The National tribune., 1889-05-16
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Line.
Information Asked and Given.

ChlieS, of Post No. Ia, who was Captain of Co
III, 1st Tenn. Inf, on the raid to Knoxville
III June, 1868, while crossing the Clinch River,
several of the 45th Ohio Mt'd Inf. were
drowned. If any of the regiment know any
thing of the facts they will please address
him. This information is wanted; the remains
are to be placed in the National Cemetery;
they are now buried on the bank of the river
He refers to the Bird and Saunders raid, just
before Burnside came to Knoxville, in August,
1863.
Charles D. HiIlman, Sergeant, Co. H, 7th
Iowa Cav, Seyery, Kan, wants to know the
whereabouts of John II. Brooks and John II.
Allen, of his company; also of Mrs. Malisa
Rawley, whose husband was killed by the In
dams in the Winter of 1866
Joseph Weber, Hampton, Va, wishes the adj
dress of Mat G. Weber, LIST U. s. Art, who wit
messed the destruction of his house and other
property in Virginia. The writer is French
man, who was neutral, but living under the
Federal flag near Fort Monroe at the time
George W. Owens, Co. G, 33d Ind, Columbus,
Ind, wants the address of the man who was
shot in the wrist and had the ball cut out at
the hospital in Columbia Tenn, about the 7th
of April, 1863, He has curiosity to hear from
him, rs he assisted in holding his arm during
the operation,
John J. Walter, Co. A, 9Th Mo-, Millsboro
Pa, would like the name and address of the
comrade who in 1865 assisted him near Little
hOChi ARK 10 TIC LSilt Oh Tie surgeon "a du
Ohio regiment in the city. He would also like
to hear from any of his regiment
II. Peasiee, Box 40 Aniwa, Wis, desires the
address of William Burch Co. K. 10Th Iowa.
Lon Poyser, Co. B, 35th Ind, Ligonier Ind,
would like to know the whereabouts of Willis
B. Keith, who was the Orderly Sergeant of his
company; also the address of Col. Augustus G..
Tassin, 35th Ind The address of Col. Tassin
is Fort Sully He is First Lieutenant in the
18th Inf.-EDIToR.
Henry s. Blaisdei, Oakdale, Fla, says that
Oliver Patten, Hampden, Me-, enlisted in
Maine regiment at Bangor and went into the
battle of the Wilderness, but has never been
heard from since. Any information of him
will be thankfully received.
G. w. Adams, Co. X, 18th Ohio Cav, Green
field, o.. says that at Fort Halleck, New. in the
Winter of 1864 '65, he saw the hide of negro
nailed to the end of the hospital, as he had be-
fore seen coon skins stretched to dry. He de-
sres to know what this SHINING meant and
all about it.
Mrs F. A. Sampson. Grinnell, Iowa, wishes
to know if any comrade remembers in the hos
pital at Washington, d. O., in the years 1862
and 1868, Martha A. Harris, better known as
Aunt Martha" and the girl Lizzie.
Jacob Fisher. Co. K, 1llth Mo-, Henker, No.
wishes the addresses of Capt. VIM. S. Stewart
Co. K, 1llth Mo-, formerly of st. Louis; when
last heard from he was in Colorado. He be-
longed to Ransom Post, ST. Louis; also of Dem
mis- Il. Coogan, First Sergeant Co. <, 11lth
Mo-; last heard from in Pulaski County, Mo.
Anyone knowing anything about Edward
Ousey, Co. ID, Goth Ohio. having his hand in
jured will greatly aid his aged widow by writ
ing to her at Westerville, o.
Judge Ii. S. Harmon, 800 n. Market street,
st. Louis, Mo-, says Capt. Thomas James, jr,
late of Co. ], SD C. t., died one year ago, aud
his widow is applying for a pension. She has
two little children, is perfect lady, and de-
serving. She must have an affidavit Of some
comrade or brother officer. Any information
will be appreciated by her."
Mrs. NJ. Bausman, Pendleton Ind, says there
has been soldier living in their town since
the close of the war, who was badly hurt on
the head and knows nothing but that his name
is Owen, and that he had a red headed wife.
When he came to the town he had ON an Ar
kansas uniform. He has lived with the Day
huff sisters at their hotel since he came to the
town. The writer's husband was soldier, and
saw this man somewhere in the South. He is
quite tell, has sandy hair, fair complexion and
blue eyes. She thinks that with proper treat
ment his reason might be restored.
w. Fl. Jeffrey, of Newburyport Mass, de-
sires the address of all prisoners who were con-
fined in Richmond, Va, in 1861 and up to April,
1862, with company, regiment and State; also,
to know where confined, where taken, and who
was in charge of the prison during time of
capture.
Frank B. Fobes, President of the 18th Mimi
organization, Albert Lea, Mimi, says that any
member of the 9Th Mimi. who has diary or
letters that viii give any information of the
movements of the regiment during the war,
will confer favor by forwarding copy of the
same to Hon. l.. f. Hubbard, Red Wing, Mimi,
who is one of the commission appointed by an
act of the Legislature to prepare and publish
history of Minnesota organizations during the
war of 1875, and the Indian war of 1862.
G. 0. Gardner, Byron, Neb., says: wish to
ask why there used to be so much said by the
Western army men about the Army of the Po-
tomae? From the reading of their account of
it, one would think each man of the Army of
the Potomac had cow and feather bed. At
the Reunions now hear them dubbed feather
bed soldiers, and some will ask of them
What have you done with your cows, and
have you any soft bread, etc. Now 1 wish
some of the boys of the Western army would tell
me why the Eastern army was not just as good,
man for man, as the former. | had relatives
in/both, and thought they were all equal"
Thomas Seurrah, Oxbow, n. Y, a private of
Capt. S. E. Bingham's Sd Mass III. A., desires
the address of George Wallace, First Sergeant
in his regiment, aud of George Button, or any
other soldier of that regiment, as he wishes TO
complete his application for pension.
Adeline Sylvester Trinidad, Colo, would like
the address of w. t. Sylvester, aud to know if
he is a pensioner and to what regiment he be-
Ionged during the war.
L. S. Hotham, 622 Walnut street. Allentown,
Pa, was on the U, S. Frigate Savannah from
1854 to 1859. Should this meet the eye of any
of his mates, he would be pleased to have them
write to him. He would especially like to
know the whereabouts of Bottom of Bands
mans mess.
II. II. White, Sergeant, Co. F, 18th n. Y.
Cav corner Eighth aud Walnut streets, Des
Mones, Iowa, would like to know if there has
ever been history of the Esd N. Y or of the
18th N. Y. Cav. written; if so, where he can
obtain it.
Basil Taylor, Holiday, H., would like the
addresses of Daniel Riley, William Kennedy,
and p P. f. Chacey, all of Co. j, 9TH V. f. c..
who may remember the writer's sickness while
in Cincinnati, o., during the war.
Emil Ninas. IL W. Fifth street. Kansas City,
Mo, desires the name of the hospital which
was located in the new hotel in st. Louis in
the Winter of 1861, '62, and the name of the
Surgeon in charge of the said hospital Some
of the wounded of FremOnt's Bodyguard, who
participated in that famous charge under Mai
Zagonyi at Springfield, Mo-, were in this hos
pital.
ID. F. White Reasnor, Iowa, thinks THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE the best medium in the
United States for finding old soldiers. His
father. II. e. White, was a member of Co. c. |
25th Ohio, and was wounded while charging at |
Balls Bluff. He would like to hear from any |
member of his fathers regiment regarding |
him. He would also like to know where he |
can obtain history of the 25th Ohio.
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