The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-08-01
A RANDOM SHOT.
A Comrade Gives his Views on Several subie,

A C0mTade Gives his Views on Several Subjects.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: would like
70 give a shot in the columns of the best friend
the old vets have in the United States. / pre-
sumo the boys win think / am using shot
gun and that il is double charged First. will
say. emphatically, without the fear OF successful
contradiction that ] did not attempt 10 take
or retake DE Grcss's battery, nor did plant
flag on Lookout Mountain; but / was some
where ia the South during the great excite
ment. Leastwise ! thoroughly made the &C.
quaintance Of Mr. q. b.
/ had letter from brother Of mine some
time ago, and, in speaking Of " Fighting Them
Over" he said il reminded him OF boy who
was firing his gun into the tree-t0ps after the
enemy was gone, aud when accosted he said,
They are still ia hearing, and am soaring
them" Perhaps some Of the comrades are only
shooting at the tree-tops.
As belonged to that arm Of the service which
was held in disesteem-the cavalry will not
make any claim TO spilling great quantities Of
blood; but VIII claim 10 have done consider
able riding aud Forging, as / went with Col.
Grierson from La Grange, Tenn, to Baton Rouge,
La, on five days rations, when it took IL days
70 make the excursion.
Now, want 10 say TO the comrades that In
1873 lost my valise at Wallace, Kan, which
contained my discharge from Co. A, 9th III.
Cav. If anyone can give me any information
Anab VIII TAU W tue ECIOFeTY Oh Ing DISCHARGE
aud tin-type picture OF a soldier boy, which
was in the yalise, / will reward them libcr-
ally.
When was young soldier. In tho Winter
Of 1861 and 1862, my regiment was encamped
at ShawneetowD, ILL.,, and there was an old can
non there that somebody used % FIRE morning
and evening. think the men who worked the
gun were detailed either from tho 9th Ill Cav.
or 56th III. Anyway, there was something
there that have for over 90 years thought
was grape-shot bat writer in The NATIONAL.
TRIBUNE tells me that have all these years
Rugged vain delusi0n 10 my breast. will
endcavOr to describe this thing and perhaps
said "sailOr and soldier" will be 90 kind az 10
tell me what it was There was q round plate
Of iron the size Of the gun-bore, with rod
/ through the middle, with three iron balls; then
ring, three more balls and another ring; three
more balls and another plate fastened by the
/ rod. Now, this being my recollection of the
animal, VIII some c0mrade who has handled
the big dogs Of war tell me what II was2
And now for another shot from my shotgun.
know IL has become a by-word that there is
always an Ohio man ready for every emergency.
/ ComIade X. J.. McCay, 20. g, i22d Ohio, Wood
Grove, o., wants the belt for the largest number
Of brothers in his company. He claims IA from
as many families, and says thrce.fourths re.
/ turned from the war Now comrade look a
leetle out" Go. A, 9th Ill. Cav, had, that
can now remember, 10 pairs Of brothers, be-
sides two threes and one Of five, from as many
different families, and do not think half OF
them served out their time. So there Is one
thing that the Suckers will contest with the
| Buckeyes.
saw piece recently from J. z. Tripp. Co.
A, 9th III. / intended 10 write TO him, but
have forgotten his address. There must be
some mistake in his communication, as helped
10 organize 20. A, 9th Ill. Cav, on the 3Ist OF
August, 1861, and was with il until December,
1854, and do not remember q Trip In the
company, and IT has always been my idea that
there was no 9th Ill. Inf VIII Comrade Triuu
write TO me if he sees his?-DAR. 4. EDWARDs
Box lS5, Rawlins, Wyo.