The National Tribune Civil War Index

A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943

Richard Sauers

• Publisher: Savas Publishing
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781611213669
• eBook ISBN:
  9781940669762
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: American Civil War History
• Index: History

The National Tribune was the premier Union veterans’ newspaper of the post-Civil War era. Launched in 1877 by a New York veteran to help his comrades and sway Congress to pass better pension laws, a short time later the National Tribune began publishing firsthand accounts penned by the veterans themselves, and did so for decades thereafter. This rich, overlooked, and underused source of primary material offers a gold mine of eyewitness accounts of battles, strategy, tactics, camp life, and much more.From generals to privates, the paper printed articles and long serials on everything from major battles such as Gettysburg and Antietam, to arguments about which battery fired the shot that killed General Leonidas Polk, whether Grant’s army was surprised at Shiloh, and just about every topic in between. Unbeknownst to many, a number of Confederate accounts were also published in the paper.Decades in the making, Dr. Rick Sauers’ unique multi-volume reference work The National Tribune Civil War Index: A Guide to the Weekly Newspaper Dedicated to Civil War Veterans, 1877-1943 lists every article (1877-1943). The first two volumes are organized by author, his unit, title, and page/column location. The third volume—the main index—includes a subject, author, and unit guide, as well as a “Unit as Sources” index that lists articles that mention specific commands but are written by soldiers who were not members of that unit. As an added bonus, this reference guide includes the contents of both the National Tribune Scrapbook and the National Tribune Repository, two short-lived publications that included articles by veterans, and a listing of the major libraries that have National Tribune holdings.Thanks to Dr. Sauers, Civil War researchers and writers worldwide now have easy access to the valuable contents of this primary source material.

Author Index

Aaron, John C. 1886, September 16

Abbett, James H. 1915, April 29

Abbey, C. E. 1901, December 26

Abbott, Charles C. 1907, August 29

Abbott, Granville 1909, August 26

Abbott, J. A. 1884, February 28

Abbott, J. H. 1917, March 22

Abbott, J. N. 1914, April 9

Abbott, J. T. 1884, December 25

Abbott, M. A. 1883, November 15

Abbott, P. L. 1885, October 15

Abear, Louis 1923, December 20

Abels, Johanna 1910, November 24

Abend, Louis 1891, July 9

Aber, W. H. 192, July 11

Abert, James. 1895, September 26, October 3

Abraham, Lot 1910, May 5

Acree, Jasper N. 1904, April 7

Acres, Thomas H. 1928, November 22

Adair, I. M. 1885, August 13; 1887, June 9

Adams, A. J. 1885, April 23

Adams, Alexander 1891, August 13

Adams, C. E. 1887, February 3

Adams, C. H. 1895, August 15

Adams, Charles W. 1897, May 20

Adams, Donald J. 1895, January 31, April 11, June 13, October 10

Adams, E. G. 1901, June 27; 1910, July 21

Adams, E. M. 1887, March 31

Adams, Edgar E. 1897, May 6

Adams, George D. 1884, June 5

Adams, Henry C. 1921, October 3

Adams, I. P. 1900, October 18

Adams, J. H. 1908, June 4

Adams, John (OH) 1914, March 19

Adams, John (NY) 1915, July 8

Adams, John Q. 1903, June 25; 1909, February 25

Adams, M. A. 1927, March 31; 1934, January 25

Adams, M. L. 1885, August 17

Adams, Silas 1886, October 28

Adams, T. M. 1883, October 4

Adams, W. J. 1901, June 13; 1903, July 16; 1905, November 16; 1907, July 11; NTR 1908, Feb; 1929, August 22, 29

Adams, W. W. 1898, May 5

Adamson, A. P. 1913, May 22

Addams, J. B. 1923, January 4; 1938, December 22

Addington, Thomas 1900, March 29

Adkins, Charles I. 1903, December 3, 10, 17, 24, 31; 1919; September 25; 1920, June 3; 1924, January 17, February 14; NTS 1

Adkins, W. H. 1904, September 22

Adler, Isaac 1924, May 15

Agin, William 1904, December 15

Agnew, James C. 1894, July 5

Ahlsdorf, William 1924, July 17

Aikin, R. M. 1890, July 3; 1902, January 30

Ainberg, Henry 1912, September 26

Ainsworth, G. W. 1892, October 20

Ake, David S. 1907, September 26

Akin, D. D. 1917, June 21

Alban, K. J. 1923, January 4, February 22, December 6; 1924, July 3; 1938, August 25

Albee, George E. 1916, June 22

Alberger, William C. 1905, August 17

Albert, J. B. 1920, May 13

Albert, John 1908, January 2; 1910, August 18

Albertson, J. M. 1904, February 25

Albertson, J. V. 1886, December 30

Albin, William E. 1913, July 24

Alden, L. E. 1903, May 7

Alderman, Ira K. 1908, February 20; 1909, December 9

Alderson, R. H. 1901, January 17

Aldrich, Hosea C. 1884, July 31

Aldrich, M. B. 1900, September 20

Aldrich, M. G. 1884, November 13

Aldrich, S. W. 1886, January 21

Aldrich, Thomas M. 1904, October 20, December 22; 1905, December 28

Alexander, A. J. 1905, December 21

Alexander, Bates 1889, December 12

Alexander, Edward Porter 1881, October 15; 1902, April 3; 1903, January 8

Alexander, J. S., 1887 May 5

Alexander, John, 1888 February 23

Alexander, Joseph M. 1890, July 31

Alexander, N. A., 1884 February 28

Alexander, Robert W. 1904, October 27; 1923, September 27

Alexander, Thomas P. 1901, June 27

Algoe, John 1886, October 28; 1887, April 14; 1888, May 10

Alland, N. 1895, March 21

Allee, W. F. 1917, January 25

Allen, Alfred 1922, November 2; 1923, March 8

Allen, C. R. 1903, August 27; 1906, February 15

Allen, Daniel M. 1895, February 14, May 16; 1905, December 21; 1931, October 29

Allen, David 1886, October 14; 1895, July 11; 1904, May 26; 1905, November 30; 1927, January 6

Allen, David S. 1916, August 24

Allen, E. 1909, December 23

Allen, E. L. 1886, October 7

Allen, Francis B. 1914, April 9

Allen, G. 1898, April 21

Allen, George A. 1889, November 14

Allen, George H. 1886, March 11, August 19

Allen, H. A. 1924, September 25; 1925, July 23, August 13; 1926, November 18; 1935, May 16, 23

Allen, H. R. 1905, December 28; 1911, January 19

Allen, J. B. 1925, May 28

Allen, J. H. 1911, April 27, October 26

Allen, James 1901, January 3, May 2

Allen, James A. 1894, November 22

Allen, John 1896, October 15

Allen, John H. 1926, February 18; 1927, March 17

Allen, Joseph R. 1931, September 10

Allen, L. G. 1886, July 29

Allen, L. J. 1886, September 9, December 16

Allen, L. Y. 1886, August 12

Allen, R. W. 1890, April 17

Allen, S. C. 1884, July 24

Allen, Theodore F. 1885, March 19; 1898, April 7, October 13, 27, December...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Where to Find The National Tribune
• Abbreviations
• Subject Index
• Author Index
• Unit Index
• Units as Sources Index
• Compiler’s Biography