chasing some hogs, bi
they were not allowed to shoot them
Driving them into a corral. they slaugh
tered some with bale hay sticks ant
others with axes. Comrade Micke.
Drum, of Co. B, had sharp axe
brought it down on hog that was es
Gaping from the corral, and, intending
misaim cut about one and half pound
off the ham, and the poor brute go
away into the woods. I gathered III
the quivering piece of fresh pork
skinned it and toasted it over the fir
and ate it for my dinner
The eth N. Y. Mt Fair Oaks.
V. NJ Hodgson, Captain, 9th N. Y
White Plains, N. Y, criticises strongl.
the history of the battle of Fair Oaks
particularly that which relates t
COUGHS Division and Abercrombie'
Brigade A portion of the latter wa
left between the Fair Oaks Station AM
Seven Pines, and had not only the enc
my to fight, but to stem the retreat o
Casey's men. No regiment ever di
better fighting than the 1st Long Island
or 9th n. Y, which lost 10 out of So
present. While the regiment was lynn
on the ground it was run over by tn
S7th n. Y, whose Colonel, Dodge, hat
foolishly, and against the protest o
Gen. Abercrombie, filed the regimen
into the low pines to the left, wher
the Johnnies were swarming. The off
cial reports also make a mistake il
saying that Wheaton's Brigade defend
ed Culp's Hill at Gettysburg, wherea
that brigade was not on the ground a
all, and the work was done by Shaler'
Brigade. Both Meade, and Wheaton
knew of their mistake afterward, AM
agreed to correct it, but never did SO.
What Became of Them.
C. H Barnes, 10th Ill. Cav, Batavia
he was surprised to meet in Washington
two of his Chicago acquaintances, Gee
Kline and - Davis. They Belongs
to Busteeds Battery. but their compan
officers Gid not pass examination an
the company was broken up. The me
were divided and put into different com
panies of New York regiment, servin
there until discharged. Kline becam
a Gun Sergeant and an excellent shot
There is no report to be found of thi
company in the Acknowledgement of II
linois's records. If it was credited I
New York, why was it?
The 31st Mass. Mt New Orleans.
Marshall NJ Clothier. 31st Mass, Og
den, Utah, disputes some assertions Q
Comrade ;, Frederick NJ. Grant, 12t
Conn. He says that, but one compan
of his regiment wore the Zouave uni
form 1T was well disciplined, and thei
Captain, Eiske, ,became..a General. A
to which regiment first entered Ne1
Orleans, Gen. B. F. Buffers Memoir
are quoted, in which he describes hi
marching into the city at the head q
his troops and taking possession of tn
custom house, where he lodged then
and he then returned to the st. Charlie
Hotel with one company of the 31s
Mass. as a Headquarters Guard.
Fuller's Ohio brigade.
]. C. Ralston, AID Ohio, Steubenvill'
o., wants TO add to the history of Flu
ler's Brigade that it first belonged
the Army of the Mississippi, but De,
Is, 1862, became the First Brigad
Fourth Division, Sixteenth Corps. The
were then sent after Forrest to Jaci
| son, Tenn, and fought him at Parker
Crossroads Gen. Dodge took the br
gade with him, and until April, 1856
they never saw any of the other br
gades of the division. At Decatur, Ala
seven regiments were put in the br
gade, which was then made a divisio
under Gen. Veatch.
"Reminiscences of n Soldier.
Comrade NJ. c. Huyette, Buffalo,
Y, says that he has had so many r,
quests for his book that 1t is impossib
| for him to supply them unless the pa
| ties will send him 25 cents in stamI
or otherwise He had intended to SUI
ply il free to his comrades of the 125t
and 20Sth Pa, and still maintains tn;
| intention.
Leppien's battery.
| Editor National Tribune: In your AZ
count of the battle of Chancellorsvil
you give the fact of the saving fro
capture of the 5th Me. Battery, con
manded by Capt. Leppien, by beir
taken off by hand, but failed to gi'
credit TO the boys who did this bray
deed. This was done by squad
boys who had enlisted from Amity,
small village in western Pennsylvani
1 have the names of the men, and W;
personally acquainted with them. Sc
eral of them are still living to tell IL
story.-M. Sharp, 85th Pa, Washing
| ton, Pa.
| Lost His Dfscbar1e