The National tribune., 1890-12-18
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.


of his companies, and particularly to q. III.
Berger, that they will hear something to their
interest il they will address him.
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE has letter for
William Il. HeSlakeu. Co. X, nth Iowa.
G. v. Elmer, KeOkuk, Iowa, wishes to know
Georgia" with its price. Also he wishes some
one TO send him the songs Hail 10 the Chief"
and The Bounty Jumpers Lament"
George Bumgardner, Osceola, Iowa, wants 70
know where to secure the play The Tsnnes-
see Scout" for the use Of his Post.
o. q. Thompson, MOrristOwn. Tenn, says
that in the eolOred cemetery at MoTTistown is
a fiat limestone rock marked "P. T. Med, 9th
Tenn. Cav" II this meet the eyes Of any Of
the comrades relatives he would like TO hear
from them.
Lost and Found.
George Sc. C. Hussey jr., Brenham, Texas,
has the discharge of Frank Franks. Co. h,
43d ILL.,. who died at the City Hospital. Natchez,
Miss, January 81, 1874.
NJ. p. Riue, Co. l.. 9Th III. Cav, Dorchester,
Neb., writes that while his regiment was at
COliersyille, Tenn, in 1863. the rebels captured
their camp, and he had taken from his tent
ambrotypes Of his little brother and of his
brothers son, both in the same case. One Of
the figures is represented with one leg crossed
over the other. He is very anxious to recover
the pictures.
Herman J. Hambleton 1873 South Thirteenth
street, Philadelphia, Pa, has the discharges of
James BOyls, Co. A, 95d Pa. Samuel Shouth,
Co. ID, 93d "a. Frederick Bekle, Co. G, 2Sth
Pa; John J. Bunker, Corporal Of Marines. en-
listed at Boston, Mass, as a barber. The writer
also wishes to find his own discharge from Co.
F, 9TH Pa. Cav, and that Of Zachariah StOuch
from Co. q, 10th Pa. Cav.
Why Don't They WriteI
Samuel Fountain, Co. b, 18th Mo. Cav, Phil
lips, Wis, does not. see any accounts of the
dOings Of his regiment and woul like to hear
from some Of his comrades, particularly Jacob
James, Of Co. +.
o. q. HixsOn, Co. Il, 47th ILL.,, does not under
stand why some Of the old boys Of his COM
mand don't think it worth while to speak up
through our columns; he IS sure there IS plenty
10 write about.
l. ID. Cousins Co. b, 9th Ne. ~ South street,
BiddefOrd Me-, hopes the comrades Of the old
9th have not all gone to their last sleep. They
had good record, and Inc thinks they ought to
blow little as we'll as other veterans.
Comments and Corrections.
James Mcknight, Co. III, I'D ILL.,, Barnard
No, says to those comrades who have been so
vigorously discussing the battle Of Franklin,
that they should procure a copy Of the history
Of the I'D III. In il they would find plenty to
campaign from Duck River TO Nashville, cover
ing the dates Nov. % to Dec. l, 1864.
III. w. George, Go. ID, 44th y. Y, Black Wolf
Kan. was much pleased with the sketch of Par
son BrOwnlOw. Very many who suffered as
this Southern lOyalist did never received credit
for it. The writer would like to hear some
more from the "CannOneeF" through our
columns, and is bound to have his book any
how.
Peter Quermback. Co. B, Goth N. Y. Cav. 226
Monroe street, Buffalo, n. Y, sees that J. A.
JOs5elyn. Co. G, 4th Mass. Cav, does not under
stand the claim that the writer's company was
the arst to go through the city Of Richmond.
