The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-06-06
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades ali Along the
Line.
Infnrmntion Asked AMID Giren.

Information Asked and Given.
Mrs Marie E. Dilser, Eureka Springs, Ark,
is very anxious to ascertain in what company
and regiment John Stemmler served. Com
rade Stemmler was born in Ohio.
Mrs. Hannah Cunningham, Tffin, o., wishes
to know the whereabouts of her son, George
Zimmerman, who enlisted in Co. L, 9th Kan.
Cav, in 1868, at Fort Leavenworth.
George LAUDER, Wilmington, o., would like
information of valise containing among
other things his discharge, a commission as
Second Lieutenant and commission as First
Lieutenant in the 106th Ohio, one muster-in
roll, and First Sergeant's warrant. The valise
was lost near the depot at Richmond, Ind, IN
1869 He will pay 500 for its return.
Catharine Whitney, Fredonia n. Y, wants
information of her late husband George Whit
ney who enlisted in the I'D n. Y, and was
transferred to the 9th N. Y. Flying Art. His
comrades nicknamed him SANDY" At one
time during his service his horse fell upon him,
injuring him so that he never recovered.
William Simmons, 1892 Wharton street,
Philadelphia, Pa, wants information of George
Lawrence, marine, who served on board the
sloop-o of war Hartford. He belonged in Hi
nois, where his father was a prominent physi-
clan, and where young Lawrence was farming
when last heard from.
j. s. Elmore, 22d Iowa. Burlington, Iowa.
would like the address of Harrison Martin,
who was shot in the hand at Camp Straggler,
near Springfield, Mo-, in February, 1868, and
taken to a hospital in the vicinity of the city,
where the amputation of some of his fingers
was necessary.
John ]. Draper, Vandaia, Iowa, would like
to know to what command Capt. C. j. Bell be-
longed also his address. He was Post Com
mander at Keokuk Iowa, during the war.
George F. Wright, ITO Columbia avenue,
n NJ
gard to NJ. G. MeLain, who enlisted at Indian
apolis, and was stationed at Camden Street
Hospital, Baltimore.
Mrs. H. c. Shoultz, Valley Springs, South
Dak., wants information from some comrade
who went down the river from Fort Smelling to
Winona with her husband, Fred Shoultz, on
July 81 or %, 1865, and staid all night at
Winona, Shoultz being sick with measles at that
time; also the name and address of the man
who was Post Surgeon of Fort Ridgly, Mimi,
in the Winter of 1864, '65.
w. ID. Whiteman, 10 Susquehanna street,
Wilkes Barre, Pa would be pleased to CORE
spOnd with Capt. James E. Cook or any men,
bers of Co. d, 18th Pa. Cav, who were acquaint-
ed with Harry P. Whiteman, in said company
as blacksmith.
P. A. Edwards (care of Mrs. George West,
Springwater n. ", says: eff there is
any soldier who remembers John Lennox,
transferred to Co. d in 1864; captured July
"a, 1864 and discharged May ii, 1885, he will
confer great favor by addressing A. Edwards
as above"
Isaiah Nixon, Co. D, I'd w. Cav, st. Charles,
Iowa, wants to know if any of the boys of his
company remember his being captured, with his
own horse, at Uniontown, w. Va.
Z. I. Lee, 41st H., Monticello, Ill.,, wishes to
inform the comrades of the 4Ist III. that all
those who have not received copy of the ros-
ter and sketch of the regiment can get copy
by addressing him.
Thomas Glasgow, Co. A, 10th Pa, Houtz
dale, Pa, desires to learn the whereabouts oil
DR.. George Byers, who had chargeof the hos
pital at York, Pa, Ward z. If living, and any
comrade knows anything about him, will con
fer great favor by addressing me at HoutZ
dale, Pa; his evidence being wanted in pen
sion claim.
Big Families.
A. ]. Bobo, I'd w. Va. Cav, Golightly, Ala.
was married in 1867, and has raised six boy
and three girls.
| A. V. Tabor, Potensville No., had nine chill
/ dren, all born before the war, and has now 5
! grand children, born since the war, four other
/ having died.
w C. Ralston, Co. D, 1O2d Ohio. Belvidere
Tenn, was married in 1871, and has three boy
and four girls
Charles Wygant, Co. I, 18th Pa, Blooming
Valley, Pa, was married in 1866, and is til,
father of 10 children.
Walter S. Campbell Co. K, 18th Ind, Taylor
| Neb., was married in 1864, and has been tn,
father of 10 children, one of whom has died
A. w. Lake, Co. b, Sth Ind, Wichita, Kan.
since the war has had IL children, six of whom
now live.
P. NJ. Neubury, Co. A. 2sth Mich, Leroy
Mich, has raised eight children-fve boys AM
| three girls.
William A. Fleming, Cos NJ and F, 14th Pa
| Cav, Atwood, Pa, was married in 1866 and
has raised six boys and two girls.
James r. Carey, Milton, DEL, has been mar
ried 20 years, and has had seven children, on
! of whom has died.
John H. Ware, Co. E, I'd Mo. S. NJ oday
Mo-, has been married twice, and had 81 chill
/ dren.
| Alex. Neff, Co. E, 9th n Y. II. A., Richfield
/ n. Y, was married in 1862 aud has been til
father of nine children, seven of whom are nov
living.
Corrections and Criticisms.
| Solomon Ogden, Corinth, N Y, in referring
| to an article in a recent issue by Conrad
| Nichols about hot and cold battles, says he per
] fectly agrees with the comrade that Thatcher
| Run was a cold fight, as he was there Til
writer served all through the campaign, AM
lost part of a finger by musket-ball i'll TIL
| Wilderness.
Jacob Fisher, Heniker, Mo-, says that in
recent issue his service was stated as the 11Itl
Mo-, when it should have been 18th Mo.
o. Gum, Co. E, goth Ohio, Vermontvilie
Mich, says that Comrade Simpson, 14th Ind
is way off" in his criticism of Capehart's &C
count of the Shenandoah campaign. Tn
writer says the comrade treats with ineredul
ity the idea that any other regiment than tht
14th Ind. charged the stone wall The fact
briefly stated are as follows: About p. m. Ty
ler's Brigade marched up the pike within
range of the rebel bullets, filed off to th,
right and formed in close columns of division
on the crest of the hill in the open wood which
extended before and beyond the stone wall
The brigade was formed in this order: I'll
Ohio in front, part of the 9Th Ohio, the 66tl
Ohio, with the 29th Ohio in the rear. AS sooI
as the column was formed the order to charg
was given, and the brigade started forward
with yell. When within 100 yards of thu
enemy they received murderous fire, but KEEP
on, captured the coveted place and held it.
G. Frank Waldron, Goth Ohio, Welaka Fla.
says that after the battle Of Winchester hi
command moved down the Valley more or les
every day. At Mount jackson they found TIN
cars and lumber fired the bridge burned ant
the enemy occupying Rood's Hill, a mile from
the bridge. The writer's brigade was sent t.