The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1888-11-15
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.

T.. D. Immell, Battery A, LIST Mo- l. A., Wash
ington, Mo-, replying to w. w. Du Tour, 1909
North Sixth street, st. Louis, Mo-, says The
only promotions from Totten's Battery f, ID
U. S. Art, for services at Wilson's Creek,
Mo-, Aug. 10. 1861 were Robert Armstrong,
Sergeant, Gustav Day. Sergeant, Albert Wasch-
mann, Corporal and the writer, Corporal. The
comrade must refer to Armstrong, as l cannot
recall any Montgomery as having been q men,
Der of the battery. Armstrong resigned as
Second Lieutenant Co. E, LIST No. L. A., in April,
1868, and organized a party of II men in ST.
Louis, No. TO go gold hunting in Arizona, and
to my knowledge never was heard from; prob
ably killed by Indians. The other Sergeants
were Mahoney, Dulkewitz and Hudson"
w. L. Lacewell, Co. A, 18th Tenn. Med Inf,
Charleston, Tenn. says there is grave of a
Union soldier near his home who belonged to
Sherman's army, who died when Sherman came
to the relief of Burnside in Knoxville, Tenn,
some time about Dec. l. 1863. If the friends of
said soldier will furnish a tombstone and send
it to him, with the freight paid, he will place it
at the grave free of all charge.
Henry Norton, Norwich, n. Y, is writing q
history of the Sth n. Y. Cav, and desires the
names of all comrades of his regiment who are
drawing pensions to send their names and
postofice addresses, their rank, and any other
matters connected with their history, which
will be of interest to all the old boys.
John Eschback. Co. K, 18th Ohio, Yandslia,
o., wants the address of Capt. Horatio S. Cos
grove, of his company When last heard from
he lived in New York city
J. Lockwood, 1l9 North Fifth St, Keokuk,
Iowa, asks some of the many readers OF THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE to inform an old and Grip
pied comrade where to find good location for
restaurant and lunch house.
II. II. Harker, Circleville, Kan. desires the
whereabouts of John e. and Joseph Nelson,
who left Circleville about II years ago. He
thinks they are somewhere in Oregon or on the
Pacific Coast
James NJ McGee, Shawmont Philadelphia,
Pa. would like any comrade who knew a sol
der named Geo. W. Kirkner to furnish him
information regarding him. He was Penn
sylvanian, from Chester County, and migrated
to Ohio some time in 1857, where he resided in
| the neighborhood of Cincinnati. 1t is believed
that he enlisted in an Ohio regiment and per-
ished in the service.
The widow of William G. Marling, Greenville,
| o., requests any comrade who served with her
husband in Co. c. 10Th Ohio, and who knew of
| his sickness in hospital with the measles and
of his relapse, to communicate with her, as she
is endeavoring to secure q pension. She would
be very much pleased to hear from Comrades
Thomas Sigman and VIM. BuShfed.
| Mrs. c. A. Foster, Waverly, Iowa. says if the
| lady who wished to hear from some members
of the 1st Neb will send her address, she viii
inform her of several
Robert Reynolds, st. Joseph, Mo-, says one
Joseph Carson enlisted in the ID Iowa at st.
Joseph, No. and was discharged on account of
disability at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn, since
which time he has not been heard from. Any
comrade who can give any information Of his
whereabouts or fate will confer favor.
Mrs. Georgia Josephine Jackson, 9I6 North
| Twenty-fifth avenue Omaha, Neb., says: We
are readers of your valuable paper, and think
n frian1 tO tba SnIAior Nv huEhanH
was one of the boys in blue who had no sub
stitutes having enlisted at an early age in Co.
H. I'd III. Cav, and served nearly three years.
He is now trying to establish q claim for q
horse lost in the Summer of 1868 while in camp
at New Orleans, La, and he would like to hear
from any of his comrades who knew anything
of the occurrence Would like the address of
Burnett Hill, Co. II, I'd III. Cav When last
heard from he was in Portland, Ore. Would
also like the address of Joseph DodsOn, late of a
Colorado regiment, who was stationed at Lex
ington, Mo-, during the Summer of 1868. When
last heard from he was at Independence Me.
Lest aud Found.
George D. Keller No. 8, Chapple street,
| South Norwalk Conn.,, has Testament that
he picked up ON the battlefield in front of Pc
| tersburg, Va on the 23d of June, 1864, marked
on the iyleaf Eugene H. Comestocks book.
Presented by the Chaplain of the 18th Conn. at
Portsmouth, Va. Sept 81, 1865" Mr.. Come
stock was supposed to have been killed in bat
tie. He enlisted from old Lyme, Conn, Nov.
| IA 1861, and re-enlisted as q veteran Dec. Is,
1868 He (Keeler) would be glad to return the
same to any of Comestocks friends
Thomas Foley, Co. K, SD n. Y. Birds
Point Mo-, lost his discharge about eight years
ago. tie tried to obtain duplicate from the
War Department, but as he cannot find two
men who know him to be the person he repre-
sents himself to be, he did not succeed. If any
of his comrades see this, they will confer favor
by writing to him; or, better still, any comrade
who may have found his original papers, he
hopes will forward them
Louis Adams, care of Southern Railway News
Co, Evansville & Terre Haute Depot, Evans
vile, Ind, found a badge or medal belonging
to Joshua K. Devices, Co K, 18th VIVA, which
was presented by the State of West Virginia.
which he will gladly return to the owner upon
application, as he is sure it is highly priced by
Comrade Devices, if living, or his family should
he BIO dead.