The National tribune., 1889-02-28
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.


Rev. George E. Fuller, AIgona, Iowa, would
like to know the name of the comrade from
Minnesota who was in Salisbury Prison in the
Spring of 1862 and so kindly cared for the
writer while there. The eomrade referred to
was detailed as a steward in the hospital de-
partment, and gave Comrade Fuller quarters
over the kitchen, where the mush was made
for the sick. This was in violation of the rebel
Sergeants ORDERS which were that Fuller
should go over to the old building, where there
were I, 400 Union prisoners.
| William Hitsing, Edgerton, OAK SAYS that
he and his brother Charles would be glad to
receive any information of the service of their
father, William Hitsing, ST., who enlisted at
! Cleveland, o., in some Ohio regiment at the
outbreak of the war. The name of his Captain
! was Zimmerman. Their father died about 18
| years ago of consumption.
Lewis Montgomery. Co. B, Sd Ohio, Halsvile,
! O., would like the address of the four ex- Con-
| federate soldiers, or any enc of them, who car
! ried him off the battlefield of Gettysburg on
the third day of the fight. He was lying about
half mile southwest of Gettysburg and very
near the Confederate line of battle The four
men had been carrying the Confederate wound
ed to the fences and fixing canvas over them
as a shade from the sun.
! M. S. Hill had half brother by the name of
Albert Hill, who enlisted in an Iowa regiment;
was raised near Bolivar, o., and has not been
! seen by the writer since he was a small boy
! He would be about 40 years old if living. Any
! information from comrades would be thank
| fully received,
John Aughey, Mountain Top, Pa, says that
decision has been recently rendered by Capt
/ Thomas McKee, Washington, d. c., President
of the ex-Prisoners Of War, which will be of
/ interest to many old soldiers The writer was
! incarcerated in the rebel prison at Tupelo,
| Miss, as q Southern Unionist, but succeeded in
escaping three days before the day fixed for
! his execution; afterWard entering the Federal
service as Chaplain and serving until the close
of the war Capt. Mckee states that Comrade
Aughey is eligible to membership in the asso-
citation, This reverses the decisions rendered
! by many State and local associations.
G. M. Wade, Butler, Mich, would like the
name and address of a man who was lands
man on the gunboat Ozark in the Winter of
1864, IS, and went by the name of Ironsides';
| also the address of Engineer Youngs, or of any
other soldier that was on the starboard quar-
ter forward of the gunboat Ozark in 1864, 65,
| who knew the writer.
Patrick Mcbride, Goth H., Pontiac, Ill,
wishes the addresses of the officers or some of
the comrades of the two companies of the Goth
Ill. who went from Camp Douglas, in Chicago,
to Vicksburg with exchange prisoners, and
! who remember the train running of the track
! near Centralia, III.
Corrections and Criticisms.
teenth Corps, objects very decidedly to the
| Fourteenth Corps claiming the capture of Fay
| ettville, N G. He says that the foragers of his
| division were in possession of that town long
| before the adyance-gHard of the Fourteenth
Corps approached, and several of these foragers
were captured and killed in the streets of that
city by the enemy. The bummers then
ganized, made a charge and drove the rebels
from the town, and had complete possession of
it when the advance-guard of the Fourteenth
Corps came in sight. He thinks some people
want the EARTH but these people can never
claim this capture truthfully.
j. d. Masters, 25th Ohio Buckley, Neb, says
that Comrade Russell, in his account of the
battle of Franklin, failed to mention the fact
that Opdyclle's Tigers (I25th Ohio took part
In that battle. The regiment was lying in re-
serve, but when the rebels charged the 1SSth
| n. 7. and commenced to drive that regiment
by their overwhelming numbers, the Tigers
rushed forward and forced the enemy back.
Lost and Found.
a. L. Ladd, 9th KY. Cav and 18th Ill.,, Villa
Grove, ILL.,, found the discharge of VIM. Moran,
Go. T, 22d KY, in Baton Rouge, La, in 1865.
NJ. NJ. Murphy, Mount Vernon, O., found,
| slowed away in an old Office, and now has, the
certificates of thanks ordered by A. Lincoln to
the 100-days men for Co.'S /, D, E and G., 142d
Ohio, and Co. K, 144th Ohio, which he will be
glad to send to the men entitled to them upon
receipt OF five cents to pay for postage, wrapper,
etc.
John W. Thomas, Co. G, 41st Ind, Box 152,
Dorchester, Neb., found badge near Chatta-
| nooga Tenn, after the battle at that place. 1t
is of solid silver, and about as thick as quar-
ter of dollar 1t has engraved on the face,
IS. F. d. Desoto. g."
j. A. Wear President, West Virginia Asso-
citation of Veterans of Nebraska, Grand Island,
Neb has the discharge of Patrick White, 4th
| u. S., given at Fort Laramie Wv T.
+. ID. Carpenter, Homer n. Y, has the dis
charge of Joseph Krank, Co. K, 46th N. Y.
A. ]. Barter, TIA West Indiana street, Chi
cago, I'LL, has the discharge of Robert CAIN Co.
E, Goth H.
B. F. Croasdale, Little Sioux, Iowa. while at
the hospital in Frederick City, Md, after the
battle of Antietam, left with Sister of Charity
a small New Testament, marked on the fy-leaf,
Benjamin f. Croasdale." On the margin of
the leaf, written in pencil, was a roster of the
members of Co. c, Sd Pa. Reserves. When the
| writer was transferred to the hospital in Phil
adelphia, in February, 1868, he neglected to
ask for his Testament. He also lost at Harri-
sons Landing, Va, in 1862, a pocket diary
| with his name in it. Any information of these
articles will be gladly received.
j. 5. Sheridan, Columbia, Oak, says that in
the Fall of 1883 his wife found medal in Co
| lumbia, which evidently belonged to one of the
Massachusetts, soldiers who were mobbed in
Baltimore i'll April, 1861. On the face is
shield, upon which is inscribed: " First in the
field, and on the bar above, Duct amor patriae"
On the reverse there is a wreath, around which
appears: Baltimore, 18th of April, 1861" The
writer would be glad to return it to its owner
Correspondence.
soldier who served his country well in her
time of peril would like to correspond with
lady not more than 40 years old with view
to matrimony, A soldiers widow preferred.
Address A. B. c., Senate Chamber, Boston,
Mass.
S. ]. Hall. Co. F. 4th Tenn. Cav, Lusk, H.,
wonders if all the comrades of his regiment
are dead. He would like to correspond with
some of them.
D. w. Howe Sergeant, Co. f, 1st Mass Fl. A.,
239 Rust street Chicago, HI, would like to
know what has become of ali the old COM
rades of his regiment He would be pleased
to have some of them write to him.
Personal.
James Gill, 4Sd u. S., Moscow, Idaho. was
wounded in the head at Malvern Hill, July l,
1862, and is reported on the rolls as deserving.
He does not remember how he got off the field,
but has been told that Frank Ellis, of the 9th
u. S. Cav, and Con Collins, of Capt Wade's
battery, 5th U. S. Art, helped him. He is very
DESTROYS of hearing from these comrades
G. ii. Hornbeck, Wichita, Kan, enlisted in
August, 1864, and was Immediately sent to