The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1891-07-02
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.

Rapids, Mich, saws that last Fall one Elmer T.
Isaac. OF - Hull street, Atlanta Ca. placed an
offer in The Picket Shots 20 send war relics 20
those who applied, claiming that he had the
second best collection 40 the Atlanta EXPOSE
ton. After receiving two or three letters from
him, the writer in January sent him SO. and
received reply the same week promising to
ship the relics the following week. IIo waited
mouth, aui receiving nothing, wrote again,
10 which Isaac replied that he had been de-
layed, bat would ship them inside 0g 10 days.
Since then he has written twice and has beard
or received nothing. The writer would like to
know If he IS a fraud, il anyone else has been
bit, or can tell anything about him.
~ told EarbOr.
T. w. Dayton, Co. D, Both Wis, Bird Island
Mimi, was in the charge 40 Cold Harbor, June
3, 1851 and says as the Both Wis passed over
the rebel pis they were met with a whitening
fire, and many men fell. but they went on.
As they reached strip OF timber the 59th ".
Y. Legion became mixed with the Both. The
fog was so thick that they could not see tho
enemy's works until they we're nearly upon
them. As the writer climbed tho works q she'll
burst in front Of him, knocking down a dozen
or more JOEuuies, and creating considerable
confusion in their ranks. As he looked around
TO see how many Of the boys we're on the line,
he was thuudcrstruck TO find that he was alone,
and concluding that a good run was better than
bad stand, he Iit out and made better time
than he ever did before
No lime for Gallant Fcais.
Homer Mead, Go. X 5,h Iowa. Camden, H.,
when he reads accounts % the battles he was in,
the fighting seems % have been more furious
than it appeared TO him al the time. When they
first reached the scene Of carnage, he had in
stock line Of performances that he intended
90 embcllish war history with but when tho
fighting was real good along the line, he for
got them, aud soon after his views OF personal
n1toriety mellowed dowa to contentmeut with
being an integral item Of a great mass that did
battle and won victory. Up % the time the
writer's regiment joined Shcrman's excursion
through Georgia his knowledge Of artillery
was confined to Fourth Of July celebrations.
But at NarHelPs Station he SAW the enemy
swing cannon into position and train 10 upon
their mas5ed brigade, the Fst shell bursting
high in the air, bat later coming so nncOm-
fortably near that he lost interest in the fire.
works. At Tiiton Station the next day they
were secrctcd, mounted, ready for a charge in
pine grove, the fighting being sharp in their
front, bushels Of bullets poured through those
pine boUghs. sounding like they had tails nine
feet long, and he had a great desire to leave
that. So it was through all, at the many real
points OF danger. but be braycly discharged
his duty. The conditions never pointed TO the
time for the great deeds Of valOr which he had
+'iNNit'tNAA W PNts1Ali tllllf tl5
in his recolleetions as the greatest and grlndest
hght Of the war, because he did nothing, had
perfect view Of the eontending parties below.
and saw the clash as two lines came together and
struggled IN their almost hand to- hand conflict.
Good Record.
John T. Dicks. Go. A., s0th Ohio, st. Paul.
Neb., says his regiment went into the service
with lOOl men, and they afterwards received 76
crui,s, making on all told. Their last fght
had lOj men in line able for duty. But this
little band took in everything in front OF them
"A battery included, the 9th Richmond. lie
thinks this Is pretty good fighting.
The Fort Gregg Fight.
]. c. Davis, Co. r., s5th Pa. Cottonwood Falls,
Kan, having seen the controversy about Fort
Gregg thinks he knows something about that
fight, having been wounded in the foot there
The writer does not believe that Mai. Stowitz
Intentionally ignored the First Division, First
Brigade Twenty fourth Corps, because it is a
fact that that brigade did lead the charge on
one side Of the fort. The writer cannot say
that the 10Th Conn. and 23d Ill., were in the
charge, but can say that If they were they
never faltered in doing their duty and were
fighting regiments, as was the 18th w. Va.
The latter regiment was led by Lieut-CO
Hooker Brown, and came in after the first
assault had been made, passing those who were
NO4H[ hGLl iiA llle LcAE duObL lou NAiuS from
the fort, while the troops which made the first
assault lay in ditch in parapet. IL is tho
writer's opinion that the secoid assault was
made for the purpose Of drawing the attention
of the enemy while the troops in the ditch
scaled the fort. Whoever was the author of
this bit Of strategy, whether Gen. Foster or Coils
Osburn or Dandy, is entitled to a great deal Of
credit The troops that made the irst assault
were not repulsed.
Around Petersburg.
VIM. r. Price Co. ID, 39th N. J., Newark, "
j., says that nou-cOnbatant to read Comrade
Perrys article in recent issue would think
that nothing had been done outside Of Peters
burg on the morning of April ?, 1860, except
by the Sixth Corps. The writer is aware that
there was one brigade of the Ninth Corps. or
at least one regiment, engaged in that action,
and how many more it is pretty hard to tell.
After the first fire the smoke cIuug TO the
earth, and it was very early in the morning,
and too dark to tell how other people were get
ting along. 1t was said that day, however,
that the writer's regiment was the first inside
of the rebel limo Of battle. Their brigade
formed in line just in rear Of our picket line,
about 300 yards in front Of the rebel works,
and when the signal was fred the command
was given 10 charge, Fort Malone being the
destination, which they took and the brigade
commander turned one Of their guns and gave
the rebels two or three shots when they the
rebels received reinforcement and we had to
withdraw. The writer has always thought
that had not reinfOrcements been sent at that
time, tho rebel line would have been cut in
two. The reserves lay in line from Fort Davis
to the rear and never got UP. From prisoners
captured that day it was learned that Gen.
Hill was killed by the regiment that charged
Fort Malone.
Honor TO the 18th Mieh.
R. c. West, Co. Il, Ilth Mich, Little Sioux,
Iowa, says that Capt. Jones's article, in the
issue Of May Z, refers to the capture of a four
gun battery by the 18th Regulars. The 1lth
Mich. should have the honor OF that rs he was
one of the scouts sent 10 reconnoitcr, of whom
Capt. Jones speaks, and he knows that there
was dispute among the men OF his regiment
as 10 who got their hands first on the guns
The writer got q good supply of hardtack
battcrymeu, which they had saved from their
store destroyed at Chickamauga Station. When
the battery was first fired upon they thought it
was their own men firing into them by mistake
and it was hard to make the rebs believe that
it was the Yanks. The next morning the 1Ith
Mich. was sent back to Chattanooga in charge
OF the prisoners and the captured cannon. The
18th Regulars belonged 10 the same brigade as
the 11th Mich, and were there too.
Treatment OF Rebel Prisoners.
Mrs Mary Z. Dunn, San Jose, Cal, wife of
the late j. II, Dunn, having read an article re-
garIing the treatment Of rebel prisoners at
Indianapolis, and being a resident Of that city
at the time the first prisoners were brought
tbara EuoVq COmpthinO about the subiaPt