The National tribune., 1889-10-10
PICKET SHOTS.
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Information Asked and Given.


roc, La, was for, informs him that it was
called the "Washita expedition" and was sent
out by Grant Mt the request of the local citi-
Zens of Monroe to drive the rebels from that
section which was accomplished.
! W. j. Magee, Co. +. 9Sth Ohio, 1897 Fulton
| street, Brooklyn, N. Y, wants to know when
| his regiment will hold its next Reunion.
VIM. ii. Jones, Orderly Sergeant, Co. Il, Sd w.
| Va. Cav, Linneus, Mo-, has memorial and list
OF ali the names of his old company made ut
| Winchester, Va, in the Winter of 1868. lie
would like to have the names of the sur
vivors of tho company, recruits and ~ and
their present postoiice addresses, with view
to writing history of the company. The writer
was Orderly during the entire three years serv-
ice, and kept diary.
sc. N. NJ" 1S South Main street, st. Louis,
Mo-, says that, in looking over the reports of
the Adjutant- General of Illinois recently he
found on page Csc. Vol 0, in the roster of Bat
terry NJ, that Edward q. Thompson enlisted
Aug. l, 1862; mustered Aug. ~, 1862; died at
Andersonville prison Aug. %. 1864 grave
1928" Now, as a matter of fact, Battery M had
but one man taken prisoner during the war
Serg't Magnus Tate, captured at Atlanta, who
now resides at Los Gatos, Cal COmrade
Thompson was mustered out with the battery
at Chicago, July 20, 1865, and is now in bust
ness at Spring Valley. Ill. He asks if anyone
can explain this error. He has the full records
OF all the Illinois troops, rs published by the
State Adjutant- General, and will take pleasure
in stating to any Illinois ex-solder what his
record therein Is, and if there is any error, will
do what he can to have the same corrected at
Springfield and Washington without charge.
c. S. Norton, Historian, asks the members of
the 18th N. Y. Cav, especially those of the First
Battalion, to jog their memory aud forward to
the undersigned any incidents of camp life,
marches, skirmishes, and battles, that will be
of interest in the forthcoming history, giving
dates. etc. wake up and hustle things, boys.
Address all communications to me, at No. 70
South Cayuga street. Ithca, N. Y"
H. Z. Large, Sergeant, Co. A, 10th H., Ca
boo, Mo-. says the soldier drowned in the Big
Emory River in the Summer of 1863 was Lucius
G. Niles, Sergeant. Co. A, 18TH ILL.,, whose home
was at Annawan, Ill.
John Schafer Co. A. I'd Iowa Cav. Moscow,
Idaho, in answer TO J. Il. Bowers, First Ser
geant. Co. K. 9th Tenn. Cav, who inquired in
the issue OF Sept. 10 about regiments belonging
to Col. Hatch's Brigade ut La Grangeand Grand
junction, Tenn, in 1869, says that brigade was
composed of the Cd Idaho Cav, Sd Mich. Cav,
9th and 9TH Ill. Cav, and 9Th Tenn. Cav. Later
on the 9th ILL., Cav. succeeded the Sd Mich Cav.
Hatch was Colonel of the frst-named regiment,
and was promoted to Brgadier- General after
the fight ut Moscow, on the Wolf River, Tenn.
Comments and Corrections
Lewis Blundin, Co. G, 29th Pa, Hulmevile,
Pa, says that Comrade Yeo, Co. b, 40th Ohio,
In writing OF Lookout Mountain, is correct
when he states that Geary's Division White
STAR was in the front line but is mistaken in
saying that Whitakor's Brigade pushed
through the White Star line and captured the
limo of breastworks and the artillery.
Charles II. Mcconnell Beebe. Ark, says that
in the issue of Sept. 10 his nano was given as
G. II. Maconveill. when it should have been as
above.
b. II. Van Der Veer, Co. I, I2Oth N. Y, Cory
don, Iowa, replies TO Albert Mckee, who asks
In tho issue of Sept. 10 how many old soldiers
have the overcoats they wore while in tho
service. that he has an overcoat which he wore
for more than year in the service, and
brought it home with him in June, 1865. He
received a bullet hole In it May IL at Spottsyl-
vania flights. Ito also has the cap he bought
just before Gettysburg and which cost $3.50.
