The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-06-27
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.

Information Asked and Given.
Mrs. VIM. Tirtlot, 20 Eddy street, San Fran
cisco, the wife of q comrade of the 105th ILL.,,
wishes to receive news from her husband, VIM.
M. Tirtlot.
ATTENTION, BOTH ILL.-In order to get up
roster of the surviving members of tho 80th
ILL.,, must have every living members name
in full, with his company aud his present z. o.
address. Please attend to this boys, with your
old time promptness. Address Thomas L. Alex
ander, Secretary, Co. f, S0th ILL.,, Sparta, Ill.
Jonathan Miller, Co. K, 9th Pa. Cav, Clay
Center, Kans., desires to know the whereabouts
of p. w. Denny and David Kenny, both of Co.
X, 9th Pa. Cav.
Mrs. Alfred Durham, 713 Twentieth street,
Washington, ID. c., would like to have some
one tell her in what company and regiment
her late husband, Alfred Durham, served dur
ing the war.
James Telfee, Co K, 9TH New York Cav,
Leadylle, Colo, desires the address of Lieut..
James Black, Lieut.. Thomas O'Keefe, and Capt
Riley Johnson, all of the 9Th New York Cav.
L. Burk, Soldiers Home, Leavenworth, Kan,
wants the address of Comrade Thomas q. Har
vey, First Sergeant, Co. F, I'd Ill. l.. A.
Gardner Wheeler. Orange, N. j., wants the
address of N Jones and Webster Heath, both Of
the 18th N. II.
Henry Duester Epson, Post No. 40, Seymour,
Conn, would like to have the address of any
member of Ricketts, Battery, LIST U. s. Art.
II. Lyons, 642 A street northeast, Washington,
| ID. c., wants the address of the members of the
| 102d N. Y who were stationed at Fort Monroe
in 1862 and saw the accident on the bridge at
| Hampton.
E. Il. Rnggold. Commander Post No. 1874.
| Chester, Pa, wishes to know whether John
| Warner Robinson was in the LIST u. s. c. L. or
| the 10th u. s. G. 7. Both regiments were
raised in Maryland. He does not know whether
| he enlisted under the name Of Warner or Rob-
inson, or both names
| p. s. Evans. Co. ID, 43d Ohio, East Liverpool.
| o., says his boy, Charles Evans, left his home
last January. He is Is years of age about four
and a half feet high, thick set, dark eyes, and
| slightly freckled. He was last heard of at Mu.
ser Bottom, Jackson Co, w. Va. His parents
are very anxious about him and would be
| grateful for any information.
George w. Bigler Sergeant, Co. B. S5th Pa,
| White Pine, w. Va. wishes to know if any OF
| the comrades of COUGHS Division remember a
man from Casey's Division coming back after
Casey was whipped. who was wounded in the
| hand and was halted in the road on the right
of the regiments Of the former division; the
officers made him fall back. If so. he would Like
to hear from them. The comFade does not
| state when or where this occurred.
Josef Smith. 100 Monroe street, New York
| city, wants information regarding George w.
Pratt, formerly Master in the United States
| Navy. Any comrade who can give his present
residence, or what has happened to Pratt, will
| confer favor.
Comments and Corrections.
Joseph A. Stuart, U. 8. s. Metacomet, thinks
that Comrade Thompson Is correct when he
claims that there was no monitor in Farraguts
fleet named kiekapoo. He finds that in Farra.
CUTS report of the fight in question he men
tons the Tecumseh, Manhattan. WinnebagC
and Chickasaw only. Comrade Thompson gives
| credit to the boat from the Hartford consOri
for saving II men from the sinking Tecumseh
Why could no not have mentioned the name
OF the vessel aud her commanding officer that
performed this feat? Surely the MetacOmet:
lanchs crew, under Acting Ensign Henry C.
Nilds, deserves some mention for their exer
tions at the time. Coxwain Jack Lee. and
his fighting boats crew will be apt to have
shindy with Comrade Thompson when they
meet him at Milwaukee.
/. NJ. Hurley, Battery A, 4th U. s. Art, Vet
erans' Home, Yountville, CAL, says he was glad
TO ace an article referring to Stewards battery
OBJ, of the 4th Art, aud wishes somebody 4
tell about cushings battery (Al. The write
kept diary during the war, but lost it at Get
tysburg, where all his battery officers, excep
one and number OF men and horses wer'
shot and only one servieeabIe gun was left
The writer also remembers the last words o
Lieut.. Cushing TO Gen. Webb, 81 will run thi
gun to the fence aud give them parting shot.
10 had hardly done this when no fell. sho
through both thighs. Not drawer man Tough
In the war for the Union.
+. b. Seaman, Co. A. Goth Ohio Severy Kan.
says his regiment was assigned to Shieldss Di
vision just after the fight at Kernstown, an,
Its first duty was 10 bury the dead of that bat
| tie. The regiment was in action Mt Port Re
public june 8, and supported Clark's battery
lie thinks DIR. Cgpehart Is mistaken when b.
says that Tyler gave the order 10 fall back, 70
il such order was given, his regiment did no
receive IL and when Capehart says that til
column moved to the road in good order b
errs again, as the movement was q genera
stampede.
WIS. Graham, Co. A, 10th Pa, La Junta
Colo, thinks Dr. Capehart's account Of Kerns
town a very good one. He believes that Ger
James Shields was tho only Union Genera
who whipped Jackson In a square fight. III
thinks that If the Government had hung som
of our Napoleons at the beginning of the wal
the struggle would not have lasted half tn
time 10 did.
James {. Connolly, Second Lieutenant, Co 7
list w. Va, Kausooth, w. Va, thinks DR.. Cape
harts description the best he has read, bu
, says he fails to give proper credit TO PORTO
of the troops engaged. Tho victory was nc
won by KimbaPs, sulivan's or Tylers Br
gade alone, but by all of them. If there Wa
any cowardice displayed by any regiment, til
writer was not aware OF 1t.
A. w. Saint, 36th Ind, Spiceland, Ind, col
roborates what Capt. =. S. Reeves, 23d Ky
says about Chap. w. ii. Black. His heroic cor
? duet while under fire in that battle was note
! by tho entire brigade, particularly during th
a last days fight, when Breckenridge made h
desperate charge on our left. The Chaplai
was utterly oblivious TO danger, and seemed /
be everywhere during the battle caring for oh
wounded. The writer would like to know
the Chaplain is alive.
+. Ellcott, Cothron's battery, Lockport,
Y, thinks Gen. Capehart is mistaken about oh
movement of Banks from Winchester to ioi
Mcclellan. He remembers that Gen. Bank
had not gone more than six miles towaT
Smithers's Gap when Jackson attacked Shield
aud the fighting lasted all day. and no order
TO return reached Banks until he was 90 mile
away. Concentrating. Banks arrived
Winchester the next morning.
Edward L. Wilcox. Co. q, 25th Ohio, VIZ
forage and wagonmaster under Gen. Miro
from the time they entered West Virginia unit
after the second battle of Ball Run, and was yer
glad TO sec Comrade Powell's article defendin
the Generals actions at Winchester.
ii. l.. Chapman, Co. +. i24th Ohio, Ridgevlll
Corners, o., wishes to say to those fellows thu
are Dragging of their largo families, that
thinks he can beat them all. He has been ma
, ried almost % years and has never had any chi
dren at all. Who can beat that2 Let's hef
from this side for q while, and give the bi
families q rest; also, wanted to know If an
comrade can give the address of Wesley