The National tribune., 1890-03-13
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Comments and Corrections.

| N, Nj. camp, battery -, ISL ONO, DeS MONIES,
| Iowa, thinks that Comrade Sherman is little
Off" The rowdy West " claims the honor of
| the first battle of the war; After Fort Sumter
the first battle was Philippi, w. Va, june 3,
! 1861, and was fought on our side by Ohio and
Indiana men, commanded by Gems. Kelly, Mil
roy, Steadman, and James Barnett, of the artil-
| lery 1t was Union victory.
| j. Il. Barbour, Go. II, Nth Ia. Cav, Arden,
| Pa, replies to Comrado Palmer, who charged
him with crticizing Grant, and also sympa-
| thiaing with the South and reading histories
written by Southerncrs. As for the first charge,
| he denies it; as to the second, his record will
prove his loyalty rs well rs Comrade Palmcrs,
and, rs to the third, Hcadlcys and Grecley5
histories are the only ones he has read.
Joseph l.. Johnson, Corporal, Co. \, Sth
| Mass Newburyport Mass, was much inter
estCd in tho account of the Bay State Minute
men," by James l.. Sherman. Where he got
hold of the part of his narrative which relates
! to the breaking in of the heads Of all the drums
of the regiment by Gen Butler in his wild
| fury to incite the men to renewed efforts to
! push overheard those coal cars, is moro than
| the writer can imagine. Tho pushing over
board of the cars was an easy matter, and took
but small part of the regiment The break
| ing in of the drumhead. fer there was only
| one broken, was occasioued by the frantic
efforts of lintlcr to get the men to double-quiCk
from stem to stern of the boat. to jar her, that
| she might be started from the bottom, where
| she was grounded. Johnson stood beside the
old man when he took the drum OF the neck
of the man who was beating it, and with blow
! or two broke in the head
VIM. L. ITaines 18th n. j., MickletOn, y. j.,
says that Comrado Potter, Sth Ohio, disputes
his statement that CAROLS Brigade or any
! part Of it, carried the works at SpOttsylvania
! May IL Comrade lIainc5 says the Sth Ohio
was q model regiment, and, like the rest of
CarrolPs, was often found where the fighting
was hottest. Comrado Potter says that the
/ First Division carried those works long before
| Carrolls Brigade reached the spot The writer
! wants to know why they did not let the John
! MES know something about il, for whom the
| 18th n. J. sprang on their works the enemy
were around their little fires cooking their
| breakfasts; some with their shoes of drying
their feet others calmly sleeping or Just crawl
| ing out of their puptents. and everything
seemed to show that If the First Division had
| been there long before aud captured those
| works the rebels still knew nothing about 10.
| Erastus Il, Garvey Co. /, 18th n. Y, and Go.
| l., 9Th y. Y. II. A., Garfield. n. Y, says he
| showed Sol smith article on Malvern Hill TO
several members of the Army OF the Potomac,
aud all declared there is no truth in the state
ment that the army was more dcmoralizcd
July 2, 1862. while on its retreat 10 Harrisons
Landing. than IL ever was before or after that.
Levi Nicholson Go. ii, l6lst, and Co. Z, 10Th
Ohio, Spring HILL Kan, says that Inc has been
both friendly and untriendly 10 Gen. McClcl-
Ian. For time he was exceedingly anxious
for him to succeed, and when he was nominated
for the Presidency, in 1861. the writer won
dercl IL IL would be better for the country if
he were elected; but that foOlishucs5 was soon
knocked out Of him when he heard rabid rebels
eIectioncering for Mcclellan.
Sch0neId Defended.
i, OLeary, Lcvant Kan, thinks Comrade
Sheueubcrgor must be sick. rs a CDmfade in
good health certainly would not spend his time
in traducug and viifying his comrades, es-
peciaIly those of the Twenty third CORPS aud
Gen Sch0ield. Tho writer was a member of
the lost brigade, which was left cut in the cold
at Centcrvillc, and WIS not at Franklin during
the battle said brigade being Gen. Coopers, Of
the Second Division, Twenty third CORPS; but
il got around on Dec o To Nashville by the way
OF Glariisylle and took hand in the Nashville
fight capturing Sings IIill, the key 10 the rebel
position, without orders, on the evening of the
10Th. To show that the officers of the Fourth
Corps had no ill.fcoing toward the members of
the Twenty third Corps O'Lgary says that on
Dec. TO- 1854, he WAS waiting in hotel in
Nashville for something 10 eat, aud the house
was lull Of officers from the Fourth Corps, from
Colonies down to Leutenants. His ears aud
eyes were open, and lie never heard a word
derogatury OF Schofcld or the Twenty third
Corps, but on the contrary that they were wor-
thy the highest praise was the then universal
feeling of everyone.
Chas. 5. Ashton. Co l. Tooth Ohio. Cecil o.
in reference TO Shclcnberger's attack on the
Twenty third Corps aud Sehoded says the
Iwenty-third Corps has no apologies or eX-
cnses 20 make. but points with pride TO its rec
ord, and it is rather late in the day for one
comradc to try 10 take away the Iaures of
others go nObly won.
Watson q. Drbnkwatcr, u. s. gunboat Sebago
aud ronclad Lehigh, Yarmouth 3Ie.. says the
account of the death of Admiral Quackoubush
ia q recent issue. and of his having commanded
the PatapBto ut the time of her sinking in
Charleston llarbor, brings to his mind as wit
ness many incidents connected with that acct.
dent il which so many brave men went down
TO watery grave.
ChIckamauga.
John Clark, Barnctts battery o. Cd III. T..
A., Goddard. Kan, says that had Comrade
Dolton confined his article in regard to Battery
NJ lst Ill. Art TO a statement OF facts, all would
have applanded; but when he says THAI Sher-
dams and Dayiss Divisions woru driven pcll-
nell from the field. and that they ran away
from the enemy fast that their coat. tails
Were invisible, the writer thinks It is time to
call IA halt. He says that their whole war rec
ord shines out far too brilliantly for bottoms pen
10 detract from or his 30 defend il. Had Dol |
ton stood beside the road leading through Ross |
willie Gap between the hours of 10 and ! that
Sunday night he would have seen those devoted |
heroes Of Sheridan among the very last troops !
to march through, and they looked and acted |
like anything but the towards the comrades |
article implies they were.
;. }. Murphy, Sergeant, Battery l. 2d III. |
J.. A.. Rush City. Mimi, was much amused at |
bottoms statement, and says if he were "A little |
better posted rs 10 what was done on the after |
noon of Sept. 20, 1863. he would acknowledge |
that there was another battery in Gordon |
Changers Reserve Corps that did equally as
good hghtinga as Battery NJ, although the writer |
does not doubt that that battery did splendid |
service aud worked its guns finely. The writer's |
battery of six guns, attached 10 Col Dan Nc |
Cooks brigade. of the Second Division of |
Changers Reserve Corps, was ordered forward |
into position, but by some misunderstanding it |
cook the wrong road and marched TO within - |
yards Of the celebrated Washington Battery of |
New Orleans, with 10 guns When Barnett !
discovered the danger no gave the command /
Pieces aud caissons, left about" and tho |
order was as quietly executed ms on parade. |
After moving few rods to the rear, he ordered |
BY the left Hank" which brought the battery
into an open field, where they were discovered |
by the rebels, who immediately opened fire
but they soon reached the bill on tho left of |
Steedman and went into battery, supported by
the sgd Ohio and S5th, seth and I25th H.. and |
for the balance of the day held that position.
They at length silenced the rebel battery bv
Il.