The National tribune., 1891-09-24
PICKET SHOTS
From Aler! Comrades All AlClg the
Line.
What Battery vas III

says that his recollection IS that the guns were
Tihed and that his regiment was ordered TO
retaEo them May ,. about noon. The guns
that stood in the crossroads on May 9Th we're
2O-pOuud brass gun, and they had what aP-
pearei To be two handles Just over the axle.
The boys called them medical directors. Ono
Of these guns burst abOu5 4 o'clock May 8,
while the writer wa7 about - feet south o! the
guns. The gun which had the piece knocked
Oh its muzZ.e was disabled MAY > in the fore
noon, while at Todd's Tavern, several miles
south of the Crossroads The writer would
like % ask tho eth Va. ana 4th and -th Ohio
what they had done when tine 18th Ind. first
came 20 the crossroads about II oclock May >,
and what part Of the line they were in May 8,
about o'clock. SawtelIc says no line Of bat
tie advanced down the Plank road on the sch,
but tho writer knows his regiment went down
the Plank rod by the right obIique. and drove
the rebels about half mile, between and
s o'clock on May 6.
Plan for Justice.
Asa IT. Jones. Co F, 1O2 H., North Heudsr-
son, H.. thinks every soldier shOuld write his
Congressman asking him 70 support 4 measure
10 pay the soldiers the difference between de-
preciated currency aud gold, and also asking
why the soldiers DO not get the same benefits
that the bondho.ders have already secured.
An Old Son Of Vet.
Isaac w. Preston, 9Th Ohio, Rockville, No,
having seen communication in recent issue
from a comradc who asks some one 10 beat his
record as q son Of a veteran, says he is 20 years
old, and is the son Of a veteran OF two wars,
the Mexican and the late war. The writer
served three years in Capt. HickenlOOper's sta
Ohio lndpt battery.
No: In the First Division
John Dury, Co. /, 9th Ohio, Bernadotte,
ILL.,. having seen in our issue Of Aug. y in a
statement as 10 troops at Chckasaw Bayou that
he 9th Ohio was placed in MOggan's First
Division, says the 5ith Ohio was never in the
First Division, as it belonged to Morgan l..
Smiths Second Division, Second Brigade, and
was composed Of the 9Th No, 9th Ohio, both
Ill. and SD Ind
lie Il Lonely.
John T. Williams, Co. d. ed Ohio, B1rling-
ton, Okla, is very anxious to find bright
little girl about 10 years old who wishes to
adopt and raise as his own. He will pay
/ two years subscriJtiO for THE NATIOSAL
/ TRIBUNE to any cOmradc or person giving him
the desired information.
Who Has Theml
A. A. Mckinney, Stanford, Ky, wishes to
purchase books from some cOmrade who has
them secondhand. They are Mrs. Clusters
Boots aud saddles" and Fox Regimental
Losses in the American Civil War" or any
other good work relating 10 the war; bat he
prefers the two books named
Taking Fort Gregg.
William Warath, Wilmington, H., as to the
taking Of Fort Gregg says he was there with
the 18th H., 9th and cd Ohio and they
charged from west 10 east upon the fort AMI
took it; If there were any other regiments
| there they came after the fort was taken. In
one Of the regiments mentioned three Color
/ Sergeants were killed, one at the northwest
corner OF the fort while holding the flag tho
/ paTapet lfall these other regiments that have
/ been claiming the capture Of the fort took il,
I he would like % know how his brigade got
/ there, for Co. L, 3yth ILL.,, lost four killed and
two wounded. Ii anybody says that the 39th
were not in that charge they 10 not know what
they are talking about. The writer's brigade
charged in the first line and never left it until
the fort surrendered. There were not two or
three charges made. As no remembers there
were $50 men in the fort, of whom ~ were
killed, but he docs no. know the number Of
wounded.
Who Knows Of CErei
T. Mckinney, Marble Falls, Tex, says that
one Of the pleasing faneies which he dwels
upon when he reads our paper is that he is
slice Of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE cut Off
bTeathed into and sent adrift into Texas. This
may not lie very complimentary % US, but he
does not care Tor this, because he was not con-
suited when he came. The poor dog can only
be faithful. He thinks Dir. Iarsney ought TO
know that the money-lovcr is forced to value
patriotism TO the extent Of the pensions the
/ brave veterans receive. 10 is like dose Of
physiC 10 their diseased cOnstitutiOus-tEey
must swallow it. and perhaps it will cure in
time. lie would like to know if any comrade
can give a remedy for the opium habit that
will diminish Che dose. The less you take the
moro you acquire manhood aud the nearer you
approach that strength in will in which those
people stand who bore one with the remark
Why the devil don't you quit it?"
All Down hut Two.
Phil X. Faux, Yauktou, s. d., recently saw
an article concerning mess OF eight Indiana
County boys Of the 1lth Pa, with its losses in
battle prison, etc. lie speaks personally of
another mess in Co. T, same regiment, COM
posed Of Greensburg boys who came together
IN the Winter Of 1851, '62. It's members were
Robert Elwood, NJ. L. Mccall. William I'm
capher, Edward Gay. f.. X. Wise AMI the writer
/ Uncaphcr died Of smallpox in 1862. Mccall
was severely wounded at second Bull Ran, dis
charged, and died in short while from wounds
and disease. E.wood was killed at the Wilder
ness. Gay was twice wounded, promoted
Lieutenant Co. +, and died in Greensburg Of
smallpox, while the regiment was home on
veteran tuTlough. Wise was First Duty Ser
geant. lost his right arm ct Gettysburg. and
now resides at Warren, o., where he was POST
master fer Il or - years. The writer was a
Corporal aud lost his right arm in the Wilder
ness May 6, being the last OF the mess 10 take
his medicine. He was discharged Nov 10
1864, aud in the Spring of 1915 went 70 Yank-
ton, where he has since resided. So this mess
Of six boys, the oldest not % years Of age at the
time, now consists Of but two, and each is minus
a right arm.
At Missionary Ridge.
q. F. Never, Go. X, 18th lad, Cornelius.
Ore. thinks Gen. Wiley's account. in a recent
issue of tine battle Of Missionary Ridge is cor
rect, aud that the fight did not commence until
about III o'clock. Lo0miss Brigade formed in
line early III the morning, and marching around
until about 10 they arrived upon the open field /
, They advanced short distance and lay down
IN the open, plainly visible to the eneny's artil
leTy and sharpshOOtcrs, who began to throw
shot and shell amongst them. The writer's
regiment lay little TO the right of tho tunnel,
aud the men begged the officers to allow them
10 advance TO the railroad embankment or to
charge the ridge, but were refused, on the
ground that the enemy had cannon in the
tunnel and were waiting for them 20 come up
20 the ombankment as to endlade them
The brigade charged three times, but were re-
pulsed. They remained in the open field until
about sundown, when they were ordered back
TO tho Western i Atlantic Railroad where they
encamped for the night. The writer's impress
sion has been up to this day that If they had
charged early in the morning they would have
captured the ridge.
James Early Co. IT, LIST Mo-, subsequently 1st
Mo. Art, Huntsville, Ontario, says there is q
mistake in Gen. Pope's article about the South