The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-05-30
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.

IN the care OF the commander OF the posi- at
Fayetteville. VIVA May g. 1864
John Sutphin, Sd n. Y. Cav, Box 1877, Brock
port, n. Y, wants the addresses of Matt III.
Ellis and Warren =. Edgerton He is informed
that the address of Gen. Isaac Il. Sherwood is
Toledo, O.-EDIToR.]
Daniel Trowbridge, Jenningsville, Pa, wants
the names aud addresses of the members Of Co.
L. 9th Pa. Cav, who served i'll that regiment
in 1864 and 1865
Sidney f. Sanborn, Co. C, SD N. Y, San
bornton, N H., wants the addresses of Capt.
Henry Scott, Lieut.. Chas Fox, Serg'ts Palmer
and Ellis, Corp'l VIM. G. Wild, or Privates Geo.
Hatzel and Patrick Mcdonald, all of Co. c, sd
Ny. Will not some comrade send him postal
card with the address of any one of Co. who
might have seen him sick at Camp Leslie, S. |.
He has been seeking these addresses since 1865.
George Nester Evansville, Ind, wishes to
know whether Billy Pffer, 18th H., is living
He would like to see copy of his poem, "The
Retreat from Sabine Crossroads" 1t began
thus:
1t was on the 9Th of April, 1864,
day to be remembered by the Thirteenth Army
Corps.
Mrs. Alice G. Rsley, nee Farmer West Plains,
Mo-, wants the addresses of B. <. Hotter, SD
Ohio; George w. Wheeler, 10Th N. Y; Henry
Merwin, 18th Conn.,; DIR. Avery, of the ST. Louis;
DR.. Bockee, of the Marine and DR.. Conner of
the University Hospital, New Orleans, in
| 1926.
Wanted-The address of anyone who knew
Hugh Frazer, Sergeant Major, 18th u S. Inf,
while he was detailed as clerk at the headquar-
tiers of Gen. Hancock, Washington, d. c., be-
fore or after his discharge in April, 1873. Adj
Dress J. I'll. E. Whitney, 81 East Twentieth
street. New York.
John D. Shrigley, Co. NJ, 9th Ohio Cav,
! Grigsby, Kan, would like the addresses of all
the officers and privates of his regiment.
Henry Miller, Co. d, 190th Pa, New King
II r L
| comrades are living who were in Salisbury
/ Prison from Oct. 8, 1864, until Feb. %, 1865;
especially those of the sixth division, second
squad.
Daniel A. Proctor, Fingal,, Kan wishes the
| addresses of the following members of the 4th
Wis. Cav: VIM. Sweet Co. E, and Geo. Turner,
| o. K. Eaton, ODE Driscoll, Peter Hunter, Hig-
hey, Noble Moses, Goodenough, John d. Rouse,
Serg't Fish, Geo. Summers, E. Goodrich, all of
Co. A. He wishes to correspond with them in
regard to testimony to complete his claim.
Hezekiah Williams Henderson, Mo-, wants
the addresses of the following members of Co.
J., 1st u. S. Cav: Capt VIM. Meyer, Col. VIM.
?. Moore, Frank Henning, all formerly of Co
! lumbia, Ill., Adam Coole, Charles Shoe Eugene
Stocking, Searg Connor, Charles Moore trans
ferred to 49th Ohio, all formerly of Ohio.
Big Families.
Robert Bogal, 144th Ind, Fredericksburg,
Ind, was married in 1869, and has raised IL
| children.
CIV. Damran, Co. C, doth ILL.,, Hanly Grove,
Tex, has raised 10 children.
w. E. Tinker, Co. d, Sd Mo- Cav, Gypsum
City, Kan, was married in 1865. and has now
six boys and one girl.
F. r. Ker, Co. c. 18th Pa. New Bethlehem,
Pa, was married in September, 1866 and has
10 boys and four girls.
w. r. Gabbard, Co. E, 47th KY, Cass, Ark,
married in 1868, on the last day of the year.
He has six boys and three girls.
W. NJ. Lynch, Co. L, 9TH Iowa Cav, Monte
rey, Iowa, married in 1865, and has seven chill
dren.
