The National tribune., 1889-06-13
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades Ali Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.

JleVllle. Afk., says JLaG ne lives III u uHe sec
ton, and is willing to give the boys any infor-
nation in regard to its desirablity as a settling
place if they will inclose stamps.
SiaS Truss Co. B, 47th H., Box 271 Wa
bash, Ind, would like the address of E. II.
Funston, who was First Lieutenant of the
I'd Ohio battery and Acting Ordnance Officer
under Gen. Maginns on the Red River expe-
dition. The writer was guard under the
Lieutenant.
George P Trowbridge, Co. E, goth H., Jo-
liet Ill., wants the address of L. A. COlyin, Co.
f, SD ILL.,
James Crumley 76 Stone St, Rochester, N
Y, had brother-in-law named James Rod
gers who enlisted in the Union army in 1862
His wife heard from him by letter in 1863, but
never since. His wife and four children are
now living. His regiment is not known. Any
information will be thankfully received.
j. E. Snow, Winfield, Kan, wants the ad-
dress of any private or commissioned officer OF
Co. d, Sd Iowa Cav, who knew John Thomas,
a member of said company.
Joseph Mcclure Co. E, 38th H., QuenemO,
Kan, would like to know if any members of
JEFF G. Davis's Division, of the Twentieth
Corps, have forgotten the expedition to Frank
lin in 1868; also to know the object of that
expedition. He will never forget how it rain
ed, and everybody got stuck i'll the mud, and
the way they ran in Steadman's pickets at
Triune.
A. F. Wildasin. Co. E. 1st Ohio Cav, Cass-
town, o., says that Mrs. Rebecca Fitzpatrick
would like to know if any of the boys can tell
her where her husband was buried. All she
ever heard from him after he left home for the
war, was by reading an article in a newspaper,
which said that Joseph Fitzpatrick, Co. B, 44th
Ind, was wounded at DonelsOn, taken to the
hospital at Mound City, and afterwards re-
moved to the steamer City of Memphis, on
board of which he died Feb %, 1862.
A. NJ. Stout, Colonel, 18th KY, in answer to
an inquirrregarding the 18th KY, says that
he lives in Chicago at No. 25 Mccormick Block,
and is in communication with all the comrades
of that regiment and would be glad to give
any information concerning them that he can
l.. E. Johnson, Co. A, 9Th Mich. Cav, Shell
by, No. says his son, Claude, aged H. left his
home May 20. He is about five and half feet
in hight, has dark complexion, black hair
inclined to be curly, and brown eyes. 1t is
supposed that he is trying to reach Michigan.
Any information concerning him will be CRATE
fully received.
Frank X Daily, Sorrento, Cal, announces
the death of Comrade B. L. Fletcher. He be-
longed to some Maine regiment, and was buried
by Hentleman Post, No. SO, which Post now
wants the address of his wife, Nancy, who is
living somewhere in Maine The comrade left
some real estate in that section.
Charles A. Dean, Surgeon, I'd La, Baton
Rouge, La has a list of 81 officers and enlisted
men who were at Pleasant Hill, La, April Q,
1864, and who were sent by him from Derusha
Hospital at Grand Ecore by the Steamer Laurel
Hill to New Orleans. These men belonged to
different regiments. The writer will furnish
copy of the list to whomsoever it will benefit.
j. A. Transue, Paradise Valley, Pa, would
like to know how much time was actually spent
in fighting from 1861 to 1865. During this
time there were upwards of $500 battles and
skirmishes, not including those fought on the
seas He would like to have some statistical
comrade calculate this.
J. II. Ostrom, Davenport Iowa, says that as
all the old soldiers seem to be anxious TO tell
what they did during the rebellion he will tell
what is going to be done on July at Dayen-
port. There is to be grand Reunion and cele-
bration and sham battle, representing charge
on Vieksburg. They would like to see all the
old coffee coolers" of that section present.
He thinks if Gen. Neal Dow, of Maine. could
be induced to write his prison experiences he
could tell more correct tale of rebel barbarity
than any other man living.
Corrections and Criticisms.
George F. Wiedman, Co. K, SD Ohio, Niles,
Mich, indorses Comrade Scott's motion for the
personnel of the Pension Committee of the 5fst
Congress. As Mr.. Townshend has lately died,
he thinks Col. ID. B. Henderson, of Iowa. would
be the proper man for his successor. He heard
Col Henderson speak during the recent CAM
paign at Niles, and was much pleased. With
Morrill, as Chairman of the Committee, Bur-
rows as Speaker of the House. Noble as Secre-
tary of the Interior, with Bussey as Assistant,
and Tanner as Commissioner of Pensions, and
Harrison as President. he thinks the soldiers
will have no cause to complain.
R.W.Wright, Co. b, 1st H., was glad to have
Comrade George S. Mckee, 101st Ohio, come to
the front and help him out of the delusion
under which he was laboring, as he could not
think what had become of the boys of the old
brigade He says that Comrade Mckee does
not give all the regiments which were at one
time or another in the First Brigade. First Di-
vision, Fourth Corps. They were the 21st and
3Sth H., Goth and 101st Ohio, 31st and S1st
Ind, 18th Wis and I'd Ky. The 10lst Ohio
and S1st Ind. did not join the brigade until
after it had done its hardest marching. The
writer would like to know where James Flint
and Isaac Miller, 101st Ohio, are now living.
]. NJ. Baker, Co. l, 1st N. Y. Dragons, Lake
Geneva, Wis, says that after reading the let
ter of Washington Marsh in the issue of May
%, he must remark that to his certain kncwl-
edge there were four regiments of New York
cavalry numbered lst-1st Cav, 1st Vet. Cav,
1st n. Y. Mt'd Rifles, and 1st n. Y. Dragons.
The last-named regiment is going to have a
Reunion at Milwaukee during the National
Encampment, when he hopes to meet all the
old Jack of Clubs +" men.
Elijah Wish, Co. K, 11th Pa. Res, Knoxdale
Pa, thinks that Lieut.. Bennett is little
off in his account regarding Round Top, July
2. The writer claims that Crawford's Division,
of the Fifth Corps, relieved Sykes Regulars
when they were overpowered and falling back
The enemy was pressing them very hard, but
Crawford came up just in time to save the posi-
tion The writer's regiment formed a line right
in front of the guns of Battery A, lst Ohio l.. A.
They charged and drove the enemy down the
hill to the stone fence at the foot of it, and held
that position throughout the day.
William Clowminger, Co. j., 14th n. Y. Cav,
New York City, thinks that Lieut.. A. II. G..
Jewett, 4th N. H., is incorrect when he states
that the colored troops were placed in the ex-
treme advance at Petersburg, and that they
rushed into the exploded mine first. The
writer was under the impression that the
white troops had that honor The First Di-
vision of the Ninth Corps Marshall's Brigade,
led by the 14th n. H., were the first in the
rebel works, and the colored troops did not
reach the place until several days later. He
does not mean in any way to impeach the
bravery of the colored troops.
James Harman, Lieutenant, Co. G, 10Th Pa,
2424 Pennsylvania avenue, Pittsburg, Pa, hav-
ing read an account of what our naval heroes
did at Fort Fisher, says that he must say that
| any person who was not at that place at the
time would certainly conclude from the state
ment of S. II. Munder, Ensign, U. S. N, that
the marines alone covered themselves with
glory; that the land forces must have stood
back and merely looked on. If such was the
case, why was Gen. Terry called and recog-
nized as the hero of Fort Fisher? While the
writer is perfectly willing to give credit where