The National tribune., 1890-12-25
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line
fnrnrrntlnn Ash.a and GIr,n.

/ Dci0ueeu. tiB was ulScuArEeu on account
I Of liver complaint. but was so sick that he did
not wait to receive his papers. lie came North
and later went into an Engineer Corps and
| served 10 months, until the close Of the war,
I dying nine years afterwards. All she can re-
/ member about his first service is that he was
! in Co. !, under Gen. 4. J. Smith, and was a
1 prisoner on Ship Island for two months. Mrs.
! Warren will be thankful for any information
] sent her.
/ +. B. sprague, Captain, Co I, 1st Ore, Ostran-
I der, o., wants to let the boys Of his command
/ know where he is He lef. Oregon ia 1863, and
has lived in central Ohio ever since. With one
I or two exceptions ne has not hsard from an
I of his company since the war. He is ready TO
give all information 10 his power 10 anyone
wishing evidence.
F. Z. sager, Co. Il, 81 Ne, Everett, Mass.
answering the inquiry Of Ruel w. Trask for
| comrades Of his regiment, refers him to Louis
Selbing, President Of the Association Of the 81
Me-, who lives at Augusta, Me, and was in
Co. b.
Comments and Corrections.
ID. II. Wolfe, Captain, Co. X, 81 w. Va. Cav,
Greuola, Kan, thinks Charles A. Hag3mann,
who says no found battery July o. l50i, is
claiming the battery the writer found between
Winchester and Bunkers Hill. He took pos
session Of the battery, which was abandoned, al
most in the face OF the rebels and carried II to
Bunker'5 Hill, where he gave it back to the
men who he supposes ran OF and left it.
II. l.. Curtis, Go. Z, Isl Conn. III. A., Torring-
ton, Conn, thinks the story told by COmrade
James lrland, about the interview with the
Confederate Gen. Dibrel, was an insult to the
memory Of Gen. Mcclellan, who was as true
man to his country as ever lived.
J.. ". Il. Townsend, Go. I, l30Jh H., BFeCkin-
ridge, Mo-, says Gen. NOuJOn WAS killed at Sl-
bine Crossroads. The Fourth Division Of the
| Thirteenth Corps was surrounded and MoutOn
came across field in the rear, aud on the left,
riding white horse. A Sergeant Of the 18th
Ohio was holding up q white aag, and Gen.
MOutOn seeing il, deliberately fired the carbiue
he was carrying at the Sergeant, killing him.
| Almost instantly men Of the I20th and 18th
! Ill, 4Sth Ohio, aud 18th Ky, fred upon Moutou,
and the writer saw him fall and saw the rebs
carry him oil.
NJ. Il. Brown, Co. IT, 7th 30. Cav, Indianola
| Neb., says that when COmradc Bacon, 18th Wis
reports the writer's statements as misleading
regarding the condition Of the farmers of Red
Willow Couuty. Neb., he knows he is Incorrect
for il is depiorable fact that little, if anything
had been raised the last season On account Of
the drought. Those who sold wheat disposed
| OF it because they had to pay interest, and not
because they had 1t TO spare. One Of the
writer's neighbOr5 had in 10 acres Of wheat,
from which he got three bushels, and he also
had in As acres Of corn, and didn't raise an ear
Another neighbOr had i'm so acres OF corn, and
harvested nothing but fodder, aud poor stuff at
that. On the writer's own farm he had i'm SO
/ acres Of corn and p acres of wheat, from which
he harvested nothing but fodder and eight
bushels Of wheat. This is the case throughout
the County, except on the creek and river bot
! tom. AS TO stock hogs they have sold as low as
| sl.25 cents per hundred. Some Of these hogs
| that could not be sold were taken from the
| County, and the man who owned them unloaded
and turned them loose. At the present time
stOck-hogs cannot b'sold for any price
| John Billings, Co. III, 18th Ind, and Co. X,
| 18th Ind, Soldiers Home. Marion, Ind. requests
| the assistance Of G%tnd Army Posts. WomaBs'
Relief Corps and Sons Of Veterans throughout
/ the land in ascertaining the whereabouts OF his
| family, who left Wetmore, Kau., in the Fall Of
| 1874, on a visit to Newton County, Ind. The
/ family consists OF his wife, LOuyina, and five
children. ANY information will DO thankfully
/ received.
