The National tribune., 1891-02-19
PICKET SHOTS
From Alert Comrades All Along the
Line.
Comments and Corrections.

| t0nments and corrections
Samuel A. BOyles First Lieutenant Co. r,
/ 18th Ind, Yankton, 5. d., says that he is very
much interested in the "reminiscences Of John
| Pope, as he was the first sure enough General
/ the writer had ever seen. He was in college
at the University of Indiana during the Spring
| OF 1891, and after commencement rushed fran
/ tically TO the front, joining the 18th Ind June
| II, 1861. He was very much afraid the war
/ would close before he could have an opportunity
OF distinguishing himself But the war did not
close as soon rs he expected, nor did he distiu-
| guish himself, but he claims part in the glori-
Gus achievements of the 18th Ind. They never
had General in whom they had more conf
| dence than ia Pope.
Henry Stivers, Battery B, LIST N. J. l.. A.
| (Clark'sl No. Engine House. Newark, n. j.,
says to Ellis II. Timms, a Sergeant Of the old
| battery, that there some of the comrades
| left. He can cOrrObOrate everything he said
regarding the action at Gettysburg. Timms
| will also remember that when he limbered up
| to leave the Peach Orchard the rebel skirmish-
ers called to them TO halt, hut they did not
halt, as they had other business than going to
rebel prison-pens
John Harker, Co. G, 18th Ohio, and Co. K,
6Sth Ohio Barns. Kan. having noticed a claim
| Of the Surgeon Of the 9TH Ind. who says his
regiment killed the rebel Gen. Garnett at Car
rick's Ford, w. Va. during the three months
service, desires to put in plea for Gen. Jim
L
share in that fight The writer's regiment had
the JOhnnies on the jump, when the 9TH Ind.
| came up, and had killed all, including Gen.
| Garnett, who was carried to the next ford by
his men, whore they had to leave him because
the 9TH Ind came up and took the lead and
were driving them rapidly. The 9TH Ind. was
good regiment, but the 18th Ohio men want
their just dues.
II. G. Hotter, Co ID, 45th Pa, Second Divis-
ion, Ninth Corps, Howard, Pa, having seen a
statement from cOmrade of the Sixth Corps,
that the Ninth Corps came to the Wilderness
May ., 1864, will state that they did not arrive
there until tho 9th, when they were sent TO the
| extreme left Of our army. The same comrade
also states that the Ninth Corps was on the left
Of tho Sixth Corps when Petersburg was taken.
The Ninth Corps was on the right and its right
rested on the Appomattox.
In the Peach Orchard.
Michael Hanifen, Clark's New Jersey battery,
| Ottawa, H., says regarding the batteries in
Sherfy's Peach Orchard, at Gettysburg July 9,
1863 that Clark's was the first there, going into
action 30 p M, and remaining until O'Clock.
| The writer drove the wheel team of the first
caissOn. The team was killed, aud no was
we'll shaken up but he gathered himself up
and helped keep the rebels at bay until the
battery fired its last round Of canister They
were supported by the 65th, Hath and I4lst
Pa. Their heaviest loss in men and horses was
from rebel battery, which threw canister into
them from the flank while they were throwing
canister into infantry advancing upon them
from the orchard and buildings near the Rose
House. This fire badly disabled the caisson
team. and two caissons were left on the field,
the horses all being killed and the drivers
wounded. The batteTys loss was two killed
(Casselman and POST, Is wounded and two
captured. who afterward died in prison.
Patrick Hart, Captain, 18th N. Z. Independ-
q nj ter limo hat IN,
the Peach Orchard, says that Comrade Hulin
is mistaken, aud recommends him 20 get Col.
BacheldeT's map OF the field Of Gettysburg,
which Is the only map showing the true posi-
ton Of all the commands Col. John ID. Bach
elders address is Hyde Park, Mass. Col. Bach
elder IS the only officer who obtained a truthful
record OF the positions held by the different
commands, aud the Union guns were not cold
after the battle ceased when he went TO every
commander in the Union and rebel armies and
obtained from them the exact positions held by
their commands during the three days fight
ing.
A High Old Time.
II. B. Tiekemyre, Shaekelford, No., sympa-
thizes with COmfade Hilton, who lost his pork
so near camp after carrying il all night. 1t re-
minds him OF q little incident. He was one of
detail Of 20 men sent down the Arkansas
River 10 place known as Morton Farm. They
arrived late in the evening, and the next morn
| ing John Perry and the writer obtained per-
mission 10 90 fOraging. They came 70 a farm
house, and knowing that there were plenty Of
rebels in the country, asked the old farmer if
| he had seen any around, to which he replied
1 that he had not. They then asked if he had
| any ham for sale, and as he had they hitched
| their horses to the fence and went 10 the meat
/ house with him. They paid for one ham in
/ greenbacks and wanted TO give Confederate
/ money for the other, but he refused it. While
arguing with him they heard y0Iley of mus
kerry near at hand, which came from a squad
/ OF Confederate soldiers who had run acci-
dentally upon asquad Of Federal troops in front
| Of the house and had exchanged shots. The
| writer and his companion took their hams in
hurry and lit out for camp, which they reached
/ In safety. They Toasted sumptuOusly for two
or three days on ham, chicken and fish, there
being large pond close to the river, which
they drained, and they had all the fish they
could eat.
Some Pithy Editorials.
II. NJ. Parker, 18th H., BIissfeld, Mich, hay-
| ing seen in a newspaper recently an article on
/ jeff Davis headed, "The Davis MemOirs-A
/ Sad and Solemn HistOry-A VindcatiOn," etc.
says he is laid up in the house now with some
Of his Davis memoirs in the shape of rheuma-
| tism. In looking over q collection Of THE
| NATIONAL TRIBUSEs he came across the editO-
rial written at the time of his death, which,
with all due respect to the surviving members
Of his household, the writer thinks is better
and more fitting Davis Memoir"
| Hans Olson Grinder, Sergeant, Co. C, 10Th
| Wis, Perry, Wis, compliments our article in
reply to the Portland Oregoaian and calls at
tenti0n to the fact that though the Nation
possessed undoubted rights over the lives of its
citizens, yet there were many boys and newly
arrived foreigners who took the place of those
citizens in the ranks, and did their fighting for
them. The cOmrade cites the case of the 18th
| Wis, which was made up of Seandinayians, of
whom probably not one-half had taken the
preliminary steps to naturalization. 1t is likely
that soma of these gallant and lOyaI forei ON ers