The National tribune., 1891-07-30
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
allmost A Persnnnl Encounter.g

.Almost Personal Encounter"
F. L. Morris. Co. L, 9Th n. Y. Cav, Superin-
tendent of Rouse Hospital, Youngsville, Pa,
was much pleased with the account OF the
charge given by Mr.. knight, in an article
headed almost Personal Encounter" IN
recent issue OF The NATIONAL TRIBUNE. First
Serg't Samuel Sartore was ON that occasion in
charge of the first platoon, and Serg't Z. ;.
Dickinson tafterward Captain of the company
was in charge Of the second platoon, when the
order came for the first and second platOOn5 %
charge the bridge. ON receiving the orders
Sartore said: Dick. that means me l shall
never cross that bridge. GOod-by, and may
God bless you" and ordered the charge, closely
followed by Dickinson. The boys took the
bridge and held 10, but poor SartOre's Fremont
ton was too true, for he never crossed il. Sar-
tore was a man whom to know was 20 love,
honor and respect, and he would sooner die
than to swerve hairs breadth from what he
conceived to be his duty. His commission as
Lieutenant was received the day after his
death, and had he lived he would have been
mustered ont Captain Of the company. There
are quite number Of the comrades of the old
company (El who participated in that charge
! among them Capt. +. s. Dickinson, Of Portville.
n. Y; Hon. Add Thompson, Of Rawson, n. Y;
Matt Streight, OF Frauklinvile, N. Y, and
Mort ByingtOn, OF Centerville, n. Y. and others
| the writer does not now recall, who could and
probably will write of this and other equally
rs thrilling affairs that the 9Th n. Y. Cav. par
| tieipated in.
L. +. Packard, Saddler-Sergeant, Co. f, 9Th
n. Y. Cav, Bolivar, n. Y, having noticed an
article in The NATIONAL TTIBUSE headed
almost n Personal Encounter" says that it
was SeTg't s. w. SaTtOTe Of Co. T., 9th Ny. Cav,
who was shot at the bridge, on the road 70 Mill
| ford Station. The writer was one of the Il
mentioned by Mr.. Knight, and was No. in
the first set Of fours in that charge on the
| bridge. but was under the impression that it
was AL Phelps, of Co. G., instead Of Knight, who
was with them as scout that morning Of May
81. They buried Serg't Sartore by the side OF
| the road over which he had so recently charged,
under a willow tree, while the command pushed
on. The day after SartOre was killed a Lieu
| tenants commission came for him. which he
| richly deserved, for he was true comradc and
a good soldier, and his untimely death cast
| gloom over the whole company. Two or three
of the boys are yet living who were in that
charge, but most Of them are gone. James r..
| Morgan. of Elmira, y. Y, and NJ. ID. Rue, Of
| Friendship NY, are all whom the writer
knows are living who assisted in burying Sar-
| tore. The writer would like 10 hear from some
OF the comrades of the old fighting 5th n. Y.
Cav, who arc better able to tell of the part
taken by it from August, 1861, to July, 1865.
Experiences with Boy Confederate.
B. II. Dershem, Co. K, 9Th Ohio Cav, St
Paris, o., says that after the retreat Of the reb-
els from Fishers Hill, Sept. %, 1864 and just
/ after dark. n l6-year-Old boy rode up to him
and inquired for Co. A. The writer asked what
| Co. A, and was answered the 81 Va. Cav. He
/ then asked the boy if IL was G.. ). or u. S. and
| Was told C. s., of course, whereupOn he asked
| him for his gun, and was handed a single-bar-
relied gun, which no doubled around a tree.
/ The boy said: Z" Yank, you don't think much
Z. L l. l..
| thing in his hayersack to eat, as he had had
nothing that day but an ear of green corn. The
/ writer gladly divided his ratiOns with him, and
/ was glad that his haversack was well filed.
| They then rode together in the direction Of
/ StrasbuTg aud the boy told him that lie had a
| father and two brothers In the rebel army, and
| "A mother and two sisters at home that he
/ had been left at home to take care Of the farm
and family, and that a party Of rebels had come
| to the house and forced him to volunteer at the
| point Of their reyolyers. The boy slept with
| the writer that night and took breakfast with
| him in the morning, and they then went 10
/ Gen. Ayereli, as the boy wished 20 90 North
| without taking the oath or enlisting, rs he
| feared his father and brothers would be killed,
and he wished TO live and return home and
take care Of his mother and sisters. The writer
| then turned him over 10 the prison guard. The
| boy told him that he had been like q brother
| TO him. and he hoped 10 see him again. He
/ would like TO get his address, and hopes that he
will see this article. He was a tall, slim, dark
| haired boy, and belonged to Co. A, 81 Va.
| (rebell Cav.
The Brock Road Again.
Isaac Y. Holland, Co. c, 9Oth Pa, Wiconisco,
| Pa, having seen SO much about what troops
/ held the Brock road, May 8, 1c64. knows that
/ the Goth Ind. was next TO the Plank road in
| the first line Of works; that the Goth Pa. was
| a r1,or,
charged. The line broke to their left. but they
held on. He supposed that this was because a
regiment Of sharpshOOters was passing in their
| rear when the charge was made, and they
! loaded their seveu-shO0ter guns, and passed
them to the men in the front line. who did the
| shooting. Gen. Ward, of the writer's brigade,
| who rode his horse that day. said they were
placing laurels Oh his brow by staying there.
The rebel eolor-bearor put his rag on their
works, but never took it of, as Serg't O'Neil
/ afterwards took care of 10 for him. The troops
| in the second line came up and retOOk the lines
to their left. Some members Of the writer 5
! company, who were on the skirmish-line could
not get in before the Tebs, so they lay down in
the brush until the charge was over. The Fifth
and Ninth Corps, or any other soldiers, the
writer thinks, got enough glory in the Wilder
ness, without trying to take what belongs to the
! old Third Corps. then serving in the Second
| Corps, but they did not do all the fighting. He
believes that some got hurt who did not belong
| 10 the Second, rs he saw some dead without the
Second Corps badge. The old Second Corps,
with the Third Corps in it, and Hancock in the
lead, could do as much fighting as any other
| corps.
William p. Haines, 18th " j., Mickelton. n.
j., desires to express his thanks to the Rev.
| Owen Hicks for his account Of the warlike
deeds of his family, and for letting the world
know what Adam and Ewes last names we're.
He was much interested in the Brock road
controversy as he happened to be right where
he saw the whole affair, at the junction of the
Brock and Plank roads, and he cannot see how
| il was possible in that limited space for three
| brigades of different corps CAROLS, Leisure'5
| and BTice'5) to mauuyer so nicely and all do
the same piece of work at the same time with
out hearing or seeing each other. The writer
| is confident that the section Of breastwOrk
| LongstEcet's men Oyerran was not over 80
yards in length, and but one rebel flag was
shown on the works and that but a very few
seconds. The i2th NJ j., Of CarrOlrs Brigade
did not recapture those works, and the writer
feels like giving credit to the gallant wearers
Of the Maltese cross.
Before the Battle OF Decatur.
LIP. Butler. Co. X, Cd ILL., l.. A.. Morrison's
Bluff, Ark, says that COmrade McTeer's ac-
count OF the battle of Decatur, Ala. is an ae-
curate one, the writer being participant being
at the time "A member of Dresser's battery d.
I'd III. L. A. MeTcer in speaking Of the troops
there when the attack was made failed 20 men
tiOn the 32d Wis, which had been there three
or four months previous to the battle aud re-