The National tribune., 1889-08-22
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
rnsormation Asked and Given.

Information Asked and Given.
John Whitman. Corporal, Co. A, 184th Pa,
Marion, o. wishes the comrades of his COM
pany to send him their addresses for the pur-
pose of correspondence.
Information is wanted of the whereabouts of
the following members of the seth ILL.,: II. q.
0. Wales, George Sboop, r. N. Curtis, Winfield
Green, William Anderson, w. b. Field, George
Foster, John Jostard, Capt Ed. A. Smith. Any
one knowing of the present postoflice address
of either of them, or should they see this notice,
will confer favor to communicate the same to
Isaac X. Young, Secretary of the S9th Ill. Re-
union Association, Bristol, Kendall County, I'll.
Adam Kimball, Co. L, LIST Conn. Cav, Ceresc0,
Mimi, would like to know the names and nd.
dresses of the IL men who we're detailed from
Baltimore to the Eastern Shore of Maryland
in 1863, to guard the enrolling officer and
gather up drafted men.
j. w. Conard, Battery K, Sd q. 8. Art, WASH
ington, ID. c., replies to Comrade Dan. I. Ed
wards, that having served in both heavy and
light artillery, also In the navy, he can say
that the shot Edwards fonnd ut Shawneetown,
ILL.,, was, as he supposed, round of grape,
comprising nine iron balls, fastened together by
rings, plates, pins and nuts. The writer says
artillerymen frequently wonder at the igno-
rance OF military writer's when they speak OF
grape and canister being fred from field guns,
for field batteries do not use grape.
Mrs. Eva Devoll, Dumpville, Mo-, would like
to hear some facts in regard to the capture and
Imprisonment of her brother, Marquis ID. Min
gus. Co. +, seth Ohio, who was taken at or near
Winchester, Va, July "a, 1864, and sent to
Danyille. She wants to know whore he Is
buried.
d. R. Gwinn, 1T South Fifth street, Quincy.
Ill., wants the address Of Joseph E. Vanstein-
berg, alias Joseph f. Wood, who Is supposed to
be somewhere on the Pacific slope.
VIM. w. schooley, Plymouth, Pa, Co. g, i43d
Pa, desires the address Of VIM. FL. Moorhead,
clerk in the Treasury Department ut Washing
ton, in May. 1854. Moorhead went to Fredericks-
burg, Va. in May, 1854 to see the wounded
being brought there from tho Wilderness. He
staid with the writer three days, and did all he
could for him. as no was badly wounded. He
called TO see him at Wolf Street Hospital, Alex
andria, Va, in the Winter Of 1894 His home
was in Maine.
q. A. Jennings. McAlester, Ind. Ter, wants
the addresses of all the members of his regi-
ment.
sias Crowell, Flag Room, Columbus o..
wants the addresses Of William and George
Pressler, John Ii. Beard aud Samuel Miller, all
of the Odd Ohio.
E. l.. Simpson, Helena. Mont, wants the adj
dresses OF all the members of companies and
d. 10th Ill.
w. s. Armstrong. Co. NJ, Sd W. Va. Cav, Au-
dubon, Iowa, desires the addresses of ali mem
bers of his company who have not yet sent
their names to him, as he wishes to complete
the roster Comrades knowing OF the places
and dates of the wounds and deaths of COM
rades will please advise the writer.
III. ID. wager, Co. B. l25th Pa, Aurora, ILL.,.
Is very anxious to know what members Of his
old regiment are going to Milwaukee, and
would like to hear from them.
Comments and Corrections.
Joseph Morford, Co. K Seth Iowa, Orange
flights, Fla, takes exception 10 DIR. Celso Pie
rneci's statement In regard TO the establish
ment of a Soldiers Home In that place. CON-
rade Aorford says that the veterans there are
not in favor Of any such institution. As for
GAR. Post of % members, there Is no such
Post there. aud not half that number Of ex-
soldiers in the vicinity. There Ia but one rail-
road, and its charges for freight are very high.
There Is nothing true liz Comrade Pierucci's
statement, except about climate. The writer
also takes exception TO Comrade MitchelPs ac-
count of the battle Of Helena, Ark, fought
July 4, 1869, la which he says that the rebels
took all the outposts. Comrade Morlord says
that tho truth of the matter Is that they took
but one point on the whole line of defense.
and that was battery In the center of the limo.
J. NJ. Patrick, Sd Iowa. Bedford, Iowa, fully
agrees with Comrade L. r. Lee that Gen. Grant
would have been victorious alone on April at
Shiloh.
as his section Is concerned. the statement in
recent issue TO the effect that the votes down
South are carried around In the hip pockets of
the bulldozers. He says that they have fair
elections. They have also delightful coun-
try. with cheap. good land. and he wants the
soldiers 10 come and settle there.
George A. Alien, 10Th N. Y, Globe, AriZ.,
takes exception to one Of Frank Carpenters
statements namely. that a camel does not rise
from the ground In the same manner as q horse
or COW. The writer advises Mr.. Carpenter TO
watch the first old COW that he sees lying down,
and when she gets up to notice that the rear
end OF her does rise first, the same rs q camel.
q. w. Camp. 54th Pa, Peabody, Kan, says
that the rebels did use artillery at Piedmont,
sll statements TO the contrary Notwithstanding.
7. c. Fowler, Corporal, Co. d. saith Pa,
Washington, ID. c., eritieizes DIR. Capehart's
statement that with very few exceptions the
matter Of his sketch was derived from credi-
Bile witnesses. The writer would like to know
If Capehart thinks that the men who bore she
brunt of the fight In the front rank are not as
credible for witnesses and their testimony as
weighty as those who acted as Assistant Sur
geons in the rear OF the line and who write
from hearsay after the battle Is over.
Personal.
Alberta, Box 34S. Railway, N. j., who is q
widow would like TO correspond with GAR.
man, aged from 40 to 80, with view to matri-
mony.
A. ID. Murphy. Jacksonville, Mo-. writes that
Comrade T.. A. Wilson's article on conscripted
Union men of the South calls TO mind the fact
that the writer was conscrpted into the rebel
army, aud had TO serve until he had a chance
To desert. He says that hundreds who were
forced TO Join the rebel ranks and afterwards
deserted were captured by the Johnnies aud
shot,
d. L. Freeland, of Haywood. Neb.. would like
| 10 hear from the lady he got acquainted with
| i'm Milwaukee during the Bank riot of that
place I'm 1851, aud correspondent with after he
went to the front.
f. w. Fisher Box 90, Hunter, N. Y, would
be pleased to correspond with some comrade
living near Norfolk, Va. One who is acquainted
with farming preferred.
J. M Bishop, 9TH Tenn. Cav, Lloyd, Tex.
says that on April Is. 1862 he received notice
from the Confederate conscript officer to report
| for enrolment the next day at 8 a. m. in the
| rebel army, but by arrangements previously
made, at o p. m. April Is. 1900 as loyal men as
ever wore the blue started under cover of dark
ness for the Union lines. After good deal of
| perilous marching these men reached the camp
| of the Sd and 9th Tenn. at Big Creek, on the
Kentucky side of the Cumberland Mountains,
where they enlisted.
ID. Il. Lamb, Banta, CAL, was an inmate Of
| Tyler Prison, Tex, for 10 months and wants to
hear from some of his comrades who were there
with him.
BENJAMIN Hornbeek, Port Jervis, N. Y, says
that on the night of May 6, 1864, he turned
over to the provost guard of the Fifth Corps