The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1889-03-28
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades HAlI Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.

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my files Of the Official Records of the War of
the Rebellion so far as the Government has
published them, am greatly in need of Vols.
3, and 5, Series One Neither the Secretary
of War, my State Senators nor Congressman
are able to supply me with them. These vol
umes were published by the Government and
furnished to Members of Congress, who dis
tributed them promiscuously over the country
like other public documents, and they are now
out of print. | would like to know if any COM
rade or other person has one or all of these
three volumes that ] could obtain. Boys look
over your old Congressional documents, and if
you find one of these books, address me as
above, stating terms"
DIR. o. J. Lyon, Box 206, Sabetha, Kan, offers
good home to some young girl of II, the
daughter of a cOmrade preferred, to be COM
panion to his wife and assist her. To such q
good home, with its privileges, etc., viii be
given.
The 4th Wis. Cav. Association wants the
name and location of every living member Of
the old regiment. Comrades, send in your
names and addresses, and all others that you
may know of, to SO Chamber of Commerce, Mil
waukee Wis; E. Donaldson, Secretary.
James Hunter, Sergeant, Co. c, 10th Ohio,
Audubon, Iowa, would like to hear through
the columns Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE from
some of the boys of the old 10th in regard to
the battle of Piedmont, Va. how many were
lost Ill that fight, and also what different reg-
ments were with Gen. Hunter on the Lynch
burg raid, and how many of the boys were on
picket that morning of the fight at Pot Mount
ain when on the retreat.
William S. Armstrong, Corporal, Co. M, Sd W.
Va. Cav, Audubon, Iowa, would like to know
what West Virginia troops had the fight with
guerrillas in Webster County, Va, in 1863 or
1861, IN which fight several of the guerrillas
were killed, enc by the name of James Nc
Cray. The troops were from Fort Pickens, or
fort on the BucIIhannon River.
l.. S. Shepardson, Brockton, Mass, was a
member of Co. G, LIST Mass. H. A, and was
wounded at Spottsylvania. He was taken to
Portsmouth Grove r.. L. Hospital, and was in
Ward Is, Bed 2, from June to December, 1864.
He would like the address of any comrade who
was there at the time and remembers his case
also, of DR.. Howard, who assisted Dr. Layforth
| in treating him, and of any nurses who attend
ed him. His trouble was with a gunshot
wound in the right arm.
IL. +. Copein, Co. ], 9th o. S. Cav, Tyrone,
Pa says he remembers the evening that Rchi-
son, the spy, was hanged. The writer says that
the council of officers concluded to send him to
Washington, and so notified Gen. Buford The
General replied, Send him to u" He
said if they sent him to Washington for trial
the officers there would send him back in the
care of one of the best cavalry regiments, and
the spy would run it into the rebel lines. So
the man was hanged on the spot The writer
would like to hear from some of his old COM
rades
Stephen n French; Co. K, 7th Me-, Cayuga,
OAK, wants the names and addresses of the
| comrades who were at Young's Mills Hospital,
Virginia, in 1862, who remember his being
/ sick with diphtheria.
G. c. Studley, Co. E, 130th Ind address not
given,) wishes to inform Comrade john Young,
OF his regiment, that the regiment is all right.
The boys are only negtectful about showing up
in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Charles NJ. Harbaugh, Co. l, 147th Ohio, Cass-
town, o., would like the names and addresses
OF all soldiers who were stationed at Fort Ethan
the war.
Eli Brooks, Co. A, Sd Ind. Cav, Noblesville,
Ind, would like to know the whereabouts of
Surgs. Kilby and Kidwell, ofan Ohio regiment.
Robert Mayors, l32 st. Claire street, Cleve-
land, o., would like Information regarding
Thos. Morgan who, he believes, served in Co.
Nj, 10th Ohio Cav Comrade Morgan has two
daughters in Cleveland, who are dependent
on their old grandmother for support, and she
| is barely able to provide for them.
c. c. Enslow, Co. G, 18th H., Ohiowa Neb.,
in reply to the inquiry of Silas F. Herne, SD
Ohio, i'll regard to Billy r. NJ" and his poe
try, says he knows Billy personally. His name
Is William L. Moore, and he enlisted Aug. 20,
1862, at Washburn, Ill. After the war he lived
at Chenoa, ILL.,, and later removed to Kansas.
The writer would like to hear from him now.
l.. Nj. Baker, II Front street, Marlboro Mass
would like to have the addresses of all surviv-
ing members of the 9th Mass. battery. Comrade
Baker has completed a history OF the battery,
which he began in 1884. The work consists of
26l pages, with number of portraits The
members OF the battery can secure this history
by paying the cost of publication, with postage,
In all S2.l2, The comrades are requested to
send for the book before May l.
Personal.
J. NJ. Stafford Co B, list Ala. Vidette Cav.
Fort Payne Ala, was a prisonerof war, and
served IL months in Andersonville and two
months in Atlanta. He would like to CORE
spond with any comrades who knew him in
the prisons, where he went by the name of
"Alabam."
Daniel McNeal, Dixon, O., was member of
Co. &, 96th Ohio, and served three years. He
was in seven hard thought battles among them
Nicksburg. Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines He
never received a wound, and was prisoner of
war for seven months.
Jacob Fl. Mohler, Sergeant, Co. F, saith Ohio,
Winamac, Ind, enlisted when but 10 years old,
and served through the war.
w. McEVoy, Equality, H., says that in 1873
William ). Killer, Sergeant, Co. G., 122d H.
came to Equality in dying condition. Mrs.
Mary A. Crist attended him until he died His
discharge and family papers and photographs
are in the hands of Mrs. Josephine Renben-
acker, of Equality, the daughter of Mrs Crist.
Isaac Collins, Co. NJ, Sd w. Va. Cav, Geneva.
Iowa, enlisted at Buchanan, Iowa, March 10,
1864. He received two wounds and had a horse
shot from under him. He was sent to the hos
pital at Baltimore when wounded the second
time, and would like to hear from any mem
Der of Co. NJ, Sd W. Va. Cav; especially Capts.
j. w. Heayners and Wash. Elliott.
Corrections and Criticisms.
William s. Camp NJ. D., Co. D, Ist Kan. lad
dress not given,) says: l see in your paper of
the 14th inst. that I. W. Hewitt, Fort Scott
Kan, says that the article that appeared in
your paper headed How 1st Kan. Man Saw
Through Glass Darzly,' was stolen by a 1st
Kan. man at Topeka during a Reunion, and
that it was written by one Sergt Robbins, of
the goth Iowa. He may have done so, but |
rise to small point. While my regiment was
at Chillicothe, Mo-, in September, 1861, the
boys started paper, and that was in it. 1t was
said TO have been written by Frisbee, of Co. G,
OF my regiment, and headed The Chronicle
of the LIST Kan Frank Leslie had it in his
paper. If Robbins did write it, it must have
been after this, for it was William Beck, Ser
geant- Major, who turned the jack off of the
bottom and beat Pars 1 Mutt, as l have been
told, and all the lst Kan. men know it. Am
not right, old boys?"
Albert II. Slocombs 14Sth Ohio N. G., San