This he wore during that battle aud through
oil the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac
until Lee's surrender.
James +. Walker, Co. ID, 2lst Wis, Cawker
City, Kan, says that during the battle of Look.
out Mountain his regiment was lying ut Fort
Rousseau. from which posi- ton the mountain
was in plain sight. All through the battle no
aud his comrades noted every move with field
glasses, and he declares that the first flag to
reach the top was the State flag of Vermont.
Job " Pownall, First Sergeant Co. +, Goth
Ind, Fulton Ind has the oyercoat he wore
during his army service, which Is in good
state of preservation. At Stone River bullet
was shot through the cape and shoulder of the
garment. IL has left hole in his coat and a
scar on his shoulder.
H. L. Rankin, Captain, 7th Ohio Cav, Rip.
ley, o., corroborates Comrade Chapman's arti-
Gle in regard TO the rough campaign, which
appeared in the issue of Sept. 10.
s. o. Lord, Co. ID. 18th Conn, Sou hington,
Conn, in reply to Comrade Hubbard. Elgin. H.,
who wishes to know If the break ing out of the
Hsnn ERrtn ut nd. Ia.
swer TO the prayers of Boston Corbett and 9TH
ers, states he was q prisoner at the time and
that previous to prayers of those comr ades no
water existed inside the stockade. He does
not consider this an act of Divine Providence
but thinks the spring had existed for ages and
needed something TO develop il, and that some-
thing came IN the form OF terrible storm, wash
ing out big gulles, uncovering the spring and al
lowing the water to gush forth.
John Lewis, Co. q, 37th u. s. G. r., Bills
Fury, N. C.. says he thinks that Comrade Stay
baugh and others. in their accounts of the
capture of Plymouth, must have forgotten Co.
A, 18th N. Y. Cav, which was there At the
time the writer was not a soldier, but camp
boy with orderly-Sergt Wilson, of Co A, and
knows what he is talking about
j. III. Sawyer, Co. Is, 18th Conn.,, Kempton
Ill.,, in reply to Comrade McKee's inquiry, saws
that he has not his oyercoat, but has about
everything else; dress coat musket. bavonet
shoulder-belt aud several rounds of cartridges
knapsack. baversack, canteen. aud even his
coiiee-cup. made OF an old fruit.can. His mus
ket ia rs bright as il was when he left old Vir-
ginia in 1865 He has also the autographs of |
Grant, obtained in 1881, and Sheridan, obtain
ed in 1883
Charles H. Martin, Corporal. Co. c, Sd Me-. |
Alpena Mich, claims that tho Sd Me. support. |
ed Berdan's Sharpshooters on the morning of |
July 2 at Gettysburg He was there and car
ried the coors of his regiment.
Personal.
Joseph c. Underwood Co. II, 3ith Ohio. Penn |
berton o., takes THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE in |
preference to any other paper on the globe /
His health is entirely wrecked as the result of |
his army service, yet the Government allows |
him but 50 n month pension. The comrade |
thinks this very hard.
F.W. Goodyear, Springfield Mass, says he was |
confined in Andersonville for four months, and |
when he came out his health was wrecked be.
yond recovery. He thinks it q shame that the |
Government will grant such small, nggardIy |
pensions us 50 aud 81 month.
Lorenzo N. Pratt, Bugler, Battery M, lst N |
Y. H. A., Wilson, ~ Y, says that his old war
horse Billy Sherman" died at his home on
Sept. l. lie first came into Comrade Pratts |
possession ut Chattanooga in the Spring of |
1864, ut the beginning of the Atlanta campaign. |
He was in the battles of Resaca Dallas, New
Hope Church, Culp's Farm, Peach Tree Creek |
aud the siege Of Atlanta. He participated in
Shermans march, and at the end took part in |