The National tribune., 1889-12-12
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Comments and Corrections.

Howard A. Briney, Long Branch City, N.
j. says that in the issue of Nov. % the name
of Frederick Krauss, Co. G, 1st N. Y. Cav, APP
peared in the Mustered Out" column. The
service Of the c0mrade should have been Co.
G, 1st N. J. Cav.
Will L. WEIGH, Co. A, ODD Mass, Boston. re-
ferring to his article of Nov. 81 criticizing
Capt. Hunt, was made to say the 9Th Mass. IN
mention about the officers of the Ranger instead
of Odd Mass
T. s. Harkifs, Junction City, Kan, wants
Comrade Mcconnell. Flushing, o., to inform
him who did command the forlorn hope at
Vicksburg, if it was not Capt. Groce Hun
dreds of the members of the Second Brigade
Second Division, Fifteenth Corps, have thought
so; at least the Captains wounds and promo
ton werc evidence. Capt. Groce was killed in
front of Fort McAlister by a sharpshooter but
was not on Gen. HaZens staff, as that officer
commanded the division and Capt. Groce was
Acting Assistant Adjutant- General, Second Bril-
gade, Second Division, Fifteenth Corps. Bre-
vet Brig Gen. w. s. Jones commanded the bril-
gade, and was wounded by the same ball that
killed Capt. Groce
G. Houghton, 1st Co., Andrews 8. s.. Mass
Vols. Danyers, Mass, in reply to Comrade VIM.
III. Kennedy, who claimed that the Proyiden-
tiai Spring was not known until after the wash
out, says that he spent part of last Winter in
Georgia, and while there visited Andersonvile
Here ne met an old coiored man who had lived
there for 20 years and was familiar with the
prison and its history. He said that he had
always known of the spring III question, and
that deer had been shot there while in the act
of drinking, before the war. The comrade
next interviewed the station master, who was
nearly so years old and had spent all his days
in Andersonvlle. He said the spring had been
there as far back as he could remember.
George Il. Maxfeld, % Temple street, GLOW
ersville N. Y, thinks that the "Cannoneer's
Story" is the best one that has ever appeared
in this paper, full Of interest and truth The
writer was in the First VT Brigade and made
the forced 40-mile march mentioned.
II. M. Parker, Lieutenant, 48th U. s. G. T.,
Blissheld. Mich, in order to settle the contro-
versy in regard to the exact date of the Mobile
explosion, sends us the Mobile Morning Neus
published Saturday May q, 1865 which con-
tains full account of the explosion, which it
says occurred about 10 minutes past 9 o'clock
on Thursday evening, May %. The writer's
regiment camped about six miles outside of the
town on the she'll road, whore they heard the
explosion and saw the volumes Of smoke rise.
They afterwards visited the ruin.
Charles Brown, Co. G., I47th n. Y, Bear Lake
Pa, was prisoner at Salisbury, and well no re-
members all the horrors spoken of in the recent
communication in regard to the place. He was
there when the prisoners made. the attompt to
escape, and the rebels fired into them.
VIM. Houghton. I.Oogootee, Ind. says that in
his account Of the charge of CAROLS Brigade
on the second day at Gettysburg, he was made
to say that previous to the action at the Gene
terry Gate, I'VE were in support Of the right of
the Twelfth Corps" lie intended to say the
Second Corps line.