The National tribune., 1890-04-03
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along tho
Line.
Information Asked and Given.


aiding veterans who are seeking tho where
| abOuts of their comrades.
Tho following Secretaries and Historians
| would like the addresses of all the com
radcs of their respective regiments: Mark
Brownell 10th N. Y. Cav, 60 Greenbush street.
Cortland, N. Y; w. ii. II. Ellis, 18th Conn,
Norwich, Conn; Daniel Il. Freeman, Go. q,
10th VT, 1900 Drexe Boulevard, Chicago; Jo-
seph A. Saunier, 47th Ohio, Westboro, o.; w.
! o. Newton, 18th H., Belle Plainc, Iowa Geo.
NJ. Turner, Sd X. !. ii. A.. Providence, X. l.;
Jesse Nefle 10th Ind. Lebanon, Ind; Geo. H.
| Washburn, iOSth N. " AZ East Main street,
| Rochester N. Y.
VIM. Ii. Shaver, Co. NJ, Ist Ark. Cav, Terra
| Gotta, H., would like to correspond with some
| of the relatives of James Rossman, who was
| assassinated near Van Buren,, Ark, in the
| Spring of 1864.
| The Secretary of the Commercial Club, Mid
| dlesboro, KY, says that where the Cumberland
| Gap Charcoal Iron Co is cxcavating and max
| ing preparations TO build their mammoth char
coal furnace lies buried Capt ]. Edgar, Go. b.
| 10th Ohio. 1t will be necessary to remove the
| remains, and the comrades of the town are de-
| sirous of forwarding them to their appropriate
| resting place Relatives of Capt Edgar should
| address the Secretary.
| w. Ii. Harris, Co. +, 10th Kan, Kechi, Kan.
has been looking at " Picket Shots every week
to see something from his old comrades. His
! regiment saw its full share of service and went
! wherever il was ordered. The writer is en-
| ployed by the Rock Island Railroad Co, and il
any of the comrades desire To hear anything
regarding his part of the country he will be
| pleased TO furnish the information.
5. N. Martin, CO. G. Goth Ohio Newport, Mo-
| asks what became of Col. Miles, in command
of the garrison ut Harper's Ferry when it was
surrendered in 1862. The Colonel put up tho
white flag and firing ceased on tho Confederate
side, but Capt. Rigby, of an Ohio battery. swOre
he would never surrender while he had a round
OF ammunition, SO he fired two or three rounds
after the white flag was up. The result was
that the firing was renewed with vgor on both
sides for 10 or 10 minutes, and Col. Miles
being wounded and the flag down. Col Trim
BILE, of the Goth Ohio took the white flag and
held it up until tho firing ceased.
tCOl. Miles died from his wounds rs the sur
render was consummated. IL was great pity
that he did not do long before The war, Us he
had already wrctchodly misbchavcd At Bull
kun.-EDIToR NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
VIM b. Lowell, Co. G, sth Iowa Cav, Crystal
Springs, Miss, would like to have some one tell
him what battery 10 WAS that came up so
quickly aud commenced firing over the heads
of the Sth Iowa Cav. mt the time that regiment
made the charge and took the rebel breast
works across the valley in front Of Coryille,
Ca, May 10, 1861.
Comments and Corrections
Jerome Bell, Co. b, LIST n. Y Cav, City Island,
n. Y, corrects the statement in q recent issue
that none of the cavalry in Powell's Division
ever belonged TO the Army of the Potomac. lie
says there was one exception. tho LIST N. Y.
tLiucolnl Cav, winch was In CapehaTt's Fight.
ing Brigade. which was also composed oil tho
LIST, I'd aud Sd w. Va. This brigade was after
ward assigned to Clusters Third, Division and
shared in the glory that fell to that famous
division and its gallant leader until the close Of
Ihn vSrig In, 81,
Army of the Potomac through all it's various
wandeIings until after Antietam, when IL was
ordered 10 West Virginia, where It did duty uu-
der Gems Kelly Milroy, Sigel, Hunter aud the
immortal Sheridan.
q. w. kuhus, Co. A, 3Ith Ind, Fort Scott,
Kan. says that in the issue of Feb 20. Chas.
