The National tribune., 1889-11-14
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Comments and Corrections.

Comments snd Corrections.
Dan w. Sedwick, Captain, Co. E, 102d H.,
address not giyen,) says the account by III. A.
Munger, 18th N. Y, in regard to the capture
of q battery at Resaca, 10 as near correct as any
account he has ever read and yet he is mis-
taken when he says "they did not enter the
fort" The writer says the First Brigade, Third
Division. Twentieth Corps, was formed in col
umn by regiments right in 'front.' thus: 10th
Ind, 102d ILL.,, 10Th Ohio, Tooth and 105th Ill.
The brigade charged up the hill, into the fort,
and part of it through the fort. When the
command to cease firing was given, a number of
the mon were between the fort and rebe works
some of them were killed several feet from
the former Most of the writer's company went
into it. The writer stood several minutes in
the fort on the side next the rebel works, rest
ing his right hand on an ammunition-box. AT
the same time Col. Harrison rested his left
hand on the same box. While standing there
ball from the rife of rebel sharpshooter
grazed Sedwick's face, slightly cutting the
skin, and Col. Harrison remarked that they
were calling for him. Sedwick turned toward
Harrison, when another ball cut through his
whiskers. Gen. W. L. Ward being wounded,
Col. Harrison assumed command of the bril-
gade. Soon after he left the fort someone yelled
that the order was to fall back, when the main
part of the brigade retired to tho foot Of the
hill, but enough staid near the redoubt to hold
the position. Toward evening the enemy made
an attempt to retake the battery but was un-
successful; and about 10 o'clock at night the
comrades were relieved by brigade of the
Second Division, Twentieth Corps, and moved
to the left.
@. B. Knowlton, 10th Ind, address not
given,) corroborates the statement that the
First Brigade, Third Division, Twentieth Corps
not only went into the fort, but number went
through the fort nearly to the rebel works.
Joshua Croft, Sergeant Co. NJ, 14th Pa. Cav,
Wa Keeney, Kan. read Comrade J. A. Browns
communication in regard to Col. Mosby. He
says his opinion still is that Mosby was an
arrant coward as we'll as most of bis men. His
command was made up chiefly Of desertersfr from
the Union army, who joined him for the pur-
pose of plumber and not for the good OF the So
called Confederacy. Mosby never attacked a
party unless he had the more men, and he I'M
doubtedly killed more Union soldiers than any
other regiment in the Southern service, for he
never took any prisoners to Richmond until
after Oct -, 1864. On Oct. IL Gen. Powell
marched his division through Chester Gap, and
on the next day captured one of Mosby's men
at blacksmith's shop on Flint Hill. who was
dressed in a new gray suit, and whose boots
came above his knees. He said he was MOsbys
Chaplain, but Gen. Powell thought that the
guerrilla did not have a Chaplain, and on the
morning Of the 18th he hung the prisoner from
the limb of q tree A notice was pinned on the
dead mans breast to the effect that if Mosby
did not stop executing Union soldiers, Powell
would retaliate. After that when the rebel
leader captured Unionists he sent them to
Richmond
Henry Beard, Co. D, 9lst ILL.,, streator, H.,
says that Dennis Spurrier, Battery L, LIST Ind.
ii. A., Is mistaken in regard to the explosion at
Mobile, which he says occurred juno 2, 1865.
The writer says the date should have been May
IL.
A. r. Fraser, Madison. Neb., contradicts the
Ctatement that Smith Young, Battery B, 4th
u. s. Art, was killed, as stated in the :" Story
of a Caunoueer." The Editor of THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE wishes TO state that " The
Connoneer is right in his assertion, as is borne
out in the Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers,
page 524, which states this: Smith Young,
Berren County Mich. detached iE Battery B,
4th u. s. Art, Sept. l2, 62; killed in action Sept.
H. 62, Antietam, Nd" Smith Young, from
the 9th Wis, was shot In the head; and Claus
or Nick Young, 10Th Ind, whom Comrade
Fraser claims We have COMPOUNDED the former,
also was shot, through the lungs, at Antietam.
Proper mention will DO made OF Nick Young
later in tho sketch
Il. J. Bull, Co. q, 9Th Iowa Cav, Ashmore, H.,
In answer to the article of Joseph Griffith, 4th
Tenn. Cav. on the McCook and Rousseau raids
says that the 5th Iowa Cav was on both those
expeditions. The Rousseau raid was grand
success, because 1t had leader; the McCOok
raid was grand failure. because il had no
leader. The claim that all the comrades were
lost on the McCook raid is wrong. He thinks
three or four hundred would cover the losses.
Personal.
Clarence T. Smith, Surgeon Of Capt. Philip
K. Schuyler Post, No. 81, Philadelphia, Pa,
says his Post claims the honor of having on its
rolls the oldest comrade in the GAR. John
Shultz, Co. +, 67th Pa, was born Oct. IL, 1900.
He enlisted Oct. IL, 1861, and was discharged
by reason Of wounds received at Cold Harbor
in October. 1864. Comrade Shultz served as
one of the escorts TO Lafayette in 1924.
II. g. Mcmillan, Corporal, Co. H. 4th Iowa,
| address not Riven,) writes that in his company
there were 20 brothers and two fathers and
sons.
Conrad sehueler, stratton, Neb., enlisted in
Co. l, 18th N. Y, Oct. 4, 1864, at the age of Is,
| aud carried u musket until he was wounded at
| the Weldon Railroad fight.
j. X. Burner, Quincy, H., wishes to thank
| the readers of this paper who replied to his
advertisement concerning home for his To-
| year-old daughter. and TO say that he received
| between so and go communications one of the
| leading men in Adams County, ILL.,, was tho
first TO respond, and the child has been put in
| his care
| r. b. Thompson, Co. NJ, Sd KY. Cav, Vim.
cenBes, Ind, says that in his County there are
six comrades of kilpatrick's cavalry who went
/ with Sherman on his march TO the sea and
4 through tue NdTOilHuss AtSo Oiu fellows ike
| 20 get together and talk over their experiences.
| The writer would like to have some member of
| the command in question write to this paper
and tell whether the cavalry helped Sherman
| get through TO the sea.
X. M. Dunn, Co. q, 1881 Pa, Rev, Pa, was
married in December, 1869, and has eight girls
| and one boy, besides three grandsons.
| Franklin b. Wilson, Long Tom, Ore, has
| been reader of this paper Tor many years, and
| would not be without It, He served three
months in the Mexican war and four years in
the war of the rebellion. He was badly wound
| cd. but has been unable to get any assistance
from the Government he gave up SO much to
| help save.
Lost and Found.
Elizabeth HARDWOOD, Warren, Mich, would
| like TO know who took charge of the knapsacks
Of Co. II, 22d Mich, when the regiment went
into the fight at Chickamauga; also, if any of
| the boys found pocket Bible that belonged to
| Theodore +. Vanfeet with his name or that of
| T.. Q. Vanfeet in 10. Il. f. Vanheet was tn Q
writer's eldest brother, and he was taken pris.
oner and died in captivity.
John S. Lee, Co. ID, Both Ohio Lemont, ILL.,,
says there Is man in his village who has a
watch which formerly belonged to Dwight
| Jarvis, Colonel 18th Ohio He came by it
honestly, having paid the pawn ticket and
| given the man who had pawned IL money be-
sides. He is willing TO return it to the Tightful
owner or his heirs, if he is paid what it cost
| him.
Three Frauds.
| pohart Jrwin Adintant post No qa Gale.