The National tribune., 1891-06-11
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Tssy Want Company.


tastes preferred, and no trifers desired.
T. White, Box 90, Mason, H., is in want Of
middle-aged woman. a soldiers widow or
daughter preferred, for honsckeeper. per-
maneut home and wages if desired.
Geo. W. Black, Roger, Pa. wants 10 CORE
spond with q soldiers widow or daughter,
between the ages Of 30 and a. lie is a widower,
by occupation a lsborer He wishes his CON-
rades would write to him.
They Never Write.
n. L. Dixie, Campus H. complains that the
comrades Of the Construction Corps never |
write. lie thinks great deal OF honor was /
due them for their part At Franklin.
Geo. Burgess, Co. G, cd ILL.,, DolsOn, H., /
sees no reason why the old boys Of the cd /
should not talk about themselves and their |
regiment, aud hopes some one will write.
Luther Kinney, Jones, Mich, wants TO know /
what has become of the members Of the 18th |
n. Y. He asks them all to send him their adj |
dresses that he may correspond with them.
J.. q. Foss, Co. u, 3lst Nc, BisIdeiOrd, Me-, !
asks the men of his regiment 20 tell what they |
did and how they did It. They had . mighty |.
good record.
Jasper B1ckuer, 4th Tenn, Rankin's Depot, |
Tenn, would very much like to hear yoi.ey
from the 4th Tenn. There Is nothing to be
ashamed of.
William 7. Burns IndiauoIa. Ncb., was ono
Of the troopers of Go. T., 81 III. Cav, and
his comrades.
F. II. Herriott, Co. III, li5th ILL.,, Ia Sale,
COlO asks what has become OF the 10th ONO
comrades and where are the old cOtfce-cOOlers
Of the 3jth Ind. Why don't they talk little?
Isaac Swank, Preston, Mo, thinks it a shame
that he docs not see anything from the vets Of
the SD Pa. They may not be able 10 write so
well as they fought, bat they might tell lots Of
interesting things.
Small Post.
L 8. Carver. Co. ID, 9Th by. Cav, Bells, Tex,
says there never appears anything from his
part Of the country in THE NATIONAL TRIB-
USE. There is q small GAR. Post at Bells,
and they feel lonesome, there being but eight
members, and the Old boys have a hard time to
exist, all their neighbors having been in the
Confederate army. Some Union soldiers live
at Bells who will not join the Post, perhaps
being afraid Of hurting the feelings Of their
neghbors who were opposed to them. These
comrades arc apparently afraid TO take THE
NATIONAL TRIBUNE, the only paper the writer
ever read which was true friend 10 the old
| Union soldiers He would like to hear from
some Of the members Of his old company and
regiment. The regiment was on the Fitzpatrick
raid, and the writer thinks IL was in the charge
| near LoyciOy Station. They were also with
/ Fitzpatrick in several other close places and
/ were with him when he captured Gen. Wheeler's
hat at Gaiueshoro. besides being with him
when Gen. Hampton surprised him at Monroe
| Crossroads March 10 1865.
Chain Cables.
! Charles D. Blanchard. Marquette, Mich,
/ u. S. s. Unadilla, says that COmTade William
/ Simmons. of the U. S. S. Brooklyn, Historian
Of the National Association Of Naval Veterans,
| makes the statement that the first use Of chain
/ cables on the sides Of vessels for protection
during the late war was By Commodore Farra-
CUTS Squadron on the Lower Mississippi in
| April, la62. The writer thinks that Comrade
/ Simmons is entirely mistaken in this for at the
battle of Port Royal, 5. g., Nov. Z, 1861, they
| used chain cables on the Unadilla and in ad-
ditiOn to this, they had their hsmmoeks tied up
| In a perpendicular position inside OF the bull
| wark 10 protect the men from splinters. 1t is
the impression Of the writer that other vessels
I Of the feet used the same device, but Of this
fact he Is not positive, but he does know
/ that the UnadillA used these cables on her
sides, as he assisted in placing them in position.
| Whether the order emanated from Commodore
| Dupont, Of the South Atlantic Squadron, or
from Commander Napoleon Cuco Collins, of
the Uuadilla. the writer is unable to say, but
he is positive as TO the use Of cables at that
time.
The 9Th Iowa AZ Iukn.
Andrew Henderson, Co. c, 5th Iowa Boon
vile, Mo-. says that Comrade Allen, 26th Ill,
In a recent issue, is correct in some things re-
| garding his account OF the battle Of Iuka, but
he fails 10 give credit to where il belongs. At
daylight on Sept. 10 the 5th Iowa, in font Of
| Buford's Brigade, temporarily in command Of
CO.. SanbOFn. 4th MINI, took the advance at
Iuka. Near that town, and while marching in
column, they were opened upon By the enemy
with grape and musketry. when they were
ordered 10 lie down. While in this position
Sands's 18th Ohio battery. one Of the seyerest
sufferers in the light artillery during the war,
moved TO their right front. The 9th Iowa
Afterward moved to the right past Sands's bat
terry lying down in their front, allowing them
TO fro over them. While in this position the
rebels charged them in two columns, but were
met with a counter charge and driven back
third charge was made, and the rebels came
within about % yards OF the brigade and took
the battery. A eOunteF-eharge was i'm
mediately made by the 9Th Iowa, the battery
was retaken, and from that time until the close
Of the action the 9Th held their ground with the
help Of the 2Gth No, when they were relieved
by the 10th Mo-, the two aforementioned troops
being out Of ammunition. The fighting here
was hand-to hand, tire 9Th Iowa fronting four
regiments; going into the fight with ass men
aud losing in killed and wounded, 2l6. The
writer's company (C) lost 80 out of SO present
for duty. The writer himself was hit three
times, bat not disabled so as to have TO leave
tho company. As to the sword Comrade Allen
says was given to him by rebel he knows
nothing, but remembers that Capt. Sands conf
mauded his battery at the battle OF COrlnth,
| the writer's regiment and the Goth Mo. sup
porting them in that bloody action.
In the PrisOu-Pens.
David II. Smith, Co. +, 1st Pa, for six months,
and Co. ID, Goth Pa. Cav EliOttsburg Pa, SAYS
, that The NATIONAL TRIBUNE's answers TO DR..
Stevenson in tho issue Of May 81, concerning
the food at AndersOnvlle furnished the Union
prisoners, is correct After the battle Of Get,ys-
burg. a largo camp Of Confederate wounded
prisoners was formed on Benner's Hill. They
( were quaTteTed in large tents, with iron bed
, steads aud the best Of bedding, and were at
tended by corps Of nurses and Surgeons while
, the camp was kept clean; ladies and gentle
men from the New England States visiting
their camp. The Government built a large
T bakery, where thousands of lOave3 Of bread
were baked every day for the use Of these pris-
, oners. This camp was continued for four
months, and the Confederate nurses were al
, lowed to pass through the guard TO obtain
, spring water. But few of these men died, they
receiving the best Of treatment, equal to, ii not
, better than that given our own people The
nurses could have escaped at any time had
they so desired. 1t was somewhat different a
> year later when the writer captured having
been wounded June 4, 1861 and taken with
T others to Staunton, Va, where over 500 men
seriously wounded were put into the Deaf and
a Dumb Asylum and attended by one Surgeon.
4 | From there they were loaded into wagons and
I taken near Charlottesville and thence to Lynch
Q burg. being fed on scant ratiOns, and GONE days
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