The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1890-11-20
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.

that the Second Corps was n COwaTdly ono, as
was thought by his former letter. Carter aud
the Fifth Corps writers say that they helped
CarTols Brigade on May 8, in the Wilderness
Of that be will let the boys Of CAROLS Brigade
talk. They were in the Second Division Of the
second Corps Mccoy was in tho First Brigade
OF the First Division, and did not nc that time
know one road from another. And now his
mind is confused rs TO dates. He certainly
believes that for Valor the Second Corps was
inferior TO none
L. /. Doughty Cedar City, Mo-, visited the
southern part Of Galloway County, No, which
was spoken Of BY James a. Trail some time ago
as good settling land, and found everything "a
represented. lie thinks the place IS good one
for man with moderate means, and he IS going
to move there himself
A. Il. kountZ, Co. ID, Goth Ind Little Rock,
Ark, is glad to sec that some os tine Second
Corps are beginning to tell what they did during
the war, especially OF the Third Division as his
regiment belonged 10 that division, sometimes
called Phil Kearny's. lie likes 20 sec the com
munications from old soldiers, as it is 4 great
treat to the veterans who live in the South to
hear once in while from the Union side Of the
Cause.
William II. II. Davis. Co. 3, 11th Ohio,
Franklin, o., says that when he read the arti-
Gle by a comradC Of the gallant old Goth Ohio,
regarding the charge at CAicBamaEga of Tur-
chin's Brigade, the vivid scenes Of that terrible
struggle came back to him. lie listened TO
the greatest prayer he ever heard offered by
Chaplain w. w. Lyle. Of his regiment while
the shots from the eHemys guns whistled
around them. The officers tried to make tho
men believe that supports were coming % their
assistance. but the men were old in the service
aud knew that they were being surrounded
Gen. Reynolds finally rode Up 10 Gen. Turchin
aud told him lie would have to surrender, but
the troops did not propose % do anything Of
fha ind and fEffra a.tI h L.1ra h,
could get his boys out, aud he gave the order
to about face and charge bayOnsts. This was
done IN gallant style, and Lougstreets veterans
were driven from the field, aud the road was
open for the troops to Chattanooga.
Information Asked and Given.
A. Yosbargh, 5Oi West One Hundred and
FOTty-fTst street. New York. wants to know il
any member of the I75th y. Y. remembers
picking up flag on the battlefield Of Pleasant
Hill.
S. W. Harrington, Kearny Wyo, asks If any
co'nrade living in Montana can give him iufOr-
nation o! the death Of his brother, Charles
Harrington, who was killed by tho Indians
eight or ten years ago. lie saw tie account in
the papers, but not knowing that he vas in tine
West supposed that il was another man Of the
same name.
Z. p. Mott Memphis, No, answering the in
quiry as to who spiked the guns az Island No.
II,
Ill, was one OF the men. His maine will be
found on the roll Of honor in the Adjutant-
Generals Office at Springfield. III.
Mrs. Rosa Schneider, Lushton, Neb., Box 66,
wishes the song = Ellsworth Is No More"
COmrsde Pike, of Battery d. lst n. Y. de-
sires to know what batteries of the Fifth Corps
Artillery Brigade suffered the heaviest losses
ia the Virginia Campaign of 1864, and says
that he has always thought that his battery
headed the list He is correct. The following
were the batteries losing 90 men or more in
that campaign: Battery d. 1st ". Y, 80; Bat
terry ID, 9Th u. s., 90; Harris 18th ". Y Ind'p't,
2S; Battery Il. 4th U. s., 81; Mink's, III, Ist
n. Y. 81. Pbillips's 5th Mass. lost Is, and
Martins Sd Mass. II. The losses OF COoper's,
Il, lst Pa, Bigeiow's, 9th Mass, Barnes's. g.,
LIST n. Y, Breek's, i, lst y. V, and SheldOn's,
b, Ist n. Y, ranged from five to 10 each.
Alex Thompson, GIst Pa, Jewell, Iowa,
would like to know what became Of the cream
eOlored colt that was owned in the wagon train
Of the Second Division, Sixth Corps, By
blacksmith. The writer bought him. in the
Winter OF ISG.; ut Brandy Station but leaving
the front en- May 6. 1864. with dispatches for
| Washington, left the colt with Mai. Lewis.
After arriving at Washington the writer was
ordered TO report tO Glen. AbeTerOmbie at POto-
mae Creek and did not join the division until
the amy had reached Cold IIarbOr. when be
found that the colt had been sold to Capt.
Nesbitt. Of the ambulance train and the writer
got 800 for him. lie would like to know if
any Of the comrades can tell bin what became
of the colt He would-also inqaire of Lieut..
Wood, OF the Vermont Brigade, if he has the
rifle the writer took from Virginia guerrilla
near Harrlsonburg in the Fall OF 1864.
Personal.
L. l.. Smons, Co. A, sOth ILL.,, Manchester,
Neb., wore Government socks for three years,
commencing with Buell. at Perryvillc, KY,
where he saw the elephants dance and helped
to run John Morgan, daring the Winter Of
1862, '63. and they found him at Milton, Tenn,
March %, 1868. He was with StrCight when
captured by Gen. Forrest not far from Rome,
Ca, May 3, 1853. after Ave days aud nights Of
running and fighting. He was exchanged, and
i'm August was IN the battle Of Mission Ridge.
lie followed "old crazy" Bill Sherman 30
Jonesboro, and was then sent back under the
command of the Rock of Chickamauga," aud
was at Columbia and at Franklin. where the
army made the fur fly from the Batteruuts.
he fired his little gun at Nashville. and his
regiment was part Of the force which chased
Hood beyond the Tennessee River.
John A. Rariek, Co. Il, 3Ist Iowa, Bakersfield
Cal, writes that Hurlbut Post, l27 Of Bakers
field, has a member, Abram Storms, Co. X, 18th
Mich, who was captured at Gettysburg July 2,
1863, and turned loose at Jacksonville, Fla,
about May 1, 1865. Comrade Storms does not
I
knows that he heard of Lincoln's assassination
10 or u days before he left prison, aud also
members that the amount of money received
was Sl6S50 as Communication OF TatiOns, which at
% cents a day would make the number Of days
in prison ca. Storms had brother, Melvin
Storms, Co. Il, 9th Mich. who was captured
July !, at Gettysburg, and released ut Jackson
willie, May /, ISGJ, making his Imprisonment
Go days. The brothers were together all the
time OF their confinement, and were guests of
the Confederacy at Belle Isle, AndersOnville,
Nillen, Savannah, Charleston, Blackshear, and
other places.
The Red River Campaigns.
G. F. Greening, Co. A, 18th Wis, aud Co. II,
| 23d Wis, says that C0fnrade Bryson insinuates
| that the Thirteenth Corps on Red River cam
| pagn did not amount TO much. The troube
| with the eOmrade is that he did not get there
/ soon enough. There was only Il small part of
| the Thirteenth Corps on that campaign. If
/ the cOmTade had been with the Thirteenth
| from Alexandria 20 Sabine Crossroads in the
| lead while they were pushing back the rebel
forces day by day, constantly on the alert for
| n fight. he would hardly have written rs he did.
| The regiment which composed the brigade TO
which the writer belonged lost more than half
Of their men, and the artillery horses were
| Advertising
it's said will sell anything, this is
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