The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-04-09
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Comment. and Corrections.

r. C. Rankin, Ripley, o.. says that our article I
regarding Gen. Jacob Ammen is defective in /
tine statement that he enlisted as private at 4
tho beginning Of the war. Gen. Ammeu or
ganized a company on April II. l-6l, as soon /
the news was received of the firing upon /
Fort Sumter and was Immediately elected I
Captain. lie was made Colonel Of tho 18th /
Ohio, and was afterwards promoted % the /
ColOnelcy Of tire 9th Ohio. He commanded |
brigade at Shiloh, and was promoted TO Bril- /
gadier-GGner for gallantry.
Christian Ray, Co. A, 9th H., 100 North I
Campbell avenue, Chicago, H., says that IN /
an article of March 10 "High Private" En- |
pOria, Kans-, attempts TO correct two comrades |
rs 20 the regiments which composed the Third |
Brigade, Fourth Division, Fifteenth Corps. The |
writer says tho Third Brigade was composed of |
the 9Th, 9th, JOth and 57th I'll. and 3gth Iowa,
and that the 9Th and 9th IN. were mounted at
COriuth. Miss. How High Private man /
aged to get tho 10th U. S. G. T. into this /
brigade is riddle to the writer, who served
with his regiment from 1861 until 1865, and
never heard Of or saw such troops.
J.. VI. Pool, Go. +, l09th n. Y, New London,
o., agrees with Comrades Buck. wilkins, and
kimbail regarding the troops that captured
Fort Malone. His regiment belonged 10 the
Ninth Corps aud the writer was wounded in
Fort Malone on April 2, 1865, and IS 40 present
drawing pension for that wound. Col. Peer,
OF Fond du Lac, Wis, was IN command Of the
writer's regiment on that day. The ltyth y.
Y. was formerly commanded by Secretary Of
the Navy Tracy. The writer would ike to hear
from the officer who gave him q chew Of to-
baccO while be lay wounded behind the fort.
A. w. Connect, Co. b, IO1st Ind, St0y. H.,
thinks COmrlde Eckles is in error as to what
regiments composed the Third Brigade, Third
Division. Fourteenth Corps. The division was
composed OF the lOjth Ohio, 10Th and lOlst
Ind. aud 2d MINI. The Third Brigade. IN the
I al IT in IN ba left If n
point Of timber. Presumably, other bTigades
were as good as the Second Brigade, Third
Division, Fourteenth Corps, and all did their
duty. lie has never seen anything from the
| old brigade and wonders Why some Of them DO
not write, for surely they have plenty TO relate.
ID. l.. Wsllman, Captain, 4th Mnn., FTazee
/ City, Mimi, having noticed two or three dis
/ putes AZ TO who commanded the Third Diyis-
/ ion. Fifteenth Corps. believes he can refresh
| the memory of comrades by reminding them
/ Of the color Of the badges worn by the different
| divisions, which were red white. blue. and
/ yellow. The First was Gen. Woods, red Sec
\ OHi, Gen. HaZsn, white; Third, Gen. Smith,
/ blue; Fourth, Gen. COrso, yellow; all with the
\ black cartridge-bOz. with 40 rounds in the cen
\ ter There was no colOred regiment in the
/ Fifteenth Corps.
! John X. Bucklyn First Lieutenant. Ran
/ dolph's battery II. 1st 4. /. l.. A. who COM
/ manded the battery at the battle Of Gettysburg,
/
I Peach Orchard during the second day. Gen.
/ King commanded the division and Gen. Sckles
/ the corps To which the battery was attached.
/ Pennsylvania troops, commanded by Gen. Grl-
ham. supported this battery, and when Banks
d3le's rebels wero but a few yards from the
( guns Graham ordered charge and drove them
/ bark but was wounded aud captured. This
article is called out by having read remarks Of
comrades in regard to the fight at the Peach
/ Orchard.
Information asked and Given.
J. 8. PomerOy, whose postofIice Is Cliff Top,
w. Va, writes that he gave his address wrong
/ in his Communication regarding the establish
meut Of Soldiers Benefit Association, upon
! which subject he requested correspondence.
George II. Montgomery, Wilkes Barre, Pa,
recently stopped over night 40 the house Of an
ex Confederate in Alabama. Tho old rebel
talked Of nothing but war, and finally brought
out for inspection pocket photograph album,
taken from tho body OF a Union soldier killed
| in tennessee It contained card photographs
OF the friends Of the dead soldier, whose namo
was G. +. FOote. 18th Mich. The ex-Confed-
crate will send the album 10 the friends Of
FOOte if they can be found and he can also
locate the grave in which Foote was buried.
Aaron w. Vert, Co. b, "a battalion, 18th u.
g., York, Neb., was the individual who made
the saw Of an old case-knifc that cut the hole
between the Crews aud PrmbeTtOn Buildings
az Richmond. in 1863, through which the sugar
which the Yankee prisoners RECALLED them
selves with was obtained. lie has not seen
that saw since that time, aud would like to
know what became Of It. Tho writer was cap
tured AZ Chickamauga aud made bis escape by
jumping OF the cars about Sept. z. 1854, but
| was TeCaptuTed by three men with blO0dhOund5
tho next dsy and taken 10 AudeT5Onviiie, from
which he escaped with six Others-BeusOn,
Garst and a preacher, the names Of the others
being forgotten.
Their Opinions.
A. Merely, Co. G.. 18th Ind, Nashville,
| Ind saws Tue NATIONAL TRIBUNE is getting
better every year, and is doing grand work by
helping the old boys in getting their pensions.
lie thinks Senator Pi1mb, OF Kansas, IS good
man, who seems TO know how fast tho list of
war widows is multiplying. The writer read
Gen. POpo's "reminiscences before anything else,
aud thinks il Is the best history yet that he has
read OF the civil war, aud is worth more 10 him
than all the mOEoy he has paid Tor subscrip-
tions.
, Noah II. Simmons, Waschnans battery, 2d
Mo. :. NJ. Art, Hickory Hill, Mo, is heartily
, in favor Of the granting OF pensions TO all sol
diers or dependent ones yet he does not think
there is any justice IN granting 10 the widows
, Of Generals aud Ahmirals pensions ranging
! from $50 per month 10 600 year, while the
widows Of the rank and flo receive but Sl2
, per month. The writer has been unable TO
, labor since 1880, and If he should die his wife
would receive but Sl2 mOHth. He believes
, that she would be as much deserving at the
hands Of tho Government Us the widow Of any
, General officer.
! Read Better than Pension on pags7.