The writer says that they had no orders to put
out tho fire or to lower the rebel flag in Rich
mOnd, bat were ordered to follow Fieldss Di-
vision. OF LOngstreet's Corps. Josselyn must
remember that his cavalry passed the camp Of
the writer's command on the morning Of the 30
ofApTil, at Spring Hill, near Bermuda Hundred,
aud Just beyond were ordered % halt. Theu
the writer's command was ordered to mount,
aud dashed ahead, under Capt. John OHare,
through the DarbytOWn road on to Richmond
w. K. Pennington, Co. !, IIth III. Cav. Leb-
anon, Neb., noticed the exception taken by ~
I il. BicOn 20 lie statements of II. N. Brown in
regard 20 the restitution in Red Willow County.
The writer ventures the assertion that there is
not enough grain in the County to furnish the
inhabitants with bread until the next crop is
matured, 10 say nothing about food for animals
Crops were generally failures this year aud dis
A. III. Smith, Co. |, 50th n. Y. Engineers,
Lake Ridge, n. Y. in regard to Earl VI. Rogers's
statement that Capt. Davidson is wrong when
he said each boat was manned by a rowing
squad Of Engineers, and ROgers's claim that the
| 9th Wis. men ToWed the boats, ETC., says that
| Davidson is right in that. No regiment or COM
pauy used pOntoou boats for any purpose what
| ever without men OF the 5Oth Engineers being
with them. The 5Oth y. Y. Engineers were a
strong body of men, and never delegated to
others work properly belonging TO themselves.
David Apgar Co. b, 18th Ind. Mid Inf, Bun
ker Hill, Ind., answering ID. b. Floyd, 10Th Ind =,
who declared Wilder's Brigade was not in the
battle of Chickamauga, states that it was there
| both days aud 10 line just 10 the right Of
Reynolds Division. The writer knows, for be
was there with it.
Personal.
John C. Brown, Co. Z, 18th Ohio, Independ-
ence, Ore. served from the Fall of 1862 until
| the close Of the war He was the man who
hauled water for the 200 wounded at Marietta,
| Ga. after the battle. His team hauled on an
average 90 barrels day, and he had six men TO
| help him. He had been sent back from the
| front with six mules and a horse, and for three
days and nights his team was not unhitched.
1t was terrible hard work, and both the man
and his team broke down after six weeks of it,
| If any Of the men who were wounded at that
| time remember him he would like To hear from
| them. He has had claim on file ever since
1857, and cannot help the hard thoughts coming
| up sometimes.
| /. Nichols, Lieutenant, Co. F, u. s. c. T., was
| with John Brown and Jim Lane in Kansas in
| 1853, and fought border rufiians in 1862 He
! entered the service and commanded co!ored
| troops for two years. lie knew Quantrell, well,
/ and thinks he was better man than is gener-
ally supposed.
G. w. McCloud, Mystic, Iowa, was one of a
| family Of five boys and five girls. He enlisted,
| when quite young, in Co. b. 10th w. Va, and
saw some mighty hard marching aud sharp
| fighting under Gen. Crook. He was wounded
! in the left leg, and to-day cannot walk more
| than three miles without breaking down, but
| he draws for q pension the immense sum of "a
| per month.
William Y NJ. WiIkerson, Lake City, Ark,
served four hard years in the army and after
| the war went from his home i'm Arkansas TO
| Illinois, where he remained until 1868. When
| he returned to Arkansas he found that the
| country was in the hands Of the Ku Klux Khan,
| which was making 10 mighty uncomfortable
/ for Unionists. He himself was ordered out Of
| the country, but escaped mOlestation and has
| lived there Jver since. II was not until a year
ago that he came regularly into association
| with any of the old comrades. At that time a
| Grand Army Post was established at Black
| Rock, and though he had to travel 90 miles he
| was on hand with another cOmrade at its mus
| term, and was chosen Chaplain, which position
| he still holds.
James K. Gilbert, Co. c, 18th Ky. Cav; Co.
/ i, l2ith ILL.,, and Co. /, sd ILL.,, Baker, Mo-,
after being discharged from the IIth Ky. Cav
went to Mcdonald County, Ill, and enlisted in