VIM B. Thomas, Co. D, Both N Y, Bellaire,
Mich, was married in 1862 and has Is chill
dren-six boys and seven girls.
Morgan B. Wilson, Co. E, 14th Pa. Cav,
Blanchard, Iowa, was married in 1867, and has
raised nine children.
John II. Jordan, 1st N. n ii. A., Columbia,
N. j., was married 81 years ago, and now has a
family of IL girls and two boys.
L. G. Crane Co. III, Harris's Light Cavalry,
and Co. A. 10Th Ind. Kidderville, Kan, has
been married since 1867, and has raised nine
children.
w. C. Hill, Co. B. 1st Tenn, Park Oak
Springs, Tenn, has IA children-nine boys and
five girls.
Leonard Reed, Co. B, LIST n Y. Dragons,
Bear Lake. Mich. was married in 1866, and has
raised 10 children.
Michael Dunn, 103d Ohio, Bear Lake. Mich,
has two boys and four girls.
N. c. Stevenson, Co. G., 4th Pa. Cav, Mount
Chestnut, Pa, was married Oct. %, 1868, and
has seven boys and five girls.
Personal.
s. J. Watts, Co. C., 9th Ky. Cav, Pineville,
KY, was taken prisoner near Tuscaloosa Ala,
April 6, 1865, and discharged on the 10Th OF
that month and sent on board the Inflated
Sultana. When that boat was blown up he
was badly scalded, but managed to escape to
the shore.
H. A. Loomis, North Adams, Mass, thinks
he is entitled to be classed among the u1gest
soldiers, as he enlisted in Co. III, 9th Mass,
when but II years of age.
James Farley, Ohio Soldiers and Sailors
Home, Sandusky Ohio, served from 1862 to
1865 on board the steamer Wachusetts, and
was then transferred to the United States
Monitor Passaic. He wants the address of any
of the foregoing ships crews.
C. Dunbar, Cd n. Y. MID Rifles, Goldsboro,
N c., was wounded at City Point Va. and
sent to the Fair Grounds Hospital. He would
like to hear from any of his old comrades who
were at that place.
c. II. Mccullough, National Military Home,
|, Leavenworth, Kan, claims to be one of the
Youngest soldiers He enlisted in Co. B, 18th
Iowa, when but II years old. and served three
years and seven months until he was confined
in the rebel prisons at Andersonville and Flor
ence. He would like to hear from his old COM
rades.
James F. Castle, Sergeant, Co. D, 14th KY,
Monte Vista, Colo, captured in the Spring
OF 1868 while on detached duty in East Ten
nessesaapd confined in Andersonville, Charles
ton kodsboro.
E. WKennedy Drummer Boy, Co. B, 47th
Ind, Nelson, Neb., says he served four years
and 60 days-from 1861 to 1865-without miss.
, ing days duty or meal.
Berry Reynolds Co. e, 9th Tenn, Sale Creek
] Tenn, was one of the loyal Tennesseeans whom
the Johnnies would not let alone. He and q
; number of others were piloted across the Cum
) berland Mountains by an old man named Card
and Joined the Union troops at Barboursville
, KY. He served three years and was mustered
out at Nashville, April s. 1865.
IF David Dixon, Second Lieutenant of Co. I
28th H., or any of his friends, will send THEN
address TO Frees & Montgomery, Ong, Neb.
f they will hear of something surprising and tt
their advantage
r Corrections and Criticisms.
F. Nichols, Co. A, 1st battalion, Pioneer Bri
gade, Pingree, Dak says that at the time the
troops crossed at the foot of Mission Ridge, Nov
9 81 1863 he was a member of the Pioneer Corps
! aud that the troops commenced to cross on tn,
Z pontoon boats the pontoon bridge not being
I laid until after 2 o'clock in the afternoon.
|. John w. Mccullough. Co. b, 9th Md, Colora
: Nd, was a member of Gen. AIilroy's command
L and was very glad to see the article by Lieut.
Powell, of the 1st w. Va, defending the Gen
erals action at Winchester. He is pleased Il
o see iustice done to that gallant soldier even q