4. Hobbs, First Sergeant, h. 99th H., DpIavan
WIS, claims that the battery at Port Gibson
captured by Benton'a Brigade, Carrs D-
vision. aud wishes To know how Hoycy's Diyis.
ion got there. The writer says that when tile
3ith Ind, Of Hovey's Division. was ascending
the second bill Il was met by tho ggth H.,
Carr's Division, falling back from It's 6rst posi-
ton. The 18th H. comrades told the Indiana
boys that it was hot mt the top Of the hill
that they could not stay there. aud advised
them to return. However, the 3ith continued
10 charge and captured the battery, and with
the help Of one OF the rebel gnnncrs turned the
guns upon the fleeing rebels. As 10 tho flag,
one OF the 3tth boys picked IL up and passed ii
around among his comrades. 1t was. however,
Carried from the command aud made its ap.
pcarance ia Carr's Division.
}. Mc6ure, Co. l., 3sth ILL., Quencmo Kan,
writing Ia regard 30 the Nashville campaign,
says he was detailed with Il dozen others If his
regiment TO report TO Col Hays, Fourth Corps
QuartermasteT They were with the corps
headquarters wagon-train all the way 10 Nash
Vile The writer was ut Spring Hill aud saw
the whole thing. lie thinks that Gen. Stanley
ought to have the credit for the victory at
Franklin.
George w. Sweet, Sergeant, Co. ], I25th N. Y,
| Sheldon avenue Troy, N. Y, says that GEN
Colt Is right ia his correction Of Doyles state
ment ia Between Two Fires" that tho 18th
Conn. was repusel at Martins Ford, on the
Rapdan In January. Gen. Colt says it was
February, and the writer Says IL was the 9th
day OF that month. Gen. Colt then proceeds 10
tell what thc 18th Conn. did and would lead
one to think that the regiment was the only
ono there The 18th was undoubtedly a good
regiment, but 10 did not do all the fighting for
the Third DIVISION, Second Corps. Ia fact the
l4th Conn. did very little "a. Martins Ford.
Benjamin Is. Chllcojt, co. g. 10th Ind, Co
+, 81 u. s., and Co. t. 3ist u. S., Logansport.
lad, says that COmrale Hobbs Is mistaken In
regard 10 who was the first to land ut Bruins.
burg. April 30, 1863. The writer says the first
troops landed there Mt that time were two regi.
mcnts Of Alvin 7. Hoyey's Twelfth Division,
Thirteenth Corps, the 9th aud 10th Ind. They
went aboard the Runhoat Benton six miles
above Bruinsburg at $50 on the morning of
! April 80, aud landed At Bruinsburg at $40.
| Gen. Grant was on the boat Capt. Il. f,
| scheruerhorn, Co &, fBth Ind was the frat
man TO land aud was followed by the men pro-
| miscuOusly
j. Stiser. Go. b. 40th Ohio, Belief0ntane. o..
! having seen recent statements about the cap
| turing Of "A battery on Lookout Mountain de-
sires To say that this battery was captured by
| his regiment, OF Whitaker's Brigade Ills rogi.
| mcmt charged through line of Eastern troops,
and a Sergeant and several men of his COMPANY
were detailed To haul these pieces from the
| field.
A. b. Straw, Co. NJ, 9th Pa Cav address not
| given, Gays that Comrades Whitaker and Stein.
bach give different accounts Of the affair at
! ShclbyVilie, Tenn, in 1863. The forces en-
! gagged consisted of the First and Second Bril-
gades OF the First Cavalry Division. command
cd by Gen. Mitchell. Tho First Brigade was
composed Of the LIST East Tenn, ID Mich, 4th
! KY, 9th Pa, and the Second Brigade of the I'd
and 4th Ind, list Wis. I'd East Tenn, com
manded by Col. Il. McCook. Col Minty's Bri-
gadc was composed of the 4th u. s., ith Mich.
and 9TH Pa. Cav. The writer quotes from an ar
tcle by w. &. McG0nigal, ID Ind. Cav, In which
he says that on the morning Of the 9th of June
the force under Gen. Stanley arrived ut GUYS
Gap, and Mintys Second Division charged
| through the gaD the enemy fving I'm coun m