The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-01-22
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Comments and Corrections.

1ultht ~ Il CDLl III tic ic1ut u ddu o III
regard 10 who captured Fort Gregg, says he
was q member of Co. +, Tooth Pa, and was
present at the assault. Comrade Chicks state
ment Of those troops who took the fort in
haud-tO-hand fight is the only correct one he
has seen.
Lemuel Wood Co. l. 10th ILL., Cav, Garnett,
Kan, says that the statements in regard to the
escape of the two Iowa soldiers in a recent issue
are correct; he can vouch for them. He would
like to hear from the writer of that article.
J. n. Abbott, Co. b, 95th ILL.,, Hamilton, o.,
writes regarding Capt. Doyie's statement that
on the Wilson raid the 9Sth H. was sent back
to reinforce the I'D Ind, which was holding
Cbalmer, that he is not correct. There was
detail of a few men sent back, and with their
aid the I'D took care of Chalmer. but the 9Sth
Ill. was in the charge at Selma, commanded by
Col. Kitchel.
w. ii. Empson, Co. A, 12ith Ohio Lockport,
n. Y, saw mentioned recently about the
Chickamauga prisoners in PembertOn, who
were very wild and noisy. He admits that
they were noisy, but they were fine lot Of
men, as the rebels had found out on the first
and second day ut Chiekamauga. Respect was
shown them afterward, as they were marched
through the streets Of Atlanta by the rebels
whom they met. There were no taunting and
jeering from them.
Samuel Reed, Co. F, Sd Mo- Cav, Cedar City,
Mo, lives in Galloway County, and owns one of
the farms that grow 40 bushels Of wheat and so
bushels Of corn TO the acre; so he can say that
all Comrade Trail said in the paper is true.
Galloway County is the place for the soldiers.
Information Asked and Given.
Elmer Isaacs, % Hull street, Atlanta, Ga,
has a collection Of relics that he will send to
the first GAR. Post that applies, if il will bear
the expense Of transportation and packing.
John S. Walton, Co. ID, 5Sth Pa, Soldiers
Home, Erie. Pa, noticed the inquiry in tho
Question Squad by one J. NJ. Miller, 5sth
Pa, Cedar Rapids Iowa. In looking over
Bates's History Of Pennsylvania Volunteers"
he does not find the name Of j. VI. Miller. If
the eomrade who wanted the information will
write, giving his service and time Of enlist
ment and muster out, no may be able to help
him.
Josas smedley. Of Washington, is informed
that his old eomrade, Albert W. Knapp, Co. f.
3Oth Ind. is now residing at 1904 Il st S. L.
Washington, ID. G.
Lost and Found.
James II. Jackson, Illiopolis, ILL.,, has the dis
charge of John Holland, 42d Pa.
w. It. Eddy, Co. g, seth ". Y, San Jose, Cal,
has the photograph of tho following members
Of the seth n. Y, which he is willing 10 part
with to near relatives Of the originals: Lieut.
Col. w. NJ. Lewis. Lieut.-Col. Frank w. Ire
main; Capt. VIM. Dobie, Co. d; Lieut.. John
b. Russell, G. Lieut.. VIM. Dusenberry, G.;
l@lCul- W. n dI1DnSy H. l. CdlAlDAug
@; Serg't f. F. Hart, C.; Serg't Thos. Hager,
ID; Geo. Dobie Drummer, ID.
The Night Attack on Sumter.
Charles w. Warren, Paymaster's Steward o.
5. 5. South Carolina, Manchester, n. j., writes
about the night attack upon Fort Sumter. His
vessel was lying of Charleston and he served
out ratous to the men who came on board to
go on the expedition. They started about 10
o'clock, aud were under the fort in an hour.
u 4. L. r.. II.
began firing as soon as they made q landing.
The men could do nothing, and as they had come
in at hoodtide, when they tried TO get the
boats of again they were aground, and it was
wonder that any OF them got back to the ships
alive. The affair was a total failure for our
side. In regard to the order about the court
martial read in the feet, which Comrade De
Sanno wants to know about, it was in reference
to Jacob Homer. He was sentenced 10 three
years in the Albany Prison, n. Y, for what the
writer thinks was trihing olfense.
They Lost Many Hen.
Ferdinand Zimmerer, Co. ID, 9th Ohio,
Tuckeryille, Neb., says that either the Roster
of Ohio soldiers is incorrect Comrade Wood
ruiz overlooked part of it. The 9th Ohio lost at
Chickamauga 70 killed, including those who
died of their wounds shortly after the battle.
Zimmcrer thinks that the 9th Ohio should not
BIO ignored in considering heavy losses of regi-
ments.
John Roman, Quartermaster, U. 8. 8. Morse,
and Sth Cal, Commonwealth, Wis, is justly
indignant over the course of the New York
Herald, and fires hot shot into Jim Bennett aud
his slandeTous sheet.
From a COmrade or Battery B.
Perry Rowe, 10Th Ind, detached in Stewards
Battery, writes from Greeley Center, Neb, TO
say that he has Just received his copy Of "The
Cannoneer" IL is correct in its general reIa-
Of - ha a. r.
mistake he sees being with reference to the
date at which certain individuals were detached
from the 10Th Ind. into Battery B. He says the
names Of the 10Th Ind. men who were in the
battery arc all given correctly, but the author
places him (Rowel aud Daniel Kingfeld in the
list of those who joined in 1862, whereas they
were in the first squad detailed from the 10Th
Ind. in October, 1861. However, as the author of
the book did not join the battery until the
Spring of 1863, he could not have been con-
veTsant with small details occurring prior to
Joining the organization. This communication
being referred TO the "CannOneer," he saws
that Rowe's statement is correct; that he was
in the first detachment and was in all the en-.
gagements up 10 and including the first day
of Gettysburg; that Rowe was driver on the
No. gun Of the right section up TO and includ-
ing the battle Of Fredericksburg, after which
he was made CanEoneer, and served as No. 3
or 4, or both together, as occasion required,
on the same gun-No. 1 Of the right section
which was commanded at Antietam by Serg't
William West, who was disabled there and
after that by Serg't Andrew Mcbride, until he
became First Sergeant Of the battery. In the
action Of July ], 1863, Rowe was with the
Tight-half of the battery north Of the Railroad
Gut and hence the CInnOneer, being i'm the left
half Of the battery south Of the cut, the two
being several hundred yards apart, had no
knowledge of the operations of the right
half except by hearsay. However, il was
well known that Rowe received a severe flesh
wound in tho right leg early in tie
action and remained at his post, nOtwithstand-
ing, until he received bullet through the left
leg about four inches below the knee-jOint
SCATTERING both bones, and Of course disabling
him entirely. He fell crippled by this wound
aud lay under the railroad embankment, about
a quarter of a mile west of Gettysburg, from
the afternoon Of July 1 until the 5th. Then
his left leg was amputated necessarily, in con-
sequence of modification, about 10 inches
higher than the wound, and considerably above
the knee. The CannOneer was always under
the impression that Rowe died Of the wound
received at Gettysburg, as above related, and is
very glad to learn that he is still on earth. He
says that Rowe was a boy about 10 years old
when wounded, and had never been absent
from duty day until crippled.
Read Better than a Pension on page 5.
Love Laughs.
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