The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-06-20
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades Ill Along the
Line.
information Asked and Given.

with the particulars of the death and burial of
Thomas p. Thompson, a Second Lieutenant in
that regiment. Lieut.. Thompson was killed
at the battle of Hanover c. H., Va, May q,
1862, and the probability is that his body lies
in the National Cemetery at fredericksburg
Robert Myers, 1921 st. Clair street, Cleve-
land, o., says that Thomas Morgan, Co. NJ Sd
Ohio Cav, has disappeared and left two little
girls. Their mother died about FIVE years ago
and the children have been taken care of by
their grandmother, who is very poor. If Nor
gan is dead the children must have pension.
and any information of him will be thankfully
received.
Mrs. ]. III. Irons, Glenwood Iowa, wishes the
addresses of Col. A. j. Smith; Wagonmaster
Reede who was at Fort Leavenworth in the
Spring of 1862; the name and address of the Sur
geon OF the 18th Ohio who attended Heman
Lyon in an old barn in the north part of Mos
COW, Tenn; of any of the teamsters who took
supplies from Memphis to Lagrange in May
and first part of June, 1862; of the five COM
rades who were made prisoners On the way,
and taken to Pennington, Miss.
George Kaufman, CO. K, 123d Pa, East Liv-
erpool, o., desires to learn the whereabouts of
Joseph Tunniclif, who enlisted in the 9Th Ohio
in 1861, at Cincinnati, and was discharged in
1864. When last heard of he was in the South.
If any comrade knows anything about him, he
will confer a great favor by addressing the
writer.
W. II. Peck, Co. F, 31st Iowa, Wyoming,
Iowa, in answer to John w. Cannon, Co. ID, Sd
Mo-, says that the First Division of the Eff
teenth Corps left Woodvilie Station, Ala, on
Sunday morning, May /, 1854, for the Atlanta
campaign.
DR.. Alex. F. Joseph, Osgood, Ind, late Assist
ant Surgeon of the 134th N. Y, would be pleased
to have the address of any soldier who was
with the regiment in February or March,
while in camp in Lookout Valley, Tenn, in
1864.
G. A. scholl, Adiutant, wants information of
Milton Jacoby Private, Co. F, 209tE Pa. Any
one knowing him will please address the writer
at Yeager Post. No. Is. Allentown, Pa.
w. H. II. Benefill, Florida, Ind, says he is
preparing a roster of the 18th Ind. Mid Inf,
| and in order to make it complete before the
next Reunion, desires the name, company and
address of every living comrade of the regi-
ment. He has a list of those who attended the
Reunion of Wilders Brigade at Greencastle,
also the Reunion at Anderson, Ind; conse-
quently it will not be necessary for those who
were at said Reunion to send in their names.
The next regimental Reunion will be at Frank
lin, Ind
d. q. Burleson, Clarinda, Iowa, wants the ad-
dress occupation and general health of all
comrades of Co. d, 18th Mich. He is getting
up morning report for the Reunion Aug. "a.
pense the comrades will receive by mail copy
of the report.
Fl. C. Griffith, Alma, Neb., would say to all
grandchildren of Joseph Griffith, of York
County, Pa, that they can hear of something
to their advantage in the settling of large
| estate in which they all have an interest, by
addressing him.
Wanted by J. w. Chaplin, Columbus Ohio
the names and addresses of the men or officers
of detachment of the Fourteenth Corps, which
was organized about the 1st of December 1864
at Nashville, of furloughed men and men from
hospitals.
Truman BANKER, La Grange No., would like
to know the whereabouts of Caleb S. Jeffries,
Co. f, Slst Ohio and Capt. 0zro j. Dodds, same
company.
Reuben II. Carter, Sheridan, Mich, would like
the address of any of his comrades of Co. A,
149th Pa. Buektails; also anyone who knew
| him at Annapolis Hospital in the Fall of 1864,
| while suffering with disability in the side
aud back.
Isaac S. Croft, Ephrats, Pa, wants the ad-
| dress of anyone who was in the barracks at
| Buffalo, n. Y, during the last of January or
first of February, 1865; also of anyone that
was in hospital at Fort Trumble, Conn, in the
| Spring of 1865.
| S. b. Terry, Independence, Mo-, wants all
| persons knowing the addresses of any ex-p ris-
oners of war from Cahaba or Meridian Prisons
to send them to him, to be printed in whole
| for distribution,
| Quincy ]. Drake, Brighton, N Y, would
| like to hear from either of three comrades who
| helped him out of the wreck of a collision at
| Little York. Pa, Jan. z, 1865, and afterwards
accompanied him to Rochester, n. Y. He wants
! pension evidence
Catharine F. Carpenter, Willow Hill, H.,
! wants information in regard to the death of
| her husband, Robert c. Carpenter, Co. K, 21st
| OF ttao IL VoI1
in Nashville in February, 1863. She has not
been able TO get her pension for want of direct
/ evidence as to the manner of his death.
Corrections and Criticisms.
| VIM. L. Patterson, 81 Loudon avenue, Balti-
more, Nd having seen that C. V. Valkenberg,
| in critcizing Comrades Young and Capehart,
asserts that the 111th Pa. broke and ran and
| fred into the Union troops, ETC., says that he,
| as one of the survivors of the 1I1th Pa, would
| like to know if that is a typographical error or
| the reckless statement of Valkenberg. At the
time he says that the regiment ran, and was
hunting for trees, rocks and knobs, the i11th
| Pa. was doing post duty in Baltimore, and did
not leave there until May "a. It's record after
that day is part of the history of the rebellion,
| aud there are enough survivors to defend its
/ honor against such reckless misstatements as
made by the comrade.
John McGrail, Quartermaster, u. S. S. Shaw
mutt, ~ Llppltt ST., providence, X. l., upon
| reading our open letter to Corp'l Tanner, thinks
that we fired well-directed broadside at the
soldier hating press. He believes it is in the
! power of the veterans to become st. Patricks
so to speak, and crush these venomous reptiles.
| He refers to these lo-American sheets, the
| New York Herald and Times, and papers of their
! ilk. He hopes to see THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE
| Pension Bill, or some other equity good measure
of benefit to the soldiers, pass the next Con-
gress.
BENZ. Beha Sd Mo-, First Division, Fifteenth
| Corps, has read so much about the battle of
Resaca that he would like to ask some of the
comrades if they saw the First Division Eff
teenth Corps, under Gen. Chas. Wood, take the
lead through an open field and capture two
little hills and fight until dark? Having seen
no mention of this incident, he would like to
have some of the comrades tell something of
that charge.
F. M. Thompson, NJ. D., I'd Ohio H. A., Sa-
mantha, o., says that in his article in the issue
of May 2, in speaking of the late Parson Brown
| low, the types made him use ridiculous ex-
preston, when they read He was then very
tieshy." 1t should have been "He was then
very feeble, so that l had to assist him."
Peter r. Cover, Co. ii, 18th Ill.,, Polo, Ill.,,
| thinks that A. w. Saint will be tired before he
proves by history that Buells army crossed
the river at Shiloh at o'clock on Sunday, for
the writer very well remembers that it was
nearly shutdown. Grants army at that time
had repulsed every effort to capture its last line
| of battle, and if Buell's army had remained at
| NaShvilIa Grant aod bis straoolarS xuouId hove