The National tribune., 1909-06-17
PIcKETia7sHbTs
From Alert Comrades Along the
Whole. !, LING
What Regiment?

information will be very thankfully re-
ceived.
The Iron Brigade.
J. N. Hubbard, Grayson, Ky, takes
The National Tribune-to task for its
statement in regard to the losses of the
Irish and Iron Brigad.s. He mistakes
what we said. In the Irish Brigade we
gave the loss in killed and wounded to-
tai over 1000. with 961 actually killed.
The Iron Brigade had 1,131 killed and
died of wounds, and the Vermont Bril-
gade had 1,172 killed Comrade HUB
bard says that the Iron Brigade lost the
most of any brigade at Gettysburg. with
the First Brigade of the Second Diyi-
sion, First Corps, coming next, and Cut
ler's Brigade third.
The Tariff Law.
Ditlow NJ. Frederiksen, Chicago, H..
has an idea of simple, rational and
automatic plan for tariff revision. He
would reduce the duty on every article
imported five per cent at once, and
further reduction of five per cent each
year as long as such reduction shall
increase the amount of revenue OBJ
tanned from any article. When the
revenue point is reached and the pro-
ceeds show a decrease, let the duty be
again raised five per cent. to remain 50
for three years. Once enact such a
law. and the tariff is out of politics
forever. sr.-
The s.h n. Y. Cav.
Hon. Harrison White. member of the
Minnesota Legislature. writes to correct
statement in regard to the 9Th N. Y
Cav. AS Lieutenant-Colonei and brevet
Colonel he commanded the 9Th n. Y.
Cav, as Col. Fitzhugh was in command
of the Second Brigade of the First Cav
fIas
the 9th N. Y. Cav. was consolidated
with the 18th N. Y. Cav, and formed
the I'd Provisional +. Y. Cav, which. by
order of Gen. Grant. Col. White took to
and in August, 1855. brought
it back to Eirnira, where it was mus
tered out.
The Tariff.
G. w. Hayden, 2214 Grant street,
Berkeley, Cal, says that he would leave
the tariff alone with the exception OF
rough lumber, shingles. logs and wood
pulp. which he would put on the free
list. If he were TO consult his own
wishes he might add eggs as they have
been out of sight for the last three
months. He takes no stock in Carne-
gje's talk on steel lie 1is talking for
rather than the United States.
The Scotch have any AMOUNT of fine
iron ore and good coal; and if the tariff
was removed they would flood the coun-
try with their products, (which would
be blow to the laboring man.
The Wirz Monument.
John b. Stevens,,i 91st MINI, Com
OF Post H. Fitzgerald, Ga, !
writes that the erection aof the Wirz
Monument Is a poor rareturrf for the sSe-
seriptions from the AndersbnVille Pris-
on grounds that were. deefted offensive |
by the United Daughters OF the Confed- |
efacy. The monume at stands as near /
the prison grounds ass itswSas possible to
secure location. % The fersctiolll of tile /
luonineTlt has created al q l5isIes in ne |
L. d. C., and il was only 'grought back |
to the State by. a .bere majority vote. |
Probab bly, not. one woman in 1000 in
Ge1rsia knows. anything of the true /
history of AndersoEviIle Prison. There
are many Confederates in and around
who have 10 hesitation |
IN telling all that they know about the
horrors of that place.
The 9Th Iowa.
John Acker Lodi. Cal, feels proud of
his old regiment. aitsio il may not have
been one of Fox's 500. I 1t put in four
.-ears of marching ard fighting. 1t was
on the move most of the time from the
tine 1t broke camp at Franklin, Mo, in
1862. to meet Pap Price at
Pea Ridge, until the close of the war,
-Four weeks was the longest that the
regiment ever lay in one camp, except
when it veteranized IN '63-'64. He can !
not say how many the regiment lost, |
but his company had 10 Killed and 1871
nished two Major-Geaerals and one
rigadier-GeneEal. ta
The Men Who Killed Mcpherson.
John H. Kelly, Barada, Mob, cor
reefs the report as to the capture OF
the men who killed Mcpherson. He.
says that the men who made the cap |
ture were from the 18th Iich., and not
the Goth H., nor did they have any
Henry rifles. The 18th Mich. had been
sent from near. the railroad to fill a
gap on the extreme left of the Seven
teenth Corps, about mile distant from
the position it. then occupied. When
reaching the point it was intended to
occupy it found the enemy in posses
sion, but struck the enemy on the flank.
capturing II officers, 167 men and the
colors of the 5th Confederate - and
of the 18th and 18th Tex Capt. Doyle.
with Co. ID, struck the men who Killed
Mcpherson on the flank, and forced
them to surrender. One of them had
on McPherson's sash, field glasses and
watch.
Peach Tree Creek.
J.. NJ Walker, Limbyille O., says that
the story of the battle of Peach Tree 4
Creek is very interesting and generally
correct, except that Smiths 1st Mich. 4
Battery was given the honor of occupy
ing a position on the Peach Tree road
with Cen, Newton's Division when. it
really was Goodspeeds 1st Ohio Bat
terry. 1t had four guns, the other two
being with the artillery or the road.
Comrade Walker was with the four guns
in front, and when their timber chests
were empty he was sent back to the
caisson to refill them. In getting to the
creek he passed along,thedine of battle
formed on the road, andaicoalId see the
Confederates come dut OF the timber.
They were soon driven back,
The Iron Brigade, .-
Benton Tuttle, 6th5aN11iIg., Carthage,
Mo-, calls attention te,anS0rr5r in giving
the formation of the Iron Brigade
where it was stated that the oath Ind.
was one of the regiments It was in
tended to say the 24th Mich. and 18th
Ind. The .1st battalion of New York
Sharpshooters, consisting OF the 9Th, Tth
and Sth companies, Was attached to the
iron Brlgade' ana fq1ghtiwith it from
the wilderness to &ppoHattox. Gen.
James 5. WadsworthGa grand, patriotic
man, was killed near wbhre Comrade
Tuttle stood May 6, 1854 and Comrade
Tuttle is very proud of the fact that he
followed the battle-scarred banner of
the Iron Brigade from first to last.
Where Did He Belong?