! Alonzo Jackson, Christiansburg. Va. says
/ that If any Of tho old veterans would like a
! Confederate note as a keepsake. and will send
\ him stamped envelope, DO will forward them
q sample Of Confederate currency.
Black Hawk War Veterans.
| John ". Herring Greentop, Mo-, says his
| father Elijah Herring, served in the Black
| Hawk war in Col. John Thomass regiment,
/ Capt. Moore's company. lie voted for Andrew
| Jackson for President and has voted al every
/ election since.
J. J. Fisher writes from Plumas County, CAL,
| that there IS a veteran Of the Black Hawk war
! living there, A. J. Hickerson, who was born in
l 1912. He voted at the last election; has
always been 4 Republican, and, although very
! feeble, was at the last Fourth Of July celebra-
ton and was filed with as much patriotism as
7 he was the day he shOuldered his musket in
defense OF his country.
| Why Doa't They WriteI
Jesse c. Clark, Go. NJ, Sd Ind. Cav, sees moth
/ Ing IN THE NATfOSAL TRIBUNE about his
comrades, and is very anxious that they tell
/ about their exploits.
James Grey, Co. T, 18th ILL.,, and 18th N. Y.
| Cav, Haigier Neb., IS sure that the members
| OF his regiment cannot be all dead, and he
/ would like to see some of their names in our
! columns.
! L. y. TrumbuIl, Co. T, 22d ". Y. Cav, SYRIA
| cusc y. Y. IS surprised that the 22d n. Y. Cav.
/ boys keep so still. His regiment did some i'm
/ pOrtaut service. 1t reached tho front, after
| being at the rear for long time, at the begin
/ ming OF Grants campaign OF 1864 1t was
chosen by the Commanding General as the adj
\ yance-gHard OF the army at the crossing OF the
| Chckahominy, and proved that the honor was
wOrthily bestowed by charging across tho river,
/ capturing the works on the other side, and COW
I eriug the passage OF the entire army. It was
con picuous ia the Wilson raid Later it was
| transferred to the Army of the Shenandoah
aud took an active part under Con. Sher dan.
The Old Songs.
| Harry WoOdc0ck, Wheatland, Mo-, wants
some one 10 send him the songs Sweet Alton, +"
Don't Keep the Poor WOrkingman Down.
and Rock the Baby to sleep"
| Marion Il. HutsOn. Springfield ILL.,, wants q
| copy of the song The Red, White and Red, {"
| the first line OF which is as follows: "On the
banks OF Potomac an army so grand"
| Personal.
| George 4. Strausbaugh, Co. c. 18th Pa. Cav,
| Los Angeles, Cal, was one of SheFidan's escort
| in the ride from Winchester. The men who
/ escorted Sheridan belonged entirely TO the 18th
/ Pa. Cav, and there were only 81 of them-I2
/ OF Co. A. and II of Co. q. There were ouly six
| men with him when he got to Cedar Creek.
! w. X. Lewis, Platisburg, No., wants to adopt
/ girl from II to 10 years ofage, as acompaniOn
/ to his vile. She will be well clothed, her
/ spiritual welfare will be looked after, and she
| will have no hard work TO do.
A. Il. COrteyilIe, Hollywood, Mich, SAYS that
! HENATIOSAL TRiBUNECa Calendar reminds him
| that he is entitled 20 wear four OF the badges
| represented theTeOn-th0se OF the Sixteenth
/ and Seventeenth Corps, the Army Of the Cum
| beTland, and the Army Of the Tennessee He
| served in Co. l. 7Eh Mo-, and 60. r. llth Mo.
/ lie does not want 20 die until The NATIONAL
| TgIEUEE, and then wants to die with it,
| G.. w. Wiley, Widewake, Ky, writes that an
army mule named Button" nearly 40 years
! old, and belonging to Mr.. William Maddox, of
/ CarTOiltOn died recently. Mr.. Maddox, with
| his wife a few friends aud q rotinue OF cOlOred