The National tribune., 1891-10-22

he sent to him In the Spring Of 1900. and that
they are growing finely. He has written to
him several times. but his letters are stopped
at Cincinnati and returned 10 the writer, as
the Postohice authorities say there is no such
po5tofice.
No Blas and Gray for Him.
T. C. T., Co. K, Iith Iowa New York city.
thinks that the so-called veterans Of the Union
who are now so anxious 10 affiliate with the
ex-rebels on every occasion saw very little
service IL their true record was known. lie
does not believe that any cOmrads who stood
the brunt Of battle will apologies for his share
IN patting down q treasOuabls conspiracy. Tho
cause Of the Union soldier from 1861 to 1866
was right while their opponents were wrong
and If anyone is 10 be honored it is certainly
those who saved the Nation. He thinks that
If we are to teach our children to be patriotic
we cannot now honor rebels or their sympa-
thizeFs.
Here Il an OTsr
John B. Mills, Valparaiso. Ind, has 500 old
war songs aud Memorial poems which he will
exchange or send 10 any person interested in
such literature. who will furnish postage. It
is quite task to copy all that called for. and
no cannot afford to pay the postage him
self. He would like 20 know If any COM
rade has as large a collection Of war songs as
he has; aud if anyone can beat it, he would
like to hear from him.
Milton Laird, Go. /. 9Th Pa. Reserves, Burn
ing Springs. w. Va, has read with interest the
communication of Maj. Robbins and Lieut..
Burnett regarding Lieut.. Petrkin, as he was
with the latter that night at the battle of
Antietam. Lieut.. Burnett is correct in his
account. with the exception as TO the direction
Of the firing a. the 4th Pa. Reserves were on
their right. which would make the firing to
their left front instead Of their right front.
The party Of p, under Lieut.. Pstrikin, adj
vaneed on the evening Of Sept. is, the Buck
tails skirmishing for them. At night Cos. Il
aud / Of the 5th Pa. Reserves were detailed
for picket, Lieut.. Petrikin being in command.
They were at the edge Of the woods in front Of
the bunker Church, and Col Fisher ordered
Lieut. Petrikin 10 move out into the field 10 the
left, and place the pickets about $50 yards to
the front. Twelve men were detailed out Of
each company. the writer being one Of the "a.
The picket5 deploysd and started up through
the field, and it was 80 dark that you could
make hole in the darkness with your finger.
The Lieutenant kept going until they got
near the fence. behind which the 4th Ala. were
lying, when one Of the boys told the Lieuten-
ant that the rebels were behind that fence, as
they could be seen by the light Of scattering
campfres; but the Lieutenant still advanced,
telling the men 20 be ready for any emergency.
The writer does not think that the pickets
were 30 feet from the fence when they were
d.
being between the pickets and the fence, the
flash OF their guns showing the enemy quite
plain. The men all discharged their guns,
wheeled and went back through the field. The
writer believes that his regiment fred yolley
or two at the enemy. The next morning the
regiment advanced through the woods into the
cornfeld, and had it pretty hot until about 8
o'clock. when relieved. He would like TO
hear from any Of the "a men of that picket
How They Treat Them In Missouri
A eomrade who, for obvious reasons. does not
wish his name to appear, tells how they treat
Union soldiers living in the neighbOrhood Of
Williamsyile. Mo. brOken-dOWn cOmrade,
who is pensiOneF, William Berry. and who is
so disabled that he has to have someone TO take
care Of him, raised few pigs this year for his
Winters meat. Several ex-rebels went and
took the pigs from his home, but Berry followed
them and got part Of them back. The rebels
then went 10 a Justice Of the Peace and took
out a replevin. and when the suit came of
they swOre too hard for COmrade Berry, and got
the hogs that he had recsptured, besides max
ing him pay the costs Of the case.
Likewise In North Carolina.
J. Lady Concord. N. G., says that he would
not advise old Union soldiers to come TO his
section, unless they como in a colony strong
enough to protect themselves. The writer be-
longed 10 the 1st Tenn. Cav, and is now living
in North Carolina, and is the Only Union sol
der in his Township, and there are but two or
three in the County. He has had hard time
with the rebels, who have endeavored to drive
him away and on several occasions they have
sent him word that he must move, or he would
find his coffin at his door some fine morning.
They 20 to law with him, and they are all
'.swearers from Swearersville" and he has very
little show in the courts Of justice in that Sec
ton. One old rsb got up a petition, and OBJ
tanned 26 signers, notifying him to leave the
A. h,fb h. "A foo nd
and Sherman to be 80 easily scared, and so still
holds the fort.
Scattering.
GF.C Meyer, Cornelius, Ore, says that IN
his article in the Picket Shots of Sept "A he
Is made to say that the brigade charged, which
makes it look as if Loomiss Brigade made the
charge; which it did not, "a it was the brigade
on the left Of Loomiss which charged, and
were repulsed.
w. w. Shannon. Co. K 18th H., Ellinwood,
Kan. says that his regiment commenced sol
diering in September, 1862, and marched into
the interior Of the State, camping one night at
Sheppardsyile, on Salt River. During the
night firing was heard on the pieket-line, the
long roll was beaten, and the regiment was
soon In line Of battle, with their knees knock
ing together. for fear they would be called upon
to kill some poor fellow. The firing soon
ceased, however, and they returned to their
blankets Early in the morning COTp'ls Curtis,
Hlman, and the writer went OuG IN the ulrec-
ton of the firing and found tat hog, which
had deem killed. nicely dressed, and ready for
transportation, but bad been left by the un-
lucky fellows who had killed the pOrker, being
scared, they supposed. by hearing the long roll
beaten. The pork was carried into camp. and
the writer's company feasted on it for some
time. The writer never knew who did the
shooting and thinks that it would be we'll for
some one to explain why they left that hog so
uneeremoniously.